Considered the supreme genius of German literature, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is today’s feature on Google Doodle. He was born on this day 262 years ago. His 82 years were spent meaningfully, inspiring many an artist in the fields of…
Rarely
There are moments when these two are in good terms, almost as though they don’t have petty quarrels at all. I feel the most happy when they are at peace like this. As of this writing, these two are playing…
Nutrition Tip
I’m glad to have raised my kids loving vegetables and fruits. Actually, they love to eat and they’re more than willing to try new food like me. We’d go Italian, Filipino, American, Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese or Thai and they’d love…
Art Installation, water heater installation
Just how artistic could Swarovski get? This! This was their display at the Vienna main store sometime last year and they always come up with something better. Even with home appliances, they come up with something, well not so ordinary, like…
Part of that World (Japanese)
A new twist to a familiar song.
Die Schlümpfe/The Smurfs
I can’t remember the last time I watched a smurf episode…but it’s clear that’s when I was ten since according to wiki that the show has been running from September 12, 1981 to August 25, 1990. That means it started when…
Word I Often Misspell
Since there are not so many occasions (also written occassions) that I celebrate I often misspell it to “ocassion.” If like me you’ve been working with words for 15 or more years, it’s most likely that words are just hanging…
Captain America: The First Avenger
There are a lot of movies that were inspired by comics, books and other written materials. Most of this are superhero comics, the likes of Superman, Spiderman, Batman, The Fantastic Four, Captain America, The Avengers, Thor…the list goes on. So…
Someone Like You – Adele
One of the most promising new singers of today, Adele’s voice is one that I’d hear over and over again especially in this song. Being dubbed as the new Amy Winehouse even before the demise of the latter, she’d surely…
Field drive by
My frustration about painting shows in most of my photos. This shot was taken while we were in the train. Most of these shots are on my Drive By blog – contribution welcome. 🙂 I processed this one with Kim’s…
Filipino Ako (I am a Filipino)
I used this photo before with the theme brown. This is a drawing that my then 4-year-old son did in the kindergarten. When I went to pick him up I was told by the pedagogue that he was particular about…
Various Artists…
Back home we had this really big book of songs with accompanying guitar notes for those who would like to play. The songs were random and the artists were also written down just below the title. As a kid of…

