the girl and the gun

rule number 2

do not point your gun muzzle

at anything you do not want to destroy

Photo courtesy of Mike Mendoza

my breed of girls

Annika and Angela some ten years ago

They indeed grow up so fast. They had said goodbye to Barbie movies, and have adopted Japanese anime instead.  They are currently collecting nendoriods and anything related to the British boy band One Direction.  Both musically inclined, they alternately self-study the guitar and the keyboards.  They sketch and they write scripts and stories.

Most importantly, given the choice for a chef's course or modern dance lessons this summer, they said no.  Annika has picked up the golf club.  Angela has picked up the handgun.  Saturdays in the golf course.  Sundays in the shooting range.  Whatever!

Angela and Annika : girls like that!

on-purpose statement

Purpose

To leave someone better than before I touched his life.

To leave something better than before I engaged with it.

Vision

A happy, full and rewarding life for this woman

with the eyes of a dreamer,

the heart of a believer,

and the hands of a worker.

Mission

To constantly develop myself.

To be the best I can be in all the roles I play.

To nurture a grateful disposition.

- Output from the one hour seat work in my
Advanced Strategic Management class

rock that cheongsam

Photos today during the dress-up session
in Dr. Mark Labuntog's Mandarin class.

Ni hui yong kuaizi ma? Zhen lihai!

deiter, marlene, olive, mark, venessa, denver, and me

whichever which way

what a cast we'd make

Wo hui xiang nian ni de!

what's in the ipad?

Here's what I have.

Videos:

Breakfast at Tiffany's

Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Father of the Bride 1

Father of the Bride 2

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Little Women

Megamind

Midnight in Paris

Pirates of the Caribbean Curse of the Black Pearl

Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Man's Chest

Pirates of the Caribbean At World's End

Pirates of the Caribbean On Stranger Tides

Pride and Prejudice

Prince of Persia The Sands of Time

The Proposal

Roman Holiday

Sherlock Holmes

Tangled

Music Albums:

Anastasia Soundtrack

Michael Buble's Babalu

Michael Buble's Call Me Irresponsible

Chicago Soundtrack

Celtic Woman's A Christmas Celebration

Christopher Cross' Cross Words 1&2

Bic Runga's Drive

Libera's Eternal 1&2

Spice Girls' Greatest Hits

Kevin Kern's Harmony Moment

Emmy Rossum's Inside Out

Michael Buble's It's Time

Laura Fygi's The Latin Touch

Mamma Mia! Soundtrack

Michael Buble's Michael Buble

Kevin Kern's More Than Words

John Barrowman's Music Music Music

Hayley Westenra's Odyssey

One Direction's One Thing

The Prince of Egypt Soundtrack

Hayley Westenra's Pure

John Barrowman's Reflections from Broadway

Celtic Woman's Songs From the Heart

Craig David's The Story Goes

Paolo Nutini's Sunny Side Up

Paolo Nutini's These Streets

Hayley Westenra's Treasure

One Direction's Up All Night

Jason Mraz's We Sing, We Dance, We Steal

Wicked Soundtrack

Harry Connick Jr.'s Your Songs

Audio Books:

Jim Collin's Good to Great

Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice

Let me see your own list!

april's first weekend

travelers and fliers

going around historic intramuros

visit to mike's university of sto. tomas

taking it slow in serendra piazza

holy week 2012

Last 2010, Mike and I satisfied our curiosity and flew to Batanes, the northernmost province of the country. A combination of photo shoot opportunity and the chance to embrace local tourism, we knew we had to pass on the thirst for travel and learning to the girls.

So the family had started a little tradition to go out of town when the time and budget would allow. Last year, we took Annika and Angela for a few days to Singapore during the Holy Week. Understandably so, since that's the only time of the year when Mike can leave work and really focus on some serious family get-together.

This year, we will just take it slow in the national capital region and highlight the Holy Week with a Visita Iglesia in a number of churches of pre-war Intramuros. Guide map to be printed in a while.

On the side, while Mike wants to shop for golf accessories and apparel for Annika, Angela's main purpose is to shop till she finds the book of the boy band, One Direction. I just want to point out to the girls some swanky boutiques within Makati and let them enjoy the absence of trisikads within the business district. But on top of it all, I will savor the time of us four camping and cramping it inside one hotel room.

It will be fun and I promise to be sloppy and not mind whatever it is that shall not be perfect, according to my standards. Holy Week and time away from home with the family, as it is, is perfect enough.

at the shooting range

rule number 1

treat a gun like it's always loaded