Your LIFE is What You Make It

We cannot have everything.

May maganda pero wala namang pera. Mayaman nga pero di kagandahan. Matalino nga pero walang pang aral. Nagaaral nga sa isang magandang unibersidad pero mahina naman ang utak.

Kanya-kanyang pagsubok. Kanya-kanyang diskarte. Lahat may pinagdadaanan. Some greater than others. But such is what gives true meaning to life. The greater the challenge, the greater the triumph.

Embrace life's trials and move forward always looking towards the bright future. 😀🙌🏆🎯

If Coby Smulders...

Just a thought...if COBY SMULDERS had bigger...everything...she would be AMANDA CERNY! What do you think?

Thank God it's Friday: A Day in the Life of a Commuter

It's 1:15am and I just got home! 

Wow!  Ang saya-saya---ang lakas ng ulan! Yun e pag maliligo ka. Pero pag commuter e parusa!

GRAB car rate was at Php 1,100 around 9pm from Cubao to Lagro!  E sa presyong yun e nakarating na dapat ako ng Laoag! 

Yung mga regular taxi e as usual parang dalagang Pilipina (circa kopong-kopong) at napakapihikan sa pasahero! Had to wait until 12mn for the GRAB fares went down to a respectable level. TGIF! ‪#‎buhaycommuter‬

Being a Teacher

No matter how passionate you are in teaching, there will always be those who will not believe. Move on. There will be others who will listen, learn, and act on the knowledge you impart.

The people you touch for the better will always trump those who have rejected you.

As Marshall Goldsmith said, "If they don't care, don't bother."

Day 13 of My 220 lbs Vision with Usana Nutrimeal

When I started my diet I told myself that I won't look at my weight until I've finished my Usana Nutrimeal. However, curiosity got the better of me yesterday after 13 days, with still maybe 2 more days of Nutrimeal left, and stood on the weighing scale to see how I have progressed.

I started out at 234 lbs, as of yesterday I have managed to go down to 228 lbs. That's 6 lbs in 13 days...I'd say not bad considering it took me 3 months to lose 20 lbs with my former diet regimen.

Let's see if I can manage to lose 4 more poundage in two days. Strictly NO SWEETS and rice (I had myself donuts, chocolates and a maybe a cup of rice when I thought that the dizziness I felt on Day 9 was due to low blood sugar) and more walking.

Harry Potter Book 8: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Saw this book at National Bookstore yesterday and was pleasantly surprised. It has been a while since the last HP book came out and it seemed like a happily ever after ending---apparently NOT!

I'm not sure if it's only a NBS hype but they told me that this is a limited print book only. It's (hard bound) priced at Php 1,400 + but you get a NBS voucher worth Php 500 if you make a purchase.

If I don't see an ebook copy anytime soon (siyempre yung free) I will set aside to buy this one. I'm sure my booky girls will appreciate it!

See synopsis below:

Based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany, a new play by Jack Thorne, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is the eighth story in the Harry Potter series and the first official Harry Potter story to be presented on stage. The play will receive its world premiere in London’s West End on July 30, 2016.

It was always difficult being Harry Potter and it isn’t much easier now that he is an overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic, a husband and father of three school-age children.

While Harry grapples with a past that refuses to stay where it belongs, his youngest son Albus must struggle with the weight of a family legacy he never wanted. As past and present fuse ominously, both father and son learn the uncomfortable truth: sometimes, darkness comes from unexpected places."

Day 9 of My 220 lbs Vision with USANA Nutrimeal

Dieting is a test of will.

Currently on my 9th day and it's as if I'm an addict in withdrawal!

Went to the canteen to get me something to eat and that spaghetti sure looked really delicious! I was salivating and was way over my head trying to justify to get me to order a plate---just this once. Buti nalang my 220lbs vision prevailed and ended up with an order of mixed veggies.

Susme! Kahirap mag control!

Weird Dieting in Buffet 101

When you're on a diet, you don't ever get yourself in a situation where your resolve is tried to the limit.  Well, yesterday happened to be that way for me.  

It was the 18th birthday of my wife's niece and naturally it was a real celebration---at BUFFET 101 in Glorietta 2!  

At first, I really did not want to go but my wife insisted and so I went (otherwise, arguing would mean stress and as much as possible I veer away from it).  So before I went I got myself psyched to go beyond my gastronomical cravings and focus on the greens.  My God it was a real struggle once you see all the food selections!  But my control prevailed (kinda). It was really weird eating an all leaves meal in a buffet! Oh I cheated...I ate a a couple of raw red salmon, seafood chowder, and small slice of roast beef but mostly it was all greens all the way and with great strength I managed not to touch any dessert! 

It was a relief once we got out of there!  Before, I could have done three rounds plus another plateful of dessert. Oh well, not really getting younger, are we?

Once I get my poundage down, I promise to go back to Buffet 101 for my cheat day!

Back to Diet---with USANA NUTRIMEAL!

Man, it's been a while since I posted a blog and I felt remiss in my blogging duties (as if I really had one).  Anyways, I've been on a low glycerin diet for the last 6 days (today is my 7th).  

I started out at 234lbs and I aim to get to 220-225 after 10 days or as long as my USANA NUTRIMEAL lasts. Normally, a 540g pack will last for 5 days (breakfast, lunch, dinner).  But per advise, I can eat my normal breakfast and then go Nutrimeal for lunch and dinner the philosophy being, "Eat like a KING for breakfast and eat like a pauper for lunch and dinner." 

I eat a cereal breakfast and drink my Vanila flavored Nutrimeal for LUNCH and DINNER.  No rice, no bread.  I eat only fruits (banana mostly for energy) in between and an occasional energy bar when I'm on the go.  I also do lettuce salad as a cheat meal and whatever greens we have left over at home. 

The best I got from dieting was from 245lbs to 225lbs.  Which I did in 3 months.  This time around, a friend of mine who is an Usana advocate, told me that with the right discipline I can actually lose weight in 5-10 days with Usana Nutrimeal as my main source of dietary need.  Well, I have not checked my progress by consulting a weighing scale but I found a couple of my formerly tight shirts to be a little loose.  Good news, right?  Well, we'll see.

Change Begins with US

It will only take a couple of people to initiate a tidal wave effect to spur a movement. Imagine what it will do if majority of us Filipinos decides to make a stand to initiate CHANGE. A change of attitude. Self policing ourselves to follow the laws and vigilantly persecute those who don't. Bonding together as public citizens to create livelihood for our less fortunate brothers and sisters; subsidizing a meal of a policeman, MMDA enforcer, barangay health officer, tanod, or street cleaner. 

In order for our government workers to provide exemplary service they need to be happy by being well compensated.  If government cannot provide the needed financial support to alleviate the plight of our government employees with their meager salaries, maybe we can, as a citizenry, give our small token to compensate for this lack. Meron na tayong ganyang mga tao. Dagdagan pa natin!

If we want CHANGE. It needs to start with ME. YOU. US.

Let us join hands in creating a better future for our country! God bless the Philippines!

Andi Eigenmann Graces FHM Philippines' May Cover

Phoebe Cates: A Look Down MY Memory Lane

"Fast Times at Ridgemont High" was an awakening movie for me.  It was 1982 and I saw it at a friend's house with their then high tech Betamax machine. I was 14 years old at the peak of raging hormones and very impressionistic.  Naturally, like all the kids my age who was able to watch this movie, I took a liking to that lady in (and out) the red two piece bikini.  Needless to say, that scene was etched in my mind---a constant source of good dreams---up to now!  

I became a Phoebe Cates fan right there and then! 

My locker was a virtual Phoebe Cates shrine!  I believe she was the most salable poster in Recto judging by the numerous shots of her (most of which was with her in a bikini).  I believe it's obvious which ones I had wall papered in my locker!  

Dawn Cheng: PBB Chicka Sizzles with FHM Philippines February Issue

Magazine captures below.

Outtakes

The Key to Success

Hindi po araw-araw ay Pasko. So don't mind the occasional missed targets, lost opportunities, and other road bumps that come your way. Learn from them, strategize, and avoid committing the same mistakes again. 

In all of history, success is always preceded by failures. Ergo, you are on the right track!

The X-Files: The Truth is Still Out There

And their back!

Fourteen years after the TV series ended and after two full length movies, the last of which was eight years ago, The X-Files---the much loved, longest running science fiction series---is now playing again with a 6 part TV comeback!  

While the TV comeback is a measly 25% of the last 9 seasons, as an avid fan, I'll take 6 versus none at all. 

The first episode is part of the the mythology arc and like the many episodes before it, they come into a discovery and then all proof eliminated by a shadow arm of the government bent on preventing the truth revealed to the public.  

Relationship-wise, Mulder and Scully seems to be on a different plane.  The romance side came into full bloom during the last season and peaked with the last movie (X-Files:  I Want to Believe) where both were seen living together as a couple,  Now, they have gone separate ways.  Will they get back together as a couple?  I think the audience are already passed the romance thing when it comes to these two.  Been there, done that.  The more important thing is that---THEY'RE BACK!

Jennylyn Mercado for FHM January 2016

After being voted FHM Philippines's Sexiest Filipina last year, Jennylyn Mercado opens 2016 with another spread to start off her running for this year's sexiest voting.  Personally I think her pictorial last year was better.  How about you?