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So I moved my directories around… and guess what… I screwed up my blog… I managed to save the text contents… but I lost the linking to all images…. oh well.. time to start anew… 
Yeah but… You don't understand at all, do you?
Guitar Hero!!!!
Thanks Chungie!!
Finally…
I have almost completed my camera setup:
Canon EOS 400D (Digital Rebel XTi) Camera (with remote shutter)
Tamron 18-270 mm F3.5-6.3 Di II VC Lens
Sigma 10-20mm F4-5.6 EX DC HSM Lens
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM Lens
Canon Speedlite 430EX II Flash
SteinZeiser SZ-16 Tripod
The only thing missing is a decent bag to put them all in. (got one big one to carry everything.. and a small one just for carrying the essentials)
(Need to sell my old lenses – Canon 18-55mm kit lens and Canon EF 75-300 f/4-5.6 III) (sold)
Expecting the unexpected
A surprise party… for me. I have to admit, you guys got me. Thanks!!! Oh and I absolutely love that shirt.
I’ll never forget tonight, mostly because of those pictures that I’m sure that even if I don’t want them out in public, they will end up there anyway. And that bloody itchy pants and shoes that were lent to me in Helipad (you could have asked me to bring jeans and shoes, I probably would without asking why).
2008 in retrospect
January
- returned from a great holiday
- started playing basketball
- got a visit from Sherwin who’s on his way to Amsterdam to work there
- tried my luck at moving to Amsterdam also.. but it was a “no-go”
February
- stuck in Singapore for CNY
- tried to kick off some hobbies — photography, game programming… none of them lasted long enough
- started planning for the wedding… the date is set
March
- got sick for a week
- got bored
- found this hilarious video –> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQt-h753jHI — still makes me laugh… so hard
April
- got my first dual sim samsung phone
- started planning for my Eurotrip
May
- went to Amsterdam, Den Haag, Brussels, Rome, Florence, Pisa and Paris all in a week and a half
- sorted through the 2000+ photos I had from the trip –> http://www.flickr.com/photos/cobong/collections/72157610724398946/
June
- turned 28…
- still got those French songs in my head… but I don’t know the darn lyrics
July
- went home to prepare for the wedding — attend seminars, photo shoots, meetings, food tasting events etc.
- caught up with some friends I haven’t seen in a long while
August
- got inspired and redesigned my blog
- finally got the Lego Mindstorms (I have been eyeing that darn toy for 5 years now…)
- planned my last remaining trips for the rest of the year
September
- iPhone !!!!!!!!
- found out one of my turtles committed suicide… probably thought he was with the TMNT… and jumped from the 12th floor
- surprised and proud that we [Ateneo] won the UAAP this year
- went back home to celebrate my mom’s and cousins’ birthdays
- went back to my hometown for the town fiesta
- more catching up with friends
- got hospitalized for a week
October
- regret that I couldn’t make it to Xen’s wedding…
- addicted to Fantastic Contraption –> http://fantasticcontraption.com/ (all thanks to RK)
- movie marathons, tv junkie, and plenty of books….
- work work work work (again)
November
- addicted to Desktop TD –> http://www.handdrawngames.com/DesktopTD/Game.asp
- went back home for one last time before the holidays to finalize some more wedding stuff
- attended Gari’s wedding
- had a nice evening with my brother, sister and fiancée
- bought a PS3 and a new PSP (my old one was taken again.. this time by my fiancée)
- got some new lenses for my camera
December (even if it’s just begun)
- got shit scared when all the companies in Singapore are “retrenching” people
- feeling the excitement and anxiety because this is my last month as a “bachelor”
- christmas shopping .. (hmm.. what will I get myself this Christmas)
- addicted to Call of Duty: Worlds at War
- thinking of the “must haves”, “should haves”, and “could haves” for the next year
A long “quick trip” back home
The original plan when I decided to make a quick trip back home last weekend was simple:
- 20/09 arrive in Manila and celebrate our [me & Jacq's] 4th year anniversary (19/09)
- 21/09 enjoy “town fiesta” with family and friends, and celebrate 3 birthdays — my cousin (20/09), my aunt (22/09) and of course my dear mom (23/09)
- 22/09 be the mall rat that I am
- 23/09 fly back to Singapore
Everything went well up until the afternoon of the 22nd. During the evening, I get a very severe stomach pain. Normally I’ll just take some antacids and it will be all fine, but no, this time, it was really painful I can’t even lie down. My folks takes me to the hospital, and after:
- 96 hours of lying down [yes just lying down, sleep is out of the question since they need to check my blood pressure and temperature every 2 hours or so] in a hospital bed
- 4 straight days of eating nothing but water, juices and soups
- 6 liters of intravenous drips (not on just one vein, they had to transfer it twice so three needle holes on the back of my hands)
- 3 blood tests [which also means three needle wounds on my arms, one is still bruised]
- an ultrasound examination
- a CT scan of my abdomen
- about a pint of I.V. delivered pain killers and antacids
- a huge hospital bill
- AND an insane amount of SMS messages from family, friends and colleagues
the pain subsides and the surgeon tells me I don’t need surgery [yet, maybe after 6 months 
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So my supposedly 4 day trip became 8 days. Every time I wake up, I still feel like someone is checking my blood pressure and giving me medicines, and still very cautious while turning when I’m asleep – afraid that I might dislodge the I.V. [hurts quite a bit]
Now I’m back in Singapore, can’t wait for my next adventure when I go back home by November.
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