Yesterday, I asked Ada to strip me.

But before you let your wild imagination run away with you, let me clarify what I mean by stripping. Read more

I’ve started a blog exclusively for my Slim4Him diet (using Arthur Agatston’s South Beach diet), and I am 100% determined to make this one work. I don’t even know what my starting weight is, but I’ll know I would’ve lost weight if my clothes fit better and people start to notice.

I wouldn’t mind getting a bathroom scale for my birthday. LOL That, and a healthy baby girl. Cathy and I will find out our baby’s gender on February 25, the day before my birthday. Well, regardless of the gender, we will love this baby as much as we love Nathan. It would be nice to have a girl, though.

See you 70 lbs. from now!

In nine days, I will be 30.

Dang. Read more

Cathy and I recently learned Nathan did not make the cut of Grace Christian’s pre-school. Needless to say, we were very upset, and to say I was furious would be the understatement of the year. Read more

I made some lovely desktop wallpaper for those among you who’d like a little taste of Amanpulo West Villa.
I just created these using photos I took at this beautiful luxury resort in Palawan.

Just do me a favor: if you’re going to download any of these Amanpulo wallpapers, just leave a comment in the comments box so I’ll know. Thanks!

Alternative downloads: From left to right, Amanpulo West Villa desktop wallpapers 1, 2, 3, 4.

To make an image a wallpaper: Click on the image to load the full-screen image. Right-click on the photo and select “Save as Wallpaper” or “Save as Desktop Background.”

If it doesn’t work, save the image to your desktop. Enter your Control Panel and select Display. Select the Desktop tab, then browse for the image. Select the image, click Apply, then Ok.

Note 1: These are scaled for screens at 1024×768 resolution. If you’d like an 800×600, please leave a note in the Comments box, and I’ll get back to you.

Note 2: In the next few days, I should be uploading new desktop wallpaper for some other places I’ve visited, including the Fleuris Hotel in Palawan and the Discovery Country Suites in Tagaytay.

The country’s most prestigious blog awards is now accepting nominations.

The Philippine Blog Awards has recognized Filipino blog sites for the past four (five?) years. I first heard of them in 2003, when my good Christian buddy Rick Manzano secured a nomination for Filipino Blogger of the Year. In 2005, this blogger’s old website, Superblessed, was a finalist in the Most Informative Blog category, eventually finishing a happy runner-up to Doc Emer’s Parallel Universes.

Today, in its fourth (fifth?) installment, the most prestigious national blog recognition body in the nation has increased from an original four categories - Filipino Blogger of the Year, Most Informative Blog Site of the Year, Photoblog of the Year, and Best Blog Site of the Year - to an impressive ten:

• Best Technology Blog
• Best Travel Blog
• Best Entertainment Blog
• Best Personal Blog
• Best Home & Living Blog
• Best Socio-Political Blog
• Best News & Media Blog
• Best Business/Entrepreneur Blog
• Best Sports & Recreation Blog
• Best Fashion & Lifestyle Blog
• Best Photo Blog
• Podcast of the Year Award

If you know of a worthy blog, then scoot on over to the official website of the Philippine Blog Awards and nominate that blog on or before February 28, 2007.

By the way, if anyone from the Philippine Blog Awards happens to swing by this entry, may I humbly suggest a ‘History’ or ‘About Us’ page? Having seen the growth of your blog awards through the years, recognizing the growing impact of your endeavor through a retrospective would be giving credit to whom it’s due - you guys.

Not just on Hallmark holidays, but all the days of your life.

Not just in the arms of a lover, but in the arms of someone who loves you for you.

Not just in your home, but everywhere you go.

Not just because today is Valentine’s Day, but because every day is a God-given opportunity to love.

Live, love, and, well, eat. Happy Valentine’s Day, everybody!

I have only recently discovered the option of protecting certain entries with passwords. This interests me because - as my blog tends to become a relatively personal open diary - I will sometimes want to write something so personal that I don’t want it to be Googled or anything, but may want certain friends to commisserate with me. Ergo, the password.

If you would like a password so you can read my private entries, email me using the email address provided in My Best Decision Ever. I’ll then send it to you (please protect it).

Singer/actress Jennifer Hudson was awarded the Best Actress in a Supporting Role plum at the 2007 British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards, bringing the total number of awards to more than 20! Hudson adds this prestigious award to her Golden Globe and her Screen Actors Guild award.

Hudson has won Best Supporting Actress nods from the Satellite Awards; New York Film Critics Circle; New York Film Critics Circle Online (tied with Catherine O’Hara); the Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards; the Washington, DC Film Critics Association; the African-American Film Critics Association; the Las Vegas Film Critics Association; the St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Awards; the Broadcast Film Critics Awards; and the Ohio Film Critics Awards.

Hudson, an unabashed Christian, who has been vocal in her thanksgiving to Jesus Christ and God for bringing her to where she is today, has also been acknowledged as Female Star of Tomorrow by Sho West, Best Female Breakthrough Performance from the National Board of Review (tied with Babel’s Rinko Kikuchi); the Breakthrough Performer award from the New York Film Critics Circle Online; the Breakthrough of the Year from the Hollywood Life Awards; the Breakthrough Performance Award from the Palm Springs International Film Festival; the Pauline Kael Breakout Award from the Florida Film Critics Circle; the Breakout Performance Award from the Oklahoma Film Critics Circle; and the Breakout Artist award from the Austin Film Critics Association.

She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the Los Angeles Film Critics Association awards and the National Society of Film Critics awards, but did not win. She also has standing nominations at the Academy Awards and the the NAACP Image Awards.

Looking for Jennifer Hudson’s Oscar acceptance speech? Here it is.

Kitchie Nadal’s new album should be out sometime in March 2007, according to her manager, Roca Cruz.

Her new single, Buwan, is another groundbreaking track. I love how Kitchie never gets comfortable with her style, always challenging herself to sound different and bold and above the rest.

To listen to Buwan, click here.