Busby SEO Challenge by Benj

In the Life of Benj Arriola, now competing again in another SEO Contest by Busby

Archive for July, 2004

The House Blessing by Kuya Jef

By Benj Arriola • Jul 31st, 2004 • Category: Family, Life

This is an old event, but a new posting here on my blog. During the blessing I was just too busy to post the pictures and the story.

Msgr. Rev. Fr. Jeffrey Garcia starts the blessing.
As the day of the blessing came nearer, so did my departure date to leave for the States. The blessing was [...]



Garry & Tess’ Cassava Cake Recipe

By Benj Arriola • Jul 30th, 2004 • Category: Family, Life

I just woke up and heard the answering machine giving this tone that implies that there is a saved message. I got up and pressed the play button.
It was a message for Mama and Papa from Garry who needs the cassava cake recipe again. Since I saved it in the sent items in my email [...]



My New Bike - Updated!

By Benj Arriola • Jul 29th, 2004 • Category: BMX/MTB, Hobbies

In the Philippines I was a BMXer / Freestyler. I still consider myself one, but my skill depleted through time mainly because of work. I am a bit old, but still a kid at heart still wanting to ride my bike. (Hey Matt Hoffman, Dennis McCoy are pretty old. They are older than me and [...]



Taekwondo USA Style vs. Philippine Style

By Benj Arriola • Jul 27th, 2004 • Category: Hobbies, Martial Arts

I started out taekwondo in 1991 in the Philippines. I have competed in several competitions and practiced in several schools under different instructors, depending who has the most convenient location and time that time. I stopped in 1996 due to an accident where I had torn ligaments in my right knee. I was advised to [...]



How’s Everything!

By Benj Arriola • Jul 27th, 2004 • Category: Life, Random, Work

Summary in a few words:
Unemployed
Still looking for a job, 2nd Screening for Lindows
Trying to close a deal
Having fun Chatting with Marcia
Passed the Driver’s License Exam
Joined a Taekwondo School
The Brief Details:
After applying for tons of jobs on Monster.com and HotJobs.com ever since I came here, on the first batch of jobs I applied for, one already [...]



My PC Metamorphosis

By Benj Arriola • Jul 19th, 2004 • Category: Computers & Gadgets

I came to the States with a Pentium 4 1.6Ghz, 256MB DDR with two 40GB Samsung Hard Disk Drives, One 1GB Seagate Hard Disk Drive, a 32x/12x/48x CD/CDRW/CDR CyberDrive all on top of a Elitegroup Mainboard. I also brought the following peripherals with me: A Kworld USB TV Box, LifeView TV Out adapter, iOmega Parallel [...]



Setting Foot on US Ground

By Benj Arriola • Jul 17th, 2004 • Category: Life, Social

First thing I noticed was the sunlight. The sun was still up high and it was 8:00 pm. I’ve been living so long in an equatorial country like the Philippines, and observing the effect of the 23o angle of the axis of rotation of the earth was pretty cool. It is summer time and [...]



The trip to the US

By Benj Arriola • Jul 15th, 2004 • Category: Life

The first long plane trip I had was in December 1978. Can’t remember much then and I was 5 years old. I was probably asleep most of the time.
In December 1999, I flew again to the US. It was a day trip so there was a lot more to see..
Today, it’s July 2004, I had [...]