Just finished renewing my passport yesterday. Will post an update with pics soon!
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Philippine Passport Renewal 2012
Thursday, January 26th, 2012The Internet has a Voice
Monday, January 23rd, 2012And it has no citizenship, no race, no color, no age group. It is not bound by country or continent or IP address. Just a loud, powerful, influential voice that can make the whole world know it has spoken. A voice that can influence current events and shake, make or break anything or anyone that tries to shackle it down or imprison it.
The days when you get imprisoned for saying something against any establishment or any political figure are slowly becoming a memory of the past. Today, you can express either your praise or adoration for anyone or anything, or cuss, curse, and use all the seldom used characters on your keyboard to give your 2 cents worth on the Top Headline for the day. SOPA and PIPA are shelved, give yourself a pat on the back and hand out the Padron. Or maybe not…yet.
This enormous POWER that’s been placed in our hands – the power to communicate in real time. To make our COLLECTIVE VOICES be heard as ONE to change our world’s landscape as we know it. This freedom to build our virtual Tower of Babel should be BUILT with words seasoned with salt, not to overpower it but to improve it’s taste.
Yes we are FREE. Free to speak our minds. Free to have our say. This is the generation we live in right now. However, this freedom could also usher in a new era and speed up what has been spoken of long ago – until it finally reaches the ends of the earth.
Yes, Virginia. There is no doubt that the Internet has a VOICE. The question is, what comes out of its heart, I mean, mouth.
More Fun in the Philippines!
Sunday, January 15th, 2012
Of course, boys don’t play with dolls!
Tuesday, January 10th, 2012They call it action figures. That’s according to my son who got a really cool Transformers “action figure” for Christmas. Okay, fine. But it really is a cool one. I haven’t seen one like it until he opened the box. It wasn’t your typical multi-colored DIY toy. Of course it’s not a Gears of War 3 beast mode toy (whatever that one is). But here’s my son beaming with joy, quite content over his new “doll”, oops, “action figure”. 
Of course, this was shot with my new toy too.
The End
Sunday, December 18th, 2011Finally, a post from me. After many months of not being able to post on my own blog because I was doing so many other sites, I finally get to “write” again. Right here. And it feels darn good, I must say. To write for writing’s sake. So allow me to blabber a bit about random thoughts that might not make sense. It’s been a while.
It’s a rainy day. The kind of day that makes you want to stay in bed and stay under the sheets forever. Kinda nice but rather unusual for December. Listening to the gentle pitter patter of raindrops outside my window is like listening to teardrops cascading slowly to the earth reminding me of both joy and pain, unfortunately, this Christmas season.
A colleague of mine lost her home in the Iligan and CDO floods. A dear friend has a very sick father who needs an operation right away. Abandoned children left to themselves, rejected by their own mother. Real tears. Real people. Real needs that leave a tight knot in your chest.
And yet, I know that there can only be one answer to all this – a REAL GOD. A real God who catches all your tears…who understands your pain…who will never leave you nor forsake you. No matter what.
A real God who works through hearts, hands, and feet of people who are willing. Come, Oh Lord!
O come, O come, Emmanuel
And ransom captive Israel
That mourns in lonely exile here
Until the Son of God appear
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel.O come, Thou Rod of Jesse, free
Thine own from Satan’s tyranny
From depths of Hell Thy people save
And give them victory o’er the grave
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel.O come, Thou Day-Spring, come and cheer
Our spirits by Thine advent here
Disperse the gloomy clouds of night
And death’s dark shadows put to flight.
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel.O come, Thou Key of David, come,
And open wide our heavenly home;
Make safe the way that leads on high,
And close the path to misery.
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel.O come, O come, Thou Lord of might,
Who to Thy tribes, on Sinai’s height,
In ancient times did’st give the Law,
In cloud, and majesty and awe.
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel.
Commodities.
Wednesday, December 7th, 2011Rean here…
The ongoing financial crisis has been burden to almost everyone. One sometimes wonders if investment vehicles available in the market would be there tomorrow. In times like these, people usually go for commodity investments. It’s not surprising for people who go to brokers or dealers like Golden Eagle buy gold. At least, if you buy commodities, the worst the happens is that your stuck with the inventory you can sell later on.
Mobility
Monday, December 5th, 2011Rean here…
Tes and I had this discussion a few days ago about gadgets and stuff. Should I buy a new laptop or a tablet pc? Should I go Mac or PC? Android or IOS? Macbook Air, Pro or iPad? Regular or tablet laptops? In my job as a ballet teacher, I need the ability to play good music anywhere. In some places I go, I have deal with music bad players. I also need the ability to take videos of my classes so I can study how my students dance. Cosidering price, portability and added services, I guess the best solution for me would be to get an iPad.
Crash
Monday, December 5th, 2011The weather was dreary yesterday. This, right after a hot day Sat. Roads were soaking wet and cars queued in panic in anticipation for floods. A scene caught my eye yesterday as we passed through the skyway on out northbound route: a car in a deadbug position right before the old tollgate of the highway. Would definitely have been a nice case study on collision estimating. Fortunately, the passengers riding the car were ok.
Collection
Thursday, November 24th, 2011Rean here…
I recently went home to Davao, on the occasion of my Mom’s birthday. This is her first Anniversaire after my Dad went home to be with the Lord. I’d say it was a good time for me to have gone home as she was sick for a few days. Despite her illness, Mom went on showing old stuff that were my Dad’s. On one instance, she showed me their coin collection which she wanted to be passed on to the kids. It probably contains custom challenge coins. Sometime in the recent past, a German visitor mentioned that some of their European coins were now highly prized in Numismatists’ circles. Perhaps I should hunt down a coin expert to help us on of these days.
School
Thursday, November 3rd, 2011Rean here…
I’ve been working with my son on GED practice tests in the last few days. Our intent is to accelerate his schooling to skip a few years of high school right into college. He may take his college online so he can continue his ballet training. It also gives him the chance to pursue his degree without sacrificing things he really loves. He may be skipping high school graduation invitations but he will likely to have lived his life to the fullest.
