MARIEB is an author of physiology books.  She writes simply and the illustrations are great!  Having encountered her work for Anatomy and Physiology class enabled me to score a really high grade on the said class (safe to say 97% and higher).  She's left quite an impression on me.

BALANGUE is my family name.  Jason, a cousin, once researched the origins of our name and found out that it is French for French.  Huh?  Some cannot spell it (esp when I say it using the French pronunciation) while some cannot read it out loud.  Thus, I just use B.

MARIE biscuits are my favorite.  And it happens my surname starts with a "B." 

 

To everyone I met in my Life,

    you all have contributed to who I am today.  Thank you very much.

Special mention to certain people on this blog:

LAURA CARSE - for introducing me to blogging

LISA ARANETA - for teaching me to blog

CHRIS TSANG - for telling me to compress photos and taking me game fishing (my Eureka! moment of Van Gogh and his brush strokes ...)

THE MAKER OF MICROSOFT PICTURE MANAGER - for making my life so simple!

THE CREATOR OF THE INTERNET - for creating this mobile storage technology & more!

MAMA & PAPA - for my new laptop

FATHER CHRISTMAS & GODFATHER - for the computers (Note:  I keep your identities confidential)

RAY (of RAYCOMM) - for the discounts on computer stuff

DAN WANG - for the conversation on "Are photographs art?" and shopping online for a US$200 camera

CHRIS GARD - for buying the camera when you went home to Australia (I later changed it to a Pentax Optio for its waterproof qualities - so I hope you enjoy the photos I took with it)

UNCLE OSCAR - for giving me my 1st Canon SLR way back in 1984 (which Papa lost, but I still have my tripod from that set)

JOY ARABE & BENNIE ASPREC - for lending your SLR cameras whenever we travel, and being models when asked

LOLO TINONG - for not allowing me to study what someone else in our family did - I guess it really runs in the genes... thanks to TOMMY HAFALLA!

LEE TABERT-GAROVILLO - for keeping me focused for IB Art (My '7' is a testament to your teaching abilities) and checking up on my art life until now

NISANG - for the art stuff

BRENT SCHOOL PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB - for teaching me the rudiments of photography (even if I couldn't stand the smell of the developing room - and I didn't do photography for a long, long time!)

THE INNOVATOR OF THE DIGITAL CAMERA - for getting me back into taking photographs

CIL ARTATES - a new friend, dear friend, colleague in photography

SR. CONSUELO - for teaching me the rudiments of Art

AUNTY NATY - for introducing me to Sr. Consuelo and my piano teachers  - all for the sake of growing up well

VICTOR DE LUNA - for inspiring me to look into ART (I hope you still paint as well as you did back when we were in fourth grade, and I am honored to have a child of yours named after me!)

VICKY ESTEPA - for SRA and story-writing

SID HILDAWA - for your inspirational teaching in Humanities II (the 7 forms of art are: architecture, music, sculpture, visual arts, literature, theatre &/or film, and dance -- I've got 3 more to learn ...)

RODEL LORENZO - for your belief in me (One day, I hope time will allow me for more practice with the oboe and listen to more music)

YOUNG JI NOH - for your belief in me (and getting the notes right)

LEE CORDERO - for teaching me to sing and ... the Ateneo Glee Club (I'm Stage Manager anytime, anywhere for you!)

BING-BING, MIA, AND (TITA) NORA CORDERO - for listening to me (singing, planning, etc), and feeding me GOOD FOOD, and keeping me in The Faith

GOD - AMDG

and to whomever I missed out, my gratitude remains unchanged.

Simple:  Storage.

Our family doctor, Dra. Nelia Bacay, suggested that I start packing up my stuff.  I've got a lot of stuff, and I figured I need mobile storage.  Thank God, for the INTERNET!  I know that He wasn't the one who did it, but maybe the spirit/soul was in the internet developer.

Which reminds me to thank some people who helped me why I blog today.