Thank You Lord for the Smooth and Safe Voting Experience!

Thank you Lord for the smooth and safe voting experience today in our precinct!

I suggest you vote early because the heat may be unbearable later.

The only unfortunate news is that our neighborhood newspaper vendor could not find her name in the voter's list even though her husband and she always voted together.

I wasn't able to ask though if she went through the biometrics process. She said, "Sayang, konti na lang ng ang boboto kay Miriam, mababawasan pa."

Oh well, I'll just assist her in the next registration of voters c/o BFF Mabel C. Villanueva.

Enjoying Davao's Bounties - Durian, Pomelo and the Marang

A trip to Davao isn't complete without tasting their fruit delicacies, durian and marang.  It took sometime for me to adjust to durian but I liked the marang immensely.  As for the pomelo, I used to eat a lot of that as a kid but since it's a bit pricey here in Manila, so I rarely eat it nowadays.

Fernando Botero Sculpture in Resorts World Manila

It was just my second time at the Resorts World Manila since frankly, it's just tooooooo faaaaaarrrrrrrr and too much effort for QC residents to go to. Tonight alone, it took us 2 1/2 hours to reach it - enough to go to HK or Davao on a flight! Anyway, I was amazed to see this beautiful chocolate sculpture of Fernando Botero at one of the lobbies!! 

A small Botero sculpture costs around 1 million HKD so this one, if it's really authentic, should cost as much as a Serendra apartment. Anyway, even if someone wants to steal this and sell it, it would be hard since it's so huge haha! Didn't know that Andrew Tan and the Megaworld people were Botero fans!!

UPCAT Test Items

Probably the best compliment I got from a UP professor was when my Math adviser in the UP Integrated School, Ms. Flora Cruz told me that she was endorsing two of the items I made for a second year honors algebra quiz to be included in the UPCAT entrance test because she was part of the panel that reviews and revises the exam questions for Math! I was really shocked with what she said but really very happy!! 

 Sadly, I could not confirm this anymore because I never really followed it up with her and asked her what happened. Tragically, I don't even have a copy of the two exam questions. All I remember is it was to compute for the slope but written into a Physics-like situation. And mind you, I wrote the quiz items in Tagalog!! Everything in UPIS, except English, is taught in Tagalog.

Close Encounter with the Philippine Eagle!

OMG! This is probably one of the most amazing pictures ever taken of me! I was pestering my friends to prioritize the Philippine eagle visit for our Davao trip and thank God, we were able to catch the caretaker at the right moment and he gave us a wonderful tour of the place!! This was definitely a goosebumps moment - to be this close to this gloriously beautiful creature!!

My Presidential and VP Choices and the Filipino Masses

My choices for president and VP has, more times than one, not always aligned with the masses.

1992 Miriam - president / Magsaysay Jr. - VP

1998 Lim - president / Orbos - VP

2004 Villanueva - president / Legarda - VP

2010 Villar - president / Binay - VP (the only time it aligned but this was a protest vote because di ko talaga type si Mar. I find him plastic)

But now, OMG, nag-align sya with the masses! And frankly, it took them months to figure it out, kasi for me, when these people announced they were running, these two were already my first choice even if nasa 4th or 5th place pa sila at that time.

I said at that time, it's ok, my choices naman never wins.

But after 5 months or so, thanks to social media, (siguro?), milagro, nag-align!

Mar Roxas and Yolanda: An Epic Fail on His Part

That's why I say Mar Roxas is plastic. These are people who really went to Tacloban and were there. So ALL these people are lying and Mar is telling the truth?

Napansin ko na yan during the first days of Yolanda e. If you watched the news, iba ang slant ng ABS-CBN, iba ang balita ng CNN and BBC.

I was confused nga e. I even wanted to write CNN and BBC and tell them, "Uy, mali kayo, may ginagawa government namin."

By the fifth day, ayun, nag-away na si Anderson and Korina. Dun ko na naintindihan why ABS-CBN's balita was a bit "positive" but CNN and BBC were really dreary.

Wala palang ginawa ang lolo. Papoogi lang. Tapos inaway nya pa si Romualdez over jurisdiction! Nakklk!