Chicago Bulls Derek Rose - Rookie of the Year

4/8/2009

Last weekend around Sunday, my fellow co player in Basketball gave me a tip that Chicago Bulls player Derek Rose will be showing up in a Car Dealer (probably part of his endorsement) and it's very close at my house (walking distance).

The line was long but despite of nasty cold wind, I finally got a picture with Derek Rose. :)



The rest of it are over here

A lil reunion with classmates from High School

Whatta small world! My classmate from Tay Tung High School visited Chicago.

We got a nice dinner at Maggiano's Little Italy



Me, Azela Mae Carbonel, the famous Elizabeth Ng (AKA Piakdin) and a schoolmate Cynthia Kho.

Buon Appetito! ("Good Appetite" in Italian)

PFG Holiday Party Dec 08

PFG Holiday party was held at Carnivale located 702 West Fulton Chicago, IL.



With some co-workers, (Left-Right) Mark Chen, Fie Fie Niles, Liam Boyle & Richard Clarke.

More Photos located at my Picasa. Enjoy!

IT Night Out @ Wrigley Field with Chicago Cubs

5/29/2008

Every year, our company and Liam Boyle gave us some IT Night Out at Wrigley Field for a Baseball Game of the Chicago Cubs.

The game was Chicago Cubs VS Colorado Rockies.

Score Result: Chicago Cubs 8 and Colorado Rockies 4















Wrigley Field is a baseball stadium in Chicago, Illinois, United States that has served as the home ballpark of the Chicago Cubs since 1916.

Located in the residential neighborhood of Lakeview, Wrigley Field sits on an irregular block bounded by Clark and Addison Streets and Waveland and Sheffield Avenues.

The area surrounding the ballpark contains bars, restaurants and other establishments and is typically referred to as Wrigleyville.

















A close look at the field.















We are at the "roof top" enjoying the game with the good foods and lots of drinks.
Picture (L-R) Frank Potenzo, Shruti Kanda, Daniel Martin, Clemente Gonzales, Vincent Gellera, Mark Chen and David Rettger















Picture (L-R) Eric Hana, Jason Randolph, Amber Bell, Vincent Gellera, Liam Boyle and Amanda Albrecht















Picture (L-R) Alan Corley, Liam Boyle, Steve Schuster, Vincent Gellera and Chris Sheridan

Manny Pacquiao in Chicago

May 21, 2008

A friend of mine IM me in Blackberry telling me that he read a news in Chicago Sun Times that the Filipino World Champion Boxer Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao will visit Chicago to to have a brunch with the Mexican and a Chicago Based Fighter Diaz and as well as to promote the Pacquiao VS Diaz in Las Vegas by June 2008.

They held the promotion at the Federal Plaza corner of Adams and Dearborn Streets; and just two blocks away from my work place.

To my luck, I got a chance to post with the boxing champion Manny Pacquiao. Watta Lucky Day!















Manny Pacquiao and Me















Me at the left and my friend Daniel Martin at the right getting the Fighter's Autograph. :)
















To Manny Pacquiao, good luck to your fight!

The Joy of doing something "cooking lobster"

Stuck in a boring weekend, I tried to cook some LOBSTER for a change and experience on how my cooking ability will thrill myself. LOL

Watching TV when I'm home, I was fascinated with the Discovery Channel "Deadliest Catch", Food Channel "Iron Chef" and Travel Channel's "Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern"

I like those TV Shows.

I went to a Korean Store to get some fresh lobsters. It cost me around $34 something for 2 pieces of Lobster. It was 1.4 lbs each. If you are to compare the price in eating at Red Lobster Restaurant, this is a good deal. Anyways, I don't really care at the price more than what am I going to do. I was a little excited.














Confused on how to cook it good, I decide just to boil it as I was surfing the Google on what is the good cooking style for this. Anyways, its too late to have it with a fancy Wine or something. Good thing, I got a pot big enough to fit those two delicious lobsters.















After the cooking, it taste very good. I should do it again next time.

Anyways, that's my weekend story.

Peregrine Financial Group Christmas Party Dec 07

Christmas party was held in Mid America Club located 200 East Randolph Drive, 80th floor, Aon Center, Chicago, Illinois 60601 last December 14, 2007.















Together with Peregrine Financial Group Chief Information Officer, Mr. Liam Boyle. Liam Boyle created the 1st version of the Trading Platform.

Working with him, gave me a lot of opportunities in learning the Trading World of US Market in Futures/Options and more.















Taken from the Chicago Office. Together with PFG's finest work force. From left to right, Mr. Mark Chen (Web Based Trading Platform Developer), Mr. Rex Hong (Co-Managing Director of Asian Division), Mr. Kem Chong (Managing Director of Asian Division) and me.















Together with Mr. Chris Sheridan L-R (Project Manager and Market Zar Head Manager), Mr. Liam Boyle, Mr. Mark Chen and me.















Together with Mr. Liam Boyle, Mr. Terence Nelligan (VP, Risk Management & Order Routing) and Mr. Mark Chen.















Christopher Ming Wei Cheung, Rex Hong, David Rettger(IT Director), Fie Fie Niles (Senior Programmer), Jerry Niles, Philippe Souvanheuane, Mark Chen and Vincent Gellera