Pasko na sa Puerto Princesa

First Xmas Party of the Year

Joeboy, Alex, Bong, Jean, Randy, Ness, Olib, Percy
(may baon talagang Mr Donut)

Tip: Getting Around PPS and PPT Files

Happy new year!

I'm back from my short vacation in Palawan. I was able to gain several pounds, but the nice thing is I was able to reconnect with my cousins, some of whom I haven't met for more than 5 years! Although I'm not that close with them which is due to the distance, I feel that I "belong" when I am with them. It's a "blood is thicker than water" thing.

A trivia: Our family name has the most number of policeman in our province.

The tip:
I was sent a pps file which is a Powerpoint file which when opened would automatically go to slide show mode. In Powerpoint, it could not be opened for editing. I want to use a portion of pps file for my own Powerpoint presentation. What I did is I opened it first using Impress, the presentation software of OpenOffice. From there I was able to save that file into ppt and having a ppt file, it could now be cut and pasted to the ppt I was preparing. It’s that easy.

In pdf files, I use the print screen key for this.

Silent Night

@ Farm

@ Farm

@ Silang

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas to all! I would spend the holidays in Palawan. I would be back Jan 1, 2008. At last I would be able to use the ticket I purchased last summer.

Yesterday was our 2nd Christmas Party in the farm and I was so drunk that I didn't know how I was able to go home from the farm which is five towns away from my apartment. Ha ha! It was the second because we already had a small party of our own. Yesterday was different because we had guests from the office, some officers of the coop, barangay officials and some neighbors. I'm so happy that the Barangay Elections pushed through because at last we had a new set of officers in that village. I had a very traumatic experience with the former as he was the typical corrupt government official. I won't give out the details, baka gayahin pa ng iba.

2007 Christmas Wishlist

1. A copy of Randy Pausch's Lecture on DVD. E-mail me for my mailing address. It's just $7.00 (including shipping).
2. A copy of the book that I wished to have last year. See my wishlist last year.

3. A maroon hooded sweatshirt.

Nakakahiya!

Kaninang umaga ako lumipad galing Puerto Princesa papuntang Manila. Syempre galing pa ako sa bahay sa Roxas, maaga kami umalis doon. Alas onse ang schedule ng pag-alis ng AirPhilippines na sinakyan ko. Kaya maaga akong nag check-in, bandang 9:30, boarding pa lang ang PAL e nakakuha na ako ng boarding pass. Di ako sigurado kung maaga ako nyan, mukhang hindi. Pero dahil pakiramdam ko pagkaaga-aga pa, lumabas pa ako ng airport at naglakwatsa! Dahil naubos ang pera ko, pumunta pa ako sa ATM ng Landbank sa Rizal Avenue para mag-withdraw. Tapos may pinuntahan pa ako sa malapit sa Roxas Street, may tiningnan kaming opisina pero sarado din kasi nga holiday. Tapos, pakiramdam ko wala pa rin yung eroplano kaya nagyaya pa akong mag-miryenda. Punta naman kami sa ChowKing para mag halo-halo. Syempre, kahit halo-halo lang yun, dahil ChowKing nga, e niluto pa yun, so antagal bago i-serve kahit tatlong mesa lang ang okupado. Ayun, napakwento, kwento-kwento. At. Alas onse na pala, kaya karipas agad kami sa airport. Pagpasok ko sa gusali, wala na yung mga pasahero! Ako na lang! So, lakad ako papasok, di rin ako agad nakadiretso kasi may bayad pa pala yung terminal (fee). Dahan-dahan pa akong nagbayad, malay ko bang ako na lang ang hinihintay! Pagpasok ko sa terminal, pakiramdam ko naiihi ako, kaya nagpaalam ako dun sa bantay sa gate na iihi muna ako. Noon lang pumasok sa isip ko na ako na lang talaga ang naiwan! Paglabas ko ng gate ng terminal papuntang eroplano (nakapark lang kasi sa space sa harap ng terminal) aba nakita kong hinihila na ng mga tauhan ng airport ang nagiisang hagdan paakyat ng eroplano palayo! At sarado na ang pintuan nito! Bigla ko naisip na hanggang ngayon na lang ang LOA ko at kailangan na talagang magtrabaho bukas. :)
Buti na lang, mabait sila ngayon. Ibinalik nila yung hagdan, at kumatok yung isang mama sa pintuan ng eroplano. Antagal bago buksan! Kala ko nga di na bubuksan. Buti binuksan.
Pag-akyat ko parang cartoons. Unti-unti akong lumiit (unti-unti talaga!) at nagtransform sa invisible mode at dahan dahang (parang naka-tip toe, di ko maalala) akong naghanap ng mauupuan. Taken na ang upuan ko (Bwiset! Nirequest ko pa naman ang window seat.). At isa na lang ang upuang bakante. Yung akin lang talaga. :) Katabi ko ang isang malaking British. Kaya umupo lang ako doon at nagpaka-maliit. Ayun, habang nagtitake-off unti-unti na akong lumalaki ulit.
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Nakwento ko na ba na nung papunta ako (Dec. 23), e nag nose bleed ako sa eroplano nung bumababa na ang eroplano? Parang tanga ang ilong ko. Buti di lumabas yung dugo, dun lang sa loob. Pero super uncomfortable ang pakiramdam.

Butterfly Garden sa Puerto Princesa

Kasama kasi namin ng nanay ko ang pinsan ko na inaanak ko rin kaya kami dumaan dito. Matatagpuan ito sa Sta. Monica, malapit sa elementary school doon. May kaliitan ang lugar kaya hitik na hitik ito ng paro-paro. Mas magandang pumunta dun bago mag tanghali kesa hapon dahil mas aktibo daw sila pag paliwanag.
May maiksing video na pinapapanood sa mga bisita bago pumasok. Magandang panoorin muna ito bago pumasok sa loob para lubusang mainindihan yung mga nakikita.
Naninigil sila ng bayad sa pagpasok pero 55 pesos lang, tatlo na kami. Kadalasan, kasama ito sa City Tour package na inio-offer ng mga guide sa Puerto Princesa.

Nasa Palawan Pa Rin

Ika walong araw ko na dito sa amin! Record breaking na to! Marami akong ikikwento pagbalik at may bago akong pinagkakaabalahan ngayon---ang pagsasaliksik ng aking pinagmulan (genealogy, tama ba?). Ang hirap pala nitong gawin pero nakaka-enlighten at, at the same time, marami akong natutuklasang kung ano-anong kwento.
Mamaya, pupunta ako sa pinsan ng Nanay ko, sya naman ang resource person.
Sa Jan 1 pa ang balik ko sa Cavite. Maligayang bagong taon!

Chaos

Parang mall ang centennial terminal. Halos 30 minutes
to 1 hour ang pila papasok at sa check-in counter.
Nakakainit tuloy ng ulo!

Nasa Palawan

Nasa Palawan ako simula bukas ng umaga hanggang sa unang araw ng bagong taon. Maaari akong mag Opera pero malamang di ko gagawin dahil gusto ko ma-DC sa mundo, pansamantala :) Maaari akong i-SMS sa +639285006802 pa rin.

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He's always chasing the pot of gold,
but when he gets there,
at the end of the day,
it's just corn flakes.

Natatawa ako sa sarili ko kasi parang, parang lang, nakakarelate ako sa kwento ng pelikulang ito. Hmm, sino bang hindi? Minsan nakakalimutan natin yung mga simpleng bagay. Minsan naman ginagawa nating kumplikado ang simpleng bagay. Haay. Malabo din talaga ang kalikasan nating mga tao.
Habang pinapanood ko kanina, biglang sumikip ang lalamunan ko. Kasi tagos talaga ang mensahe. He he.

IMDB-Michael Newman seems to have a perfect life- a beautiful wife, two small children, and a job with great potential. But as his jerky boss passes Michael up for promotion after promotion, Michael becomes fed up, and wishes he could find a way to just, oh, skip through the hard parts in life. He gets exactly that -and much, much more- when he stumbles upon the Beyond section of a Bed, Bath, and Beyond in search of a universal remote. But as it turns out, the remote controls, well, the entire universe! At first this seems a blessing, but as the remote begins to program itself Michael finds his life skipping by, sometimes a few months, sometimes years. Will he be able to get his life back before its entirely gone?

Mga natanggap

Ang mga natanggap ko ngayong Desyembre:

1. DVD galing kay Tinanats.
2. Stand fan galing sa coop.
3. Robotic reading light (!) galing kay Baby at Noriel, officemates.
4. Cellphone strap (?!, watda) galing kay @#$&^.
5. ?
   

Christmas Wishlist

Aside from world peace and other worldly-and-not-really-to-wish-for stuffs, the following are what I'm wishing for this christmas and for my birthday.

I wish for...

1. A copy of this book:
   



2. A DVD of My Sassy Girl, Directors Cut.
   



3. Admission to grad school.



4. A year's supply of Betadine Gargle.



5. A laptop computer, yung blue. :-)

Taking off

This photo was taken during my 27th birthday. I was going home then aboard CP.

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Kung nakagat ka ng aso, wag kang matakot sa rabis, matakot ka sa tetanus! Kaya hugasan muna ng husto, mga 20 minutes kang maghugas. Gumamit ka ng antibacterial soap at flowing na tubig. Tapos takbo ka sa ospital para masaksakan ng TAT. Saka mo na alalahanin ang rabis.