Fun Time with A.M.

It's been our tradition to gather up at my Tatay Carding's house every Sunday. It's the sole reason why our family is tightly-knitted, which is very important of course and why grandpa is still vibrant like a young stud even at 78 years of age (he loves seeing us, his grandkids and his great grandchildren).

That brings me to Alessandra Monique or A.M., the girl I've been mentioning in my posts. This niece of mine is amazingly witty I tell you, she already learned a ton of words even she was still a few months old. The environment she was in contributed a lot, growing up with a bunch of grown-up folks and zero kids-near-her-age made her into this chatty and intelligent bratinella. The people who have spent time with her can attest how witty this girl is and how fun she is to be with.

This past Sunday, I was with A.M. most of the day and man, it was fun. Here are some excerpts of our conversations:

While going back to our grandpa's house after buying mangoes...

Anth: 'M, asa naman Papa Agot? (my late uncle and A.M.'s grandfather)
A.M.: (pointing at the sky)
Anth: Naa na diay sya sa langit?
A.M.: Oo.
Anth: Kinsa kauban nya didto?
A.M.: Papa Jesus.
Anth: Unsa ila buhat didto?
A.M. : Kanta El Shaddai.


While taking pictures of her...

Anth: 'M, tarunga pagpose.
A.M. : (making various facial expressions)
Anth: Pagpacute beh...o aha man ka padulong?
A.M.: Aysa, maglipshtick sako.


Her mom and my cousin-in-law, Ate Malou, retelling a conversation she had with A.M. after her trip from Surigao.

Ate Malou: 'M, nigamay lagi ako Canadian na coins sa ako purse, imo ni gihilabtan no?
A.M.: Wala Nay uy.
Ate Malou: Ngano nigamay man ni?
A.M.: Imo siguro gipliti padulong Surigao.

A Dose of Stochasticity 2

I have a new set of random things that happened since my recent blog post.

• I've had the best rest of my life so far last Saturday. I slept almost the whole afternoon and evening after going home from work to the extent that my mom shooed me away from our living room with her patented eardrum-busting, decibel-breaking voice (I love my mom so much but I haaaaate her when she does that).

• My cousin saw my ex-girlfriend (for almost eight years) somewhere in the city who is now working at UAE for a major company. I was surprised because the news came unexpectedly; she's on vacation I guess.

• My PC's performance is still low even after an exhaustive tweaking this past weekend.

• Spent time with my witty and playful 3-year old niece, Alessandra Monique.

• Had a great Sunday exchanging text messages with a dear friend.
  

• I have thoughts of getting even with my ex-gf (recent) and her new boo but I have changed my mind, for one, they are not worth the trouble and two, what goes around, comes around :)
  

Thanks Mafs for enlightening me, I owe you big time.

A Dose of Stochasticity

It's been a long time.

Almost a month has passed since my last update so I made a random list of things that happened during my temporary departure from the world of blogosphere.

• Got assigned to lead a project.

• Beaten Dawn of War's Single Player Campaign.

• Purchased Company of Heroes' stand-alone expansion, Opposing Fronts (weee I am now able to command the German Panzer Elite. I'm so delighted for I've always been a fan of antagonist factions in RTS games such as Command and Conquer's NOD, Dune's Harkonnen, Generals' GLA and the Undead race from Warcraft III).

• Sported a new image for my blog's header.

• Spent "quality time" with someone I shouldn't have wasted my time with from the get-go.

• I have moved on :)

• Got the pics (at long last) of our July 11 white-water rafting adventure (thanks to ahem… yours truly hehehe).

• Realized that I have just wasted 23 months of my life.
  

• It sure feels great to have people like my family and friends who stayed and supported me no matter what in my saddest times and lowest lows. Thank you very much!
  

My Cosplay Costume - Day 7 and 8 : Happy Birthday and My Return To Duty and Blogging

I took a leave from work yesterday as well as a breather from blogging. I went to church then picked-up some groceries for our small gathering and raw materials for what else, my cos(mic) play costume (according to Amidalea, haha that gets me everytime...thanks for the comment).

I celebrated my 2__th birthday yesterday with my family and relatives, got stuffed (as special request, my mom cooked Chicken Afritada for me hmmm yummie) and watched the coverage of the Beijing Olympics beside my beloved Tatay Carding (my grandpa). It was simple but sharing it with the people closest to your heart never fails to make the simplest birthday parties wondrous.

That's my Tatay Carding, the best grandpa in the whole world

My cute niece A.M. doing the popular Angelina pose from Bubble Gang

After they left, I continued working on my costume. Almost all of the vital components had their paint jobs done yesterday morning so I only applied the finishing touches and the necessary details to give them this realistic look...


Oh, I forgot to tell you that I won't reveal my costume yet :P

For my dearest friends and SMSI colleagues, thank you for the heartwarming greetings. Ichi, I thank you for greeting me at exactly 12:00:01 of August 11 (you're the first one, I appreciate the thought and the effort), Ann, thank you for the Durian Pastillas, and Leo James aka Tambaliyok, thanks a lot for giving me a copy of the classic Dune 2 game, man you never cease to amaze me of your sheer resourcefulness. My fellow Stickymedians, I will top the ice cream treat next year, I promise you that.

Again, Domo arigato gozaimasu!

Eat My Blogging Dust!

Whoa!

At long last, I have finally got rid of the ever pesky PSAs.

Days ago, my writing urge was halted by stop words. Ignorant with the restrictions on the choice of words, I crossed the line set to contain profanity in the blogging world. If you're into Adsense, there's no need for me to write what happened to my blog and what PSA stands for.

Drawing all the tricks in my bag, I made all the necessary revisions on my previous post where rampant use of stop words were spotted and voila! PSAs are all gone. See yah!

Everything is back to normal...for now. I know that on the horizon awaits more blogging obstacles but I'm up for it. With two very reliable "teachers" at my side, Website Ko and Dingexx, earning my first George Washington ain't that far away.

Georgie, here I come :D

Finally...

Whoa! It's been a long time and finally, I have my first post since making these prehistoric cave writings (it's mine so I can make fun out of it anytime I want :) )

I present to you my new web log. Here you'll get to see my view on things, my opinionated side, my perspectives, and MY LIFE. I'm laying down though a disclaimer that some of the posts here won't have a touch a sanity (just like the one below) or agreed upon by readers for I believe in the freedom of expression and hey, it's mine.

You might stumble on something educational or just downright senseless, you might come back or strangle the person who referred you my site, and you might leave a comment to say how cool my posts are or how ridiculous I am, again, IT'S MINE and all I care is hopefully, to make your brief visit here all worthwhile ;)

anthROCKS is signing on. Have fun.