It's been a very very interesting week. Been busy in school, going to hospital for check-ups, house chores... Last Sunday, May 17, 8.39pm was very freaky... when I'm doing the laundry & my hubby plans to put the photo frames on our jamming room. We were discussing how it should be look like when suddenly the ground shook & the toys in our shelves starts to fall down. Omigosh! An earthquake! It's actually 4.7 magnitude but it's pretty strong 'cause of the epicenter was near our city, just few miles north. Few aftershocks followed that.
We thought everything's okay when on Tuesday afternoon, May 19, another quake shook the ground. This time it's a 4.1 at the same epicenter as was last Sunday... o_o I was home alone that time & I started to freaked out! I was about to do the laundry again when it happened. I started to worry the ceiling fan above my head would fall down, but i might catch it with the laundry basket I'm holding. They said it was an aftershock from the Sunday's quake.
It's really scary the first time I've experience 2 earthquakes in 2 days time. The last time I've felt the strongest was back in 1990 in my home country where everything shook pretty good, thankfully our house is still intact. The epicenter that time was in the northern area where everything was really devastated & many died.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Friday, May 08, 2009
The Little Rockstar Coming Soon!
It's been almost a year I haven't blogged!! It's been a crazy year 2008... it's a sad one for most of us after the US is officially under recession, many had no jobs. I can imagine the EDD's flooded with unemployment applications...
Starting of this 2009, we went back to Manila, Philippines for a 3-week vacation. It's nice to see our families & friends again, having a whole body massage for under $10, eating out to a nearby grill resto, pampering ourselves in full service for a much cheaper price! The weather's great after living here for 1 1/2 years, I missed the humidity & getting sweaty actually! Here, there's something wrong with my sweat glands, no matter how thick I put on in a warm weather, I just won't sweat!
After our vacation, I went back to school to study Motion Graphics since it's the thing most Graphic Designers were doing nowadays. I really wanted to learn how to animate, especially I have designed few characters of my own that were kept for a looooong time. I just don't know where to start to learn the program. But unfortunately this sem, since it's my first time to study in US, the school won't credit my past units from my previous college unless I pay the extra cost. Hmm, might as well take the subjects. It's kind of a review for me also.
So I went.. at first it's exciting that I'm back in school after 10 years. But sometimes the subject got me bored. Maybe I took them up already & am doing it for a living. But I have this one subject that is actually challenging in terms of conceptualizing & structuring a design, which I didn't experience when I was in college. That's good also I have the chance to use my own characters to incorporate in my assignments. The prof is totally cool about it. But sometimes I have to get out of my comfort zone & think outside the box. :)
In few weeks time, the sem will be over & newer challenge awaits me & my hubby. I'm actually 4 months pregnant & will expecting the baby to come out sometime in October this year.. estimated date is a day before my birthday! :) Nice timing huh? I won't be back to school this fall but hopefully would be back next spring. :) I attached the ultrasound photo shot of the little rockstar.. with his winkie pointed out. LOL
Starting of this 2009, we went back to Manila, Philippines for a 3-week vacation. It's nice to see our families & friends again, having a whole body massage for under $10, eating out to a nearby grill resto, pampering ourselves in full service for a much cheaper price! The weather's great after living here for 1 1/2 years, I missed the humidity & getting sweaty actually! Here, there's something wrong with my sweat glands, no matter how thick I put on in a warm weather, I just won't sweat!
After our vacation, I went back to school to study Motion Graphics since it's the thing most Graphic Designers were doing nowadays. I really wanted to learn how to animate, especially I have designed few characters of my own that were kept for a looooong time. I just don't know where to start to learn the program. But unfortunately this sem, since it's my first time to study in US, the school won't credit my past units from my previous college unless I pay the extra cost. Hmm, might as well take the subjects. It's kind of a review for me also.
So I went.. at first it's exciting that I'm back in school after 10 years. But sometimes the subject got me bored. Maybe I took them up already & am doing it for a living. But I have this one subject that is actually challenging in terms of conceptualizing & structuring a design, which I didn't experience when I was in college. That's good also I have the chance to use my own characters to incorporate in my assignments. The prof is totally cool about it. But sometimes I have to get out of my comfort zone & think outside the box. :)
In few weeks time, the sem will be over & newer challenge awaits me & my hubby. I'm actually 4 months pregnant & will expecting the baby to come out sometime in October this year.. estimated date is a day before my birthday! :) Nice timing huh? I won't be back to school this fall but hopefully would be back next spring. :) I attached the ultrasound photo shot of the little rockstar.. with his winkie pointed out. LOL
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