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Oh, Dubai
I am back from my internet hiatus. So now I finally post about my recent trip to Dubai, a commercially and industrially booming city-state in United Arab Emirates ( Read more... ) -
Posting Holiday Pictures: Manila, December '08 - Muscat, January '09
This past December and January, I had a rather eventful holiday. So before I post photos from my last trip (to Dubai), let me post pictures from the latter and early parts of the last two months.
On the late night of Saturday, December 20th, I went to the airport for my Thai Airways flight to Bangkok. And that very same day, I had a presentation ( Read more... ) -
Go, Team Oman!
As 2008 came to a close and 2009 opened its pages as a brand new chapter year, Oman has been busy, getting all the spotlight in the gulf. On December 29th to 30th, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit took place in the Sultanate and today, January 4th, just 3 days after New Year's, is the inaugural match of the 19th Gulf Cup of Nations, 2009 ( Read more... ) -
Trip to Rustaq: Desert Camp
Okay, just quick posting some pictures from a last trip. Last month, the Muscat Road Runners went to camp on a desert in Rustaq. My family and I turned up only for the day. During our stay there while the sun still shone and on the way back when the sun was setting, I took several sets of pictures. The pictures are below.
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A Road Trip to Sur, Oman
So here it finally is. A long overdue picture-filled post. This is just the first of two I have ready to post here on my travels-and-other-adventures chronicling blog.
During Eid al Fitr, on the 3rd to 5th days of October this year, my family and I geared ourselves for a much-anticipated road adventure to Sur (صور), a capital city of Ash Sharqiyah ( Read more... ) -
My First Half-Marathon
Winter Series Race 4: The Half Marathon
[posted on facebook, 05 December 2008]What a generic title for something that was more than just a mere half-marathon to me. This morning's race goes down in my running history as an event I will never forget. Many runs of the Muscat Road Runners in the past have won my heart, but none of them made me feel ( Read more... ) -
Who'd have thunk it?
The English language is utterly funny. For one, it has the most illogical system for its orthography, in particular, spelling. Our lecturer in Varieties of English once asked why the word 'island' is not pronounced "is-land" the way its spelling suggests. Many English words are not pronounced the way they are spelled. Therefore, English spelling is ( Read more... ) -
Yay for the Democrats
I have never on my blog commented about the US Presidential Race or any of the candidates. The contention for the next president's seat in the world's superpower and all the controversies along with it have, of course, stricken my fancy and prompted me to want to write about such thing. But I have never sat down to write my commentary and time ( Read more... ) -
How Things Are
Just wanted to get that last entry off the top of my page ( Read more... ) -
On Various Things
This morning, as is not unusual for me these days, I went to run. Yesterday, I ran with my dad and he showed me a route he thinks is easy enough because there are more downhills. We ran Madrigal Avenue-University Avenue-Acacia Avenue-Country Club Drive-University Avenue-Molave Drive. This morning, after the rain, I ran the same route, only I went ( Read more... )