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Does less sleep equate to old age?

I've been getting less and less sleep the past few months. I don't know whether it's another sign of ageing or just plain stress. You see, my theory is: the older you get, the less sleep you need. Observe your parents or grandparents. They're all usually up by 5:30-6 am, preparing breakfast or doing some house cleaning... And I bet you they don't sleep at 10pm the night before. Sure they go to bed at around ten, but they would still watch TV, read a book or pray the rosary until midnight.

Meanwhile, kids in high school or college can stay asleep until 12 noon during weekends. And once these same kids start getting jobs, they in turn would start waking up earlier. It's a fact: The older you get, the less sleep you need. Hmmm... let me rephrase that... The older you get, the less sleep you get... Because I definitely need more sleep... Just haven't gottent enough of it.

VL = chore

I hate the fact that I only get to go on leaves because I have to do a certain chore, like renew my license or have my car fixed. I actually have 8 more leaves carried over from last year. I used one up today. Again not because of a vacation. I had to have my car's wheel alignment and balance fixed. I was on SLEX on my way to Tagaytay on New Year's when I noticed my steering wheel shaking as I hit 100 km/hr. Well, I'm also picking up my girlfriend at the airport later this afternoon, but I could've done that with a half-day leave.

My brother told me to visit Petron on Aurora as their price for an alignment is only 300 bucks. But when I got there, I asked for the price and it was no different from Servitek's near my house... P1,200. That sucked... Well I was already there, so might as well have it done...



You see I'm not really into cars and I really don't know a lot about them. Like when a mechanic tries to explain to me what the problem is and describes how he's gonna fix it... It doesn't register in my head. I just say "OK, so how much does it cost?" To think I went to La Salle Green Hills where we had an automotive class. I guess it's just not my thing.

It wasn't even five minutes into the repair and I was already bored... So I walked across the street to buy a newspaper.

As a kid, I'd always pass the Broadway Centrum on my way to my lola's bakeshop in Ermita, but I couldn't remember when I actually went inside it. Ah, I remember now, I was 17 back then, and I was with my brother Wowie for their performance for Kuya Germs' GMA Supershow. You see, my brother was part of the Philippines' first ever boyband - Boys will be Boys.

I was surprised to find a really long line of people outside Broadway at 8:30 am. What was going on? I went near the people lined up just to find out what they were lining up for. I saw a guy holding pictures of Joey de Leon. Apparently, the were all waiting to get in the studio to watch Eat Bulaga live... Don't these people have work?? Apparently not...

After finishing the paper, the mechanic still wasn't done... I was getting REAL bored. So I went around the service area and found some refreshments for sale... You know what drink I went for?

Ahhhh yes... I had a can of San Mig light and some snacks. Felt like an early morning in Bohol... The only thing missing was my baby girl. I haven't seen her in 5 days. It's almost 2:30. Time to pick her up... :)

The Superskate by Mark Gonzales

I can't wait to get home to try on my new shoes... Check it out... The new adidas Superskate by Mark Gonzales. We've come out with a low-top, slip-on version already locally. This one won't be avaialble in the Philippines however.

What I like about it first of all is the light yellow color... It's got a nice neutral feel and won't clash with anything I'll be wearing. I love my yellow adicolors too but the intensity on those is just too much.. This one's tone is alright. Second, I only started drinking coffee recently, thanks to my baby girl who introduced me to the wonderful world of java... (Thank you luv...) This has "A cup of coffee" printed all over it. Lastly, it's got Mark Gonzales' signature on the midsole... Not that I'm a skateboarding fan, but the signature just looks really really cool...

Signs of ageing

I remember the first time I tried eating All-You-Can-Eat pizza... I was in my Freshman year in La Salle Greenhills and as soon as news hit of the promo in school, my classmates and I walked all the way from school to the Pizza Hut restaurant in Robinson's Galleria. We were all soooo excited! Imagine... All the pizza you could eat for 50 bucks! Nowadays, it's no big news, especially with all the buffet lunches and dinners avaialble around the city, but you have to understand that back in 1991, it was the first time any promo like it was indtroduced in the Philippines, as far as I could remember of course. Naturally everyone in school had to try it. As soon as we had our first few slices, there was a rumor that went around that some fat kid held the record at 20 slices, so we were all gunning for 20. I think I had ten slices that day. Being only 14 back then, I must have burned it walking back to school then running around during PE in the afternoon.

Yesterday, as I was driving to work, I heard over the radio that Greenwich is offering All You Can Eat Pizza for 99 pesos. Memories of Pizza Hut in high school came to mind... together with one some questions... How many could I eat now that I'm about to turn 30? Could I still do ten? Being twice my age, could I finally match that fat kid's record from 16 years ago? Maybe if I skipped the crusts...

So I went together with a couple heavyweights from the office, "Banyak" and Rolly Bai to find out how many I could have.

As we lined up for the promo, we found out that the pizzas were offered in 2 flavors - Hawaiian and Pepperoni. A lot of people hate the taste or even the idea of having pineapple top their pizza, but not me. My lola loved bringing home Shakey's Hawaiian style every weekend back in the 80's and I guess I never outgrew the taste. Also, the saleslady told us that we could get bottomless softdrink refills for an extra 29 bucks. Not bad huh?


Then came the pizza... They were relatively small pizza slices, the kind that you could devour in about 4 bites (less the crust) so I thought I could probably do more than ten. We were onto our 6th slice, when I noticed that Rolly already stopped accepting pizza from the waiter... This surprised me because when Popeye's had its own eat-all-you-can chicken promo in 2005, he finished 8 pieces... 8 pieces!!! And he couldn't do more than 5 tiny pizza slices!!! Unbelievable... And more surprisingly, even Banyak stopped at the same number... 5! This is a guy who says "Excuse me, does it look like I even care?" when someone talks about his weight! And even more surprising was that I was still ok at slices 6 and 7. For those of you who don't know, I weigh 144 lbs. and have never weighed more than 150 at 5'7''. I was no match for these guys who must outweigh me by 30-40 lbs.

However, I started slowing down on number 7. And on my 8th slice, that's when i knew that that was it. So much for trying to beat the fat kid from 1991. 8 wasn't bad for someone who's about to turn 30... But I found out later on at 7pm that it was bad... I was still full and was not in the mood to have dinner. The pizza wasn't bad, don't get me wrong... But after a long day at work, I just wanna have a nice hearty dinner. My mind wanted dinner, but my stomach was screaming NO WAY!!! The promo lasts for two weeks, but I don't think I'm coming back for it again.

adidas Porsche Design

adidas and Porsche jointly establish a premium sports brand

The adidas-Salomon AG and the Porsche Design Group have decided to join forces for the future. In a long-term strategic partnership, the two companies intend to establish a hi-tech premium brand in the sports sector. Footwear, apparel as well as hardware for golf, tennis and running will be designed and developed under the name “Porsche Design” with the co-branding of the adidas and TaylorMade brands.

The first products in the new Porsche Design sports product line will be available in 2007 worldwide from select sports retailers and in the exclusive Porsche Design stores.

“Porsche Design and adidas are a perfect fit. This cooperation will lead to innovative, hi-tech sports products that capture the fascination of Porsche Design and adidas,” said Herbert Hainer, CEO of adidas-Salomon AG.

Dr. Siegmund Rudigier, President of the Porsche Design Group, stated that with adidas they had found a strong international partner for Porsche Design sports products. This partnership reflected a major step towards achieving the goal of expanding the Porsche Design product range with attractive and innovative products. “Our product strategies focus on innovation and design. Over the past few years, we have become leaders in the sporting goods market in both these fields. Our partnership with the Porsche Design Group creates new possibilities to further expand this position,” added Erich Stamminger, Executive Board Member of adidas-Salomon AG responsible for Global Marketing.

www.adidas.com/com/porschedesign

It Takes 5

This season, we are taking a different marketing strategy compared to our competitors.

We>Me.

The team is stronger than the individual. Never has this been more evident than in today's game. Before it was always about individuality. It was one superstar carrying the entire team. And every shoe marketer talked about the star's individual skills. In today's game however, the team concept has overshadowed the superstar. The USA's Dream Team can no longer win based on a team of great individual players. In fact, it lost to Greece in the last FIBA world championships - a team with ZERO NBA players and ZERO superstars. It doesn't just take superstar talent anymore to win. You'd be a fool to think that it's all about one person and everyone else are just witnesses.

It takes a team to win.

It takes 5ive.

the new adidas It Takes 5ive campaign

on the cover of the 2007 kicks magazine

inside the ateneo moro lorenzo basketball facility

Who do the ladies love?

ahem... ahem...

60 bucks for 2 years...

Seriously thinking about it....

It's almost over...

Our quarterly sell-in to our retailers happens this week. This is the event where we get to present all our products to our internal customers and partners for the upcoming season. Samples are lined up per category and product division, and each category is presented with historical data, highlights and forecasts. The success of an entire season is usually determined by how successful our sell-in's are. Right now, we've finished presenting to around 80% of our customers and generally, our plans and directions have been well-received. We've got on board new customers that have had lots of retail experience and hopefully, this spells more success for our company, as well as theirs. Okay, enough of the boring stuff...

Ministop siomai

These are awesome, especially after a long stressful day at work and all other restos are closed... Yummmmm...

Hell week

Haven't had a lot of time to update my blog.. Been crazy busy in meetings and presentations... Here I am previewing the new It Takes 5 kicks to senior management. Everyone's really excited about these, especially the All-Star and Las Vegas packs. Will tell you more about it soon.

You've gotta win once

When the Miami Heat won the NBA championship last season, Shaquille O'Neal said "You keep losing, and losing, you've gotta win once." I guess it's true, percentages will eventually catch up. I've never won any major raffle in my 29 years of existence (wind-up cameras worth P699 don't count as major). Now would be a good time for those percentages to catch up. http://news.balita.ph/html/article.php/20061207121525067