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A couple of weeks ago I was at a client’s site on a meeting. The place was just across the Paco Park so I couldn’t resist skipping over to the historic park when the meeting was over. Sad thing was it was a Monday, and the park was closed Mondays and Tuesdays. Serves me [...]

Of the numerous technicians, tech support specialists and programmers who have been a part of the company I work for, four are now in Dubai and seven are in Singapore. Greener pastures, they were looking for, either because they needed greener pastures, or the pastures needed them to feed. I don’t really understand why greener [...]

Spent most of the day in the water at Dream Land Resort in Caloocan. It’s quite a long cab ride from Parañaque but this was a special occasion. It’s Rafael James Gaerlan’s 2nd birthday. RJ is Maia’s younger cousin.
Dreamland has nice and roomy huts that can accommodate a small party. If there’s more than ten [...]

The last time we were here was in 2002, and we were a bit wary today before walking through its gates. The Manila Zoo is a landmark from Sam’s and my childhood, in much the same way as the Nayong Pilipino.
It was a very pleasant surprise to find the Manila Zoo in such a [...]