Living in the City

Talk about grandparents My cousin posted this most recent I guess, photo of my grandparents on my father's side. My grandma Inang as we call her hails from Bulacan and my grandpa, Tatang as we refer to him is from Nueva Ecija. My Titos and Titas look more like they descended from the Chinese or Japanese race, essentially because of the chinkiness of the eyes. But my father though looks more like my grandma you see. Feliza Fernandez Domingo and Jose Mendiola Domingo I remember my Lola as soft spoken woman always slow and soft in the things that comes out of her lips; as against my grandfather who seem to be always having a bad day and possess a nasty habit of cursing in the vernacular :-) On my father's side of the clan, the men have MORE say in what goes on in the family. If my grandfather says something, that goes without fail.. and growing up in that kind of family environment was kind of distressing sometimes because my father wanted to raise us similar

Effects of Climate Changes Almost a year ago, Sendong devastated the City of Cagayan de Oro in Misamis Oriental. Today, Davao, Surigao including many other provinces of Mindanao and the Visayas is expected to experience the onslaught of Pablo (Bopha). I hope and pray that this is NOT going to ne an annual thing. Will we see something like this again? Photo courtesy of this site

We Must Never Ever Forget Stop Illegal Logging!! On the eve of the possible onslaught of Pablo (Bopha) which they say might hit Metro Manila as well! We can only Pray!

Christmas Tree 2012 From last year's Christmas tree to this   still dirty tree, And now voila! Tadah! Christmas tree v 2012.

Filling the house with Love Christmas is always a message of HOPE.. And yes call me a great hoarder of  Christmas decor.. I would not mind.. Christmas and all things nice by malud on Polyvore

My old Christmas tree (sigh) is waiting for a big clean bath. Good it drizzled for awhile. That tree bath is happening tonight when the sun is temporarily out. I could hear the tree talk saying, "so you're back with me, huh." I was really meaning to give the tree a break by buying a new one. What with all that experience with Ondoy. But as circumstances dictate, the tree is here to stay for the 2012 holidays :-D

Is Big Brother Watching? Is this some form of big brother  watching? "Like other technology and communications companies, Google regularly receives requests from government agencies and courts around the world to hand over user data. In this report, we disclose the number of requests we receive from each government in six-month periods with certain limitations."  What is a user data request? Government agencies make requests to Google companies seeking information about Google users accounts or products. In this report, we are generally revealing statistics about demands in criminal investigations. In some cases we may not be able to tell if the demand is for a criminal investigation as opposed to some other purpose. In those situations, we try to include the request in these statistics.            See more here