It’s more fun in the Philippines! Yes it is, specially outdoor bathing.

The nostalgic photo above was taken when I was 2 years old. My mom was taking care of killing all the germs in my body using deep well water and laundry soap (smile). I can say that this is one of my memorable childhood experience and I’m thankful that they kept this picture.

I decided to create one of “Philipp-FUN” meme using this photos and support Department of Tourism latest campaign. It’s more fun in the Philippines! Hope you like it

Hoping that you and your love ones will have the best of time, the best of luck and the best of life in this New Year and all the years after that. Happy New Year everyone, cheers!

Christmas is nearly coming and I’m very excited for Simbang Gabi. I’m also looking forward for delicious arozcaldo of Father Angel.

What is Simbang Gabi? Simbang Gabi when translated to English means Mass at Dawn. It holds a special place in the observance of a Filipino Christmas. The tradition of Simbang Gabi is to complete the series of nine-day novena to the Blessed Mary. The annual novena begins at the

dawn of 16th of December and continues until Christmas Eve, 24th of December.

Last year I’ve completed the 9 masses here in Singapore, in fact it was my first time. Hopefully this year I can complete it again.

Here is the schedule of Simbang Gabi in Singapore:

Thursday, 15 December 2011, 8pm – Mother of Christ

Church of Saint Anthony of Padua
25 Woodlands Avenue 1
Nearest MRT: Woodlands
Buses: 587 & 912

Church of Our Lady Star of the Sea
10 Yishun Street 22
Nearest MRT: Yishun
Buses: 800 & 804

Church of Saint Francis of Assisi
200 Boon Lay Avenue
Nearest MRT: Boon Lay
Buses: 99, 240, 246

Friday, 16 December 2011, 8pm – Mother of Divine Grace

Church of Saint Mary of the Angels
5 Bukit Batok East Avenue 2
Nearest MRT: Bukit Batok
Buses: 61, 66, 157, 174, 178, 852, 174E

Church of the Holy Spirit
248 Upper Thomson Road
Nearest MRT: Marymount
Buses: 52, 132, 162, 163, 165, 166, 167, 410, 855, 980, 162M

Church of the Holy Family
6 Chapel Road
Nearest MRT: Eunos
Buses: 10, 12, 14, 32, 40, 10E, 14E

Saturday, 17 December 2011, 8pm – Mother of Most Pure

Church of Diving Mercy
19 Pasir Ris Street 72
Nearest MRT: Pasir Ris
Buses: 58, 88, 359, 518, 538, 518A

Church of Saint Vincent De Paul
301 Yio Chu Kang Road
Nearest MRT: Yio Chu Kang & Buangkok
Buses: 70, 103, 70M, 854

Church of our Lady Queen of Peace
4 Sandy Lane
Nearest MRT: Paya Lebar & Dakota
Buses: 30, 40, 43, 76, 135, 197, 853C

Sunday, 18 December 2011, 8pm – Mother of Most Chaste

Church of Saint Michael
17 Saint Michael’s Road
Nearest MRT: Boon Keng
Buses: 13, 23, 26, 31, 61, 64, 65, 66, 107, 125, 133, 147, 853, 857, 985, 107M, 853C

Church of Holy Cross
450 Clementi Avenue 1
Nearest MRT: Dover
Buses: 33, 96, 151, 183, 196, 151E

Church of Saint Bernadette
12 Zion Road
Nearest MRT: Tiong Bahru & Outram Park
Buses: 5, 16, 75, 175, 195, 970

Monday, 19 December 2011, 8pm – Mother Inviolate

Church of Saint Ignatius
120 King’s Road
Nearest MRT: Farrer Road
Buses: 48, 93, 153, 165, 174, 186, 855, 961, 961C

Immaculate Heart of Mary Church
24 Highland Road
Nearest MRT: Serangoon
Buses: 136

Church of Saint Stephen
30 Sallim Road
Nearest MRT: Aljunied
Buses: 40, 61, 63, 65, 66, 135, 154, 155, 158

Tuesday, 20 December 2011, 8pm – Mother Undefiled

Saint Joseph’s Church
143 Victoria Street
Nearest MRT: Bugis & Bras Basah
Buses: 130, 133, 145, 197, 851, 960

Church of Saint Teresa
510 Kampung Bahru Road
Nearest MRT: Outram Park & Harbourfront
Buses: 61, 124, 143, 166

Church of Saint Francis Xavier
63A Chartwell Drive
Nearest MRT: Lorong Chuan
Buses: 317

Wednesday, 21 December 2011, 8pm – Mother Most Amiable

Church of Christ the King
2221 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 8
Nearest MRT: Ang Mo Kio
Buses: 22, 24, 128, 135, 159, 162, 262, 853, 162M

Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
1259 Upper Serangoon Road
Nearest MRT: Hougang
Buses: 74, 112, 113, 119, 136, 147, 74E

Church of the Holy Trinity
20 Tampines Street 11
Nearest MRT: Tampines
Buses: 8, 17, 18, 28, 34, 39, 59, 292, 518, 552

Thursday, 22 December 2011, 8pm – Mother Most Admirable

Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour
31 Siglap Hill
Nearest MRT: Kembangan
Buses: 2, 7, 24, 25, 26, 28, 30, 32, 33, 67, 854

Church of Saint Alphonsus (Novena)
300 Thomson Road
Nearest MRT: Novena
Buses: 5, 21, 54, 56, 57, 131, 143, 162, 162M, 166, 167, 851, 980

Blessed Sacrament Church
1 Commonwealth Drive
Nearest MRT: Commonwealth
Buses: 61

Friday, 23 December 2011, 8pm – Mother of Good Counsel

Church of Our Lady of Lourdes
50 Ophir Road
Nearest MRT: Bugis
Buses: 170

Saint Anne’s Church
66 Sengkang East Way
Nearest MRT: Sengkang
Buses: 82, 88, 136, 161

Church of the Risen Christ
91 Toa Payoh Central
Nearest MRT: Toa Payoh
Buses: 56, 88, 105, 153, 157, 163, 231

Saturday, 24 December 2011, 8pm – Mother of Our Saviour

Church of Saints Peter and Paul
225A Queen Street
Nearest MRT: Bras Basah
Buses: 131, 147, 166, 857

Source: Veritas Singapore

I finally got the confirmation email from Google DevFest 2011 Singapore. This is my second year attending this event and it will be held on Saturday, 12 November 2011at Grand Hyatt, Scotts Road.

The agenda for this event can be found at the 2011 Google DevFest site.

Mastering Online Ranking Conference (MORCon)
Organizer: SEO Organization Philippines
Date: October 29, 2011
Location: Firmalino Hall, School of Urban and Regional Planning, UP Diliman, Quezon City

Topics and Speakers:

• From Local SEO To International SEO Strategies
  by Benj Arriola – InternetMarketingInc.com – 2007 SEO World Champion
• How To Build an Authority Site
  by Ed Pudol – Lexorsoft.net – CEO
• Viral Marketing Strategies and Content Generation
  by Jason Acidre – KaisertheSage.com – Marketing Consultant of Doubledot Media
• Social Media Ninja Tactics
  by Ester Del Fierro – Directwithhotels.com – Online Marketing Manager
• How To Bulletproof Your Content and Survive Any Algorithmic Change
  by Kim Tyrone Agapito, KimOfTheWorld.com and ArticleScholar.com
• SEO Mistakes To Avoid
  by Mark Acsay – WebbyThoughts.com -SEO Consultant
• Website Audit – Site Analysis and Reporting
  by Sheila Dela Pena – Directwithhotels.com – Online Marketing Manager
• Pay Per Click (PPC) Strategies
  by Juanito Jacela – CellConversion.com – PPC Strategist
• Juicy Internet Marketing Topic
  by Myles Vives – WebsiteTrafficAttraction.com COO
• Web Design Topic
  by Alfred Palconit – Branders.com – Senior SEO Specialist

The much-awaited Pacquiao vs Marquez 3 fight will take place on November 12, 2011 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez will fight for the WBO Welterweight Championship title. This will be their third and probably the last fight to settle their unfinished business. Watch Pacquiao vs Marquez 3, distributed live on Pay-Per-View by HBO and produced by TopRank.

There’s no iPhone, iPad or MacBook today without Apple’s co-founder Steve Jobs. He passed away today at the age of 56 after a long battle with pancreatic cancer.

In this blog post, I’ve collected some of inspiring Steve Jobs quotes, please feel free to share it.

• Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.
• Quality is more important than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles.
• It comes from saying no to 1,000 things to make sure we don’t get on the wrong track or try to do too much.
• I’m convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.
• It’s rare that you see an artist in his 30s or 40s able to really contribute something amazing.
• Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared water or do you want a chance to change the world?
• The cure for Apple is not cost-cutting. The cure for Apple is to innovate its way out of its current predicament.
• If I were running Apple, I would milk the Macintosh for all it’s worth — and get busy on the next great thing. The PC wars are over. Done. Microsoft won a long time ago.
• Apple has some tremendous assets, but I believe without some attention, the company could, could, could — I’m searching for the right word — could, could die.
• Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.
• Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me … Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful… that’s what matters to me.
• Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is expected.
• I was worth over $1,000,000 when I was 23, and over $10,000,000 when I was 24, and over $100,000,000 when I was 25, and it wasn’t that important because I never did it for the money.
• Unfortunately, people are not rebelling against Microsoft. They don’t know any better.
• Bill Gates‘d be a broader guy if he had dropped acid once or gone off to an ashram when he was younger.
• The only problem with Microsoft is they just have no taste. They have absolutely no taste. And I don’t mean that in a small way, I mean that in a big way, in the sense that they don’t think of original ideas, and they don’t bring much culture into their products.
• My job is to not be easy on people. My job is to make them better.
• We made the buttons on the screen look so good you’ll want to lick them.
• You can’t just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they’ll want something new.
• Why join the navy if you can be a pirate?
• Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.
• Recruiting is hard. It’s just finding the needles in the haystack. You can’t know enough in a one-hour interview.
  So, in the end, it’s ultimately based on your gut. How do I feel about this person? What are they like when they’re challenged? I ask everybody that: ‘Why are you here?’ The answers themselves are not what you’re looking for. It’s the meta-data.
• People think focus means saying yes to the thing you’ve got to focus on. But that’s not what it means at all. It means saying no to the hundred other good ideas that there are. You have to pick carefully.
• We don’t get a chance to do that many things, and every one should be really excellent. Because this is our life.
• The people who are doing the work are the moving force behind the Macintosh. My job is to create a space for them, to clear out the rest of the organization and keep it at bay.
• Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.
• I’m the only person I know that’s lost a quarter of a billion dollars in one year…. It’s very character-building.
• I’m as proud of what we don’t do as I am of what we do.

Thank You Steve, you will be missed.

Expect an exciting mix of 2011 Singapore F1 Grand Prix along Marina Bay Street Circuit and non-stop live entertainment. Catch the live performances of Linkin Park, Shakira, Boy George, Rick Astley, Shaggy, Charice and other international artist this weekend.

To purchase F1 tickets go to SingaporeGP.sg and you can do online booking, phone booking or thru authorized ticketing agents.

Derrick Rose posted on his Facebook FanPage his second signature shoe the Adidas adiZero Rose 2. It weighs 12.4 ounces and is built on SprintFrame technology with ample ventilation on the upper for when Derrick Rose mercilessly posterizes a defender.

There are five color scheme of adiZero 2.0: a tonal black, white/silver with a translucent sole, a black upper with white outsole, a black/red/green version with a wood-grain texture, and a new grey/blue/yellow with a funky texture on the toe-box.

Source: SneakerNews.com