Blogging our EB at Outback

The good old ph-humanities crowd is now meeting at Outback Glorietta (bar and smoking area) after an impromptu texting invite the other day by Yvonne.

I used the photo from Yvonne's camera since it is sharper. Using the restaurant's wifi connection (para free) but it seems kinda slow in uploading the file.

We are missing Eric Tionks who is supposed to follow and of course our favorites Ike and Orion...oh and manny who is in cebu :)

Will try to post another photo later if other people arrive.

Finally I was able to visit Lola and Lolo

Finally I was able to visit the grave of my grandparents and great grandparents at La Loma yesterday afternoon. I was supposed to go there last Arpil 5 during Lola's birthday but then I got very sick. I felt so guilty since for the first time since she passed away no one visited her. Dad passed away last year and there is no one else but me to visit.

It had to be on a saturday since Eddie has to be with me. I am not sure how to open the iron gates and I knew I had to have it cleaned. Next week will be first saturday and I will be in Bulacan again to hear mass. The following saturday is the concert of Doc Bob. The following saturday I will be teaching 'the women of ateneo" internet stuff" and the next saturday after I will be in Paris celebrating my birthday!!!


Good thing eddie was there for the sliding lock seemed to have gotten stuck and rusted so it got broken when forced open. I had to have chain purchased so we can close it again before we left.

The marker has darkened through time and due to the candles in the past. There were lots of weeds that had grown since we last visited last christmas.

It was a good thing, someone arrived and helped clean. She was looking for dad but told her he passed away last year. She used to clean lola's grave and those around. Her name is Luz and I told her to keep checking on my grandparents place. She sleeps on the next plot which I think belongs to the Salongas. Our lot is on the govt officials area since I think it was given by the city mayor to dad when lolo passed away.

Luz suggested to buy a sandpaper to remove the dark stains and it seemed to be working. Eddie though also bought Muriatic acid just to be sure.

Vines were already starting to grow on the walls next to our lot so Luz went up to try and remove them lest it creeps to our area. The second layer on the grave was constructed since dad didnt know I bought two lots in the more modern Heritage Park. So right now no one is there but I recalled him telling Beverly its all theirs.

It' such a feat reaching La Loma cemetery from my house esp during All Saints Day therefore I decided to buy a different lot. Heritage is less than half an hour from my house and maybe only around 15 mins from makati CBD.

The dark spots are now gone. I think I was able to finish three mysteries of the rosary plus the divine mercy chaplet before the whole area was cleaned :)

A Decade of Cyber Press celebration

Last night I attended the 10th anniverary of the Philippine Cyberpress. It was also the last public event of Sec Ver Pena as CICT head so I made sure I was able to listen to his farewell speech.

and have a souvenir photo taken with him.

The highlight of the program was a fashion show by some top executives in the industry such as Cynthia Mamon, Sun Microsystem CEO, Nilo Cruz, HP CEO, Rose Montenegro, PLDT SVP, Boboy Romero, VP Innove, and the new Marketing Director of Microsoft (forgot her name).

Of course the fashion show won't be complete without the presence of some of them like Erwin Oliva.....

and Alex Villafania!

Congressman Simeon Kintanar, ICT chairperson gave the closing remarks.





And of course a souvenir shot from my co 'powerful' women, Cynthia Mamon and Lilia Guillermo. Cynthia has been telling us to start with a long overdue project.

A fast update

Been wanting to regularly update my main blog but had been busy the past months finalizing my travel plans next month besides tons of office concerns. Difficult to be a struggling entrepreneur.

So far, have gathered the following learnings :

1. Never lend money even if they beg and promise the world
2. Choose your partners carefully. Think about it a hundred times.

Truly simple one might say but it could be a profound experience once you get into 'that' situation.

I had encountered lots of hitches in the past coupled with domestic concerns (remember I do everything now and rely only on me and myself alone) which has been causing undue stress.

So I decided right after Dad's first death anniversary, off I run to my favorite city (Paris) where I will celebrate my birthday. Would never want to hold it here with very sad memories (dad was buried right before my birthday).