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textWhat's going on? I haven't checked this site in more than a year. I'm not even sure how to use these embedded blog commands. Ah well.Here's a test.

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This is probably my fourth or fifth attempt at this blog. I've been writing and rewriting now for half an hour. It'll take me a few minutes to write a sentence or two, then I delete and start over. How do you post an entry that will do justice to the memory of a long-time friend. So I type and delete and type and delete.He was fun and funny. He was passionate and thoughtful. He was a fighter and

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Wow it's been a long time since I've posted. It's been busy, but thankfully good busy.TWO IS REALLY THREEOf course, my last post heralded the birth of Isaac's sister Malaya. She is now hitting eight months and is doing great! She can sit up now and is in the beginning stages of crawling. Her current movement of choice is rolling back and forth from tummy to tumm, inching ever so closely to what

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Malaya Alyssa Cruz Originally uploaded by ramblingsofamathmajor. Hey there, my name is Malaya Alyssa Cruz. I couldn't wait until my due date, so I came out last Friday at 11:29pm, weighing in at 5 lbs. It's been a bit hectic lately, but Daddy has a few pics for ya. Originally uploaded by ramblingsofamathmajor. Right now, you won't catch too often with my eyes open cuz...

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Tina started preterm labor early Tuesday morning. She woke me up at 2am saying that she was feeling contractions and that her water broke. We called my parents to come over to watch Isaac and we got ready to go to the hospital.At the hospital, Tina’s hopes of a false alarm were dashed as they confirmed that she was indeed contracting. They admitted her and gave her Terbutalyne to stop the

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I live 35 miles away, parking spot to parking spot, from work. When there's no traffic, my average trip takes 35 minutes, which gives an average of 60 mph. I suppose that makes sense given some of the lights I go through off of the freeway.In the mornings, I like to listen to KCBS 740. The all-talk radio keeps me up on traffice reports and main current events. In the afternoon, I listen to my

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I googled "Paragua" and got this...An island in the southwest Philippines renamed Palawan in 1905.cool trivia bit.After several seasons of Jota Manilena, we have recently reintroduced Jota Paragua into the repertoire. It's been awhile since we performed it; my last vivid memory of the dance was during our wedding, when a group from both Likha and KP danced for Tina and I. As Tina and I sat on the

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BRAZIL - WOW, WHAT AN EXPERIENCEon so many different levels. Here are a few of my thoughts...As a Performer FLASHBACK A few years ago, a group of us went to Malta to participate in an 11-day folk dance festival. Performing 9 of 11 days, with a few 2-gig days was TIRING! I remember coming off of that tour thinking...DAMN that was gruelling!PRESENT DAY Shiiiiit! Malta was nothing. Tiring is an hour

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Thanks for all the comments in my prior post. I wasn't fishing for any pats-on-the-back, and they are VERY appreciated. However, without turning this into an Oscar acceptance speech, I really am just one cog in this gear. It's not the individual that makes us sound good, but how we interact and feed off of each other. So kudos to my fellow musicians!!ISAAC...is a blast. When we left for Canada,

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I am not a professional musician. I don't have a performers license nor do I belong to a union. Playing music for Likha is more craft than trade since I don't expect any significant income from our gigs. But it's still a hobby to which I've welcomingly devoted many years.I still remember the first time I heard live music for the dances. It was in the early 90's, when a few musicians from

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This semester at CCC my load consisted of three arithmetic classes and two prealgebra classes. It's finally finals week this week, which means summer is just around the corner! whoohoo!My main challenge these past two semesters has been to maintain, if not hold on to, my focus on work. My personality is such that new and more exciting life events easily distract me from other responsibilities.

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Tina's parents returned to Canada on Monday night. Her mom stayed with us the past month, whereas her dad stayed with us for less than a week. Now, it's not uncommon to read or hear horror stories of in-laws visiting. I'm glad to say that I really enjoyed their visit with us.At first, you could tell Mom was a bit unsettled, trying to adjust to a different lifestyle here. In Canada, she's always

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I've relegated myself to lurker these past few months. Although sometimes I can say that I have been too busy to post, sometimes I just haven't been inspired to post.Our home improvement stuff has been inching forward. I only have a few cosmetic things to do with our master bathroom (caulking here and there). We've had the new carpet installed and (thanks dad) have all the upstairs baseboards cut

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The DIY (DO-IT-YOURSELF) project has slowed down. I've gotten all the tiles in and the mortar has cured for several days. All that remains for the floor is the grouting and the caulking. I headed out to Home Depot this morning to pick up another box or two for the grouting mix.After all that's done, we'll pick up a new toilet and install it. We're not looking for anything fancy, so no bidet's for

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Day 4 Finishing the subfloorThursday night, I took a few hours to mortar and tape together those backerboards I screwed into the plywood. In this phase, I mixed up some mortar in an old plastic garbage pail by slowly adding water to the mortar mix. You want to get a good consistency with the mortar, adding enough water or mix as necessary to get a toothpaste or sour cream thickness. Once you get

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Day 3My pops came over as I was laying out the backerboard onto the plywood. You want to lay out the backerboard perpendicular to the plywood, staggering them in a brick pattern, while making sure that the backerboard joints don't lie on top of the plywood joints. Cutting the boards to size wasn't too bad. Using a straight edge, you score it several times with your scoring tool, then bend the

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After a little encouragement from Tina, I recently picked up again on my "remodel the master bathroom" project. In this phase of the project, I'll be installing ceramic tile.DAY 1I started by ripping out the carpet, rolling it up and placing it aside. Under the carpet was a multicolored foam underlayment stapled to plywood. I carefully ripped that out too, rolled it up, and placed it aside. Next,

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I am 28% Metrosexual.I may own more than two pair of dress shoes, and maybe a designer suit, but I don’t mind going to the grocery store in sweats. And I may even go a day or two without a shower.Take theMetrosexual Test@ FualiDotComGot this from Manok blog. I'm happy with 28%.

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until the weekend. That means shades of blue will herald over us all week! woohoo :) This morning, one my students inquired about my weekend. After a bit of reflection, I smiled and responded, "Great. Really great, thank you." For indeed the weekend was great. It was a weekend of family and friends. Thursday night, we visited our friends Rich and Tracey, who gave birth to their second child,

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Life isn't "black or white". As much as I would like to narrow down opinions or decisions to two sides, I usually find that there's often a (or even many) gray areas in between the two sides. Yesterday, a former student came in pleading that I change her grade from an F to a D. She's taking the class over again this semester, but is afraid that her grade from last semester will affect her current

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Family and Home Tina, Isaac, and I spent the weekend mall hopping. We had a few gift cards that we wanted to use up and took advantage of the sunny weather to do so. We started off at Valley Fair and Santana Row on Friday. We had a Container Store gift card and walked the aisles to decide what to get. The Container Store is a bit over-priced, but if you're a gadget person, you'll enjoy all the

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It's a new year. I have't blogged since last month (or "last year" for you glass half empty folks.) The holidays have been good. My best gift was great quality time with Tina and Isaac. We spent about 2.5 weeks in Canada visiting Tina's family and friends. The next few days are gonna be busy as I try to take care of some home projects before work begins next week. On my to do list are: Finish

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large_sourav Originally uploaded by rondallanut. After scouring different furniture places, we finally settled on a dining set from Costplus World Market. I don't think the picture does it justice, but I think it's a cool table. It was a floor model with a bit of a scratch, but that got us an extra 25% off. Now all I have to do is pick it up cuz we drove the Civic. Something to

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refreshed and relaxed. Tina was still sleeping and Isaac was stirring. After a good night's sleep, he often stirs himself awake and into a good, playful mood. It's not too uncommon to be woken up by coos and lip "razzing". So, this morning I took advantage of his mood to make silent, funny faces, hoping to elicit a smile or shriek. I got the smiles, but no shrieks. I guess he didn't want to wake

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I've hit a blogging plateau. Most, if not all of my entries are about my family, my work, or Likha. I haven't updated consistently, cuz sometimes my blogs feel repetitious. I know it's my space, so I can write what I want. But today, to switch it up, I want to talk about a new toy that I bought. Ladies and gentlemen, let me introduce to you, this. It's a knockoff of the Little Giant. Maybe

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The countdown has begun: two more weeks of lecture and then one week for finals. Then it's about 3 weeks of vacation *big big grin** Running has come to a grind since Tina and Isaac got sick last week. I hope to pick it back up soon. Working on the house has been fun. This past weekend, Tina and I patched, prepped, and primed the master bedroom. We'll start painting this week. I took advantage

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Poor, little guy is wailing and wailing right now. From someone, somewhere this weekend, he must have caught a bug. He's got a runny nose and is fairly tempermental right now. This is the third time that he's been sick. Is that too much for a 4 monther?? I know that kids get sick because they don't have a well-developed immune system, but are we exposing him to too much?? This past weekend was my

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The BOB Originally uploaded by rondallanut. Here's Isaac in the BOB jogging stroller. We really like the stroller. It doesn't weigh much, there's a parking brake, a 5 pt harness, and even shock absorbers. You can also get an all-weather attachment for rainy days. We're gonna need that soon, but luckily not yet! Tina and I are working on an interval running program that builds us up to

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if you've read tina's blog then you've read that we just purchased my parents' house from them. this transaction has been in the works for several months and is now in it's final stages. my parents moved out of the house a few days ago, almost all of the their furniture, rugs, decorations, and kitchenware. Aside from their gamit in the master bedroom, the house has been skeletonized. It's

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As has been posted on several of my favorite blogs, there's been a wave of blog-slacking going around. I'm guilty of this too, preferring the role of lurker than author. I don't have my own links, but prefer to use links on other people's blogs. My main conduit is my wife's blog. Her links are fairly comprehensive, covering peeps from over here and over there. I have a few other blogs I like to

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Monday morning, I was walking from one class to another when I first felt it. Deep in my nasal passages, where they connect with the back of my throat, a tiny little itch caught my attention. It wasn't a blatant itch, that says "Haha sucker...got ya!" No, it was a minute little tug, almost like a small piece of rice tried to escape my stomach via my nose, only to get lodged along the way. "

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On Saturday night, Tina and I asked my sister and her husband Mikey to watch Isaac. Tina and I wanted to go celebrate Tin Nepacena's 25th BDay at Loft 11, a club in the SOMA district of San Francisco. It was nice to get out and hang out with friends outside of our normal Likha social gatherings (after practice dinners, rehearsals at the chateau, after gig dinners, etc). Plus, it was nice for

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The moment has passed. That's what I get for postponing the rest of that blog. New events have commandeered my ever shortening attention span. So, here's the Reader's Digest version of working on the farm. My water heater broke. I thought I could fix it in one work day. But, after buying one of a different size, having to demolish the old built in pedestal, cracking one of the flexible copper

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On Tuesday night, I went through our garage to throw out the kitchen trash. Near the side door to the backyard, I noticed a small puddle of water on the garage floor. I followed the puddle's path as it climbed up some drywall to a ledge supporting our water heater. On the ledge was a larger puddle, centered around one of the legs on our water heater. There you could see a little trickle snaking

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I've mentioned before how I like to look at life with a "the glass is half-full" mentality. This is fine when it comes to me in my own little world, but I've had to learn how to apply it to my day-to-day relationships. I mean, what happens when you come across somebody who is just not feeling your "glass is half-full" attitude? I wouldn't want that dark cloud to affect me, yet I don't want to

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It's been good to have Mommy and Isaac home. Isaac has grown since he left! He had his 2nd month boosters last Thursday and our pediatrician said that he was 14lbs 6 oz. For weight, Isaac is at the 50th percentile. For length, he was also at the 50th percentile. The doc said that for his weight/length/age, Isaac migth grow up to be about 5'10". Whoa! If this is true, then Mommy and Daddy are

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Wow, two more sleeps. Two more sleeps until Tina and Isaac return home from their trip up North. They left September 12 and the arrival of Wednesday will make their journey a total of 17 days. In the span of our lives, this is but a fleeting moment. Next year this time, I won't even remember much of what I did while they were away. Two years from now, I might not even remember what days or even

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Drama. It has reared it's head at Contra Costa College, once again. T.C. T.C. was in one of my Prealgebra (4th grade) classes two semesters ago. He dropped out due to health reasons. Last semester I saw him at Del Norte BART, limping around on a casted foot. He had just gotten discharged from the hospital, which was good. But, they had to amputate a few of his toes, and that was bad. This

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I now know how to keep my head up!

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I can't help but come back to look at my previous post whenever I get back to my desk here at work. Today I've also caught myself waiting for my screensaver to kick in waiting for it to display all my pics of Tina and I. It's now been a little over 24 hours, and I have 2 weeks 2days to go until Tina and Isaac return home to the US. They're visiting Tina's family and friends in Vancouver. Yeah,

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Here's a recent pic of me. Thanks for the cool fits, Tita Cristina. BTW, Daddy wants to know if you can get him a set too.

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It's 3 in the morning, and the little one has finally dozed off. He slept for most of the day and woke up just after midnight raring to go! Isaac's been vocalizing much more now, tonight singing off a lovely string of "oh-kus", "oh-guhs", and "ayyyyahs". Then he got fussy. If Tina tried to put him down, he wailed. If she tried to feed him, he wailed. It seemed he just wanted to be held...upright

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As a full time musician for Likha (percussion and string), I get to be on stage the whole time. That's a good thing :) As a full time musician for Likha (percussion and string), I get to be on stage the whole time. That's a tiring thing. As a full time musician for Likha (percussion and string), I usually get to go to touring gigs. That's a good thing. As a full time musician for Likha (

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it was a tough weekend of three full run throughs. two of 'em were dress rehearsals. it's been awhile and my endurance level isn't what it used to be. on top of that, now that we bring isaac to rehearsals, i have part of my mind wondering if he's ok out there with either Tita Bel or Jill. i don't have to worry about tina cuz she's a pro at this full run through stuff anyway :)

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TopofheadView Originally uploaded by rondallanut. Just testing some new features for Mac bloggers...

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This past Sunday I had to perform for Likha while Isaac, Tina, and her family spent the day at Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. As they returned, I went downstairs to greet 'em. At the base of the stairs, I see Tina's dad bringing Isaac down the hallway on my right. On my left, I see Tina coming in through the front door. At that moment I was torn...who do I greet first??? So my initial reaction was

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Most of the time, I see my glass as being half-full (unless it's a glass of scotch...then it always seems half empty). If the sun is out, you'll probably find me donning a pair of shorts, Islander tsinelas, a button-up, short sleeve shirt, and a cowboy hat. If it's cloudy or raining, you'll probaby find me donning a pair of shorts, Islander tsinelas, a button up, short sleeve shirt, and a cowboy

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she just has to "simmer" down. Today she did us a great favor by baby-sitting Isaac while Tina and I went to Likha practice. We brought him to practice the previous two Sundays, but he's recovering from being sick and we thought it best to leave him behind this time (that's another post in itself :) ) Anyway, trying to be helpful, momz dusted our room for us...unbeknownst to her that some little

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Isaac is now 19 days old. We haven't weighed him in a week or so, but I'm sure he's pushing 7.5+ lbs right now. Tuesday night was probably our roughest night so far with him. He would fall asleep while nursing, but wake up wimpering and crying once we put him down in his crib. So, we finally succumbed and let him sleep in the bed with us. And it worked for the most part. He did get up again

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Our whole life has been rearranged to care for Isaac. We now get our errands done in two hour blocks, making sure that we don't interrupt his feeding schedule. This includes our daily errand of sleeping. In the past two weeks, his facial features have developed such that Isaac looks more like mom. He is now able to grasp at fingers and hair, using his opposable thumgs. He can also hold his head

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Isaac is the first grandchild in the family. He is also the first great-grandchild in the family. Of course, it's a big, big deal, and everybody is extremely excited. But the newest little member also heralds in a shift in the family dynamics. My parents were the family pioneers, being the first on both sides to settle here in the US. They started from scratch and without an extended family to

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After 6 days at the hospital, Family Cruz is now at home! We are still settling in, so this will be short. Thanks to all those who've been sending well wishes and congrats. Allow me to introduce Isaac Bayani Cruz!

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In 1986, my junior year of high school, an english teacher had us read Samuel Beckett's play, Waiting for Godot. I don't remember particulars such as character names or quotes, but I still remember the gist of the play: waiting sucks, but it's part of life. We ride the roller coaster of almost parenthood. Last Thursday, Tina's OB/GYN said that she was beginning to dilate more and was at about

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I've been working on a blog entry for the past week, but can't yet get it off the ground. I've gone through several attempts at a beginning, but haven't been satisfied with them. It's not an issue with perfection, but maybe an issue of overwhelmingness. I think now I have an idea on how to say it, but we'll see. I'm gonna have to just keep it in draft form for now. So, on to other things... The

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Since Tina's moved down and our time together has increased almost 7 fold, my vocabulary has expanded to include some of Tina's sayings. For example, when things are going unexpected or something happens that deserves an exclamation, you will now hear me say something like "Holy Moly! What's going on?" (of course intonated as a third grade teacher might do so). Now if you've known me for awhile

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This weekend, Likha will be performing in the opening weekend of the Ethnic Dance Festival in San Francisco. Since my last missive about losing my musical chops, I've been doing several things to help me get back in the groove. First and foremost is forefronting it all. With all the responsibilities that comes onto our plates (work, family, school, etc), sometimes some responsibilities need to

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practice, practice, practice. It's an old one-liner that bounced around in my head all the way home from a gig yesterday. Last night, we were invited to play live rondalla music on Ritmos De Las Americas, a radio show hosted on KPFA by Rosi Reyes. We started practicing for this gig two weeks ago, meeting twice as a group plus everyones own individual rehearsing. Our playlist included traditional

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i played texas hold' em poker last night. didn't lose my shirt, but still lost. my game was off, and i made many poor choices. basically i played crappy. it's a cool game though...and there's something about playing with strangers that makes the game oh so different! it reminded me of the times when i used to play in the poker room in reno hotels like circus circus or harrah's. i wasn't even 21

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My summer off from work is fast approaching. This break is going to give me an opportunity to knock off or maintain some items from my neverending mental ToDo list. Family: •Continue to pamper and support the wife (D-day is approaching) •Paint our baby's furniture chest white (touching up an old hand-me down) •Start reading up on child-rearing (birth process is only one day in a lifelong

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the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. For some of my friends, driving by Church automatically kicks in their Sign of the Cross reflex. My relatives (including myself on occasion) will motion the Sign of the Cross once they get in a car and are about to go for a drive. When I've gestured the Sign of the Cross outside of going into Church or during Mass, I was searching for a blessing such as "

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T-minus two weeks and counting. Next week is the last week before finals. Then it's finals week. Then it's the beginning of summer vacation. 8) Life's been pretty busy this past week. Early last week, Tina and I spent a few hours at Babies-R-Us and Target looking for baby stuff. I've been in baby stores before to shop for little baby gifts, but I usually go straight to the education section,

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Last Friday, the Canadian Silver Bullet began an adventure that would take him from the depths of North Fremont to the sea-smelling port of Oakland and back. Along the way, Silver Bullet did battle with foes like DMV Bureau-Kratika, Duty-Man from US Customs, and Smog-Checker of San Leandro. Despite the obstacles, Silver Bullet constantly arose the victor! Vanquishing Bureau-Kratika, Duty-Man,

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whoa...tina and I attended a birth education class last night. it was the first of seven, every monday night from 7-9:30 pm. at first, tina and i thought, "why are the classes so long? what do they cover that we need to meet for so long?" Well, a lot really. Yesterday we talked about signs of labor, positive changes in the body, negative changes in the body, relaxation and breathing techniques,

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Ay-sus-ma-ri-osep! Ang init-init dito! Parang nakabalot ako sa poyl at nakahiga ako sa BBQ-han. Sabi nga ng lolo ko nung isang araw, "Eh eh! Ano ba i'yan! Ang init. Parang na sa Pilipinas tayo. BUWISIT!" Nag-i-intay ako dito sa trabaho dahil susunduhin pa ako ni Tina. Sumama si Tina kaninang umaga dahil nagtulong siya magbantay yung anak ng kaibigan niya. Buti nga, maaga dumating ang ina. Kung

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long, winding road climbs: silver streak through snow dust peaks hail. sun. home at last. trip down went really well. our second leg took 12 hours instead of 10, but i think we should have crossed over to highway 101 from I-5. this way we would have avoided going through the shasta mountains and maybe shaved off some time. i

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tomorrow we begin our road trip from north vancouver, british columbia to fremont, CA. we plan to leave in the morning, as our first leg will take us about 6 hours. aside from taking much needed breaks so that tina can stretch her legs, we'll be bedding down tomorrow night at ninang alba's place in beaverton, oregon. on saturday morning, we will commence our second and longer leg, travelling

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Tina and I have had a good time in Canada. When not running errands related to our upcoming drive down, we've enjoyed the opportunity to hang out with family and friends! As I mentioned in a previous post, we spent most of last weekend with Tina's brother's and family. Last night we hung out with some of her high school friends, catching up, sharing pictures, and planning for upcoming trips.

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What a welcome...sunny bay area weather in the beautiful northwest. Temperatures in Seattle this past weekend hit the mid-70's and we're probably enjoying low 70's in North Vancouver tonight. An added bonus that we don't get back home is the longer daylight. Being farther up north, the sun sets at a later time. So, it's 6:40pm right now and it's still bright bright bright. I've always had an

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In a few days, I embark on a much bally-hooed Rite of Spring where young collegiates oft revel in liquid-depressant-induced stupors: Spring Break. Years prior would find me longing, counting the days to this blessed event! But alas, I no longer heed that siren's song which lulls young men to sun-bleached sands and smoke-filled bars. The song is still there, but only faint and ignored. No, this

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Today, I gave a lecture on how to solve equations using the Addition/Subtraction Principles of Equality (DEF: You may add (or subtract) the same value from both sides of the equation without changing the solutions to the equation.) I wanted to go over more material, but they already seemed uneasy about today's stuff... I started out with 47 people. Now I have about 32. That's about a 68%

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(drum roll) flew up to canada yesterday...and boy are my arms tired! (ba-DUM-bump) it's been raining non-stop in vancouver. temperature is in the low 40's. today tina, mom, and i went down to metro-town(a shopping mall). little baby has really been growing these past few weeks (tina's belly button has gone from an innie to an outtie!) and none of tina's dresses fit her now. so, she wanted to

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YEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL ;8[

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I found out today that my sister and her husband might be moving out to Mountain House. It's about 45-60 minutes east of Fremont in the San Joaquin Valley. They were trying to convince us to move out there too. I dunno though, in Northern California parlance....that's HELLA far. It would probably mean a 1.5 hour commute each day, one way. Three hours a day on the road seems like a waste of time

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I've been remiss in my blog updates. I used to be pretty good at writing journal entries. In the past few years though, I haven't been able to keep up with it as much. I've been trying to log my thoughts and life for awhile though. I first started keeping a journal in 1988. I probably have at least 8 journal books by now. In about 45 minutes, I'm gonna drop what I'm doing and read to the baby.

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Wow...we were on the water for 9 hours, but only caught two fish between the three of us. My share of the catch was zilch...blank...nohting...but like I said, it's ok to not to catch fish (only every once is awhile.) For me, the enjoyment was hanging out with good friends and enjoying the spring/summer like weather . It was good to be on the water?

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Some people have that one activity that they really, really enjoy...almost to the point of fanaticism. They can put countless hours into it, and yet when the day is done, it seems as though only seconds have passed. Maybe it's something like working on or racing a car, playing a sport like basketball or golf, or painting a picture. You put time into it, you put money into it, and though you might

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It's 3:23pm and 2º short of 80º (or using the formula Cº = (5/9)*(Fº – 32), about 26ºC...heh heh...cmon...I'm a Math teacher). It seems hotter than yesterday, so I bet some temperature records have dropped today too. If this were any other day, I would already be home from work, enjoying a cool adult beverage or a scoop of creamed ice. But alas, tears tears to me, I'm here at work today until 5pm

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Over the holidays, Tina and I spent about a month straight together: part of it in Vancouver and part of it here in the Bay Area. Last summer we spent almost 3 weeks together in Hawaii. So in a sense, we've already sampled out cohabitation, and it's been very very cool. Yet that time together still doesn't compare to life now. Maybe it's because back then we were in vacation mode. Or maybe

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this weekend was BUSY! on friday tina and I played tour guide, showing my recently arrived cousin from the PI the sights and sounds of San Francisco. It turned out to be a gorgeous day! In the morning, we started with a clear view of the City from the top of Twin Peaks and then headed out to Golden Gate Bridge. The skies were blue, dotted only with a few streaking clouds. We then drove down

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Call me square, but I like learning code. Sure it's like learning a new language, which in itself is cool. But learning computer code is more; it's like learning how to paint or draw or sculpt. When you learn new commands or syntax or procedures you can use them to create new things...like a comment section. Yeah, it's a basic and almost trivial little add-on, but I live for these small joys in

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I teach classes only from M-Th. That's just how my schedule works out. So today is like my Friday. It sounds like a cush job, and in someways it is. But this week, I'm glad it's "Friday." My course load consists primarily of basic skills courses. This means I'm teaching arithmetic and pre-algebra courses to adults attending my community college. My students have been as young as 12 to as old as

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Today Tina and I went to Likha practice. We haven't had practice consistently in a while, so my fingers have lost their calluses. Today we played Pandanggo Oasioas 3x, Chotis 3x, Paragua 5x, Abaruray 5x and Subli 5x. My fingers were cramping towards the end of practice. It was a pretty good practice. Tina went to practice today too, but she wanted to get a feel for it first before participating.

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Tina's arrival here has been all that I could ask for and more. From the mundane to the special occasions, I've been enjoying every moment with her. On Friday, we went to see the movie "The Passion of Christ" with friends Myra and Derrick. Later that evening, my family threw Tina a "Welcome Home" party. My immediate extended family (first cousins and uncles and aunts and lola and lolo) all came

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My wife just moved down here from Vancouver, BC Canada. As a parting gift, her friend set-up a blog site for Tina (my wife) to detail her new adventures in a new city, a new country, and a new family. I thought "hey, that's kindof cool...i like to ramble...i want one too." So thus begins my new blog...welcome to my life...

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