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Happy New Year!!!

By on Saturday, January 1, 2011

It’s time for a new set of resolutions:

  1. Learn iPhone programming.
  2. Declutter, or attempt to, the house. I’ll need two shelves for starters.
  3. Swim more regularly.
  4. Read more books (or e-books). Specifically literary classics but maybe I’ll throw in a contemporary book. Maybe also one in French.
  5. Take cooking or dance classes maybe with Michelle.
  6. Take advanced photography classes.
  7. Go on another road trip. Revisiting Pagudpud would be nice but I’m open to another place.
  8. Go surfing in La Union. I’ve been to Zambales and I want to try another place.
  9. Go hiking and camping in one trip.

Hopefully I’ll do better this year.

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Maria Cristina Falls

By on Thursday, December 30, 2010

We visited Maria Cristina Falls today.  It is a landmark of Iligan City, which is actually nicknamed the City of Majestic Waterfalls, because of the presence of more than 20 waterfalls around it. I’ve been there only once previously and back then, the flow was a slow trickle compared to today. And it’s not even the rainy season. Awesome!

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Speck PixelSkin

By on Monday, December 27, 2010

Okay so putting the gorgeous iPhone 4 inside a case generally fuglifies it. Nor is it recommended to put it in a case with a covered back due to spontaneous cracking issues. However, there are times when you need a measure of protection. Depending on how rough your destination is you can choose between a bumper to a heavy-duty case like the Otterbox Defender.

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Return To Naawan

By on Monday, December 27, 2010

Yesterday, we went to the beach at Naawan. We stayed at the old guest house at MSU Naawan. It had been renovated and a few rooms have been added but it’s pretty much the same as before. The house held many good memories. We’ve been there quite a few times with childhood friends. I remember throwing a pack of Chippy to the sea for some fisherman to find and give to his kid. This is also where I lost my red-handled Swiss Army Knife knock-off while swimming. It was good to come back and visit. Jeanne had a blast walking around on the wooden floor. Mainly assisted but she did a few short unassisted ones. She also enjoyed taking a dip at the beach, her first time. Maybe she will fondly remember the place too.

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Merry Christmas!!!

By on Saturday, December 25, 2010

Merry Christmas!!! The word Christmas comes from “Cristes Maesse”, an early English phrase that means “Mass of Christ.” It is a celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ (not the birth day itself which could be any one of the 365.25 days of the year). Jesus is about peace, love, and understanding (what’s so funny about that?). It’s the time of the year when we set grudges and ill feelings aside that we may have accumulated for the past year (or the past years!). Such things are sometimes unavoidable but if we clean the slate even just once a year then it make for a better world. Unfortunately, two millenniums later, it’s still far off.

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