I own a Ferrari!

I am the proud owner of a new Ferrari!!



A Lego Ferrari that is...



Back in Manila, I have been contemplating about buying this huge and expensive Lego Ferrari. It's 1:9 ratio and it's pretty big, and pretty expensive too. It costs around 10,000 pesos. I put it off initially thinking that I may want to wait some more weeks and see if I really like it, then I will buy it. Weeks later, I really still do want it but 10,000 pesos just seems so much.

And then as I arrived here in Canada, I was checking out the lego canada website and found that it's way cheaper to buy it here compared to the Philippines. Almost twice the price in Manila. Unfortunately, the one in the website was sold out!

So I asked my aunt to go to some mall, and see what Lego stuff they're selling. We went to Lougheed Mall, but didn't find any at all. Good thing is, a Toys 'R' Us store was just a few km away and so off we went. That store had a lot of Lego! But most importantly, they had the Ferrari Lego. I never though twice. I just got it, paid for it, and now it's finally mine!!

Now the problem is, I could build it here, disassemble when I go back to Manila. But, the pieces are segregated to different numbered packs, so that building it would be easier. If I build it, and then disassemble later, we might have a hard time figuring out which pieces go where since it's now gonna be this one big pile of lego pieces to work on.

For now though, it's here. I don't think I can wait 4 months before I build this car. Low EQ? :)

Queen E. Photo shortlisted!

I don't usually check my flickr account, except if I want to post some pictures here in my blog. So when I logged in a couple of days ago, I just noticed that I had one message in my inbox. Turns out, I had en email from the managing editor of Schmap. She was telling me that one of the photos I took of Vancouver (specifically Queen Elizabeth Park) was shortlisted to be part of the final selection phase, which, if picked, will be part of their 5th edition Schmap Vancouver guide.

Unfortunately, that note was sent out last January, and they wanted me to reply for approval of my picture to be added to their list by January 13. I was 5 months late reading the message! But anyway, I still submitted the picture, as it is still possible that it can be part of a later edition.

But still, I can't help but be happy as I only used the regular digital cameras to take this picture:



But really, Queen Elizabeth park is very beautiful. I have to go back there some time soon. :)

first post since being back in Canada

This is my first post since I got here in Canada. Haven't really been doing much except go to work and then go home. I also don't have my closest friends here, as opposed to my stay here last year when I had this constant company I was always with. But I guess it's good as well, as I'm getting to know the other people more.

And so last Saturday, I joined some officemates to go watch "Angels and Demons". It was a nice movie. I liked it but I would've wanted to have read the book first, before watching it again. I read the book around 5 years ago? So I don't recall much already.

Then after the movie, I joined some of my friends to go shopping downtown. Ang tindi ng mga kasama ko ah, grabe mag shopping! We stayed in one department store called Winners for about 1.5 to 2 hours! I didn't even buy one single item! I wanted to buy an Olympic memorabilia (winter Olympics 2010 is going to be in Vancouver), but couldn't find one I wanted as most of them are still expensive. I'll try to checkout Gastown this weekend probably? or whenever I can go there (it's just one bus ride from my place). They got a lot more choices there although I know it's probably gonna be more expensive there.

May 09, 2009

Leaving for Canada May 09, 2009