tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31914772009-06-09T22:11:37.157-07:00Just about anything that pops into this mind.Everhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00484686822316617679noreply@blogger.comBlogger75125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3191477.post-38864359103689991382009-06-09T22:05:00.000-07:002009-06-09T22:11:32.764-07:00

I was on my way home, listening to KCBS. I passed a green (I think) wooden block that was sitting there in the middle of the road, right on the line between the two lanes.After about five seconds, the lady reporting the traffic said "Watch out for a wooden block...", referring to the same exact one I just passed. Is that cool or what?I've noticed that my coughing comes back every time I'm in the

Everhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00484686822316617679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3191477.post-92196123064225531262009-06-06T18:54:00.000-07:002009-06-06T19:29:45.298-07:00

Jing and I got to watch The Birds last night. And man, the ending was a complete letdown. What was the point of that movie? It wasn't even scary. No explanation whatsoever of why the birds were attacking them. I thought it had to do with her coming to town or the lovebirds she brought with her. But no, they just left. And of course, the birds just let them go away. Just like that. The only thing

Everhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00484686822316617679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3191477.post-86810470009679116072009-06-04T17:27:00.000-07:002009-06-04T18:04:39.599-07:00

I don't recall if I've mentioned this (and I'm too lazy to check right now) but we have another pair of birds that are nesting in our backyard. And this time, the crows did not find the eggs, thank God! We were at Costco one time and came across a book on birds. So, I flipped through, hoping to find the birds there. And I think I did. They're called house finches. Interestingly, the male bird is

Everhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00484686822316617679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3191477.post-42810889723401305122009-05-26T11:18:00.000-07:002009-05-26T11:41:21.633-07:00

Yesterday, on our way to Brentwood for some cherry-picking with friends (it was our first!), from out of the blue, Jed asked, "What is autism?" While I'd always thought I knew what it was, I realized I actually didn't know how to even define it. So, I just went like "you know, when someone seems to live in their own world... their mind just wanders out of this world" (something like that... I was

Everhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00484686822316617679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3191477.post-60675940432251955642009-05-21T13:22:00.000-07:002009-05-26T11:17:33.338-07:00

I thought that I'd be able to post more often and one topic at a time. I'm starting to think it's never going to happen or if it does, very rarely. When's the next blue moon?Where to begin? Oh, I forgot to mention that we had Janelle tested too at the same school where Jed goes to and she also passed. It means she's also gifted... yes, folks, she's not just a pretty face :). In fact, her math

Everhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00484686822316617679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3191477.post-1137651188773060852009-05-13T17:09:00.000-07:002009-05-13T18:32:29.989-07:00

I'm sure you've gotten used to my sporadic but lengthy posts. Well, here's another one. ;) Not the best time to go into details. I'll just quickly go through my pending items and pray that my future posts will be more frequent and shorter.It had to happen. My Own Worst Enemy was axed. Just like that. Of course, I was bummed but I'm okay now. Hello, it's been months. :) Heroes and Smallville are

Everhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00484686822316617679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3191477.post-2100212779305090002008-10-16T13:15:00.001-07:002008-10-16T13:36:37.094-07:00

I was watching Heroes on my recorder last night. It's getting interesting. So many things going on. I hope this season will be more cohesive than the last. I think it will be... unless another writers' strike happens.I have also been recording the show after Heroes, which was Journeyman then. Last night, it was the premiere of Christian Slater's My Own Worst Enemy. I caught the very first scene

Everhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00484686822316617679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3191477.post-906251735075713452008-10-01T14:12:00.000-07:002008-10-01T14:42:20.035-07:00

Look what I just uncovered! Man, that sound the balaraw makes when its power kicks in, I'd forgotten about it. It's awesome! I really wish they (whoever they are) came out with DVDs of all four movies. I've been waitin'! Come on, someone step up!

Everhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00484686822316617679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3191477.post-19457340174703561372008-07-16T22:12:00.000-07:002008-10-01T22:56:45.118-07:00

Just thought I'd share this.Look back and "Thank" God.Look forward and "Trust" God.Look around and "Serve" God.Look within and "Find" God!"It was contained in an email forwarded to Jing by an old friend. It wasn't even the main attraction. The email contained jokes, lots of them. But somewhere at the bottom, I found this little treasure. Not sure why it was there. It seemed out of place but hey,

Everhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00484686822316617679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3191477.post-39464263352395028812008-06-13T09:55:00.000-07:002008-06-15T11:53:31.551-07:00

I know. Same old story. Busy, busy, busy. Just wanted to share the big news regarding Yam's Hollywood version of The Echo. The trailer is out!!!I was going to embed it here by copying Yam's code but to avoid any legal issues, I'll just point you to Yam's blog.Another big news somewhat related to this is that I have finished my feature-length screenplay called "The Oak Trees". If you're reading

Everhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00484686822316617679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3191477.post-90579251069182039442008-01-31T10:10:00.000-08:002008-01-31T11:57:13.060-08:00

While waiting for YouTube to send me my confirmation email, let me start writing this post. I missed Renaldo (or Reynaldo?) Lapuz' audition on American Idol. I only saw it on YouTube. And I was surprised to see other people "covering" it. So, I thought I'd share them with you, if you haven't seen them.I was initially planning to embed the videos one by one but I thought I'd seen some blogs where

Everhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00484686822316617679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3191477.post-43013351023643099172007-12-07T17:12:00.000-08:002007-12-09T19:45:36.194-08:00

Pardon the uncreative title. Serves me right for not posting more often. I end up posting about diverse stuff and not being able to come up with a good title to capture all of them.Jed lost his first baby tooth the other day. And guess what, his tooth fairy(ies) was/were a little too generous. They didn't know that most other kids get just a quarter apiece. Lesson learned. ;)Janelle has started

Everhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00484686822316617679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3191477.post-59926709807777537242007-11-11T10:07:00.000-08:002007-12-09T19:45:56.093-08:00

Just wanted to make sure you notice our new family photo on the right. :) But that's about it for now. Sorry, my posts are few and far between. I cannot promise to post more often but I'll try (as usual).Oh, I took out the link to Yahoo! Photos because it's no longer in service. Gotta find a new provider.Oh, one more thing. Our friend Kristine recently forwarded me a link to a news article. Milla

Everhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00484686822316617679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3191477.post-78462204173304038112007-09-14T14:37:00.000-07:002007-09-14T15:06:46.117-07:00

Ever since I saw that Hubble Deep Field video (see my earlier post just a couple of days ago), thoughts about life on other planets have been "haunting" me. Gotta nip this in the bud or I'd go crazy. Well, I don't have to forget about it. But I definitely have to stop obssessing about it.Anyway, so, I thought of googling UFO's and I found one very comprehensive site, UFO Casebook. It has

Everhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00484686822316617679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3191477.post-55173421191762559862007-09-11T15:57:00.001-07:002007-09-11T16:19:22.938-07:00

I honestly believe that. And I believe that even more now that I've just seen this video:The Hubble Deep Field: The Most Important Image Ever TakenWarning: There's a brief comic intermission sometime around 1.5 minutes into the clip. I had to fast-forward to skip it so I'm not sure if there was anything objectionable. I doubt it.Our planet, our solar system, our galaxy, are but teeny tiny parts

Everhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00484686822316617679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3191477.post-79690785572109302502007-09-04T10:09:00.000-07:002007-09-11T15:56:19.014-07:00

k... The first P is Pops Fernandez. I saw her at Linens 'N Things yesterday. Jing didn't since she was at the cashier paying. We had eye-to-eye contact. I had been hearing three Pinays talking while I was looking at something... I forget what it was. Then, I looked up and right across from me was Pops, also looking at me, smiling. My face was like, "Oh, you're Pops". After a second or so, we both

Everhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00484686822316617679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3191477.post-72545811468988469802007-09-02T08:59:00.000-07:002007-09-02T11:16:20.848-07:00

We just learned from my bro-in-law who's visiting with his family from Australia that today, Sept. 2nd, is Father's Day in Australia. So, Happy Father's Day to all fathers, Australian or not! :)It's been a long time, hasn't it? As usual, my excuse is that there have been so many things going on. Life on earth is lightning-paced!Nothing much. Just thought I'd post something since I added a link to

Everhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00484686822316617679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3191477.post-74854903425906769642007-05-22T14:35:00.001-07:002007-05-22T15:03:03.867-07:00

My current favorite show, NBC's Heroes, had its season finale last night. It was good. It was sad that the Petrelli brothers had to die. Or did they? We'll see next season, won't we? My theory is that Peter will regenerate and Nathan let him go before he exploded.I just have the following gripes:1. Why couldn't Peter fly by himself? k... Someone said on one board that they thought he could only

Everhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00484686822316617679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3191477.post-62925670016245537872007-05-21T11:10:00.000-07:002007-05-21T11:44:19.764-07:00

I just realized that I hadn't posted in a while. This is just to let you guys know that I'm still here. I haven't forgotten about our blog. It's just that there have been so many things going on. It's been crazy.Oh, one thing that I should mention now before I forget about it (goes and changes title of this entry). We had a couple of birds that tried to nest on top of our fountain in our

Everhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00484686822316617679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3191477.post-1171263097885498182007-02-11T22:20:00.000-08:002007-02-11T22:51:37.896-08:00

Man, I've been busy, busy, busy. So many things going on, both at work and outside. This is going to be quick. Let's see...1. I passed Sun's SCJP exam. Yeah, I'm now certified by both Microsoft and Sun. The Java exam, although the coverage was narrower than Microsoft's 70-536, was actually tougher. In almost every question, among the choices were, "the code will not compile" and/or "there

Everhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00484686822316617679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3191477.post-1168131320430897832007-01-06T16:43:00.000-08:002007-01-08T14:12:51.086-08:00

Forgot to say last time that our very nice next-door neighbors won 1st place in our city's Holiday Decorating contest!!! Yipee!!! They were even on the front page of one paper. They so deserve it! Did I mention they also decorated our front lawn? They have so much stuff they offered to decorate ours as well as that of their neighbor on the other side. And of course, we gladly accepted their offer

Everhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00484686822316617679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3191477.post-1167465540936213822006-12-29T23:40:00.000-08:002006-12-29T23:59:00.946-08:00

where MCP = Microsoft Certified Professional. I just passed the 70-536 exam today. Yipee!!! Thanks to my experience (.NET or not), I passed with a respectable score of 912 (passing is 700. I am assuming perfect score is 1000). There were so many questions that were not discussed in the book. So I can see how a person with not enough experience would really struggle. I actually did panic.

Everhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00484686822316617679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3191477.post-1167464445805775502006-12-29T23:23:00.000-08:002006-12-30T00:00:54.183-08:00

We just got back. Taking advantage of the Christmas break, we, err, I drove down to SoCal to take the kids (and ourselves) to Legoland and Universal Studios. We had fun. The kids particularly enjoyed the playgrounds as they could play freely. They also enjoyed the ball-shooting place at the Nickeledeon area at Universal. Janelle would gather balls like crazy and put them in her bucket so she

Everhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00484686822316617679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3191477.post-1166222939968569962006-12-15T13:57:00.000-08:002006-12-15T14:56:14.380-08:00

I saw this sometime back and ran into it again. Just thought I'd put a link to it from here.http://www.opmdb.com/artist_profile.php?artist_id=1814It's my profile on the official registry of OPM (Original Pilipino Music) artists. To date, I only have one song... heh... nice. It's called Pinapangarap. It was recorded in 1993 by Manilyn Reynes. I met her and would-be hubby Aljon Jimenez personally

Everhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00484686822316617679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3191477.post-1163094973843326902006-11-09T09:45:00.000-08:002006-11-09T10:10:11.736-08:00

One night, at the dining table, we talked briefly about the movie Flushed Away and how I thought it was similar to Finding Nemo in terms of how it was made (you know, animation that looks real) but in all honesty, I really had (and still have) no idea. So, here's how it went (kinda):Me: I think Flushed Away is like the Nemo movie.Jed: Okay, I don't remember a thing he said. I think he was

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