tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10547790636137430442024-02-21T13:58:09.007+08:00Ako ay grateful!Counting down and finding small miracles in everyday lives...Joelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17000590838131190670noreply@blogger.comBlogger240125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054779063613743044.post-56048760910825829672014-01-02T14:40:00.001+08:002014-01-02T14:43:32.687+08:00Migrating to Tumblr :)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hi. I am migrating to Tumblr. I don't even know if anyone is reading this, but please continue connecting with me there. I find composing a blog entry too taxing, as I am too busy with work and a lot of chores given that I live alone. Tumblr makes it integrated across several apps and social networking site such as Instagram and Twitter, which makes it posting easier and available in multiple in several sites.<br />
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Joelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17000590838131190670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054779063613743044.post-44472162971837296822013-10-02T19:24:00.002+08:002013-10-02T20:12:24.829+08:00#236 8tracks<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I love 8tracks! Talk about unlimited music and unlimited playlists. There are a lot of similar service out there like this but I sticked it out with 8tracks. And I discovered great music, great artists I didnt know were existing. And most of all I am enjoying the yoga music I use during my yoga time, and discovered a throve of relaxing music which I use during my massage.</div>
Joelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17000590838131190670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054779063613743044.post-29982875786164122012013-05-02T22:28:00.000+08:002013-05-02T22:28:01.026+08:00#235 The Remote control!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: large;">I would say</span> that one of the wonderful and helpful inventions in the human history is the remote control (well maybe thats why there are a lot of couch potato) but who could ever deny the comfort of not standing up to change the channel in the TV, especially now that there hundred of channels in the cable hehe!<br />
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And one thing that I was quite really happy and grateful is the aircon remote control! No need to stand up when your sleepy (especially when its too cold!) or when you need to turn the aircon off. Astig!<br />
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We did swimming/camping at Nagsasa Cove in Zambales over the weekend together with some officemates and a Bulgarian boss. On our way home, we drop our foreign visitor at Holiday Inn, his hotel which is beside Robinson's Galleria, and I forgot the Coleman tent that I was assigned to carry in the taxi in the passenger seat. I have no idea we have left it until we came out of the hotel and my officemate asks where the tent is. OMG!<br />
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So it was about 10 minutes after we stepped out of Holiday Inn, walking down the street, talking about how much the tent costs and me thinking how we will we pay for it haha (we just borrowed it), and just hoping for nothing. And then we saw the Avanza taxi and the driver stepped out of the car and waved at us. The taxi we rode!<br />
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The taxi driver returned our tent! I came rushing forward and got the stuff. The taxi driver told me that he circled around the Robinsons Galleria area hoping to find us. We gave the driver a small tip and a high five! Cool guy! Astig moment!<br />
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I have been relying on home cook delivery for more than a year. Someone in the building has been cooking food and delivering to my unit and all the other units in the building. So it is comfortable and just a text away, someone will deliver straight to my door. It was a great arrangement and very comfortable for me, plus the fact that they are "turo-turo" priced, was quite awesome.<br />
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Until a month ago when the owner decided to call it quits.<br />
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I was off-balanced for a couple of weeks, relying on Chowking and Jollibee which were located downstairs. Then came a time when I was really fed up with the chicken and fastfood. I was just forcing the food inside just I can relieve the hungriness. Ewwwww. Just thinking about the fried chicken, braised beef and chowfan makes me wanna puke.<br />
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So, there is no choice but to cook my food. Together with the help of my girlfriend, we came up with simple meals, checked the internet and do a grocery.<br />
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So for the initial offering, we bought a lot of vegetables, spices and seasonings, a kilo of chicken and a kilo of pork.<br />
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Also bought basic utensils, a knife, a frying pan and a skillet.<br />
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I was able to resuscitate my refrigerator as it has just been serving me as a place to put rotting foods for me before, and cold water haha. Cleaned up my ref and threw away those expired foods. And i have my ref back!<br />
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I also have a gas stove which I havent been using for quit some time. (The last time was maybe last November when me and my girlfriend cooked spaghetti)<br />
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Now there is a great oppurtunity to cook awesome meals and learn! And thinking about those nutritious meals, and how bout going vegan! haha<br />
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I just finished eating my cooked meal. It was a pork giniling ala menudo. Awesome!<br />
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Joelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17000590838131190670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054779063613743044.post-21108256226282818352013-04-04T07:00:00.000+08:002013-04-04T07:00:01.259+08:00#232 A really comfortable chair<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Got this office chair from <i>Sanyang </i>and man was it comfortable! Definitely a good buy. So comfy, so relaxing ! Hours and hours of gaming and watching movies!!!!</div>
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These type of chairs sells for unreasonable prices from other furniture shops but got it for only 4K at <i>Sanyang</i>. <i>Sanyang </i>furnitures who's website is this one: <a href="http://sanyang.com.ph/">http://sanyang.com.ph</a> boasts a lot of furniture in their array, at a lower cost than most of other furniture shops (maybe because they are made from China?). I bought some furniture from them already, so far they are durable hehe. I don't get paid to promote them so this is not an advertisement lols.</div>
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Anyway to complete my setup, here is my humble mini office I was able to assemble the past month. The chair being the centerpiece of it! </div>
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Joelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17000590838131190670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054779063613743044.post-11312573913547985782013-04-03T02:21:00.000+08:002013-04-03T22:58:15.276+08:00#231 A celebrity follow<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Woohoow. And I was up all night checking her instagram and twitter feeds, and youtube videos. First saw this pretty face in PBB. She looks like an upgraded and classy Rochelle Pangilinan. Homygadd look at her...<br />
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I slept around 5AM na from checking pics, vids and writeups, buti na lang my office is around 1PM pa hehe. I love you Roxanne! haha<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I managed</span> to saved 3,000 pesos today from a sale. I am looking for a bar stool + table for almost a month now, since I converted my old small dinner table into a computer home office. Originally, the bar stool each costs 2,995.00, and the bar table at 3,995.00.. but at the sale the stool costs only 1,995.00 (I got two) and the table for only 2, 995.00 pesos for a total savings of 3thousand pesos baby! I am so happy that I managed to get something I want for less, but also solved my dilemma of finding a bar table style (yung mataas na table). Ayos! I will post pics of my furniture once it has arrived. =)<br />
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Joelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17000590838131190670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054779063613743044.post-58597286385901104712013-03-15T21:59:00.000+08:002013-03-15T22:53:53.827+08:00#229 Corned beef breakfast meal at Jollibee<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Although </span>I find their chicken more desirable than McDonalds, most of their menu is bland. Quite surprising most of the Pinoy and little kids loves Jollibee. I only love Jollibee because they are open 24 hours near my building haha, so if I crave even in the wee hours of the morning, I could always just went down. But if there's one thing more I love about Jollibee is their corned beef meal. I could eat until three rice with this one. Along with egg and fried rice, panalo! Walang panama ang Purefoods corned beef, or any corned beefs that I have tasted for that matter. Craving!</div>
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I am a <i>suki</i> at 70's bistro which is located in Anonas, in Quezon City. It is one of the remaining home of Pinoy music or shall we say rock venues that is still open today. From the era of the Eheads, to the Jerks, Tropical Depression, to True Faith, Sandwich, Sugarfree and new bands of late. It saw the coming and going of bands, forming and disbandment.<br />
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Together with a friend, I unexpectedly attended this mini-concert, more like spur of the moment. Rico Blanco is levelling-up. A true mark of an artist. Now he is known as Fiesto Bandido. The performance was a nonstop assault on the senses. Enjoyed it!<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">W</span>hat the fuck is flac? I encountered this terminology when reading and checking out audiophile forums and discussions. It means free lossless audio codec (flac). It turns out that these files are high quality song tracks, like listening straight from an audio CD. We are so used with MP3's, which are compressed music tracks, in order to get a file that is smaller yet almost similar to the original. In the process of compression some details of the song are gone.<br />
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Yup, and true enough the online reviews and feedback about this product were correct. I was choosing between the Grado and Koss, so I auditioned them both. I found out the Grado SR80's to be too bright for my ears, and that I found out that my ears are craving for them bass =) Reading from online reviews and feedbacks are so important and proved to be too valuable that you can hear from personal experience, advices and professional tips as well.</div>
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For around 2200 pesos, this is an awesome buy. I was willing to shell out 6000 bucks for the Grado's so this definitely is a good buy. Feels like listening from a car audio system that has been setup. Eargasm! And noticed there additional details that I haven't heard from the song before.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">B</span>efore I retire and head for the bed, I do not fail to admire the city lights, and say to myself.. Wow! Different colors like blue, red, orange, green, and the usual yellow and white fill the night. So peaceful and so beautiful, amid the hustle and bustle of the city life. </div>
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Joelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17000590838131190670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054779063613743044.post-32690873401502519502013-02-22T07:00:00.000+08:002013-02-22T07:00:01.550+08:00#224 Having a partner at the seesaw<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I</span> grew up with a lot of trees around in the province. We used to climb <i>santol</i>, <i>mangga</i>, and <i>kaimito </i>trees with my cousins when we were young. There are also <i>duhat</i>, chico, <i>aratiles</i>, in looban where relatives live (mostly cousins in my mother's part). Among my favorite are kaimito and chico. Yummy! I love sweet fruits, and I don't like <i>hilaw na mangga</i>. And I found out that putting kaimito in the refrigerator... is yummier!</div>
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Joelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17000590838131190670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054779063613743044.post-39727726567160891252013-02-13T07:00:00.000+08:002013-02-13T07:00:07.560+08:00#221 Have some laugh with Just for Laughs<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Go ahead lighten up and have some laugh. I googled that laughing reduces stress hormones and increases the health-enhancing hormones endorphin and neurotransmitters, a study which can be found <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080407114617.htm" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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DORY: "Hey Mr. Grumpy Gills! When life gets you down, you know what you gonna do?<br />
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Joelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17000590838131190670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054779063613743044.post-56023063701169468712013-02-10T14:55:00.000+08:002013-02-10T22:07:02.953+08:00#219 Making someone really really happy<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I just gifted someone with unlimited mobile data plan, and my golly was she ecstatic. We were talking on the phone and you can feel and hear the giddyness and <i>kilig, </i>as she gets unlimited instagram, facebook, twitter, viber, 8tracks music, youtube, on her cell.<i> </i>I gave her temporarily my plan 999 for Globe since my office provided me with another mobile plan. Good for her, but making someone happy... a really happy feeling too...<br />
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Joelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17000590838131190670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054779063613743044.post-18215466793713181282013-02-08T18:18:00.000+08:002013-02-12T10:48:39.402+08:00#217 Batibot and reminiscing the childhood days<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Kuya Bodjie, Ate Sienna, Pong Pagong, Kiko Matsing, Manang Bola, Irma Daldal and the whole gang. Who will ever forget them, especially if you're a kid from the 80's. Even the songs <i>Bangkang Papel</i>, <i>Alin ang Naiba, Alaga naming si Puti</i>, <i>Ako ang Kapitbahay</i> is still stucked in my head like LSS and know the words by heart! Wow... childhood days!<br />
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Me and my girl were a little playful last Sunday. Instead in eating onetime bigtime in one resto, we ate one food at a time whatever we want. I say it is fun doing this (paonti onti). It is awesome as we enjoy each food and not force it down the throat just to finish (which we sometimes do in restos) and we were surprised that we were full until the evening of that day.</div>
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Joelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17000590838131190670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054779063613743044.post-36996011445382132862013-02-06T07:00:00.000+08:002013-02-06T07:00:04.146+08:00Thoughts on reaching 50 <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
My sister reached a milestone. Well actually three of them already did. Reaching their golden age. Half a century. Fifty times around the sun. Wow.<br />
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As cliche as it sounds, time flies really fast. I still remember them being college students, in our house doing household chores, studying and single! It seems like only yesterday. And a couple of decades more or so and I would reach that threshold also.<br />
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And to think so few humans now reach a century mark! (According to the a recent UN report, Filipinos have an average dying age of 71.7 years), so that means 20 or so years left of stay in this plane of existence. And after that, gone. Bye bye. Oblivion! hehe..<br />
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Make the most of time we have right NOW. As author Gretchen Rubin says, "the years are long but the days are short!"<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">E</span>ver watched the movie 'Back to the Future' starring Michael J. Fox as Marty McFly? There he played Chuck Barry's <i>Johnny B. Goode </i>in the Senior Prom ball cause the lead guitarist and frontman of the band injured his hand. I soo love this scene, and you can totally relate how awesome guitar solos are. Here is the scene from the movie:<br />
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Awesome, awesome... Here below are some favorite songs with face twitching and sick guitar solos!<br />
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Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody:<br />
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