Archive for June, 2006
Sunday, June 25th, 2006
Mr. Buffet, Meet Charity!
Warren Buffet, whom we all know as the Oracle of Omaha and CEO of the very successful Omaha, Nebraska-based Hathaway-Berkshire, is giving away most of his money to Bill and Melinda Gates according to this article from Fortune magazine, thru a CNN link.
Mr. Buffet, I’m going to Omaha real soon……and I’m changing my name to Charity. [...]
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Sunday, June 25th, 2006
Stanley Bing’s Secrets to a Happy Retirement
How I wish I could reprint this article from Stanley Bing of Fortune magazine. I can only link it though. Hope you click on the article link from CNN…it’s a truly enjoyable read whether you’re a retiree or not.
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Thursday, June 22nd, 2006
Ordeal of Entering US Legally - No Plan in Congress Solves Complexities
Aha! I’m not the only one who feels the same about immigration reforms now moving in Congress. Experts were supposed to have said that complexities in the whole immigration process are not being addressed. Here’s the article from the San Francisco Chronicle, please read it.
This particular quote from the article irritated me no end when [...]
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Wednesday, June 21st, 2006
Older Sis and I
This is a photo taken some 40 years ago at my grandmother’s house in New Manila in Quezon City. That’s me on the left, and my sister Lala on the right. Notice, we’re still in our pajamas, before the morning bath and dress up?
Taking your photo early in the morning is NOT what a woman [...]
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Saturday, June 17th, 2006
Discovering Macro
I just discovered the Macro function of my old Sony Mavica FD83 camera and spent a few minutes on a “shooting” spree this morning.
Here are the best shots of my first attempt at shooting in macro:
My 3-inch Buddha head from Indonesia.
Rotting wood on our deck…mmm..have to do something about that….
An orange and a green apple [...]
