"Love is an untamed force. When we try to control it, it destroys us.
When we try to imprison it, it enslaves us.
When we try to understand it, it leaves us felling lost and confused."
From: The Zahir
Paolo Coelho
Monday, November 24, 2008
Friday, November 21, 2008
A Night To Remember
Nove 20, 2008 a night I consider "A Night To Rember. A friend from the San Agustine Museum invited me to watch the 5th Internation Music Festival of the San Agustine Museum. It was a 3-night event featuring different artists from the Basque Country. I was with a friend the night before and the artista were a renowned Spanish organist and an Spanish Tenor and a Pinoy trumpetter, a former member of the Phil. Philharmonic Orchestra. They performed classical Spanish pieces.
And on the last night hey still have 3 artists doing different pieces this time. The second half of the concert was the Phillipine Philharmonic Orchestra. I came alone because my friends are busy. I have to watch them because it's an opportunity I cannot miss. The PPO performing live for free in an intimate venue.
The performance was world class. The audience were glued the to ther performance. it was world class. Ang galing ng PINOY! BRAVO!
The audience wanted more and they gave one last performance. AMAZING!
Then umuwi na kami kasi malayo pa uwian at gutom na.
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
TechnoPhobia
"Ayaw ko ng cell phone, ayaw ko ng computer"... that is what my dearest tita always said everytime we tell her that its time for her to know how to use the cell phone and computer. My tita frequently travels from LA to Manila....she is very much a senior citizen. :).. Although she has stayed several years inthe US, she has maintained her simple life style.
When she buys an airline ticket, she does not want an e-ticket. When she calls my other tita it is always by landline....but during her last visit we tried to convince her again to buy a cell phone just in case she gets lost in the mall or in the LRT and its cheaper calling our realtives in the province.. but she was firm on her decision not to be bothered with the latest technology. She went back to LA ...
But after a month she came back to Manila and an unfortunate incident happened on her way to Manila. The flight was cancelled. My other tita in the US called us that the flight was cancelled and they cannot locate where she is and on what flight the passengers were accomodated...We were all worried about her.
I met her at the airport alone for the late arrival of a special flight. Then she asked bakit ako lang at wala yung iba.... I told her, It's because we are not sure what flight she will be in... She realized that if only she knew how to use a cell phone and have cell phone, she could have called us to inform us the status of her travel...thank God she was safe.
The first thing she did the next day was to go to Mall of Asia, and we bought the cheapest Nokia phone for her to work on... and she was so happy that she now knew how to make a call and realized that it was that easy....and she was happy.
The next challenge for us will be to teach here how to TEXT...hehehehe masakit daw sa ulo dami pinipindot....but we ask our 6-year old nephew to teach her how to text becasue they have the same cp model...
That is how my Tita conquered her phobia.
When she buys an airline ticket, she does not want an e-ticket. When she calls my other tita it is always by landline....but during her last visit we tried to convince her again to buy a cell phone just in case she gets lost in the mall or in the LRT and its cheaper calling our realtives in the province.. but she was firm on her decision not to be bothered with the latest technology. She went back to LA ...
But after a month she came back to Manila and an unfortunate incident happened on her way to Manila. The flight was cancelled. My other tita in the US called us that the flight was cancelled and they cannot locate where she is and on what flight the passengers were accomodated...We were all worried about her.
I met her at the airport alone for the late arrival of a special flight. Then she asked bakit ako lang at wala yung iba.... I told her, It's because we are not sure what flight she will be in... She realized that if only she knew how to use a cell phone and have cell phone, she could have called us to inform us the status of her travel...thank God she was safe.
The first thing she did the next day was to go to Mall of Asia, and we bought the cheapest Nokia phone for her to work on... and she was so happy that she now knew how to make a call and realized that it was that easy....and she was happy.
The next challenge for us will be to teach here how to TEXT...hehehehe masakit daw sa ulo dami pinipindot....but we ask our 6-year old nephew to teach her how to text becasue they have the same cp model...
That is how my Tita conquered her phobia.
Friday, November 7, 2008
A Day with Mr. Blogger - Jayvee Fernandez of abuggedlife.com
I've been planing to create a blog.... but it has remained a plan for along time....i planned to have one after my birthday... but still did not have one..... not until this very important day....The Blas F. Ople Policy Center, sponsored a Trainer's Training for all OWWA-Microsoft "TULAY" project instructors. It is a 3-day training covering several topics to further improve the skills of the instructors. The first topic was on blogging.
BLOGGING!..... My first reaction was wow at last I can now create a blog. The speaker was Mr. Jayvee Fernandez, one of the top bloggers in the country, who has used blogging to its full potential.
Jayvee, the owner of the famous blog, abuggedlife.com shared his knowledge about blogging and using it to express ourselves, influence people, use blogging for business, meet people, and other lots of uses of blogging. Every minute of the workshop was so interesting.
WHATS NEXT.......
As a trainer for the IT Project, I'll pass on the knowledge and skills from the training to the class that I would be handling. Although it would not be an instant success, it would the start of the road to success for everyone. I hope that through blogging our OFW brothers and sisters will have hope for a better life after years of working abroad....opportunity for greatness...as what Jessica Zafra has said, the Filipinos can achieve world domination though our domestic helpers....now the Filipinos can conquer the world through BLOGGING...
WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF BLOGGING...
Burger.....Coke?
This morning after I get down from the FX in Kalaw Av., I crossed the street and waited for a jeepney onmy way to the office...the guy in front of me was drinking a sofdrink from a plastic. After we have crossed the street he gave his drink to a a beggar a woman, sitting near the fountain...a very good deed indeed... then I realized that a I have a burger in my bag that I was not able to eat last night....I was was supposed to throw it in the garbage when I reached the office.... but i changed my mind and gave it to the woman.... I hope that I made her morning with my burger and the softdrink from the other good guy.....I feel I made someone's life better... I hope I can give more next time.
Hello World! :)...My parents gave me the name Romanito, to represent a little Roman which is the name of my grandfather... among my siblings I am the one who is always away....layas for short... I'm independent, I love to travel, and I've been a teacher ever since..now I'm a trainer in a government agency.. and I'm enjoying it...I don't like computers when I was in school but my job ever since is computer related.I have a few friends becasue i choose real friends.... I'm the silent type but I could be talkative with close friends.
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