It’s been a while since my wife and I went out on a date. I was planning on a simple dinner and coffee at Megamall. And I planned to drop by Cyberzone too, to check out techie stuff.

And then the plans changed.

We headed for Mall of Asia where Taste Asia was and Taste Asia 2 will be held.

If you were looking forward to a quiet dinner, the smell of coffee and the sight of glistening gadgets and conveniently located on the way home, and suddenly things change to a dinner with loud music which will take you 15 kilometers further and unsure of the way there, what would you do?
When things don’t turn out as you planned them, are you the type of person who can adjust easily? Or are you the one who would frown and be grouchy and make life miserable for others?
I believe that it’s not what happens to us that matters most but how we respond to those events. Whatever we feel about a situation, it should not be our emotions which should dictate our actions. It should be our decisions.

So how did I fare?

We actually went to Aruba where food was great and where the young 50’s and 60’s retro band The Bloomfields were playing. I ended up enjoying the evening the most since I’m a Beatles fan.
Okay, I had prior knowledge of what I was trading my plans for, not exactly a complete turnaround. But my point is, you get to choose what you do and not blame it all on your “feelings”. Once you get past them, the better life will be.

Erwin Angala is a Pinoy who worked on the design of the Hummer and the new 2008 Cadillac CTS…

images from hummer.com and gmcanada.com

Toni, who won Best Home and Living Blog during the 2007 Philippine Blog Awards has her Happy Nest full of positivity and good things at the Inquirerbloggers.net pages… I hope more websites (and blogs) dedicated to having good news across the country and about the Philippines and Filipinos around the world would continue to emerge.

Though I was not able to attend (and even participate because of some schedule problems), Digital Filipino’s Top 10 Emerging Influential Blogs was a success. Aileen, Dines (may utang ako sa iyo), Carl and the rest of them awardees as well as bloggers of all kinds were there. And Aileen is hinting of the biggest blogger gathering on August 23? I hope it is moved on any of these dates August 19, 20, 26 or 27 since these are non-working days.

Jayvee is spearheading a movement that is gathering steam, making it’s way to greater prominence, visibility and influence. Giving blogging a soul in more ways than one.

The OLPC Curriculum Jam Manila will be on October 5-7, 2007 and they need a location (maybe you WE can help)… (via Jayvee)

Switchfoot is coming to Manila on September 10. Get tickets from Jomar, Tina or Cathie and others

I know I’m still missing a lot here.

What else do you know?