Hey, I know those kids!
Saturday, March 8, 2008
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Two Wheels
Yesterday, J tried to use his bike without the training wheels or stabilizers as my friend Helen calls it. I was a bit skeptic at first since he only started riding his bike on Sunday but then P and my neighbor kept insisting that he is ready for it - and I guess they were right. I just helped him get on the seat the first time then he was on his own the whole 2 hrs yesterday. He felt so proud of his accomplishment and I was very happy for him. He is a bit easily intimidated and so I was surprised when he just went on and did it. He was even trying to work on a few tricks already. I had to tell him to hold off a bit on "jumping on the side walk"... I just wanted to enjoy the day without having to go to the fracture clinic again... Tee Hee!
Monday, February 18, 2008
I want my Archdiocese's money back...
A little of the pot calling the kettle black. Big surprise...
Maybe Bernie Ward should have been a teacher in Oregon.
Maybe Bernie Ward should have been a teacher in Oregon.
Monday, February 11, 2008
Fun day at school
Last week, the Kindergartens in J's school celebrated Chinese New Year. They had a dragon parade around the school and had some crafts, games and Chinese food during the event. The kids were so excited since they were the only grade level who celebrated the event fully.
Chinese jump rope, he's never done it before and so he was a bit intimidated to try at first. Of course his favorite part - having some tasty Chinese wontons with their fancy chopsticks.
Kite making station and they got to fly it around the cafeteria for a while.
The kids preparing for the parade with the 4th grade kids holding the dragon.
Chinese jump rope, he's never done it before and so he was a bit intimidated to try at first. Of course his favorite part - having some tasty Chinese wontons with their fancy chopsticks.
Kite making station and they got to fly it around the cafeteria for a while.
The kids preparing for the parade with the 4th grade kids holding the dragon.
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Freakin' Wicked New Hope
OK, I was cleaning some hard drive space today when I ran across something that I couldn't delete. Family Guy - The Star Wars episode. It's freakin' wicked funny. Probably the most wicked funny parody ever! You can see many clips from it on you tube, but one MUST watch it uncut to truly appreciate its genius.
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Friday, February 1, 2008
India!
OK, so I'm finally getting around to this...
Unfortunately, I was really in a foul mood for this entire trip (As was my business partner). I would have gone to Mysore, but me body was so sore from traveling and my head was reeling from the work part of the trip, I pretty much just hung at my hotel when I was in Bangalore.
My view from the hotel room in Bangalore. Notice the nice pool and hot tub behind it in the middle - relaxing, eh?
You too can enjoy the soothing sounds while relaxing at our pool and hot Tub for $450/night, and yes, it was like this all night.
All in all, Bangalore was a nice place, but super-expensive. The upshot was that our hotel had 5 ultra-fancy restaurants in it and I ate like a pig - not to mention looking, smelling and acting like a pig. I could post more pictures from inside the hotel, but what's the point. Anyway, next we were off to Hyderabad. We took the local airline for that, which was an experience - similar to the local Philippine airlines. The flight was delayed 3 hours. We learned later that all flights are late. This is such a norm that in Hyderabad (Unlike the Philippines), they only post flight numbers - no departure times.
Turns out that January 15 is a holiday in India (nobody bothered to tell us until we already had everything booked), so, that's the day we went sight-seeing. First we went to Necklace Road which circumnavigates the Hussain sagar lake which was hand dug by peasants in 1562. It has a budda in it which was put up in 1992 and blessed by the Dali Lama. We then went to Lumbini Park where you can catch a boat to the Budda statue.
If you want closer photos, let me know and I'll post them. We then went to Birla Mandir Hindu Temple. Interesting things to note, it was entirely made of marble, it was a Hindu religious holiday when we went, no cameras were allowed AND the guard at the top was using the same Damascus steel, 1898, Remington side by side double barreled, dual trigger hammerless shotgun that Grandpa Masters used to hunt with... yeah (You'll have to take me at my word since there were no cameras allowed ;-) )! Here's an ok wiki of Birla Mandir.
Next we went to India's version of disney world meets Universal Studios. We spent as little time there as humanly possible. It was nice, but we really were more interested in old stuff... We then checked out Charminar. It's surrounded by a bustling market. I don't have a good picture of the monument. Next time I go to Hyderabad, I'll go back and check this thing out. It's a mosque built to commemorate the eradication of the plague.
Pretty ok street shot near Charminar:
From there we went to the place we were most interested in and spent the least amount of time - Fort Golconda. It was the excavation site of the Hope Diamond and was for years the only known diamond mines in the world. We had a kick-butt tour guide, but no time. He was tough to keep up with. I have very few pictures that came out since it was getting dark. This is from the top looking down at the Harem Quarters.
I'd rather talk than type :-) So, if you want to know more about it, read some wiki pages and/or call me.
Unfortunately, I was really in a foul mood for this entire trip (As was my business partner). I would have gone to Mysore, but me body was so sore from traveling and my head was reeling from the work part of the trip, I pretty much just hung at my hotel when I was in Bangalore.
My view from the hotel room in Bangalore. Notice the nice pool and hot tub behind it in the middle - relaxing, eh?
You too can enjoy the soothing sounds while relaxing at our pool and hot Tub for $450/night, and yes, it was like this all night.
All in all, Bangalore was a nice place, but super-expensive. The upshot was that our hotel had 5 ultra-fancy restaurants in it and I ate like a pig - not to mention looking, smelling and acting like a pig. I could post more pictures from inside the hotel, but what's the point. Anyway, next we were off to Hyderabad. We took the local airline for that, which was an experience - similar to the local Philippine airlines. The flight was delayed 3 hours. We learned later that all flights are late. This is such a norm that in Hyderabad (Unlike the Philippines), they only post flight numbers - no departure times.
Turns out that January 15 is a holiday in India (nobody bothered to tell us until we already had everything booked), so, that's the day we went sight-seeing. First we went to Necklace Road which circumnavigates the Hussain sagar lake which was hand dug by peasants in 1562. It has a budda in it which was put up in 1992 and blessed by the Dali Lama. We then went to Lumbini Park where you can catch a boat to the Budda statue.
If you want closer photos, let me know and I'll post them. We then went to Birla Mandir Hindu Temple. Interesting things to note, it was entirely made of marble, it was a Hindu religious holiday when we went, no cameras were allowed AND the guard at the top was using the same Damascus steel, 1898, Remington side by side double barreled, dual trigger hammerless shotgun that Grandpa Masters used to hunt with... yeah (You'll have to take me at my word since there were no cameras allowed ;-) )! Here's an ok wiki of Birla Mandir.Next we went to India's version of disney world meets Universal Studios. We spent as little time there as humanly possible. It was nice, but we really were more interested in old stuff... We then checked out Charminar. It's surrounded by a bustling market. I don't have a good picture of the monument. Next time I go to Hyderabad, I'll go back and check this thing out. It's a mosque built to commemorate the eradication of the plague.
Pretty ok street shot near Charminar:
From there we went to the place we were most interested in and spent the least amount of time - Fort Golconda. It was the excavation site of the Hope Diamond and was for years the only known diamond mines in the world. We had a kick-butt tour guide, but no time. He was tough to keep up with. I have very few pictures that came out since it was getting dark. This is from the top looking down at the Harem Quarters.
I'd rather talk than type :-) So, if you want to know more about it, read some wiki pages and/or call me.
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