Krispy Kreme Attendant Passing Time

Her Tita Leah brought her this Krispy Kreme cap. The video she's watching is the classic musical, Annie.

Sierra Isobel Años Ordoña - New Member of the Laurio Clan

Today I am in Fairview visiting the new member of the Laurio clan.

She's taller and way bigger than KT! Definitely mana sa ama! Si Peps tatay na tatay na!

Bing was beside the crib when I arrived. The Haber kids are in Circle, with Lea and Manay Titin; the Haber couple are in SM as of this writing.

I was supposed to bring KT with me but we realized she has colds (later on I found out that Ading or Sudi have colds according to Lalaw), and decided against bringing her to Fairview. Later on Tin told me that KT turned off the TV, pulled the plug and rolled in the floor and started to cry (while I was taking the car out of the parking lot). Naluuy man ako...

Lunchtime! Nagluto si Lalaw ng pansit!

One Fine, Sunny Sunday

Today, I decided to buy our plane tickets for December's trip to our hometown. I decided to walk from our place to Robinson's Galleria. I left our place around 825am and found myself near the corner of East Bank (Floodway) Rd. and F. Legazpi bridge 15 minutes after.

Around 40 minutes after I left our place, I felt dehydrated and my legs were screaming like hell! I was near the Ugong Barangay Hall, just infront of the gas station, Flying V. I wanted to get something to drink. There is this sari-sari store just infront of the gas station - it offers the soft, chewy cookies in a 3-cookie pack. I asked for a 12-oz Coke - they don't have it; a 500-ml Coke - they don't have it. What they only have is a Coke Sakto, otherwise, I have to take the 1-L bottle. I thought the old lady was mad, but I realized that Coke released Coke in a smaller bottle calling it the same name. The old lady manning the store offered me 2 bottles of Sakto.

Somebody (a guy behind the lola manning the store) poured the soda to the plastic and put a straw on it. I didn't care if the guy's hands were clean, I just wanted to have that drink and chew my cookies. It was one of those memorable experience with Coke product!!

After staying for 5 minutes, I walked again along Eagle street (I was almost side swiped by a van due to a weird traffic direction on that area). Then, I turned right along C-5 and crossed under the C-5/Ortigas flyover going to the direction of Tiendisitas. It was a bit uphill and decided to take Ortigas Ave. instead of Vargas street.

Walking against the traffic along Ortigas Ave. was just appropriate since it offered shade against the sun; furthermore, the shrubs along the sidewalks help as well.

I arrived in Robinson's Galleria (Ortigas entrance, near Mc Donald's) around 1:45 hours after I left our place. I felt that my knees and ankles were going to fall apart. I went straight to the top floor and change clothes (I can't find the restrooms in the ground floor and I am not familiar with the place).

Afterwards, I was able to sit for 5 minutes in the booking office until my name was called.

Going back to our home? I took the bus and tricycle. My legs couldn't take pounding of another almost 2-hour stroll (if you can call it one).

Did I upload my experience when I walked to Taytay market?

Product Review - Nova Transistor Radio

After typhoon Ondoy, I bought a transistor radio since one of our challenges during the said typhoon was lack of awareness outside our area (our TV was busted and we didn't have any radio in the unit).

The brand is Nova and was made in China. It cost me less than PHP400. I grabbed it immediately since I only wanted a radio function, specifically AM band (the original request of my wife was a unit with CD player, which is 4 times more expensive).

Two weeks ago, the maid was complaining that the radio wasn't working. I checked it out, it seems that the tuner is loose, otherwise, it works perfectly.

Then just last weel when I came back from the office, the maid complained again that the radio made a spark in the morning. I checked the power cord and saw that it shorted. Apparently, the wires (under a protective sheath) are quite small and one of them might have been exposed the copper wire due to inappropriate handling (like pulling the wire when unplugging it, considering that the socket is not loose). Luckily, when I tested it using 3 DD batteries, it worked fine.

For several days, we used a battery especially during the typhoon Santi.Sometimes, the reception is bad that I have to bring the radio near the window. There's some art needed in listening to this radio unit (but then again, it's also the same with my Globe's Visibility unit).

Yesterday, I purchased a 2-pc, PHP25-plug from DYI in Ever-Sta. Lucia. With some help from my old Swiss Army knife, I was able to restore it to working condition. However, since the electric wire is quite thin (I did check the specs on the cable - it says 300v) and the hole of the plug where the cord goes through is way wider than the cable's diamater. I decided to fasten the cord with electrical tape - this will ensure that, when the cord is pulled to unplug, the cord will be pulled instead of the thin electrical wires.

So far so good. Now I am thinking of bringing the unit to our office. I love listening to AM's decade-long programs. It releases me from my daily grind with technology (e.g. MP3, Windows Media Player, etc.) and also reminds me of my childhood back in the province.

Recommendation - You get your money's worth for this product. It's definitely not for urbanites and techies, but if you want a simple transistor radio to get updated news from DZRH or DZMM or DZBB, this will do the work.

Note: I tried checking the web for Nova brand of radios, I could only find one. After clicking several related links, I got nowhere.