May 28th, 2008 Kiko
AWESOME! Probably the best word to describe this Saturday show. And the weather went pretty well with only some rainshowers before the first firing.
Presentors were:
7:30 pm: Parente Fireworks of Italy
9:00 pm: Venefuegos Fireworks C.A. of Venezuela
Interestingly, I’ve seen similar faces as the ones I’ve seen during CA and FR’s presentation on Day 2. The crowd is thicker than it was during the first days of WPO. But with the anticipated chaos within MOA, several security personnels were deployed around the vicinity to make it sure everything goes well. And it did…I guess.
Italy showcased several usual and unusual bursts plus some water shells. The ones I’ve seen during the weekly Saturday show of SM Mall of Asia but not as much as the ones that UK fired on their winning performance during the 2nd World Pyro Olympics.
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May 20th, 2008 Kiko
Mukha pa ba akong beite sais? (Do I look like I’m only twenty six?) Definitely I don’t. Stress has definitely added a decade (or even more) to my real age. A fast-paced metropolitan living has amplified toll stress has caused upon me. The next time I knew it, I was already packed up holding my airline ticket en route to Visayas - to some of the places I have never been - Cebu City and Bohol Island. This is my way of coping up with stress. Everybody else might do it in some other way - it can range from dining outside, munching chocolates, shopping (retail therapy), paying psychiatrist a visit, or worst…committing suicide…(please don’t). Read the rest of this entry »
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May 19th, 2008 Kiko
Blame it to Cosme (tropical typhoon), the third day of the much-anticipated event is again postponed to the next day, May 18. However, the typhoon has not completely left the city and the winds are still gushing above Manila Bay sending big waves to the Esplanade breakwaters.
Hopefully, weather will be more cooperative this coming Saturday when Italy and Venezuela dazzle us as they paint Manila skies with flowers, peonies, bees, mums, and…name it.
See you there…
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May 16th, 2008 Kiko
Where: Levi Strauss PH Corporate office, 20F, The Enterprise Centre Tower 2 (if you are wondering where on earth this skyscraper is….it’s right there at the Ayala Avenue-Paseo de Roxas Intersection. The four corners of that intersection are occupied by Ayala Tower One, BPI Centre, Insular Life and Enterprise Centre; Enterprise Tower 1 has ‘HSBC’ skysign in it while Tower 2 has ‘BPI’)
When: May 28 - 30, 9 am to 6 pm
How: You mean how to get there? If you are taking the MRT, you can take the walkway route from SM Makati, Glorietta, Landmark, turn right to Ayala Museum from Greenbelt 4, then walk straight ahead. The walkway is connected Enterprise Centre, so if you are a commuter, start scouting for a prospect employer here…=)
If you are taking the bus, you will be dropped off at Robinson’s Summit Bldg. Take the underpass and cross Ayala Avenue, take the left escalator/stairs then that’s Enterprise in your front already.
One good news: they accept payment through credit card and EPS. Unfortunately for me, I was already able to buy 3 jeans last weekend of a different brand. So this time, I opted to buy casual and formal bottoms, and polo tops plus 2 shirts. So don’t be surprise when you are walking along Ayala and realize that the guy next to you is wearing the same shirt as yours. Hehe….Oh ladies, they got jeans and tops for you too. I was thinking of buying something for my sister but I am yet to ask her size and color. I hope it would not be pink!
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May 12th, 2008 Kiko
Life’s journey is full of crossroads. At some point in our lives, we reach a point where we have to make choices. Choices that will make us who we are in the next few years, if not a lifetime. I’ve been through a crossroad few years ago. I made choices, set my goals…worked for them, I took some risks and suffered the consequences. I lived my life in what I think is best for myself. However, all endeavors proved to be chasing of the wind….Futile!
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May 12th, 2008 Kiko
(originally written on April 02, 2008)
When everything seems to go wrong, SMILE seems to be the last thing in my mind. It’s so frustrating to know that you are like travelling along a road where everyone seems to be driving the opposite direction. Changing the mindset of people around us in the secular world is indeed a hard sell. I never wanted to change anybody overnight, but I am certain that there are certain values that we more or less (should) share. Nonetheless, I am starting to believe otherwise. I still could not figure out why some people are acting in their own ways - which I find deviant…erratic. Or maybe it’s just me.
I used to believe that no matter how difficult some people may seem, there will always be room for goodness in their heart. And no matter how minute that space is…I believed it’s powerful enough to dispel the refuse away.
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May 12th, 2008 Kiko
True to its season, May is indeed marred with rainy afternoons. Heavy rains that is. And the second day of world pyro olympics is no exception. This time, the rain poured relentlessly right when the show is about to begin. To my surprise, the rain did not keep Canadian pyrotechnicians (Pyro Studios) from painting the sky with flowers, peonies, brocades, palm trees, flower bouquets, spirals, bees and all. (I’d bet you’ve never recognized those…I hardly did myself, I was just guessing…hehehe)
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May 7th, 2008 Kiko
When was the last time have you used that famous Jerry Maguire line “you complete me” to someone? You’ve done that perhaps once, twice…or countless of times already. Reason can vary from person to person.
Now, when was the last time you ever used that line to something? Yes, something – a thing. I just did…today…to no other than my spectacles. It was pricey but I badly needed to have one. The lens comes in complete with the much-needed features – UV and glare protections plus a not-so-needed photochromic property (i.e., it changes to a dark color when subjected to extreme light from the sun’s rays…often called “transition” lens).
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May 6th, 2008 Kiko
How far have you gone in your life trying to find out what real happiness really means? Is it satisfying your basic needs and that of your loved ones? Is the attainment of the so-called ‘good-life’ the end-all-be-all of things? Is money+fame the ultimate end of everyone? Is spending six decades (or maybe 7) of your life all that there is? Life starts off with 2 years of infancy, 8 years childhood and innocence, 8 years of trial and errors during adolescence, 3 years of life crisis, 4 years (can extend up to eight) of young adulthood marked with experimentations, partying with people called ‘friends’, and difficult struggles towards responsibility, then longggg years of maturity and prime age, and then…a downhill of old age…more often than not marred with agony and sickness and usually bitterness and regrets…and finally a mournful death.
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May 6th, 2008 Kiko
A heavy rain during the summer season is now a common sight. Seems like global warming has manifested one of its more obvious consequences…changing all the weather patterns our grandparents got used to…and perhaps…even to the earthworms (who were claimed to predict incoming weather disturbances). Blame it to the sun who refused to shine (well, I won’t) but this is only one of the reasons why this summer- ender proved to be one of my most memorable by far. Here are the complete top ten list of the reasons why:
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