new mac! (2)

wohoo!

new mac!

It's not over yet so hang on to your credit cards!

exciting! =D

http://live.gizmodo.com/

Save it for a rainy day...

I hope you did.

This appeared when I accessed my account this evening:


From NYTimes.com: Government Seizes WaMu and Sells Some Assets

That was last Thursday. Earlier today, Dow Jones fell almost 778 points - the worst single-day drop in two decades

And Citigroup bought Wachovia


Well, goodbye iphone, hello ipon.

Russell Peters in Manila!

I received an email saying that Russell Peters will have a show in Manila on Oct 31 at the NBC Tent!

Nice!

For those who don't know him, visit http://www.russellpeters.com . Also, search "Russell Peters Outsourced" in youtube.

For those who do, and if you're in Manila, you better make sure you get tickets to this show! :D. I've seen "Red, White and Brown" in New York earlier this year and although I can't say that it's better than Outsourced, there's a lot of new materials in there that will keep you laughing from start 'til the end of the show.

And yes, I think he's way better than Rex Navarette.

We made it!

Team #82 with our car, Bebop - The little cow that could.


That Renault Clio survived the (almost) 2000 km drive from Boulogne to Besancon to Turin (thru the French Alps!!!) to Nice to Marseilles to Arles to Avignon to Beaune (Burgundy region) to Paris!

Will post more stories and pics soon!

Euro Trip 2008

Three more days and we are off to Spain and (again) France to explore and, of course, participate in the Crumball Rally - The Italian Job 2008!!!

Here's the rally description from the website:

The Crumball Rally Co once again presents “The Italian Job”. A budget
car rally taking place over a long weekend in September 2008, and very
loosely based on the classic 1969 crime caper. Taking in France,
Switzerland and Italy in 3 days and visiting several of the key film
settings including the incredible St. Bernard pass, the city of Turin, and
then onto Monte Carlo and Nice for the Finish.

But it’s not just about driving…….you will also need a sense of humour
to take part in the tasks en route, and be a bit of risk taker since you and
your team have to do all this in a car ideally costing no more than £200.

Are you up for it of course you are. If so then “get your skates on mate”
and come and join us for a trip you just might remember.

Of course, as I have said in my previous post, I may not join the Switzerland part of the rally. Either that or I'll just take my chances at the border since they're not really manned all the time :D. But that's okay. I need to find a new way to Turin from Besançon. Via Lyon is the best way, I think.

This time, I hope to blog the trip either during or immediately after the trip :D. I know I haven't blogged or posted pics and videos of our previous adventures, but I'm currently working on that :D. I hope to upload them within the year.

Anyway, this upcoming trip will take us to Barcelona and Madrid for 5 days. Then we'll meet and stay with Nanette in Paris for a night (thanks Nanette for letting us stay in your flat!) before heading to Boulogne to meet the rest of the team, N and J with N's Renault Clio. The rally will take 3 days, from Boulogne to Nice. After that, I think we have no plans yet but It's probably going to be a drive back to Paris via Bordeaux. Then we fly back home :).

See you in two weeks! =D

Go Team #82!!!

Check out team #82!! Hehehe.

http://www.crumballrally.com/c_p2/teams2.htm

R, N, J and I joined the Crumball Rally 'The Italian Job' 2008. In about 2 weeks from now, we will be driving N's 206 from Boulogne to Nice. Sounds exciting? It should be, especially when one of the rules states that the car should only be worth 200GBP! That's about $400 USD. So, yeah...

This is going to be like a Top Gear challenge! Actually, I wish they are in the rally!

I'm still not sure if I can drive. Hopefully, they would allow it (or if I do drive, hopefully we won't be stopped by the police hehe). If not, I'm armed with 2 cameras and a video cam. That should keep me busy for the whole 3 days.

The last snag is that R and I will not join the Switzerland leg because I need a visa and I'm not paying $100 for a visa that I will only use for 1 day. So we will probably go to Lyon from Besancon and then head to Turin. Or, if it is ok with the team, we will all not go through the alps and drive to Turin via Lyon!

This is going to be seriously fun.

The way I see it #112

From my coffee cup this morning:

If you've got a dollar and you spend twenty-nine cents on a loaf of bread, you've got seventy-one cents left. But if you've got seventeen grand and you spend twenty-nine cents on a loaf of bread, you've still got seventeen grand. There's a math lesson for you.

-- Steve Martin
Comedian and writer.

Practical Arts

Aside from learning how to make a mortise and tenon joint, here's something that I learned from our high school practical arts teacher, Mr. Martinez that I will not forget:



"Haste makes waste"

SF Gay Pride Parade upload failure

I apologize if you've received several notifications about my SF Gay pride parade pics. I've been trying to upload them via flicrk and it keeps timing out!

I'll probably just upload them manually.

=D

SF Gay Pride Parade 2008

SF Gay Parade 2008 pictures with fellow Canon shooter Topeng and Gayson, I mean, Jason.

Bill's MIA because his Nikon sucks (ran out of battery charge).

Pics @ Flickr

Pics @ Multiply

funny UAE pics....

From the Land of the Free to the Land of the Libre

Feb 29 - 8:30 AM

We're currently in Newark waiting for our delayed flight to Detroit, which will eventually take us to Manila. We're supposed to leave at 9:05AM but the gate display now shows 10:55AM(Funny... it still says it's on time...). Good thing we (originally) have a 2.5-hour layover in Detroit. That should give us enough time to have a quick lunch before boarding the next flight.

So here's the trip plan:

Newark - Detroit - Tokyo/Narita (I think it was Nagoya) - Manila55
Door to door, it's about 29hours.

UPDATE:

Mar 1 - 4:00 AM

Manila. Jetlag. Libre time.

'nuff said.

How to spot a consultant at the airport...

1. Look for a power outlet



2. Ta-dah!

My fellow consultants...


Me... sitting on the floor... waiting for my 4-hr delayed flight.

Why I love this city

Because only in New York will you see something as crazy and cool as this:


Frozen Grand Central, NYC






Apparently, there's one in Manila and I think they're preparing for their first mission! Sali na!

More videos at youtube and improveverywhere.com

Fade to black

Finally found a template that I like.


Now it's time to sleep...

The 9 or the 8?

Someday, these words will come out of my mouth:


"Shall we take the Aston..."



"...or the R8?"

I'm a lover, not a blogger

I know I haven't updated my blog for a loooong, loooong, time. I'm really just too lazy to write an update :p. Anyway, here's a glimpse of what has happened since I my last entry and what I will be doing in the next few months:

1. Went to Chicago
2. Philly Longwood gardens
3. Went to Peru last November
4. Spent the holidays in NY/NJ
5. Napa Napa Napa
6. Currently blogging from Miami (just got back from Key West).
7. Going to Ft Lauderdale tomorrow
8. Going to Houston next weekend
9. Going to Manila this March =D
10. Bangkok and Hongkong (or Singapore)
11. Joining a car rally in France and Switzerland! (more about this later)
12. Probably Turkey and Greece later this year (hopefully!)

Whew!

And stuff that I promise I would blog:
1. March Eurotrip (Italy - France - Belgium - Amsterdam)
2. Aruba!

Hopefully, I'll have some free time to blog all these and post the pictures as well. I've canceled my pbase account and have opened one in flickr. I'll post the link later.

That's all for now!