We held our 2nd Annual Jose Rizal Day Party on December 30, 2007, on the 111th year of his martyrdom. His wife, upon his death, took up arms against the Spanish oppressors, which is to me, his/her greatest contribution to his merit of heroism, despite the many, many others of merit.
Jose Rizal Day Celebration/Commemoration [...]
It was a Filipino extended family Christmas Eve and we spent it at the house eating lots of Filipino dishes and singing lots of videoke tunes.
I performed Santa Clause is Coming to Town. See the 158kbps video here, and the 55kbps video here.
Marissa did the Butsikik song a5 158kbps here, and there’s a [...]
My nephew, Anfernee, and his 2nd cousin “Gogo” both attend Pink Tower Learning Center in Nazareth, Cagayan de Oro. It seems to be a great school and Anfernee has really blossomed under their tutelage. On Thursday they put on their annual Christmas play at SM Mall and yours truly was on site to [...]
Debutante Charmaine (”Cheny” or “Maine”) Pallugna, the niece of my attorney and friend, Joe Pallugna, had her coming-of-age party this past Sunday and I and my wife were invited.
I have been to six or seven weddings in The Philippines now, and to a three funerals, but this was only the 2nd Debut party I have [...]
Al-Jedidiah Aquino married his long time girlfriend, Ann, this past September 9, 2007, and I was proud to attend. The wedding was in Davao it it was the first time I ever when there, so the trip itself was a lot of interest. I wrote about the drive to Davao in a Kia [...]
On September 18, 2007, I accompanied Marissa to the OB-GYN and we had a 2nd ultrasound of the baby.
Note the erect penis of the 5 month gestational boy. They say he is at 23 weeks on the 40-week pregnancy calender, but that is calculated from the last menstruation, not from time of conception, so [...]
After celebrating our wedding anniversary at Lauremar Beach Resort, during the day, and after the hit-and-run driving encounter we finally made it to Zax Retro Resto Bar where a friend of mine from the Rotary Club of Cagayan de Oro, Michael Auxillio, had offered to play his violin for Marissa and I.
Marissa told me later [...]
It has been one year, one glorious year since Marissa and I wed. I could not have chosen a better bride, a better wife, a better mother of my yet unborn child(ren).
Being “in love” is something that scientists have shown lasts for at most two to three years. Being “in love” is [...]
While in Jimenez last weekend Marissa informed me that when it was very hot and stagnant all you had to do was call the wind and a breeze would come. You just had to know how to do it.
Click on the above image to see Issa demonstrate how to “call the wind”.
Here’s how it [...]