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Baby Portraits and a Wedding

April 11th, 2013 | Posted in Lovesss - (2 Comments)

Prior to our family outing last March 30-31, I thought of not letting the chance pass to take pictures of my adorable nephews since our family rarely gets together these days. My X10 digicam is still being repaired (it’s been with the supplier for over a month now!) so I had to bring my dslr which I really don’t like doing because it’s too bulky. But I’m glad I did because my brother and I were able to take these nice shots of the babies during our recent trip to Little Bridge Resort in Taal, Batangas.

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Now at 1 year & 6 months, Leeland can say some simple words to tell us what he wants. I particularly love how clear and cute he says the word “apple” hehehe. I gave him a set of flash cards last Christmas and he already knows them all now! What a smart kid!

I haven’t seen Leeland in two months because their family is now residing in Batangas so I was a bit worried that he won’t recognize me anymore. But he did and he gave me a big hug upon seeing me! I miss him so much it makes me sad that I’m not able to visit him as often as last year.

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My other nephew, Uno, is just sooo cuuute! I can’t help giggling whenever I play with him, and I can’t stop pinching his cheeks and arms and legs and everything! It is so easy to make him laugh, but maybe it’s because he’s at the age (almost 5 months) where he finds everything amusing? Hehehe. He loves watching nursery rhymes and cartoons on the iPad and BabyTV/Disney Junior channels so you can actually leave him for a few minutes (okay, seconds) and still find him glued to what he’s watching when you come back.

Baby Uno was unfortunately born with G6PD deficiency so we’re always extra careful with him, with what everyone around him eats, or what his environment is. But as his doctor says, babies/kids with this case are still able to lead normal lives so we’re not too worried about him. Plus, he is just too happy a baby that we know he’s just going to be alright!

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This cute chinita is Akisha, Leeland’s cousin on his mommy’s side of the family.

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Tita-nephew love! I’m excited for my forthcoming niece to join in the fun!


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Before the wedding day of Deej’s uncle last April 4, I overheard their family talking about not hiring a professional photographer anymore to cut down the wedding expenses. So on the day of the wedding, I made sure I brought my camera with me in case they needed a spare one. True enough, the battery of the only camera they were using died just before the ceremony started so I volunteered to take pictures of the whole event. Hehe, bibong-bibo lang! I’m no expert obviously, but I had fun experimenting and pretending I knew what I was doing to make the guests think I was THE official wedding photographer, hehehe. I swear I tried not to say “O, wacky naman!” (because I really hate that haha) but the videographer they hired did it on my behalf so sige na nga lang. LOL.

In fairview, they were happy with the results of the pictures. But at zero cost they really can’t complain :))

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Cheers to the newlyweds! :)

Blog Space for Rent!

March 18th, 2013 | Posted in Web | Work-related - (3 Comments)

Earlier this month, I was told at work that I had to consume my 5 vacation leave credits that were, apparently, carried over from 2012 and will expire by March 31, 2013. I was oblivious to these extra VLs that I had since I was only regularized recently, until March rolled in — imagine if I didn’t think to check my credits! What a waste sana! Pressed for time, I filed all Mondays and Saturdays that I was supposed to work this March, and today is the last of those VLs :( I long for the day the 4-day work week is implemented in offices everywhere! :p

So on this last day of my March Vacation Leave streak, I woke up thinking I shouldn’t let it go to waste by just lying around. While helping out a hostee set up a new domain on her blog, I thought of finally sitting down to cross one item from my mental to-do list: to create a page promoting my blog hosting mini-business. Look, it has been added to the navigational menu above!

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I’ve been offering blog hosting to my friends (and friends of friends!) for the last six years and today I thought of inviting other bloggers to take advantage of these very affordable blog hosting services. Fresh from the oven, click here to read what I spent hours composing today! Hehehe. Obviously, I am not very efficient when it comes to writing posts.

Please invite your friends to sign up with me, that would really mean a lot! As low as PHP 84/month lang! Murang mura! :)

OK, that’s all! Back to regular programming tomorrow!

Google Reader Alternatives

March 14th, 2013 | Posted in Web - (4 Comments)

Today marks the day Google announced that my one and only favorite RSS feed aggregator, Google Reader, will soon be euthanized. Euthanasia talaga ito! No word is more apt, dear Google! I am srsly saddened by this news. :(

Some years back when I was still blogging actively (yeaaah, I considered myself a “blogger” once! lol) and was starting to gain new friends from the Blogosphere (this is what we used to call it then, what do kids call it nowadays?), Google Reader was (and still is!) one of the most useful tools at a blogger’s disposal to stay connected/engaged with other bloggers. You can only call yourself a true blogger then if you know what RSS means! LOL. Along the way, I’ve tried other readers (web-based, software, Mac App, mobile, etc.) but I always go back to Google Reader because I am obsessed with its very simple user interface. So much so that whenever I tweak my blog or change my WordPress theme, and after trying out several font styles and sizes, I always go back to Arial 13px. Hehehe. Less is more, yes?

I may have stopped blogging at one point or another, but my Google Reader has always been bookmarked and is consistently open, even preceding my GMail, Twitter, and Facebook browser tabs so I’m still updated with my favorite blogs and news sites.

We still have 3 months to utilize our Google Reader accounts yet I’ve started to look for alternatives today. See, that’s how important my reader is to me! Or low EQ lang talaga?! I’m currently testing out Bloglines which I’ve actually tried years ago, and The Old Reader. I am leaning toward the latter because they say it’s the one that’s very similar to Google Reader. Sold agad! But with everyone looking for an alternative reader to move to today, the site is currently upgrading to cater to more users. I can almost imagine a virtual stampede happening right now!

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The silver lining in the whole Google Reader dying is we can actually export the OPML file from our Google Reader accounts and import our subscriptions to other readers. I guess it’s not really a complete loss since we don’t have to start from scratch.

So anyway, let me know which reader you’re using so I can also try! I prefer a web-based one.

Goodbye, Google Reader. I miss you already. (OK sorry, OA na. Haha.)