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Hubby looking through the relaxing atmosphere at Babu Santa, Talikud Island.

I wonder what Hubby is teaching his niece Dianne. (Taken at the Ateneo de Davao University Grade School, circa 1988)

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The US Geological Survey detected the earthquake 100 km from General Santos City -- that's about 130 km off Davao City. The earthquake shook its epicenter at a magnitude of 4.8.

It's our father's first death anniversary today. Join us in praying for his dear departed soul.

Hubby with his new girlfriend? Here's a shot of my husband with Twirlie.

Tomorrow will log a special "once in a lifetime" date - time combination of 12:34:56 7/8/9. That's July 8, 2009, at four seconds before 12:35 in the afternoon.

We got a rare amount printed on our credit card receipt from our dinner in Shakeys Pizza, SM City Davao. Have you experienced a similar incident?

Despite the emergence of more coffee shops in the metro, BluGre will always hold the distinguished title of offering the first great coffee experience in Davao City.

Deliriously Happy: High school friends dining and laughing together

Underwater Wonders in Samal, for Wordless Wednesday

Hubby here, fresh from experiencing a frightful earthquake while on night shift duty in San Miguel Brewery in Darong, Davao del Sur.

Go ape over Kasagingan's banana preparations like the Two-ron, a fried roll of banana and jackfruit drizzled with caramel and Belgian chocolate syrup.

Wordless Wednesday post: Make way for this 4-seater motorcycle. The photo was captured while waiting for the public bus in Darong, Sta. Cruz, Davao del Sur.

Here in Davao, greaseless chicken is usually associated with one landmark destination: Molave Restaurant. It set the prime example of a classy Filipino restaurant back in the day.

This is the first of eventual weekly posts supporting Wordless Wednesday, a unique way of expressing yourself to the Web populace by using a single image.

This morning, I have been getting the message ‘Connection Refused’ posted against a blank page when I try to log in my Yahoo! Mail account. It’s not every single time, though. I was able to access my account a few times, and then unable to do so in other times ...

Exactly one year ago, we launched this humble blogsite in time for Araw ng Dabaw. Now, we’ve never been happier with how our baby site has turned out. DavaoBase has figured in Google searches for target keywords, and some of our posts even landed as primary search results. We’re still ...

February is a month of new things for DavaoBase. First, we’ve just transferred to a new domain registrar and web host. Hopefully, this transfer goes for the better. Second, I tried dabbling my hands on Google Adwords. I signed up with the service in order to generate more page views ...

I have been experiencing a bit of numbness in my right hand, and I was kind of worried that it could be connected with the Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS). I have read that the relationship between CTS and repetitive motion is still under debate, but it never hurts to be more cautious. I saw this ...

Brrr…. Today is probably one of the coldest times in Davao City. Weatherbug.com read the temperature as: No need for airconditioning today! This unusual weather somehow gave me something to think about. Does this have anything to do with the reported effects of global warming? Are we entering a global ...

Hubby here, excited for the return of the Oceanic Six. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, then you know where to click. Six is a pretty eerie number. Therefore, I’m here with a small blog game called “Six Weird Things About Yourself”. Here’s a short description about this ...

Hubby here, with great news about the site… DAVAOBASE is running on WORDPRESS 2.7! From now on, you’ll be seeing better visuals (formatting, images) and faster page downloading speed (currently in the works). Now, back to your regular programming… 🙂

  ————- This post is for our dear friend, Christian Leo Reyes, who is now busy making himself rich in Australia. Haha.. See you soon, ‘tian!

My husband’s birthday falls a day after his late father’s birthday. Last night, we had a family dinner in Gem Village. We had lechon, prawns, grilled tuna, pansit and cake. Hubby blowing the birthday candle with Papa (in photo) and sister Ate Josie

Check how near Christmas is from Santa himself.

Check how near Christmas is from Santa himself.

This one is just so funny that I have to share it. My husband and I were in SM when we passed by a store with Santa Claus hanging (himself!) by the wall. Poor Santa. I guess this Santa had too much pressure this season. Do you think he is ...

Some of you may have heard about this before as it has been going for a while now. To those who haven’t, allow me to share with you this very interesting opportunity to help feed the hungry. The banner above is a link to a site that allows you to ...

Here is another product of my husband’s creativity. This was our gift to Ate Elma, our sister by heart, on her 50th birthday. Ate Elma is actually our sister-in-law, but my husband’s late father once told us that he has never considered any of us as his daughters-in-law, just daughters. ...

This weekend, we honor our loved ones who have already left this world for a much more beautiful place with God. I actually don’t get the point of setting a day or two to remember our dead loved ones when we always do (remember them) the whole year round. Less ...

This weekend, we honor our loved ones who have already left this world for a much more beautiful place with God. I actually don’t get the point of setting a day or two to remember our dead loved ones when we always do (remember them) the whole year round. Less ...

It’s Halloween. I noticed that there aren’t as many horror movies or TV shows these days compared to a few years back. I used to hate the weeks before Halloween since whatever channel you had on TV, there surely was a show or an ad about ghosts and white ladies. ...

Two years of marriage seem like forever. No, don’t get me wrong. What I mean is that I can feel that the intensity of our love for each other has become as strong as (if not stronger than) most couples who have been married for a long time already. I ...

Due to technical difficulties, I was not able to post some entries about my recent trip to Manila. However, I decided to still put this one on anyway. This was actually written on October 4. ————————————————————————————– It has been 3 weeks and I miss my hubby so much. I’m sure ...

A few months ago, I took the Grey’s Diagnosis and found that, of the characters in Grey’s Anatomy, the personality of Callie Torres fits me best. See my entry about it. Today, for the lack of a better thing to do, I took another online quiz. This time, I had ...

On July 15 (my mother’s birthday, actually), my husband’s father made his final breath. It came as a big shock to the family, as he seemed to be in good shape. On the day he passed away, he was still able to greet my mother at around 7 in the ...

Like an angel has touched me, it suddenly dawned on me. It was now clearer. I am blessed. I am truly blessed. I am truly rich. I am a friend of God. God is my creator. He is the reason I am here – alive and well. If there should ...

No, this is not about the deodorant. This is me having another ‘first day’ in my life. What made my ‘first day’ busy? Uhm, technically, I should not be busy today. So, I’ll do that again – What did I do today? Well, I tried catching up with my favorite ...

Some of my officemates were recently in Camiguin for a short vacation. Since my husband and I already had a Camiguin honeymoon in 2006, we opted to pass on the trip and stayed home. I, anyway, have decided to share our own Cagayan-Camiguin fun by posting here the travel account ...