Yesterday was Father’s Day. Happy Father’s Day, Daddy! We love you!

It was also the 2nd (last) day of the 7th Philippine Toy Convention at the Megatrade Halls 2 & 3 in SM Megamall. Ali and I were supposed to attend on the first day of the toycon but I have to be in Batangas to celebrate Father’s day advance dinner party. So we went there yesterday instead. The place was packed! It was really difficult to get through, there weren’t that many toys but there were a lot of people excitedly roaming around (including us). I think there were even celebrities at the event. Ali even bought me a hat (see picture). I can’t even decide which hat to choose but Ali suggested that I choose the happy looking one. Lol. We also got a Bionicle from Lego which was on sale and also an odd-looking girl capsule toy.

It’s fun to attend events like this. It’s just nice to see happy people everywhere you look. A wonderful change from the everyday office atmosphere. Lol.

Photo: We found kawaii cosplayers (not sure if they are twins) and Ali told me to have my picture taken with them. Most decent photo in the batch. Lol.

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Quite difficult to picture that this box is your bedroom, huh?

But in less than 10 minutes, you can actually set it up into an entire bedroom complete with an armoire, a desk (surface 80 by 160 cm), a height-adjustable desk chair, two stools, a tall set of shelves, a bed (200 by 80 cm) and a mattress. Now isn’t that pretty clever?

The CASULO is for people on the move, those in job training, students, and people who have to change their location frequently. The unit is ideal for people in the service industries. People who must move frequently and rent empty rooms need no longer accumulate sets of inexpensive furnishings whose transportation costs are higher than the value of the furniture.

A collaborative project of the two designers Marcel Krings und Sebastian Mühlhäuser, Casulo won the Abraham & David Roentgen Prize for its innovative design in November 2007.

I bet you want to see how this box transforms into a bedroom so click the play button already!

I hope Casulo would come up with a kitchen in a box too. Shiny, shiny! I can prepare and cook gourmet meals anytime, anywhere. Lol.

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I’ve never been really good with plants. I remember when I was a kid, I planted some vegetable seeds in the backyard, they grew about a couple of inches then they dried up. In school, we had to grow flowers for our practical arts/home economics class and the seeds I planted didn’t grow at all, I just bought flowers in a pot to show to my teacher. And then about a month ago, my mom brought a welcome plant (whatever that is) to our place here in Makati. She said a house is better with plants. She also said it’s so easy to maintain, it doesn’t need a lot of sunlight, I just need to water it a couple of times a week and that’s it. I followed mom’s instructions but what used to be a green and healthy plant is slowly turning brown and somewhat dull!

I guess I should just get one of these.

It’s a Tomy Flip Flap. And as described on the Tomy website,

This uber cool solar powered plant is a hit in the offices and apartments of Japan and the craze is growing in the UK!

No Batteries, no water and no hassle – this is the ideal plant for style conscious executives and tired students!

Just Flip the switch and grow your mind to the swaying leaves of this delightful plant. There are 3 modes of movement to enable Flip Flap to soothe and energise both you and your living space depending on the mood.

Yeah, I know I’m such a geek. Real plants don’t like me.

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To my family, friends and heck, even to my frenemies, Merry Christmas y’all!

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Tonight is Kerplunk! night at saGuijo! It has been a really exhausting week for Ali and me (quite hellish, even!) and going to saGuijo will definitely lift my mood. I’ll stop thinking about that glitch in the system for now. Happy weekend everybody!

Quote for the moment:
I’m saving my evil genius plans for later, so I’ll skip the sinister MUWAHAHAHA laugh that goes with it.

Hey wait! This one’s a classic:
I’m caught up in a dilemma. Should I cry or should I just walk out? *sheesh*

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Yesterday, the weather cooperated, traffic wasn’t really that bad and of course, family and friends made my day extra special. It was indeed a happy birthday to me! I celebrated my birthday with my co-workers and had a simple lunch at the office, then I had dinner with family and close friends at Sakae Sushi in the Fort. Ali even surprised me with beautiful Stargazer lilies. Aside from that, I also had 3 birthday cakes, dozens of cupcakes and a few gifts and I’m really happy that I was able to raise a decent amount for my small project for the kids in Don Bosco Pugad. (more…)

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I know I studied Beowulf back in high school but I don’t really remember much of it. Well I guess the movie will help enlighten me a bit about this epic poem if it sticks to the original. Even if it doesn’t, I don’t really mind, I’m sure it will just be equally entertaining. Tomorrow Beowulf will open in a lot of theaters in the metro including the SM IMAX. So if you want to watch it in 3D, visit the SM IMAX theaters.

You may check the IMAX schedule here.

Reserving a ticket via

(a) email to imax@smcinema.com,
(b) fax at (02) 556 0547 or
(c) telephone numbers (02) 556-IMAX (4629) or 556-0242

is pretty useless if you can’t go to the IMAX ticket booths at SM Mall of Asia three (3) days before your preferred show time. In their website, I didn’t find a notice saying that reserved tickets must be paid 3 days in advance. I found out about it when I called 556-IMAX. Oh well…

Edit:
When I called SM IMAX again, they told me I may pay at any SM branch for reserved tickets.

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In less than 3 weeks, I’ll be celebrating my birthday. At first I thought of having a party to celebrate my big day. But then I decided on having just a small birthday lunch here at the office and then a dinner for my family and close friends. The money for my party will be given to help send a less fortunate kid to school. I’ll be donating the money to the Don Bosco Salesian Missions. I’m hoping I could raise more by asking help from you. In exchange for an ad space on the front page of my website, I hope you’ll donate money via PayPal. Your ad will be posted for an entire month. I’m not really earning money from this site and posting an ad here doesn’t guarantee anything, but hey, it’s for a good cause. If you don’t want the links and still want to donate, you can do that too.

If you’re interested, just send me an email and tell me about your link and how much you are going to donate for it. Offline donations are also accepted just drop me a line and see what we can work out. Of course it wouldn’t hurt if you’ll also send me gifts for my birthday, (like that Tokidoki Moofia Set or that Star Wars Force FX Lightsaber. *wink* Lol.) Thanks in advance, really appreciate your kindness.

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It’s Ali’s birthday today! Yay!
Happy birthday sweetie. I love you.

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Today is my grandfather’s birthday. Happy birthday Tatay! We wish you better health.

But today is also a day of tragedy here in Makati. There was an explosion in one of the malls that killed at least 8 people and injured more than a hundred. I know that tragedy and disasters happen everyday in different places but this one hits hard because my family and loved ones could have been the victims since we live near and frequent the area. My mom was even there last night to get last minute gift items for a friend.
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