Thursday, January 9, 2014

My 37th birthday!

"Another year over... a new one just began" as the song goes by.

It's my 37th birthday... im glad & happy God had given me this great opportunity to live this much. I pray Thee & wish Him to continue giving me the priviledge to live more, dream more, aspire more, perform more, act more, work more, provide more, share more, love more and many more.

In my 37th years of existence, i realized more the value of life, value of leading a family, value of creating a small community, value of work, value of real & reel friends, value of things i possesses both material & non-monetary possesions. These makes me become more mature individual, learning thru variety of experiences & all behind these things and most of all discerning all wisdoms behind thoughts & serendipity.

While it's quite embarrassing to mention that it took me 37years to make all these realization in my life, it also stop me from wandering & playing the kid in me from time being... i am thankful for having these lessons thought me became who i am now. I thank Thee for guiding me thru my day to day obstacle in life & for having such a very supportive family including my extended ones up until to my last consanguinity.

As the new year has just started (coinciding with my birth month), I have promised 5 achievable things to myself to overcome w/c I have already put in my mind & my heart - 5 things that will define my next 37 & more years to come.

And so as I continue to do my dreams, my responsibilities & my obligations, let me thank our dear Almigthy Father for such a priviledge of happily living all these years... for my wife, my immediate family and extended ones, friends and colleagues, i love you all.

Happy 37th birthday to me & to our dear Black Nazarene; continue to join & help me fulfill all these aspirations!


Friday, January 3, 2014

1st of January 2014

January 01, 2014....

Photo take New Year's Eve
Happy New Year!!! 
"I'm super happy"... three (3) sweet words other than Happy New Year we utter every 1st day of the year; but the earlier words came from my dearest daugther while we are in the middle of our day tour at the Dinosaur Island, Clarkfield Pampanga. 

      

Tyrannosaurus (t-rex), apatosaurus, rhinoceros... these extinct giant monsters are just a few from this exhibit/island which are so amazing inspired by a real growling sound effects & robotics manuevers that makes kids seem to believed if these are real or reel.

Alongside these dinosaurs are the replicas of bones & skulls made from fiberglass & resins combined displaying the evolution of these dinos from Jurassic to Cretaceous Period... an exhibit of its anatomy.

After a thorough walk thru, a dancing dinos welcomes us at their mini grandstand where a dino-mascot dances with guests as an ending part of a quick tour... but this doesn't really end your wonder dino trip here as there's a coaster ride called Jussaric Safari Trail ride on a make shift cart traversing you to a mini tunnel where different dinos in between sections chase & scare you to its fullest (kids screams like its a real dinos chasing its prey). 


Beside this amazing park is a Clarkfield Picnic Groove where u can enjoy cool ambiance & air breeze from lush & greeny environ acting as a natural sunshade... a very natural relaxer free from carbon emissions & similar pollutants.

Moving south-westward is another park called.. The Airforce City, where you can see decommissioned vintage aircraft jet fighters, air combat planes... surely we'll get back here for a family picnic at this wide theme park surrounded by a classic rides for kids...

After a couple of hours moving around these wonderful place/s, my tummy's pushing me to look around and look for best food... Kapampangan's taste....

There we found "Ihaw Juan" a local fast food  resto at SM Clarkfield foodcourt... you'll find it unusal as this is not a typical SM foodcourt we normally see amongst these mall chain. Ambiance are totally different, food are so tasty & so affordable... rate would be 7/10 for its taste and price (that includes grilled seafoods, griled chicks & porkchops, plain rice w/ mixed veggies plus a soda drinks).


Finally, i suggested to get back Manila as its getting darker... and after one & a half hour cruising NLEX, we safely arrived to our sweet domicile.

Happy New Year Everyone!!! Cheers!!! 

Sunday, December 29, 2013

Goodbye 2013 and WELCOME 2014!!!

Remembering the year of Our Dear Lord 2013 and Forward Plan for 2014!

The myth about 13th has been so very "primitively fad" up until today's modern generation... some say's 13 stand for change... yes it does, but in unlikely turn of events seems like these changes have made our country in general so miserable in the midst of all these tragic moments happened to us.... these includes both man-made calamity in Zamboanga seige, Bohol-Cebu tragic earthquake & the most destructive typhoon of all time (in the world), that struck our country (of all places, for God sake), not to mentioned the strings of anomalies blown out of corruptions in our government.

Despite all these trials, we've shown the world how resilient we are as a nation of smiles and hospitality - an innate charater no one in this world could ever have except us... "kasi sanay na daw tyo sa hirap".

With the advent if these struggles, we still manage to celebrate the birth of our Almighty Saviour. I brought my family together in Skyranch Tagaytay and spent quality time of togetherness... share breakfast together, kids enjoyed the rides, visited immediate relative (Tito Bobot's family in Alabang) & we ended up having a Christmas celebration with a karaoke at home w/ my in-laws and friends... apart from exchanging gifts for our dear ones and friends.

Today, as we approaching the end of 2013, I wanted to leave behind all these challenges in our lives on the very last minute of this year and move double steps forward to welcome 2014 with utmost enthusiams, ambitious and a very proactive year to come... overcoming the marks of these past years wrath.

For the 1st time, I will be putting up on writing my wishful list of resolutions (an act of determination) I wanted to do; to help me mold where I wanted to be... not for myself as an individual but for my family and love ones to wit, as follows:

1. Spend more quality time with my family, specially to my kids - this will help me make my family develop spiritually, physically sound & healthy. Having a healthy family means wealthy father!
2. Minimize food intakes... reduce weight!!! - this will help me more (literally) healthy, inorder for me to gain & have strength to perform my responsibility for family & relatives.
3. Refrain from impulsive buying unnecessary things (or of its kind) - i need to save for my family's future.
4. Will refrain if not ignore from colliding with immature or unnecessary verbal confrontation or altercation to others be it constructive or subjective - observe anger management (specially at work). This will help me have more time to think and plans for my work...more productive and competitive grandee Randy for 2014.
5. To travel at least 1 (local or abroad) w/ my partner, my dearest wife Sheila - this is our stress reliever & an opportunity to rekindle our vows together.

With these five very achievable goals... I envision 2014 as a very ambitious, promising and best year for me and my family! Welcome 2014 and bring the best luck for us!!!!!

Thursday, November 7, 2013

Today - 07th Nov 2013

7th Nov 2013; 2349hrs

Thanks Almigthy Father for another wonderful day passed & for allowing me accomplish part of a continuing performance to my day-to-day commitments, roles & obligations w/o prejudice for any accountabilities lies behind each responsibilities under my watch.

Today as our country bound to anticipate Yolanda's unwelcome visit, I pray thee that u spare us from her gustiness & refrain us from any harm - to include our dear ones & our source of living.

Also, most of our fellows had watched a hearing full of lies & deceit from people who betrayed each one of us & from taking advantage to our government's coffers - these are the corrupt legislators conniving w/ greedy individuals in the person of JLN. Please have your Holy Spirit touch them - let them surrender, realize all their misdemeanors and face all the consequences of all these evil deeds and most of all, return all these valued taxes they stoled from every Juan.

I pray also to you dear Father to open the gates of Your Kingdom to our friend & fellow, Hernan Dolatre, have mercy on him & allow his soul enter into Your Kingdom and may he rest in peace.

Finally, please continue showering Your Blessings upon us & give us our strength to perform what we are ought to do; In Jesus Name, I pray. AMEN

Friday, August 19, 2011

Bora Madness....


you feel proud & relax the moment you stepped into a very clear, clean water; smooth sands & fresh breeze of air in bora... onli in the pilipins sabi nga nila... i feel like i don't wanna go back to stressful & congested streets of metro manila... at least kahit sa maiksing panahon, u feel relaxed and enjoying the beauty of nature plus of course... as song goes...♫ ..♪"sa Manila ka makakakita ng magagandang babae!!"... not anymore...♫ ..♪ "sa Bora mo makikita ang napakagagandang babae!" just kidding... -  i hope i don't sound to gender discriminating....

helmet dive feeding marine life... 


there are so many activities you may want to get into...a visit to the crystal cove island...very magnificent... something to be proud of talaga...











snorkling or aqua dive... wherein you can feed marine life...colorful fishes arms reach... one of a kind experience you'll regret kung di mo nagawa or napuntahan man lng....


para-sailing.... also one of a kind breathe taking activity you may want to experience in the air where you can see the beauty of bora island...











wonderful experiences... you wanted to repeatedly doing it all the time.... free from phone calls, emails, kj boss, nerdy officemates & bunch of projects....









One thing makes you feel relax is... at least for one time.. .you feel like... "hey 'dad you're so cool!"... because, you got to enjoy henna tattoo as well... no tattoo or braided hair for instance... incomplete bora experience... lest no island hop... u miss half bora experience as well...




at night, still lovely, while enjoying & listening to music around... seeing geek people crazy dancing, cultural & fire dancing...native & tasty foods... cold drinks...dinner together with love ones...




however...  there's always  an end for all these  wonderful experience... but mind you, at the airport... may napakasarap na pwedeng puntahan while waiting your flight back to manila... don't miss your la paz batchoy... authentic & very tasty... samahan mo pa ng buko pandan w/ gata... authentic ilongo 's best... 


after enjoying bora island experience... back to normal life... & hoping to get long wkend for another next bora adventure.... 

Thursday, August 18, 2011

A day at Pawikan Conservation Center!


'pag walang magawa... most of time, i'm with my family/kids... kung saan mapadpad... bonding together and enjoying our company together... 

i always take this an opportunity  to cope up with times that I'm busy working & spend time together... my kids love travelling as well!

in this one trip.. we went to Pawikan Conservation Center... we adopted baby 'pawikan' and shared/exposed them the beauty of nature, specially on environmental & ecological protection... 

these little 'turltes' shouldn't be held in captivity. let's help save pawikan...these will help to contribute on regeneration of  our fishing grounds...
thanks ate Nida Valdez for facilitating our quick tour... 


Wednesday, August 17, 2011

it's me...my 1st blog

Preliminaries: thanks for the development of technologies where we can share, learn, adopt, emulate things in just   a short stroke of your fingertips...

most of my friends told me that I'm a good buddy or even best bud to them...
i love places, travelling & exploring beauty of nature - this is my stress reliever!
i'm fun of social & civic activities - this is my passion!
i enjoy working in group & sharing thoughts together - i love collaborations!
i like sharing ideas, discussing issues & concerns - learning new things around...
i advocate pro-active and optimistic ideas...i hate pessimisms & the likes...
i love competition - this makes me more competitive & creative..

i love God, my country, my family, my kids, my siblings, my friend.....

please join me in my quest of learning how i could improve more myself & in raising a healthy family; exploring the beauty of nature God has given us... share unsolicited thoughts socially relevant in the quest for the advancement our plight/s...