2012 The First Anihaff

Here it is again, the summary of what I did or went this first half of the year!

January.
My first time to actually be on the boat and attend the Fluvial procession for the festivities of the Sto. Nino.

Met the giants of the sea. Oslob is now the new haven of whale sharks, the biggest fish out there! This is beach #1

My first "unofficial" photo shoot with Clyde @Cebu Zoo.

February
FC mode with the Kyocera QA team for the birthday celebration of mam Chery Semillano!

Dinner with Manager for a training well done.

March
FC mode to the highest level. Went to Moalboal because of an invite from Donna's bf, Clyde. The winner of the 2M pesos gave a treat to his team mates and luckily we are the "joiners" club. Beach #2

The twins have graduated!

Observing Earth hour with NCR friends at Anzani.

April
Movies, movies, movies!

Holy week procession

Holy week beach! Beach #3

Birthday of Aunt Gette, with family. Beach #4

Dinner with manager.

Fiesta reunion with Highschool mates.

Dinner with cousins.

May
Avengers with cousins.

Boosog day with the Kriminals (Donna, Clyde and Mye) and the Banker (master Ariel Q)

Team summer outing! Beach #5

Bye Joemarie!

June
I was so busy this June.
This is my second time to explore Palawan, my first time in Coron! Nature at its best! I am overfilled with the colors Green, Blue and more of them whenever and wherever I looked. Though it was rainy and our flight was almost cancelled. Thank God all went well. Beach #6

This is also my second time in the tallest peak of Cebu, Osmena Peak in Mantalungon Dalaguete. It was 5 long years ago that I first stepped into the peak and it still is a nice experience to be back!

After almost four hours of walk; uphill, downhill, rocky roads, asphalted roads, dirt roads, muddy roads and slippery roads - and all the missteps and tumbles, I finally seen and swam in Kawasan falls! The water is so cold it strips all the stresses away.

So that's what I've been through the first half of this year! Wow! What's in store for me for the other half? Im excited and thrilled, hoping that it will all be good, no make that great adventures!

It's More Fun in the Philippines

One thing I truly love is being a tourist. So when the Philippine's Department of Tourism launched the new  #itsmorefuninthephilippines campaign I am more than glad to join the bandwagon and create my own studies showing why it is more fun here!

Hoping that it my own little ways, tourism in the Philippines will improve.

But I have a few request to the Department of Tourism if they really want to have repeat foreign tourists in our country. First and foremost is the installation of SIGNAGE! Big, bold, multi-language road signs is very important to wandering tourists. Second is the availability of maps around the city, highlighting what spots tourists should take interest and this should be available at the airport's arrival hall. And maybe one last thing is for them to extensively use the modern social networking sites (use them all Facebook, twitter, tumblr, flickr, instagram etc...)  alongside the more traditional TV advertisement to promote the country.

30 Minutes Into The Future

I just traveled 30 minutes into the future! Yes, this is not a hoax, I really did. No need of special engines, wormholes, time machines or any contraptions. I just kind of did.

Yesterday:
I was crossing the street when suddenly my cellphone fell and scattered itself in the middle of the road. I was embarrassingly picking up the pieces of my phone and quickly rode a jeepney home.
At home I reassembled my phone and being a Nokia 1208 classic model, it is still alive, this is one of the models that doesn't easily give up unless you throw it in fire.

This morning:
I woke up and check the time in my laptop it was still 6:47. I'm not late until 9 so I took my time. Ate breakfast, took a bath, dress-up, check email. When I was outside waiting for my ride, I checked the time. Oh my! it's already 8:35!

So instead of waiting for the jeepney I immediately took the first vacant taxi I saw. I don't like being late, I was restless the whole time inside the taxi. And then when I was in the capitol area...


It rang 8:00.

I set the wrong time in my phone.

And I arrived 30 minutes later at work.