big house - big heart

They asked around for direction and finally arrived at the place they thot was the place they were to visit.

The van pulled over in front of a intimating, bulky gate. The driver pressed the door bell. Nobody answered. She called. After 5 minutes the gate opened and they drove in.

Kulya ric was out in the farm. The lady of the house, ate bee showed them around the house built in 1991. In a 1-hec compound planted with various trees and flowers, attached with as swimming pool.

the couple has 4 kids, 2 daughters and 2 sons. they also invited their close fren's, joma's family to spend the weekend with them.

they talked and talked, although it's well past dinner hour, his stomach was rumbling, he had to wait for ric to come back from his farm. at 8.30pm, he came back and dinner started.

they talked and talked again.... from prostate issues to gun issues..... ric's no-hold-bar conversation made them feel easy....

to have a big house doesn't make one to have a big heart. ric has both.

san juan city, batangas - birds

Arrived at san juan city centre at around 5pm, after a 3-hr drive from manila. walked around the shops and market area. most shops were pulling down their doors, closing out for the day. They did their foot spa, pedicure and manicure in a shop on the 2nd floor of the market.
While waiting for the ladies to do their manicure, he was taken in by the hoard of swifts that gathered in the cross section of the two main road in the city. Many perched on the overhead cables and wires, some swooped around the area in flocks, some jostling for a place to rest on the wire, making squeaky calls.

$$$ clang in his mind - are these swallows that build edible bird nests?

tony will say : TAN

woke up before 5am, the PE recount had completed and tony won by a whisker against cheng bok. jee say is third, while kin lian lost his deposit of $48,000.

history was made in a sense this was the REAL election, unlike previous ones, although mr ong also had to contest the election, there's not so much campaign and huha's...

history would be made again if cheng bok won, instead, the guy picked by pap did get the support, although it's not overwhelming. in fact, the president elect does not have the mandate to represent the people, since the percentage votes he got, only 35.19%. but a rule is a rule. since the the rule did not say have to do another round of election between the two candidates who garner the two highest votes, if no candidate gets more than 50%.

so will there be any more history to be made with the new president?

tony will say : TAN!

carl zeiss 35/2.4 - smc tak 400mm/5.6

400mm, 5.6 at nite, no flash, iso3200


35mm, 2.4 at nite, no flash, iso800

toa payoh stadium PE rally - the singapore wen jiapao

the first ever presidential election rally was held in toa payoh stadium by tan jee say, the man who got the endorsement of almost all oppositions, an all-rounded man who is capable of doing the job of an active president well, who shld be able to inject new elements into the mostly ceremonial role of the president.

the stadium was 3/4 full, the atmosphere was not as heated as the wp rallies a few months ago, but the whole event was well planned and well presented and well received.

petrina kaw, the rodio mc was the mc of the event, and she sounded as clear and smooth as ever.

speakers ranged from daily friend to political friend to schoolmate to relative, to people who just wanted to land support for a man who is admirable and exemplary in his discourse and his demeaner.

the refrain, "we say, jee say, ho say!" was aptly sounded when occasion commanded.

there's obviosuly strong after-taste of the GE, people cheered when pappies were mentioned or implied in incidences that made them look bad.

- the wheel has been set rolling, history will be made again when a non-pappie tan, the singapore wen jiapao grabs the presidency on 27 aug 2011.