Law’s Blog

So its been a year since I last posted a blog. And that blog was talking about what I was doing at that time. So what am I doing this time. Well..it is funny but I am doing 2 out of 4 things that I was doing before. We are preparing for Lewis’ 4th and Lance;s 1st Birthdays. We will bebdoing them at the same time since they are just days apart.

I am also preparing to start a new job. I am actually going back to the company I left almost a year ago. They went to me and asked me to go back. After a lot of thinking I then said yes.

That’s it for now. See you next time, whenever that may be…

Take Care…

Life is
Busy

 
Have not
ran in a while. Have not Posted in a while. Have not had the chance to record
another podcast. Why is that. Life is Busy at the moment. Last few days in
Abebooks. And waiting for the baby to come out. Lots of relatives and friends
have been calling us to ask if the baby is out. It is not yet out. We can’t
wait either. Hope it will come soon. I told my wife to walk a lot. 

Things that
has to be done in the next few days or weeks:

1. Prepare for Lewis’ 3^rd
        Bday Party
2. Prepare for the Baby’s Baptism
        (Church and Reception)
3. Prepare for the visit of a lot
        of relatives.
4. Start new Work

My First PodCast

I just recently tried recording my first PodCast. I titled my PodCast as "Life of a Flip". It really has nothing much to it right now. My plan for this Podcast is to interview Friends and strangers (Flips) around the world and asked them how thier life has been and what are their plans in the future. Hope you give it a listen and if you are one Flip living outside the Philippines and what to be heard pls email me at lawcab@gmail.com and we can set an interview up!

You can find it at http://lawcab.podomatic.com/

Thanks,
Law

Citizenship
exam

As some of
you know, me and my wife, Thea, have been here in

Canada

since March 2002. It is 4
years now that we have been here as Landed Imigrants. And just last March 28,
2006 Thea and I took our Citizenship exam. And boy what an experience it was.

First of
all preparing for the exam was not that easy. They give you this small booklet
to read months in advance. We did not read that booklet until we got the notice
of the exam date. That gave us around 2 weeks to prepare. I was informed by my
brother that there was a good reviewer in the library so a week before the exam
I grabbed the book from the library. And it was a good book. It was a
summarized version of the book. Point for so easy to study and remember the
details. The morning of the exam. Ange, an office mate of mine found an online
reviewer from the

Richmond

library. I took the exam where there were 100 questions and I got 99. My only
mistake was because I did not read the question properly. So after taking that
exam, I felt confident that I can pass the Test.

Now on to
the exam day. We were scheduled to take the test at 2:30 pm. We got to the exam
site at around 2:10. There was a small line up maybe 10 to 15 people before us.
They started letting people in at around 2:20. They had to check everyone if
they brought in their papers and stuff. Everyone got checked at around 2:45 and
everyone is seated and ready to take the exam. The proctor gave a few
instructions before we started. And actually she even scared us a bit. She said
that the exam was a 20 question multiple choice (that was something we were
prepared for) and a 100 word essay explaining why you are a good Canadian
Citizen. This was something we were not prepared for. Everyone in the room got
a bit scared. Then she said that it was just a joke. We were relieved.

Passing
mark was 12. But there were 2 questions that you have to answer correctly. And
3 questions that you have to get 1 right. If you don’t get these even you get
12 you still fail. And even if you perfect the exam, the citizenship judge
still has the last say.

So we
started the exam. They distributed the paper. You will have a different colored
paper than the person beside you. This prevents cheating. And as we started I
cruised along the questions and answer. In 5 minutes I was done. I was
reviewing my answers when I saw Thea walking and giving her papers in. She was
done. It took me maybe 2 more minutes in answering the test then I was done as
well.

We both
think that we did a good job. So we have to wait now for the results. They are
saying that they were targeting mid-may for the oath taking ceremony. So
waiting game again starts.

Hope we
pass!

Training Day Part 2

Count Down:
Days to the event: 47 days
Weeks to the event: 6 Weeks
Training Days left: 13 days (woooot!)

Its day 2 for our training for the Times Colonist 10k. This time we upped the stakes. 10 min run and 1 min walk and repeat 5 times. So it was a just from 36 mins of running to 50 mins of running. That is a big jump. We definetly gone further as we passed the point where we turned around last week. And after the wicked ass training, i felt muscles that I did not know existed in my body. It was hurting bad after running.

OpenSource Programs

I just want to take this space of mine to promote OpenSource Programs. I find it that they are very useful and costs nothing to you. I think in time it will replace some if not most of the microsoft product. I just hate it when you need a software and you go to a store and try to buy it and it costs $100 or something. That is just too expensive.

Here are some of my favourite Titles:

OpenOffice : This a good software to use instead of MS Office

Gimp : This is a good tool for Image manipulation

Ubuntu : Is a Linux flavour. Good OS.

There is still a lot out there. Just explore.

The Times Colonist 10k 2006 is comming up very soon. It will be on April 30, 2006. So I have more or less 2 months to prepare. First I what is my goal for this year. As you may have remembered that Last I year my time was 1:41:16. So this year my goal is to at least cut 1/3 of my time. So maybe 1:10:00 will be my goal.

So with that in mind and the event close by  I have to train. And I am now training mith an office mate of mine who runs in marathons and in triathalons. I am running with an expert.

Yesterday was my first day of training. We did 5 min warm up. 6 min run and 1 min walk (6 times) and 5 min cool down. Being it my first time to run again it was so hard. I had cramps. Could not feel my muscles. And today, waking up. My legs are in pain. Well, as the saying goes. No Pain no gain.

Looking forward to my next session which is on Wednesday. So I hope to be more prepared for that.

Wish Me Luck

Podcasting Again

I just found some new pinoy podcasts. The first one is
viloria.com POD cast. I find this very nice because it teaches filipino words. I find this cool because the host also segments it into practical topics. So I really like this pod cast.
live@usa.ph POD cast. It is a podcast of i guess 2 friends where one is in the Philippines and the other is in New York. I like this because i find it entertaining. Really Funny Show. Although the last show was feb 26 so i am not sure when the next one will be out.

I have been hooked to listening to podcasts. What are podcasts? You can view the definition from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcasting

"Podcasting is a method of publishing audio broadcasts via the Internet, allowing users to subscribe to a feed of new files (usually MP3s). It became popular in late 2004, largely due to automatic downloading of audio onto portable players or personal computers."

Topics cover from anything under the sun almost. Comedy, Sports, Music, and a lot more. You can find out more by downloading the latest version of itunes where podcast is integrated with it and you can see directories of podcast. You can easily subscribe to your favourite topics.

Here are a list of what I listen to:

Tips From the Top Floor : About digital photography

ReMARKable Palate : About food

I encourage everyone to listen to podcasts! Explore the podcast directory and you will sure find the right podcast for you. Enjoy!

After 3 yeard here in Canada, I got to watch my first major concert. And who did I get to watch. Non other than but the Black Eyed Peas!

It was such an awsome concert. Super Good! Ofcourse Apl de Ap who is also a Filipino. He song a few lines from the APL song and bebot (from their latest album) which was what I was waiting for. He did not sing the whole thing but that was perfect!

And I have to say that they all were good singers, dancers and perforners. The concert rocked starting when the BEP first went up the stage until they left. I hope that I get to see them again. BEP Forever!