stop throwing insults

don't insult anyone...

just because you're taste is different from them...
just because your expectations are different from them...
just because it's not the "norm"...

taste, expectations and "norm" is relative...and you're NOT perfect, so stop acting as if you are..

stop hating.

where i've been to so far..i've only just scratched the surface..

where i've been to so far..i've only just scratched the surface..

i'm hoping to visit 2-3 asian countries plus 2-3 philippine beaches when i go home to the philipipnes to take care of my wedding preps...

cheers to all traveholics!

1. Cebu City, Philippines
2. Paris, France
3. Rome, Italy
4. Florence, Italy
5. London, UK
6. Lucerne, Switzerland
7. Kitty Hawk, NC, USA
8. Philadelphia, PA, USA
9. Chicago, IL, USA
10. Tagaytay, Philippines

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how much for a european trip?

it costs me $1,800... for 9 countries...

london-belgium-luxembuourg-austria-switzerland-italy-france-monaco-liechtenstein

excluding airfare and excluding optional tours/activities(please see below for the optional tours/activities)... they excluded the airfare because not everyone is coming from the U.S...like in our group, 75% are from australia (i love listening to them talk).... if you opt to not avail of their optional tours/activities you'll have a lot of free time to do stuff on your own.... we didn't book all their optional tours because there are stuff they don't offer that we want to do (see items below with *)  either that or it's because we figured we could save more by doing some tours on our own....

$1,800 also excludes the extra nights that i booked independently in london and paris.....


$1,800 includes:

-
-  chartered motor coach (from london all the way to paris, very very very very, did i say very? convenient and we get to see a lot of stuff and everything is door-to-door)
- ship fare from london to calais, france (this is to cross the border)
- chartered water taxi to venice
- 14 nights hotel accomodation (3-4 star hotels, not hostels, 2 pax sharing)
- breakfasts everyday
- 5 lunches
- 3 dinners
- porters - this is heaven-sent since our bag is heavy! (it's winter time & d trip is 16 + 4 days ofcourse our bags are heavy!)
- trivia and commentary & history lessons - i enjoyed listening to the commentary of our tour guide..specially about the history part..it pays to have a very knowledgeable tour guide and it's nice to know what the heck we're looking at, lol....


what are the tours included:
- switzerland day tour
- rome city tour
- glass blowing in venice
- perfume making in france (eze)
- paris city tour
- luxembuorg side trip
- austria side trip
- monte carlo (monaco) side trip
- st. francis of assisi side trip


what are the optional tours we availed or booked on our own:
- *priority boarding at the london eye w/ mulled wine
- cruise on lake lucerne
- climb to mt.titlis (alps of switzerland)
- gondola ride in venice
- special christmas lunch in rome
- *river cruise in seine at paris
- *priority entry to the eiffel tower (includes ride up to d 1st floor and dinner at a restaurant inside the eiffel tower - restaurant 58 tour eiffel)
- louvre tour - its better to do this via tour group to skip the long lines
- versailles tour - same with this
- * dinner at tour montparnasse (restaurant le ciel de paris)

*we booked this on our own

some notes if you're thinking of doing a european trip:
london:
london is very easy to navigate, just get a train map....london sightseeing is 22 euros (or $29)...you might want to book for sight-seeing if you don't have enough time because with chartered bus it cuts your commute time from point a to point z since everything is door-to-door....but if you have a day or 2 to spare it'll be more fun to use public transportation....

DIY or not:
if you're planning to do a european tour thru a travel agency, i suggest you do it with a travel agency that has the european trip down to a science...not those who just did the tour once or twice or thrice but hundreds of times.... believe me, if you want your tour to be smooth sailing you have to do it with a trustful travel agency otherwise it would just be a nightmare! if the travel agency you're booking with is not that experienced for trips in europe you're better off doing it DIY (do-it-yourself) with your friends, aside from the experience with DIY and w/ inexperienced travel agency is the same, it would be much much cheaper....

cosmos.com <--- they have the european trip down to a science! highly, highly recommended!

my trip is both DIY and thru a travel agency..
london DIY:
we arrived in london a few days early because we want to go to a few other places they dont offer...it was a lot of fun! i got to master their train system.... thank you oyster card...

paris DIY:
we stayed in paris for a few days too.... and yes, i can proudly say i also have mastered their subway system.... since the tour ended on the 30th we got to stay in paris for a few more days and i can honestly say, that yes, i can tour you in paris cause i know where the cool stuff are thanks to their very efficient public transportation... thank you carnet...

if you want tips for a DIY european trip drop me a line.... don't get ripped off by people claiming to give backpacking european trip.... backpacking should be cheaper, no offense to that travel agency, i'm just saying this as-a-matter of fact and not to put them down or anything......

 from cosmos.com the cheapest european tour is $1,100 and they're a big and very respectable travel agency and they know europe..... cosmos doesn't do backpacking but they're still cheaper than the other travel agency claiming to do europe backpacking.......... what i saw from another travel agency is sort of a false advertisement, again, im not putting them down im just protecting the consumers and giving them choices.... if you don't believe me go  to http://cosmos.com/Vacations/Europe/Panoramas/

by the way, cosmos.com don't just cater for US residents....like i said, 75% of my companions are from australia...the others, if you're curious, are from indonesia (their starting point was singapore), south africa, bahrain & ofcourse US.... they also take it seriously if you're vegetarian or not or if you need some special help while travelling (like if u use canes, etc.).

there you go fellow traveholics -  "shop wisely"

 

still in europe

uk
belgium
luxembuorg
switzerland
leichtenstein
austria
monaco
italy
france

birthday in london
christmas in rome
new year's in paris

thank you Lord for the blessings....

under the saya

 

dear xyz.

simula ng nagka-gf ka naging hater ka na. what happened?

eto pa, you  dont know how to stand up for yourself anymore.

naging under the  saya ka na.

 

you weren't like that before. you are your own man. you can't just be pushed around. pero ngayon parang takot na takot ka. oo  ka na lang ng oo.

 

pero buhay mo yan. tsaka yeah, people change.

 

ingat lang. you might lose the real you that the next time we see you baka hindi ka na namin makilala.

 

if you can’t handle me at my worst

If you can’t handle me at my worst....

..... you sure as hell don’t deserve me at my best.

-Marylin Monroe (via ihatequotes)

i like that....it actually kinda makes sense.... it would filter out those people with bad intentions....

i'm abandoning my multiply site

... i don't like what multiply is doing with my photos...it looked pixelized and distorted... and to think i have a premium account... i might start to abandon this site and go back to flickr...

my flickr account is photoholic : http://www.flickr.com/photoholic

(yes, i named travel factor's photoholic trips after my flickr user name)

wish list 2010

yep! it's that time of the year again.... i know i can't have all these but it's always fun to make a list... i'll start adding on this list starting today....

(in no particular order)

1. wii fit with board
2. kindle
3. new gps (with junction view, public transportation, pedestrian)
4. or gps map update
5. ymca membership
6. car paint
7. sb flash (doesn't matter if its an old model or not)
8. newest itouch
9. new mattress
10. an eagle's desean jackson jersey - female size
11. a phillies' cliff lee jersey (i know cliff lee's with the rangers but im hoping there's still some left from last year) - female size

geek alert : on *bleeping* unicode

i was trying not to get aneurysym because of this unicode stuff and i have been pulling my hair out trying to figure out what the heck is going on..... why the japanese character i have typed in on my jsp gets saved as some mangled value on oracle.... and why correct unicode values on oracle doesn't get displayed correctly on my jsp...... i would come home seething with fury because of frustration with a case of migraine on the side....... i tried posting on forums and i was mocked at because i don't know how stuff are called but i survived.... i'm posting my solution here to document this....... i was having difficulty googling the answer because apparently my search queries are wrong but i got lucky when someone on the forum i posted my question pointed me to this link: http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/Intl/HTTPCharset/ so you need to do that....forget the database part....  i was yelled at at work when i asked what our database character set is....... and i was mocked at that if i need to ask that then it means i'm not doing stuff correctly (hmpf! fine!)...... so again, ignore the "database settings"...... as long as you know that your database is configured to be unicode-friendly your good..... then after some playing around with my codes and comparing why the other jsp is behaving correctly and the other is not i realized the other is using the "get" method (<form method="get"...> ) which is doing what i want it to do while my other jsp is using "post" which is what's screwing my inputs..... i didn't know that method "post"'s default encoding is ISO-8859-1....... excellent! i found the culprit why my japanese characters values are getting mangled...... by the way.....for the "get" to work properly you need to add this: URIEncoding="UTF-8" on your server.xml so it would be something like:     <Connector port="8080" protocol="HTTP/1.1"                connectionTimeout="20000"                redirectPort="8443"                URIEncoding="UTF-8"/> ok.....back to "post" and "get"...... in the web land we don't use "get".....(if you've come this far that means you're a programmer and you were interested to know how i fixed my problem which also means you already know why "get" is a no-no)....... so i need to find a way to make the "post" to work like the "get" and so it's google time again and somewhere between searching for struts and tomcat encoding and finding the nearest papa john's pizza i found this: http://wiki.apache.org/tomcat/FAQ/CharacterEncoding you might want to pay attention on this part: How do I change how POST parameters are interpreted? so what i did was: 1. i located that file SetCharacterEncodingFilter.java which, as the document says is in: tomcatdir/webapps/examples/WEB-INF/classes/filters/   2. copied the contents of the whole /filters directory and dropped it in my own /webapps directory note: although actually you just need the SetCharacterEncodingFilter.xxxxx   3. and then i opened my web.xml and added this:     <filter>          <filter-name>Set Character Encoding</filter-name>          <filter-class>com.myclasses.filters.SetCharacterEncodingFilter</filter-class>          <init-param>              <param-name>encoding</param-name>              <param-value>UTF-8</param-value>          </init-param>     </filter>     <filter-mapping>             <filter-name>Set Character Encoding</filter-name>             <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>     </filter-mapping>   add those lines before any of your <servlet> tags...atleast that's where i put it...   there's a shortcut...in your action or conroller classes make sure you set the encoding to what you want it to be, like in my case it's UTF-8... so somewhere in your controller class there's a line of code that looks exactly like this.. request.setCharacterEncoding("UTF-8"); for some reason that shortcut didn't work for me and i'm sure i'm screwing things up somewhere in my code, but being the lazy ass that i am and i had enough of this unicode stuff that if someone talks to me about this i am going to scream, seriously.... haha...anyway, i don't want to debug anymore so i just did that <filter> thingie....   that's it! that solves my from browser to database problem....   now, how about the from database to browser problem? easy.... locate all your .jsp and add this line right on the very top...   <%@ page language="java" contentType="text/html; charset=UTF-8" %>   this actually should be the easiest part of my problem and the reason why my browser still keeps displaying the wrong values is because i put that line of code on the wrong jsp..... that happens you know, specially when you didnt realize that the jsp you are looking at is a baby jsp meaning it was called by the mother jsp (sorry, i know, i have a weird way of calling stuff) using this line:   <c:import url=mommy_calling_baby.jsp/>   so make sure you put that line of code on the mother jsp...     so there you have it.... if you were having the same problem and this tiny notes of mine worked for you and s olved your problem and you know where i'm at i just want a tall java chip frap from starbucks, tee hee hee...   oh, by the way, i'm using tomcat 6, oracle 11g and java 1.5 and struts p.s.. now if you're shaking your head and mumbling to yourself saying i'm stupid not to know this and you know how to do this even while you're sleeping, then good for you....now, go away!

schengen visa, finally

after going back and forth at the italian embassy in philadelphia for three times i finally got my schengen...

kaso...matuloy kaya ako? bahala na!

going to italy to learn english...

consul: you're going to italy as a student?
lady: yes
consul: what will you be studying there?
lady: english
consul: but you can speak----- *sigh* let me get this straight you are going to italy to learn english?
lady: yes
consul: why do you need to go to italy to learn english when you are already in the english-speaking country? what's the difference between learning english here and italy?
lady: i want to immerse myself in the italian culture so that when i come back here i would be able to teach the immigrants.
consul: i'm sorry, we can't approve your italian student visa. you're an american citizen, you can stay in Italy without a visa for 90 days.
lady: but i need to stay there for 186 days
consul: well, if you want to stay longer to learn "more english" just come back here in the US after your initial 90 days in Italy and just fly back to Italy for another 90 days.....



i will deny her of a visa too if i was the consul.... that's a load of crap that lady is trying to pull off there... she could have just said "i'm going to italy to learn how to speak italian fluently" or "I'm going to Italy to learn how to cook Italian dishes" , that might be more plausible, sheesh...but, what do i know....none of my business..... i just thought that conversation is funny......you're in America and you're going to Italy to learn English, uh, for real?

Grand Canyon Plus Plus for as low as $313.00

Thanksgiving Trip 2010

(Nov 25 - Nov 27)

I already have 5 people joining but we can still accomodate a few more.

Flight Suggestion:
ETA in Phoenix: Between 3:00 - 5:00 PM on November 25 (Thu)
ETD from Phoenix : 4:00 PM onwards on November 28 (Sun)

Nov 25 (Thu): Meetup in Phoenix
	Participants should arrive in Phoenix between 3:00 - 4:00 pm.
	Pick-up rental car. Stay in Phoenix.
Nov 26 (Fri): Early drive to Grand Canyon
	4.5 hours scenic drive from Phoenix to Grand Canyon
	See Grand Canyon for the whole day. Description: A powerful and inspiring landscape, the Grand Canyon overwhelms our senses through its immense size; 277 river miles (446km) long, up to 18 miles (29km) wide, and a mile (1.6km) deep. Sunset at Hopi Point. No visit to Grand Canyon is complete unless we stayed for the sunset show. The whole canyon gets a reddish color and the show of color-light-shadows that the canyon is revealing in front of your eyes is just amazing. No pictures and no words can describe the beauty of the sunsets here! So don't forget to pack your tripod.
Nov 27 (Sat): Grand Canyon and Antelope Canyon and Lake Powell Cruise
	Sunrise at Powell Point. Wake up really early for the sunrise view of the Grand Canyon Then leave for Page, preferrably around 6:00 am in time for the 9:00 Photography Antelope Tour
	Drive 3 hours to Page. Description: Antelope Canyon is at once one of the most breathtaking and tranquil places on earth. Gently carved from the Navajo sandstone over the course of countless millenniums, the slot canyons are majestic and narrow passages, just enough space for a small group to walk the sandy floor - and for the occasional shafts of sunlight to shine down from above. Watch this video and get mesmerized: Antelope Canyon
	If you can't get enough of Page and we still have time to spare, how about taking a boat tour at the Lake Powell? Descrption: Lake Powell is the second-largest man-made lake in the United States. Cruising Lake Powell is like touring a huge sculpture park that will dramatically inspire all of your senses and is surrounded by the startling beauty of colorful rock canyon walls, rose colored sandy beaches and a night sky brilliant with shimmering stars. This breathtaking landscape extends from Page Arizona into southern Utah. For more info see: http://www.arizona-leisure.com/lake-powell-page-arizona.html
Nov 28 (Sun): Drive back to Phoenix to catch your flight.

$685.00	if traveling solo
$410.00	if 2 people travelling together
$318.33	if 3 people travelling together
plus airfare to and from Phoenix

What's Included:
- Hotel (Phoenix, Grand Canyon, Page)
- Car Rental (does NOT include insurance)
- Gas
- Tours (Grand Canyon, Photography Antelope Tour, Cruise at Lake Powell)

** Deposit of $50 per person is needed to reserve your slot. I need this to reserve your accomodation.
** Deposit is non-refundable.


Send all your inquiries to: traveholics.united@gmail.com

Ultimate Grand Canyon Tour Plus Plus for as low as $313.00

Thanksgiving Trip 2010

(Nov 25 - Nov 27)

I already have 5 people joining but we can still accomodate a few more.

Flight Suggestion:
ETA in Phoenix: Between 3:00 - 5:00 PM on November 25 (Thu)
ETD from Phoenix : 4:00 PM onwards on November 28 (Sun)

Nov 25 (Thu): Meetup in Phoenix
	Participants should arrive in Phoenix between 3:00 - 4:00 pm.
	Pick-up rental car. Stay in Phoenix.
Nov 26 (Fri): Early drive to Grand Canyon
	4.5 hours scenic drive from Phoenix to Grand Canyon
	See Grand Canyon for the whole day. Description: A powerful and inspiring landscape, the Grand Canyon overwhelms our senses through its immense size; 277 river miles (446km) long, up to 18 miles (29km) wide, and a mile (1.6km) deep. Sunset at Hopi Point. No visit to Grand Canyon is complete unless we stayed for the sunset show. The whole canyon gets a reddish color and the show of color-light-shadows that the canyon is revealing in front of your eyes is just amazing. No pictures and no words can describe the beauty of the sunsets here! So don't forget to pack your tripod.
Nov 27 (Sat): Grand Canyon and Antelope Canyon and Lake Powell Cruise
	Sunrise at Powell Point. Wake up really early for the sunrise view of the Grand Canyon Then leave for Page, preferrably around 6:00 am in time for the 9:00 Photography Antelope Tour
	Drive 3 hours to Page. Description: Antelope Canyon is at once one of the most breathtaking and tranquil places on earth. Gently carved from the Navajo sandstone over the course of countless millenniums, the slot canyons are majestic and narrow passages, just enough space for a small group to walk the sandy floor - and for the occasional shafts of sunlight to shine down from above. Watch this video and get mesmerized: Antelope Canyon
	If you can't get enough of Page and we still have time to spare, how about taking a boat tour at the Lake Powell? Descrption: Lake Powell is the second-largest man-made lake in the United States. Cruising Lake Powell is like touring a huge sculpture park that will dramatically inspire all of your senses and is surrounded by the startling beauty of colorful rock canyon walls, rose colored sandy beaches and a night sky brilliant with shimmering stars. This breathtaking landscape extends from Page Arizona into southern Utah. For more info see: http://www.arizona-leisure.com/lake-powell-page-arizona.html
Nov 28 (Sun): Drive back to Phoenix to catch your flight.

$685.00	if traveling solo
$410.00	if 2 people travelling together
$318.33	if 3 people travelling together
plus airfare to and from Phoenix

What's Included:
- Hotel (Phoenix, Grand Canyon, Page)
- Car Rental (does NOT include insurance)
- Gas
- Tours (Grand Canyon, Photography Antelope Tour, Cruise at Lake Powell

** Deposit of $50 per person is needed to reserve your slot. I need this to reserve your accomodation.

** Deposit is non-refundable.

Send all your inquiries to: traveholics.united@gmail.com

life is much much bearable ...

life is much much bearable when you have someone to share it with....

it's september 2010...

it's been a year....

actually, kinda more than a year, if you count the "unofficials"....

i still don't know how to explain the situation to my friends because i don't trust some of them would understand........ my friends are a tough crowd and i can't bear the thought of them saying "not so nice words" about us..... either in our face or behind our backs...... and some of them are just natural curmudgeon, who always say bad stuff about people...... you know who they are.....

until then, my life would remain private..... and don't you dare ask me about this.... if you ask me anything all the more i'll keep things from you......

yes, you do share some private stuff about yourself or stuff about your friends to me but that doesn't mean i should return the favor....... if you're not comfortable to share any of those private stuff then please don't, i will understand....... but don't share private stuff just so i'll be obliged to share mine, that's not how it goes, i'm sorry......no offense, but i just like "announcing" stuff at my own pace......

oh, and yeah..... i still need friends.... not because i'm not alone now that would mean you can't invite me to events/gimicks anymore..... that's the other reason why i don't want to admit "it"..... my friends would just assume i'm "busy" all the time and they won't invite me to anything anymore...... i still have lots of time to be with my friends, to tell you the truth..... and i miss my friends...... just please don't put me on the spot and ask about private stuff...... i'm sure you don't want to be put on the spot too......

..and i'll say it again...

why do some people keep saying "everything happens for a reason"? isn't that a lame excuse for not owning up to your actions? or for being too proud to accept defeat?

everything does NOT happen for a reason because nothing is predestined..u are what u've become as a result of the decisions you made in the past..what happened happened as a consequence of your action and NOT because everything happens for a reason..

you have no right...

don't be so quick to judge...

unless you've been in that person's shoes you have no right to tell that person what he/she should do or not do.... what he/she should feel or not feel.....

From Inception to Deception with Q & A

 

someone pointed out that i missed to mention the important "points" so i had to modify this entry....

note: this entry will and might upset you.... you've been warned...

=========================================================

a note for myself
to remind me to always remain humble
and to never hold grudges
blog maia, regulai maia

2006	- 3 major "pasimuno" planned putting up the "thing". but needed 2 fillers. a corporation  needs atleast 5 people to be qualified as a corporation. so (2) brought her friend and (3) brought her friend.i didnt bring any (my mistake, i was outnumbered)
Dec 2006	- first project
Feb 2007	- (1)  left for US
May 2007	- official and legal and registered. (1) + (2) + (3) are all doing the "thing" part time, as previously planned and decided.
2007	- (2) quits day job/became full time. (1) + (3) still working  part-time for the "thing"
Mar 2008	- (3) quits day job/became full time. (1) still part-time
Oct 2008	- (1) booted out. reason: not in the same location as (2) & (3). can't do full time. need full time peeps coz things are getting hairy. suggestions: - suggestion: meeting before deciding anything. dont surprise attack coz its an unfair treatment. - suggestion: hire people if things are already getting too hairy so nobody needs to quit day jobs. - suggestion: make outline for clear delegation of tasks  for equal distribution - suggestion: AND always keep "people" in the loop about projects so task distribution is easier ... don't ignore (1)'s emails.... question: why follow ups/inquiries/balikbayan projects gets ignored. answer: plan of booting out is in progress
2010	- hired people (finally) -  (3)  is now in the US
	- question: (3) is now in the US  like (1).  will  (3) be booted out  why? answer: ofcourse not. politics. - question: but, but, the reason they kicked out (1) is because "she can't be physically there". that's not fair.  answer:  i'd like to think they were misguided by money. a nightmare that all honest business partners had to go through. - question: did (1) helped in the foundation? is  (1) the most well-travelled & well experienced in organizing/managing projects at that time. answer: yes and yes - question: when did (1) started organizing "projects"? answer: 2004 for pexersLibotPinas - question: did (1) at one point registered a travel agency? what happened? answer: yes, it's called traveholics network, that was back in 2004....makati denied me of a business permit because travel business is saturated in makati....i concentrated on making tour packages and organizing tours for free instead... - question: (1)'s credentials? answers: TLRC's how to set up your own "travel agency" and 2nd course on "airline booking, reservation, creating tour packages" - question: your contribution? answer: first niche market, set of clients, first set of contacts, first set logistics, tour packages, initial business strategy...basically the whole initial foundation...plus the actual business operation for two years... - question: so why booted out? answer: the "thing" is becoming famous, it's  up and running, it's  stable.  they got what  they needed from (1) so they don't have use for (1) anymore. oh. and (1) is in d US, they say (1) abandoned them. - question: abandoned? emails/chats/video conference don't count? answer: apparently, no. have to be physically there. - question: (2) & (3) changed their mindsand offered (1) 5% of the "thing", right? (1) should be thankful for that. answer: (1) felt insulted...imagine bill gates being kicked out from microsoft and they told him he can come back but they'll give him just 5% instead.... plus after all the "drama" that transpired, joining them again will be awkward. plus it would be suicide. - question: why do they have to remove (1)? cant they just have (1) + (2) + (3) + (4) plus 2 fillers? answer: good question. because too many people will have to share the pie? because (1) is in the US and they don't like it that (1) is getting both worlds (US & owning a business).  i dont know. - question: does (1) knows how much the "thing" is earning answer: no. never saw the books. never tried to because i trusted them. BIG mistake. they're, im sorry for lack of better word, scumbags. - question: did (1) get anything after 2 years as an owner? like buy out? salary? answer: none. nada. zilch. just heartaches. - question: you think they'll get mad when they see this? answer: yes. as far as they're concerned they did nothing wrong. for them, just telling someone by email that you just got the sack and they don't need you anymore without a warning, a meeting and voting is absolutely the correct and most humane thing to do.  and as far as they're concerned (1) is the bad guy because (1) shouldn't let anyone know about what happened and should never complain about their decision. plus it's bad publicity for them. but i like exercising my freedom of speech. so, im sorry travelfactor the world has to know. - question: bad publicity. so why does (1) still had to post this  answer: freedom of speech. blog maia, regulai maia. i'm sure "they" say things about (1) too. plus (1) is not mentioning names. - question: ur plan?  answer: no comment. i like to surprise people - question: does (1) hate 2 & 3?  answer: nah. just indifferent. - question: how about (4) & (5), does (1) hate them?  answer: it's mainly all (2) & (3)'s fault. im sure (4) didn't brain-washed them to kick (1) out. i hope. - question: "some" people say (1) talks a lot and "they'" are quiet.. .any comment? answer: "they" talk a lot about this too but they just hide it from (1)...(1) makes sure she's not backstabbing them by  making "posts"  viewable to not just some but everyone.... - question: and that you are bitter and over reacting.. answer: imagine yourself being betrayed by someone you trust then come back to me and tell me if i am indeed over reacting.... - question: what will (1) do if (1) sees (2) & (3) & (4) face to face? answer: smile and give them a friendly nod and continue walking.... i know how to be civil... but i cant never be friends with cheaters and backstabbers....

 

(1) = me
(2) = owner 2
(3) = owner 3
(4) = new owner
"thing" = travelfactor
first project = 1st surfvivor

antonia's line

i remember watching this when i was still in college and i remember this line that was forever etched on my mind...

"it's not true that time heals all wounds...time just softens the pain and blurs the memory..."

so. very. true.

busy and fully booked...

i just realized that i'll be very busy starting september and that my itchy feet would be so happy.....haha

september=	i'm going to virginia to attend a wedding and go to luray cavern and i'll be staying in NY for a weekend to watch the US Open finals
october    =	i have to use the fall foliage tour in suburb NY that i wasn't able to use last year
november =	grand canyon and antelope canyon trip
december =	hmm...secret muna...wala pa yung fafa hunting license ko e, este, visa pala, haha.... but that woud be my birthday trip

on forgiveness...

today's not the day..... tomorrow's not looking good either........... but i'll keep trying until i succeed.....

"Forgiveness takes time. It is the last step of the grieving process."