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To laugh often and love much

To win the respect of intelligent persons and the affection of children

To earn the approbation of honest citizens and endure the betrayal of false friends

To appreciate beauty

To find the best in others

To give of one's self

To leave the world a bit better

Whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition

To have played and laughed with enthusiasm and sung with exultation

To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived...

This is to have succeeded.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

4.14.08 Another year - another lawn.

3.8.08 My nephew Jacob helps me out at one of my weekend haunts.

11.15.07 I put NOS in my truck!

11.9.07 I kicked butt on my cardiac stress test: 184bpm at max duration of 15 minutes.

5.11.07 Louisa's birthday! I baked her a double-layer fudge frosting cake!

4.14.07 Trying my hand at lawn maintenance.

1.6.07 Believe it or not, I actually made some progress on my basement shop.

12.9.06 Christian Manguba is born and joins the party!.

8.27.06 Finally got back on the bike after a 5+ year hiatus.

11.09.05 Taking some shots at the Moon!

10.30.05 Julie and Joe become Mr. and Mrs. Chang!

8.7.04 World watch out! Because we now have Sarah Marie Perez Bayna!

2.20.04 I enter a pinnacle phase in my woodworking hobby - I receive my first ever Lie-Nielsen hand plane: No. 164 Low Angle Smoother!

2.1.03 Sheryl Desiongco and Tom Hoskins vow to share the rest of their lives together as Mr. & Mrs. Hoskins!

2.1.03 Shuttle Columbia breaks apart on reentry to Earth's atmosphere.

1.8.03 Woodworking added as a major topic to this website.

8.31.02 Justin Miralles celebrates Birthday Number 1!!!

8.31.02 Torrance, California - The last of the Perez siblings gets married! In a joyous Hawaiian style celebration, Rina Perez weds Arthur "AJ" Raphke!

8.27.02 Anaheim, California - I've realized that the more I age, the more my life becomes full with meetings, appointments, debt, and cell phones, the more I enjoy Disneyland.

8.24.02 Chicago, Illinois - Experienced The Blue Man Group at the Briar Street Theatre. It really is as good as people say it is!

8.15.02 Bolingbrook, Illinois - The latest addition to the family, Jacob Bayna, has joined us! He was greeted into this world by a loving mother and father, Shirma and Napoleon, and a very eager brother, Matthew.

8.11.02 Galen and Barbara Rowell, very good friends of mine whom I never got a chance to meet, left us today. This strikes home that life is a frailty and our time here is only temporary. At least I'm comforted to know that Galen and Barbara selflessly spent every last waking hour doing what they thoroughly enjoyed: making the rest of us become more aware of the undeniable beauty of our natural surroundings. Their efforts have opened up worlds for so many of us, and their lives have made this a better place. They will surely be missed.

7.21.02 Glencoe, Illinois - Music, wine, and dragonflies! The Chicago Symphony Orchestra plays Gershwin at the Ravinia Festival.

6.29.02 Des Plaines, Illinois - Dennis Lu weds Marina Wang!

6.15.02 Utica, Illinois - I did some "sport fishing" for the first time in over a decade at Starved Rock National Park!

5.28.02 Gurnee, Illinois - I become exposed to all the beauty and pleasures that Bass Pro Shops has to offer! I also figured out the answer to "what is the diference between fishing-as-a-sport and fishing-as-something-to-do-when you-have-nothing-else-going-on-during-the-weekend?" Answer: $400 of fishing tackle!

5.19.02 My buddy Brad moves into his new house.

4.10.02 Plainfield, Illinois - Appearing at 8:30am at 5 lbs. 5 oz. and 18.5 inches tall, Mary Catherine Manuel arrives to take on the world! She's greeted by her overjoyed parents Jackie and Al.

2.24.02 The Nineteenth Winter Olympics comes to an end. (sniff) (sniff)

2.22.02 Joshua David Macatangay, son to Jose and Jinji Macatangay, says hello to the world at 12:50am!

1.31.02 Chicago gets dumped on with up to 12 inches of snow and 16 degree wind chills! I spend the majority of my morning shoveling my driveway. You gotta love it folks, and just 4 days ago, people were playing golf out here!

1.27.02 It's 60 degrees in Chicago all weekend long!

1.24.02 I make Matzo ball soup at home for the first time. (Hey! It's the little things that add flavor to life!)

1.20.02 My Ps celebrate their 34th year of marriage. My parents have an enviable charactertic about them. They're the only couple I know who spend every waking hour, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year , year-after-year in each other's company, and they both live and claim that they wouldn't have it any other way. God bless'em! There's a lot to be learned there.

1.16.02 I shovel my driveway for the first time as a homeowner! I was so overjoyed that tears welled up in my eyes. (sniff) (sniff)

1.13.02 Sergey "Sveistein" Bloom crosses off year number 32!

12.25.01 The Best Birthday of the Year! Everybody wins with this one! =)

12.21.01 I sign a legally binding document in blood wherein a very large financial institution will own my butt for the next several hundred years. (I start moving into my new house! Yippee!)

12.11.01 At 2:04pm, Audrey Anna Mesina arrived to take on the world! At a bit over 6.5 pounds and slightly over 1.6 feet tall, she was greeted by her father Frank, mother Julie, and rambunctious brother Samuel. Frank notes that "she looks exactly like Samuel, but totally different!"

12.01.01 CianPerez.com officially goes live!

11.26.01 My little sister, Rina, and her boyfriend, AJ, get engaged! (Finally!)

11.07.01 Sheryl Desiongco completes her Masters in Business Administration from Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois.

10.29.01 At 9:52am CST, Ian Stafford Bromfield took his first breath. At 9 pounds 2 ounces and 22 inches long (qualifies for an NBA Forward!), he was greeted by his honorable father Jim, loving mother Brenda, and gleeful sister Madison*.

10.30.01 I actually started what I've wanted to do for some time: I officially began designing and building this website.

10.15.01 Katrina Gomberg shows her face to the world for the first time. She was greeted by her proud father Mikail, her joyous mother Tanya, and her happily impatient sister Miya.

9.11.01 New York, New York - Some very stupid people tried to make a point at the expense of several thousand innocent people's lives. However, the only point they managed to achieve was the fact that they were actually REALLY VERY stupid.

*Apologetically, I have a habit of completely missing my godchildren's birthdays! Seems like two little girls will demand a very good Christmas this year...