Pacman-Golden Boy Party @ Home

Had 25 friends watch the marvelous Pacman beating of Oscar Dela Hoya.

Free RedBox DVD Rentals @ Walmar tEvery Sunday

RedBox Users:Enter these codes on the following dates and you get free rentals. Feedback me if the codes don't work.

• Week 1 – 11moms4uS (good Sunday 12/7 only)
• Week 2 – 11moms4uA (good Sunday 12/14 only)
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• Week 4 – 11moms4uT (good Sunday 12/28 only)
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Volvo S80 2008

As mentioned on my earlier blog, some pinhead smashed my sweet and loaded Pacifica 05. So, we shopped for a replacement and we had this shortlist:

2008 MB C350 (starts at $36k)
2008 M35 Infiniti (starts at $35k)



2008 Volvo S80 (starts at $42k)



2008 BMW 535i (starts at $45k)


So why S80?

• Safety Period. My family is safer in Volvo cars. We have a XC90 and we're very satisfied with it
• No frills, No gimmicks. Simple and sophisticated.
• Interior is awesome. Wood panels are real wood. Minimalist design.
• Bigger than any of the cars mentioned above. C350 is for couples without kids. M35 is roomy but cramped. 535i is roomy too.
• Quite inside, smooth lines. The rear is captivating!
• BLIS - Blindspot Information System. Useful especially when changing lanes.
• Volvo reliability.

Here is a nice review:

http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=4101101&postid=52708152

I'm back again!

t's been 3 months since my last post. I will try to put in more stuff from now on. So, what's up with me?

• Wrecked my Pacifica 05 - actually, a driver from Bedord on his cellphone travelling at 70mph smashed my rear. The impact was quite strong but the Pacifica's shell and reinforced body was strong enough to sustain an incredibly small damage. The insurer decided to pay me instead of fixing it. I bought a Volvo 2008 S80. This car is huge, gracious, classy and quite. I will post my personal review on this soon.
• Job is pretty good even though the US economy is faltering. The company is continuously hiring.
• We had a guest from Manila for 3 days. He's the CIO of a bank and he spent 3 chilly days in Dallas. We went to the 6th Floor Museum, Shopping and ate so much food!
• Kids were accepted to the LAC (Lakeside Aquatic Center) Team back in November. This is one of the premier swim team in the DFW area. They absolutely love it. I'll post pictures later.
• Spent Thanksgiving at Tito Francis' House and Debbie's House. Pictures will be posted later
• Invited 30 of my friends to a Manny Pacquiao - Oscar Dela Hoya Watching Party at home. Manny destroyed Oscar in 8 round TKO! Wow!!! Pictures later.
• Bought some cool stuff - PS3, xBox360 for Ia, Insignia 50 Plasma (and installed it on our Game Room's wall), Sennheiser HD555, cool PS3 controllers, Acer Aspire One, Nikon P60 and other cool gadgets

I promise again to post more frequently :)

Gymnastics Superstars @ AA in Dallas

Kids saw Olympic champs nastia liukin and Shawn Johnson

Biggest rose we have

About 4inches by 4

Kidos

Just done with swimming and off to gymnastics. Enjoying their burgers!

Ia rock climbing!

Finally sinigang Na tilapia

Plus fried tilapia (not shown)

Masterpiece #2

Classic adobo with special ingredients.

Masterpiece #1 for today

Shrimp with garlic, butter and secret concoction!

Pictures from Cowboys vs Vikings

Just awesome experience!

http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=5a38hhr.3cbd0017&x=0&y=ee31c6&localeid=en_US

At the cowboys field vs the Vikings!

Awesome!

Braces

Ia with her new braces. My lovely girl is getting bigger each day! I hope she stays 11 forever.

Fire alarm set off at DC16

As usual, while this hacker was presenting, some hackers set off the fire alarm at Riviera. About 15 came out running to the exit while 300 stayed and ignored it.

Pinoys in defcon

Met about 12 Filipino IT experts in the con. Here with cris elisan from f-secure AV based in san Francisco. Cris was from trend micro Philippines prior to his current stint.

Pinoys in defcon

Met about 12 Filipino IT experts in the con. Here with cris elisan from f-secure AV based in san Francisco. Cris was from trend micro Philippines prior to his current stint.

Glamorous vegas in the morning

Checked out at Bellagio and heading to defcon16 day2.

DefCon 16 talks

exploits, poc and hacks at defcon hacker conference. Actually, enjoying this one more than blackhat and defcon14. Fyodor, DJ rev moon and old and new hats gather at Riviera in vegas!

Crazy times at defcon 16 at vegas

Hackers, security guys and feds converge at DefCon16

Here with jeremiah grossman's wife Lana

Jeremiah was so busy being interviewed by the mob. Lana loves filipino food!

Back in vegas for blackhat

Arian Evans of whitehat security talking about web app security canonicalization and encofing attacks.

Dinner at Pinoy Pinay 7/24

We had daing na bangus, lechon kawali, rice/corn with gata and melon drinks. Yummy!

Pics from Vegas 7/24 and 7/23

They won these toys!














Happy Skye
















Ia on the firing range

@ ChowKing with Friends

Ia in one of the scary rides

@ Adventuredome having fun

@ Jollibee

Dinner @ Jollibee 7/23

Hoover Dam 7/23

i won!

Kids at sponge Bob 4d ride

Update from vegas

Pictures from the last 2 days will be posted later. Wifi sucks in here in the hotel we're staying.

Drive from phoenix to vegas was exceptionally stunning. We avoided the freeways and took smaller highways in order to see and feel the heart and soul of the southwest. We saw miles and miles of rock mountains, deserts, Joshua trees, and pure nature. We had a great time at the massive hoover dam. Pictures will be posted later.

We finally arrived in vegas after almost 300 miles and 6 hours. We had dinner at a popular filipino chain restaurant (jollibee) and some shopping at best buy for a new GPS ;)

We will spend the day at the adventuredom then lunch at chowking!

More later

Fil-Am Friends

Some old friends from all over the states gathering in Arizona, Phoenix!

Hi EVERYONE!

Just relaxing at the hotel and headed for another dip in the pool. Hi EVERYONE!

Shopping around phoenix

Currently around 108 right now. It's dry so it's ok. Phoenix is nice and much like north Dallas in many ways. Palm trees and vegetation are so uniquely phoenix.

Pre-reunion party tonight with some Fil-am friends.

Kids with me in one of the malls here.

Pictures Day 1 and 2

Busy at iHop in El Paso















@ hotel pool today














@ Cracker Barrel in Abilene, TX

Fw: At last phoenix!

Had the most challenging drive in my lifetime so far! We left DFW around 11am yesterday July 20. After just 200 miles, we stopped by abilene to have lunch at cracker barrel for good old American cuisine. Then another fuel pump in odessa Texas. On the way to phoenix, we had a very scenic drive across Texas. Saw hundreds of huge windmills and amazing rock hills and mountains. Then dinner at ihop in el paso. El paso is so nice at night! We never had a chance to get around because I had to take the hardest stretch of my drive. 6 more hours thru the night in dust storms and swarm of insects. It was so difficult to drive for 18hours! The last 100 miles was the most difficult.

After 18 hours, 3 hefty meals, $160 gas, and my butt so sore, we finally arrived in our hotel around 3am mountain time. The hotel night manager was kind enough to reward us a suite for the price of a regular room!

4 hours of sleep and 2 hour time difference is not good. Will eat and update this mobile Blog later.

Sorry for the typos. BB pearl's keyboard is so cramped!

Nikon P80: Perfect Cam for the Road Trip

10MegaPixels, 18x Optical Zoom, wide-angle and compact camera. Unfortunately, some of the pics I'll be posting directly to this blog will be coming from my Pearl 2MegaPixel Cameraphone :( I know it's mediocre but it's the fastest way to blog via my mobile phone.

frankie

Our roadtrip to phoenix and las vegas!

Excited to embark on our first family road trip!

frankie