Marquez' Travels

One more day to toil and the rest is vacation! Hooray! I am really excited with Christmas vacation. It’s the time that I can do the things that I wanted to do but got no time. Well of course I won’t forget to have my peaceful communion with God. After which, I would really enjoy the rest of the vacation before it is finished. In order to be fit after indulging with fatty foods this season, I will surely make room for exercise. I will be using my stationary bike for this purpose. I will be targeting more than 10 kilometers. Wish me luck then! Got to burn those fats! For leisure, I will be watching tons of movies with my girl. She just called me now and asked me which movies I wanted to watch this vacation. She got a number of new and old stuffs downloaded by her colleague via Rapidshare Search Engine . I asked her to check first if the movie that she is about to copy is a clear one and is complete. Well, she comforted me and told me not to worry for the said search engine i...

I believe one of the best parts of my employee life is being able to join Christmas parties. It is the time of the year when each and everyone from the office doesn't feel like doing work but preparing for this gathering. It is just nice to have, once in a year, a day of celebration. Last night is the Christmas Party of our group, the Operations and Maintenance. There were several games namely kalamansi race, pinoy henyo , newspaper dance, and tissue wrap. I participated in the kalamansi race, but our team lost the game, the kalamansi did not even reach me, he he. There were also special numbers by our talented group mates. And most of all, there were tons and tons of good food! Here are some of the pictures from our party: Our lechon coming all the way from Iligan City, Mindanao Kalamansi Race Tissue Wrap Pinoy Henyo Winners Special Number Special Number How about you? How did your Christmas party turned out?

I have long been dreaming of owning a car. I am seeing the advantages of having one. I’ll surely find comfort in traveling. At the same sense, I would have no worries in reaching places that I haven’t been yet. I once told my girl, that if we already have our own car, I would tour her in the different places that I have already been. I have been enjoying my work, traveling around the country, but I could have enjoyed it better if I have the company of my girl. And to have it in fulfillment, I am seeing that owning a car would help me achieve it. Well of course, our budget is hindering us. We are prioritizing our dream house, rather than our dream car. Needless to say, I still almost always utter, “If only we already have a car”, whenever we have to travel in agony (okay, that’s exaggeration). Now that both of us were running buffs, I am also thinking that having our own car could make our ‘new career’ more enjoyable. Have you read my latest post about our recent run? Oh yeah...

My Running Diary : Adidas King of the Road 2009 - October 25, 2009 : 0:48:59 A Run for the Pasig River - November 8, 2009 Time is Running, The 2009 Timex Run - November 15, 2009 : 0:43:49/0:41:23 Men's Health Urbanathlon and Festival 2009 - November 22, 2009 : 0:53:50 New Balance Power Run, Raising Hope 2009 - November 29, 2009 (Bandit) : 0:38:19 1 st Catholic Ministry to Deaf People Yes Run 2009 - December 6, 2009 : 0:42:25 (unofficial) Pioneer Mighty Bond Mighty Run 2009 - December 13, 2009 : 0:38:13 (unofficial) For the record, joining run events is bringing fun and fulfillment on my part. And the greater challenge for me in each and every race is not to cross the FINISH line; but to wake up early in the morning and catch a bus going to the meeting place, LOL! It has always been hard for me to wake up early; and it is harder to catch up a bus. Not to mention the very early moderate traffic brought by the Balintawak Market and the ongoing MRT-LRT construction. Nonetheless, I...

My Running Diary : Adidas King of the Road 2009 - October 25, 2009 A Run for the Pasig River - November 8, 2009 Time is Running, The 2009 Timex Run - November 15, 2009 Men's Health Urbanathlon and Festival 2009 - November 22, 2009 New Balance Power Run, Raising Hope 2009 - November 29, 2009 (Bandit) 1 st Catholic Ministry to Deaf People Yes Run 2009 - December 6, 2009 WOW! I am amazed that I already got a total of six (6) runs; when in fact, I only started last week of October. Conclusively, I have been running on a weekly basis, and I feel great about it. For this year, I got a couple of races more; then, we would be resting our tired legs and continue our addiction next year. It was my first time to run at UP Diliman, Quezon City. In the last five (5) runs that I had joined, they all took place at Taguig (Fort Bonifacio and McKinley Hills). Upon arriving at the university, I got a little chilled by the cool breeze. There were a lot of trees in the surroundings that contribu...

Countdown: 15 days to go before Christmas ! Before Christmas and before the year ends, I had a couple of runs left. Yesterday, we ( CaptainRunner , MinnieRunner , and RunningAtom ) registered ourselves to the following: Pioneer Mighty Bond Mighty Run 2009 UP Diliman, Quezon City December 13, 2009 5AM Beneficiary: Bantay Bata 163 Registration Fee: PhP300 PhilStar Christmas Celebrity Run 2009 Fort Bonifacio, Global City, Taguig December 20, 2009 5:30AM Beneficiary: GILAS Registration Fee: PhP350 Here's the singlet design accompanied by these fun runs: Pioneer Mighty Bond Mighty Run 2009 Singlet PhilStar Christmas Celebrity Run 2009 Singlet Will I see you there?

My Tita (Aunt) Bebe, the youngest of my father's siblings have her unity with God last Friday, December 4, 2009 at around 2:30-3 the afternoon due to complication brought about by her breast cancer. My family have been grieving for her loss. We are set to send her unto her grave tomorrow morning at Bocaue, Bulacan. Her death (even during the days that she had been struggling from cancer) had really moved me. I have been longing to blog about her and her husband who lived to their marriage vows (in sickness and in health - and now, till death do us part) in simplicity - even without a child. It is really sad that I have to blog about it right now that she already passed away; nonetheless, I am really proud of her and her loving husband - and so I dedicated this post to her. I have been a witness to their outstanding, if not perfect, love for each other - Tita Bebe and Mama (Uncle) Edgar. At the moment that we become aware of Tita Bebe's condition, she insisted to stay at o...

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Incendia Health . All opinions are 100% mine. During my girl’s McHappy Fun Run, I have been her official photographer using my Nikon D60 SLR. But, I failed taking nice shots because of my poor vision. She told me that she already saw me from afar and thought that I am already setting up my camera to take photos; just to know that I still haven’t saw her. And I just noticed her as she waved her hand on me. Oh my blurry eyes. So what’s my eyesight have to do with this post? My experience strongly suggests the benefits of having a better vision. And that is exactly what the “You Gotta See This” Video Contest is all about. In cooperation with Abbott Medical Optics Inc. (AMO), this iLASIK Video Contest aimed at promoting better vision by seeking people who could testify that a better vision could improve people’s lives. Interestingly, the prizes that are up for grabs are: Second Prize (one in each video category): The Flip UltraHD...

If you still remember my post I Bought a Samsung LCD Monitor P2250 , I stated there the reasons why I bought it right away. Foremost was the promo of Buy Now, Pay Next Year by BDO. And the second one is this: My Free Samsung E1080 Mobile Phone Yup! Their promo is for real. So for those of you who are still hesitant to buy and take advantage of the promo, here's a proof that it is for REAL!

I hardly remember the last time I set my foot on a zoo. Probably it was when I accompany my nephew and his family at Manila Zoo. I could barely recall. And last Saturday, I set my foot once more on a zoo, the Zoobic Safari at Subic, Zambales, together with my girl and her family. It was her sister-in-law’s birthday. And since it was a zoo where a lot of picture perfect subjects are available, I bring with me my Nikon D60 SLR. The trip to Subic had been a breeze since we take the SCTEx (Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway). The mere scenery along the expressway is already a good subject for my photo shoots. But since we’re moving, I cannot take a good shot. Upon arriving at Subic, we had our photo session along the shore of Subic Bay and outside the Gerry’s Grill where we had our lunch. I got a handful of quality shots there. By the way, there were two of us who bring along our SLR’s. And I believe these were the best of our pictures, he he. Zoobic Safari had an entrance fee of PhP...

I have been convinced by my girl to join her running escapades during the Adidas King of the Road Running Expo 2009 at Megatrade Hall B , specifically, because of the singlet. With that, I am not registered to the recently held New Balance Power Run Raising Hope. The said event is originally scheduled last September 27 (when I am still not open for running events). But since Typhoon Ondoy unexpectedly bring forth wrath in the country, it was postponed and was re-scheduled on November 29 (last Sunday). I really felt bad that I was not able to have myself registered for this event. But, even without a race bib, I run side-by-side with my girl - a so-called bandit running. I was not able to start my run in the starting line. I was there waiting for the gun start a few meters away from the line. And as my girl passes by, I joined her and we run the 5K stretch. Before crossing the finish line, I have to move apart. I just waited, once more, for my girl after she crossed the finish ...

I am a bit disappointed with my last race , for I almost finished last in the race. Nevertheless, it was still fulfilling for I was able to overcome all the obstacles along the way - even with just 5 minutes of sleep. I finished 273rd among the 300 runners of 5K Male category . On the lighter side, the Photo Vendo already released the pictures they had taken during the race. As always, they captured the plastic bag I am carrying loaded with bottles for our hydration, he he. Do I look good?

Yesterday is my girl 's birthday. She had her birthday leave and had spent all day at home, relaxing. To add some spice on her special day, I drop by their place for a dinner. I brought in a cake and a roasted chicken for us to share over the table. I can see from her eyes the happiness that I had instilled in her heart. And that moment already made me equally happy. While she was busy preparing the table for dinner, I brought out the jersey of Kerby Raymundo, my birthday present. As she opened up the jersey, she almost jumped for joy. In fact, she immediately wore it over her 2009 Timex singlet. She was very very grateful, that up to now, she is giving Thanks! for what I have done on her birthday. As for me, seeing her truly happy is the greatest appreciation I could ever have. I am glad that I painted a smile on her face before her special day ends. I just so love her!

My weekend had been a busy one. I had watched the Extraordinary Songs concert at Aliw Theater, CCP Complex, Pasay City and survived the obstacles of Men's Health Urbanathlon 2009 at McKinley Hill, Taguig City. Doing both entail me sacrificing one thing - sleeping . I have been awake for more than 24 hours. Nonetheless, the entertainment brought by Erik Santos, Sitti Navarro, and The Company; and the fulfillment after crossing the finish line after passing through 5 obstacles made THAT sacrifice worth it. I am really not familiar of Sitti's face. I just know about her beautiful renditions of classic songs, and her Bossa Nova songs. But now, I would definitely recognize her doll-like face in the future. My office buddies and Sitti Erik Santos is really a winner. And I love the way he sang Michael Jackson songs with a twist. Also the Nobody by Wonder Girls; which he had sung in different versions - versions as he see how his co-artists would sing it in a melodramatic tone....

How do you update your media files (games, music, videos, and movies) collection? Do you simply ask a copy from your friends? Or do you download them yourselves? Or do you spend some $ for your files? For the educated few who downloaded their files, they surely heard of torrents. It is a file sharing protocol that allows one to distribute large amounts of data. And surely, most of these download geeks has already downloaded empty or incomplete torrents. So as not to waste your time in downloading such, I recommend a powerful search engine in the site of Queen Torrent that provided a simple interface in your downloading needs, e.g. music torrents . It is an up-to-date torrent files base that won’t keep you empty handed.

In my most recent run, The 2009 Timex Run , the organizers had used advance technology - the RFID. In addition, they had photographers situated along the race route to capture candid pictures of runners, courtesy of Photo Vendo . And the result? Here's mine: I can't help but laugh seeing all those stuff that I carry along the way, LOL!

Duplicates: Twins I have a personal computer, a Dell laptop, and an iPod classic of 40GB. I also had several USB flash drives. With all these means of storing my files, I still experience the annoying notification of “low or insufficient disk space”. Well, my practice is to store the important files in all of these media, a sort of disaster recovery in my end. The not so important files that I rarely access got burnt using my DVD writer. But I make sure that I have written them in two DVDs, still, for safety purposes. But, with all the files that I wanted to store, plus the programs that I had installed in my PC; I still got insufficient hard disk space. To resolve such, I am forced to delete old files that I found meaningless. And sometimes, when I do data synchronization in those media, I found duplicate files. But, it’s not easy hitting the Delete key on my keyboard; for I might mistakenly assume that a file is already a duplicate. In this regard, using a duplicate file fin...

Last night, I got the chance to watch 2012 in the Big Screen courtesy of my girl's brother. Photo Credits: ScreenRush.co.uk I've seen the poster of this movie months ago, even during the Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince last July. So I guess this one's a much awaited movie. We watched it at SM North EDSA Cinema 7, free seating. I don't wanna be a spoiler for those who haven't seen the movie yet. I just wanted to share my opinion. Production-wise, effects-wise, the movie is brilliantly made. But story-wise, I believe it has its flaws and glitches. The movie already ended but it kept me hanging or rather disappointed on the outcome.