A Business Card to rule them all!

Yesterday I finished the final version of Connie's Business card. I am quite happy with this one. Connie is happy with it too :) Next up is one for her sister!

Putting more color into the sphere.

I thought the blog could use some color so thanks to a wonderful background layout from hotbliggityblog.com , you can now view this blog space in all its colorful glory ^_^

Of Laundry and Going Out

A few days ago Ching taught me the proper steps in the method of preparing laundry washing and care. I think it took around 2 or so hours to get through the process. But in the end I felt rewarded in my efforts; all hand washed, with some small help of the ancient washing machine doing most of the agitating cycle. Though the real washing and rinsing was left to we humans. I came away with this with an even greater appreciation for the efforts for those who do this on a daily basis.


I finally got out from behind my computer today, accompanied by Ching to the NCCC mall (New City Commercial Corporation) to get a few needed items. After, I treated Ching to dinner (Chow King) to show my appreciation for her efforts and kindness in helping me with my stay here to be more comfortable and enjoyable.

Tomorrow I plan to go to a nearby store to buy some formal shirts for my teaching days. Formal in this case meaning a t-shirt with a collar. Still very comfy :) Thank god , no tie! lol

Though this means I will need to exchange some of my US money since I am nearly depleted of my current pesos. I have 20 usd on me, that should give me enough to get by until I can exchange the 90 in my bank account , as soon as we can find a good place to pull the money from it to exchange. But that should pose no problems.

More to come soon!

Of dancing and Cameras....

Ching showed me more of the surrounding area, specifically a talent pageant that was going on. We all had fun watching the dancing and singing.


We forgot to bring the digital camera so there are no pics of it.



On another note, I heard back from the shop that was working on my camera...it would take about the same amount of money to fix the thing as it as bought in the first place ... not really a good deal..better to just buy a new one grrr ... as usual going through the manufacturer is a failure.

The Presentation

The presentation wasn't much more than my babbling and mumbling about animation..I didn't know I had stage fright . . . never really had the occasion to talk in front of a group of people before really. But however I stumbled , everyone was gracious and understanding and I at least got to show some samples of the types of animation I could teach.

Next time though I will be MUCH more prepared...power point presentation with modeling and animation demo..with my drawing tablet right there to show it off better.

For this one, there was only 3 days notice..not nearly time enough to get my set up back to where I could do anything of quality.



I will ask to borrow the digital camera so I can take more pics and upload to my computer for copies to use for posting here.

MY Office space

Well I have a nice little office in the registrars office.... It is temporary. Once internet is in the building next door, my permanent office will be there :) But for now I at least have a HQ to work from.

Home sweet home

UPDATE: its not really suitable after all. There is no lock on the door, kids could come in anytime they wanted...cant trust my stuff to be there during day then.

Ching helped me find an apartment to sleep at nights.

Its more of a spare room in a families home, but that works fine.
and of course aircon is extra :P But that's not really a problem since at most I'd run it at night when sleeping..otherwise I'm at the school in the day.

The landlords kids took my slippers and played with them like toys while I was inside looking at the room lol.... funny kids :P

It's business card time!

I made a Business card the other day.

I think it still needs work but it will do for now.

Of Logos and Photographs . . .

I created a new logo for the school since they have changed from being a technical school to a full-fledged college :) They seem to like it since they used it right away. I'm very happy with it as well.

UPDATE : Fixed the pic, now its properly round as was intending instead of funky oval lol

I was also asked to take photos of the daily activities during class hours. This will allow outsiders to glimpse the inner-workings of the school, letting possible future students become interested in learning here. It also allows me to use Connie's digital camera for taking pics to post here :P

yaaay! Communication!

With the help of Connie and Ching, I finally have a cell phone! Now I can communicate the Filipino way :)

UPDATE: I ran out of free "Load" (Minutes), so I will have to buy some later when we go out again into town.

I'm in Palawan!

Well hello everyone!

Its been over a week since my last entry. I promise I will give an in-depth description with my stay in Manila.

I left Manila today and am now at the school , GEFI which is in Peurto Princesa, province of Palawan.

Soon I will get setup and settled in.

I am very exited to get to work! :)