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Santa Barbara Sketches
I made my first trip to the seaside city of Santa Barbara, California in 1994 and that visit made quite an impression on me. The inherent beauty of it's location and it's predominantly spanish-european architecture was impressive. Julie and I dreamt of getting married there and indeed we did in 1996. We also talked about living there someday... that one will have to wait for a while but in the meantime, little vacations there will suffice.Of course, it is a fantastic place to sketch and here are some samples from this past weekend.

Bite Sized Reviews 2
Here comes another installment of mini-reviews...... Again, this is all personal opinion. I could be wrong....TIMECRIMES (Los Cronos Crimenes) (2007) Spain - 92 minutes - writer/director: Nacho VigalondoPart of a six m

Philippine TV Interview
A few months ago I had the privilege of being interviewed by UNTV Philippines for their news magazine show called Bread n' Butter. The segment features filipinos working abroad and their respective achievements. The piece is in Tagalog which is the Philippine national language but I think it's pretty obvious based on my replies (which are in english) what the questions are. Whats even more obvious is how I manage to fumble through the most basic of interviews. (Not to mention that it was done in the comfort of my own home) Despite all that, It was a fun interview and I thank the good peo

Upgrades
If you haven't seen my post on Facebook, I had LASIK surgery done on my eyes today. The procedure was a complete success and after wearing eye glasses for 19 years, I am free and seeing clearly.Being that it's only been half a day since the procedure, I'm still in post-op mode. My eyes feel a little gritty but and there is a general haze or fog over my vision which will decrease to normal in the next few days.I've thought about getting my eyes adjusted for some time now but it's not until our trip to Maui this year that i've put some real serious consideration to actually moving f