May 18 was Dixie’s wedding with Arnold, I was asked to edit the pre-nup photos and create a slideshow. It’s has been a while since I did work like this and I think I learned a couple of new tricks. I have then decided to add another page on this blog and put in my portfolio of shots I have taken as well as edited photos.
I am now back from the Toastmasters District 75 Convention in Davao City. It was my first national convention but not my first time in Davao. We had a lot of fun as I was with my close office buddies for this trip. We experienced a lot of first. The definite highlights of the trip were the 300 meter zip line and the whole fresh tuna sashimi.
This is my second post about my trip to Singapore, see first post here. On our Third day in Singapura, We bundled 6 tourist destinations in 1 day, we had to make up for lost time since our first day was dampened by a whole day of rain. The itinerary was Merlion, Esplanade, Singapore Flyer, Suntec City(Fountain of Wealth), Sentosa Island, Bugis. Seems like a lot for 1 day but with a lot of determination and walking, it is manageable.
I will be flying to Davao City very early tomorrow morning together with my fellow Aboitiz Toastmasters, This will be my first District Convention and I am eager to attend. I am also eager to hear from the keynote speaker, Bo Sanchez, as I have seen and heard him from TV as well as read his blog and published articles.
While trying to activate my XP, I get a cannot connect error with message 32777. I thought it had something to do with the internet connection at home so I tried it in the office but I still got the same error.
Today is a unoffical national holiday in the philippines, Today Manny Pacquiao fights Ricky Hatton for more than just a belt and a title, both will fight for National honor and pride.
No doubt, Manny is the National Hero of our time, Time stands still and everything stops, even fighting between Govt. forces, Abu Sayaf and NPA unofficially stops. Streets are almost empty and all eyes are glued to the TV.
Filipinos prepare for a Pacquiao fight weeks before, plans are set for group watching while restos and hotels sell live tickets with buffet. Today, There is no economic crisis, there is no crime, there is no traffic, today there is only Manny Pacquiao.
Good Luck to you Manny, today you carry the entire 80 million plus pride and hope of all Filipinos on your shoulders. We hold our breath with every punch you send to Hatton eagerly awaiting the knockout everybody premonitions to happen, we feel the pain with every hit you take from Hatton, distributing it among ourselves so you do not feel the pain.
As endless predictions, discussions and arguments occur among filipinos and boxing fans around the world, One thing is for sure, Manny has left and idelible mark in all of us, Manny has brougth peace in the Philippines and have and will bring Filipino pride to the peak of the world.
Together with my family, we went to Singapore early March, partly to visit my wife’s brother and secondly to soak up on what Singapore has to offer. My mom and dad went to Singapura(Lion City in Malay) in 2004 for a exhibit and they were all praises for the 710.2 km2(and growing) City State. It’s Three and a half the size of Cebu City, my home town, but it’s densely populated with a 4.8 million population, it can get crowded out there.
Corporate lackies all over the world eagerly aniticipate weekends, long weekends, no-work holidays and such. While performing our day to day activities, initiatives, projects and others related to being a corporate lacky, we feel bombarded and inundated, friday nights, saturday and sunday’s are the respite from all of these. This year’s Labor day fell on a friday and so a 3 day weekend is very eagerly welcomed relief by all lackies.