A MERRY BIRTHDAY TO COUSIN GREA

Happy Birthday Christmas! Uncle John and his gurls invade Las Pinas to celebrate a belated christmas and an advanced birthday party for Ate Grea. - 27 December 2004

and they called her XENIA SANUT

this was me when i was four years old. hehehe

BLURRED BUT STILL SURVIVING - the story of my digicam

is my digicam better? i hope so...

HOUSES WITHIN A HOME

Cute little houses... Oscar, me and JQ (we look like we are striking a pose but we are actually doing the ocho-ocho...)

ONE BIG HAPPY AYLC FAMILY

The AYLC people who made it to the Christmas party. The rest made it after Christmas...

GURL POWER!

A very merry Christmas from the ladies of AYLC!!! - Chad Sotelo's Mansion, Ayala Alabang Village, 11 December 2004

PARTING SHOT

just one last shot before we leave Simon's Inn - of course with Mang Simon. L - R: Bernadette (ang kapatid ni Dennis), Ave (also know as the Ukelelista), Raffy the mighty and Aysa kulit, Team Leader Gerry, Mang Simon, Chef Manny, Me, Papa Victor and Dennis (ang kapatid no Bernadette). Amen.

A SWEET FOR MY SWEET

the lollipop saves the day!!!

FALLING IN LOVE WITH THE FALLS

it was a 'globe' moment... but don't get me wrong, there was absolutely no phone signal as soon as you arrived in Banaue. Paging Globe...

TWO FOR TAPPIYA

tappiya tappiya i love you tappiya... just a few more meters before we reach the falls...

BREAKFAST A LA BATAD

Good Morning Batad! Breakfast by the rice terraces...

ARMED with a TUNGKOD

Me and Victor with our 'tungkod' on our way to Tappiya falls. This is the view of the Batad rice terraces from the opposite side of Simon's Inn. - 31 October 2004

NINE LIVES

This is all nine of us - the Fellowship of the Flashlight. We forgot that we were blocking the view. Sorry. - 1 November 2004

BANAUE BEYOND WORDS

The Banaue rice terraces - 8th wonder of the world. I was there! Need we say more? - 1 November 2004

TAPPIYA, OOH LA LA...

The hidden jewel of Batad - Tappiya Waterfalls. A good two-hour trek away from Simon's Inn, we trekked through the terraces, down the steep ravine, past 1700 steps (yes, we actually counted the number of steps and that does not include the inclines!), we reached the falls and had our lunch buffet there care of Chef Manny's yakisoba, beef tapa, pork and beans, at iba pa. Water was 12 degrees centigrade cold (it actually felt colder than that) but we were able to take a quick dip. Tappiya was simply refreshing. - 31 October 2004

COME TO MY WINDOW

The splendid view from our room at Simon's Inn. Wake up to the grand view of the ampitheater-like rice terraces of Batad. They looked like stairways of the gods. - 31 October 2004

ON THE TRAIL TO BATAD

The trail to Batad from Bangaan Village - just a few minutes before the heavy rainfall. A few moments after this shot, we were all soaking wet, 3 of our comrades lost the soles of their shoes (guess they were not made for the kind of hiking that we did), and we sought refuge in a waiting shed by the 'corner' of the mountain. When we got to the shed, we were surrounded by heavy rain and couldn't see anything but fog. At that time, we knew exactly how Gandalf and the fellowship of the ring felt. In the end its not the mountain that you conquer but yourself. - 30 October 2004

TREK FROM BANGAAN VILLAGE

That's Victor, me and Team Leader Gerry - Just a few minutes after we started the day-long trek to Batad from Bangaan Village, Banaue, Ifugao. Where's the rice terraces? - 30 October 2004

AS AUGUST ENDS

the AYLC deadline was today and SWAMPED is an understatement. we are glad at the same time to receive a lot of nomination packets. we hope to exceed the record from that of the previous years.

the past two days were really gloomy, floody and wet. the typhoon has brought rainfall equivalent to that of the entire month of may. imagine. and i read too that much of the cause of flooding is garbage. we better heed ms adel's advice on solid waste management!

have a good weekend everyone!

SURPRISE!!!

surprise dinner for victor day after his 25th birthday. thank you to those who made time to attend - batang rey and miss janet, lorenz, rose, barry and my super sis bea.

SHE IS NOT JAPANESE

Me and Hi-C at Padi's Point Jupiter after Dice and K9 performance last August 14 2004. Daghan kaayo'g fans oi!

ITSUMO MEANS ALWAYS

have you heard that japanese song that's playing in every station you tune in to?

"Itsumo kokoro we hoshi itstuka Dare katu mata koi nei utchitimu Itsumo kokoro nei eiro itsumo Anata dake no basho ga aru kara"

well, its by an RnB group from cebu called Dice & K9. the lady singing the japanese chorus is NOT japanese, her name is Hi-C. Dice and Hi-C are both my friends from way way way back school days. back in the days when it was still all a dream. now, seeing all the success (and the awards) that they have received, makes me a super proud 'kumare'.

dice, hi-c and the rest of the mobbstars, Itsumo kokoro nei eiro itsumo (you will always have a place in my heart)! cebuano pride!

cyberfacis: the oliva encounter

it was a rainy friday when she came and conquered.

teacher olive visits the kingdom of makati. the journey started at pancake house in greenbelt1 then we moved on to unit 746, the most happening place in makati.

it started with pancakes and ended with ginpom.

oliva ariba and the cyberfacis at unit746.