My only brother is getting married on December 8 of this year. Bet that it's not only a major family event for me, but also a great excuse to wear a lovely gown. To be the sister of the groom! Oh what dress a girl to choose!
Vera Wang Mauve Pleated Jersey Gown
Nicole Miller Teal Stretch Silk Halter Gown
Tadashi Black Beaded Neckline Chiffon Gown
Your aura is red.
A forum on the "Economic Outlook of the Philippines for 2007 and Beyond" is set on June 28, 2007 at the Café Laguna of Limketkai Center, Cagayan de Oro City.
For the past few months it has been reported that the economy has slowly been getting stronger on the basis of the peso-dollar exchange rate and the continuous influx of investors to the country. However, there are still other determinants as to why the economy is on the rise and the need to see the available opportunities alongside this growth. This forum was organized to attempt to look at the real picture.
The briefing would discuss the economic performance of the Philippines and the trends for the past two years, and also identify the different opportunities available for existing and future businessmen. Its main objective is to present the immediate and current situation of the business community and what lies ahead for the region and country.
Indeed, with the forecast of the local market strengthening and the continued advocacy for a more stable more certain political climate in the Philippines, there is a need for everyone to be ready with steps and strategies to take advantage of these prospective business interests.
This half-day activity is a Good Business Forum conducted by the Oro Chamber. Presented by the Asia United Bank, this June discussion is open to chamber members as well as heads of business companies, educational institutions and government offices.
In the same breath that I love Barbie dolls, I also love my Yahoo avatars. I have the complete 12 models allowed, each a testament to what I love, enjoy doing, and want to become. They're the non-cost yet cool on-line equivalent of the Disney princess paper dolls.
So it is a very wonderful surprise to discover that Yahoo avatars now include Filipiniana apparel and backgrounds! What a welcome treat! And though I look so different from her, here is my Filipina avatar: set in the cobbled streets of Vigan, and suited in lavender terno gown. But like her, the image of one with the regal posture of old and the winning spirit that will never fade.
A performance I'd choose any day. Perks me up!
* Composed 1976 by Orson and Blanche
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The Manila lady guests were flown in and back. We met the target 200 pax. The wifi connection was superb. Honey was giddy. The 2nd Mindanao Tertiary Schools ICT Quiz Show was launched. We discussed the Mindanao ICT Network. The DEKA Awards became clear to me. I met dear old friends. Jaime Garchitorena stole the show. I learned that pen computers now exist. We went home pleased.
It has been a good day. And the 2nd ICT Biz Summit is done. With the coming of the night is also the sigh of relief.
But the following hardware technology jargon list is another story:
NEW
Different color from previous design
ALL NEW
Parts not interchangeable with previous design
EXCLUSIVE
Imported product
UNMATCHED
Almost as good as the competition
DESIGNED SIMPLICITY
Manufacturer's cost cut to the bone
FOOLPROOF OPERATION
No provision for adjustments
ADVANCED DESIGN
The advertising agency doesn't understand it
IT'S HERE AT LAST!
Rush job; Nobody knew it was coming
FIELD-TESTED
Manufacturer lacks test equipment
HIGH ACCURACY
Unit on which all parts fit
DIRECT SALES ONLY
Factory had big argument with distributor
YEARS OF DEVELOPMENT
We finally got one that works
REVOLUTIONARY
It's different from our competitors
BREAKTHROUGH
We finally figured out a way to sell it
FUTURISTIC
No other reason why it looks the way it does
DISTINCTIVE
A different shape and color than the others
MAINTENANCE-FREE
Impossible to fix
RE-DESIGNED
Previous faults corrected, we hope...
HAND-CRAFTED
Assembly machines operated without gloves
PERFORMANCE PROVEN
Will operate through the warranty period
MEETS ALL STANDARDS
Ours, not yours
ALL SOLID-STATE
Heavy as Hell!
BROADCAST QUALITY
Gives a picture and produces noise
HIGH RELIABILITY
We made it work long enough to ship it
NEW GENERATION
Old design failed, maybe this one will work
UNPRECEDENTED PERFORMANCE
Nothing we ever had before worked THIS way
BUILT TO PRECISION TOLERANCES
We finally got it to fit together
MICROPROCESSOR CONTROLLED
Does things we can't explain
AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGY
One of our techs was laid off by Boeing
After the past five frenetic days, I really deserve my sleep.
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
- Robert A. Heinlein
Sometimes you are hit with nights when it is so difficult to sleep. You are tired to the bone, and do not want to lift another finger, but slumber and those precious hours of peace are so elusive.
Victim to what I foresee as another night of groaning and tossing and turning in the sheets, I commit myself to come up instead with my own little joys:
1. Gazing out of the window and seeing the dark garden so still, because there is not even a breeze in this warm night
2. Watching Coal, our black Labrador now free for his nightly roams, sniff around for his favorite frogs
3. Listening to the drone of the bedroom airconditioning unit - it hums, coughs and sputters, then hums again
4. Going out of the bedroom without putting on the lights, confident that after eight years in this house, I have known the walls and the floor
5. Sneeking into the refrigerator and picking out the salad dressing bottle to check its expiry date
6. Planning to get lettuce and singkamas, the lacking ingredients for that colorful salad I concoct in my mind
7. Feeling peacock-proud to recognize I am not touching the chocolate bars as I need to lose 3 inches off my waistline
8. Running silently into the giant brown and white couch and its big soft pillows, getting them all to myself this time
9. Lighting up a candle by the living room welcome mirror, wondering if incantations really work when said at midnight
10. Trying to lift the pink princess and fairies school bags of the girls, heavy with books and notebooks
11. Massaging Gela's limbs with baby lotion, not that the sleeping girl needs it, but because I just love the task
12. Combing Nika's hair and seeing the luxurious strands fall back into her lovely face and then tucking them by her ear
13. Whispering to each girl "I love you" and watching them move and mumble. It works everytime!
14. Picking up Reader's Digest and reading it in bed with my legs lazily propped up in Mike's tummy hehehehe
15. Staring at the sleeping face, now with prickly stubble, of the man who must love me very very very much or else
16. Turning on the bathroom water heater, and drinking my glass of warm nonfat milk while waiting
17. Enjoying my handheld shower head, the distinct feature screaming the ultimate feminine inside the bathroom
18. Revisiting my oversized thick white bathrobe, bought in pair with its bigger male model, way back when Mike and I were not yet married
19. Smiling at great gifts like the Linksys Compact Wireless Broadband Router which help you during wandering unsettled humid nights like this
20. Writing down thoughts into Blogspot and knowing just exactly these simple but exquisite pleasures of mine
It was Helen Keller who said that we can do anything we want as long as we stick to it long enough.
With this in mind as we advocate for information and communications technology development, Cagayan de Oro Chamber of Commerce & Industry Foundation, Inc. (Oro Chamber) stages the 2nd Northern Mindanao Business Summit on ICT on 22 June 2007 08:00am to 05:00pm at the Grand City Hotel, Cagayan de Oro City.
Celebrating the National ICT Month of June, and fresh from the successful hosting by our region of the 5th Mindanao ICT Congress last September, we are calling this event in order to take further steps in our preparation of Northern Mindanao business players for the opportunities brought by information and communications technology.
During this 2nd NMBS-ICT, we shall meet new and emerging partners, listen to reports of ICT leaders in business and government, get updates on the action plans created in June 2006 from the local ICT groups within the region, and together continue and strengthen our course of actions to make ICT one of our strategies for Northern Mindanao’s economic growth.
In partnership with the Regional Information Technology & E-Commerce Committee (RITECC) of Northern Mindanao, we shall also use this event for ICT industry players to meet with enabling partners from government. The event aims to gather 200 participants from all over the region and identify new directions for possible policy interventions.
We recognize your role in the attainment of ICT development in the region – as partners, users and advocates alike. As together we stake our claim to the opportunities offered by the industry, we are therefore inviting you to join us in this event.
Be a part of our goal of “Strengthening and Expanding the Mindanao ICT Industry”.
Diva Gone Platinum Barbie Doll
Hollywood Divine Barbie Doll
Ferrari Barbie Doll
I Dream of Spring Barbie Doll
Victorian Holiday Barbie Doll
