some good advice...

Here's a nice piece of advice to married men! I saw this on my way back home just as I was about to get on the subway.

rather straight-forward advice

for a good laugh

Hello! Check out the videos below. The first one was sent to me by a friend, and the second one was taken from Steve Harvey's show. Whenever I need a good laugh, I watch these videos and it always delivers. Hope you guys enjoy it as well.

the evolution of dance



guy with a trombone


I tried posting this a few days ago, but I guess there were some problems with blogspot. I'm glad its finally working.

pics from singapore

I mentioned in one of my earlier posts that Franny and I got the chance to visit Singapore. Even though we were there for only a few days, we had a wonderful time going to most of the tourist attractions. Actually it ended up being a nature trip since we went to the bird park, night safari and other nature attractions.

I'll just post some of the pics from that trip here. I've exceeded the upload limit with flickr. Maybe I should consider getting myself a paid account with them. Hmm.. we'll see if its worth the cost.

at the Science Center

franny on the trapeze

waiting for the bus with ton-ton, franny and ate louie

There are more pics from the trip. One of these days, I'll get those pics organized and I'll post them up on my Flickr account.

trip to D.C.

Last weekend, Franny and I went to D.C. to meet up with some friends. One of them was going to fly back to Manila and we wanted to meet up with him before he left. We just took the Chinatown bus to get to D.C. It's a really cheap and affordable way to travel. We could have spent double what we paid to take the other bus lines.

We were fortunate that the weather was really nice when we visited. So we got to go around and see the various sights. Though next time we really should spend more than just a weekend there. Below are some pics from the weekend.

in front of the White House
at the Lincoln Memorial
at a chinese restaurant which was great!

so much weight gained!!!

I finally went to the gym again! It's been over a month already since Franny and I returned from Manila. I really didn't hit the gym, instead I ended up playing b-ball with some of the undergrads for a good hour or two. Before I went home, I went to check out my weight. At least I'm still not past the heaviest that I've ever been which was 268lbs (jan 2005). I have to get myself back into shape and just like before, I'll try to keep track of my progress by posting changes on my blog.

My first goal would be to get back to the lowest weight I had last year, which was 235lbs (just before thanksgiving). Let this be the first entry then.

Current weight : 259lbs
Weight gained/lost : ---

Good luck to me!

trip to manila & elsewhere

I promised that I would write again and I'm going to be good on my word. I forgot most of the dates, so I'll just summarize how each month went.

June
It was such a long flight going back to manila. Our flight was a direct flight from new york to hong kong, which meant having to endure roughly 16 straight hours on a plane. I usually don't mind long flights, but i really felt uncomfortable with this trip. I guess it has to do that for most of the flight, the lights in the cabin remained unlit and i don't think they ever opened the windows except for 2 hours throughout the whole flight. It really messed up any sense of time that i had.

Once we arrived in manila, we pretty much went straight to business meeting with various offices to get all the necessary paperwork filled up for the wedding. For the next week or two, franny and I would be up and about, trying to be one of the first ones in the office to get our paperwork filed. It was such a tedious process, having to go to the Church itself to submit requirements, then proceeding to the Archdiocese as well to submit almost the same paperwork. Why can't they just organize it in such a way that we just submit to one place and they forward the paperwork to the other office.

But eventhough we were always busy every morning and afternoon, we still got to meet up with some friends. Below are some pics from those get-togethers that we got to attend. We also got some pre-wedding pics with the help of kuya jops. Our official photographer took some pics as well, but I'll post them in some other entry.

hanging with classmates from h.s.

parents with my dad's siblings
vpretty clear message =)

taken by kuya jops in ateneo

July
This month was obviously one of the most important ones in my life since I was getting married on the 8th. We got married at the National Shrine of the Sacred Heart. When we got married, it was the first time that I had entered the said Church, I was really impressed with the Church and I'm glad that was the place we chose. It was a wonderful ceremony (I'm obviously biased) afterwards we then went to the Mandarin Hotel for cocktails and also the reception. Hopefully, everyone who attended had a wonderful time, Franny and I sure did =). Before I go on, let me post some pics from the wedding and the reception.

National Shrine of the Sacred Heart

with our loving parents

the ballroom

It was so funny that after the wedding we got a bit disoriented. You might say that we've gotten
a bit used to the idea of having to meet someone or having some important errand to take care of. After the wedding, we spent time with various relatives who flew in to attend the wedding. It's always great being able to catch up with relatives you haven't seen for years.

Franny and I then went to Boracay for our honeymoon. We went there when the weather was perfect, the rains had just passed and were in luzon when we visited. Then near the end of the month, we flew to singapore to visit friends and relatives. The weather did not cooperate as much, the first few days we were there, it would rain whenever we went to any of the attractions in singapore (night safari, bird park etc. ) But we did get lucky since when we went to Sentosa it was a nice sunny (a bit too sunny with no clouds). I'm proud of my achievement there since I managed (on my 3rd try) to hang by my legs on a trapeze bar! Below are some pics from the trips.

crystal cove

on our way to Mass in a tricycle

a bit obvious where we are

that's me, about to get my legs up

That's it for now. I've written a bit lengthly entry. If you want more pics you can just check my flickr account. I'll try to upload more pics as the days go by.

a birthday greeting!

I've been a bit negligent of my blog and usually I greet all those who are celebrants of the new month. For those who celebrated their birthdays in June till Aug, I hope you all had a wonderful birthday. God bless and may you have many more birthdays to come. Same wish goes out for those who celebrate their's this month.

3 - sarah m.
5 - steve s.
6 - my brother tommy!
7 - tita agnes, dvoy v.
8 - leanne m, beng h., patty p.
10 - anna z., nikki j., paolo m.
19 - don-don a., tammy r., bryan s.
20 - ej a.
21 - chris h.
22 - sam y.
23 - rafa d.l.
26 - trina p.

again God bless and take care!