Friday, December 31, 2004

Thursday, December 30, 2004

Ate Arlene's Day


     Happy
        Birthday!!!

Wednesday, December 29, 2004

Tuesday, December 28, 2004

Montalban - Marikina Road Trip

Avilon Zoo

more avilon photos here

avilon zoo photos by reynald ngo here

Wawa Dam

more wawa dam photos here


World of Butterflies

more butterfly photos here

Saturday, December 25, 2004

Friday, December 17, 2004

Night Shots


from the torre lorenzo roof deck

Thursday, December 16, 2004

Department Christmas Party


Torre Lorenzo Roof Deck
more photos here

Wednesday, December 15, 2004



Alay Exhibit
Pinto Art Gallery
December 11 - January 12












laya martinez heinrich


at the baptism in Köln...

Sunday, November 28, 2004

Saturday, November 20, 2004

antipolo-morong-binangonan-angono road trip

Antipolo

  • pinto gallery
  • cresent moon cafe


Morong

  • pacheco art foundation

Binangonan

  • binangonan common mountain rocks

Angono

  • balawbalaw art gallery
  • miranda art gallery
  • a failed attempt to find the angono petroglyphs (located a few months later)


Sunday, November 07, 2004

Saturday, November 06, 2004

first take


our first time to eat a snake and a couple of frogs at balawbalaw in angono, rizal

Tuesday, November 02, 2004

Palawan!!!

DAY 1

Day 1 photos click here

  • check in at casa linda
  • honda bay island hopping
  • lunch at starfish island
  • snokling at snake island
  • dinner at ka lui


DAY 2

Day 2 photos click here

  • underground river tour
  • lunch with monkeys and monitor lizards at the beach
  • stop over at viet ville
  • dinner at badjao seafront


DAY 3


Day 3 pics click here

  • dos palmas
  • lei's "learn to appreciate kayak" lesson
  • snorkling at helen's garden
  • buffet lunch
  • lei's advanced kayak lesson
  • mass at the cathedral
  • dinner at balinsasayaw

More photos from Lei's cam here

2006 Palawan Trip here

when in palawan...

Tour Guide:

make sure you ask for Senith Pabli... probably the best tour guide ever. get her and she'll see to it that you'll have the best of everything...

Accomodations:

well, we've only tried one but if you're low on budget, try Casa Linda this will probably give you the best value for money. only 5 min away from the airport, and just a tricycle ride away from everything else at puerto princesa.

Resorts:

for a 1.5K day trip package, try Dos Palmas. the package comes complete with boat ride to and from the wharf, buffet lunch, marine gear rental, speed boat ride to snokling sites and use of kayaks, this should complete your palawan experince

Thursday, October 21, 2004

my sister... grimace


same size...
same color...
same appetite...

teng's birthday


Wednesday, October 20, 2004

go!!!


we've got tickets!!! we're definitely going to palawan!!! wohooo!!!

Monday, October 18, 2004

road trip


went on a 378 km road trip with lei and grace last saturday.

roadtrip highlights:

  • first stopover for breakfast at sto tomas, batangas
  • trip resumes, severe verbal bashing from lei... (and grace) begins
  • at nagcarlan, we visited gabrielle... a's newborn baby
  • had a's famous spaghetti for merienda
  • a very loooong trip to san juan, batangas
  • 2 hour trip from nagcarlan to to san juan ends with a 20 minute "hey, look at the beach!" session
  • a quick peek at marikit resort (nice place... we'll be back)
  • dinner at basil and mint at lipa... kwento galore...
  • went around pansol looking for a quick dip and a place to stay...
  • dipped at around 12am at a resort somewhere in los baños
  • 4:30 am, after a 10 min attempt to sleep in the revo... we left for home
  • a quick stop at jolibee calamba
  • grace navigates... big mistake
  • mad max drives... from alabang to las piñas... the scariest 15 min of my life
  • 5:30 am... everyone's home


Thursday, October 07, 2004

meg goes cooking

From geek to chef
posted September 14, 2004 at 01:33 PM


This past May, when I decided to go on sabbatical I wrote that I needed a break because:

I had no perspective on anything, I was so deep into my world of weblogs and tech that I didn't have much sense of what was going on outside of my geek circles... I've been burning my candle at both ends for years now, and decided it was time to stop. Emotionally I was drained. Physically I was drained.

But that wasn't the full truth of it,because there was something I'd been feeling that I wasn't quite able to admit. It's taken me several months of time away from computers and tech and geeks to accept the fact that computers and technology are not my passion.

My interest in the web and tech was always more about people. With weblogs, it was making it possible for everyone to write online and share and communicate. And while I was doing it, I really did care very deeply about my work -- the products we were creating, the people for whom they were built, and the people who worked with me to build them. As my career progressed, I pushed myself to be more visible as a technology speaker,dabbled at freelance writing, and started another tech company. But something was always missing, and I've realized that was true passion for what I was doing.

So last night I ended my sabbatical and began my new career doing something I've always felt passionate about: cooking. I'm working in the kitchen of a restaurant called Fifty-Six Union here on Nantucket.Yesterday at 3 PM I put on my black chef's clogs, my black pants and white t-shirt, pulled my Red Sox cap over my hair and got to work peeling and deveining shrimp. Seven hours later, sweatily scrubbing the kitchen floors, I was still smiling.

I've learned a lot this summer during my sabbatical but it all can be summarized in three words: follow your heart.

-taken from megnut


Sunday, October 03, 2004

Monday, September 13, 2004

the balanghai


the balanghai is today's featured cityshot at ClickTheCity

THE boat-like structure cuts a majestic figure on the water’s surface. Its three sails—massive triangular forms of steel and fiberglass in hues of yellow and orange—sway ever so slightly with the breeze. As the wind blows, two oar-like shapes at the tips of each sail dip into the pool, seeming to propel the entire vessel to some unknown destination. But there it stays, a vision that is fixed yet moving at the same time.

This is the Balanghai, the “crown jewel” of the Bonifacio Art Foundation Inc.’s public art collection. Conceptualized and designed by Gerry Leonardo, the sculpture, with a height of approximately nine meters and a length of eight meters, is named after the native boat balanghay which supposedly carried the first settlers to Philippine shores.

Named the grand prize winner in BAFI’s first public art competition held in 1997, Leonardo’s work recently sailed to its permanent location at the Bonifacio Global City in Taguig, Metro Manila, capping years of meticulous construction.

-taken from www.artscentralmanila.com

weekend at pampanga


visited nai at pampanga after her laparoscopy

Monday, September 06, 2004

Monday, August 30, 2004

tostada

when at tostada...


try the adobo flakes...


da moves

mel demonstrates the proper execution of "da moves"...

Thursday, August 26, 2004

sir glenn's day

sir glenn celebrates his 21st birthday at shakey's


HAPPY
BIRTHDAY!!!!










then dessert (syempre) at plato platina with anj

Tuesday, August 24, 2004