vote for pirate ducky on threadless

you like cute shirts? rubber duckies and bathtubs? Vote for it and you might just see it in Threadless.

The t-shirt design was made by my online buddy ice’s boyfriend Ryan. I’m helping them out by spreading the love.  Vote for it to see it in Threadless t-shirt line up :). (and if you join his contest you might win a threadless shirt or the ducky shirt for yourself :)
link : http://geekofalltrades.wordpress.com/2008/05/10/if-i-win-you-win-a-threadless-geekofalltrades-contest/

A feigned toast to me

I wanted to end the day with a drink. It could be anything. A shot of espresso or tequila, a bottle of vodka cruiser or a san mig light. It could be as plain as oj or as special as a mixed mojito or some long island ice tea.

Just to give a toast to my new beginning.

Here’s to looking at you, kid.

I watch your radio show every morning on my way to work - me

Way to go me. I’m up front with Hilary one of my favorite Djs in Jam and that’s what I had to say. :D

So, why did I say that? I attended an event in Tropezz Bar and Grill last night for the HK Disneyland drawing.I won by answering a simple question about HK disneyland and they called me up and said I’m part of the 20 who’d have a chance to go to HK.
I got there in Greenbelt 3 after dinner at Som’s with the batchmates and I felt like a winner already :) I got an HK Goodie Bag, free dinner of Linguini de Adobo and yummy ice tea. While Bai and I listened to Silent Sanctuary play. They also gave out some free tickets to Speed Racer and What Happens in Vegas.

Drawing came and the first name was picked. It was a Dad and Hilary asked him whose he going to bring. He told her his Daughter aww <3

Next name came and I was like ME ME ME ME ME! Bai was all jittery as well then Hilary pull out the name from the bowl which felt like eternity…

and then she mumbled…

“roo-raa-ree”

I was like “is that me?”

Then Bai popped my little daydream and said “BAI ITS YOU!”

“ITS ME!? I WON!!!!!!”

I ran to the stage jumping. :D And happy. And I totally forgot to thank Jam and Las Palmas and all that stuff :D plus I had to say that geeky line LOL.

Oh well I’m going to go to HK! WHEEEEEE. Thanks so much Jam 88.3 and Las Palmas tours and travels! :D

places to go… maybe hopefully when i’m not THAT old to enjoy the beach

I am such a big fan of blue green waters and white sand. And I like snorkeling even if I panic at the mere thought of fishes biting my fingers…

My first ever snorkeling trip was at Boracay around 4 years ago. Gung-ho me plunged into the waters to be greeted by a wide array of fish. I fell in love and since then I wanted to just keep on swimming (even if people insists that I am not meant for scuba diving, I will learn that “sport”, but maybe not pull a gutsy :P)

Anyway, for the past 2 decades of my life, I’ve been around a lot of beaches. White sand, brown sand, gray sand, blue waters, aqua waters, green waters, black waters, from the north (Pangasinan) to the South (Puerto Princesa) and in between (Batangas, Zambales, Subic, Cavite, Cebu, Boracay, Bohol, Bataan?, Mindoro) I would have to say the best sands that I laid upon was Boracay, and the best snorkel adventure was in Snake Island, Puerto Princesa, Palawan.

I cannot forget the knee length depth of a sea full of tropical wonders. I was feeding bread to a school of floaty black sea fishes (without panicking of the nibbles), a few meters from the shore is a drop off to a world that I have never seen before, and I really want to see again.

Here’s a list of beaches that I really want to go to…(and maybe some I have gone and want to go back again for a longer period of time….) It’s a simple yet expensive dream. But hey, whose counting…?

• Boracay (just for the beaches and maybe snorkeling one more time! :))
• El Nido, Coron, Busuanga, Palawan (Baby sharks, Dolphins, FIshes, Limestone mountains, gorgeous sunsets, what more can I ask for?)
• Siquijor (Achi’s pictures made it final. I will go to mamaw land :D)
• Hundred Islands (Touring the Northern beaches in XX year old eyes)
• Apo Island (in Dumaguete, maybe if I learned scuba diving…hmmm)
• Puerto Princesa again! (Snake Island and Pandan Island! w00h00!)
• Shangrila Mactan (For the lovely, PG, fishes the private beach and the king size bed (hehe))
• Bantayan Island, Moalboal, Sumilon Island in Cebu
• Bohol (Wanting to see the lumot-less beaches)
• Camiguin (and it’s famous white beach)
• Pearl Farm Davao (and the beaches in Samal :))
• Care to share your little beach trips to me? :D

:) Can’t wait to go to these places one by one (and maybe be a nognog for once :D)

on the bigscreen : The Forbidden Kingdom

It’s been a while since I’ve watched a movie on the Big Screen at Powerplant. Since Dad was such a Jacky Chan fan plus Jet Li was also in the movie, I guess it was a brief-dropping moment for him. (or something to that equivalent.

Basically it’s a story of a young American Kung Fu fanb01 who can’t get enough of martial arts. He got transported far back in time (and in another reality) where he was the supposed keeper of the staff and he has to return it to the Monkey King (insert here story of the Monkey King which you will know in the movie).

So Mr. Kung Fu Boy Jason (Michael Angarano, who looks oddly like that guy from Disturbia) together with some misfits , Drunken Master Jacky Chan, Golden Swallow Liu Yifei, and The Silent Monk Jet Li are off to battle the Jade Warriors and the heavily eye-shadowed Jade Master along with his forgettable lackeys and the very, VERY unforgettable bounty hunter.

It is the first time I have seen Jet Li and Jacky Chan going at it. And dude, it was orgasmic.  It is probably one of the must-see scenes if you’re already nodding off (if old school Kung Fu isn’t really your thing).  But if it was my Martial Arts preference, I would go for Jacky Chan’s humorous and realistic style and ingenious little tricks than the almost unearthly moves of Jet Li (thanks to his skill and Hollywood magic).

Their duel was a beautiful dance of blocked punches, flying, flapping sleeves, and fancy footwork.

A movie won’t be complete if there were no pretty women. And here there were two from both sides of the force. In the side of good was Golden Sparrow. Orphaned when she was little by the hands of the Jade Master himself, she seeks revenge waiting for the day she can implant her jade tipped needles of death.

Onto the dark side is the Sexy and treacherous  Bounty Hunter Li Bing Bing, whom I  was entranced with her long white hair, deadly aim and her long vicious whip.

This movie was worth watching, if not for all the Kung Fu, then it’s for the women.

No. I’m NOT a lesbian. But yeah one of the main reasons I wrote this review was to basically say hooray for the female martial artists.

Pictures were grabbed at stolenmonkey’s flickr page copyrighted by it’s rightful owners and etc and all the jazz.

what i would give

for a chance of a lifetime…

its…4:19am

do you know where your children are?

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my wondertwin.

the new and improved wondertwins.

When I heard that he was resigning, it was like a sock in the stomach, a knife through the heart and a slap to the face. When I knew only 30 days were left, I was a barrel of emotions. Shock, pain, grief, denial, anger, worry, panic, sad, disappointed, surprised and maybe a hefty more others that I cannot remember but I feel.

You don’t spend 6 years with someone close only to taken away in an instant.

And talk about pouring rock salt, bitter and gashed into the wounds.

I didn’t want to hear him say his goodbyes so I went  around and took pictures during the time he was saying his final words in the office.

2 work days has passed since he left…and I go to the office in tears and very disturbed. The empty seat next to Helen was screaming. When it wasn’t him tinkering on the server next to me, it feels weird, and when I look for him if I wanted to drag someone for coffee or to talk about work stuff…

I found him not there and I would cry silently in my seat, shoulders shaking.  When we had a brunch out with the project mates, I knew someone was missing. And when Helen told me.

Sick leave…it’s been two days

I knew he wasn’t really there and I had to give myself some dignity and hastily wipe the tears that escaped from my eyes.
I tried to joke about it, but my voice breaks and my eyes have grown swollen and smaller than the usual, forming into horizontal slits.

He was a big part of your life

And he really is…

…I really don’t know what to say.

another pat on the back for me…

yesterday was the fort eb photoshoot for some members of dpp. it was a whole day event (9am-10pm), what was special about it (for me anyways) was you can’t just shoot at bonifacio high street/global city (bgc/bhs), you need to secure the permits.

and that was my job.

i was able to secure permits for them to shoot around bonifacio high street/global city. it was a way of showing people that you really can be able to do what you want, you just have to go for it.

there were numerous complaints on the restrictions of shooting, so why not try and make it unrestricted up to it’s supposed limits. due to these comments i went towards the bgc admin office and asked for the required permits. whom they were happy to  assist me in getting the permits readied.

so after 2 letters of intent, payments, filled-up forms and all the other requirements. the permits are ready and i handed them to ronin for use on sunday (which gave him free dibs to shoot that night) together with spam and ivan. i was merely spacing out at Bo’s.

i was able to drop by the EB at sunday (sneaking off from powerplant to go to bhs) and i was happy to see the people there.

it was a nice feeling to be able to do something for people that made them happy.

plus, it made a point. to all the skeptics out there. if you really want it…you could get it…

now if i can only apply that to my life as wel…