Monday, March 21, 2011

Cebu-Bohol Adventure of SEO Devs and Friends

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Last year, we had booked a piso fare flight to Cebu for March 12 - 15, 2011. It's my 3rd time in Cebu but this time, I enjoyed more because we're not just stayed at SM Cebu or Ayala Center. :D And this time, we have Bohol trip. I'll blog my first 2 trips to Cebu on separate entries. 
Around 9:30PM of March 12, we had flown from Manila to Cebu. We reached Mactan International Airport at around 11:00PM. 


Cebu
First stop: Basilica of Santo Niño. Luckily, we attended the English Mass. On my first 2 visits, I always attended the Cebuano Mass because my companions are all Bisaya. :D
Basilica of Santo Niño, Cebu City
We took some pictures at Magellan's Cross.
Magellan's Cross, Cebu City
Magellan's Cross, Cebu City

And this is Mark, my boyfriend, walking no where. Hahaha. He's our tour guide. He's not really from Cebu; He took his college degree at University of San Carlos.
 Then, we went to Fort San Pedro, the oldest and smallest fort in the Philippines.
Fort San Pedro, Cebu City
Fort San Pedro, Cebu City
Fort San Pedro, Cebu City
History of Fort San Pedro, Cebu City
 Took some group pictures.
 There is a boquet of kalatsutsi flowers at the entrance of the fort.
 A cheesy picture with the bf. :P
 Picture Addicts...

Emote kung emote...
 Sceneries...
 We also visited the Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral.
Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral
 And then to Taoist Temple.
Taoist Temple

Taoist Temple
 The ladies...
 The gentlemen and not so gay... 
 The view from the top of Taoist Temple...
 I had my picture here from my first visit, but I still had my picture again...
We took a rest after and then we headed to Crown Regency Hotel for the Skywalk. 
Crown Regency Hotel, Cebu City
We paid Php550.00 each for the Skywalk alone. This is my second in Crown Regency. I had the Skywalk and Edge Coaster on my first time here. But now, we decided to avail Skywalk only. My boyfriend is coward to experience this so he paid Php250.00 for sight-seeing only. Too expensive, duh?

This is the top of the hotel, where there are giant telescopes and binoculars that you need to put a 10-peso coin to use and have a glimpse of the city.
 I'm ready to survive the skywalk again. :)
 This time, I was not alone walking on the sky. I already have my friends to experience Skywalk, and we were ready to face the challenge.
 Ready to take off...
 Having fun up there... Good thing, Mark is there to take some pictures because we need to pay Php230.00 for each picture. This is too much, yeah... The first time I went here, I just paid Php230.00 for a cd containing all the pictures. But they don't offer this anymore. so if we have 10 pictures, we need to pay Php2230.00. Tsk tsk tsk... 
 And yes, we all survived the Skywalk, shouting and posing to camera. :D
We had our dinner at Larsian sa Fuente, where the foods are superb.
Larsian Sa Fuente

Bohol
We are all attentive to the stories of Ate Tata, our Bohol tour guide.
 First stop is the Chocolate Hills at Carmen, Bohol. It was raining when we reached Bohol but nothing and no one can stop us. :D
Chocolate Hills, Carmen, Bohol
We tasted a Bohol delicacy named "Alupi" (asukar, lubi, pilit).
 And then, the Loboc-Bilar Man-made Forest.
Loboc-Bilar Man-made Forest, Bohol
 Mga Dyosa ng Kagubatan. :D
 Another cheesy pic. :P
 The Edward and Bella of USAP. Hahaha.
 And the wild cat at the forest.
Then we went to Rio Verde Tarsier Place. This is my first time to see tarsiers.

 There are also flying lemurs and other creatures...
 ...And souvenirs.
At last, it's lunch time! It's at Rio Verde Floating Resto.
The floating restaurant stopped at Ati Tribe, these are the natives of Bohol.
 They mingled with the tourist to take pictures with their exotic talents.
 And we met Bianca, a very cute little girl who poses with the tourists for some pictures. I'm so sad that they need to do all of these to live especially the young ones.
Our itinerary also inlcudes the Bolo making.
 We also visited Prony, the biggest python in captivity. The python is also known as "Live Anaconda of Bohol, a female python owned and named after Mr. Sofronio Salibay.
 And the one beside me is Marimar, Prony's bodyguard.
 There are also souvenirs here.
 Next stop is the Baclayon Church. This is the second oldest stone church in the Philippines. 
 We also stopped to a Souvenir Shop.
 Then the Blood Compact Monument or Sandugo. Last March 16, 1565, Spanish explorer, Miguel Lopez de Legazpi and Datu Sikatuna, the chieftain of Cebu, had their blood compact to seal their friendships as part of the tribal tradition.
 The day has ended at Bohol Bee Farm where we can buy the most delicious Malunggay ice cream and other flavors like Avocado and Mango. 
 We can also buy honey,  different flavors of spread, spices, and other souvenirs here.
 We spent the following day at Panglao Beach Resort before we went back to Cebu.
 And then tired going back to Cebu riding the OceanJet, a ferry with free wifi onboard. 
 We had so much fun with our travel though it was "bitin". 


The pictures say it all. Until next time. :)





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HK! HK!

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Last night, my Mareng Lani and I were talking about our escapades this year. I told her that our company outing might be my last out-of-town this year because Mark and I need to save for our future. She told me that she has only 3 remaining vacations because she also needs to save for their house and wedding. Then suddenly, Mark chatted me saying, "Punta daw tayo ng Hong Kong". And my eyes sparkled. Hahaha. His parents are planning to go to HK some time in August, and we will be with them... hopefully. :D   
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Sunday, March 20, 2011

My Moonlight Template, by Bloggerz Bible

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It's Sunday! I spend most of my time in front of my laptop. I googled some of the blogspot themes/templates for my blog. And here it is, I have the free Moonlight Template from Bloggerz Bible. I changed the widgets and tabs, rearranged them, and collate my photos for the slides. I also added a shout box, courtesy of ShoutMix. :)


http://jenbajar.blogspot.com
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MongoDb 1.8 Released

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One of my projects in my current job is using MongoDB. My boyfriend, who is working as a Solutions Architect in the same company, introduced this database to me. This is not a relational database for this is a document-oriented database. 


To define, from Wikipedia, MongoDB (from "humongous") is an open source, scalable, high-performance, schema-free, web-scale, enterprise, document-oriented database written in the C++ programming language. The database is document-oriented so it manages collections of JSON-like documents. Many applications can, thus, model data in a more natural way, as data can be nested in complex hierarchies and still be query-able and indexable. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MongoDB)


And last March 16, 2011, MongoDB 1.8 has been released as the stable version and containing the fixes from previous versions and other improvements.

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Sunday Pamper at Fix & Fashion

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Every other week, I go to Fix and Fashion Salon, just in front of Shopwise here in Antipolo, for the my nail pampering. This place is very accessible because my Ate and I visit here after we had our grocery.


This is Ate Joy, she's the one who always do my manicure and pedicure. :)
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Saturday, March 5, 2011

A Toast For Life

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Last February 28, My boyfriend's college best friend and the girl who used to be the apple of his eyes said their vows at St Therese Parish, Lahug, Cebu City. The reception was followed at Chateau de Busay, a very romantic and nice place. 

Mark Dennis (my boyfriend) and I went to Cebu City to attend this very memorable event of Mark Philip and Janice. My favorite part was the fireworks while they were dancing. Sad, because I had not captured that moment using my tomomi. 


Mark and Janice, best wishes to both of you!!!


"You were born together, and together you shall be for evermore....but let there be spaces in your togetherness. And let the winds of the heavens dance between you."
- Kahlil Gibran
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Goodbye IE 6... :)

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This afternoon my officemate retweeted this, Microsoft: "It's not often that we encourage you to stop using one of our products, but for #IE6, we'll make an exception." Well, as a developer, this is happiness. Hihihi. I had problems with this browser before: My works are working fine to all browsers except for IE6. And now Microsoft is having a countdown for the final days of IE6.


10 years ago a, browser was born.Its name was Internet Explorer 6. Now that we’re in 2011, in an era of modern web standards, it’s time to say goodbye.
This website is dedicated to watching Internet Explorer 6 usage drop to less than 1% worldwide, so more websites can choose to drop support for Internet Explorer 6, saving hours of work for web 

 - The Internet Explorer 6 Countdown
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Sunday, February 20, 2011

Sunrise from my New Window

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Ok, that's it. I already moved out last Feb 13. I told my Nanay and Ate that I will try a sideline job and I need a nearer place from my office to do it. But the real reason why I moved out is I want to experience a life independently. 

And now, here it is, a very different life. My Nanay is not there to wash my clothes, to wash my used plates, mugs, etc, to get my towel after I took a bath, to clean my used cotton buds, etc. But it is fulfilling. 

I survived my first week, and I will survive the coming weeks, months, and years. :) It's a good thing that I don't need to wake up at 4am everyday. And God has a bonus for me: I always see the sunrise from my window, reminding me how beautiful life is.




I prefer I'm alone to my room so that I could not disturb anyone and I can do what I want. I used to wake up early and turn the lights on whenever I'm awake; I might disturb her when that happen. However, my room is for 2 persons so there might be a time that another one will occupy it. Maybe I'll just go through with it, and find another one if it does not work. :)
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Friday, February 4, 2011

My Special

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Sometimes we don’t know why we fall in love to a person. Sometimes we still search for more if we already decided who will be this person. But I learned that if you really love a person, you will accept him whoever he is, though there are still missing from him. 

For less than 3 months from now, my honey and I will be celebrating our first year anniversary. And I have no any regret why I chose him though sometimes I am still searching something from him. He’s not a typical sweet boyfriend, not even a type of a person that will give you surprises, but he’s always there for you. He never fails to support you and love you in his own special way.

Love is not something what you can get, but is something what you can give. It is something how you accept things and be contented for everything.
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Thursday, December 30, 2010

12 months of 2010

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memories of 2010... more memories on 2011...
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Monday, November 1, 2010

Wedding on 30th of October

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A love story rooted from our college days has been bound by sacred matrimony last October 30, 2010 at Sanctuario de San Jose Parish.


Congratulations my dear friends, Jan Amoyo and Recah Austria-Amoyo! Best Wishes and God bless! :)





More pics at http://www.flickr.com/photos/jenbajar/sets/72157625162042199/.
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Monday, October 18, 2010

Semcon 2010

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Search and Social - Winning Customers in a World Transformed By Search and Social Technologies

Last October 7 and 8, I and my colleagues attended the 4th Search Engine Marketing Conference at Hotel Intercontinental, Makati City. This year’s semcon focuses on Seach and Social. Aaron Matthew Wall, the founder of SEOBook.com was present at the conference. Speakers also include Jim Boykin, Charlie Ellis, Giovanna Villanueva, Dean Chew, Benj Arriola and Bruce Persaud for Search, and Todd Malicoat, Donald Patrick Lim, Fred Levy, Monty Roxas, Mellissa Limcaoco, Maia Nuguid, Benj Arriola, Mike Villar and TJ Manotoc for Social. Moderators include Marc Macalua of SEO Philippines and Abe Olandres of Yugatech. This is my first time to attend this kind of conference. This is also an awesome experience as a developer who focuses mainly on SEO.

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Blog

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One of my tasks... To make this blog back into life. :)
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Friday, August 17, 2007

Tsin Gruppo Francesco

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