Project 365: A Year in Pictures, 2009

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2009-05-23T20:44:00.000+08:00

Reached Level 10 for my Starter, Main and Dessert dishes!

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2009-05-22T20:43:00.000+08:00

Kids off to Subic for *their* team building.

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2009-05-21T20:42:00.000+08:00

Office team building.

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2009-05-20T20:41:00.001+08:00

Finally reached a 50.0 Popularity Rating in Restaurant City!!!

139

2009-05-19T20:30:00.000+08:00

Finally scrapped again! Yes!

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2009-05-18T20:21:00.001+08:00

Planning, with almost a sense of desperation, logistics for Lola's 90th birthday party. Looking for a hotel that would fit everyone's budget.

137

2009-05-17T19:52:00.001+08:00

Ranger doing his "stretching", i.e., yoga exercises from Mama's book.

136

2009-05-16T18:52:00.000+08:00

G League monthly competition, held at Rizal Memorial. We were there until 8 pm because Raegan elected to do the 800m freestyle instead of the 50m free!

135

2009-05-15T18:49:00.000+08:00

This movie was AWESOME! The ending was nothing like the book, but it was great, nonetheless.

134

2009-05-14T18:45:00.000+08:00

Took Rogan and Raine to get their Philippine passports renewed. Ranger's was also renewed but didn't require a personal appearance.

133

2009-05-13T18:21:00.001+08:00

Spent practically the whole day looking for cheap flights and finally booking on Tiger Airways for our upcoming trip to Singapore.

132

2009-05-12T17:58:00.002+08:00

Starting a new addiction......

131

2009-05-11T22:24:00.002+08:00

Started the week right by exercising to the Biggest Loser!

130

2009-05-10T09:02:00.002+08:00

My Mother's Day gift! :)

129

2009-05-09T09:00:00.001+08:00

The kids had a blast in the pool with Papa, and took TONS of underwater pics!

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2009-05-08T09:00:00.001+08:00

Dad's out of the hospital! Just in time for the twins' 31st birthday and Dad's 9th 2nd life-day.

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2009-05-07T08:57:00.001+08:00

Squeezed in a movie with Japa after a whole day in the hospital with Dad.

126

2009-05-06T08:54:00.001+08:00

Finally bought my long-coveted Rhett Eala shirts with embroidered Philippine islands! For ALL of us!

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2009-05-05T08:52:00.002+08:00

A work in progress for Rogan.

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2009-05-04T08:45:00.001+08:00

Raegan went to the dermatologist (Tita Elise) for the first time!

123

2009-05-03T08:42:00.003+08:00

Pacquiao demolished Hatton in the 2nd round. TKO.

122

2009-05-02T08:38:00.002+08:00

Another family outing to the Manila Ocean Park for the first time, sans Rogan, who was at Kiel's.

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2009-05-01T08:37:00.002+08:00

A family outing to watch Wolverine. Eastwood, at the Ultra 7 theater with the lazyboy seats. Ahhhh!

120

2009-04-30T08:35:00.002+08:00

We conducted a Board Meeting via teleconference! The wonders of technology!

119

2009-04-29T22:17:00.003+08:00

After several meals, either lunch or dinner, spread out over 6 days, we finally knew the NAME o the restaurant! :)

118

2009-04-28T08:38:00.005+08:00

This photo was taken with the girls' new digital camera, an Olympus Tough-6000, with its UNDERWATER setting. Tell me this isn't COOL!!!! :) And yes, *I* braved the icy waters of the hotel pool just to be in the photo opp.....and for the day's pic of the day! Hehehehe.

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2009-04-27T08:37:00.000+08:00

Papa, literally stepping into Yao Ming's shoes, while at the Giga Sports Store at Ocean Terminal.

116

2009-04-26T08:32:00.003+08:00

Raine got 6 ribbons for her 7 events, and a 1st in heat. Like last year, she was DQ'd in the 100-meter breaststroke for a false start.

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2009-04-25T08:25:00.000+08:00

This was probably the Ayala Harpoons' "biggest" contingent ever sent to a swim meet: all of THREE swimmers, hahahahaha!

114

2009-04-24T08:23:00.000+08:00

Mama tried 3 different kinds of juice/teas during dinner: Kumquat tea, almond with lychee tea, and peach tea. Yummy!

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2009-04-23T08:21:00.000+08:00

The kids and Coach Jana braved the cold and the ice water of the hotel pool to do some swimming drills. They lasted barely an hour in the freezing water!

112

2009-04-22T06:53:00.001+08:00

How much of our planet that I use, using the Earth Day Network's Ecological Footprint Calculator.

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2009-04-21T06:51:00.000+08:00

Preparing for Earth Day, with Jacque Larsen's Earth Day kit.

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2009-04-20T19:33:00.001+08:00

Raegan's nails: wrapped, french-tipped, with nail art.

109

2009-04-19T19:32:00.002+08:00

Playing yaya badminton on the front yard....with a homemade "net" made out of nylon rope!

108

2009-04-18T19:28:00.002+08:00

This was the most hilarious "head of straw" ever!

107

2009-04-17T19:27:00.000+08:00

Took the kids to see heartthrob Zac Efron in his latest movie.

106

2009-04-16T19:18:00.002+08:00

Drove to work today....I miss driving!

105

2009-04-15T16:05:00.001+08:00

Rogan finished assembling the Lego Droid Gunship this morning. He did this without any help from Papa!

104

2009-04-14T06:41:00.000+08:00

Ranger assembled these Lego Star Wars Droids all by himself!

103

2009-04-13T08:01:00.001+08:00

The "Kids Crew" at the McDonald's in Pampanga. Every summer, McDonald's has a kiddie crew over to train them in food service. Cute!

102

2009-04-12T07:58:00.001+08:00

Raegan, eating her ice mango kacang, the local halo-halo.

101

2009-04-11T13:05:00.003+08:00

This is Raegan's Competitor's ID, which she lost yesterday. Reese's had gotten lost as well, because someone wanted her plastic case. Luckily, Raegan's was found, with plastic intact. She tied her ID to her shorts today, just to make sure it wouldn't get lost.

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2009-04-10T12:49:00.001+08:00

Happy Birthday, Raegan!!! She said that she was actually excited about going shopping FOR CLOTHES for the very first time! :)

99

2009-04-09T07:57:00.001+08:00

We went to the Singapore Sports School in Woodlands, Singapore so that the kids could train at the pool before the competition over the weekend.

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2009-04-08T21:16:00.000+08:00

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2009-04-07T07:33:00.002+08:00

Last-minute dinner at Sweet Inspirations before Raegan and I fly to Singapore tomorrow.

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2009-04-06T07:30:00.003+08:00

The girls fixed their hair all by themselves! In time to have breakfast at Crowne, too!

95

2009-04-05T20:13:00.001+08:00

This is Ranger mashing a badminton racket against his face, hahahahaha!

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2009-04-04T20:08:00.002+08:00

Ranger and Bric enjoying their juice after a 30-minute walk with Mama and Mommy Bang. They were "tired and thirsty" after sitting in their respective strollers during the walk.

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2009-04-03T23:16:00.001+08:00

Papa doodled on Raine's back when she was asleep. The result? A brand new "tatoo"!

92

2009-04-02T17:32:00.002+08:00

It was game night, playing Cluedo, with all the kids.

91

2009-04-01T17:30:00.002+08:00

Set my cellphone to ring every 4 hours to give Ranger his medicine throughout the night.

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2009-03-31T17:10:00.002+08:00

Squeezed in our second movie for the month, first one that can be considered a real "date", hehehe.

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2009-03-30T16:54:00.003+08:00

Ahhh......this was the only thing that gave me relief from my sore throat and cough!

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2009-03-29T15:17:00.001+08:00

The kids LOVED this movie! Ranger sat through it all without moving AND without falling asleep! Their favorite character was unanimously B.O.B :)

87

2009-03-28T15:11:00.002+08:00

We had our "simple" Earth Hour party at home, starting off with a Thanksgiving Mass for Dad.

86

2009-03-27T13:27:00.002+08:00

Sushi at Omakase! Yummmm! Our bill was a whopping P3,600 for the 6 of us withOUT drinks!

85

2009-03-26T22:53:00.000+08:00

I got some french-tipped manicure today! And wrapping :)

84

2009-03-25T22:52:00.001+08:00

Start of GSS, Gavino Summer School.

83

2009-03-24T22:44:00.000+08:00

Office Aerobics was sooooo much harder today!

82

2009-03-23T22:49:00.000+08:00

Yummy yummy pad thai noodles at Silk in Serendra.

81

2009-03-22T22:36:00.002+08:00

Ewwww!!!! Age spot spotted, at the base of my neck of all places! Eeek!

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2009-03-21T22:34:00.002+08:00

Pissy day. Stupid, idiotic, non-thinking hospital people!!!

79

2009-03-20T22:26:00.001+08:00

One of the BEST places to order for a snappy dinner! :)

78

2009-03-19T22:16:00.001+08:00

Whoohoo! Another session of Office Aerobics!

77

2009-03-18T22:14:00.002+08:00

Raegan's painting that was displayed during the Year-End Program. Mama gave it to Teacher Nez who said she would hang it in her room.

76

2009-03-17T22:06:00.002+08:00

Just stayed at the hospital today.

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2009-03-16T22:04:00.000+08:00

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2009-03-15T22:02:00.002+08:00

Year-End presentatin of the kids: Batang Pinoy, Batang Bayani.

73

2009-03-14T21:57:00.002+08:00

Dad's out of ICU, finally, and into the Telemetry wing.

72

2009-03-13T21:52:00.003+08:00

Mom turns 63 today!

71

2009-03-12T02:14:00.002+08:00

We talked about the new ad materials for most of the day.

70

2009-03-11T02:12:00.001+08:00

Rogan's Pizza Book Report featuring Matilda.

69

2009-03-10T02:04:00.001+08:00

Did this page for Jacque Larsen (guesting this month!).

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2009-03-09T00:52:00.001+08:00

Rogan's favorite drawing from his Kids Can Project.

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2009-03-08T23:56:00.002+08:00

Raegan's favorite drawing for her Kids' Can Project.

66

2009-03-07T23:35:00.000+08:00

The kids had swim camp today. All 3 of them.

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2009-03-06T21:55:00.000+08:00

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2009-03-05T19:46:00.003+08:00

Raegan's Sandwich Book Report.

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2009-03-04T19:18:00.001+08:00

Raegan starts Swim Camp with Coach Rick Powers. She was one of the few "small kids" to be picked by Coach Archie to join the big kids for the entire duration.

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2009-03-03T22:52:00.000+08:00

Raine's Sandwich Book Report.

61

2009-03-02T22:53:00.000+08:00

Raine's favorite drawing for her Kids' Can Project.

60

2009-03-01T22:47:00.001+08:00

Glued to my laptop, writing exams!

59

2009-02-28T22:47:00.000+08:00

Books I read in February.

58

2009-02-27T22:43:00.001+08:00

10 Steps of Exam Writing.

57

2009-02-26T22:42:00.001+08:00

Blog project of the kids.

56

2009-02-25T22:41:00.000+08:00

It's Lent!

55

2009-02-24T22:39:00.001+08:00

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2009-02-23T22:35:00.000+08:00

Dad's out of the hospital!

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2009-02-22T22:34:00.001+08:00

Rogan, the artiste, singing solo.

52

2009-02-21T22:32:00.000+08:00

Raine's Taekwondo promotion test to Blue Belt, and mini competition.

51

2009-02-20T22:29:00.000+08:00

Scraps from Hong Kong.

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2009-02-19T22:28:00.001+08:00

Stowaway beer.....for Japa!

49

2009-02-18T22:28:00.001+08:00

90-year old Lola Nene chugging a San Miguel Beer!

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2009-02-17T22:28:00.001+08:00

Century eggs at Yung Kee Restaurant.

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2009-02-16T22:27:00.000+08:00

Hong Kong bound. 7 chikas and an unico hijo.

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2009-02-15T22:21:00.000+08:00

High School reunion of 4-5.

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2009-02-14T22:17:00.000+08:00

Valentine's Day

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2009-02-13T22:45:00.001+08:00

Presidential Suite at the hospital