You know what Americans take for granted, well besides their freedom of speech, freedom to vote…etc..It’s water. Clean water. I mean, in Milpitas, one can drink straight from the tap. Yes, it’ll taste kinda funny, but you can actually drink tap water. If you do that here in PI, you’ll likely get sick. Even though it’s chlorinated and all, there’s still a good chance a lot of of unhealthy stuff gets into your boday making it unsafe to drink the water. Why the longwinded intro? See the big blue 5 gallon container? Would you believe I used to carry that to our apartment on the fourth floor? Yup. No elevator. PLUS, I had to cross a busy street! Imagine Frogger and you’ll get the picture. Anyway, had to do it since clean water is a must if you need to drink. Good thing that since we moved, the water place is just across my house AND I don’t have to go to the fourth floor. 
OK, here’s a photo of "taho." A lot of you non-pinoys might not have been familiar with this drink. It’s made of tofu, ‘pearls’ and syrup. Usually, a guy passes by carrying two containers, one for the tofu, and one for the syrup and pearls (I think it’s tapioca.) Pinoys usually eat/drink this for breakfast or, a late morning snack. The whole mug only costs 5 pesos. (That’s a dime!) hehe Hey, can’t beat that right? Plus, delivered right in front of your door. You just have to wait for the guy yelling.."Ta-hooooo." hehe (and the guy usually just stops in front of my gate, because I’m a regular now.) haha
Here’s a pic of the front gate where he stops. 
(Dang. All this talk about food is making me hungry.)
OK, more ramblings from Jose. 
See this cereal? Yup. The 99 pesos one? (that’s like 2 bucks.) Supposedly, it’s the same cereal that I enjoyed in Milpitas. Same name, same company. Same taste, you expect right? Wrong. It’s somewhat different. It tastes like a very ‘wheaty’ Clusters. Heck, the almonds are all small pieces too. It’s the same with Fruit Loops too. Same name and logo, but it tastes differently; has a cardboard after-taste.
Anyway, I won’t be complaining if there were choices here. But, since most folks eat ‘pan-de-sal’ for breakfast, I guess having lots of cereal choices is not a good business move for cereal makers. Plus, it’s so expensive to buy cereal AND milk. (Milk, btw, does taste the same. Plus, you can store milk longer; they’re processed through UHT…or Ultra High Temperature.) The only good cereal here is Koko Krunch, a chocolate flavored cereal. BUT I can’t eat this all the time! Ugh. Maybe I should just buy more ‘taho.’ (It’s a breakfast tofu drink.) Taho is good too.
Have I told you guys that it’s getting hot here? Hot AND humid? I thought I’d be used to it by now, but I guess the humidity went up one notch. I predict my brother’s gonna be staying inside with the AC on all the time. There goes my electric bill! hehe I’ll probably just drive him to the mall. Heck, maybe he can drive so he can appreciate how good we have it back in Milpitas.
Just wanted to write some trivial stuff:
Look at this house. This house used to be our first house in PI. The place around it has changed dramatically that I didn’t even recognize the area. Talk about not being able to come home again! Good thing the foundation of the house didn’t change too much, and I was able to recognize it. But, it was still freaking weird to not to remember the area. hehe
This pic shows my dining area and kitchen. I had the dining table custom-made. It’s pretty cool that one can do that here. I even chose the fabric/color of the seats. It’s supposed to be green, but when the pic came out, it looks like teal. Go Sharks!
It’s getting warm here. Humidity is risin. Good thing we have AC. Shoot. I hate humidity!
We are way behind when it comes to TV shows. They’re only showing last season’s 24. They’re also just showing Lost 2 a few weeks back. At 11pm too. Ugh. Good thing I have a VCR. hehe
Aite. Just wanted to write some random stuff. Hope it was entertaining.
Can you believe that it’s been one year since I worked? Sheesh. Talk about sabbaticals! Dang. Now, I don’t see any vacations for me since the studio is about to be operational. Well, have to wait for my brother to arrive in the Philippines, but that’s already this April, and it should fairly be a quick tutorial. hehe Besides, it’s his vacation too, so we might just work for a few days and goof off the rest of his stay here. I know his lolos and lolas all want to see him anyway, so I won’t be selfish; I’ll share him. haha
Anyway, it is an exciting time. So close to opening the studio! 
As you can see in this picture, the inside is already ‘acoustic’d’ out. Basically, no more echoes in the studio. (You need to achieve a ‘dead’ sound when recording because you add the effect later.) The funny thing is that I thought the room was goin to be plastered with those acoustic boards, but it didn’t need to be. Credit goes to my architect/contractor Norby Reyes for the design. He had the idea of laminating the acoustic boards instead of just nailing it to the wall. (that was MY idea…good thing I didn’t become an architect.) hehe Anyway, once the desks arrive, I’ll have everything in place and can set up the computers and mixers. THEN, we can start our test recordings! (So, any of you want to get a ‘free’ recording in, first week of April is the time.) hehe
I know I haven’t posted anything for a while, been busy with house/studio and taking care of Carie. Our baby is so active, I can feel it kicking! So cool. The only downside is that it sometimes keeps her awake at night, not to mention the backaches, since the baby is getting bigger. Oh, don’t ask me what’s the gender of the baby; I don’t know yet. The ultrasound is still a few weeks away, so maybe we’ll know by then. For now, I’m in the dark just like everyone else.
Aite, hope you guys weren’t bored reading my little novela. hehe
Go Giants!
You know what Americans take for granted, well besides their freedom of speech, freedom to vote…etc..It’s water. Clean water. I mean, in Milpitas, one can drink straight from the tap. Yes, it’ll taste kinda funny, but you can actually drink tap water. If you do that here in PI, you’ll likely get sick. Even though it’s chlorinated and all, there’s still a good chance a lot of of unhealthy stuff gets into your boday making it unsafe to drink the water. Why the longwinded intro? See the big blue 5 gallon container? Would you believe I used to carry that to our apartment on the fourth floor? Yup. No elevator. PLUS, I had to cross a busy street! Imagine Frogger and you’ll get the picture. Anyway, had to do it since clean water is a must if you need to drink. Good thing that since we moved, the water place is just across my house AND I don’t have to go to the fourth floor. 
OK, here’s a photo of "taho." A lot of you non-pinoys might not have been familiar with this drink. It’s made of tofu, ‘pearls’ and syrup. Usually, a guy passes by carrying two containers, one for the tofu, and one for the syrup and pearls (I think it’s tapioca.) Pinoys usually eat/drink this for breakfast or, a late morning snack. The whole mug only costs 5 pesos. (That’s a dime!) hehe Hey, can’t beat that right? Plus, delivered right in front of your door. You just have to wait for the guy yelling.."Ta-hooooo." hehe (and the guy usually just stops in front of my gate, because I’m a regular now.) haha 
