I miss you, blogging!

I am back again, but I am not sure if I can really continue.

I will do my best.

Blog soon!

:o)

Fun walk and talk

Despite the rain, I managed to finish 5 rounds of walking! Thanks to these crazy people who made it so much fun. (Ma’am Mayette, Rech and GyGy)*

Fun run (walk), finally

After several attempts, I finally did it! 🙂

Awesome Gaudi

At La Pedrera – This is one of Gaudí’s main residential buildings and one of the most imaginative houses in the history of architecture. This building is more a sculpture than a building. The façade is a varied and harmonious mass of undulating stone that, along with its forged iron balconies, explores the irregularities of the natural world. UNESCO recognized this building as World Heritage in 1984. (Barcelona, 6/16/13)

Model ala Mole in Barcelona

Back in Europe for the 7th General Assembly of the Erasmus Mundus Association… (Barcelona)

A sign of blogs to come. Oh how I’ve missed you! 🙂

Long time, no blog!

I did not realize how busy I got until I remembered that I have not blogged for a while now.

Sad face.

Of course the Christmas holidays got in the way, along with the homecoming and worst of all, I got sick! Thanks to stress.

But I am back! I promise to be more up to date in keeping this blog running.

So Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! (Very late, I know.)

EHEF Article on EMA

I wrote an article on the EHEF in Manila for the Erasmus Mundus Students and Alumni Association (EMA) web site.

And here it goes:

European Higher Education Fair in Manila, Philippines

EHEF 2012, Manila

I just got back from a very successful European Higher Education Fair (EHEF) and EMA-Philippines networking event held last November 14 at the Peninsula Hotel in Manila.

More than 1,000 visitors graced the fair which featured 22 European Higher Education Institutions. Twenty (20) Erasmus Mundus alumni were on hand to entertain queries about EU’s biggest scholarship programme.

I was the first speaker when the fair opened and I was overwhelmed at the number of young Filipino hopefuls who were in that room listening to me. I was humbled by that experience and it felt great to be a source of inspiration.

After the talk, I went to the EU-EM booth to join the other alumni in answering questions relevant to the scholarship. It was both fun and tiring. It definitely helped that the alumni were in high spirits, unmindful of the never-ending questions. Despite the weariness, we prevailed. I think we all agree that being there is one of the best ways to give back to the scholarship programme which has given us so much.

We love Erasmus Mundus!

Here’s a video of that event, courtesy of Muloy Luib, a freelance journalist. Pics will come in the next post.

Homecoming

What: XU-DEVCOM Alumni Homecoming

When: 12.22.12 (6PM-12MN)

RSVP: xudevcomalum@gmail.com

More details coming soon.

Skyfall

I have always been a fan of Bond movies. I don’t know why but I get excited with movie narratives on espionage and nobody does it better than Bond, James Bond.

Skyfall is released in time for the franchise’s 50th anniversary. Yeah, it is that long.

I watched the movie last Sunday and I totally enjoyed it! The bonus was that most of the movie was shot in London. It allowed me to see the city that I love. It definitely brought back a lot of happy memories. And it doesn’t hurt that Adele is singing the theme song.

Lovely, indeed.

Here’s the trailer of the movie:

And the theme song by Adele:

Long live Agent 007! 🙂