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Malikmata: Pet pack?

2011-12-20T17:05:00.000+08:00

Was sipping coffee then suddenly stopped because my eyes thought it read Petpak. My brain said "what the..." then i looked again. Oh... Detpak. Hahaha.

Food Tripping: Goya Chocolates, Part 4

2011-12-16T07:05:00.000+08:00

Goya Dark Seashells with dark cocoa filling is packaged the same way as Goya Seashells with praline filling.I like this since by default I like dark chocolate better than milk chocolate. Can't really taste the dark cocoa filling since 1) the filling is thin and 2) it probably tastes much like the dark chocolate coating.

Today's Lunch: Dec. 15, 2011

2011-12-15T08:00:00.000+08:00

Steamed vegetables with butter and shrimps, with some salt to taste. Mom had me finish this bowl so there won't be leftovers. Good thing I love steamed veggies.

SM Mall of Asia Christmas Decors 2011

2011-12-13T08:00:00.000+08:00

SM Mall of Asia Christmas Decors Passed by the SM Mall of Asia yesterday and today. Took pictures of their Christmas decors. Their cutest prop this year? - the "snow globe" with fake falling snow: people can go inside to have their pictures taken. I say it is cooler to get inside it then have your picture taken from outside. That way it looks like you got stuck inside a toy.

PNB Christmas Tree Contest

2011-12-12T18:16:00.000+08:00

PNB Christmas Tree Contest I like this contest better than the Parol ones.

Food Tripping: Goya Chocolates, Part 3

2011-12-11T05:33:00.000+08:00

Milk chocolates in seashell shapes (a fish shape got into the mix somehow), praline filling, placed on tray, in a box, that slides into another box, made in Belgiuim... Goya Seashells with praline filling is quite fancy eh?It is soft/melts at room temperature, but it is kinda hard once taken out from the refrigerator. It also has a thinner filling compared to imports from Australia/US/Europe.

Food Tripping: Goya chocolates, Part 2

2011-12-08T05:23:00.000+08:00

Goya Bit: CrispyI'm a big fan of the ORIGINAL Nestle Crunch. But apart from that, I haven't really liked other rice crispies/chocolate candies. Which means I'm biased to not liking Goya Bits: Crispy. It's like biting into chocolate coated air. The chocolate coating and candy coating taste good though, just not the rice crispy part. To repeat: I am biased against rice crispies &

Food Tripping: Goya chocolates, Part 1

2011-12-08T04:09:00.000+08:00

Anyone else find it exciting that Goya has made new, better variants of chocolate candies after Singapore based Petra Foods (via Delfi Foods) bought it from Nestle in 2006? In the process it stepped up the game of chocolate candy making in the Philippines. Note: though a lot of Goya candies are made in the Philippines, a quick look at the packaging will reveal that some are manufactured in

Chistmas is around the corner

2011-11-09T22:29:00.000+08:00

Halloween's over, and Ayala Mall Makati has started putting up Christmas decor.

Happy Halloween

2011-10-30T21:22:00.000+08:00

Tullett Prebon gave out Halloween cupcakes last Thursday:They also visited the Dealing Room Friday:

Ciocolato Cupcakery Shop

2011-09-07T16:48:00.000+08:00

There's a new cupcake store in Hobbies of Asia. regular ones cost PHP65 each ... i think a chunk of the cost goes to the individual boxing and paper bag. hahaha. the cake is the type that makes my tongue itch though.

Do you know what a typewriter is?

2011-08-01T16:00:00.000+08:00

This pic is taken from the PNB Anniversary exhibit. We have a similar typewriter, table and stapler at home ... and I think they're all older than these.

Photo-bombing

2011-07-20T13:00:00.000+08:00

K.O.'s photo-bombed 2/3 pictures. And I didn't realize it til now.This was taken on the day Ian, Aiza and some other people were preparing to walk the ramp in the "fashion show".

That Glowing Green Thing

2011-06-28T21:36:00.000+08:00

Green Lantern's showing at the theaters and this big thing was plunked right in the middle of the garden (?) in between Glorietta 4 & 5. Had to stop and take a picture, but since I'm using a cellphone and it's dark...crappy picture.

before security told me I can't take pics in the supermarket

2011-06-20T13:22:00.000+08:00

You can only imagine how many kids have coaxed their mommy or daddy to buy candy from this stall.-----------------~@~-----------------Dang, Azkals are so popular they even have their own magazine.-----------------~@~-----------------Why can't we package our Cassave chips this way and export them?-----------------~@~-----------------My picture taking spree was cut short by the security guard

That little disclaimerS at the bottom of the email

2011-06-15T23:15:00.000+08:00

Seriously, some are just too lazy to create a new mail and just utilize the reply button REPEATEDLY.

Birthday 2011

2011-04-02T19:00:00.000+08:00

Click on the link to go to the Facebook album.

Papa's 1st Death Anniversary

2011-03-13T19:00:00.000+08:00

Happy Valentine's Day

2011-02-14T11:59:00.000+08:00

The cake came from JP Morgan. The donuts came from our brokers. Uploaded with ImageShack.us

16th Phil. Hot Air Balloon Fest

2011-02-13T06:00:00.000+08:00

Feb. 12, 2011: Jean, Jon and I took a bus early in the morning to Clarkfield Pampanga for the 16th Phil. Hot Air Balloon Fest.For the Facebook album, click: THIS LINKVideos:

happy tikoy day :-)

2011-02-03T17:26:00.000+08:00

Tradition Phils. delivered boxes of tikoy to the dealing room today to celebrate Chinese New Year. Uploaded with ImageShack.us

Happy Chinese New Year

2011-02-01T18:23:00.000+08:00

Opened my laptop, my antivirus updates automatically and instead of the usual pop-up, Avira sends out this greeting: Uploaded with ImageShack.us Happy Chinese New Year everyone !!!Can't help but be reminded of it this week: Our Hong Kong and Singapore counterparties would be on holiday.

Hmmmm....Interesting

2011-01-30T23:17:00.000+08:00

I was watching a Bloomberg show featuring Facebook's Mark Zuckerburg and decided to Google "Mark Zuckerberg is a "... this is what came up:Uploaded with ImageShack.usAnd that's from Google's recommendations based on other people's searches... not mine.

PNB Treasury Strategic Planning

2011-01-23T18:00:00.000+08:00

January 22, 2011: Strategic Planning held at Mr. Ricky Cebrero's house.Facebook album link: HERE

Xmas Gifts 2010

2011-01-15T18:19:00.000+08:00

No need for further words than: Christmas Loot By jingfrey73 at 2011-02-13By jingfrey73 at 2011-02-13By jingfrey73 at 2011-02-13By jingfrey73 at 2011-02-13By jingfrey73 at 2011-02-13By jingfrey73 at 2011-02-13By jingfrey73 at 2011-02-13By jingfrey73 at 2011-02-13

Japanese Food

2011-01-05T18:00:00.000+08:00

Jan. 4, 2011: Gene and I love Japanese food, so we often end up eating at Kimono Ken. Have learned that for Gene, Japanese Restaurant = Misono soup + Kani salad.

My Sims' 2010 Christmas

2011-01-03T15:14:00.000+08:00

How I made my sims spend Christmas.Me on the piano for the first part. Generic Sims 2 Christmas melody for the last part.If you can't see the video, click: THIS LINK.

PNB Treasury 2010 Christmas Party

2010-12-17T18:00:00.001+08:00

Dec. 16, 2010: PNB Treasury Christmas Party held at the Dealing Room Facebook album link: CLICK THIS.Video of Ian and Lean singing NSYNC's "This I Promise You":If you can't see the embedded video: CLICK THIS.

PNB Treasury 2010 Christmas Party

2010-12-17T18:00:00.000+08:00

The 2011 La Tondena Calendars

2010-12-15T18:00:00.000+08:00

Random sights on the Road

2010-12-07T23:13:00.000+08:00

When traffic's heavy, you notice stuff you'd usually ignore like: Large cracks on the highwayA warning that reminds you what a nuisance some motorcycle riders area veeeeeery looooong truck

All Souls Day

2010-10-31T19:31:00.000+08:00

All Souls Day is observed on Nov. 2, especially in Batanes. Most people in Metro Manila though observe it on Nov. 1.We went to the Manila Memorial Park on October 31 to avoid the Nov. 1 traffic.Not sure how this is observed in other parts of the world, but in Metro Manila, lots of people stay overnight in the cemetery - bringing tents with them if they don't have mausoleums.It wasn't this way in

Happy Halloween

2010-10-30T19:20:00.000+08:00

What would you do if the delivery guy is this spooky?Uploaded with ImageShack.us

Ice Cream Heaven

2010-09-26T19:10:00.000+08:00

Uploaded with ImageShack.usI don't like ice cream now as much as I used to. But coming across this, can't help but buy a pint or two.

Faulty Vendo Machine

2010-09-08T19:01:00.000+08:00

Uploaded with ImageShack.usPassed by the coffee/icedtea/juicedrink vendo machine tonight and saw these cups lined up beside it. It's some sort of warning to others that the machine's run out of coffee and will just give you hot water or iced water. The vendo machines sometimes run out of coffee mix or whatever mix you put in there in the evening. Sadly, the machine will not warn you. It's the

Yoghurt and Jelly?

2010-08-18T20:01:00.000+08:00

I was at the co-op Tuesday, deciding what to eat for lunch when this caught my eye:Didn't know Nestle had this variant so I bought one to try it. I'd pick the all yoghurt cup over this one the next time.

PIZZA!

2010-08-16T19:00:00.000+08:00

Someone had 2 large boxes of pizza delivered to the dealing room.Facebook album: CLICK THIS.

Despedida for Winston

2010-08-13T18:46:00.000+08:00

For the facebook album: CLICK THIS.

New Phone

2010-08-05T03:06:00.000+08:00

My P1i's touchscreen isn't working well anymore that I usually have to resort to using keyboard shortcuts. Not sure if I could have it repaired since I bought it more than 2 years ago, and if it could be repaired cheaply there is a chance I have to leave it with the service center .... so I decided to buy another phone.Since it was important that my phone has wifi, I bought myself a Samsung and

2011 PNB Anniversary

2010-07-22T19:06:00.000+08:00

To see the rest of the pics in the facebook album: CLICK THIS.

New toy: Piano Gadget for the windows side bar

2010-07-10T21:59:00.000+08:00

Was scrolling through microsoft.com's gallery of gadgets early this week (or maybe last week), looking for a multiple-clock gadget that I could use to show more than one time zone, when I stumbled across photo-bon's piano gadget. I downloaded the thing and now I've got a new toy when I want to take a break from surfing the net, doing something with a microsoft office program, or some other

July 9, 2010

2010-07-09T19:14:00.000+08:00

Holy Cables!Uploaded with ImageShack.usStopped working before 7PM. The guys who were supposed to hide the computer and LAN cables at the Trading and Int'l Markets Divisions started work and that meant shutting down the PCs.Later realized that the Treasurey Marketing Division left their Reuters 3000 Xtra open.Proof that TMD seldom looks up other pages:Uploaded with ImageShack.usThe keyboard is

Picole Ice Pops

2010-07-01T18:59:00.000+08:00

Uploaded with ImageShack.usPassed by the Co-op store and was surprised to find Picole ice pops being sold there.

PNB Treasury 2010 Summer Outing

2010-06-19T07:14:00.000+08:00

Makiling, Laguna: June 18, 2010

2010 ACI Convention

2010-04-25T19:21:00.000+08:00

April 23-25, 2010: BoracayFacebook Album 1: CLICK THIS.Facebook Album 2: CLICK THIS.Webshots Album. If you can't see the slideshow, CLICK THIS.Shangri-la Boracay

Manila Ocean Park 2010

2010-04-04T19:49:00.000+08:00

Sam, Raffy, Jon and I at the Manila Ocean Park.Facebook album: CLICK THIS.Webshots album: If you can't see the slideshow, CLICK THIS.Manila Ocean Park - April 4, 2010Video #1: Agos & Dalampasigan (Waves and Shore)If you can't see the embedded video, CLICK THIS.Video #2: Bahura (Coral Reef)If you can't see the embedded video, CLICK THIS.Video #3: Laot (Fishing Grounds)If you can't see the

From Papa's Metal Filing Cabinet: An Essay on Don Gervasio Pangilinan y Enriquez

2010-04-03T16:45:00.000+08:00

THE FIRST PHARMACIST OF MY TOWN by Diosdado P. Basconcillo, as edited by Juanita Pangilinan de Reyes February 19, 1947 From the basket of cakes to the executive table is the life of Gervasio Pangilinan, historian, poet, orator, leader, and pharmacist, which, to all, the town of Cavite will long remember. The earlier period of his life was a hard and busy one; yet, amidst those surmountable

Papa's Wake and Burial

2010-03-24T19:24:00.001+08:00

Papa died on March 13, 2010 at the Phil. Veterans Hospital after suffering from a massive stroke on March 8. The wake was at La Funeraria Paz in Sucat. He was buried at the Manila Memorial Park, Sucat on March 20, 2010. Of his 7 children, only Loloy and Sally were not able to fly home. Video #1: Taken at the wake by Kuya Loloy's friend, Romy LegaspiIf the embedded video is not visible, CLICK

Guess who started Dealing Room Training early?

2010-01-05T23:21:00.000+08:00

Dessa and baby Mithi passed by the Dealing Room. Boss Jun carried Mithi for a few minutes. Dottie couldn't let the photo opportunity pass.

Tradition Brokers tour the PNB gym

2009-06-30T23:59:00.000+08:00

Mica, John and the swap desk brokers dropped by after 5PM carrying some sandwiches for the the PNB dealing room to generally just hang out with the PNB spot and swap traders. Rey gave them a brief tour of the PNB gym.

Boring Day

2009-06-30T23:49:00.001+08:00

What to do when the USD/PHP has been on the 48.12 - 13 level for about an hour...and there's less than 30 minutes before the PDS market closes.

Temporary Black Boxes

2009-06-29T23:35:00.001+08:00

IT did some upgrading last weekend w/o our brokers ... result? 3 out of 4 squawk boxes were down and it's one of those days we get to appreciate these "antique" phones that are lying around... I used local lines to contact the brokers, left the speaker on... voila! makeshift broker boxes. Keeping the line open after leaving an order is tricky: hold the line, replace the receiver, retrieve the

San Miguel Premium All Malt Beer

2009-06-27T23:50:00.001+08:00

Was at the supermarket tonight and as I was deciding on whether to buy canned softdrinks or not, I saw this:If I hadn't stopped in front of it, I wouldn't even know it existed because 1) I don't like beer and 2) I haven't seen any ad or commercial for the San Miguel Premium All Malt Beer.

Transformers Fans

2009-06-27T23:30:00.000+08:00

Was chatting with my cousin Jean on fb. Next thing we know we were making plans to watch a movie in Makati. I dragged Jon along. Funny thing was, Jean and I haven't met in person before. :-)

Hand Sanitizers

2009-06-18T23:02:00.000+08:00

Everybody's afraid of getting the flu or SARS virus these days. The PNB Financial Center has followed the other establishments in installing hand sanitizers at every floor.

Bus Stop Line

2009-05-25T23:30:00.002+08:00

Heavy traffic means the buses take longer to return from Manila. It also translates to a very long line at our stop.

Visit to Adie

2009-05-22T23:24:00.000+08:00

Adie was confined at the Manila Doctors Hospital after going for surgery.A number of us in the dealing room visited her today.

Mothers' Day

2009-05-13T23:22:00.000+08:00

Someone gave away roses to all ladies last Friday because of Mothers' Day.

Rat

2009-05-05T23:10:00.000+08:00

One of the traps caught a rat last night. It's a big one.

Sunday Breakfast

2009-05-03T08:45:00.000+08:00

Champorado with Tuyo. A Filipino breakfast. Only this one's not made of rice. It's oatmeal.

Esme's Despedida

2009-04-30T23:50:00.000+08:00

The PNB Treasury held a despedida lunch at HK Chef for Esme. She availed of last year's early retirement program.

Mangoes

2009-04-28T23:52:00.000+08:00

Bought some mangoes from Boss Dan. They were delivered today.

The Dartboard's Here

2009-04-15T19:40:00.000+08:00

When the year started, we in the FX group started to collect PHP10 for every deal that has to be reversed. We increased the penalty to PHP20 in March. By the first week of April, we had collected a total of about PHP600.We decided to use the money to buy a dart board. I asked Boss Mon if it was okay for us to install a dart board and he said yes as long we don't play during work hours.I asked

Labahita ala Bacalao ala Vizcayna

2009-04-09T14:51:00.001+08:00

One food I look forward to eating every Lenten season is what we at home simply refer to as "bacalao". Technically it is Bacalao ala Vizcayna, but since bacalao is either expensive or hard to find, we use daing na labahita. We use the recipe my father brought from his home province of Cavite.By jingfrey73, shot with DSC-W70Spanish olive oil like Borges is the best to use when eating this:

MIAS 2009

2009-04-05T19:55:00.000+08:00

Bee and her brother have been talking on facebook about going to the Manila International Auto Show (MIAS) that I thought of going there with Jon who likes cars ... sort of a birthday gift to him.As usual, after Jon and I had taken pictures of the cars, Jon would "hunt" down the sexy models and ask me to take a picture of him with them. I think one of them appeared in FHM. The clip below

My 2009 Birthday

2009-04-02T18:21:00.000+08:00

Went to work yesterday instead of going on birthday leave. The brokers, who make it a habit to send something to traders for birthdays, had to ask if I was going on leave or not. Hahaha! They know I usually take by birthday leave on my birthday. Only Tradition asked me what day I wanted them to send the food.YesterdayTullett Prebon sent a bouquet of flowers and a Sugarhouse cake.ICAP sent a

The PNB Gym

2009-03-30T19:26:00.000+08:00

Peeked into the PNB Gym at the 10th floor last week with Dennis, Rey and Adie. It wasn't finished yet.Checked out the PNB gym with Ted and Joey this afternoon. This time, it was operational.I like.

The IRS Seminar

2009-03-29T16:17:00.000+08:00

Baiphil is sponsoring a series of seminars on Treasury topics. Yesterday was the seminar on Interest Rate Swaps.The speaker was okay. I had problems during exercises though since I was seated at the back and he used small fonts on the exercise pages.By jingfrey73, shot with SONY ERICSSON P1iI did feel sleepy at some point... but the good thing about being at the back was that I was close to the

Friday Night

2009-03-14T03:42:00.000+08:00

Last night was ACI Dealers Night at Capone's Bistro at A. Venue Mall in Makati. Stayed there for an hour or two, slipped out with Dottie, Jeff and Liza, had coffee at the nearbyCoffee Bean & Tea Leaf, and waited for Jon to get of the clinic so we could watch Watchmen before going home. Since the movie started 10PM, I think we got home around 2AM this morning.

What Sally sent home

2009-03-06T18:26:00.000+08:00

Francia texted me yesterday asking when she could bring over the stuff, and the suitcase they came in, that my sister Sally sent home. I told her I'd meet her at the PNB lobby this morning.When I met Francia, lo and behold... she pulls out a big suitcase from her car's trunk.By jingfrey73, shot with SONY ERICSSON P1iAfter dragging the trunk to the dealing room, I opened it. Inside are a handful

Dennis' Dinner Treat

2009-03-05T22:10:00.000+08:00

Dennis treating people out to dinner is a rare occurrence that one should say yes coz one doesn't know when he'd ask again.Dennis decided to spend his first few paychecks at his new job by treating the treasury people out to dinner by batches. Last night, he invited Gene, Ronald, Esme, Liza, Marti, Rhoda, Malu, Adie, Rey and me to Harbor View Bistro located at San Mig by the Bay within the

Adie's pearl necklace

2009-03-04T18:34:00.000+08:00

By jingfrey73, shot with SONY ERICSSON P1i at 2009-04-26Rey tried on Adie's pearl necklace and proved to her that he doesn't have such a big neck that the necklace would break.

Ending up in Glorietta

2009-02-28T23:45:00.000+08:00

I planned to follow up the PhilHealth papers at St. Luke's today but ended up taking time looking for alternative ways to go to Batanes because Zest Air had indefinitely postponed its Basco flights.It was already 5pm when I got to Makati so instead of continuing north to Quezon City, I just stayed at the mall and waited for Jon to get out of the clinic.Checked out Glorietta 5 which is only half

PNB Treasury Dinner

2009-02-28T10:47:00.000+08:00

For one reason or another, the boss had the marketing people arrange a dinner for the whole sector. Dottie booked a function room at the Saisaki restaurant, where majority of us headed after office hours.We all had dinner first, then the parlor games started.The first game had each of us picking half of a heart from a plastic jar, then when everyone had their halves in hand, we had to look for

Happy Valentine's Day

2009-02-13T23:16:00.000+08:00

Tomorrow's Valentine's Day, and some people were in the mood for celebrating.Boss Mon gave a rose to every lady in the dealing room. Malu gave out chocolate roses.I ate the chocolate rose but I didn't want to bring the rose home. Ted asked if he could have it instead. I told him to go ahead and bring it home to his girlfriend or mother, or whoever he was planning to give it to.

Bringing My Dad Home and Getting Sick

2009-02-10T03:00:00.000+08:00

I started coughing badly Saturday, and by Sunday I had fever. I wasn't feeling well when I went to work Monday.When I went to St. Luke's Monday evening to handle paying the bills, I was so sick that I was in a bad mood... worse than in previous days when the hospital's slow pace would drive me nuts.We hired the same ambulance that drove my dad to the hospital. The driver arrived wearing a polo

Get Well Baskets

2009-02-07T02:20:00.000+08:00

When I went on leave because of my dad's hospitalization, I told Rey to not bother telling the brokers. Well, Prebon and ICAP were so insistent that Rey called me the other day and begged me to please tell him my dad's name and hospital room number so that the brokers will stop nagging. I gave him the details because Rey's predicament amused me and I felt sorry for the guy.Prebon sent my dad a

Update on my Dad

2009-02-06T07:56:00.000+08:00

Jon thought Papa had pneumonia when he agreed that Papa should be brought to a hospital, where tests will confirm whether he is correct or not.When I bugged Jon last Feb. 4 to ask the hospital what they thought Papa's sickness was since Mama did not bother to ask, a resident confirmed that the diagnosis was pneumonia. My dad could actually go home but he wanted his teeth checked and extracted ...

A Note on KFC Salads

2009-02-05T03:00:00.000+08:00

KFC happened to be the only restaurant near St. Luke's that was still open around midnight so my brother and I passed by for dinner before heading home.I ordered a salad and when they delivered it, I saw that the lettuce leaves weren't fresh anymore and requested for a replacement.The person the server took the salad to made a gesture of coughing into the salad and she probably thought she was

Bringing my Dad to the Hospital

2009-02-04T09:30:00.000+08:00

Papa had fever and chills last Sunday. When he still had fever Monday afternoon, I told mom that maybe we should bring him to a hospital. I was thinking the nearest one, which was San Pedro Doctors Hospital. However, when my dad heard that he will be brought to the hospital, he began to insist to be brought to St. Luke's Medical Center... which by the way is in Quezon City, a place north of

Wired

2009-01-20T23:08:00.000+08:00

Tita Es, Malu and I all hitched a ride with Boss Jun on the way to the BNP Paribas lunch presentation at Makati Shangri-La, and as I was sitting at the back, all I could think about is how weird it is that these days, one ends up sitting on a seat that's full of wires inside. It's almost like sitting on an electric chair except that the electricity goes to the TV, the speaker, and other push

NIght Out with Sam and Jon

2009-01-17T10:59:00.001+08:00

Sam happened to be free yesterday afternoon, and since we haven't seen each other for weeks, we decided to meet in Mall of Asia. After eating dinner, we decided to walk at the Esplanade, also known as San Miguel by the Bay. This is where the night life that used to be along Roxas Boulevard migrated after Mayor Lim shut down the Manila Baywalk establishments.Sam and I saw a henna tattoo stall

Loving Chocolate

2009-01-13T23:17:00.000+08:00

The balikbayan boxes Edith and Willy sent from California finally arrived this last weekend. I didn't mind that most of the stuff there were for Papa, Mama and Tessie ... as long as I get this huge block of Belgian black chocolate.I love black chocolate, even more so when it's Belgian chocolate.

McDonald's Coupons

2009-01-05T23:09:00.000+08:00

When I bought my newspaper this morning, the vendor lady told me there is a promo today. I then found it odd that the paper has some sort of red jacket.Turning to the back of the jacket, I realized that it was a sheet of coupons.Cool.

Comfort Food

2009-01-03T17:39:00.000+08:00

This our version of Calandracas ... that soup from the province of Cavite, which we prepare for Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve. There's nothing like a hot hearty soup to warm you up during the cold of midnight. Cavitenos traditionally eat Calandracas during New Year's Eve, but I like it so much that we've included Christmas Eve as an occasion to cook the said dish.There was enough left over

An Evening at Aliw Theater to Watch Ballet Manila

2008-12-28T13:26:00.001+08:00

My cousin Dana takes up ballet and is part of the cast of Ballet Manila's recent production: "Tatlong Kuwento ni Lola Basyang".Aunt Hilda had invited everyone who attended the Christmas reunion to Ballet Manila's last show for the year ... and even offered to buy our tickets. Which is why Mariel, Kayla, Lauren, Chel, Carl, a friend or relative of Chel, Mark, Mae, Jon and I showed up outside the

2008 Chistmas Loot

2008-12-27T11:50:00.000+08:00

Christmas is over, and it's time to take inventory of the gifts I got this year.Food stuff from counterparties/brokers/officemates:What's left of the food basket my cousin Jeff and family gave our family. This table is where I stacked the other gifts:From officemates/brokers/counterparties: I got these from the Family Reunion:I think I'm gonna start using the backpack.

Fajardo Family Reunion

2008-12-25T23:50:00.000+08:00

Jeff and family hosted this year's family reunion which was held at his house in Villamor. The reunion officially started at lunch.>

Christmas Eve 2008

2008-12-25T01:30:00.000+08:00

Took some pictures of our parish church last night:

Today's Dose of Randomness

2008-12-24T17:30:00.000+08:00

Spent lunch yesterday walking around Mall of Asia and noticed this near McDonald's: I think I'm going to check Cyberzone out another day. It's hard not to think of buying fireworks for New Year's eve if the stalls selling them are just a block away from home, but my mom didn't want me to, so I guess that would be a "no".

This Week's Summary

2008-12-19T23:30:00.000+08:00

Dec. 15: Met Bee at Park Square 1. Dec. 16: Realized a lot of people in the dealing room and the backroom got food poisoning from the pancit yesterday. And I thought it was just a bad reaction to the Thai food I ate last night. Dec. 17: The FX Group had lunch at the Hong Kong Chef. Dec. 18: Boss Dan submitted his application for the early retirement program. Dec. 19: PNB's Christmas Party

Treasury Christmas Party

2008-12-12T21:30:00.000+08:00

The Treasury groups of Allied Bank and PNB held a joint party at the PNB dealing room yesterday evening. Following are photos and video clips I took from the party:

This Year's Carolers

2008-12-11T18:30:00.000+08:00

A clip of the carolers that visited the Dealing Room this year.

Fireworks stall

2008-12-11T18:23:00.000+08:00

A number of tents were set up in a vacant lot and now they're used by people selling fireworks. They'll probably stay there until December 31.

ICAP Charity Day 2008

2008-12-10T04:00:00.001+08:00

This year's guest brokers were Billy Crawford, Iliac Diaz, Tweety de Leon and Asi Taulava. Rey couldn't get over how tall Asi was. Adie wanted to have a picture taken with Billy but he was gone by the time she thought of it.

Cristy Visits the Dealing Room

2008-12-09T18:52:00.000+08:00

Cristy took a short vacation early December and passed by the Dealing Room to give out Christmas presents. I got this t-shirt ... which she bought during her Europe trip. Jus heard she was around and dropped by the Dealing Room. Everyone remembered the sardine mix-up in Singapore.

Christmas Carnivale

2008-11-30T18:59:00.000+08:00

Was at Festival Mall today to watch "Twilight" with Sam and saw that the Christmas decors are up. They picked an unusual theme this year - Christmas Carnivale. Instead of the staple giant Christmas tree ornaments, they hung huge masks. They even have carnival people walking around. I passed by a man wearing old English clothing and coated in from head to toe in silver paint - he was pretending

ACI Christmas Party

2008-11-27T18:51:00.000+08:00

It's not December yet, but ACI already had its Christmas party. On the day the Americans celebrate Thanksgiving. Go figure. The event was held at the Captain's Bar in Mandarin Oriental, Makati. Having a table near the stage set us up to be noticed by the band. Cheryl was coaxed to sing, and after her number, it wasn't hard to get more volunteers from the crowd. Told Jon to fetch me once he

Uncle Ceo's death

2008-11-19T21:02:00.000+08:00

We heard about it early morning of November 13, when Pie called up to tell us the news. She in turn heard about it from her parents in California, who were informed by Guilo, who got the call from Tashi in Cavite. I heard that's the similar route the message took when Aunt Fe in Batanes learned about it - her daughter in Pennsylvania texted her the news. My mom was in shock after the phone call