The Pines

Have you ever gone to a place from your past that brings back nostalgic memories? I spent a part of my childhood growing up in a neighborhood called The Pines in Milpitas. It was the 70's. We moved there when I was around 5. I went to Kindergarten through 4th grade at the neighborhood school - Pearl Zanker Elementary.

We lived on Sunrise Way. The street led up to a hilly park that had a curved path ending up at the school. It was a fun time. We rode our bikes there over and around the hilly mounds. We had kite fights at the park. There was even an old rocket at one of the playgrounds.

On the way home last night, it was still light out when I picked up Max, so I wanted to take him somewhere where he could run around and let loose. The Pines was sort of on the way home so we stopped there and he went wild. He climbed and ran and even wanted to play tag with the older kids. The slides there were really tall and fast so I went down with him and he loved it. As Dad would say... "Oh he lob it".

BMW European Delivery

I got to chatting with an old friend from work today. His name is Mike. I hadn't talked to him since this time last year. Back then he told me he was going to order a 335i Bimmer and pick it up in Germany. I've heard of people doing this and it's cool he got to do it for his new car. Check out his pics on Flickr.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/20688436@N07/sets/72157603157982412/

What's European Delivery? It's a program where you purchase the car in America, and then go to Germany to pick it up. While there you can drive it on the autobahn, around town, basically anywhere you want. They register the car and even include 14 days of insurance. They even have drop-off locations throughout Europe for your convenience.

Claim Jumper

Last night Sasha celebrated her 10th birthday at Claim Jumper. They just opened a new one in Fremont on Auto Mall. It's just like the many CJ's in the chain that are out there. Service was good, food was good and I got to chase Max around the building a few times.

Happy Birthday Sasha!



Check out the "brontosaurus ribs" that Ei and Dar shared. The plate looks reasonable in the picture, but when they first brought it out, the ribs were hangning off the side.




I had the Top Sirloin, a wannabe Filet Mignon, but still pretty good. The baked sweet potato was tasty with butter and brown sugar.

Falafel's Drive-In

Read my review on Yelp http://marvinp.yelp.com/ This place has been here since 1966. My parents had a restaurant down the street from this place back in the 80's and we used to drive by all the time. But I never tried it until recently. Glad I finally did. Ei and Max liked it too!

My Yelp

http://marvinp.yelp.com/

Check out my latest reviews... Kalesa and Frozos.

Oini...

Taken from "Kapampangan in Ten Easy Lessons" by Ernie Tarlac
http://maxpages.com/lesson

LESSON 1 - QUITE COMMON EXPRESSIONS
The first lesson is a vocabulary builder. Like in
business, we need some capital, and in this case,
the vocabulary you will absorb in here will serve
as the capital.
Below are one-word expressions, together with their
translations in English and sometimes in Tagalog. Try to
memorize as many of these useful quotations as you
can:

caluguran daca - I love you.
cabalen - (kababayan) town mate
tará - (tayo na) let's go
tara - let's all go now
ana - come on, let's do it
siguí - go ahead
wa - (oo) yes (informal)
opu - (opo) yes (formal, with respect)
alí - (hinde) no
tabalu - (ewan) I don't know
siguru - perhaps
pilán - (ilan) how many?
nanu - (ano) what?
ninu - (sino) who?
baquit - why?
macananu - (paano) how?
capilán - (kaylan) when?
nucarin - (nasaan) where?
pota - (mamaya) in just a little while; later
cánian - (ngayon) very soon at any time now
nándin - (kanina) a while ago
saguli - (sandali) just a little while, I'll be right with you
bucas - tomorrow
napun - (kahapon) yesterday
ngeni - (ngayon) now; today
queng Domingo (sa darating na Linggo) this coming Sunday
quetang Domingo (noong nakaraan na Linggo) last Sunday
macádua - in two days
nacadua - two days ago
oíni - (eto) "here", "there you are" (when handing something)
oreni - "here", "there you are" (with a plural sense)
iní - (ito) this
deni - these
den - those (near the one spoken to)
deta - those (far from both the speaker and the one spoken to)
yan - (iyon) that (near the one spoken to)
itá - that (far from both the speaker and the one spoken to)
queta - (doon) there; over there
carín - there, over there; yonder
quen - (diyan) there (near the one spoken to)
queni - (dito) here, over here (far from the one spoken to)
queti - here (includes the location of the one spoken to)
ala - (wala) nothing; none; there isn't any
atín - (mayroon) there is
salamat - thanks; thank you
másqui na - (kahit na) even then
e bali - (hindi bale) it doesn't matter
acu - (ako) I
icami - (kami) we (I and others)
itamu - (tayo) we (I, you and others)
icata - we (the two of us)
ica - (ikaw) you (singular)
icayu -(kayo) you (plural)
ya - (siya) he/she/it
ila - (sila) they
sayang - what a waste! how wasteful!
arimuan - so as to save; it's economical!
abe - (kaibigan) companion, pal
masalese - (mahusay) good! great! wonderful!
areglado - (ayos) all right! excellent!
malicsi - quick!
bilis - quick!
nu anti - (gaano karami) how much? - in quantity
magcanu - how much? - in money
sanu - (alin) which? which one?
macanian - (ganyan, ganito)like this; this way
masisiadu - too much; excessive
milalalu - too much; excessive
comusta - hello; how are you
o sigue ne - o.k., see you; see you later; so long
dispu - 1.(tao po) hello, anybody home? 2. God bless you.
macacalale - careful
buyset - darn it; darn you!
sabi na - (sabi niya) he/she said
dapat - should be!
sucat - should be!
cailangan - should be!
atyu - (nandito) here; present
aguiang capilan - (kahit na kaylan) anytime, everytime
siempre - of course!
neh - okay; huh?
rugo - oh how I sympathize...! - used when sympathizing
naman! - oh dear!
na naman! - again?!
astuna - (tama na) that's enough; stop it
capa - (teka) wait a minute
capamu - wait a minute
ante - let me have it
para - stop here! - used when on a passenger bus
aria - go now - used on drivers
sana - how I wish it were that way!
mequeni - (hali ca) come here
mananu ca - how do you feel? - refers to health
nananu ca - what are you doing?
ayba - 1. no; no way! 2. give me a break! are you sure?
ay - (hinde) no -used when declining or refusing
aruy - oh gee, oh my gosh!
aray - ouch!
aru - oh my!
aro - oh so! - used when trying to arouse guilt on one
oy - yeah! - used when being called
hoy - hey!
neng cai - (kung minsan) sometimes; at times
quegana-gana - (lahat) all; everybody
yata - it seems likely
caibat - (pagkatapos) afterwards
aldoldo - (araw-araw) everyday
aguiang macananu - "of course"