Discovering the Land of Disney at Hong Kong Disneyland

My Kids Experience at Hong Kong Disneyland!

Dec.10~14,2011

Vacation is a time to rest, relaxation and adventure. Now, it's time for us to experience such escapade.

I've been to Tokyo Disneyland a decade ago. Honestly, there's a lot of comparison between the two theme parks. Anyway, forget about the comparison and let us go to our newest experiences.....

 Imagine fairy tales becoming reality....

....and characters coming to life...

enjoying adventurous thrilling rides..

...and fill the day with lots of fun and play..

Toy Story Land w/ Woody and Buzz & Co..

 

Fantasy Land.. 

The Chipmunks

 Winnie the Pooh and Company..

 Jungle King with Simba and Timon & Pumba..

Fairy Tale Land..

Where Princes and Princesses live.

  
And the famous Disneyland Castle, that glows every dark corners of the park..

It was really a worthy experience for us.

See You on my next BLOG.

Another Sunday - Another Fun Run Day..

Takbo ko, regalo mo :


November 27,2011, 6:00 AM, the weather is cloudy but fine. I, myself, along with hundreds of runners gathered in the open field of Greenfield City, Santa Rosa City, Laguna to participate in the 1st fund raising fun run event for the benefit of child advocacy programs (the adopted orphanage in the area)and sponsored by PPS-SLC (Pediatric Philippine Society-Southern Luzon Chapter). 

The events are 1K for 7 to 12 years old while 3K & 5K are open for teens and above, elite & non-elite runners. 


Honestly, i promised myself to limit my fun run entry. I'm no longer interested if the event is just a pure "commercial run" and it's a personal choice. Since this fun run is a "run for a cause" with good intention and advocacy, i decided to join the event without any hesitation. 


This is my _th fun run for the year and today, i am very thankful to survive another 5K.


Hope to see you soon in my next run.

My Ways of Spending Quality Time with My Family During Weekend..

Weekend is a simple rest day for some families, but in mine, it's more than that. It's a family day for us.


Here i list down 5 easy ways to spend quality time for my family.
1. Find GOD.
We used to go to church every Sunday to listen the "words of God". Having a deep sense of faith showed a decrease in our stress and emotional problems.

2. Stay fit and healthy.
We are not an athletes but we managed to do a regular weekend exercises such as jogging, playing basketball and biking. These are the easiest and simplest ways we knew to work out our body. It is also good for our cardiovascular and respiratory systems. As the saying goes, "the more you sweat, the more you are becoming healthy".

3. Eat a meal together.
We spend most of our time outside our house during weekdays, in school for the kids and mine is the office. So, it is importance for us to eat our meal together to continuously develop stronger relationship among our family members. It was indeed a bonding time for us.


4. Watching movies at home.
Whenever there are new DVD and Blue-ray copy movies available, we set a special time each week to watch a movie in our house. We make it a fun family event. The movies we already watched are Knight and Day, Cars 2, Kung-Fu Panda 2, Pirates of the Caribbean on Strangers Tide, X-Men First Class, The Mighty Thor, Transformer 3- Dark of the Moon, Smurfs, Rio, Captain America, Fast Five and Green Lantern to names a few.

5. Leaving my work in the office.
Devotion to work is not a bad thing; just to make sure i know to separate my office life from my personal life. Bringing home unfinished work means less time for relaxation and family time.  

HAPPY WEEKEND to ALL.....

Ankle Sprain, a player nightmare....

Last night, during a badminton play, i sprained my right foot when going after a shuttlecock smash. I thought it was just a simple sprain, so i decided to keep on playing to finish the sets even if i'm limping a bit. After finishing 4 tremendous and hard fought sets, i checked and found out that my right foot was swollen badly, a sign of "Ankle Sprain".  Later, i started to feel a very sharp pain on my right foot as i could not move it and let alone walk properly. I iced it for 30minutes but the pain was still there. 


What is Ankle Sprain? 
It is a painful stretching of ankle ligaments of the joints caused by sudden stops or turns, injuries or falls. 


What are the symptoms?
Bruised ankles and sore or swollen muscles.

How to treat sprains?
According to one view, sprains should be bandaged and applied with ice or very cold water. But, according to a different view, sprains should be initially treated with alternate hot and cold-especially if it is in the wrist, elbow or ankle.


I will miss playing badminton, biking and running for a while. Hope the swelling will subside quickly in a few days so i can return in playing aggressive badminton again and even go back to biking and running - jyl

Dining @ Mckys for our Favorite Filipino Street Foods

Street Foods, Paborito ng Karamihang Pinoy (at taga-Nissan).


Last Wednesday, Nov.16, nagka-ayaan na naman ang mga taga-Engineering at Quality na kumain sa isa sa mga paboritong hang-out ng ilang mga taga Nissan, sa Mckys Ihaw-Ihaw & Resto. We used to dine in that grilled house at least once in a month (jyl, John & Chel as regular customers) for the unwind after office hour. Bukod doon, di lang naman mga ihaw2 ang sine-serve nila kundi pati na mga ice-cold beer beverages. Name it, they have it. Pero ang ipinunta lang namin ng gabing iyon ay tamang kain lamang.


As usual, we ordered our favorites street foods - Ang isaw ng Manok at Baboy, Tenga ng Baboy, Atay ng Manok, Balunbalunan, Adidas at iba pa.


What are these street foods?
1. Isaw ng Manok - Ito ay Pinoy bersyon ng Kebabs o BBQ, ay galing sa bituka ng manok na nilinis ng maraming-ulit, pinakuluan at inihaw (pinaka-paborito ni Isay).

2. Isaw ng baboy - galing sa malaking bituka ng baboy, pareho ng pagluluto sa isaw ng manok (tingnan sa itaas).

3. Atay ng Manok (Chicken Liver) - from the word itself ay ang atay ng manok.

4. Balunbalunan (Chicken Gizzard)- 

5. Adidas (Chicken Feet) - Ang pagkaing nagmula sa isang tatak ng sapatos. Ito'y gawa sa paa ng manok na iginisa at pagkatapos ay inihaw (na sarap na sarap papakin ni Chel). 

6. Tenga ng Baboy - Tinatawag ding "Walkman" ang inihaw na tenga ng baboy na inihahanda matapois ang pag-iihaw.

7. Barbecue - sorry, di kami naka-order ng gabing iyo.


Kasama ang "Matamis na Sauce, Maasim na Sawsawan suka na may tilad na sibuyas at sili at ang Toyo na may Kalamansi at Sili", halina't salunan ninyo kami sa aming pagkain.


Mula sa tropang Mckys - JYL, John, Chel, Isay, Aya at Vic..


Tinatawagan muli sina Zhe, Teena, Keith, Dennis, Bebs, Kath, Adrian - tara na,sama na kayo sa muli sa amin.

Today is my Eldest son Birthday!

Time flies so fast.

Imagine, today is my eldest 15th Birthday, Joshua. Are we really getting older or just simply say "Nagkaka-EDAD" na ba talaga kami? hahaha..


His younger brother, Robbie, greeted him this morning and continued asking "Kuya, saan ka magbo-lowout" which he simply replied with a simple smile. 


Anyway, i just want to greet my son "A HAPPY HAPPY Birthday". Hope for his success in more years to come and stay to be a good as ever.


We love you!