“Oro” – The Rurouni Kenshin Costume Exhibit at ToyCon

"They should have also exhibited Makoto Shishio's costume. That would have been EPIC!"

Last week, the Toys, Hobbies and Collectibles Convention 2014 (ToyCon 2014) was held at the SM Megatrade Hall for three days (June 20, 21, and 22 respectively). Personally, I wanted to take a visit there, but somehow a lot has got in the way (Work Schedule and stuff) that I was not able to do so.

That kinda sucks because there is one exhibit there that I was really looking forward to see and that is the Rurouni Kenshin costume exhibit. What is it? Okay, for starters it is an (official) exhibit sponsored by Warner Bros. Philippines in conjunction with the upcoming sequels of the Rurouni Kenshin film that was a sleeper hit back in 2012. This exhibit features the real costumes used in the film by Kenshin Himura (Takeru Satoh), Sanosuke Sagara (Munetaka Aoki), and Aoshi Shinomori (Yusuke Iseya). For a true blue Rurouni Kenshin fan like me, that is a “Must-See.”

Fortunately for me, my little sister had a planned visit on the second day of the convention, so I asked her to take some snaps of the exhibit and the costumes so that even though I cannot be there, through her lens, I will be able to see this exhibit with my own eyes. Here are the pics, peeps!

#WutTheEff - Anak ng Bawang! (Garlic prices are sky-high)

"Boy Bawang does not approve!"

Garlic - Expensive than Meat Nowadays

Recently, my little sister had a trip to Baguio and when she came back, she brought home some local Onions and Garlic/Bawang (the one I shot a pic for this post) because as she said, the price of those up north are cheap compared to buying the same items here in the Metro and you know what? She's damn right, especially with the "Bawang."

The Light-Up Tardis Kit: A Small Blue Box

“It is smaller..than my Mini Smartphone”

Fact is, I am a “Whovian”, a newly-christened Whovian.

For the benefit of those who do not know, a Whovian is what the fans of the longest-running British Science Fiction Series, Doctor Who, call themselves. It is my little sister who converted me to being a Whovian earlier this year (Oh my little sis, she always introduce me to new things, especially, TV series and stuff). She made me watch one “Special” and the rest is history.

Now, to give back something to my little sis, I decided I will get her something related to Doctor Who, which is technically, an official merchandise. What did I get her? A miniature of the Doctor’s Time Machine – The TARDIS, a Light-Up Tardis Kit.

This Small Box Holds the Blue Box

Papa’s Two-Trick Pony Day (Birthday and Father’s Day in One)

“Dahil sabay ang Birthday mo at Father’s Day, Ultimate Dad ka, Paps!”

Last time, my post was about my wife’s birthday coinciding with Independence Day. Now, here is another special person having a birthday coinciding with another special occasion.

"M" is for Mondi

Meet my father, Ramon. Just like me, he has a lot of nicknames, (Sir Chief, Baby, Mondi, Mon, and my personal favorite, Mon-Ra) but I always prefer to call him Paps, a wordplay of Papa, but without losing the respect to him. The thing is, today is his Birthday and coincidentally, it is also Father’s Day, nice combo huh?!

Since it is two occasions in one, I cannot just let this day pass without writing a little bit about my “Paps” and what he means to me and to our family.

My Independence Girl (A Birthday Post for my Companion for Life)

“Having you is Independence, because you are my Independence Girl”

It is a couple of days since June 12, a very special day for the country because it is the day when we, Filipinos, celebrate our beloved homeland’s independence, so special that everybody celebrates it and the day, in fact, is a holiday.

For this blogger (yours truly), June 12 for me is special not only because of the above-mentioned reason. This day also happens to be the Birthday of a very special girl in my life; a girl that completes me - my other half, my wife, Antonette.

My Daughter and My Wife - I consider myself Lucky!

Since it is her Birthday, I want to write a little bit about what she means to me and of course, our family.

Reporting Back (From a Hell Month)

It has been a While since I posted here…so Little Time, too much to do

Unfortunately, I am no Time Lord and Time is the Boss of Me

Balancing a lot of stuff that you do in your life is really a hard thing to do:  Being a Father, a husband, an employee, an amateur photographer, the home techie guy, and of course being a "Novice Blogger" are just some of the things that are jockeying for position to get some of my precious time and because of that when one or two of those things suddenly required more attention (Just like a laptop that downloads a torrent sucks up all the available bandwidth in the network), the other things somehow gets neglected..unfortunately.

Recently, it has been hell and toxic at work (It lasted for almost a friggin 1-1/2 months) and due to that, a lot of blog posts that I was planning to do was regretfully put on the back burner and believe me - I had a lot of them. The only thing I was able to post was my Birthday Blog post, and I even posted it so LATE..sheesh!

Anyway, the good thing is I am back now and posting again.  I will never make the mistake of forgetting this blog again. I promised this blog and myself that I will do better and I am not backing down on that promise now.

Of course, my apologies for being away a little bit too long, I think you all deserve that.

Until next time,

Ciao!