Category Archives: Visualizations

Warm Pool Waters

Posted on January 12, 2009 by greenbucks| 18 Comments

We were invited to go to a swimming picnic yesterday.

We dd not accept readily because my two younger kids had fever last week and they weren’t too keen to go.

Anyway, we still went since the people who invited us are close friends who are like family to us.

I chanced upon Tony (an in-law of this family who invited us and who we just met yesterday) was doing a sketch in a sketch pad he gave to the birthday girl who was the reason for the party.

He drew this:

Not as fancy like las vegas hotels but for a short weekend getaway with warm pool waters and a view of a mountain with cool breeze, this is one we would not forego.

How was your weekend?

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Reinventing Yourself

Posted on January 12, 2009 by greenbucks| 11 Comments

One of the things we look forward to every new year are changes that we set our sights at so that we can improve ourselves, we can do better than the years past and we can accomplish more.

The Weekly Question will focus on these improvements we want to take, according to how we have written about Looking Forward:

If you were to “reinvent yourself” what would you do?

My answer:

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Pula = Katapangan

Posted on January 8, 2009 by greenbucks| 29 Comments

The theme for this week’s Litratong Pinoy is RED.

Ang tema ngayong linggo para sa Litratong Pinoy ay PULA.

There are so many interpretations for the color red:  love, hatred, blood, bravery and prosperity. It may also symbolize energy, communism, heat and arrogance. Some even say that red is the color of the devil.

Maraming interpretasyon ang kulay pula: pag-ibig, galit, dugo, katapangan at simbolo ng yaman. Maaari din itong maging simbolo ng lakas, Komunismo, init at kahambugan. Sabi pa nga ng ilan, ang pula ay kulay ng demonyo.

For me, red for bravery is what we need right now. We need this not because we have to battle foreign oppressors like our ancestors but to battle the many hardships we are currently experiencing: financial crisis, lack of political trust and just about any daily struggles that should have been easy but tend to be otherwise.

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Exotic Cars

Posted on January 2, 2009 by greenbucks| 4 Comments

I will ask my 7 year old son to enumerate encode the different names of exotic cars that he knows and loves to watch on his favorite TV shows and YouTube channels about rides::

  • McLaren F1
  • Ferrari F60
  • Maserati MC12
  • Porsche 911 Turbo
  • BMW M6
  • Mercedes Benz SLR
  • Buggati Veyron
  • Lamborghini Reventon
  • Lotus Exige
  • Aston Martin DB9
  • Acura NSX

    • Thanks, Julian. He wanted to encode some more but I told him that these would do for now.

    Exotic cars are wonderful but are very expensive. Ferrari parts and services alone would probably mean a fortune for us who can only dream of having these cars.

    For now, we just contend ourselves with this:

    A Ferrari F50 1 : 18 Scale model 😉

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    Thoughts for 2008

    Posted on December 31, 2008 by greenbucks| 4 Comments

    2008 was a special year for me.

    The children had less sickness and we all learned a lot about each other as we spend more time at home due to gas price increase. Now that the prices are lower, we resume going back to our Sunday activities.

    There are so many things to be thankful for, be these negative or positive.

    I have just written a while ago,

    being grateful is a big thing, because when you are, you still see these things as blessing and life lessons to be learned

    Career-wise was still the same and if truth be told, I have had some painful moments to keep me company but I will not dwell on these moments.

    I am thinking of taking some risks since I feel I have been complacent for long.

    My online activities became better. I have created two more blogs including this one where I was able to write topics that may not interest others but I have written things that came from my heart.

    Virtual friends became good personal friends with a common goal: to help other mothers like us in the never-ending quest to become better at what we do.

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