Adidas and Puma's relationship.

Turns out, Adidas and Puma, two world famous brands of shoes, actually spawned from two brothers' feud! Who knew?

For more details, check out article.

Family Baguio Trip 2008

My family went to Baguio this long weekend to enjoy the weather there. It was an impromptu outing because we only decided on it last weekend. I tried booking us a nice room for five at some nice hotels there, but I couldn't get one since most of them were booked already, but good thing my mom had this friend who owned an apartelle type house in the Green Valley area. It's situated in Marcos Highway, so it's a little far from Baguio proper itself. But its area is very nice. It's located on a nice mountain top view which gives you pretty much a great view of Baguio (or maybe a view of how urbanized Baguio is already).



My family hasn't been there for years so we decided to check out the sites and all. The only new thing I was able to do there was visit Bell Church and the Strawberry Fields. Bell church brings back a lot of memories from our childhood days. My mom still remembered that we had pictures taken there around 20 years ago! As for Strawberry fields, there were no strawberry picking when we went there. But we were able to buy loads of fruits, fresh vegetables, and of course, freshly picked strawberries.

I just have to mention this: On our way to La Trinidad, this is what the scenery looked like:


Too many houses... that just doesn't look nice.

Other than that, another very very memorable experience was going out to dinner with Chase's parents, just me with the two of them. I have no idea how I got through the night, but dinner actually went very well. I wasn't expecting to have dinner with them, but when I delivered some brownies to them, they invited me to have dinner with them that same night. I couldn't say no of course. So, night came, they picked me up at the house, drove all the way to country club, chatted the night away, and by the end of the night, they even bought me tons of pastries. Ako na nahiya sa dami nang binili ng mom niya.


This was taken, where else... at SM Baguio.

All in all, the trip was real nice. There isn't much to see at Baguio, however, what you'll enjoy there is really the weather. During the day, it may not be as cool, but at night, the weather's really nice. I'm hoping to drop by Baguio again, hopefully, soon.

Interesting Article

Here's an interesting article from Cracked.com aptly titled:
5 Famous Inventors (Who Stole Their Big Idea). It's a very nice read.

No cleaning yet

I've been planning to do some cleaning around here during the long vacation... but it's Saturday already, and I haven't done one single bit of cleaning. Too lazy.

Spiral Time!

Chase and I have been planning to try out Sofitel's Spiral buffet. They say it has more food choices compared to Shangrila's Heat and Circles. And so given the opportunity earlier, we decided to head out there and eat our stomachs to the fullest.

As expected, there were indeed a lot of food choices there. I wasn't able to try out all though. But I'd have to say, there wasn't really much food that I tried that really got me wanting to come back for more and more and more. The best I ate was probably the pizza there, which I loved and got back to get some more. Moreso, the place and ambiance is wonderful. Nice place to go on meetings, or dates. :)

All in all though, it's still a very good place to eat. I'd go back there anytime (if someone would treat me, that is).

Some royce chocolates

I got my family and Chase some Royce chocolates from Singapore. Actually, I wasn't the one who bought it from Singapore, Vicky did, when she went there last week. Converted to Philippine peso it's around 360 pesos a box! That expensive! But it's definitely worth it. It literally melts in your mouth.

Playing Diablo

I've been hooked at playing diablo again the past weeks. I always used Amazon just because #1 she is a girl, #2 she looks best among the girl characters. Anyway, for a change, I decided to pick the Paladin character. This is the first time I've tried playing Paladin and the build I chose to do is the Hammerdin build. I'm currently at level 37 and thanks to Chase, I already have some really cool items at hand. Check out the screen shot I have below:



Look at that item! +1 to Paladin skills! Makes my blessed hammer even stronger!