ASAP 08

January 19, 2009 at 5:51 pm | In enjoying life, my interests, my life... | 2 Comments

OMG.. It’s been awhile since the last time I posted and there are so many things to post. First and foremost, I finally got to watch ASAP 08! (thanx to my friend Eda) :)

Watching ASAP is one of the best experiences I had in 2008. Watching it live was so far from watching it on tv. And of course seeing so many celebrities in one room made the experience so overwhelming.. Well, no words are enough for this.. Just check out the pictures below.

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A trip to Tagaytay..

October 11, 2008 at 11:50 pm | In enjoying life, my interests, my life..., travels | 2 Comments

I’ve been living in a share a condo unit with 8 other people (minus my sister) in Makati for a year already and believe it or not we haven’t had the chance to go out together in all those months. NOT..until last weekend. Yup! Finally!!!  ;)

We went to Tagaytay last saturday night..spent the night there and enjoyed some tourists spots the following day. We stayed at a place called  Foggy Heights Villa. It was very affordable. It is like a townhouse for rent with 2 floors, 3 bedrooms, 3 comfort rooms, a living room, kitchen, a garage area, and has its own gate – very suitable for groups of 7-10 people.

We rented a van for the trip, which made it easier for us to go around and our first stop was…

Splendido Tagaytay…

We were actually not familiar with this place and I guess it’s not even a tourist spot but our driver recommended it. He just drove us there and when we got there, we automatically understood why he insisted….

The view from there balcony was beautiful

Next stop…

The Woodsborough Log Homes

Again, this is not one of the popular spots in the city. We just passed by it and we found the houses nice so we decided to drop by and made use of our cameras and our smiles… :)

Time to proceed to..

The Picnic Grove!

So what’s with the Picnic Grove?

A breath taking view of the Taal Volcano

It was a hot, tiring morning which made us hungry even if it was not yet time for lunch. So off we went to LZM Resto where we had boneless bangus, sinigang, and chopsuey. In terms of food, I highly recommend this place but in terms of service, they kinda “sucks”. The food tasted really good but the waiter who was attending to us was “rude”. He looked like he does not want us to order anything. Talking about customer service!!! But the good side is.. the waiter did not stop us from having fun.

Hungry and waiting pero smile pa rin…haha

Now that we are all full and charged up, it’s time for the next stop.. the People’s Park in the Sky!

Overlooking Tagaytay…

What do you think is down there? ;)

Yes..we are the Pineapple People… haha

and that is the last stop…we’re heading home..

So that’s about it. Our Tagaytay trip.. It was fun but I was expecting it to be cold but when we got there, it was like we didn’t leave Manila. It was so hot that I thought everything was just a dream…haha.. It got a little cold when it rained and the whole place was fogged (which was beautiful) but that was it. Still, we enjoyed ourselves and we enjoyed the place. That’s what matters. ;)

Software Freedom Day ‘08 at UMAK

September 26, 2008 at 6:55 pm | In Asia Source II, FOSS, my interests | 1 Comment

The Software Freedom Day 2008 was celebrated worldwide last September 20, 2008. Several celebrations were conducted in the Philippines simultaneously on the same day.

One was done at the University of Makati, which was headed by the CP-Union.  Our team, Asia Source Pilipinas (sponsored by IOSN, Exist, and 8Layer) facilitated one breakout session in the afternoon. The session started with a talk on the background and history of Ubuntu and then followed by the basic applications of Ubuntu, which are usually used on a daily basis.  Afterwhich, the Edubuntu and its educational applications were introduced as well.

Together with Diane, Myra, Joanna, and Lawrence, we were able to gain the interests and enthusiasm of our audience, which was composed of students, teachers, and IT Professionals. The afternoon was not just all talks and lectures. Headed by Myra, the group facilitated an “Ubuntu Olympics” making the audience learn while having fun.  For the said game, the audience was divided into 5 groups and they performed 10 ubuntu tasks. It was soooo fun. Nobody was bored and everybody learned.  Win or lose, each one had some freebies and knowledge to take home.

Happy Software Freedom Day! ;)


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September 12, 2008 at 10:52 pm | In my work... | 3 Comments

My Cinderella Experience

August 29, 2008 at 11:55 pm | In enjoying life, my interests, my life... | 1 Comment

I know this is a late post “again” but I just can’t stop myself from posting it. It was a very wonderful experience to let it pass.

Eversince I heard of the Cinderella starring Lea Salonga, I totally drooled over it. I wanted to watch it so much but I heard that the tickets were really expensive and I did not know that the lowest price is 500 pesos. Until…

My office had free 500 worth tickets for it. Yep! You read it right! I was able to watch it for FREE! I know they were the farthest seats but still nothing can compare to that experience. It was amazing!

I had 2 free tickets and since my sister cannot come with me, I invited my housemate instead. At first, we really can’t see the faces of the actors and actresses but the stage design and the costumes were really beautiful so even if we can’t see the faces, it was more than enough for me. And of course, the voices… Hearing Lea Salonga sing live was one hell of an experience.

But during the break, they sold binoculars made of cardboard with real lenses and we enjoyed the show more. We saw their faces already! haha…

Anyway, what I really want to say is that the show was brilliant, perfect, amazingly wonderful. Watching it for FREE made it even more perfect. haha.. :P

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