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Good morning my dear kambal! Happy 31st birthday! Sulitin mo itong year na to, this is the last year na nasa kalendaryo ka pa. ;)  Thirty one years ago, God decided to create a family that He will forever bless and guide and nourish. He started with the mother. She is a gentle soul with a very sharp mind. She will be in charge of keeping her husband (aka eldest child) in line specially with his constant desire to play games. To make things fair, God also designed her to have a constant desire to shop, first for herself, but eventually for their children. She will strive to keep everything in order, with her uncanny prowess in planning and foresight. She will be the perfect partner for her husband, and the perfect mother for their children. And so, thirty one years ago, God created you. And I will be forever grateful to Him for that special day.  This is your special day. We may have limited budget, we may have many constraints, but always remember that YOU are spec...

The Big Bang Marriage's Season 2 is about to end with our wedding anniversary on Sunday. This has been a very special year for us due to the arrival of our cutest cast: Baby Lex! As we approach the end of this season and prepare for our third year, I would like to give a special message to my co-star, my one and only kambal. Honey, when I look in your eyes and you're looking back in mine, everything feels not quite normal. I feel stronger and weaker at the same time. I feel excited and, at the same time, terrified. The truth is, I don't know what I feel, except I know what kind of man I want to be... =P Seriously though, the past year has been a roller coaster ride for the both of us. Our first Christmas together, your labor and delivery of the loveliest baby in the whole wide world, the zombie months, nanny problems, and the monthly celebration of Lex's birthday, are just some of the awesome moments that we shared together. I loved how these events help us grow...

Note: This post is labeled Quora . This means that this is one of my posts in Quora and I am sharing/elaborating it here in my blog for posterity's sake. Q: I love History but why so much pain and death? A: It depends on which side of History you are looking. In History, like in everything else, for every death, destruction, and pain, there is also life, discoveries, inventions, and happiness.  History is like the world's diary, written by many different authors. What you learn depends on which author you read, and whatever these authors decide to write about. Another thing to consider is how YOU process the things that you read and learn. Pain and death are not the end-all of a story. They are simply realities of life, just like birth, victory, and happiness. It depends on you on which area you want to focus on. 

The meaning of life is finding life's meaning. Analogy: Your life is a story. The lesson of the story is the meaning of your life. As you read a book, you will never fully realize its lesson until you finish reading.  As you live your life, you will never fully and conclusively find the meaning of your life until, well, until you die. Great stories are great not because the ending is great, but because every page, from beginning 'til the end, fills you up with different emotions, inspires you, teaches you something. The meaning of your life is the summary and consolidation of all your experiences. Only you have the power to make it great or boring. You may finish reading a book without fully understanding and appreciating the story's lesson. Some people live and die without really discovering the meaning of their lives. The meaning of life is living life, discovering your potentials, and using your potentials to affect your surroundings. Originally posted in Quora ...

Image from http://www.easyvectors.com/ Meron kang kasambahay. Ang pangalan nya ay Susephya Yanib. Napakagaling nitong kasambahay mo sa kanyang trabaho. Dahil sa kanya, malinis ang sahig, maayos ang mga kagamitan, at masasarap ang iyong pagkain. Masayang masaya ka sa serbisyong natatanggap mo. Isang araw, bumili si Susephya ng isang "Wonder Walis" na nagkakahalagang Php2,800. Nang sumunod na araw, dumating ang iyong kaibigan kasama ang kanyang kasambahay. Tuwang tuwa sila sa iyong napakalinis at napakaayos na bahay. Nung tingnan nila ang Wonder Walis ni Susephya ay napansin nilang kaparehas ito ng walis tambo na gamit nila sa kanilang bahay. Pero yung walis tambo nila, Php500 lang. Nung nagpunta ka sa Department Store, nakita mo na ang presyo ng isang high-tech na vaccum cleaner ay Php2,500, mas mura pa sa Wonder Walis ni Susephya. Dahil dito ay nag-imbistiga ka ng iba pang mga binili ni Susephya. Ang toilet bowl sa inyong palikuran ay binili nya sa halagang Php32,400 ...

I love the elegant simplicity of this life lesson: You never lose in life. Good experiences become good memories. Bad experiences become good lessons.

Like other important lessons in life, being a parent is something that you will never truly learn by reading, studying, and asking other people. You can only genuinely understand the feeling, the pressure, the happiness, the concerns, the excitement, the worries, and the satisfaction of being one by experiencing it. It's like the difference between riding a roller coaster and watching other people ride it, listen to them about their experience, or reading about them in books. It doesn't mean that preparing to become one is useless. As a matter of fact, I strongly suggest that you do. Read a lot of parenting books. Interview your parent friends. Attend seminars, parenting sessions, etc. Equip yourself with all the lessons that you can get before you go into battle. No, I am not exaggerating. Parenthood IS a battle. It is a never-ending battle of time and attention between your family and yourself. It is a constant battle between your pocket and that damn baby store. It is a...

This diagram is too good not to be shared: For a couple of weeks (or months?) now, I have been thinking of a way to use what I know to generate additional stream(s) of income. I have been reading a lot of questions and answers in Quora (which I really recommend because of its very high quality content) and found the diagram above. The problem is identifying that one idea, concept, skill, talent, or asset that falls within those circles. Also, it is not really easy to determine if you are "good" with something, or if that something pays well. Nonetheless, hope this proves to be a good tool in my (and your) introspection.

Yey! I received an email from Blizzard informing me that I've been selected as a technical alpha tester of Heroes of the Storm! What is Technical Alpha (from the email): While Heroes of the Storm is playable and much of the core experience is present, we're still very early in development and the Tech Alpha is truly a work in progress. Our main goal in this phase of testing is to test stability and improve the game service to handle more players online. You can help us out by simply playing the game... a lot. And your feedback can help us fine-tune the game's balance prior to releasing it for larger scale testing. I am currently downloading the game and very much excited to play:

To my wife, my partner, my honey, my soul mate, my kambal, and most importantly, the mother of the most precious gift I have ever received... Happy Mother's Day! Always remember that I am very proud of you for being a very wonderful and responsible mother to our child. With all the challenges and obstacles that we have hurdled these past months, I can truly say that God has blessed Lex with an amazing, strong, and persevering mom. Lex and I love you very much. Continue being the great mom that you are!