Monday, April 30, 2012

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

Monday, April 16, 2012

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!

Sunday, April 15, 2012

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

Saturday, April 14, 2012

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!

Monday, April 09, 2012

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!

Sunday, April 08, 2012

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


Friday, April 06, 2012

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.

Sunday, April 01, 2012

at the shooting range


rule number 1
treat a gun like it's always loaded