 | La Familia Abeleda | Oct 17, 2004 |
|  | Blank Park Zoo and Des Moines Botanical Center |
| | This is the first time we went to Pella, which is about ninety miles west of Iowa City. Pella is known for historical sights, its Dutch architecture, and of course, the tulips that bloom in spring. Pella Tulip Time was held May 3-5 this year. |
| | Lincoln Park Zoo & Navy Pier |
| | We spent the holidays with relatives in California. We stayed in Las Vegas, Nevada for a few days and were able to go to the Grand Canyon in Arizona. |
| | Zen attended the conference of the American Society of Human Genetics at New Orleans, Louisiana. We decided to go there by car, and it was our longest road trip yet.
New Orleans is more than nine hundred miles away from Iowa City, and it would take about fifteen hours to get there if driven straight. We left Iowa on Sunday morning and rested overnight at Horn Lake, Mississippi. We checked in at New Orleans Monday afternoon and stayed in the city for four days. We were able to visit some popular attractions such as the Riverwalk and the French Quarter. |
| | We moved from Coralville to Hawkeye Court Apartments in Iowa City three weeks ago and held a housewarming party in the new apartment. We also celebrated Zen's birthday (16th of Aug), Benedict's 4th month (18th of Aug), and thanksgiving for all of God's blessings to the family. |
 | Vx | Aug 13, '06 12:29 AM
for everyone |
 | Category: | Computers & Electronics | | Product Type: | Handheld Computers/PDAs | | Manufacturer: | Palm |
I give my Vx five stars as it turns five years old. How time flies... I still remember August 2001, after months of thinking and hesitation, I decided to buy my first PDA. The Vx was the slimmest PDA in Palm's line-up at the time. All I wanted was a digital directory and notepad to replace the ever-thickening paper notes in my organizer. (Yeah, you should have seen how cluttered my organizer was before.) It should also be easy to carry, so I can bring up any info wherever and whenever I want. The Vx was really the right choice because of its light weight and small form. It had such excellent battery-life that I was able to bring the Vx on a weeklong vacation and use it normally without losing power. It performed the functions I expected it to do and much more. It's simple yet powerful. The applications I use most often, i.e. the address book, memo, date book, happy days, today, and others, still run well on it.
The Vx is antique compared to today's tech, but it deserves the five stars for its class. 
| | The Cedar Rapids Filipino-American Association held this year's annual summer picnic at the Coralville Lake Marina, Iowa City, IA from 11:00AM to 4:00PM. |
| | F.W. Kent Park
2048 Hwy 6 NW
Oxford, Iowa 52322 |
| | We watched the parade this morning as it passed by 9th St in Coralville. In the early evening, we had a potluck picnic at the Kampfe residence in Iowa City. We then went back to Coralville for the late night fireworks at S.T. Morrison Park. |
| | Go Fish is a group of three guys who are committed to creating great music for kids that won't drive parents bonkers, while promoting conservative Christian values through their music. Samples of their songs are available for download in their web site.
The group performed at S.T. Morrison Park in Coralville, Iowa as part of their US concert tour. The venue is just a twenty-minute walk from our apartment, so we placed Benedict in his stroller and met up with friends at the park. |
| | May 22 - stayed at Chicago/Niles, IL
May 24 - drove to Bloomington, IN
May 25 - toured Indiana University, IN
May 26 - saw the Benedictine monastery at St. Meinrad, IN
May 27 - visited Terre Haute, IN
May 28 - attended mass at St. Paul Catholic Center
May 29 - drove more than 400 miles in 7 hours (including gas and rest stops) back to Iowa |
 Link: http://www.goodnewspilipinas.com/Why GNP? *
Good News Pilipinas is a plain and simple, feel good website. It's a source of information that will make every Filipino feel proud and smile, that yes indeed we have achieved a lot as a people, and continue to be successful in various sectors in our very own country and overseas.
GNP has no agenda! All we want is just to tell the whole world that the Philippines is a big beautiful country and that the Filipino is hospitable, talented, smart, and resourceful.
GNP stands for:
Great Nation of Pinoys
Gratifying Nice Positive
Giving Noble Positive
Gracious Noteworthy Precious
Genuine Notable Pure
Let's be positive about our country! Let's move forward as a people! Let's help our nation be great!
* http://www.goodnewspilipinas.com/docs/why_gnp.html
It's my first ever thanksgiving celebration! Zen and I started the day with a mass at 9:00 A.M. in the Newman Center, Iowa City. We were invited by "Tito Leo" Lim a week earlier to celebrate with them, so we drove seventeen miles north to Swisher, IA. We left Coralville twenty minutes before 2:00 P.M., and we were at the Lim residence by the top of the hour. We had an interesting exchange of life stories with the Lim's while having some snacks. A while later, I was helping them prepare the turkey (my first again) for the early dinner. There were just five of us, but we had so much fun, and our hosts were so hospitable that we didn't notice it was almost 9:00 P.M. We met the Lim couple for the first time during a Filipino-American get-together early this year only, but our celebration seemed to be like a gathering of long lost relatives and was itself a cause for thanksgiving.
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