Here’s our photos during our Malaysian travel in 2007. The motiff and theme and music of the Smilebox production is brought to you by Bong Ngii (no other than Lee Andrew – pen name of Lean)!
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Event: Project Kindness for Kids (Share-a-toy!)
Place: The Garage, Matungao Bulacan
Date: December 24, 2009
With : Family
Yes, another episode of Project K for K was held at Matungao Bulacan, Bulacan (our hometown). We have prepared toys for about 150 kids within the vicinity and we gave it away on the 24th. It’s been fun, warming experience having brought smile to kids. Plus, the “cousinhood” was having a really great time volunteering during the distribution…. Some of our nephews and nieces even waited on the line to receive their share of toys as well, then they distributed candies. It was also a plus-experience for Chuko and Deanne as, aside from having fun too, Chuko also need “community service credits” even on vacation as required by their school back in US.
Christmas is really for fun, fun, fun and giving, giving, giving! What a wonderful blessing being a part of a blessing to others (even in simple ways…). What a wonderful feeling! Life is really meant for these moments!
See also related posts:
Episode 1
A - St Agatha’s Resort Grand Reunion & Papi’s Bday (#18) (# reference in previous blog)
B – Boat Ride up to Cruz sa Wawa at Bocaue (#20)
C – Complete Cousins
D – The DAY (my day) (#10)
see also pictures here: Ways to Celebrate a Bday
E – Eucharistic Day of Lean (#4)
F - Family! (#16)
G – Gift-Giving for Kids (#13)
H – Home for Holiday – Chuko & Deanne (#12)
I – “I” Moment at our Christmas party… Audit Bday Tribute (#7)
J – Surprise Bday Treat for John-john (#1)
K – moments with Kuyas (#22)
L – night with SVS at Lorna T’s house in “Dahil May Isang Ikaw” (#2)
M – Kuya’s visit at our house @ Marilao (#23)
N – New Year’s Eve (#21)
O – Opening of Seri Asia (#9)
P – Party! Party! Puregold Audit Family (see this also) and SVS Family! (#6)
Q – Queue at Charity Gift Giving
R – Raffle, Bingo & Games on Xmas Eve (#15)
S – Star Awards for Auditors (#8) (more info here)
T- “These are the Days” (#21) A Music Video @ YouTube – click here
U – Unstoppable “Sports Tournament” – Swimming, Bowling & Basketball
V – Dinner date with Verna and later on with SGV Friends (#5)
W – Wacky Photos! (#14) see more here
X – Xmas Spirit! with Daddy & Mama!
Y – bYe Time… 1st round (#24)
Z – Z-read, bYe… 2nd Round (#25)
Here’s my tribute to my whole family, kins or clans:
Regardless how “huge” is our family, we remained intact, happy, excited, close and harmoniously together! And to think we are now “breeding” the 3rd generation,
We are really indeed blessed and lucky being born in the right time and right place with right family….
See this music picture clips of our glorious times together…
“These Are the Days” by Natalie Merchant of 10,000 Maniac, our favorite song… see it in You Tube
see also these related entries
Holiday Photo A-Z
The Holiday: A Recap
My greatest appreciation to my staff and colleagues at Audit Department. Life and work wouldn’t have been so engaging, rewarding and “easy” without the enthusiasm, commitment, motivation of these people. I have learned a lot from this bunch and I hope that I was able to inspire them too. Our moments of working, planning, achieving and playing together deserves this video clip I made:
See my collection of “my wandering feet” that somewhat chronicle my travel and adventure. It started in Macau last August. Here are the samples:
at the venetian hotel
the venetian casino
on top of macau tower
in HK train after been denied entry at shenzhen
at HongKong
at fontana clark
at baguio (store site visit)
at tumana marikina (relief operation)
October 8, 2009
We got spontaneous tickets to watch the UAAP Basketball Finals Season 72, University of the East vs. Ateneo…. And we had one great and spontaneous fun and excitement!
It was so great that despite clamor for tickets for this finals, my friend was able to get tickets within 2 days before the game. It was so amazing (as it was quite impossible to get tickets on short-notice). But through the “power” of our ever-enthusiastic, and ever-resourceful friend Flor, we got 22 tickets! So, SVS staff also came! (the Partners and the staff are almost all UE alumni!)
It would have been Super Great if UE won the title (after almost 10 years?)… but unfortunately Ateneo won. (see the score board below)
But regardless, we really had fun and the verge of adrenalin! Even for the not-so-basketball-fans (like me), the game will make you jump and shout and be carried away. The event was really memorable (especially when they sung the UE theme – which amazingly we can still sing)
Great! Great! Hope next year we’ll be able to repeat this! Go UE Warriors Go!
I came across a site: 29-day Giving Challenge: Changing Life One Gift at a Time!. It promotes simple acts of altruism and generosity believing that one simple deed can make an impact to anyone. Thus, I challenged myself to do conscious “effortful” act of giving. (But I have a confession to make, I officially did the 29-gift-giving in 59 days, but there are menial gifts in between).
True to my theme “butterfly effect,” I believe that this will change somehow the series of event in the lives of those people I “touched”… I just hope and pray that only good things will it bring….
see also my 29-gift list
by the way, i will not stop on the 29th gift…. 
Last night was a celebration of Orly’s Birthday along with our St Joseph’s buddies and friends (from high school and elementary) at Pier One at QC. We have actually representatives from all sections: St Elizabeth, St John, St. Dominic, St. Ignatius! (if you still remember your beloved section!)
We had a really great time, telling stories, updating life-stories, cracking jokes, goofying around, appreciating the “journey” of each of us had from then to now, and amazing how years have not “actually” changed us… we are still young (at heart and spirit!)… and we can be the same good old buddies… and as if no years had set us apart!
I really believe that we became what we are now because of the friends we made and the dreams we shared with them… as we inspired, aspired and gone separate ways…. then, to meet again with stories to tell!
see also related posts:
Just as I Remember
101 Minus 4 – Seen Old Friends
Part 2 of Best of Macau Pictures!
Smilebox digital scrapbook is fun and easy to use… I just hope it’s fast to load.
Enjoy!
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I am looking forward seeing my old friends from my high school tomorrow… I am excited but quite apprehensive… Some of them I regularly see, except those few that I didn’t see for quite some time, like 20plus years! We have contacts, one way or another, that’s what technology is about… but seeing them is different thing… I realized that I missed them… (Funny that feeling of “missing” them at the only moment you think of them…. Well maybe because of the sheer delight of these memories of childhood and friendship!)
Well, It made me remember now those days in high school when:
1. we usually walk home to save the fare
2. I was the favorite courier of love letters of male friends
3. we spent time in back street carinderia
4. we love to join the dance show, singing contest, declamation or any school presentation
5. I was tasked to measure the school ground using a toothpick (as initiation for COCC)
6. I lost spelling bee because of the word “inflammable” (I still believe that it should be single “s”)
7. I competed a Science Quiz Bee with a student from another school that eventually became my business partner (the “verde” in SVS)- by the way he won the bee
8. we lost the student body election
9. I once had sported spike hairstyle (eewww)
10. we were punished for insubordination during CAT time
11. we had drinking spree in between breaks
12. I helped a classmate in distress when she had a mishap while having LBM (ohh just imagine)
13. we formed CSG and GMS (full names are so lame, so I better leave as that)
14. we had countless bumming around in nearby classmates’ house (how can i forget the “haunted house” of Lee Ng’s)
15. I had few pesos for my recess snack that I have to help other classmates with their homework for a free snack (my constant customer is my papi now — just his style to get closer to me -haha)
16. we loved to sing “Desert Moon” and “Friend of Mine”….
and a lot more!
High school is just the moment to have fun, make great friends and doing silly stuff.
Well, I will see them tomorrow and let’s see if age have not impaired our memories!
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boracay fisherman
i sponsored the tax seminar of my cousin at the same time making a colleague happy with her CPE credits for free i was with my friend Flor, who never fail to inspire me and awe me… by the way, Flor treated us to a very relaxing spa massage galore! thanks sis! been educated with tax matters again… prospect for new clients & new business (franchise & gas station)… going to China for a bonding trip with friends and hubby (this month) good laughs watching “Ice Age 3″ with papi, jolo and lean Lean with his drawing (vision) of his 8th birthday next year (he will be in “knight” costume and i will be soooo slim…)
been struggling with my speelling today… kuya will be coming to town on christmas! (nice chat with you tonight, kuya 
) giving hope in best way I can…
see how Lean grows through the years. He is so cute and sweet. and until now he remains as sweet as ever! He is a very thoughtful boy. I love him to bits that sometimes I treat him still like a toddler (and he still acts one sometimes)….
Love You Lean!
we had our teambuilding at fontana last weekend, complete with games, brainstorming, night-out, swimming, shopping, food and fun!
we really need this kind of unwinding activity!
but is it acquaintance party or what? anyway, after few moments, they were bonding already!
new breed of auditors were discovered!
new talents were uncovered!
really had a great time!
My mother-in-law, stepfather-in-law (British), and brother-in-law (twin brother) are in town for two weeks. They stayed in our house and they are just in time for the 1st birthday party of my Aliya (which is so happened also the 61st birthday of her lola).We made their visit special by having the dinner date on their actual bday (june 11), we have a get-together at Malabon on Lolo Mama’s bday, too. We had despidida party at Tita Vivian’s house, etc. We went “shopping” at plastican, divisoria and SM Manila. No extravagant vacation but we just make every minute of their stay worthwhile with lots of laughs, crying(?), and playing around aliya! And my papi (although he is not making it obvious), he is very happy!
I know 2 guys who are BFF (best-friends-forever) in its true sense and form! They are too much attached to each other that they already knew each other’s moods, qualms and “tantrums” (i dont if they are talking about girls now!). They have a same taste of movie, shows (gag shows), pasttime and jokes. They knew when to have fun or when to settle down. They are even “look-alike” They can be so mean to each other or can be so sweet and engaging! I got jealous sometimes. I don’t think they have other friends outside that they treat as same as they do to each other!
Here’s their recent pictures, taken at the airport and while we were in Boracay last May 2009.
