desktop design

he's too adorable!

speaking of adorable, chickout my new desktop:

designed by moi, and inspired by your cute vintage candyland desktop

like it?

world cup hangover....

and just like a scene from my fave movie "love actually", here is iker casillas, spanish goalkeeper, being interviewed by his real life reporter girlfriend.....



awwwww :) i love him! haha!

flip, flop, filipino

a few nights ago, i received these special filipinas collection havaianas:

it was the company's way of honoring "filipino icons who inspire other filipinos." *touched*

speaking of filipino, i just remembered sharing with you our independence-day dvd-day that you missed.

although the movie was japanese, the snacks were all pinoy.

even the remote control was "themed"

the theme went on until merienda time...

with matching chismosa palengkera doll.

mabuhay!

ohmmmm....

taken over the weekend somewhere in baguio :)

Happy Bday to the 14th!

Today is the 75th birthday of one of our heroes, the Dalai Lama.

In honor of his big day, I'd like to share some of his pragmatic words of wisdom...

1. My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.

2. Our prime purpose in life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.

3. Sleep is the best meditation. (I'm sure you like this one!)

4. The purpose of our lives is to be happy.

5. The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for all goodness.

6. There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness.

7. When ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.

ohmmmmm......

clever cover-up

while on the topic of trips some time ago,

chickout these uber cool and simple boarded up portions of pacific place.

they're covering the railings that are being renovated... i think they're really just printed tarps. clever eh?

i'm guessing this is what's being worked on... curved, wooden railings. cool huh?

and this is how the underside of the escalators look.

all of a sudden, the current metallic look feels dated.

howzabout our malls?

expo-sed

one last (late) post about shanghai.... i actually don't get the relevance of these world expo's anymore, especially with all the information and images you can get sitting on your couch from the world wide web, not to mention how travel has become so accessible in the last several years. but i wasn't going to be in shanghai and miss the expo....

so here are some of the interesting pavilions i saw...
from the republic of oman...



CHINA!




australia


denmark (you could bike down the circular ramp when you reach the top!)



Latvia (I like the metallic post-it look of this pavilion)


sweden



serbia


UK (oddity!)


spain



croatia


switzerland (those are all LEDs)



i actually quite enjoyed the architecture and all the textures of the buildings :)