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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" media="screen" href="/~d/styles/rss2enclosuresfull.xsl"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" media="screen" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~d/styles/itemcontent.css"?><rss xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><title>Jeff Aspacio's Life As Experienced Daily</title><link>http://www.aspacio.net/</link><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/aspacio/posts" /><description></description><language>en</language><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Jeff)</managingEditor><lastBuildDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:10:32 PDT</lastBuildDate><generator>Blogger http://www.blogger.com</generator><openSearch:totalResults xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/">638</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/">1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/">25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><feedburner:info uri="aspacio/posts" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /><itunes:owner><itunes:email>noreply@blogger.com</itunes:email></itunes:owner><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle><item><title>I'm In a "Thumbs Up" Condition</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/aspacio/posts/~3/_p9WFrMnBzY/im-in-thumbs-up-condition.html</link><category>AC joint</category><category>sprained</category><category>apply warm compress</category><category>scaphoid</category><category>trapezium</category><category>Celecoxib</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jeff)</author><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 08:16:50 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260900747713761737.post-499823874260399374</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;My blog title may sound positive but it is to be taken literally because one of my thumbs is forced to point up because I was told by the doctor last Saturday to wear a thumb-wrist support.  The joints in my trapezium and scaphoid hurt with the slightest movements. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5sKWGM6jQa4/TE2kIOV-GxI/AAAAAAAAC_w/NbdmLjEE7SE/s1600/hand+in+wrist-thumb+support.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5sKWGM6jQa4/TE2kIOV-GxI/AAAAAAAAC_w/NbdmLjEE7SE/s400/hand+in+wrist-thumb+support.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498231181285399314" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="fullpost"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Actually, that isn't the only part that hurts.  Last Thursday night my shoulder was hurting so bad when I got home.  I must have sprained my AC joint and that is the reason why I decided to see the doctor last Saturday.  The doctor prescribed a week's worth of Celecoxib, told me to avoid overhead movements that make use of my right arm and also suggested to apply warm compress on the two parts joints that hurt.  I guess my &lt;a href="http://www.logfurnitureplace.com/"&gt;log furniture&lt;/a&gt; project can wait a few weeks more. But life and work must go on so tomorrow I'll be off to the church office and in our church in Makati.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3260900747713761737-499823874260399374?l=www.aspacio.net' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/aspacio/posts/~4/_p9WFrMnBzY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-07-26T23:16:50.716+08:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5sKWGM6jQa4/TE2kIOV-GxI/AAAAAAAAC_w/NbdmLjEE7SE/s72-c/hand+in+wrist-thumb+support.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.aspacio.net/2010/07/im-in-thumbs-up-condition.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>A Warning to MRT (Metro Rail Transit) Passenegers</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/aspacio/posts/~3/96rNRwgmW5I/warning-to-mrt-metro-rail-transit.html</link><category>warning</category><category>Ayala Station</category><category>reminder</category><category>Cherry Mobile D10</category><category>MRT</category><category>pick pocket</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jeff)</author><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 10:23:27 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260900747713761737.post-5262674022448325153</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;This afternoon, I got my pocket picked and the casualty was my Cherry Mobile D10, a dual sim phone which had my 3 sim cards (Sun, Smart which I just kept in the phone but not inserted and a PLDT mobile sim).  I took the MRT from Ayala station to Taft and did not mind the side pockets of my pants where I usually place my phone.  I am used to taking the MRT but since it has been quite a while since I rode it, I guess I just wasn't as vigilant and alert as before.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5sKWGM6jQa4/TEcoUvQtYQI/AAAAAAAAC_o/LTTiE4iQJwY/s1600/pick+pocket.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 245px; height: 224px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5sKWGM6jQa4/TEcoUvQtYQI/AAAAAAAAC_o/LTTiE4iQJwY/s400/pick+pocket.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496406206978023682" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My guess is that my phone might have been taken while I and the crowd of passengers were pushing ourselves to get inside the train. Or, it might also have been during the travel because the train was so packed with people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="fullpost"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It was really my intention to give away a phone through Gadgets and Tech's 1st Annual Phone Raffle Contest (another blog that I own), not like the way it happened in the MRT.  I feel angry at the person who took my phone but am more angry at myself because I should have known better.  I have heard different stories of pick pocketing experiences in the MRT and have even heard of a pick-pocketer got beaten up (also in the Ayala station) for being caught.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I just hope this would serve as a reminder, more than a warning, for all of you or for all of your friends who take the MRT regularly.  Be MORE alert and vigilant!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3260900747713761737-5262674022448325153?l=www.aspacio.net' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/aspacio/posts/~4/96rNRwgmW5I" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-07-22T01:23:27.623+08:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5sKWGM6jQa4/TEcoUvQtYQI/AAAAAAAAC_o/LTTiE4iQJwY/s72-c/pick+pocket.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">2</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.aspacio.net/2010/07/warning-to-mrt-metro-rail-transit.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Joining Another Season in the Marist Alumni Basketball League</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/aspacio/posts/~3/BVK1jk6naWg/joining-another-season-in-marist-alumni.html</link><category>basketball</category><category>Marist Alumni Basketball League</category><category>Marist</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jeff)</author><pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 07:42:32 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260900747713761737.post-2347738411865560041</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;What I need in the next few days is to get back in shape for the Marist Alumni Basketball League which will kick off another season on July 4, 2010.  It has been a while since I played basketball but I’m glad that martial arts training have been continuous for the past weeks since I got back from Africa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="fullpost"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Having done that, I won’t need &lt;a href="http://quickweightloss.org/"&gt;diets for quick weight loss&lt;/a&gt; but I do need to develop stamina and endurance for the upcoming basketball games.  Our team made it to the last four last season and we are hoping to make it to at least make it to the finals this time.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3260900747713761737-2347738411865560041?l=www.aspacio.net' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/aspacio/posts/~4/BVK1jk6naWg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-07-11T22:42:32.286+08:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">1</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.aspacio.net/2010/07/joining-another-season-in-marist-alumni.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Netherlands vs Spain: My Quick Preview of the 2010 World Cup Finals</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/aspacio/posts/~3/wGh0XujIhKI/netherlands-vs-spain-my-quick-preview.html</link><category>2010 World Cup finals</category><category>Netherlands vs Spain</category><category>2010 World Cup</category><category>Spain</category><category>World Cup</category><category>South Africa</category><category>preview</category><category>Netherlands</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jeff)</author><pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 07:31:42 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260900747713761737.post-2231082003689505740</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;In a few hours, Netherlands vs Spain, the 2010 World Cup finals will be starting.  It will be the match between two teams who are looking for their first World Cup championship.  Below are the other information about the two national football teams.&lt;span class="fullpost"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Netherlands:&lt;br /&gt;Has appeared in World Cup finals twice&lt;br /&gt;Has won 6 of their last 6 games in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa&lt;br /&gt;Has scored a total of 12 goals in this World Cup&lt;br /&gt;Has conceded 5 goals in this World Cup&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Spain&lt;br /&gt;First time to be in World Cup finals&lt;br /&gt;Has won 5 of their last 6 games in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa&lt;br /&gt;Has not scored a a lot goals in this World Cup&lt;br /&gt;Has conceded only 2 goals in this World Cup&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After I finish my other online tasks and finish writing about &lt;a href="http://adult-acne.com/"&gt;adult acne&lt;/a&gt; then I will get a few hours of sleep and wake up to go out and watch the World Cup 2010 finals with my wife.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3260900747713761737-2231082003689505740?l=www.aspacio.net' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/aspacio/posts/~4/wGh0XujIhKI" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-07-11T22:31:42.155+08:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.aspacio.net/2010/07/netherlands-vs-spain-my-quick-preview.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Experiencing My First International Trip: Kenya and Dubai</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/aspacio/posts/~3/HiuPK9JhXQE/experiencing-my-first-international.html</link><category>Burj Khalifa</category><category>camel ride</category><category>tallest building in the world</category><category>Burj Al Arab</category><category>United Arab Emirates</category><category>Nairobi</category><category>Kenya</category><category>Kibera</category><category>Dubai</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jeff)</author><pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 09:21:44 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260900747713761737.post-9170954080165705705</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;This year was the year that I was able to travel internationally.  Yup, it was my first time last June.  I was able to join a missions trip to Nairobi, Kenya and we were also blessed to get a two-way ticket from Manila to Africa via Dubai.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5sKWGM6jQa4/TDicQhn8i5I/AAAAAAAAC_g/t-l6HPsql5E/s1600/Jeff_Aspacio_Kibera_Nairobi_Kenya.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px; " src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5sKWGM6jQa4/TDicQhn8i5I/AAAAAAAAC_g/t-l6HPsql5E/s400/Jeff_Aspacio_Kibera_Nairobi_Kenya.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492311553296075666" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;This is Kibera, one of the largest slums in Africa&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5sKWGM6jQa4/TDicQG0muuI/AAAAAAAAC_Y/gyJraHilIcs/s1600/Jeff_Aspacio_with_Kenyan_friends.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px; " src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5sKWGM6jQa4/TDicQG0muuI/AAAAAAAAC_Y/gyJraHilIcs/s400/Jeff_Aspacio_with_Kenyan_friends.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492311546101414626" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;New friends from Kenya&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5sKWGM6jQa4/TDicPJgjRZI/AAAAAAAAC_Q/8jhCZftSJqQ/s1600/Jeff_Aspacio_camel_ride.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px; " src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5sKWGM6jQa4/TDicPJgjRZI/AAAAAAAAC_Q/8jhCZftSJqQ/s400/Jeff_Aspacio_camel_ride.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492311529642739090" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Camel ride during the Desert Safari in U.A.E. (United Arab Emirates)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="fullpost"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5sKWGM6jQa4/TDicOd2FN5I/AAAAAAAAC_I/wZJuAHxwZiU/s1600/Jeff_Aspacio_Burj_Khalifa.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px; " src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5sKWGM6jQa4/TDicOd2FN5I/AAAAAAAAC_I/wZJuAHxwZiU/s400/Jeff_Aspacio_Burj_Khalifa.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492311517921884050" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;At the Burj Khalifa, claimed as the tallest building in the world&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5sKWGM6jQa4/TDicN94kGPI/AAAAAAAAC_A/AmQISMA1vkA/s1600/Jeff_Aspacio_jump_shot_at_Burj_Al_Arab+.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px; " src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5sKWGM6jQa4/TDicN94kGPI/AAAAAAAAC_A/AmQISMA1vkA/s400/Jeff_Aspacio_jump_shot_at_Burj_Al_Arab+.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492311509342361842" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Jump shot at the world's 7-star hotel, Burj Al Arab&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The trip may not have been as classy as a trip on a &lt;a href="http://www.directlinecruises.com/royal_caribbean_cruises.htm"&gt;Royal Caribbean cruise ship&lt;/a&gt; but it was such a great experience – something I thought I never would have experienced.  Above are a few of my favorite photos from that trip.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3260900747713761737-9170954080165705705?l=www.aspacio.net' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/aspacio/posts/~4/HiuPK9JhXQE" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-07-11T00:21:44.221+08:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5sKWGM6jQa4/TDicQhn8i5I/AAAAAAAAC_g/t-l6HPsql5E/s72-c/Jeff_Aspacio_Kibera_Nairobi_Kenya.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.aspacio.net/2010/07/experiencing-my-first-international.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Another Visit to the Barber Shop</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/aspacio/posts/~3/BLBveYjieug/another-visit-to-barber-shop.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jeff)</author><pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 08:32:53 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260900747713761737.post-1168276403875152700</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;It has been more than three weeks since I went out with my little boy to visit the barber shop where we usually have our &lt;a href="http://www.dietpills.org/diet-pill-reviews/quicktrim"&gt;quick trim&lt;/a&gt;. I feel that my hair is growing longer now and I would need to schedule a visit with my son again.  Or, maybe I would just need to visit on my own. I am not used to sporting long hair especially because I have curly hair and it becomes hard to manage when it is longer than I can handle.  I am looking at next Saturday or maybe even a day during the week.  It will be short hair once again.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3260900747713761737-1168276403875152700?l=www.aspacio.net' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/aspacio/posts/~4/BLBveYjieug" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-07-10T23:32:53.853+08:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.aspacio.net/2010/07/another-visit-to-barber-shop.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>“The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” to be Shown in SM Cinemas: Press Release</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/aspacio/posts/~3/sIqv1PFIU8k/sorcerers-apprentice-to-be-shown-in-sm.html</link><category>The Sorcerer's Apprentice</category><category>SM Cinemas</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jeff)</author><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 17:51:41 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260900747713761737.post-8186713355524122190</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Starting this Thrusday, July 15, 2010, "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" will be shown in SM Cinemas.elow is the official press release and synopsis.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5sKWGM6jQa4/TDfEAJqN3AI/AAAAAAAAC-w/buxre1XiCq0/s1600/Sorcerer_TPalmer_NCage_JBaruchel.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5sKWGM6jQa4/TDfEAJqN3AI/AAAAAAAAC-w/buxre1XiCq0/s400/Sorcerer_TPalmer_NCage_JBaruchel.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492073777473641474" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="fullpost"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;“I love the world of magic, and to be able to bring that to a contemporary audience through `The Sorcerer’s Apprentice’ was really appealing to me,” says Jerry Bruckheimer, legendary producer of such blockbuster franchises as “Pirates of the Caribbean” and “National Treasure.” &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;“I’ve always liked stories that have a magical element, and this film is one of the great magical stories of all time,” he adds.  “We thought it would be tremendously exciting to develop the core of that concept into a brand-new story set in the modern world.”&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;From Walt Disney Studios, Bruckheimer and director Jon Turteltaub comes “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice”—an innovative and epic adventure about a sorcerer and his hapless apprentice who are swept into the center of an ancient conflict between good and evil.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;In the film, Balthazar Blake (Nicolas Cage) is a master sorcerer in modern-day Manhattan trying to defend the city from his arch-nemesis, Maxim Horvath (Alfred Molina). Balthazar can’t do it alone, so he recruits Dave Stutler (Jay Baruchel), a seemingly average guy who demonstrates hidden potential, as his reluctant protégé. The sorcerer gives his unwilling accomplice a crash course in the art and science of magic, and together, these unlikely partners pit their powers against those of the fiercest—and most ruthless—practitioners of all time. It’ll take all the courage Dave can muster to survive his training, save the city and get the girl as he becomes `the sorcerer’s apprentice.’&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Set in modern-day Manhattan, “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” might have some New Yorkers looking over their shoulders.  “The idea is that sorcerers and the ancient art of sorcery are alive and well in present day New York City,” says Turteltaub. “It’s much more entertaining to show audiences the magic in things they recognize than to create something.”  Indeed,  the filmmakers transformed New York into a vortex of science and magic, home to battling sorcerers and playground for their powers. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;While the film isn’t a remake of the classic Disney piece from “Fantasia,” “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” pays proper homage to it, a fact that didn’t escape the director.  “’The Sorcerer’s Apprentice’ has such a great Disney pedigree to it,” says Turteltaub, “and I knew right away that I’d be dealing with something that had to be excellent, had to be special, had to live up to its important role within Disney and the history of film. That piece from ‘Fantasia’ is as iconic as any eight minutes of film that has ever been created, so to be part of that was really exciting. You think, ‘all right, where do you go with that’—and that’s where all the creativity starts jumping.”&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;This new sorcerer and his apprentice are a far cry from Mickey and the blue hat.  The live-action film is a contemporary take on the ancient art of sorcery, exploring good versus evil in a city where magic is abound in plain sight. “It’s a story about two quests,” explains Bruckheimer. “Balthazar has been searching the world through the centuries for his apprentice, and Dave then has to discover his true potential as a human being. Dave is a very serious student, and doesn’t need or want Balthazar in his life, or to be a sorcerer. If someone showed up at your door, and said that you’re really a sorcerer, you wouldn’t believe them either. But Balthazar is like a fly that keeps buzzing around, tormenting this poor kid until he succumbs to becoming this magical character, which I think every kid would want to be.” &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Opening in SM Cinemas nationwide on Thursday, July 15, “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” is distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Visit www.SMCinema.com or Facebook.com/SMCinema for the branch directory, promos, and events for “The Sorcerer's Apprentice”.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3260900747713761737-8186713355524122190?l=www.aspacio.net' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/aspacio/posts/~4/sIqv1PFIU8k" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-07-10T08:51:41.729+08:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5sKWGM6jQa4/TDfEAJqN3AI/AAAAAAAAC-w/buxre1XiCq0/s72-c/Sorcerer_TPalmer_NCage_JBaruchel.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.aspacio.net/2010/07/sorcerers-apprentice-to-be-shown-in-sm.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>50% Off at Pepper Lunch if Netherlands Win vs Spain in the 2010 World Cup Finals</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/aspacio/posts/~3/3LUZyE-6mkA/50-off-at-pepper-lunch-if-netherlands.html</link><category>Pepper Lunch</category><category>2010 World Cup</category><category>Dutch</category><category>Oranje</category><category>Spain</category><category>Netherlands</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jeff)</author><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 09:30:57 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260900747713761737.post-5678567469414524531</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Pepper Lunch will be giving 50% discount on May 12, 2010 if Netherlands become the 2010 World Cup champions.  This is a unique promo and only those who will be wearing an orange shirt will be able to avail of the discount if the Dutch become world champions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5sKWGM6jQa4/TDdOEY6mmMI/AAAAAAAAC-g/nDdTFc3gomA/s1600/Pepper+Lunch+for+Netherlands.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 283px; " src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5sKWGM6jQa4/TDdOEY6mmMI/AAAAAAAAC-g/nDdTFc3gomA/s400/Pepper+Lunch+for+Netherlands.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491944107916302530" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="fullpost"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All Pepper Lunch branches will give the 50% off on a Pepper Lunch meal and will limit the discount to one meal per person in orange.  Like what my wife posted on FB, I surely am thinking positively and am cheering for Netherlands. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5sKWGM6jQa4/TDdOE8hI33I/AAAAAAAAC-o/CTt4wv7Z7Xg/s1600/Netherlands+2010+World+Cup+home+jersey.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px; " src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5sKWGM6jQa4/TDdOE8hI33I/AAAAAAAAC-o/CTt4wv7Z7Xg/s400/Netherlands+2010+World+Cup+home+jersey.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491944117473173362" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When Oranje become champions, the whole family will be going to Pepper Lunch to avail of this promo.  We will be wearing our Netherlands 2010 World Cup home jerseys.  Never mind that many of the players of the Dutch are quite old and experienced (not old enough to need some &lt;a href="http://www.wrinklecreamguide.net/prototype-37-c/"&gt;prototype 37-c&lt;/a&gt; cream).  They have been in a very long winning streak and are just about to reach the climax of their campaign on the 12th!  Go Oranje!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3260900747713761737-5678567469414524531?l=www.aspacio.net' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/aspacio/posts/~4/3LUZyE-6mkA" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-07-10T00:30:57.428+08:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5sKWGM6jQa4/TDdOEY6mmMI/AAAAAAAAC-g/nDdTFc3gomA/s72-c/Pepper+Lunch+for+Netherlands.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.aspacio.net/2010/07/50-off-at-pepper-lunch-if-netherlands.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Oracle Paul "Psychic" the Octopus Video</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/aspacio/posts/~3/5sfpI3oKXQA/oracle-paul-psychic-octopus-video.html</link><category>video</category><category>Paul Octopus</category><category>Downy Antibac video</category><category>Oracle Paul psychic octopus video</category><category>Youtube</category><category>oracle</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jeff)</author><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 09:12:02 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260900747713761737.post-2252999328886753384</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The Oracle Paul "Psychic" the Octopus Video predicts Spain to win against Netherlands in the 2010 World Cup. I do not actually believe this but it's just too funny to not blog about.  Watching the video in Youtube and reading the comments make it look more ridiculous especially because many people believe it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ya85knuDzp8&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;fs=1?color1=0x2b405b&amp;amp;color2=0x6b8ab6"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ya85knuDzp8&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;fs=1?color1=0x2b405b&amp;amp;color2=0x6b8ab6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="fullpost"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you would look at the Oracle Paul "Psychic" the Octopus video, you would see that the animal, yes that’s what an Octopus is, just picked the box nearest to it.  So there was really nothing supernatural or oracle-like in that.  I am cheering for Netherlands, but if Spain wins, many people would actually believe this octopus which has become tradition in the major football matches.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anti-Dutch fans may mock Sneijder and Robben about needing &lt;a href="http://www.hairgrowthshampoos.org/"&gt;hair growth shampoo&lt;/a&gt; but they might just eat their words because those two heads may be the ones who would give Oranje the 2 goals that can bury the Spaniards.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3260900747713761737-2252999328886753384?l=www.aspacio.net' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/aspacio/posts/~4/5sfpI3oKXQA" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-07-10T00:12:02.704+08:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><enclosure url="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ya85knuDzp8&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;fs=1?color1=0x2b405b&amp;amp;color2=0x6b8ab6" length="1076" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" /><media:content url="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ya85knuDzp8&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;fs=1?color1=0x2b405b&amp;amp;color2=0x6b8ab6" fileSize="1076" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>The Oracle Paul "Psychic" the Octopus Video predicts Spain to win against Netherlands in the 2010 World Cup. I do not actually believe this but it's just too funny to not blog about. Watching the video in Youtube and reading the comments make it look more</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>noreply@blogger.com (Jeff)</itunes:author><itunes:summary>The Oracle Paul "Psychic" the Octopus Video predicts Spain to win against Netherlands in the 2010 World Cup. I do not actually believe this but it's just too funny to not blog about. Watching the video in Youtube and reading the comments make it look more ridiculous especially because many people believe it. If you would look at the Oracle Paul "Psychic" the Octopus video, you would see that the animal, yes that’s what an Octopus is, just picked the box nearest to it. So there was really nothing supernatural or oracle-like in that. I am cheering for Netherlands, but if Spain wins, many people would actually believe this octopus which has become tradition in the major football matches. Anti-Dutch fans may mock Sneijder and Robben about needing hair growth shampoo but they might just eat their words because those two heads may be the ones who would give Oranje the 2 goals that can bury the Spaniards. </itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>video, Paul Octopus, Downy Antibac video, Oracle Paul psychic octopus video, Youtube, oracle</itunes:keywords><feedburner:origLink>http://www.aspacio.net/2010/07/oracle-paul-psychic-octopus-video.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Birthdays and Growing Older</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/aspacio/posts/~3/teLeVNhit4U/birthdays-and-growing-older.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jeff)</author><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 08:07:43 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260900747713761737.post-2336915374594154740</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Psalm 90:12 “Teach us to number our days aright, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.”&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I was chatting with one of our young people last night in FB.  He turned 18 yesterday and I told him that he was not a minor anymore. Unlike many of the young people I talk to he did not want to grow older yet.  Usually, young people want to mature fast, but this young man did not. &lt;span class="fullpost"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You see, he’s had a not so good childhood.  His parents were separated, and he and his brothers were left with his mother who died before he turned 15.  That left him to look after his younger brothers. He missed a lot of years in his life that many children enjoy – fun, play times. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This made me think about my own birthday which is coming this September.  I will be celebrating my 35th birthday soon.  And at this age I am sure that pretty soon I would need the help of the &lt;a href="http://www.eyecream.org/"&gt;best anti wrinkle eye cream&lt;/a&gt; available.  But aside from the fact that my body is getting older and older I should really be thankful that I have had a better childhood and generally a better life than this young man.  Growing older is something that I should be thankful for with the blessings that God has allowed me to enjoy in the many years I’ve lived.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I just am thankful that the young man ‘s life did not come to waste or was not just thrown away because of the not good past he’s had.  He is now following God and, with the help of our church’s youth ministry, trying to maximize his life and live it the way God has planned it to be.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3260900747713761737-2336915374594154740?l=www.aspacio.net' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/aspacio/posts/~4/teLeVNhit4U" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-07-09T23:07:43.390+08:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.aspacio.net/2010/07/birthdays-and-growing-older.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>The Medical Needs in Kibera</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/aspacio/posts/~3/rKgZTjE6Ojs/medical-needs-in-kibera.html</link><category>Nairobi</category><category>Kenya</category><category>Kibera</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jeff)</author><pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 05:27:11 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260900747713761737.post-2771616192277738206</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;In our visit to Kibera in Nairobi, Kenya, I encountered this medical clinic along the main road this very large slum area. (See photo below). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5sKWGM6jQa4/TDHOXVs5HFI/AAAAAAAAC94/odsPcxCEJ2w/s1600/DSC_1527+copy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px; " src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5sKWGM6jQa4/TDHOXVs5HFI/AAAAAAAAC94/odsPcxCEJ2w/s400/DSC_1527+copy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490396321099095122" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="fullpost"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I did not try to go inside and see what services they offer and how they administered the different medical procedures they offered.  But basing on the looks of the clinic  I think a person who is not used to the kind of living conditions in Kibera would not entrust his or herself to be treated in this place. We hope that when we come back next year we would be able to bring a team of medical practitioners with us and offer some free &lt;a href="http://www.goodsameaplus.com/"&gt;medical assistance program&lt;/a&gt; or services not just to brothers and sisters in Christ in their area but to the rest of the community as well.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3260900747713761737-2771616192277738206?l=www.aspacio.net' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/aspacio/posts/~4/rKgZTjE6Ojs" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-07-05T20:27:11.815+08:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5sKWGM6jQa4/TDHOXVs5HFI/AAAAAAAAC94/odsPcxCEJ2w/s72-c/DSC_1527+copy.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.aspacio.net/2010/07/medical-needs-in-kibera.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Active White Spa Milk Salt from Active White</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/aspacio/posts/~3/PMeETtnrg2U/active-white-spa-milk-salt-from-active.html</link><category>Active White spa milk salt</category><category>Active White</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jeff)</author><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 08:45:34 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260900747713761737.post-259567056039085212</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;At the beginning of the month, I had the opportunity of trying out the basic facial service of Active White Health and Beauty Center.  This facial center complements the company's consumer products especially their very popular Active White Spa Milk Salt which gives softer and smoother skin and is formulated to nourish and moisturize skin.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5sKWGM6jQa4/TDXvoZvcrxI/AAAAAAAAC-A/Mq7IBGs3zr0/s1600/Active+White.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px; " src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5sKWGM6jQa4/TDXvoZvcrxI/AAAAAAAAC-A/Mq7IBGs3zr0/s400/Active+White.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491558798031892242" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="fullpost"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Active White Spa Milk Salt from Active White comes in seven variants: Milk, Orange, Coffee, Avocado, Coconut Strawberry and Grape and these, plus their other products like &lt;a href="http://www.acnewash.org/"&gt;acne cleansers&lt;/a&gt;, are available at SM Department stores, Watson's, Mercury Drug, Southstar Drug and other leading outlets.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5sKWGM6jQa4/TDXxiuvHNII/AAAAAAAAC-I/B7-iVo9q4Gs/s1600/active_white_spa_milk_salt.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px; " src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5sKWGM6jQa4/TDXxiuvHNII/AAAAAAAAC-I/B7-iVo9q4Gs/s400/active_white_spa_milk_salt.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491560899611669634" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;The Active White Spa Milk Salt&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3260900747713761737-259567056039085212?l=www.aspacio.net' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/aspacio/posts/~4/PMeETtnrg2U" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-07-08T23:45:34.333+08:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5sKWGM6jQa4/TDXvoZvcrxI/AAAAAAAAC-A/Mq7IBGs3zr0/s72-c/Active+White.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.aspacio.net/2010/07/active-white-spa-milk-salt-from-active.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>An Exciting World Cup 2010 Round of 16</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/aspacio/posts/~3/eSPO4bcNwbI/exciting-world-cup-2010-round-of-16.html</link><category>Brazil vs Chile</category><category>Paraguay vs Japan</category><category>World Cup 2010</category><category>Round of 16</category><category>Spain vs Portugal</category><category>Netherlands vs Slovakia</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jeff)</author><pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2010 19:10:06 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260900747713761737.post-5044411723652078197</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The second day of the Round of 16 has been very exciting.  I watched the matches in the first day and saw two teams that I liked knocked out (USA and South Korea).  But for the second day, I saw England, the team I was supporting, routed by Germany in a 4-1 win.  It was the first time for England to lose by more than a margin of two goals in any FIFA World Cup match.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5sKWGM6jQa4/TCgCwWQsBNI/AAAAAAAAC9w/6EgBNrUw16I/s1600/Jeff+Aspacio+goal.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px; " src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5sKWGM6jQa4/TCgCwWQsBNI/AAAAAAAAC9w/6EgBNrUw16I/s400/Jeff+Aspacio+goal.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487639175583499474" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;The look before a strike (from one of our club tournaments)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="fullpost"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The second game of the second day was a different story and deserved to be watched in &lt;a href="http://www.standsandmounts.com/"&gt;entertainment centers&lt;/a&gt; as the team I support won.  Tevez shined and made two goals and another one was added by Higuain before Mexico rifled in one of its own to make it 3-1 for Argentina.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am looking forward to watching other upcoming games (Netherlands vs Slovakia, Brazil vs Chile, Paraguay vs Japan and Spain vs Portugal).  I hope Netherlands, Brazil, Japan and Portugal make it to the quarter finals.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3260900747713761737-5044411723652078197?l=www.aspacio.net' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/aspacio/posts/~4/eSPO4bcNwbI" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-06-28T10:10:06.695+08:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5sKWGM6jQa4/TCgCwWQsBNI/AAAAAAAAC9w/6EgBNrUw16I/s72-c/Jeff+Aspacio+goal.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.aspacio.net/2010/06/exciting-world-cup-2010-round-of-16.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Diamonds in the Rough: New Friends from Kibera</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/aspacio/posts/~3/vDYoZOUxJSM/diamonds-in-rough-new-friends-from.html</link><category>Nairobi</category><category>Kenya</category><category>Kibera</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jeff)</author><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 09:09:52 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260900747713761737.post-5841672203811947692</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I arrived last week from a trip to Africa. I went to Nairobi, Kenya with a group and was introduced to a place called &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kibera"&gt;Kibera&lt;/a&gt;. It is the largest slum in Nairobi and the second largest slum in Africa which has a population of up to 1.6 million within its area of one square mile.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our team went to Kibera New Hope Bible Baptist Church which has a feeding program, a primary school for selected children in Kibera and a scholarship program for those who qualify for high school in their school, all sponsored by Manna Worldwide.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5sKWGM6jQa4/TCNldTpbYVI/AAAAAAAAC9o/c4SFbTFHp30/s1600/DSC_2750.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px; " src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5sKWGM6jQa4/TCNldTpbYVI/AAAAAAAAC9o/c4SFbTFHp30/s400/DSC_2750.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486340325232042322" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="fullpost"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I met some of the eighth grade students from their school when we helped a group of nurses from Texas with their lecture about abstinence and HIV. I committed to pray for 5 boys as they will be taking a high school qualifying exam on November 9, 2010. These boys already have a personal relationship with Christ and I just believe that God has a wonderful plan for each of them and I would personally want to see that unfold.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For many people who come to Africa, they try to look for things like &lt;a href="http://www.brilliance.com/"&gt;loose diamonds&lt;/a&gt;, the safari trip and many other things like that. I honestly looked forward to going on a safari in Nariobi. But what captured my heart were not those things that many try to seek. I was moved by the diamonds in the rough – the boys that God can use for His greater plan as they are blessed with wonderful opportunities that many in Kibera do not have.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3260900747713761737-5841672203811947692?l=www.aspacio.net' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/aspacio/posts/~4/vDYoZOUxJSM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-06-25T00:09:52.328+08:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5sKWGM6jQa4/TCNldTpbYVI/AAAAAAAAC9o/c4SFbTFHp30/s72-c/DSC_2750.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">1</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.aspacio.net/2010/06/diamonds-in-rough-new-friends-from.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Are you the Philippines Smartest Driver?</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/aspacio/posts/~3/4ZoP2U23yDs/are-you-philippines-smartest-driver.html</link><category>shell eco-marathon</category><category>Great Wall Cars</category><category>fuel saving tips</category><category>fuel</category><category>are you the smartest filipino driver</category><category>1st Asia Internet Congress Philippines smartest driver</category><category>philippines smartest drivers</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jeff)</author><pubDate>Sat, 12 Jun 2010 19:58:40 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260900747713761737.post-4439550132575886332</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;A fuel efficient car is one of the factors we looked into when we decided to buy my wife her own car a couple of months back.  We were considering this other brand as opposed to the Great Wall car we got her.  Both are Euro 4 compliant and fuel efficient. But GW stood out feature-wise, which over all gave us great value for our money.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Two months in and we are satisfied with our purchase. Its 1.3L In-Line 4 cylinder is fuel efficient all right.  But truth to tell, although the type of car you drive is a factor, fuel efficiency goes beyond that. Maintenance and how we drive our car are equally important and should not be taken for granted.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="fullpost"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No matter how fuel efficient your car is but you keep unnecessary items in your car for days on end when you go on long rides will consume you more gas than you actually need. That is one truth every motorist should remember. Even the littlest of junks in each  corner of your car will add up to the amount of weight that will reduce your kilometer per gallon of gas ratio to up to 2 percent. And in a country where gas prices hike by the day, that is a lot!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="fullpost"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5sKWGM6jQa4/TA-tOr5PUNI/AAAAAAAAC9Y/NJbyN3Vl6hE/s1600/are+you+the+philippines+smartest+driver.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 250px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5sKWGM6jQa4/TA-tOr5PUNI/AAAAAAAAC9Y/NJbyN3Vl6hE/s400/are+you+the+philippines+smartest+driver.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480789739345760466" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;If you happen to have fuel saving tips and you have a valid Philippine driver's license, you might want to join &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Pilipinas Shell's search for the Philippines&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.topgear.com.ph/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Smartest Drivers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; in the upcoming &lt;a href="http://www.topgear.com.ph/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Shell Eco-Marathon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.  All you have to do is record a video sharing how your driving techniques minimize your fuel consumption and close it by completing the catch phrase “Ang Pinoy na matipid sa gasolina, ____________.” Then simply log onto www.topgear.com.ph/shellsmartestdrivers and upload your &lt;a href="http://www.topgear.com.ph/shellsmartestdrivers"&gt;fuel saving tips&lt;/a&gt; video clip. The entry can be as simple or as creative as you want. Submission of entries is from May 20 to June 20. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5sKWGM6jQa4/TBRJO2gneUI/AAAAAAAAC9g/rmNO2FAuzhM/s1600/IMG_0961.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5sKWGM6jQa4/TBRJO2gneUI/AAAAAAAAC9g/rmNO2FAuzhM/s400/IMG_0961.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482087165916051778" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="fullpost"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3260900747713761737-4439550132575886332?l=www.aspacio.net' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/aspacio/posts/~4/4ZoP2U23yDs" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-06-13T10:58:40.444+08:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5sKWGM6jQa4/TA-tOr5PUNI/AAAAAAAAC9Y/NJbyN3Vl6hE/s72-c/are+you+the+philippines+smartest+driver.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.aspacio.net/2010/06/are-you-philippines-smartest-driver.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>A 5-hour Time Difference</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/aspacio/posts/~3/yEYradmF5V8/5-hour-time-difference.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jeff)</author><pubDate>Sat, 05 Jun 2010 16:26:56 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260900747713761737.post-5065007498073306222</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Jet lag has set in and I can’ sleep when I should.  Yesterday, our sponsor for this trip invited everyone for a power walk in the morning.  But, even though I could use a bit of exercise, I declined because ofmy adjustment with time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="fullpost"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jogging would have been a replacement for a any &lt;a href="http://newdietpill.org/"&gt;new diet pills&lt;/a&gt; but I do not have enough strength mentally and physically to force myself to exercise.  I just hope I would be able to adjust soon.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3260900747713761737-5065007498073306222?l=www.aspacio.net' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/aspacio/posts/~4/yEYradmF5V8" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-06-06T07:26:56.586+08:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">1</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.aspacio.net/2010/06/5-hour-time-difference.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Getting Introduced to Kibera</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/aspacio/posts/~3/OJXG0_9vEbs/getting-introduced-to-kibera.html</link><category>slums</category><category>Africa</category><category>Kibera</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jeff)</author><pubDate>Sat, 05 Jun 2010 16:17:52 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260900747713761737.post-2944383942770392809</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Together with our team of seven from the Philippines, the first place of ministry we visited today was Kibera, one of the largest if not the largest slums in Africa.  I just wanted to share these photos before I upload the rest on Facebook.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5sKWGM6jQa4/TAq7yyaF1QI/AAAAAAAAC9I/OhSSa2vEAUE/s1600/slums+of+Kibera.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px; " src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5sKWGM6jQa4/TAq7yyaF1QI/AAAAAAAAC9I/OhSSa2vEAUE/s400/slums+of+Kibera.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479398377848689922" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="fullpost"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just imagine the living conditions in a slum area that is so thickly populated - 1.6 million people in one less than 2 square kilometers.  Aside from the living conditions, many children in Kibera are under weight and their in no need of the &lt;a href="http://bestweightlosspills.net/"&gt;best weight loss pills&lt;/a&gt;, according to sstatistics,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is a church in Kibera (Kibera New Hope Bible Baptist Church) that also has a school and when we visited it, they gathered their students so our group will be introduced to all of them.  Below is my self with their students. More photos and reports to come soon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5sKWGM6jQa4/TAq7zsyRbtI/AAAAAAAAC9Q/KVyzndd0GII/s1600/with+kids+of+New+Hope+in+Kibera.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px; " src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5sKWGM6jQa4/TAq7zsyRbtI/AAAAAAAAC9Q/KVyzndd0GII/s400/with+kids+of+New+Hope+in+Kibera.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479398393519369938" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3260900747713761737-2944383942770392809?l=www.aspacio.net' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/aspacio/posts/~4/OJXG0_9vEbs" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-06-06T07:17:52.508+08:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5sKWGM6jQa4/TAq7yyaF1QI/AAAAAAAAC9I/OhSSa2vEAUE/s72-c/slums+of+Kibera.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.aspacio.net/2010/06/getting-introduced-to-kibera.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Prayer for Breaking Point Foundation's First International Missions Trip</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/aspacio/posts/~3/QD9bCZaqlYA/prayer-for-breaking-point-foundations.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jeff)</author><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 11:45:34 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260900747713761737.post-6985171266465528649</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;It’s only less than two days and I will be on a plane with our missions team of seven people to Nairobi, Kenya.  This trip has a lot of firsts for me.  It will be my first time to travel internationally, my first time to go to Nairobi, Kenya (Africa) and to Dubai (UAE).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="fullpost"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is also the first international missions trip for our group, Breaking Point Foundation Philippines. We are bringing a team that can do dramas and some martial arts demonstrations and also some equipment like a foldable stage backdrop, costumes, drama props but less the sound equipment and a &lt;a href="http://www.wrinkletreatment.org/prototype-37-c/"&gt;prototype 37-c&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We ask for prayers from our brothers and sisters in Christ as this trip’s mission is to share the good news to high school students.  We are scheduled to present the gospel to at least 5 schools in Nairobi and a retirement home using Breaking Point’s unique program and many feeding centers.  Thank you in advance for your prayers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3260900747713761737-6985171266465528649?l=www.aspacio.net' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/aspacio/posts/~4/QD9bCZaqlYA" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-06-02T02:45:34.509+08:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.aspacio.net/2010/06/prayer-for-breaking-point-foundations.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Losing Weight and More</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/aspacio/posts/~3/j1XJOiBnEgY/losing-weight-and-more.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jeff)</author><pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 08:56:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260900747713761737.post-3400590900552559972</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Losing weight is not a big problem for me because my body can easily lose some weight.  With others, this may not be the case.  Some need the help of weight  loss products.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is a website that can provide these things and that is  &lt;a href="http://www.weightlosspills.net/"&gt;http://www.weightlosspills.net&lt;/a&gt;   .  There are other websites as well, but you can try this one link I shared before doing so.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3260900747713761737-3400590900552559972?l=www.aspacio.net' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/aspacio/posts/~4/j1XJOiBnEgY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-05-30T23:56:00.300+08:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.aspacio.net/2010/05/losing-weight-and-more.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>My Friend's Version of "Always Me, Always You" by Joe Satriani</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/aspacio/posts/~3/lKrDLprx2qU/my-friends-version-of-always-me-always.html</link><category>music team</category><category>worship team</category><category>Always Me Always You</category><category>wedding</category><category>Joe Satriani</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jeff)</author><pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 08:09:23 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260900747713761737.post-4112205695191815801</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Coming home from a wedding of a friend, a  former music team member when I was still the drummer in our mother church, I felt so glad to hear their bassist who was also part of our music ministry.  Now a licensed electronics and communications engineer, he still serves actively in our mother church's worship team.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was so glad to see him play "Always Me, Always You" by Joe Satriani.  It was a good thing I had my camera phone ready and was able to record the special number during the wedding reception of our friend.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="480" height="385"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/mA_ULZqol_Q&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/mA_ULZqol_Q&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="fullpost"&gt;Type rest of the post here&lt;br /&gt;We hope that even when we get old and when even the &lt;a href="http://www.bestdietsupplements.org/"&gt;best diet supplement&lt;/a&gt; can't trim our tummies anymore, that we would still be able to get together and play music.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3260900747713761737-4112205695191815801?l=www.aspacio.net' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/aspacio/posts/~4/lKrDLprx2qU" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-05-30T23:09:23.172+08:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><enclosure url="http://www.youtube.com/v/mA_ULZqol_Q&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;" length="1052" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" /><media:content url="http://www.youtube.com/v/mA_ULZqol_Q&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;" fileSize="1052" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>Coming home from a wedding of a friend, a former music team member when I was still the drummer in our mother church, I felt so glad to hear their bassist who was also part of our music ministry. Now a licensed electronics and communications engineer, he </itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>noreply@blogger.com (Jeff)</itunes:author><itunes:summary>Coming home from a wedding of a friend, a former music team member when I was still the drummer in our mother church, I felt so glad to hear their bassist who was also part of our music ministry. Now a licensed electronics and communications engineer, he still serves actively in our mother church's worship team. I was so glad to see him play "Always Me, Always You" by Joe Satriani. It was a good thing I had my camera phone ready and was able to record the special number during the wedding reception of our friend. Type rest of the post here We hope that even when we get old and when even the best diet supplement can't trim our tummies anymore, that we would still be able to get together and play music. </itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>music team, worship team, Always Me Always You, wedding, Joe Satriani</itunes:keywords><feedburner:origLink>http://www.aspacio.net/2010/05/my-friends-version-of-always-me-always.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Praying for a New External Hard Disk Drive</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/aspacio/posts/~3/MnW8B7dXrPI/praying-for-new-externall-hard-disk.html</link><category>external hard disk drive</category><category>reliable</category><category>external HDD</category><category>durable</category><category>brand</category><category>500GB</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jeff)</author><pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 16:22:17 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260900747713761737.post-8837804370014413329</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;When I return from my trip to Africa this June I intend to buy a 500GB external hard drive.  I used to have a Western Digital external HDD but was not able to recover the files in them when it fell and stopped working.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="fullpost"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Right now, I am rebuilding my online office and, with the help of a &lt;a href="http://www.dokmee.net/"&gt;document management software&lt;/a&gt;, trying to collect all the files I use for ministry.  I hope to find the best buy for a 500GB external HDD.  Do you have any suggestions of a reliable and durable brand that you have used?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3260900747713761737-8837804370014413329?l=www.aspacio.net' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/aspacio/posts/~4/MnW8B7dXrPI" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-05-30T07:22:17.705+08:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">1</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.aspacio.net/2010/05/praying-for-new-externall-hard-disk.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>The Mind Museum Launches Its Online Fundraising Campaign</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/aspacio/posts/~3/cvJDXtn1b5Y/press-release-mind-museum-launches-its.html</link><category>Roving Space Shell</category><category>world-class science museum</category><category>JP Morgan Chase and Company</category><category>online fundraising campaign</category><category>www.themindmuseum.org</category><category>The Mind Museum</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jeff)</author><pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 17:26:06 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260900747713761737.post-5023119307534147281</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Yesterday, we had the opportunity to experience first hand a sample of what the Mind Museum has to offer for families and kids.  Having raised PHP 512 million from individuals and organizations, this first ever world-class science museum in the Philippines targets to open in the latter part of 2011 and is to be located in Taguig City.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5sKWGM6jQa4/TAGayYi6uJI/AAAAAAAAC84/ynNmHbM9gjM/s1600/sponsors+of+the+mind+museum.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5sKWGM6jQa4/TAGayYi6uJI/AAAAAAAAC84/ynNmHbM9gjM/s400/sponsors+of+the+mind+museum.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476828812232276114" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Below is the official press release of the Mind Museum's online fund-raising campaign:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5sKWGM6jQa4/TAGaysO1HiI/AAAAAAAAC9A/e9a2XajFtGI/s1600/The+Mind+Museum.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 292px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5sKWGM6jQa4/TAGaysO1HiI/AAAAAAAAC9A/e9a2XajFtGI/s400/The+Mind+Museum.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476828817516731938" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="fullpost"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;The Mind Museum, the Philippines’ first world-class science museum, launches its online fundraising campaign through its redesigned website (www.themindmuseum.org) on May 29, 2010 at the Activity Center of Market! Market!, Taguig City. In order for Filipinos to get involved and help build imaginative minds, the Museum is harnessing cyberspace to invite individuals to donate via its first virtual exhibit: “Light a Star at the Mind Museum.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For P1, 000 or P5, 000, The Mind Museum will light a star or a constellation in its website. Sponsorship could be done online via credit card and eventually through the ATM as well. The goal is to reach 2 million pesos to help light the night sky of The Mind Museum in the form of a Star Cloth in the Universe Gallery. The Museum will show its appreciation to donors by sending an electronic certificate of donation, and by posting on the donors’ FaceBook wall, if they have one. Donors’ names will also appear by their chosen star or constellation in the Museum’s virtual night sky, and they will also be recognized in a donors’ marker in the Universe Gallery.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In a few weeks, the Mind Museum will also be offering more virtual exhibits such as the sponsorship of elements and their products through its Chemical Kitchen exhibit. With the launch of this online campaign, The Mind Museum hopes to get more people to embrace the cause to complete our collective dream of telling the story of science to Filipinos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By helping build The Mind Museum, we help build imaginative minds -- we help inspire future scientists, engineers, doctors, etc., that would help build our country.  (Research shows that a country's progress in science and technology is directly correlated to economic progress).&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5sKWGM6jQa4/TAGax-FrMVI/AAAAAAAAC8w/HaSE5mDJ83U/s1600/Roving+Space+Shell.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 310px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5sKWGM6jQa4/TAGax-FrMVI/AAAAAAAAC8w/HaSE5mDJ83U/s400/Roving+Space+Shell.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476828805130301778" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A feature of the Mind Museum, the Roving Space Shell, sponsored by JP Morgan Chase and Company, is currently being hosted at the Activity Center in Market! Market! in Bonifacio Global City, from May 29 to June 5, 2010. This inflatable planetarium can be experienced by all for a minimum individual cost of PHP 20. Shows run hourly from 11am to 7pm.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you would like to sponsor a star (PHP 1,000) or a constellation (PHP 5,000) and become a part of this educational endeavor, visit the official web site of The Mind Museum at www.themindmuseum.org.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3260900747713761737-5023119307534147281?l=www.aspacio.net' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/aspacio/posts/~4/cvJDXtn1b5Y" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-05-30T08:26:06.678+08:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5sKWGM6jQa4/TAGayYi6uJI/AAAAAAAAC84/ynNmHbM9gjM/s72-c/sponsors+of+the+mind+museum.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.aspacio.net/2010/05/press-release-mind-museum-launches-its.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Just Pretending</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/aspacio/posts/~3/tnc_LQTcc5o/just-pretending.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jeff)</author><pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 18:31:24 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260900747713761737.post-6581881448025336106</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;This photo was taken after attending the "Upper Room" event at Precious Bible Baptist Church in Pililla, Rizal.  Our church youth ministry, JIVE Youth, was invited, together with other youth groups.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="fullpost"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After the event, I took it upon myself to drive each of our young people home since we did not expect the event to end as late as it did.  Driving back to Masinag via Antipolo City's &lt;a href="http://www.proform.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Category2_-1_10351_13402_21664_Y"&gt;elliptical&lt;/a&gt; road for more than an hour and another hour's drive to Manila, we all felt so sleepy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5sKWGM6jQa4/TABuAe8jZHI/AAAAAAAAC8o/NxboiZYrjlk/s1600/pretending+to+sleep.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5sKWGM6jQa4/TABuAe8jZHI/AAAAAAAAC8o/NxboiZYrjlk/s400/pretending+to+sleep.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476498101468619890" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One of our young people started taking photos of those sleeping.  I pretended to sleep so I could join the photo and this was the final product.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3260900747713761737-6581881448025336106?l=www.aspacio.net' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/aspacio/posts/~4/tnc_LQTcc5o" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-05-29T09:31:24.062+08:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5sKWGM6jQa4/TABuAe8jZHI/AAAAAAAAC8o/NxboiZYrjlk/s72-c/pretending+to+sleep.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.aspacio.net/2010/05/just-pretending.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Just In Time for My Trip to Kenya</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/aspacio/posts/~3/hBu2RDDt1qo/just-in-time-for-my-trip-to-kenya.html</link><category>PoliticalArena.com</category><category>Google Philippines</category><category>Philippines Election Journal</category><category>Janette Toral</category><category>Racquel Cagurangan</category><category>Nairobi</category><category>Kenya</category><category>Dubai</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jeff)</author><pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 04:23:09 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260900747713761737.post-6928605023513601555</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;In less than a week, I will be traveling to Nairobi, Kenya for a missions trip with a team of 6 Filipino friends to represent Breaking Point Foundation Philippines.  After that 10-day stay at Nairobi, we plan to stop over for three days in Dubai and visit some friends, church members and other relatives of our missions team. This would require us to spend a quite significant amount of money for the visa and, hopefully, to experience the desert safari, the total amount would be around $185 USD.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5sKWGM6jQa4/S_-frTXtFGI/AAAAAAAAC8Y/AFywM5BvgJU/s1600/prize+sponsored+by+Political+Arena.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5sKWGM6jQa4/S_-frTXtFGI/AAAAAAAAC8Y/AFywM5BvgJU/s400/prize+sponsored+by+Political+Arena.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476271238188700770" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The timely blessing is that after joining the &lt;a href="http://electionbloggers.ning.com/profiles/blogs/map-your-election-precint"&gt;Map Your Election Precinct Contest&lt;/a&gt; last March, I won the top prize of $200 USD (sponsored by PoliticalArena.com) for mapping over a hundred public/private schools in the Philippines.  The second prize was bagged by a blogger friend, Earth, who won $100 (sponsored by &lt;a href="http://philippineselection.blogspot.com/"&gt;Philippines Election Journal&lt;/a&gt;).  The top two map makers (me and Earth) and the &lt;a href="http://electionbloggers.ning.com/profiles/blogs/winners-map-your-election"&gt;other qualified contest participant&lt;/a&gt;s also received Google Mapmaker gift bags from &lt;a href="http://www.google.com.ph/"&gt;Google Philippines&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;span class="fullpost"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This morning, a simple awarding ceremony was held at the office of PoliticalArena.com in Ortigas Center and present to award the prize were Ms. Janette Toral of Digital Filipino and Ms. Racquel Cagurangan, General Manager of &lt;a href="http://ph.politicalarena.com/"&gt;PoliticalArena.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5sKWGM6jQa4/S_-gnIvUWgI/AAAAAAAAC8g/MggIzbfsd24/s1600/awarding.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5sKWGM6jQa4/S_-gnIvUWgI/AAAAAAAAC8g/MggIzbfsd24/s400/awarding.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476272266127104514" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This experience reminded me of a passage in the Bible, in James 1:17 which says, "Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights..."  And for all these, I praise God for His provision for my upcoming trip. To God be the glory!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3260900747713761737-6928605023513601555?l=www.aspacio.net' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/aspacio/posts/~4/hBu2RDDt1qo" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-05-28T19:23:09.566+08:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5sKWGM6jQa4/S_-frTXtFGI/AAAAAAAAC8Y/AFywM5BvgJU/s72-c/prize+sponsored+by+Political+Arena.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">5</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.aspacio.net/2010/05/just-in-time-for-my-trip-to-kenya.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Our Church Anniversary Preparations</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/aspacio/posts/~3/E3CvY4cBv8c/our-church-anniversary-preparations.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jeff)</author><pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 08:34:15 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260900747713761737.post-2400569558035634417</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Next Sunday, our church in Makati will be celebrating its 7th year anniversary.  Aside from a special song number that we prepared, a special guest speaker from a church in Pililla, Rizal and other special guests, we started preparing a video presentation, a compilation of testimonies of our active members.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="fullpost"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks to the PowerShot A3100 IS &lt;a href="http://www.buy.com/specialty_store_1/canon/16966.html"&gt;Canon camera&lt;/a&gt; we won in a Canon event, we were able to capture the video testimonies of those who wanted to share theirs.  Hopefully, we would be able to edit and make it very presentable to those who will be present this Sunday.  You are welcome to celebrate with us on Sunday.  Our church is located at the 3/F 9642 Kalayaan Ave. Guadalupe Nuevo, Makati City.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3260900747713761737-2400569558035634417?l=www.aspacio.net' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/aspacio/posts/~4/E3CvY4cBv8c" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-05-16T23:34:15.608+08:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">1</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.aspacio.net/2010/05/our-church-anniversary-preparations.html</feedburner:origLink></item><media:rating>nonadult</media:rating></channel></rss>
