Our visit to Davao was great.  Ea spent quite a good while with Lolo and Lola.  Every morning, Lolo (my dad) takes the little one to his garden to see butterflies and flowers.  And Lola (my mommy) lets her play “stand and walk” on the wooden bench by the window.  I guess Ea was looking for those morning rituals when we returned home after 3 weeks.  She was a bit grumpy and anxious but she easily eased out after her Daddy Jeedo took her to rounds of playtimes and kwagees.

The reason why our bakasyon to Davao was cut short is because of the upcoming COSPLAY this 16th.  It’s a general assembly and our team is organizing the event.  Modesty aside, our department happens to be a talent pool so we’ll have a band to play and sing anime songs.  One of the numbers will be me playing the keyboards while singing Houki Boshi, Bleach’s 3rd ending.  Jeedo’s playing the drums too.  I’ll be wearing Android 18 of Dragon Ball Z costume while Jeedo’s gonna be Kakashi Hatake, naruto’s sensei.  I’ll post pix of the events after the event.

Posted: August 14th, 2008 under Family stuff, Trips.
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Ea and I are in Davao now… yep, in my parents’ house.  It took her about a week to adjust to her new environment.  New room, new toys, new pillows, new housemates (Lolo Bernard and Lola Recca).

Ooppss.. she’s awake and is asking for her ration.. I’ll come back with more chika..

Posted: July 25th, 2008 under Family stuff.
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When this week kicked off, I was looking forward rather excitedly to the upcoming Wild river white water rafting, scheduled today. I went to the mall last Saturday to see if I could buy myself a fitting arm protector and leg tights to keep my skin from burning while we take the 21 rapids course. My next stop would have been an SPF-40 (or higher) sunscreen until I heard from my boss that, to my utter dismay, the sked was moved for tomorrow, Friday.

The difference between a Thursday and a Friday? I have Ea’s lola to look after her on any day of the week except Fridays and Saturdays. Her weekend is saved for something else and it’s not negotiable. So I bade goodbye to white water rafting last night and decided to stay home and hurdle Ea’s version of “21-rapids for mommy”.

I just can’t wait for my little lady to grow up and go outdoors with me and Jeedo. I know babies grow up pretty fast. On some occasions I even wish she could stay this small and cuddly forever. But I miss going out you know… camping, spending and wasting time downtown, browse for an ON SALE used books, shopping for clothes or a nice pair of earrings, sitting on a park bench (MTS?) watching the sunset, flying a kite… Perhaps when my little one is a lot bigger, it may be exciting to do these things and even explore greater heights of adventure together.

Posted: July 10th, 2008 under Family stuff.
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I’ve been working on the side and front yard for quite some time now. I wanted our place to look more “homey” so I added some elements that I had back in my Davao home: Plants and Flowers. Thanks to the influence of my dad (and mom too) who has a flaming passion for plants and thanks to my hub who just bought a Kodak DSLR cam and was more than happy to take these photos below for me to share with everybody. The entire garden is still a work in progress, so I’ll show close ups of what I have so far, for now.

Pic #1. I’m not sure what this orchid is called (Daddy, help!) But I named her “Sunny Tiger Lily”. It’s planted on the right side of the house just across the window. So I have a flowery view whenever I sit down to work in my mini-office.

Pic #2. This is the first fruit of second tomato plant. This is as big as a spoon head now, and it’s far from being ripe yet. You can just imagine how yummy this tomato would be when it’s fully ripe and ready to join the salad army.

Pic #3. This is my wall climber. Believe it or not, this pretty thing grew right outside of our bedroom wall. It was raining pretty hard the past days so I didn’t discover this climber until this morning when I took Ea for a sunshine bask. I might transfer this on a hanging pot.

Pic #4. My malunggay up in the sky. (This is just as tall as Jeedo actually. He bent over backwards, literally, to take the pic). Our neighbor threw us a healthy branch when they cut off their malunggay. Whether it was out of kindness or they had our backyard catch their rubbish, I was thankful just the same.

Posted: June 22nd, 2008 under Family stuff, images, pics.
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Internet gaming was perceived impossible some 50 years back. A total flip side of today’s society where we are all get slapped and spanked with gadgets and gaming breakthroughs. To some this brings excitement. And to some, a threat.

Video games, online/offline RPGs and a whole lot more are consuming the attention of kids, teenagers and yuppies. No wonder most parents, girlfriends and wives hate this stuff.  Read more

Posted: June 7th, 2008 under Family stuff, MU, articles.
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