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knicks suck!

memphis grizzlies vs. new york knicks --- this was going to be the first NBA game i was to watch live. it was me, franny, danny and jonner. unfortunately, the game was pretty much over before the halfway mark of the 1st quarter. even though the knicks did make a few runs to cut the grizzlies lead to 13 (they led as much as 24 at some point), they would always turn the ball over which would lead to a shot that would kill the rally. still it was a great experience watching the game live at the Garden.

afterwards we ate out at Olive Garden which was something we had wanted to try out (the commercials really made it enticing!) it wasn't that bad, though i prefer the restaurants here in little italy in the bronx! =)

next on the list, would be a new york rangers game or yankees game!

i think we scored the first 2 points (the only lead we had)

you could see how lopsided the game was, it wasnt even close in the end

i always like taking pics of the empire state building! =) nice colors that night!

some pics from franny's trip

i mentioned that i would post some of the pics that were taken during franny's trip to florida, here they are! sorry it took me some time to post them.

at some swamp! hahaha!

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY to everyone!!!

off to florida

i took the day off today! franny is off to florida to visit my mom in gainesville. she'll be there till friday. just a short visit will be nice since she's been stressed the past week preparing for her midterms and for her comprehensive exam. she'll be back on friday evening. ill post some of the pics from her trip when she gets back.

well i'm back to work tomorrow! i miss being a full-time student!

a nice weekend & brokeback mountain

its been sometime now since i really had a great weekend. and this weekend has got to be one of the best i've had since the year started. looking at it, i really didnt get to do anything of importance aside from getting myself 2 new pairs of shoes for work along with some dress socks!

but i guess thats just it. i really didnt have to worry about anything over the weekend which made it so relaxing. if there was someone who was a bit stressed it was franny since she was preparing the week before for her comprehensives in macroecon. she took the compre saturday morning and afterwards we, along with our other classmates who took the comps, went down to Curry in a Hurry for lunch. it was rather nice lunch, though a rather delayed one since we got there around 2pm already.

after lunch, we really didnt feel like going home so we just ended up walking around and just window shopping, though as i mentioned i did get to buy 2 pairs pairs of shoes. dinner was more of a self-indulgence where we ended up going to KFC and all of sharing a bucket with sides of mashed potatoes, mac & cheese and coleslaw.

oh to end the day, franny and i watched brokeback mountain with another group of friends. it was a nice movie. though if there was something which shocked us more than anything else, was how things happened so suddenly. with just a pulling of the arm for a hug, they suddenly both get up and start doing the deed. it was a bit shocking since you really dont see it coming.

sunday, was another nice day to go out (not as nice as saturday but still nice enough to go walking). had lunch at Krystals with some friends we havent seen for sometime. and again we walked around doing some window shopping. then for Mass, i think i've heard one of the longest homilies ever. it was a short gospel reading, but the priest was able to extend his homily to 30 minutes! amazing! after the first few minutes i lost track with the message he wanted to impart on us.

sometimes its best to say things as short and as simply as possible! =) that was the weekend. hope the next weekend will be nice as well.

progress...

i went to the gym earlier today. it felt good being able to get back into the routine, though i really wasn't able to do my complete routine since i was so winded by the time i was halfway into it. hahaha!

on my way out, i had to check whether i had made any progress or not.

previous weight : 241lbs
current weight : 239 lbs
difference : - 2 lbs

3 down, 1 more to go

aside from fact that i am now working everyday, another reason that i haven't been blogging lately is due to the fact that ive been spending most of the nights going through some of my old (rather ancient) notes in international trade & finance.

earlier this morning i finally took the comprehensive exams in international econ. im pretty confident that i was able to answer enough of the questions that i'll be able to receive a passing grade. again, i admit that i didn't prepare enough to assure myself a high pass, though i really just wanted to get a passing grade so that i get it done with. but during the test, i then realized that i really would have wanted to get a high pass in it. of course, it was a bit too late for me to have that realization wherein i could do something about it.

nevertheless, thats another comprehensive exam down. just one more to go and that would be the comp in microecon which ill be taking next semester.

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oh and another thing, i am now addicted to the game of sudoko. i know it started to become a craze for sometime already, but now im into the whole thing as well! if you are interested in playing as well, i've included a link to the site where i download some games.

enjoy!


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here's another pic from my cousin's wedding last january!

me & david

too bad, franny wasn't fully seen!

a nice surprise!

usually at the end of the week, i try to check on my budget and bank accounts. when i checked my online account, i was greeted by a rather pleasant surprise - i had received my federal tax return! i was surprised that they actually sent it 8 days after i filed my taxes. i thought that was an optimistic amount of time. i guess it helps that i did my taxes a month and a half earlier than the deadline. i remember filing my taxes a few days before the deadline and it took me almost 2 months before i received my refund.

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pat - have a safe trip to ecuador! enjoy the experience!

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paolo & mian - congratulations, you're having a baby!

happy birthday!

I'd like to greet all those celebrating their birthday in the month of March. God bless and may you all have more birthdays to come!

2 - sophia h
4 - jc j
5 - lolo, leigh s-d, marj s-c
9 - jonner n
10 - franz s
15 - jill g, aaron mark h
16 - denise t
21 - philip a
25 - raymund c
29 - mian dls, gerald e
30 - jem u

take care everyone!