picture! picture!

"all you really have in the end are your stories." these are the exact lines from S04E07 of burn notice. believe it or not but its true. you can have a tons of pictures in your closet or a hard drive full of old scraps but none of them will tell the viewer the real story behind those pictures. important thing is cease every moment. the picture below looks good. oh yeah! its in palomeras altas in madrid, spain. this is where the neo-catechumenal way started. i look so happy, right? i love the trees, its very picturesque. but, did you know that i stepped on a dog's poop while taking this picture? by the way, i look good in blue and with...

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Lost Memory of Tejeros Convention v.2

few days ago, we have celebrated 115th anniversary of tejeros convention - first presidential/vice presidential election and the founding of the modern day armed forces of the philippines. so what happened? well, as far as i know, students are there in casa. teachers were also there. they had a little program with senator chiz escudero as their guest speaker. and that's it. so where are the soldiers who were supposed to be celebrating with us? we filipinos have a saying, "ang di marunong tumingin sa pinanggalingan ay di makakarating sa patutunguhan.". well, basically that's my point. i think its about time for the afp chief to acknowledge this place's worth, right? where are the veterans? veteran people are the closest predecessor of our heroes. they may not be directly involve with those...

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grace ibuna - the voice of the mistresses - v.02

i am neither a mistress nor a whore. - grace ibuna until now, grace ibuna is still the talk in town. after going out in the open to be the partner of the late congressman iggy arroyo, she sure made the media busy for some time. i don't want to speak ill towards her. i may not know how she feels but i think she suffered a lot. interviews show that she really loves the late congressman and no one is going to stop it. right now, as i see it, i think she feels that she has all the rights for she keeps on talking. a very tele-serye like love story, right? "you and me against the world" type of story is really selling to the public. what's new?...

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thanks for the rain

dear God - early in the morning, you greeted us with an awesome. i always knew that its going to be an awesome day for me and other people to work and do their chores. you let the sun sees us this morning but the clouds were there, too. and honestly, i did not realize what this beautiful day has to offer. all i know is that you are going to make it special. someone texted and said we're going to have eucharist tonight. i said..."wow! a gift from God.". you made time pass by and made me write some long overdue entries. though its quite hot, you gave me an idea to have the fan turned on. and now, you made the rain fall so heavy to ease the humid day. thank you for the sun and the rain. this day is really awesome for you made all of them. tomorrow, is going to be another day. please protect...

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5.33 AM/5.41 AM

i am a morning person. even though i sleep late, i can wake up as early as 4.30 am. so, its not a big deal for me to make a morning run and/or fetch her. hhhmm...i assume you know who am i referring to. for the past couple of months, i fetch her every morning and then i go to work. 6 am bus ride makes me an early bird for i usually arrive 7.30 @ mandaluyong. more than anything else, i love doing this for her. it's a good way to start my day. that makes my mornings  so special. i am so excited to wake up for i know i can see her. weekday mornings, i see to it that i am in front of their apartment by 5.33. she usually goes out by 5.41....

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Lost Memory for Tejeros Convention v.1

contrary to what many people know, tejeros convention happened in casa hacienda which is situated in the present day rosario, cavite - my hometown. it lies in the border of gen. trias and our small town so i won't blame some people who mistakenly say that it's found in gen. trias, cavite. this convention very historic in nature. it is known to be the first presidential and vice presidential election in the philippine history. emilio aguinaldo became the president and mariano trias became his vice president. in this same convention, it was believed that the modern day armed forces of the philippines had its humble beginning. artemio ricarte...

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Tupas to Diaz to Santiago

diaz, eulalio is the head of land registration authority (lra). he recently came into impeachment trial as a witness for the defense. well to you a brief background, it seems that it started with the tupas (head of the prosecution team) reaching out to diaz for the list of lands and properties of cj corona. he used the search engine of lra and pulled at least 45 properties. this is very tempting in both the eyes and ears of tupas because this can strengthen their case against corona. imagine 45 properties which is worth millions of pesos. juicy, right? this news reached the public through media. reason? prosecution loves the limelight. probably,...

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five famous filipinas that influenced my life

corazon aquino. when you ask me about democracy, one thing that will come into my mind is cory aquino. it is true that opportunity comes only once. opportunity to serve and protect the people out of dictatorship. other people don't like her and criticizes her for being weak. so, who among our presidents are good enough to face a tyrant? a woman loved by filipinos. i love cory aquino. she made me realize that every filipino deserves something better. she is also humble. i remember that she said sorry to estrada's for supporting arroyo when the latter was ousted for presidency. aquino then supported the campaign to put arroyo down from her reign...

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grace ibuna - the voice of the mistresses v.01

well, this is quite sensitive. while writing this blog entry, i am hearing grace ibuna - the mistress of the dead congressman iggy arroyo (brother-in-law of the former president gloria macapagal-arroyo).  i am not afraid to admit that our family used to be one of those families in rugged path so-called "lol" - not laughing out loud but love or lust. i was in high school then when we found out that my dad is having a relationship with another woman. i hate her, in fact, given a chance i can bite her head off from her effing body. the feeling or situation might be a little different but having your family in the loosing ground is...

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think about changing

blog skin..my blog skin has been here since 2008. it's almost 4 years now and was thinking of changing it.  probably, part of growing up. part of moving on. part of making myself a better person. at first, i wanted this blog to be as easy going as possible. a simple yet elegant looking blog. i love the color green and i believe that it will best represent my personality. background is from painting of claude monet - which is famous with his water lilies paintings. anyhow, people change and need these changes to face the world. let's see what i can do. office will be quite busy for the next few days so assessing the time spent would be a great factor. let's see what we can do...meanwhile, please continue reading my blog and let me know if you have any suggestions. you can reach by...

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thankful to God

dear God - thank You for a wonderful day. You thought me "how to get mad and move on" in proper way. today is kinda special. You tested my patience but You thought me to value people. i love You so much for teaching me this. it's tricky at first but i know i'll get used to it. thank You for choosing me to be your servant and loving me unconditionally. You have given me a lot of different things this week. hope that i could return it back to You by being a good boy starting tomorrow. ^ - ^ . You gave me time to celebrate word with my community and listen to them without closing my ears. i know that everyday is not a good day but i hope...

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special week

this week is special. so special. very special. i just love it! i was able to send my girlfriend to her workplace (though i usually do) for one whole week. usually, it's just mondays to fridays. she wanted me to rest on saturdays but i took it as opportunity to run a couple of more laps - since i don't have work afterwards. but just last night, she texted me saying that we can meet before i run. sssooo cccoooooolll! sssooo hhhaaappppppyyy! thursday, she cooked pancit for me. i ate it once i reached the office with two slices of bread and tea - of course over work. lol! this made my week extra special. ^ - ^ . Related Posts: a life without...

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thank you for handling the situation gracefully

it was a tiring day. i was about to call it a day when something popped up in my outlook for a meeting @ 7 pm. and the title has those 6 letter word that i hate so much - URGENT! being a support member, i need to deal with these stuff. yes. stress is next. all the peeps in the invites are indians - meaning "i am alone". then next more stress. well, its better to talk to them today than to run after tomorrow. i gave them the details that our team need and they need. the conference ended few minutes before 7.30. informing my leads and manager is another case, it was hard to put it into words so it took me a while before i forwarded an email. 10.15. i was supposed to go online by 10. but i am watching budoy so i decided to make myself available after the teleserye. a couple of more minutes,...

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azkals on sexual harassment issue with cristy ramos

others say that they got the looks, they got the balls to kick some ass and they got the girls running and screaming after them.  and to add one more thing in the list is they got the attitude. hehe. my friend use to say that i got some attitude problem but these two football players from azkals beat be up.  picture is from here.  they are two of the many half breed athletes of our country. moy is half chinese while guirado is half spanish. they are sover piling up like pancakes. and you know what do they have in common? they always say, "i am a filipino by heart". wow! then, you'll hear both gurls and girls screaming...

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ideal man straight from a real man

yesterday is quite unusual. i don't usually watch showbiz oriented talk show every saturday. i just don't feel like it. anyhow, i managed to pull myself in front of a television and watch Showbiz Insider Report. it featured John Lloyd Cruz and Gerald Anderson. well, they both have the charisma for gurls (GUys na pa-giRL) and ladies - of course. after the interview, joey marquez (one of the hosts) was right that most people will really fall in love with these two actors - and might be thinking that they are the most ideal boyfriends in the land. the interview really made it that way. well, interviews were really like as if pulling the best things from someone else. however, joey gave three characters to be an ideal man. 1. assume yourself with abundance of sense of humor. women loves...

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