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The day I set foot out of my house to leave the Philippines and move to the States, I knew that this day would eventually come. It’s been 8 years since then, but it still doesn’t make it any less significant. Yes, I’m finally eligible to apply for US citizenship. What does that really mean […]

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This week sucked. The picture below sums it all up. Flight delays and cancellations are inevitable in the life of a business traveller, but this week’s trip just takes the cake. I had to spend one night in Houston enroute to a customer site at Biloxi, MS because of thunderstorms. Good thing M & D […]

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Today is a sad day for music… I just read on MSNBC that Tower Records announced recently that they were liquidating their assets and going out of business. This doesn’t come as a surprise though – their prices haven’t been competitive for years now. Shops like Best Buy, Circuit City, and even Walmart have been […]

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I’ll keep it short but sweet – “The Departed” is no “GoodFellas” (nor was I expecting it to be), but this is one helluva movie. Great performances all around from Leo and Matt (neither of whom I was ever a fan of), to Martin Sheen and of course the always excellent Jack Nicholson. Even Mark […]

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I’m about halfway done with my courses to earn my MBA degree from Indiana University, currently taking up a MacroEconomics course (C561 – The US In a Global Economy, to be exact), and it dawned on me that I’ve never even mentioned that I’ve been working on my MBA on the blog. So I’ll jump […]

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I’ll be posting pictures (new and old) sometime soon, but in the meantime, here are some pictures with our friends Eugene and Mae in Washington DC during our trip there last week (courtesy of Tayam.Net). Most of these pictures are from the Natural History Museum and the Air & Space Museum at the Smithsonian. Zoe […]

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Here’s a list of stuff that I’ve been into this year:TV: House, Grey’s Anatomy, Desperate Housewives, CSI, and Heroes (my vote for best new series of the year). I’m also a fan of 24 and The Sopranos. Can’t wait until their new seasons start next year.Movies: The only movie that stands out for me this […]

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What’s up world? After 2 1/2 years of being offline on this blog, I’ve decided to come back to it. The main reason for my inactivity? Laziness. But there were also other reasons (too many to mention without boring my audience). But now, after re-reading my old blog, I’ve regained that sense of fun found […]

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