Woo Hoo

My camera finally arrived today (after 2 weeks) Man, that's the only bad thing about buying from the internet, you are at the mercy of the people on the other end as far as shipping your merchandise. Because as soon as it enters the UPS system I can pretty much get it down to a tee as to exactly when it will arrive at my house. Oh well, time to charge the batteries and start playing with it.

Ok everyone, say cheese...

Fish on dudes!

good friends and good eatin's

I just came back from having dinner with John and Laurie Laxa and the 2 little ones. We went to Outback steakhouse near my house and man was the food satisfying.

I especiall enjoyed watching my godson Andres and his little brother Emilio. Kids are so cute at that age you know. Emilio was being a true pinoy and was eating with his hands the whole way, from the soup to the mash potatos. Needless to say mommy Laxa was soon wiping food from her sleeve, to Emilio's Face and sweater and the booster seat that he was seating on. Andres on the other hand was using his spoon, but then decided that dinner was boring so he decided to dip his crayons in the glass of water he had and then proceeded to suck on them. I had to take it away from him for fear that he might actually bite into them and eat it. Overall I had fun just sitting there enjoying my food and best of all enjoying the company. Good Times

Fish on dudes!

Skunked

I went to Lake Berryessa last sunday and attempted to have a peaceful day of fishing. But as soon as we got there (we=me, my friend Phil and his brother Mike) I realized that we are fishing on a saturday during the summer season. Sure enough as we tried to fish this one stretch of Putah Creek, ski boats, jet skis, pontoons, you name it were just bussing by and it was hard to keep our boat steady as there were waves coming from every direction. Needless to say I didn't catch a damn fish, Not a one.

Oh well, time to give up fishing this summer and wait 'til fall when boat traffic dies down a bit.

On a sadder note, I found out as we were leaving the lake that a boy drowned while swimming in the lake. Preliminary reports indicate that he probably cramped up and drowned soon after. May god bless his soul into heaven.

Fish on dudes!

Commuting away

I've probably commuted now for work (and school) for the better part of 18years or so (even before I was old enough to drive I commuted) and I tell ya, there are days that it wears thin on ya. Today for example, it took me half an hour to go from Berkeley to the foot of the Bay Bridge, to give you an idea how bad that was, without any traffic it will take me
less than 2 minutes to travel the same distance going 65 mph. Now if that doesn't make you think about relocating, I don't know what will. Just depends on which end will relocate, Home or employment?

I guess that will be dealt with at a later date.

Fish on dudes!

Microclimates suck

Man, I can't believe the drastic weather change here in the bay area. When I left this morning it was cold, windy and overcast. A couple of hours later at work, I'm taking off my jacket and wiping the sweat off my brow. Then on the way home, the wind just decided to blow like crazy and gave you the chills. Man you almost have to always cary a change of clothes with you at all times. Oh well I guess that's the price you pay to live here.....no worries.

Fish on dudes.

Nice Job

I would like to congratulate everyone on a fabulous performance last nite in Monterey. Even though we were short one person, everyone did their best to adjust to the situation and everything turned out great. (Kudos to Tin-tin and Genny for stepping up big time)

I also like to say that it felt great to play music for you guys again, I know I've been away for a while and it was really awesome to play rondalla once again. Maybe I'll play for the show hmmm........?

Now if I can only remember how to play asik on the kulintang..
'til next time

Fish on dudes.

What note was that again?

Last nite, I went to rondalla practice for the 1st time in a very long time and man was I doing my damndnest to try and keep up with all these professional players. Of course, just my luck the nite I decide to come back is the nite they decide to practice La Jota and Jota Quirino, only two of the more difficult pieces to play in our repertoire (at least to date). But I was glad I went,it was nice to see everyone again, especially the expecting soon to be parents. Overall I give myself a D since I kept missing notes and wasn't as crisp playing (and you guys want me to play for the wedding tomorrow?! you guys must be desperate:p)

Anyways, I have to go practice for the wedding performance (I'm playing the banduria which I haven't played in over a year, whew wish me luck).

'Til next time

Fish on dudes.

Detroit Number One

I would just like to say that team basketball will always prevail over talent any day. As the Pistons showed the world that you do not need an all-star lineup to win a championship, just a lineup that are on the same page and that would be team defense.

For all the Laker fans out there that wanted to hand over the trophy to the Lakers before the season started, I got two words Suck-ers...hahahaha

I hate L.A.

Fish on dudes.

Where's my bed?

I went fishing over the weekend and I really didn't get that much sleep (about 3-4 hours a night) and man am I still paying for it. I just finished reading Demons and Angels by Dan Brown and I must say, I like this on better than the Davinci Code (although the lattter is still good reading) I must say one thing though, his descriptions of all the POI in europe are very detailed and make you really see the place. Oh well off to the next book, but maybe this time I will just read for and hour and catch up on my sleep.....

Fish on Dudes

work

I hate my job situation right now. We are trying out a new system at work that would suppose to help make the job easier, but from what I've experienced the last two weeks it's been nothing but one disaster after another. To think that a company this big and rich, they would learn how to tweak out the system before putting it on to the workforce.

Oh well, there is still tomorrow and I'm still hoping that things will work out better.

'til then.....I'm spent!!!

Things that make you go Hmmmm....

Ever wonder why the plural form of mouse is mice and yet it's not hice for house.

...for goose it's geese, but not meese for moose.

oh well, just thought I would start my blog with this.

Fish on dudes!