Tuesday, May 12, 2009
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Tuesday, May 12, 2009
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Just over a year after Gab came to our life, things that need to be done and fixed have been piling up. Minor stuff that we ignored in day two are now surfacing like wild grass around the house. The wedding photos, the baptismal album, the papers and certificates, the mothballed online business, etc. are enough to really make us feel dizzy. And recently, we just came up with another plan! Whew! If we had not been this composed, things would have become a real mess. We can no longer do the things we used to do back in the days (I've already warned April about marriage, but she was stubborn, hehe).
Truly, becoming a parent is a demanding responsibility. Not that we complain about it. These things make up for an exciting and challenging life. It's the same with having a commitment and surrendering what you have and what you can become to the persons you love, and it's a risk that you are willing to take in exchange for another kind of happiness, the kind only parents can feel. I am one of those who are more than glad to have taken that risk.
At present, we still don't have a realistic plan to get all the things done and clear our heads of those trying to snatch our attention. But I guess we'll just have to let those stuff pile up in the meantime. We're too busy "creating" moments and we can't really let these spoil the fun. ^_^
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gabriel enrico,
online business
Friday, March 27, 2009
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Friday, March 27, 2009
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This is too late. Michele, Gab and I wish to thank all our friends and families who came over to grace this once-in-a-lifetime occasion. I couldn't attend to all the visitors for obvious reason. But I do hope you enjoyed what we had prepared. Till next time, probably after two years or so, when our second baby comes. ^_^ Thanks a lot!
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christening,
gabriel enrico
Friday, February 20, 2009
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Friday, February 20, 2009
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Call all the gods and saints. Get advice from Feng Shui experts. Better yet, have your palm read. Do all this in the name of a get-rich-quick scheme. With a winning probability of maybe around .000000001% (even this is a wild guess), you'll surely need a lot of luck to hit a lotto jackpot. But then again, you only have P20 to lose, and probably few calories to consume while waiting in a long line of desperate-to-become-rich individuals like you and me. Yeah, you and me. Admit it.
As of today, the jackpot for the 6/49 lotto has reached P288,146,473.20. Nobody was able to correctly guessed the six number combination yesterday. Lucky us. By Sunday, it is expected to reach a record P300 plus million, thanks to all of us who continue to jack it up with our self-proclaimed winning combinations. Wow. P300 million. That's crazy. If I win, I would buy a helluva lots of properties, from condos and lands, to buildings and farms. I would buy resort islands. I would buy houses overlooking a city and ocean. I would buy stocks from companies (by the way, Meralco's stock value is soaring). I would everything. DREAM ON, BABY.
I have to place my bets earlier. It's gonna be a wild chase to the lotto windows. I remember the time I failed to place my bet when I had taken too much time thinking of the winning combination. It sucked big time. Good thing the numbers didn't appear in the winning combination the following day. Otherwise, I would have never forgiven myself.
Let's wish fate had different plans for all of us. To those who discourage you to bet, tell them to shove it and back off. I don't think playing lotto will ever become a vice, nor an addiction (since there is really nothing enjoyable about it other than the thought of winning it). Lotto is just a platform of hope, a rudder to a dream, an escape pod from a torture ship called reality.
Can money buy everything? Of course not. But who wouldn't want to have enough to buy ALMOST everything you want?
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Saturday, January 24, 2009
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Saturday, January 24, 2009
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On December 29, 2008 at 9:48pm, Gabriel Enrico, our first child, was born. His cry was the most beautiful cry I ever heard in my life. So fragile, so delicate. He was a sight to behold! He was the fulfillment of a dream my wife and I had weaved through the years. Suddenly, we felt so complete. It was the moment when all you want to do is stare and smile at that little angel and wish he already knew how much he means the world to you. His coming into this world really blew us away. We love him to death and our lives are his forever!
 Our cute little angel named Gabriel
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dioquino,
gabriel enrico
Thursday, November 27, 2008
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Thursday, November 27, 2008
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I don't know if it's me or my surroundings but it appears I'm losing the enthusiasm to blog as often as I used to. It's not that there's nothing to write; far from it. Oh well, some friends say that most of us get this "blogging crisis" thing. Or sawa na kaya ako? Siguro, I just don't have the time to type the words...
Friday, September 12, 2008
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Friday, September 12, 2008
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It's been a week now since I left my "comfort zone." Luckily, I have managed to get by on my own without fretting about the adjustments that I would have had to make. Perhaps, I just exaggerated it. Maybe it's not really a toxic place to work in after all. Especially if you are certain that you are a human and not a machine, and that you don't give a damn about an unrealistic goal.
Monday, August 25, 2008
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Monday, August 25, 2008
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Over time, as we keep on doing the same stuff and get the same rewards out of them, situations inevitably snowball into a zone where one always wants to be in --- comfort. A feeling of freedom from worry or disappointment and a life of ease, that is. Has the time for me to move on and try different things for the benefits of not only myself but of my loved ones as well arrived? Maybe. I know it's risky, the feeling of getting out of your comfort zone, but as they always say, each of us must make our own way in the world. But what if I get things wrong? What if I mess up? What if I make a blunder? Frightening, it really is. But if I always stay like chicken and try to stay clear from all mistakes by sticking with just a few “safe” ways, I might miss out on most opportunities as well. Besides, it's not just about ME anymore. It's about my loved ones. "Completely liking" what I do should be the least of my concerns now, shouldn't it be?
Friday, July 18, 2008
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Friday, July 18, 2008
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Believe me, I really entertained the idea of scribbling my own the-end-of-the-world-is-here letter and distributing it through e-mail, similar to the "chain messages" we receive on our cellphones. Many Filipinos believe in this kind of mumbo jumbo, don't we? I might as well kill my time sharing things like this when I get bored.
"Pass this message to all your friends or you're gonna die in 7 days."
"Pass this message to all your friends or something bad will happen to you in 50 hours."
"Recite Hail Mary 77 times and Our Father 98 times and you will receive the grace that god will give to you in 3 days. Ignore this and something bad will happen to your loved ones..."
I'm tired of hearing people saying wala naman mawawala sa'yo kung susundin mo. Actually, there is. If you know for yourself that superstitions are not true, why still do it? It's like you're fooling yourself. Respeto mo sa sarili mo ang isa sa mawawala sa 'yo. How many superstitions are you willing to follow? Imagine if you are going to follow all of them, you'll be wasting a lot of time and energy which could be channeled instead to doing some REAL and positive things.
We're living in a 21st century world now. It's about time we wake up from sleeping through stone-age period.
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law of nature,
superstitions
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
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Tuesday, July 15, 2008
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Eraserheads? Eraserheads? Yes! Your eyes don't fool you! Eraserheads, the legendary, critically-acclaimed, best-selling Filipino pop/rock band, will be reuniting for a one-night concert to be held at the CCP Open Grounds on August 30, 2008! Talk about reminiscing, woohoo!
The fuzz about the reunion has actually been hovering like wild airborne virus over the blogosphere and cyber communities for a week now. And it just needed one brush of confirmation from none other than ELI BUENDIA himself, no less, to seal the spreading gossips off with an ultraelectromagnetic yes!
 Eraserheads Reunion. At last.
This will be a one-night only concert, and they may never have another reunion in the future, so it's really wise to try attending this one. My only complaint is that the concert is for free, which means the venue will easily be swarmed with uncontrollable number of people from all walks of life who may create tensions while moshing, slam dancing and headbanging to the tunes. It's going to be a wild circus.
 Each to get around P5 million? Hmmm...
But, well, a good music always comes with a bang.
For more info, visit http://philmusic.com/main/content/view/165/7/
Friday, July 4, 2008
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Friday, July 04, 2008
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College days came back to me when my officemates inadvertently brought up philosophy subject to lunch a while ago. I remember my own adventure in the world of nothing-can-come-out-of-nothing stuff. It was both funny and draining. Funny because you wouldn't know whether what you and your philosophy professor are talking about makes sense. Draining because all those seemingly stupid questions would tire you out and you would still not come up with convincing answers. What is life? Does god exist? Is mankind morally good? What is a priori?
It's not that I really don't care to really find out the answers to all these questions. My opinion is that life, which I want to enjoy, is too short to be used and spent to answer questions that may remain unanswerable forever.
This is not to say that philosophy doesn't have value. It does have value. And admit it or not, we learned from this philosophy. In fact, many of us have some sort of philosophy in the sense of a personal outlook on life, as we all know it. Even a man who claims that contemplating on philosophic questions is a waste of time is actually expressing what is important or worthwhile. Hating philosophy is STILL a philosophy.
Through studying philosophy, I discovered that not all truths are truths, and not all lies are lies. In philosophy, I learned to think critically and logically. Through it I discover the ways to expand what I can think of. By "philosophizing," I learned to prove or disprove things by arguing. I jumped from the "quagmire of ignorance" to the hills of knowledge, so to speak (although I must say I sometimes wish I were still ignorant on some matters like religion). As philosophers say, every institution of society is based on philosophic ideas, whether that institution is the law, government, religion, the family, marriage, industry, business, or education. What you are today is a product of some philosophical ideas surrounding you.
Talk about this philosophy makes me really miss my college days. I almost made a "treatise" about the value/existence of free will! That's how serious I was.
So much for philosophy. It's been a while since I last saw my professor. I wonder how would he tell the students that the "chair" really doesn't exist...
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Here is an old philosophy joke that made me really laugh. I still find a lot of this kind in many discussions and forums:
Two freshman philosophy students see the following bulletin posted on the wall of their lecture hall:
CRASH COURSE IN LOGICAL ASSUMPTIONS
Saturday, September 26, 1998, All Day
Neither of them knows what it means and they are both curious. The pair decide to find the professor and ask some questions. When they locate the professor's office, the bolder of the two enter the building while the other remains outside.
Student: "Uh...Sir..What does Crash Course in Logical Assumptions mean?"
Professor: "Well, it involves taking information that you have, forming assumptions using logic, and then creating new information. Let me try to answer your question by asking you a question. Do you own a car?"
Student: "Uh...Yes, I do."
Professor: "Well, then I can now logically assume that you drive."
Student: "Yes, I drive. "
Professor: "Then I can logically assume that you drive on weekends."
Student: "Yeah, I drive on weekends, I go out on dates."
Professor: "Then I can logically assume that you have date partners."
Student: "Well, yes, I have a girlfriend."
Professor: "Then I can logically assume that you are heterosexual."
Student: "Uh...hell yes! OK, I think I understand what this course is about now. Thanks a lot for your time."
Once back outside, his friend asks him: "So, what's it all about?"
"Its about using information and stuff...Let me answer your question by asking you a question. Do you own a car?"
"No."
"Uh...Then you're homosexual, dude!"
LOL.
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philosophy
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Our cute little angel named Gabriel
Eraserheads Reunion. At last.
Each to get around P5 million? Hmmm...
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