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We decided to go to Cebu and spend Christmas this year with my parents and brother. I suppose it has been more than 15 years since we last celebrated Christmas together. The trip was really stressful because it was passenger season. But it was really worth lugging heavy bags since the cousins got to goof off and have a lot of fun, and the grandparents got to see all of their grandchildren in one place. I've included most of the pictures I've taken with my phone in the gallery below. The first few ones are some of the auto-awesomed pics generated by Google. These animated gifs are posted full-size because Wordpress strips off the frames when it generates the smaller versions of these pictures. After having seen these in one place, I now wish I took more burst shots, especially the ones with Papa and Mama. I guess they'll have to be content with the non-animated regular pictures. ...

Late upload. And no, I wasn't able to have a picture taken with Cardinal Tagle. :p This was posted on Google+

Thank you mentors + Aileen Apolo + Chelle Gray + Vince Tabor and + Mohd Hadi Shafie Awang Othman ! Thank you to my counterparts + Jerome Locson + Johnn Mendoza + Katherine Yap + Dulce Rose Lada + Rosario Juan + Juned Sonido   and + Avel Manansala for inspiring me to do more for the community. Thank you to our GDG counterpart + Josan Astrid Dometita   for your exuberance and continuing support for the "old ones" hehe +AMDG Update: Album exported from Google+ (now called Currents)

Just yesterday, August 7, we had our first academe-focused event, which we called "Enhancing Research with Google Technologies". We partnered with the Kinaadman Research Center (KRC) and through the auspices of Dr. Ester Raagas, Director of the KRC, 67.7% of the entire university faculty population who were also research grantees, were able to learn about Google Drive.

Last July 20, we had our Diversity and Inclusion event for women, which we called "Empowering Women on the Go". We worked with a local JCI chapter, JCI Bai Lawanen, and their members were able to listen to Harriet Fernandez, a director for an IT unit at Xavier University, and Shayryl Mae Ramos, a learning management system administrator, also at Xavier University. The workshop was on Google Drive and on being able to balance work and home roles. The attendees were able to get great tips from the speakers and were able to see how Google Drive may be able to help improve their lives; as entrepreneurs, as mothers, as women. Thank you JCI Bai Lawanen, through President Zeanette Jo Cuevas, for helping make this event a success! This was posted on Google+…

Back at the LCCT. Now experts at layover management. This was posted on Google+…

Googlers and GBG Managers learning from each other and collaborating on different practices that can be adopted for communities! #searchsummit2013 This was posted on Google+…

Learning from Googlers and other managers about communities and empowering them for greater things with Google. #searchsummit2013 This was posted on Google+…

Each year, on Valentine's day, I usually surprise my darling wife with a letter/card, or a bouquet of roses. As it was a yearly thing, I knew she sort of expected these surprises; she'd look surprised, but I knew she wasn't really. Occasionally, she does get surprised. Like that time back in Cebu when I bought her a rather intricate bouquet of flowers. Her head spun when she found out how much I paid for it. Surprise! This year, however, is different. I was not able to prepare anything for her. I didn't get her anything, thinking that I'd just make up for it with dinner, or something. Yes, I didn't plan for this and I feel lousy actually. Last night, after my daughter gave me and my wife her home-made Valentine greeting cards, my wife started chiding me about what I was going to give her the next day. I gave her my usual "I'm not telling" smile and silently kicked myself. I wished I already had something ready, and I found myself already longing fo...

End users complain because the system isn't "user-friendly". FYI, it's meant to be that way. It's the only way we can guarantee that the system will still be helpful 25 years from now.

Miguel got real bored at home and wanted to go and meet his classmates. Since school doesn't start until the 7th, I decided to take him with me to the office. He immediately got busy with the miniclip games and ignored Mjolnir the whole time! [gallery type="rectangular" ids="3167,3166"]