What's in a name?

We visited a few towns in Laguna yesterday. My dad heard about a barangay in Laguna called Taytay.

The trip took us to the underground cemetery in Nagcarlan, Laguna. As the pictures will show, the National Historical Institute is doing a great job. Just look at the well manicured lawn and the clean surroundings.

We did find barangay Taytay after lunch and bought some pasalubong as well as to chat with the owner of the pasalubong store. It appears barangay Taytay has been around since the 16th century! It's not so surprising really if you think that my hometown has also been around since the 16th too (Bambi HArper wrote an interesting column last year. Will try to post that here later).

On the way back, we made stops at Liliw, Laguna and Taytay falls in Majayjay.

Liliw was a pleasant surprise. They have a street there of tsinelas boutiques :) There were many local tourists which gave me the impression that the place has been able to generate enough buzz to make it a "required" stop for us visitors.

Yesterday's trip was truly outstanding. Our family should really do more of this (and to think that Laguna is just 2 hours away from our place!).

Runnex 25 run - UP Diliman

I should really change my name to the Lazy Blogger! :) This Run was three days ago but I only got myself to blog about it now.

Anyway, I won't write too much about it except to say that UP DIliman is a great place for running. I would like to go back next week. I finished the race in 450th place (out of a field of 500) but who's counting? (only me of course haha). My time was 1:12 hours.

Read more about it on Bullrunner and Baldrunner's blog. Coach Rio really did a great job in organizing this event.

...from the picture, it seems like I'm about to pass out :)

Good Superhero Movie

Loved the Iron Man movie. A pleasant surprise that Robert Downey was perfect as Tony Stark. It was also nostalgic to see characters like Pepper Potts, Happy Hogan and Obadiah Stane. It has been years because I've even forgotten all about Obadiah.

I would rank this movie alongside Spiderman 1 and Batman Returns as the best superhero movie adaptations of the CGI era.

Some useless notes:

1. Pepper Potts wasn't really as hot as Gwyneth :) ... the way I remember her, she resembles the red headed chick in Six feet under (sorry but i'm not in the mood to look up her name on Google).
2. I can't remember "Rhodie" from the comicbooks
3. In the sixties comicbook edition, the setting was in VIetnam and not Afghanistan as shown in this movie (makes sense!)
4. I couldn't recall that the thing on his chest was installed to protect his heart (I have lousy memory!)


and last, but most important of all...were you able to spot Stan Lee in the movie?