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2009-12-21T09:34:00.002-05:00

"LOVE & PEACE TO EVERYONE "
ENJOY THE HOLIDAYS!

" SNOWWWWWWW "

2009-12-20T01:01:00.009-05:00

i got a lot of calls from my friends asking me how many inches of snow did we get here in NORTH CAROLINA, it was in the news that the east coast would be hit by SNOW BLIZZARD ...... well, no such luck but it did snow for a bit here in RALEIGH ............ for about 10 minutes, i guess!

but the weather is very cold ........... enough to show off your new jacket...... ha! ha! ha!

here's a picture of that snow ............... CAN YOU EVEN SEE IT?

" 2nd/3RD shift CHRISTMAS DINNER & PARTY "

2009-12-19T16:40:00.021-05:00

our CHRISTMAS DINNER (at company's expense) was held last thursday, dec. 17, 2009 .......... it was catered by McCALLS BBQ & SEAFOOD RESTAURANT of CLAYTON, food was good and the service too.

after dinner, we had our SECRET SANTA and our CHINESE CHRISTMAS GIFT EXCHANGED which is fun if you get a gift that you like.

anyway, i hope everyone had a good time and ...........................................

MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!

" QA DEPT "

2009-12-16T23:49:00.002-05:00

our QA DEPT. celebrated their CHRISTMAS PARTY yesterday at HIBACHI GRILL BUFFET in CAPITAL BLVD.

here they are at work after the party .................... it look's like YOU ALL ENJOYED THE FOOD!

MERRY CHRISTMAS GUYS!

ADDITIONAL PICTURE FOR LASHONDA

2009-12-09T12:19:00.002-05:00

sorry LaSHONDA, i forgot to upload this one picture of YOU with BRIAN NEWCOMB and MARY DONALD .................. better late than never!

" dinner for LaShonda at BAHAMA BREEZE "

2009-12-08T23:46:00.017-05:00

this post is all about LaSHONDA, who left our shift (2nd) for 1st shift. ........ well, actually she has transferred to 1st shift since last week as in ASAP so we did'nt have the chance to give her a farewell dinner.

last night was the time we took her to dinner and we went to BAHAMA BREEZE and fattened ourselves again ................. MORE CALORIES! OH ME, OH MY!!!

TO LaSHONDA ...................... ENJOY LIFE!

LaSHONDA HERNDON

ADRIAN & TOURIS
DONALD & NnAMDI
LANISHA & QUIANA
ADRIAN WILLIAMS
JOHN HALL
TOURIS JONES
ME AND ADRIAN
the good looking waiter of BAHAMA BREEZE
BARBARA & RADIAH
LASHONDA WITH HENRY & EVELYN
WITH JOY & GENE
WITH MATT, JENNEFER, ADRIAN & TOURIS
BRIGETTE, MELISSA,CARLA, JOY, LASHONDA, ANITA & EVELYN

WITH LANISHA, QUIANA & KAREN

WITH DONALD & NNAMDI
WITH JOHN KANE & JOHN HALL
WITH JOSH, BARBARA & RADIAH
MOI & LaSHONDA
MATTHEW BEDSOLE

ANITA DIXON WITH JOY GENE VALLIDO
BRIGETTE, MELISSA & CARLA
HENRY & JOY
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL

" X-MAS GIFT "

2009-12-08T12:53:00.002-05:00

i have been thinking since september of what to give myself this CHRISTMAS, i wanted only one thing and i've got to have it!

last THANKSGIVING, i decided it's NOW OR NEVER ........................... and now it's here and I LOVE IT!

my new CANON EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM ZOOM LENS.

"falling leaves"

2009-12-07T12:11:00.001-05:00

" BRIDAL SHOWER "

2009-12-05T18:44:00.014-05:00

our very own BRIGETTE KAMBA of 2nd shift is getting married after christmas, the 2nd shift staff decided to give her a BRIDAL SHOWER last friday dec. 4, 2009.

enjoy the pics!

" a friend named GLENDA "

2009-11-27T17:02:00.004-05:00

saw GLENDA today after almost 3 years, SHIELA called me up earlier while i was in BEST BUY looking for a monitor/tv for my room, and told me GLENDA is on her way to WENG'S place.

i really wanted to see her again, it's been a while since the last time ............................ yes, i was not able to buy anything because most of the good stuff are all gone, anyway, GLENDA look so much younger ............... she never aged, still looking young after all these years!

" THANKSGIVING DAY "

2009-11-26T23:54:00.013-05:00

this year, i was planning to spend THANKSGIVING quietly alone in the house but i guess that was not meant to be as SHIELA (who was spending the day at the BERNARTE'S res. for the grand shopping spree the next day) knocked on my door to borrow some sugar, she invited me over for THANKSGIVING DINNER as her mother (LILY & STEPDAD) are coming over too.

i have not seen LILY for quite some time nor was i able to attend her wedding a week ago so i decided to go and enjoy WENG and SHIELA'S cooking ..................... it turned out to be just a simple family affair which was to my liking.

enjoy the pictures!

WENG & SHIELA spend hours to prepare all this food ............ nothing fancy just the ordinary THANKSGIVING MEAL!

there is LECHE PLAN & HALO-HALO

and this BRAZO DE MERCEDES was the creation of "JOVY" BRAVO JOVY! it was GOOD!

" THANKSGIVING POTLUCK "

2009-11-20T11:24:00.008-05:00

pictures from yesterday's THANKSGIVING POTLUCK (Nov. 19, 2009), there were so much food and i lost my appetite again .................... this always happen every time!

i actually do enjoy just having a big BURGER but anyway, everyone did enjoy the food and that's what matters!

"HALLOWEEN PICTURES"

2009-10-31T23:30:00.010-04:00

it was halloween yesterday ............... good thing LINDA and I went to SAM'S to do some shopping where we saw DIANA who invited us to come to their house for a little get-together HALLOWEEN party.

it was fun "cause there's a lot of kids trick or treating in their subdivision ............... THANKS AGAIN GUYS FOR THE FOOD!

WENG and SHIELA'S KIDS IN THEIR COSTUMES
CARLO said that's not POWER RANGER but a giant condom !

" FALL PICTURES "

2009-10-29T19:08:00.005-04:00

Just got back from my LAS VEGAS and CALIFORNIA VACATION today, i had to wait for an hour for JOEY to get off his work at the airport so i don't have to take a taxi to get home.

I was telling JOEY how beautiful RALEIGH is from above, the FALL COLORS are starting to appear and he showed me the park nearby that was very colorful and so very pretty................ so i started taking pictures.

enjoy the fall season!

" favorite vacation pictures "

2009-10-28T13:36:00.011-04:00

" CALIFORNIA 2009 "

2009-10-28T00:40:00.011-04:00

After VEGAS, we drove to CORONA in CALIFORNIA to visit some relatives on DENNIS father's side .................. THANK YOU SO MUCH CELY, ROSELL, RUEL & CHUCHI for the grand reception that you gave us, we did enjoyed the foods that you prepared for us and thank you too for showing us around .................... sa susunod ha!

we did go to SAN FRANCISCO too and showed DENNIS all the beautiful sights and had lunch at FISHERMAN'S WHARF.

It has been such a tiring week but seeing and being with DENNIS again was well worth it.

"LAS VEGAS 2009"

2009-10-27T12:26:00.007-04:00

i had to go back to LAS VEGAS again last week because my nephew DR. DENNIS VILLAZOR was here in the US of A for a convention. As this was his first time we (my niece DEBBIE and ME) decided to take him to VEGAS so he could experience the city of lights and sin.

We stayed in PARIS ( thanks to "MARIA FREY" ) and had a great time.

"BOSS DAY"

2009-10-17T01:22:00.003-04:00

Yesterday was BOSS DAY, i was in QA department talking to LINDA JOSE when they asked me if i could take pictures while they were giving MARILYN ROYAL her bouquet of flowers for this special day.

ELIZABETH MARTINS with the flowers for MARILYN
MARILYN ROYAL, the BOSS of QA department ................ such a beautiful person!
marilyn with the flowers
the QA staff with their very nice BOSS, MARILYN ROYAL

pics taken at the park

2009-10-11T18:48:00.007-04:00

these pictures were taken at the park the day we had our team building, there were lots of things to photographed but then i was there for our team building but i'll go back there to take more pictures one of this days.

this two pics below were taken using my LENSBABY ............. MATT wanted to try the lens so he took this silhouette of JOHN & JOSH, VERY NICE ........................... lucky try MATT!

another "TEAM BUILDING"

2009-10-10T15:55:00.003-04:00

We had our TEAM BUILDING yesterday (Oct. 9) at ANDERSON PARK which is about 5 mins. drive from our work site. This team building is for the whole NAT LAB STAFF (1st, 2nd & 3rd shift) so you can just imagine how many we were.

We had a blast, everyone enjoyed the 4 hrs. of playing and of course PICTURE TAKING!

"pics of the day"

2009-10-07T12:11:00.004-04:00

saw this spider this morning at the back of the house, just got to have a shot of it and here it is ....... beautiful creature, isn't it?

this one is taken from my LENSBABY which i got yesterday ..................... i'm still trying to figure it out as to how to use and get the most of this lens.

at the "DOG PARK"

2009-10-03T14:48:00.002-04:00

pictures were taken about a month ago, it's only now that i was able to post it because i was so lazy the past weeks.

" a new bag for my macbook pro "

2009-09-01T23:25:00.007-04:00

buying a new 17 MACBOOK PRO last month gave me a problem, all my bags can only fit my 15 inch MACBOOK ................... i have to look for a bag that would fit my 17 inch laptop and my photographic equipment whenever i travel .......... there were a lot of bags that say's it would fit most 17 inch widescreen laptop but that is not true.

i was giving up and would just buy a laptop sleeve when i saw from the LOWEPRO site the FASTPACK 350 BAG.

AMAZON.COM was selling it at $120 + tax, i ordered it sunday night and it got here tuesday afternoon and I JUST LOVE IT! LOVE IT! LOVE IT!

the back portion is for the laptop, it goes sideways.

the space for my camera and other lenses, the top portion is for my flash, battery pack and battery charger.

"DRAGONFLY"

2009-08-24T23:49:00.005-04:00

i've been here in the CAROLINA'S for almost 10 years now and for all those years i have never seen a DRAGONFLY till this afternoon .............. when i went out of the house to go to work, i was surprised to see one in yard and of course i wont let this thing fly away without getting a shot.

enjoy the pictures!

" went shopping "

2009-08-19T12:28:00.006-04:00

because i wanted to do my share of helping the economy rebound and get back on its feet, i did a little shopping last week ......................

i bought a 32G IPOD TOUCH, here it is together with my old one.

this is my old MACBOOK

and here is my new 17 inch MACBOOK PRO, isn't she a beauty?

couldn't be happier with my new MACBOOK PRO, it's true .......... once you go MAC, YOU'LL NEVER GO BACK!

' dinner for EVITA '

2009-08-14T21:50:00.010-04:00

today, 2nd shift staff had dinner at RAGAZZI ITALIAN RESTAURANT for EVITA's transfer to 3rd shift after next week .............. she was promoted to LAB COORDINATOR position.

she deserves it, she's such a hard working person! "CONGRATULATION"

" SUNDAY PICTURES "

2009-07-26T21:47:00.002-04:00

" weekend snapshots "

2009-07-25T20:34:00.003-04:00

this are taken at work during dinnertime.
SHALEKA ELAY
ANITA DIXON
loverboy TOURIS JONES
EVELYN PAGUIO
LaSHONDA HERNDON

" DR. SWAROOP GONCHICAR "

2009-07-24T02:20:00.008-04:00

Our friend SWAROOP GONCHICAR's last day at work is today FRIDAY JULY 24, he has to resign because he was accepted at a MEDICAL SCHOOL in ALBANY, NEW YORK.

as EVELYN and I won't be able to join the first shift farewell lunch for him, we decided to ask SWAROOP to join us for lunch yesterday (thursday). We had lunch at a CHINESE BUFFET in CAPITAL BLVD.

MELISSA, JESSICA and JOSH were there too.

GOOD LUCK AND TAKE CARE SWAROOP, it's been a pleasure to have worked with you!

" JENNEFER STRAYHORN "

2009-07-10T23:34:00.010-04:00

Our very own JENNEFER STRAYHORN is leaving us (2nd shift) for 3rd shift on monday so today we all went to have dinner with her at ROH CHINESE BUFFET.

GOOD LUCK AND ENJOY 3RD SHIFT!

LOOKING VERY SHARP, JOHN KANE

NADALE MO AMIGO!

one of my favorite face to photograph .................................. ADRIAN WILLIAMS, very photogenic!

SEE WHAT I MEAN!

" VERY SEXY "

" CHEERS "

LETSE! ANTOK NA BA?

" just some pictures"

2009-07-05T21:05:00.005-04:00

more flowers, hoping you like them.

these are taken from IKEA.

and these three are from LINDA'S collections.

" FOUNTAIN "

2009-07-04T23:39:00.003-04:00

" a day in IKEA "

2009-07-04T11:33:00.007-04:00

LINDA, NITS & VICKY asked me to come with them to do a little shopping in CHARLOTTE and this is where we went ..........................it was a good 2 hrs drive from RALEIGH to CHARLOTTE , good thing the weather yesterday was a little cooler, VICTOR (linda's son did the driving) and we did the talking ............ the drive wasn't so bad and it wasn't boring either because of the the talking that we had.

i dont know where we are in this this picture but this is on the way to CHARLOTTE.

i think this TRES MARIA'S doesn't even know we are in recession, all they did was SHOP, SHOP, SHOP!

The pictures below was taken at CHEN'S BISTRO, a chinese buffet restaurant, where we had our dinner before driving back to RALEIGH.

" HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY "

2009-07-04T00:58:00.002-04:00

" HAPPY 4TH OF JULY TO EVERYONE "

"DANA'S FAREWELL DINNER"

2009-06-30T23:42:00.011-04:00

DANA'S last day at work is still on JULY 6 (monday), but we decided to do it today because tomorrow a lot of people would start going on vacation.

We went to RAGAZZI'S ITALIAN RESTAURANT in LOUISBURG road near GENE and EVELYN'S place of residence, actually its just on the other side of the road from their subdivision.

This is a new branch of RAGAZZI, the place is nice and the service is par excellence, the food was ready when we got there, we didn't have to wait .................. but of course the order has to be faxed in advanced, but still in other restaurant they would still wait for the group to arrive before they start preparing the orders. NICE JOB RAGAZZI!

GOOD LUCK DANA, WE WISH YOU THE BEST IN EVERYTHING YOU DO AND TAKE CARE!

"TEAM BUILDING at CICI'S PIZZA"

2009-06-25T22:55:00.005-04:00

our TEAM BUILDING for this month was done at CICI'S PIZZA BUFFET, MARY also brought a cake for those people who are celebrating their birthday for this month of JUNE.

almost everyone from 2nd/3rd shift were there with the exception of 2 or 3 people ................ it was fun, EATING PIZZA TO DEATH!

ENJOY THE PICTURES!

"PICTURES FROM LAST MONDAY"

2009-06-23T23:34:00.004-04:00

this pictures were taken last MONDAY when i cooked ADOBO for my friends & co-workers, i should have posted them yesterday but i have completely forgotten this pics in my camera.

some of the chicken legs that i was frying after a day of marinating, just frying them half cooked before cooking them fully in the marinating sauce.
plenty of GARLIC, that's the secret!
some of the fried chicken legs

VOILA! the finish product! delicious ADOBO!

this was taken today, DANA took this one in the cafeteria after our dinner break.

" HAPPY FATHER'S DAY "

2009-06-21T18:49:00.007-04:00

I took this picture 4 years ago, i think this was taken a day before CHRISTMAS, and since then this has been a favorite picture of mine ............ FATHER & SON, what a fitting picture for FATHER'S DAY!

" HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO EVERYONE! "

" another b-day lunch "

2009-06-20T16:04:00.012-04:00

it is another record breaking heat here in RALEIGH, i think we were in the 100's earlier, it's as if i am in ARIZONA! ........... Oh! don't get me wrong, i love SUMMER, this is my favorite time of the year, I LOVE IT!

LINDA, VICKY, NITS & MIA treated me for a b-day lunch at chili's today.

this is where we decided to meet, at MACYS in TRIANGLE TOWN CENTRE around 11:30 am, when i got there they were all shopping to death ............... i don't know how they can manage to use everything they buy EVERY WEEKEND. this is what you call SHOPAHOLIC! HA! HA! HA!
NITS and LINDA in action!

wanna' join the CLUB? membership is free!

this is where we went for lunch CHILI'S at TRIANGLE TOWN CENTRE, today, the food is GREAT, the service is FANTASTIC and the WAITER is DROP DEAD GORGEOUS!................... i was not able to take his picture though .................. i'm SHY kasi eh!

this is the PERYAHAN sa TRIANGLE TOWN CENTRE .............. wala nga lang beto-beto at larong daga pati nga BINGO wala rin!
the background is fantastic, parang THE EYE sa LONDON ah!
OH DI VAH! sumama pa ang isang DIVA, di lalo ng kay gandang kunan ng picture!

MODELS NG CHILI'S, wala ng ko-kontra, pagbigyan na lang ang mga TITA ninyo!

THANK YOU NITS for the gift! LAPTOP ang laman niyan!

and this is MIA & BRIAN'S thank you card ................ LOVE IT!, LOVE IT! LOVE IT!

ANYTIME MIA & BRIAN, sa susunod ha!

" friend "

2009-06-19T20:25:00.005-04:00

i don't know whether i should be happy or sad ........................ a friend of mine is leaving next month for something good and better ........................ i know i'm gonna' miss you FRIEND but we have to do what we have to do and all i can say is TAKE CARE and GET IN TOUCH!

" MY SPECIAL DAY "

2009-06-18T19:44:00.004-04:00

Today was my special day ........................ its my birthday! normally, i don't want to remember this day neither do i want a celebration but this year is different, i don't know why.

i had a quiet day, my plan to attend mass this morning at 7 am did not materialized, i just could not get out of bed so i just went to church this afternoon and ask HIM for my gift.

the day was really hot, it was in the 90's today ............................ i think! but none the less it was such a beautiful day to take pictures.

ENJOY!

" BIRTHDAY DINNER "

2009-06-17T23:04:00.005-04:00

EVELYN, EVITA, DANA & LaSHONDA celebrated with me my b-day in a mexican restaurant, it was a spur of the moment thing because its not my b-day today ....................... it is tomorrow!

but since i am on leave tomorrow , they decided we have to go and have dinner together ......... so we went to EL SENOR one of the best, if not the best MEXICAN RESTAURANT here in RALEIGH.

THANKS EVELYN for my STEAK RANCHERO, it was really good especially when its free! LOVE YA'

this is my "STEAK RANCHERO"

THANKS GUYS for this card, this is so TRUE ............ there is only one DIVA.

i know BRIGETTE, you're FABULOUS too but remember there is only one QUEEN!
to all of you, a heartfelt thanks coming from the DIVA!

" 6/15/2009 "

2009-06-15T23:39:00.002-04:00

pictures taken today ................

" wild flowers "

2009-06-11T23:27:00.003-04:00

took some pictures of those wild flowers found in the grass around the company's parking lot, i don't know why i am so fascinated by these miniature flowers ................... they are so beautiful up close!

" a gift from the DIVA "

2009-06-04T22:46:00.005-04:00

The DIVA LINDA JOSE just got back from vacation last wednesday and she gave me this T-SHIRT which i love because it's my color, BLACK.

of course a gift from one DIVA to the other ............................ siempre, love ko ang t-shirt! kahit ba sa bangketa ng MICHIGAN AVENUE ( CHICAGO'S MAGNIFICENT MILE ) binili ng diva 'yon eh, thankful na rin akitz! .............................. galing sa DIVA eh!!!

" THANK YOU SO MUCH LOVE!!! "

" SOFTBALL GAME "

2009-06-03T23:46:00.009-04:00

At last, we (DANA, ANITA & ME) were able to watch the game today ................... ever since it started, KIM has been inviting us to come and support the players but our schedule is in conflict with the game's hours.

anyway, today we decided to spend our breaktime to watch and take some pictures.

here are the GLAMOUR BOYS AND GIRLS of RTL.

here are the players from the other team

" tuesday pics "

2009-06-03T01:04:00.002-04:00

this was taken in the locker room after having dinner at DQ in NEW BERN AVE. ................ gosh!, i look awful!

this one taken before i went to work earlier, i love that bird on top of the car!

" truffles "

2009-06-01T23:19:00.002-04:00

we, DANA, MATT and ME, went to KIKO EXPRESS ( japanese restaurant) for dinner around 7pm tonight ........................ i am so hungry because i'm used to taking my dinner a little earlier around 5:30 - 6:00 pm.

as usual after dinner we went to TARGET for some chocolate and these are the ones left from what we bought .............. very colorful and beautiful designs, it's a pity we have to eat it!

" boring saturday "

2009-05-30T21:13:00.002-04:00

today was just like any saturday, have lunch at chinese restaurant, went to see a movie ( drag me to hell )which is BORING and attended the 5:30 pm mass at ST. RAPHAEL CHURCH.

took this pics around 9:00 pm .......................... have been lazy to take some pictures and do some blogging lately ......................... hope tomorrow would be different!

" shawn bernarte "

2009-05-25T21:34:00.004-04:00

i bought a new lens last week, it's a CANON EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM, just in time for the 3 day MEMORIAL weekend ................. but i was not able to use it, not even take a single shot from my camera till tonight when CARLO and his son SHAWN came over for a short visit.

well, i'm so glad i was able to use it first at angel SHAWN, he is so easy to photograph, he actually likes being photograph.

judge for yourself ...................

CARLO, you need a damn HAIRCUT!

" BABY SHOWER "

2009-05-20T00:33:00.010-04:00

An afternoon baby shower given by QA department was held yesterday TUESDAY (MAY 19, 2009) for KRISTINE and KEVIN SULLIVAN.

ENJOY the pictures!

" MARLON VALLIDO's birthday "

2009-05-17T11:19:00.007-04:00

last friday, i attended CARL'S birthday party .................... last night (saturday), i did the same thing too, there seem to be a lot of people i know celebrating their B-DAY in the month of MAY!

this time, it's GENE'S husband MARLON's B-DAY. ................. well, there's no complaining here ............... good food and drinks plenty of chit-chatting with friends, WHAT MORE CAN YOU ASK FOR?

BIRTHDAY BOY, MARLON VALLIDO!

THE PAGUIO FAMILY

ME, NITS, VICKY AND VIC
GENE, BRIAN AND LINDA

" CARL'S 1st BIRTHDAY "

2009-05-15T23:15:00.017-04:00

remember that ANGEL that JOEY & BETH brought back from the PHIL. ................. well, he turned a year older yesterday!

he is growing to be such a smart kid and a cute one too.

i was there at his party and of course, i can't and i won't go home without taking some pictures!

here they are ..........................ENJOY!

an "ANGEL" and a "FAIRY"

2009-05-13T11:33:00.002-04:00

this pictures are taken from VICKY's residence and this are just two of her collections of ANGELS.