Here he is. We got him about 2 weeks ago. He’s a pug and we’ve named him Quan which means soldier in Chinese.

Here he is with his Soldier Boy outfit.

Here he is on his new Sponge Bob Square Pants mini sofa.

We just absolutely adore him even if he pees and poops in the living room sometimes.

We’ve had Z (our Chevrolet Optra Wagon) for about a year and a half now so we’ve decided to give it up and get a new car. This time, I wanted to get a car that somehow reflects my fiancee’s personality so I got her Remus - our new Toyota Yaris. That’s what Lory named her new car and she absolutely loves it. It’s also quite a gas saver too, compared to our Chevrolet. With the recent increases in gas prices, this car really rocks.

After having lived in Raya Gardens for a few months, we’ve decided that it’s not what we want. I guess it’s father time having an effect on me for living in a nice condominium such as Raya Gardens just seemed to have lost its appeal to me. The place looks great but I guess I’ve “matured” enough to want a simpler life.

That’s why we have acquired a new place at a really nice place just outside of Metro Manila but not too far for it to be inconvenient to be driving to and from Makati where we work.

Below are some pictures of our new place. You wouldn’t believe how beautiful La Marea in San Pedro, Laguna is. All our friends who’ve been there couldn’t help but truly love the place.

He’s probably one of the most controversial Filipinos in recent memory. He’s had plenty of mud thrown his way courtesy of the mainstream media. These are done mostly by other prominent business and political personalities that Mark Jimenez collided with, to tarnish his reputation. To make things worse, Mark Jimenez is a very reclusive man. You don’t see him grandstanding on the evening news like most politicians these days. So all the inaccurate information about him that is being pumped into the mainstream media is just about all that Filipinos both here and abroad know about Mark Jimenez.
They don’t know that Mark Jimenez is the largest single benefactor of the Catholic church. Or that his Hulog ng Langit Foundation was one of the first to come to the aid of the Wowowee Ultra stampede incident. Mark Jimenez has also done other things to directly help the Filipino people such as giving tens of millions of pesos to the
parents of students who lost their money and could not enroll in school because of that College Assurance Plan fiasco.

One more thing I noticed about him when I met the man is that he loves to talk… well… more like teach. And if there’s someone who is worth your time listening to, he’s probably it.

Mark Jimenez is a self-made man and his achievements are truly world-class. With all the things he has achieved though, Mark MJ Jimenez remains the most down-to-earth person I have ever come across. Do you know that during Bill Clinton’s reign as US President, Mark Jimenez was one of his closest advisers? MJ is the very first Filipino to ever spend a night in the White House. If I remember it right, he was somewhat in-charge of the United States’ Latin American affairs.

Mario Crespo or Mark MJ Jimenez as he is more popularly known, is also hands down the most brilliant man I personally know and also the most misunderstood. His understanding of the real root cause of the Philippines’ struggles as both a nation and people, I believe is one of the sharpest and least pretentious.

He’s got a lot to say about why things are the way they are and why we (Filipinos) are the way we are right now. Most importantly, I firmly believe that he has the answers… Coming from someone as objective thinking as myself, that’s something as I don’t get impressed easy!