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Category Archives: Raves
Resort-Hopping in Mactan Island. First Stop: Crimson Resort & Spa
FOR our annual family vacation this year we took advantage of my xxGF’s PAL Mabuhay Miles and booked the whole family a trip to Cebu. We were to stay in Cebu for approximately two nights and 1.5 days only. Nevertheless, … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Destinations, Family, Holidays, MY FAMILY & FRIENDS, MY VARIED INTERESTS, P.E.P. TALK, Photography, Places, Raves, THOSE THINGS I DO, Travel
Tagged bong saculles, Cebu, Crimson Resort and Spa, Crimson Resort and Spa Mactan, Filinvest, Johan Saculles, joseph haniel, Lara Marielle, Mabuhay Miles, Mactan Island, Marie Saculles, Marielle Saculles, PAL Miles, Timberland
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Finally found – and read – Raise The Titanic!
I HAD BEEN searching for this Clive Cussler’s Dirk Pitt classic for the past ten years without success. I visited almost all Book Sale and other “used book” outlets in Metro Manila and other cities looking for this book. When … Continue reading
Posted in Books, MY VARIED INTERESTS, Raves, Technology, THOSE THINGS I DO
Tagged Amazon, Book Sale, Clive Cussler, Dirk Pitt, Dirk Pitt novel, eBooks, epub, eReaders, iPad, Raise the Titanic, Titanic
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Back to reading. Thanks to the iPad.
I haven’t blogged about the books I’ve read for quite some time. That’s because I haven’t read a book for quite some time. Sad.
Posted in Books, MY VARIED INTERESTS, Raves, Technology
Tagged An Unfinished Life, Books, eBooks, iBook, iPad, JFK, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, reading, Robert, Robert Greene, The Art of Seduction
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Christmas in Manila is like no other
Brightly lit and ornately decorated thoroughfares and buildings, colorful parols (Christmas lanterns), Tagalog Christmas songs… these are just some of the things that make Christmas in Metro Manila memorable and unique. And they have all been captured in this approximately … Continue reading
The Montessori Way
Marielle just completed the first semester of her First Year Level 1* in Maria Montessori and my xxGF and I were invited to attend an Open House where the students demonstrated some of the things they’ve learned. We eagerly attended … Continue reading
A new and different Mathematics
Haha, I love Craig Damrauer’s NEW MATH. You are sure to love it, too, even if you’ve hated Math all your life. Because NEW MATH is different. It’s the kind of Math that everybody understands. NEW MATH’s format makes for … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Humor, MY BAG OF TRICKS, MY VARIED INTERESTS, Raves, References, THOSE THINGS I DO
Tagged Craig Damrauer, funny, Humorous, mathematics, New Math
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Another amazing, and moving, sand drawing
This amazing artist’s name is Kseniya Simonova and the world apparently discovered her through the Ukraine Got Talent show. †She has since taken YouTube by a sandstorm (pun intended). I’ve seen a lot of Ms. Simonova’s “live” renditions in You … Continue reading
Posted in Curiosities, Inspirational, People, Raves, Video
Tagged kseniya simonova, sand painting, ukraine got talent
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An authentic Thai resto in Davao City
I WAS in Davao City for 3 days last week on official business and I discovered this really nice Thai restaurant. †The place is called Krua Thai Restaurant (beside Bo Coffee) in Torres St. in downtown Davao City. †Torres St. … Continue reading
Posted in Food & Dining, Places, Raves
Tagged davao city, dining in davao, krua thai restaurant, singha beer, tom yum kung soup
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Weekend movie marathon: Jacky Chan’s The Myth and The Mummy 1 & 2
Last week’s Halloween long weekend afforded me some free time which I promptly wasted on some passive entertainment. Saturday Night (Oct 31), I was looking forward to watching the last of the 6-part series, Apocalypse: World War 2, on The … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Raves
Tagged apocalypse, Brendan Fraser, DVD, George of the Jungle, jacky chan, national geographic channel, sky cable, The Mummy, The Mummy Returns, the myth
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Super Sweet Kids | Sting Ad | Chinese Proverb
They are the sweetest! †And they adore each other. It has long been settled that both Marielle and Johan got their good looks from their mom. †And I am happy that they did. But they couldn’t have gotten their sweetness … Continue reading
Posted in Family, MY BAG OF TRICKS, Raves, TV, Video
Tagged joseph haniel, Lara Marielle, marielle and johan, Sting energy drink, Sting TVC
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69 | Globe (In)Visibility | Tsoko.Nut @ TEE | Da Vinci said
SIXTY NINE: What a number!† But before imaginations get any dirtier, thatís the number of minutes it took me to complete the 10K Run in this yearís Adidas King of the Road (KOTR) held at Bonifacio Global City last Sunday, … Continue reading
Pepper Rice
If you happen to visit PowerPlant Mall in Rockwell and you get hungry I recommend you try Pepper Rice. †It’s on one end of PowerPlant on the same level as Rustan’s Supermarket (I am not sure if that’s ground floor … Continue reading
