Monday, January 28, 2008

Marzipan Babies

Bunch of Forwards ulit galing sa mga kung sino-sino :D

nakakatuwa yung mga nagagawa na ngayon sa pastries, chocolates and frostings neh? katulad ng batch-logo namin, give away sya sa amin ni Rose, pero hanggang ngayon hindi ko pa ito kinakain, good thing na mayroon pa akong 6 months para lantakan tong choco na 'to (5 months na lang pala) pero wala eh... ang cute eh...



weeee!

now, take a load of these Sugar Babies...

problema lang dun sa forward hindi nakalagay kung sino yung "woman" na sinasabing gumawa nung mga babies made of Marzipan... pero searching the net, she is Carmille Allen.

Lupit naman nya!

Marzipan is Almond paste: a sweet paste made of ground almonds and sugar, often with egg whites or yolks, used as a layer in cakes or molded into ornamental shapes.

Hmn... patawa lang, searching more sa Google hindi naman daw sila gawa sa Marzipan kundi sa Polymer Resin? well at least hindi na sila edible. :D

Niweys... with detail and realism -- they are truly artistic...














Astig diba?
ok... back to work :D

Saturday, January 26, 2008

Paano ba ang Tamang Patulong

Hindi na bago kahit kaninong sumasakay sa jeep yung mga batang biglang sasampa ng tumatakbong sasakyan pupunasan ang mga paa at sapatos ng pasahero sabay manghihingi ng limos. Maraming beses na rin akong nag-abot sa mga batang yun, isipin mo na lang kung paano nila habulin yung mga humahagibis na sasakyan para sa konting barya diba?

Minsan, bababa sila sa sasakyan na masaya sa naipong pera… depende sa tumitingin, masaya sila at meron silang pambili ng necessities nila sa araw na yon, o dahil sa nakaisa sila.

Naramdaman ko na rin yung parang naisahan ako ng nanglilimos – hindi lang ng mga batang umaangkas sa jeep, kahit yung mga nagbabahay – bahay na naglilibot para manghingi ng abuloy sa patay, pero pag tiningnan mong mabuti halatang ipinatong lang sa photocopy yung pangalan ng supposedly eh namatay. Bad trip pati patay pinagsi-sidetripan.

Paano ba ang tamang pagtulong sa kanila?

May isang pangyayari sa college dati, sa isang subject, nabigyan ako ng instructor ko ng privilege na i-transfer ang labis kong added points sa kahit sinong kakilala ko, unwittingly isinagot ko eh sa nakakuha na lang ng pinakamababang grade and so it was given…. After few seconds I thought that I should have given it to a person who will be able to augment his/her few point grade short – yun bang one two points papasa na?. that would have been more helpful.

And a realization of what most of us already know. The only help you can give is the resources that you already have. Walang problema sa atin ang magpahiram ng pera sa kakilala nating nangangailangan tama? Especially kung meron kadin namang maibibigay.

With what we give, sa baryang naiaabot ko, hindi ko maiwasan kung sindikato ba ito at lalo lang nababaon sila sa hirap, o ano bang positibong bagay sa panlilimos?

I’m glad there are multimarket and millionaires who actually give very large sum for out lesser brother, kahit wala tayong magagawa – at least payapa ng konti ang konsensya natin at hindi nagdamot sa mga batang ito, kahit barya pa rin ang kaya kong ibigay.

Pero paano nga ba ang tamang pagbibigay?

Yun bang declared lagi ang tax mo at naibibigay mo ang due para sa government?
Yun bang pag-aabot ng barya? Di bale nang may sindikato sa likod nito?
O mas ok nga ba ang ibigay mo ang tulong mo sa malalaking NGOs para maibigay ito sa mas nangangailangan?

Siguro ang importante mayroon tayong puso para tumulong… yun yun eh… kung may maitutulong bakit hindi? Kung hindi makakatulong – wag nang mamerwisyo. Simple


Halimbawa… pagbibigay ng comments – tulong yon! :D nyaha!

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Let Me See Your Fingers

He he... medyo mahirap mag-compose ng mga serious articles :D
sa lighter side of life muna, again... naforward lang ulit ito sa akin...

hmn... for sure mas mahaba ang palasing-singan ko kaysa sa hintuturo ko... pero hindi nga? may basis ba itong picture na to???

and moreover, with the liberation our society is having nowadays, sexist ka na bang matatawag kung "gay" ang i-jo-joke mo? well i guess...

...



fingers - basis?

Saturday, January 19, 2008

Sariling Sikap

Sometimes we can’t always afford to always be serviced, mas praktikal ang sariling sikap. Yep! It’s more practical and we can even do it on our own time and pace. Walang mahahassle and much more we can do it on the privacy of our own home. Ah yes the wonders Self Help materials can do. :D

I believe that next phase of having that enthusiasm to read is to read the books and study the materials that can actually teach you something helpful, materials that can develop and even make you learn from the experiences and expertise of others.

The first ever book that I actually bought besides Pugad Baboy Series (for the entertainment value) and the ECE Books (because of the board exams). Hindi pa kasama dito ang sandamakmak na manuals at laboratory workbook eh ang Success for Dummies ni Zig Ziglar. Sale pa ng National Bookstore nun! And I was able to buy it for Php 250.00. Considering the things I have learned from that book, I’d say I have bought more that I have paid for.

One of the chapters in that book tried to suggest the area of your life you would actually want to change or you consider needing more development among the others.

get test here: Focusing on Needed Goals

My result looks like this. (Hmn… I really think I need to lose some weight).



Well the point of the test is to confirm to you what you actually think is important. What you actually would like to accomplish. What you must focus on. And from there – you can focus on your efforts on achieving further for that area.

For one I could say, Self Development materials aim to confirm what you already know. What are already embedded to your kind and fine nature, but our environment has its ways of persuading us to what might lead us differently from those virtues. Thus we, from time to time need to rethink our ways, recalibrate where we are and where we would like to be. And at some point actually aim for something.


One of my senior commented, that he doesn’t believe what these authors have written. Like they are contradicting or all of them have the biases from their experiences, and makes us believe that if we do how they did it, we will be successful when in fact we all have the different lives and there is no actual pattern for success.

There is no exact life true, there is no pattern for success – but I believe that there are principles. Much like law of gravity, Human Relations, Spiritual Faith, Finance and Success are governed by principles. And when you get to develop and instill them to yourself one can accomplish what his / her good heart desires. Sure, I can learn from experiences, but history also tells us that we don’t have to reinvent the wheel, thus experiences and expertise from who came first can be a good guide and helps us to further our steps even though we are just to walk through that path yet.

Siemps mas masaya kung maraming kasama diba? May makashare… I haven’t walked this path before it’s all new and equally promising much like everyday. No one say he’s actually righteous and doing it perfectly, that the same reason why I would like to share it. Flawed and all… isn’t it a breath of fresh air to realize what you would like to change? Umn… well its not, but you get my point.

And for sure, mas malupit kung mabasa mo rin from the actual author, yung mga i-sha-share at paguusapan natin. Sharing experiences and learnings like all friends do. So from sariling sikap to group effort!

Tara! :D

Monday, January 14, 2008

Treasure Award from Marga!



I'm not sure whatever i did to deserve this award but i thank Marga for it :D
Cheers!

Blog Reviews -- Ella Ganda's Confessions

Nasubaybayan ko ang blog ni Ella from her number88 days. The fresh entries of her first career, what pushed her, the joys, the pains, the boundaries, the entrigues, everything you would like to know about being a masseuse.


number88 -- sexy, senti, smart :D

"it’s a dog eats dog world..."

She was able to integrate sexiness and cleverness in her stories. Hindi naging bastos ang mga kwento nya kahit "okra" at mga "talong" pa ang topic. One can't help it but be curious ano nga ba ang nangyayari sa mga maliliit na cubicles na yon.. And she made us saw it in a different light, in sordid details even. What i found more graceful about her views is that she never had a hint of self pity... She complains, swear even, but in the end of it all, she took action and ultimately changed her self – and transformed her life.

From number88, na-excite din ako nung makaalis na sya sa massage parlor ni mr. minola, at makalipat sa isang hotel. Although masahista pa rin sya dun, i personally thought mas ok na yun kaysa dun sa mr. minola guy. She eventually earned her degree and quitted being a masseuse all together, wow -- the promise of true education!


ella ganda.com -- woman empowered!

Having her own domain ellaganda.com, marks her graduation from being masseuse -- and becoming a freelance writer that suits her so well. I really appreciate her lifestyle articles, and you can't imagine how well travelled she really is. From Amanpulo, Boracay, Disney Land, I can't wait to hear her next trip and her experience in that place. When she tells her story, she tells it with an enthusiasm of a little girl -- and criticizes for points of improvement.

Isa pang kapansin-pansin kay Ella eh ang kanyang mga well presented opinions and convictions. Remember when she gone ballistic against Malou Fernandez, Mike, and the Writers of Desperate Housewives? She presented solid points plus angst words you would not want to be in the receiving end.

But what I find most admirable about her is when you converse with her, kahit hindi pa kayo nagkikita is that warm welcome feel -- as if you're talking to a friend. I have requested one or two articles from her, and I am just glad whenever she gives her two cent about it.

Para syang kapitbahay mo na may uwing souvenir from a vacation, kaibigan mong hopeless romantic and an empowered woman you would not want to mess with.

Hinihintay ko pa rin ang paglabas ng libro nya, and hopefully mapa-autograph din... Nyah! For sure Starstruck moment yon! Ü

Wednesday, January 09, 2008

Beautiful Girls err...

I'm just speechless...
Forwarded Email about a Beauty Contest held in Thailand...
last 2005















He's the winner of
Thailand 's
Miss Transvestite Contest 2005
All are males

wow...

Tuesday, January 08, 2008

Read or Die

Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man,
and writing an exact man.
~ Francis Bacon ~

One of the habits im developing and strengthening is Reading... Geez, ang nerdy naman ng topic... Well hindi rin actually, that depends on the materials you are reading...

Way back college and highschool, I read lots of materials... Tulad ng mga trivia ni Bong Barrameda, Broadsheets, Popular Science magazine and books, kasama na rin dyan ang mga malalaswang nobela sa mga tabloid... Kung san ko sila binabasa at anong oras eh ibang istorya na yon...

At sa pag-advance ng kaalaman (amp! kaalaman!), nahilig din akong magbasa sa internet, kasama na dyan ung pagcha-chat (ma pa-mIRC pa yan or Yahoo Chat), at ang goldmine ng practical knowhows, at sensual experiences ang forums!

Fascinated talaga ako sa mga forums. You get to see how generous anonymous people can be -- giving inside information, reviews, and even entertainment! For exquisite love stories there was rebelde.com, for in and outs of almost about anything in the metro there was mygimmick.com, for my animé fix theres nexgear.com.

Next level would be blogging... Kahit average of 11-15 visitors lang ang blog mo, what is more important is that, there are people who are actually reading your thoughts, moreover mas personal din ang pagbabasa ng blog ng iba dahil personal accounts nila yun, you can't get away with their personal biases. Which adds up to the fun. And i make it a point na yung mga links ko mabisita ko at mabasa ko talaga yung mga sinulat nila.

Most people, can actually undermine reading, nga naman mas madali kasing manood at makinig... But the same restrains your imagination of what you hear and what you can see and bounds you with what is only presented. The fact that we can understand each other just by symbols and letters is already a wonder, pero yung kiliti na idinadagdag sa pagbabasa, yung kaalaman na nakatago sa mga letra. Mas makukuha lang ito ng mas karapat-dapat at nagtyagang umunawa sa kanila.

Read on... Ü

Thursday, January 03, 2008

Happy New Year!


Baclaran -- (speechless)

Wee! bagong taon, bagong buhay... well not actually, its all the same din naman. The same issues, workloads (or more) to have a premise of a "new life" is pretty elusive -- ang mas possible pa siempre eh ang new attitude...

The attitude over failure pressure and failure and every outside stimulus...

I'm excited with the new year... kahit minsan hindi ko rin alam kung bakit.
Dahil na rin yan sa bagong chapter kasi eh... new things to explore, new adventures to conquer.

and after all the fireworks at lahat ng kalat sa daan... bagong pakikipagsapalaran ulit!
Hoping to find a better purpose and fulfillment to a never bored life.


HAPPY NEW YEAR!


Baclaran -- (wow luwag...)