Archive for October, 2006

Banaue Rice Terraces

Thursday, October 19th, 2006

About six weeks after we got married, Marissa and I, as part of our honeymoon, went to the Banaue rice terraces. I’ve been to the top of the Empire State Building, I’ve seen Niagara Falls (I’ve also seen Churchill Falls, which is more spectacular), and watched Apollo 11 blast off back in ‘69, but [...]

Freddie Aguilar at The Hobbit House, Malate, Manila

Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006

Hans Kock, who I met at SEO Philippines, recommended I try the Hobbit House where Freddie Aguilar regularly plays on Monday nights. I loved this place. The food was great, the service impeccable, and Freddie was really rocking, so were two of his sons. I hear his daughter is a great [...]

SEO Philippines

Sunday, October 1st, 2006

The SEO Philippines awards ceremony went off with the only hitch being the wireless access supposedly provided by Pier 1, the signal was just too weak to reach the 3rd floor to establish a reliable connection. Fortunately, my PLDT WeRoam card had just enough signal in typhoon ravaged Manila to allow Marc to pull [...]