APEC 2007 opens today....

Today is the formal opening of the 2007 APEC SUMMIT here in sydney and i was lucky that my workplace is included in the ___ kilometers radius ( hindi ko alam kung gaano kalayo ) na binigyan ng order for public holiday due to traffic control reasons.... So here i am waking up 10 o clock in the morning, washed my laundries, nagsampay, took a warm shower na napakatagal, and had my breakfast or shall we call that lunch already infront of tv, then naglinis ng bahay.... Medyo tinatamad pa yan ha....! =D

I was planning to go to Hobbyco in the city today but since today is also the opening of APEC SUMMIT, security might be too tight there so probably i'll leave that one for some other weekends na lang instead....

Yesterday when i went to the olympic stadium in homebush bay to attend the Aimex Mining Expo, i saw a pair of F-18 Hornets ( airforce jets ) soaring just above us many times.... They've also erected some sort of a great wall of sydney in the city streets to protect the VIP convoys from possible terrorist attacks and from the raging protesters.... Also there's Black Hawks up in the air hovering over the AMP tower and army boats in the waters....! Kaya nga hindi na sinubukan ni Pepe na pumunta pa at wala talagang lusot dun....!

I haven't seen our President GMA on tv yet, but George Bush was flooding the tv and radio stations since he arrived 3 days ago prior to the opening.... And i am excited to see the leaders in the australian national dress code too....! I wonder if they have one like our Barong Tagalog here....! Maybe they don't even have one....! But if they do, maybe it's something like the clothing of Crocodile Dundee and a leather hat with dangling corks around it to keep the fly away he-he....!

By the way, yesterday we went to the Aimex Mining Expo and we spent few hours there looking around those gigantic mining machineries that i haven't seen before in my whole life....! It was a fantastic experience i reckon, but later on we got sick of it and went to have our lunch at Hungry Jack's in auburn.... But before that, dumaan muna kami sa isang branch ng Hobbyco in Rhodes kaya lang ay hindi pala masyadong malaki ito and they'are not complete with everything there either....

I can feel that i'm getting sucked-in deep into this hobby now, but anyways it's a good kind of a hobby naman for all ages he-he....! At the moment i got few items on my wishlist and hopefully i can manage to afford those without hurting my savings or my budget he-he....!

In total, everything went well yesterday and hopefully the whole day today as well.... Planning to go to work tomorrow for some extra cash ha-ha....! I hope everyone's having the best in everything today and yun na....! I just thought that i'm going to make the most of my day-off today and part of it is to make an update on what's going on in downunder these days....! Have a good day all....! Ingatz....! =D

Tagged by Maj....

This tag was from Maj na medyo natagalan rin ng kunti ang response as usual.... Medyo busy lang kasi ako palagi kaya yun....! =D


Rules : Each players of this game starts with six (6) weird things about themselves.... People who get tagged need to write a blog of their own six (6) weird things as well as state the rule clearly.... Tag another six (6) people and inform them about it....

So here i go with six weird things about myself :

1.) I tend to eat more when i'm stressed or depressed....

2.) I spend longer time drying my foot in front of the fan before putting-on socks and shoes than anything else when i'm dressing-up....
3.) I like to smell the fried food first before eating them....

4.) I don't smile a lot but i like to crack jokes....

5.) I rarely wear shorts even inside the house....

6.) Watching TV makes me feel sleepy....


So there you go, all six (6) weird things about myself.... I still have a lot but the rule says only six he-he....! I don't know if you find them weird enough, but to me they are just a normal part of my little daily rituals na mahirap pigilan because most of the time i'm doing them without even realising he-he....! =D


I would like to tag : Redlan, Zj, Rus, Carlota, Elay, Macy, and Mia....


Take your time on this guys, don't rush it okay....? Tulog na muna ako....!

Yesterday's race result....

No luck ha-ha....! My car had spun out of control many times....! I was quite disappointed by the performance of my Electric R/C Car and myself of course, but i am not discouraged yet he-he....!

The other cars were very good too, actually most of them are a lot better and i've enjoyed the day heaps....! At the moment i am browsing in the web trying to search for hobby-shops nearby, but it seems that the Electric R/C Cars available here in oz are a little expensive for our pockets to afford, that's why i thought why not search for some online hobby-shops back home in pinas instead....! They can be a lot more cheaper compared to here i suppose....!

Sounds like a good idea and it's just a few clicks away, but my problem is that i don't know the address of those particular websites.... Hopefully i will find one in Iloilo City so that i can ask AB to check them out whenever she's available to go there.... The team ( Drift-package Racers ) asked me to check the prices there too and if possible we can all get our materials from there and the cars as well....

I know this won't be easy but i'll try anyway.... By the way, does anyone knows any hobby-shops that sells Professional Electric or Nitro Radio Controlled Racing Cars anywhere in pinas....? If you do, please HELP....!!! =D

As for the race yesterday, there will always be a next time in everything and i'll make sure that i won't spin again when that time comes.... Fingers crossed he-he....! Meanwhile, i'm badly in need of an upgrade right now so i guess this is goodbye for now but not forever....! I'm going to check the web once more.... I'll be back here again tonight to check your tags if there's any.... And hopefully if i'm lucky, one of yous might have in your hands the answers to my problem....!

This is not the race that we had yesterday, it's just a sneak-peek of what the pros are doing.... This video is from an R/C World Tour Championship.... Galing nila ano....?! I just want to show you how serious this hobby can get, it's not just as simple as a big boy playing a kids toy he-he....! Remember, these cars can run up to a top speed of sometimes 80 km/h....! Naaaapakabilis....! Zoooooom....! =D

I really recommend this kind of hobby to everyone....! Talagang astig na sport....! Medyo magastos nga lang sya pero in terms of enjoyment level naman ay talagang amazing ang dala nitong satisfactions sa hobbiest....! So para sa mga kabataan dyan na bored at walang maisipang gawin, don't spend your money on drugs, spend it on RC Cars instead ha-ha....! This is what they call a good kind of addiction....! =D

Still on racing mode....

This is what i mean by Drifting Guys....! I found this Remote Controlled Cars Drifting competition in U-tube, it's so awsome to watch....! Astig....!



This one is a nitro methane (glow-fuel) type, it's using nitro fuel to run its mini-engine.... It's a lot more better than my rechargeable version....! Did you notice the smoke coming out from behind....? It's so realistic, i'd love to have one of this someday....! =D

Great saturday ahead....!

Can't hardly wait for the next saturday to come....! There will be a great event ahead and i can't hardly wait for that....! Wooohooo....!


Last saturday while having our lunch at the benches outside our workplace we've noticed that there's not much cars at the carpark that day, so one of my workmates opened the back of his car and pulled out a foot and a half long white remote controlled racing car....!


We took turn playing that, speeding around the small pizza-shape island in the middle of the carpark and then we came up with this one bright idea, we are going to bring our R/C Cars and have a mini-car racing next saturday there....! Isn't that fantastic....! The picture on your top right-hand side is the map of my workplace location and the Drift Package R/C Cars Racing Ground, i've made-up that name he-he....! Tunog astig ba....?! =D


One thing's for sure, i will never be left behind eating the others dust on this one ha-ha....! I believe that i have the best, fastest R/C Car in the whole Pempek System's population ( my workplace name.... Pempek : means belly button in thai language. ) but i'm just worried about the battery thingy.... The batteries takes about five long hours to recharge, but i don't know how long can it last.... Best way is to bring a back-up battery just incase he-he....!


By the way, the picture above left is an R/C Car similar to my super drifter SUBARU Impreza WRX.... The only difference is that my one is in red color instead of a blue, but linings and all other features are the same.... Drifting in racing term means, turning using the front breaking system by pulling the hand break instead of stepping on the foot break and throwing the rear part of the car close to a 180 degrees semi-circular swing like a compass, with the nose of the car as the center of the compass.... In high speed, this can make your car appear like skidding side ways....! But don't try to do this with your cars guys, it's a very dangerous manoeuvre and you can get hurt in the process.... It has a real motoring sound and a working headlight for night-time action too.... Also armed with a 7.2 Volts ni-cad rechargeable battery pack.... The only problem is that you need to recharge them at least 5 hours before using....


I wonder what kind of features does the other guy's R/C Cars have hmmmm....! Maybe i should ring them up tonight and ask them to bring their R/C Cars tomorrow and leave them on their work-desk for the rest of the week until saturday's race....


All in all, i know that there will be lots of fun and i'm looking forward to see my Subaru in action....! Anyways, i will post here the result of the race next weekend.... I just hope that my battery packs won't let me down.... =D

Tagged by Zj....! =D

I was tagged by Zj.... I didn't really had enough time today but i did my best to finish this kasi baka mamaya ay matagalan na naman ulit kagaya ng kay Redlan nun....! Anyways, here i am and here it is....!


Did it ever cross your mind to find out who was born on your birth day, what important event happened, or where in the world there’s a holiday? If yes, then this is the perfect meme for you.


Thanks Zj for the tag.What do I need to do? Go to Wikipedia and type in your birthday (month and day).Write down three events, 2 births, 1 holiday and tag 5 friends.There are five slots in the Birthday Meme.


As you are tagged, you have to remove the name in the first slot and bump everyone up so that your name can be added to the bottom.

I was born on November 3 and that makes me a Scorpio.... =D


Important Events that happened on November 3 :


1.) Sputnik 2 (Russian: Спутник-2, Satellite 2) was the second spacecraft launched into Earth orbit, on November 3, 1957, and the first to carry a living animal - a dog named Laika.


2.) Chevrolet officially enters the automobile market to compete with the Ford Model T. in November 3, 1911....


3.) The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce is founded. This paper was later renamed to The Times of India in November 3, 1861....


I share the same birthday with:


1.) Roseanne Cherrie Barr (born November 3, 1952) is an Emmy Award-winning American actress, writer, talk-show host, and comedian.


2.) Adolf "Adi" Dassler (November 3, 1900 in Herzogenaurach (Germany) - September 6, 1978 in Herzogenaurach), mainly known as Adi Dassler, is the founder of the German sportswear company adidas.


Celebrated Holiday:


1.) Japan - Culture Day (originally celebrated as Emperor's Birthday until the Meiji Emperor's death in 1912)


Thanks for the tagging Zj, i will tag other bloggers later.... =)

MY FIRST EVER MEME....

As i've promised to Redlan, eto na ang answer ko sa tag mo na pinaghintay pa kita ng sampung taon muna yata bago ko ginawa ha-ha....! Hopefully ay may natira ka pang pasensya para basahin ito ngayon....! =)

The meme is about the memories we had during our school years particularly sa elementarya.... So now i need to ask kung naaalala nyo pa ba ang mga escapades noong elementary days nyo? Ang mga titser na kinatatakutan, ang unang natutunan sa silid aralan at ang mga kaklase na naging kalaro.... Yes i can still recall a few, so here's my answer to that Redlan....

GRADE I - The only memory that i can remember clearly in my mind from grade one was my seatmate who later became a beauty queen in our town....! Her name is Yvette, and she loves her star-scout hat very much that she used to wear that all day long at school ng walang kasawa-sawa he-he....! Remember the Maya Bird that they usually sell outside the church and schools sometimes....? Those too were inside her hat ha-ha....! I don't know why she loves to keep them in there....!

Most of the time she's flooding the floor underneath her chair because that time she seems to haven't outgrown her baby wetting-habbit thingy yet....! Sino ba naman ang mag-aakala na magiging ganun pala sya kaganda paglaki nya....! Then there was a twist, inilipat ako next to my second cousin Myra for some mysterious reasons na hindi ko maalala kung ano....!

Mas grabe pa pala kaso nito, nagdumi naman ngayon tong isa dun sa upuan nya ha-ha....! Kaya pala tahimik at kukurap-kurap na lang ang dating madaldal noon....! Anyways, she's a registered nurse now and we were also good buddies during the Phil. National Red Cross volunteering days.... Hindi ko na rin ni-remind at baka mapahiya lang....! And that's my memories of grade one.... On with the grade two....

GRADE II - Grade two was not that clear in my thoughts.... Maybe it's because there wasn't any special events at all that happened during grade two.... All i can remember that time was when we the whole family joined the " Alay Lakad", and my father was talking to a man who looks like a half-cast, maybe filipino-german and i was surprised when all of a sudden the man grabbed his whole scalp-full of hair and use it as a pamaypay ha-ha....! Kalbo pala yung mama....!

GRADE III - This was one of my best year at school.... I was the classroom's key keeper, no one can enter the room in the morning kung wala pa ako.... But of course i have to be there before the teacher does....! It was a good start for a responsible Pepe nowaday, from that simple stage i've learned the real value of punctuality....

GRADE IV - Aha, that was the stressing part of my elementary year because my teacher was also my mother....! Sobrang kamalasan ano he-he....! Biro nyo isang buong taon na wala akong freedom na gawin ang gusto ko sa loob ng school kasi wala akong kawala sa mala-jaworsking mga mata ng nanay ko hu-hu....! One time i was grounded because she've noticed that i wasn't paying attention to the lectures, alam nyo kong ano ang natuklasan ni madir sa ilalim ng desk ko....? Isang plastic bag na puno ng tipaklong ha-ha....! Kaya yun, censored na ang sumunod na story dun....! =D

GRADE V - A lot of first time happened during my grade five days.... First time kong mapalayo most of the time from my family kasi kinuha ako at pinag-aral ng kapatid ng mother ko for a year.... Then first time ko rin na-experience na malipat ng school just to be close to her place.... First time ko rin nagkaroon ng crush sa isang ka-schoolmate ko, na crush din pala ng buong school ha-ha....! I didn't had that much friends at all during grade five because i was just transfered to that school nga....! I love the school though, it was like a holiday away from my one year in grade four na hindi malaya he-he....! Anyways, i was released later on by my aunty back to my parents when finally she met her ex-boyfriend then and probably they already need the privacy i reckon....

GRADE VI - Back to the old Alma Mater ulit....! Finally a chance to finish what i've started.... I didn't cross the finish line with flying colors though, at outstanding boy scout nga lang natanggap ko nun....! But for me, that was a perfect evening to remember.... Something like that is worth the efforts to keep within yourself the whole life through.... I get to see what i've achieved, a fulfilment at last for the very first time kasi elementary pa nga lang tayo nun ano....! The big one's still yet to come....! By the way, i was a member of the Drum and Bugle Corps when i was in grade six....! Astig....!

There you go Redlan, hope you'll like my answer to your meme.... =D I will find out first who hasn't got this meme yet and then later on i will tag them okay....? But anyone who are interested can always do this too.... It's quite a unique meme, i like it....! Thanks again for tagging me Redlan....!