Beijing Olympics

8/8/7 - It's exactly one year from now before the Beijing Olympics. I'm excited because it's going to be held at my favorite place in the world, Beijing!

I hope I get the chance (read: if I have the money) to be there when it happens. I'd love to watch the games live. I'm sure it would be so much fun. I also want to see how Beijing will look like by then. The last time I was there (2006), a lot of construction was still going on.

Oh well.. I'll just hope that come this day next year I will be blogging about the Olympics live from Beijing! hehe..

Happy and Content..

Birthday's over..
I'm officially 31..
A year older and hopefully wiser..
Time flies..
Remembering last year, I could say that it was probably the highlight of my existence (more on this on my next posts)..


For now, I want to take this opportunity to thank all the people that greeted me, either via a text message or face-to-face, on my birthday. To my teammates, thanks for the surprise..


And of course to my wife, Tet, for taking the time to buy me a present and treating me to dinner
for 2 days (we ate at Highlands Steakhouse in MOA and Zhu in 32nd and 5th). hehe..


When I was 25, I told myself that I'd be a millionaire by the time I reach 30. I'm now 31 and I'm not yet a millionaire and nowhere near that but I'm blessed to have a loving wife, a healthy baby and a good job, so what more could I ask for? I have everything that's important to me!

Thirty-One...

After 31 years of existence, I decided to blog. Why now? Why not! Is it too late? I don't think so. I have no experience whatsoever in blogging so please bear with me. Not really sure if there is such a thing as the right way to blog. If there is, let me know ok? I'm a newbie in this sort of thing.

You might be interested to know why I decided to do this. I'm not really fond of writing and I'm not even sure if I can sustain this over time but I decided to start blogging because I was inspired. Inspired by 2 of my favorite bloggers, Anton Diaz of OAP (http://www.ourawesomeplanet.com/) and very recently Senator Pia Cayetano's blog site (mydailyrace.blogspot.com). Thank you!

I know I still have a lot to learn when it comes to blogging, so this is still a work in progress. I'm pretty sure as time goes by I will be able to improve. I might even add some images, but for now, I'm satisfied with just being able to start.

I turned 31 today and I thank the Lord for giving me another year full of blessings and love. It rained the whole day but I take that as God's way of showering me with even more blessings.

I'll end my first ever post with 3 of my favorite quotes I recently read in the August copy of Men's Health Philippines about the smartest things ever said about fatherhood:

• "It is admirable for a man to take his son fishing, but there is a special place in heaven for the father who takes his daughter shopping." - John Sinor
• "A man that doesn't spend time with his family can never be a real man." - Marlon Brando as Don Corleone in the Godfather
• "Certain is it that there is no kind of affection so purely angelic as of a father to a daughter. In love to our wives there is desire; to our sons, ambition; but to our daughters there is something which there are no words to express." - Joseph Addison

I have a daughter and that last quote is so true!