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Analyze

2011-12-28T15:03:00.003+08:00

"analyze nanaman Gerry?"

ilang beses kong narinig kay Mentor Ups Bong noong team building...

"analyze nanaman Gerry?"

tinitingnan ko kasi ang bago at nagpalit na sitwasyon...

"analyze nanaman Gerry?"

Napansin kong ito yata ang madalas kong ginagawa...

analyze...

may oras pa ba akong mag analyze?
mas effective nga ba na humataw ng humataw

"Greater opportunities come to those who seize the moment, along the way they will find more resources that will help them...

Seized opportunities begets more opportunities... "

Or something like that…

Nito lang din, nakikinig ako kay Jack Canfield – Success Principles

He discussed, na maraming paraan para tingnan ang problema – puede mo itong katakutan, puede ka ring magalit at ipagsigawan ito, puede mo rin itong i-analyze, or better yet – i-over analyze…

“Kailan ito nagsimula…”

“Gaano ito kalaki…”

“Sino sino ang affected…”

At kung ano-ano pang details…

Analysis – Paralysis
The better lesson of 2011 for me – it is about the pattern that we make.

What makes us strong and what makes us weak – are the habits, the patterns that we do everyday…

2012, time for plans to get moving :D

Bo... chi

2011-09-08T09:53:00.003+08:00

Papunta ako ng Makati,
Dumaan ako ng Sucat - Tawid para dun sumakay ng bus

Siempre may street food,
Pritong Isaw...

Habang Kumakain ako, may nagtanong sa tindera kung ano raw ba ang tawag dun pritong isaw...

bochi daw BO CHI...
BOCHI!

hindi na ako kakain ulit pritong isaw...

Bochi?!? Bocha?!?
(image from http://blackinkkiko.blogspot.com/2011/01/kubori-kikiam.html and http://ragecomics.memebase.com/)

Network Marketing in a Nutshell

2011-09-01T12:33:00.001+08:00

Network Marketing in a Nutshell
condensed from Tim Sales -- Brilliant Compensation

When we talk about Network Marketing we are basically discussing a new type of Business Model actually hindi naman na bago, since may mga Network Marketing Business na 19 years old na -- others 20 years plus...

So like any Business, the main aim of Network Marketing

"to make someone's life better"

Understand that Businesses' MAIN aim is NOT to earn money
Earning money is the by product of doing business.

So we have this simple analogy or situation

Naglalakad ka sa mall...
then may nakita kang bagong kainan...

from the outside nakita mo na talagang sobrang presentable ng kainan...
new tables, chairs, complete with banners and stuff...
so you went in...

feeling mo nagutom ka eh...
you ordered a sizzling sisig...
unlimited ang rice! so nakatatlong rice ka over the good sisig...

since nag-enjoy ka, the next time na pumunta ka sisig place na yun
tinawag mo na ang mga ka-opisina mo, kabarkada mo and everyone na alam mong favorite ang sisig...

dumami ang customer ng sisig haus...
dahil nagustuhan mo sya, at ipinamalita mo...

now question...
kumita ka ba sa pamamalita na masarap kumain sa bagong kainan?

no...
hindi ka kumita doon...
nag enjoy ka at ipinamalita mo lang...

That is the main premise of Network Marketing
the difference is Network Marketing Businesses gives you an incentive sa pamamalita ng magandang product or service.

That is why, Network Marketing is more of the Products.
naniniwala, or effective ba talaga ang product?
will you be willing to stick your name on it?

If its good then you know your doing the right thing.
you are making someone elses' life better
you are in business.

Learn to Earn
Let's share insights.

Outta Here by Gerry Rodriguez

2011-08-03T09:40:00.001+08:00

Outta Here by Gerry Rodriguez: "
by Y&R Phils

Smart Themes - OuttaHere_GerryRodriguez"

You can now download Themes for Nokia Phone!

sample :D
http://store.ovi.com/content/162401/

Just Type Directly to your Mobile Phone Browser
http://store.ovi.mobi/content/162401

pero kung gusto nyong idownload ang theme or application sa PC
http://store.ovi.com/content/162401/download

Enjoy!

Really need the support,
Finalist din kasi ako sa Nokia OVI Themespiration :D
Super Thanks!

Don's Flash - Tissues

2011-07-13T15:21:00.003+08:00

Ayun na nga - don't flash tissues sa toilet...
baka nga naman magbara...

hmmn...

parang may naaalala ako way way back...

stock photo from superstock.com

Kung Matalino Kang Tao -- Hindi Mo To Gagawin to sa Facebook

2011-07-11T10:55:00.003+08:00

Kung matalino kang tao -- hindi ka magpapadala ng messages sa napakaraming tao; para magpalike puede isa - isa, or kung magkakakilala sila, pero ang problema kung hindi sila magkakakilala. so pagnagreply ang isa - BOOM spam spam spam!

For goodness sake - walang may like ng ganyang messages.

zoom!

zoom2!

ang lupet ng name!

WOTL: A Heritage of Smallness

2011-06-12T03:42:00.006+08:00

Wasak na Wasak!

Mabigat ang saloobin ng episode na ito ng Word of the Lourd

Dahil din dyan binasa ko yung buong essay ni Nick Joaquin. talaga namang nakakapamulat. Maliit nga ba talagang mag-isip ang mga Pinoy?

Sa punto kung paano nakabalangkas at kung paano tayo nabubuhay - marami sa atin, kasama na ako, simple lang ang plano; maglaro magaral, maka-graduate, makahanap ng magandang trabaho, magkapamilya, tumanda, mamatay...

Parang ganun lang, wala sa hinagap natin na gumawa ng malaking bagay.
Parang kasalanan at malaking katatawanan kung mangarap ka ng malaki at mahusay.

Ano nga ba ang gusto nating iwanan sa mundong ito?
Oo nga ano. kung hindi ko iisipin at hindi mo paplanuhin paano ito mangyayari?

"Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the grey twilight that knows not victory nor defeat..."

Theodore Roosevelt

Mahirap pero hindi inpossible...
Kasalanan ang mabuhay -- at lumisan ng hindi nagiiwan ng kahit anong buti, para sa susunod sa'yo...

wouuu! pa deep! :D

Indications of Pyramiding - Masked as a Ponzi Scheme

2011-05-26T11:27:00.001+08:00

to find out if a company might be operating a ponzi or pyramid scheme is easy to find out
If the company have one of the following factors -- dapat medyo watch out na agad.

1.) No Product
You pay for membership but you get no service nor any product.
Delikado kitang kita - sobrang obvious kung sa simula pa palang ganito na agad ang bentahe...

as in Pera - pera lang | no exchange of products whatsoever.
San kumikita ang company? as mga bagong pasok.

So, some other company will mask their operations with some product; mas tricky ng kaunti pero obvious pa rin ang scenario

2.) One have Immediate Income from New Pay-Ins
So may product nga, ang kaso mo -- pagpasok mo, ang naginvite sayo may kita na rin agad.

The wrong thing about this scenario is -- you paid to get in and an amount from it was directly given to the one who invited you.

The problem with this scenario is that -- mapapababa sana nila ang presyo ng product nila kung hindi nila kailangang magbayad sa mga nag-invite

So the Next person will do invite -- just so he gets his ROI kaagad; hindi focused ang product mismo.

3.) Product is Low Quality or Can be Bought for a Cheaper Price
Indication of masked ponzi scheme -- kung ang produkto ay hindi ma-ju justify na mahusay, or low quality or you can get a product of similar value sa mas murang halaga.

Ang mahusay na company -- kaya nagreresort sa Network Marketing ay para maging personal ang mga testimonials; hindi sila gumagamit ng mainstream advertisement dahil nagcoconcentrate sila sa quality ng product.

4.) No Maintenance
For a business to be stable -- there must be repeat purchases
kung mahinang klase ang product; paano ito magkakaron ng repeat purchases? kailangang ginagamit ng distributor ang produkto nya mismo, at makikita mong effective ito sa kanya.

Product movement ang focus at hindi basta tao-tao lang

if we are looking for a vehicle to riches - we must practice due diligence sa pagpili ng kung ano nga ba ang sasakyan natin :D

Why Network Marketing is equals Brilliant Compensation

2011-05-24T09:58:00.000+08:00

How serious are you in getting out of the Rat-Race?
What is your definite plan to do so?
Do you already have your team?

Maraming skeptic sa Network Marketing -- dahil oo maraming nang napaso dito; dahil ang totoo maraming abusado sa napakahusay na sistemang ito

Pano nga ba ang Network Marketing Talaga?

If you sincerely wants to break the chain of poverty hindi ka aasa sa Employment lang... Napakasakit tanggapin pero dapat maging business person ka rin talaga...

You equip yourself with meaningful knowledge that you can actually use...

Walang hype
Walang company
Walang product

Learn how Network Marketing = Brilliant Compensation

If you are not satisfied and looking for that reliable partner to give you more of the income that you deserve... lets talk

Lickage - Navy and Army Aftitude Test

2011-05-01T23:39:00.006+08:00

Hindi ko alam kung matatawa ba ako or malulungkot,
Habang nag-bo-browse ako sa symbianize.com
i stumbled upon one of the forumer's post....

with an unusual request...

nanghihingi sya ng leakage... for an Army or Navy Leakage IQ Test...
IQ Test, wow...

one of the forumer offered encouragement

on the other hand I immediately replied with...

default but good advice followed

but still he tried to justify with...

which brought us to the best advice!

wala pa constructive criticism lang...

I mean really? leakage for an IQ Test?
ano ba ang nangyayari sa mga ibang students ngayon... (pero parang hindi na sya estudyante eh...)sana hindi sya mabigyan ng permit to carry.. (*kaba)

Nasira ang Araw.

2011-03-17T11:38:00.000+08:00

"WALA! Wala na akong magagawa nyan! Sira na ang araw ko!"

Nakatagpo ka na ba ng taong sabihin na nating bugnutin, o minsan may impulsive attitude? Yung tipong nagkita kayo, may gusto ka sanang ipagawa sa kanya pero ikaw pa ang mapagbubuntunan ng galit nya?

Galit sya hindi mo alam kung bakit -- pero apektado ka ng gumugulo sa kanya.

Sira na kasi ang araw nya, naputikan siguro papasok sa trabaho, o siguro hindi pa naka-almusal dahil tanghali na nagising at nagmamadali dahil mala-late na sya pero nalate pa rin. Or nadebit yung cash nya nung nag withdraw sya, 3days pa daw bago maibalik. Binungangaan ng girlfriend, o hindi pa nagtext ang boyfriend mula pa kagabi.

Maaring naengkwentro mo na sya, o baka naging ikaw na rin yun.

Tapos instead na pahupain ang inis -- ang ginawa i-chinanel pa ito sa iba. Nagpowertrip sa katrabaho or sa customer, pinagtripan ang kapatid or kabarkada, sabagay mahirap naman na ang taryahin mo ang boss mo, hindi lang isang araw ang puedeng masira pagnagkataon.

"circle or screaming"

Parang virus ang "negativity" yung tipong kanina, yung ka-opisina mo lang yung bumabahing, pero maya-maya masama na rin ang pakiramdam mo.

Pero di tulad ng virus ang "bad trip"
hindi naman talaga kinakailangan na pagsinigawan ka ng boss mo, sisigawan mo naman yung crew na medj matagal ibigay ang order mo, dahil ang pobreng crew naman na yun ay sisigawan ang pamangkin na makulit at di sya patutulugin, samantalang ang pamangkin na yun ay ibubuhos ang inis sa DOTA, mailalampaso nya ang anak ng boss mo sa online game, at magagalit naman ito sa tatay nya na boss mo; na ikakagalit ng boss mo kaya irritable sya ng makita ka.

Dito pumapasok ang golden rule...
"kung wala kang sasabihing maganda wag mo nang sabihin..."

hindi na rin kailangang i-comment,
oo, alam ko naman yun! ang Golden Rule eh "Love your neighbor as you love yourself" perpeKTO BA HA PERPEKTO?!!

yAAAAARGGGHHH!!!1!

Magnetic Card Slots sa LRT

2011-02-22T12:58:00.004+08:00

Sobrang dalas ko na talaga sa LRT :D

Tindero ng Mane :D

2011-02-09T07:53:00.003+08:00

mantra ni ramark :D
at may katotohanan ang mantra nya...

ang tanong, san iniinit ng mga nagmamane ang mani nila?
hmmn...

Tricycle Drivers ng Abad Santos

2011-02-04T08:17:00.003+08:00

Bumabagtas sila ng Rizal Avenue
Nakikipag karerahan sa mga Jeepneys
Haharangan nila halos ang bukana ng Jeep para pagbaba mo sila ang una mong makikita or masasakyan.

Oh Yeah!

Pagpara sa Jeep :D

2011-01-31T10:23:00.001+08:00

hindi mo alam kung nang-aalaska, nakatulog at biglang nahimasmasan or kung ano ba eh...

Porn at ang mga Tanod

2011-01-27T16:45:00.005+08:00

Porn at ang mga Tanod :D

Peanut Brittle

2011-01-14T12:18:00.001+08:00

diba? :D

Ram and GIca :D

2011-01-11T14:08:00.010+08:00

He is an Engineer…

She is a Nurse…

They say that Engineers and Nurses make nice couples – but I guess that has nothing to do with Ram and Gica being so cutesy and perfect together, even in Facebook! :D

Besides, we all know both fields might as well have their careers as their mistress or kept man.

And here in our country; Engineers and Nurses are somehow destined to go abroad, para kumita talaga sa chosen field…

Technology narrows the miles and miles of gap, but still it cannot really replace physical presence…

Medyo pinagsisihan ko din na nag comment pa ako sa gitna ng kanilang palitan ng sweet nothing; it reminds me of the movie “My Sassy Girl”, sa pinaplano nila sa kanilang first date pag-uwi ni Gica…

Hey it’s a good pre-nup pic idea din :D

I hope they get to pull it off…

I hope they get to see each other soon…

Like some addictive teen love story or chick flick – hindi mo aaminin pero pinanood at sinusubaybayan mo din ang istorya :D

cheesy facebook :)

Puzzle ! :D

2011-01-06T08:04:00.013+08:00

Well Nothing to read here actually :D
Gusto ko lang i-share isa sa mga pinagdidiskitahan ng mga friends sa office pag medj slackish ang graveyard shift...

Matagal na rin to, around 2007 pa...
Ang aliw lang dito - puzzle na sya elementary pa lang ako, classic game...
hanggang ngaun eh nagbibigay pa rin ng mind tease weee!

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medj paulit ulit lang din ano?
:D nakumpleto mo na ba to?

nakalimutan ko nga lang kung ano ang pangalan ng puzzle na to...
hmn...

Humanda Ka!

2010-12-26T14:36:00.008+08:00

Kung alam mo na darating ang bagyo, maglalaba ka ba ng madami at magsasampay?
Kung alam mo na darating ang exams, kailan ka mag-aaral at magre-review?
Kung alam mo na ang pagsubok ay darating paano ka maghahanda?

Review and Studying on Commute - Advance Cramming Skill

May nabasa akong about proscastination -- ang sabi daw; kaya tayo ay nagpo-procastinate ay dahil sa natatakot tayo sa task or sa pagsubok na parating.

Ironic, kasi kung alam natin na ang isang issue ay paparating; ang isang requirement ay kailangan, kung ang isang bills ay malapit nang mag-due; bakit inilalayo natin ang tingin natin sa mga bagay na kailangan nating gawin.

"It's always the punch that was not seen, that does the most damage, the punch that can knock any boxer out..."

Focus -- lahat naman ng tao ay natatakot; pero ano ba ang tamang gawin para dito.

Sobrang dali kasing hindi prepare at maghintay na lang ng kung ano ang darating - yung tipong humanap na lang ng rason para masabi na nagawa mo ang lahat ng kaya mong gawin.

Nasubukan ko nang magreview ng maraming beses sa jeep
it makes me reflect kung ano ba nga pinaggagawa ko kagabi at bakit ngayon ako nag-aaral.

Nasubukan ko nang hintayin na maaubos ang mga customer at mawala ang mga nakapending kong burgers nung nagta-trabaho pa ako sa Jollibee. Hindi sya nangyayari, maya-maya kailangan ko nang magluto ng tatlumpung burger habang may nagmumurang supervisor sa background.

Nasubukan ko nang maging reactive sa mga pinagawang tasks at umaasa somehow maglalaho ang mga issues; and that usually ends up in far worst scenario.

Patapos na ang 2010, at darating ang 2011 kahit na yakapin o murahin mo pa sya :D
Paano nga ba ulit maghanda...

Short Term...
Mid Term...
Long Term...

The Best is Yet to Come...
Happy Holidays Ulit Guys! :D

LRT’s Advance Lessons

2010-11-22T11:30:00.005+08:00

Last month the LRT subscribed me to a rather advance lesson, in span of at least 5 minutes – I realized I lost my phone…

I lost my N73 – the phone I kept for 4years now gone…

Wow…

LRT tulad ng alam ng lahat, ay isang matinding contact sport. Ugali ko naman talaga na ilagay sa harap ng bag ko ang phone ko, para secured. But that morning October 21, natiempuhan talaga. Nasa bulsa ko at nasalisihan ng mahusay.

Hay…

Matinding inconvenience talaga! Wala sa immediate budget ang para sa phone eh, tapos eto sya ngayon… Nawala.

There I am, trying hard to stay positive.
Pero wala eh medyo mahirap wouuu!

Lesson Learned: “Security is always seen as too much until the day it’s not enough”
Well actually William Webster said that…

Gerbera - my well trusted N73

Hayay... hindi na ako magtataka kung makikita ko sya somewhere sa Isetan Recto or sa Grand Central Monumento, ang tingin ko tuloy sa mga cellphones na nakabalandra sa mga 2nd hand shops eh mga nakaw na phones, at sa likod nila ay mga inconvenienced owners.

Oh well...
Life do teaches hard lessons neh...

LRT and the Door Syndrome

2010-09-20T09:20:00.003+08:00

LRT Door Syndrome - Siemps kinuhanan sa ibang date wehe

With the LRT new stations, Mukhang hindi maganda ang pagkakaplano ng kung sinong department na nag-a-allocate ng kung sang station lulusot ang mga skip trains.

Today (Sept 20, 2010) nalampasan muna ako ng anim na tren bago nakasakay, tatlong skip trains, at ang lahat ng tren na huminto sa Monumento ay nasa kalahati na ang laman.

Katulad pa rin ng dati may mga "wais" na tao pa rin na nakabalandra na agad sa harapan ng pinto. Di bale na yung mga bagong papasok, basta nakaprente na sila sa pwesto nila. Di naman sigurado siemps kung malapit sila o malayo pa, pero naman! pintuan yun eh...

Eto lang yung medyo kinabahan ako, hindi pa humihinto yung tren, sumundot na agad ng tulak yung mga tao sa likod...

"Woh... Teka lang!"
ang nasabi ko...

"Hindi mo na mapipigilan yan"
narinig ko sa bandang kaliwa...

Di mapipigilan...

May bago nang level ang mga walang pakialam na sumasakay sa LRT. Mas mataas sa level ng mga umuupo sa gitna ng tren, bumabaladra sa harapan ng pinto, yumayapos sa safety hand rail, nagpapatugtog ng malakas ng MP3, mga lalaking nakikipagagawan ng upuan sa mga babae, matanda, buntis at may kapansanan, sa mga magkakatropa na nagkukwentuhan nagtatawanan ng napakalakas, hindi naninipilyo at may matinding bo.

sobrang sapaw na nila yung mga taong nagbibigay ng upuan at nagbibigay space para makahawak ang marami sa hand rail.

"Di mapipigilan... "

Mukang malapit nang ma-o-0bsolete yung pagsakay ko sa LRT ng maaga, parang dapat ata linggo pa lang ng gabi umalis na ako, o bumili ako ng sarili kong sasakyan (kung sakaling kaya ko na), pero mata-traffic din ako sa umaga, tama umalis na lang ng linggo ng gabi. Ganun pa din

Dibisyon nanaman... Hindi naman ng mahirap at mayaman, kundi ng may pakialam at walang pakialam, ng naniniwala sa Pag-babago at walang Pag-asa, ng Good Filipino at Bad Filipino.

Lupit talaga ng epekto sa akin ng LRT

Load Mo Sarili Mo - LMSM

2010-06-23T21:35:00.004+08:00

Why have I joined Load Mo Sarili Mo?

Skeptic talaga ako sa mga Networking Business, I’ m thinking kasi na kung magiging sobrang successful ang isang MLM or Multi-Level Marketing Business, e di mauubos mga market sa ibaba…But for that to happen – everyone as in, napakadaming tao ang kailangang gumamit ng product. Ibang sabihin yung event na talagang ma-sa-saturate ang market, ay the same event na kikita ka sa pagbebenta lang din ng same product.

Ang pinaguusapan ay ang produkto.

Mabenta ba ang produkto?

Kailangan ba ang produkto?

Gaano karami ang kalaban nito sa mainstream market.

E-Load, everyone uses it – hindi na rin sya luho ngayon. Having a cellphone has risen from a status symbol to a commodity. The closest rival I can find so far was Load XTreme. Pero the said business seem to lose most of its luster, nang mapasangkot ito with Francswiss.

On the other hand – Muenchen is a partner of Smart, and was authorized by Smart to employ distribution methods they see fit. So their brainchild Load Mo Sarili Mo Came into play.

Load Mo Sarili Mo, is a self loading business – no more worries of stocking up on load and fear it may just expire. Load Fund, which is LMSM’s virtual cash. Halos parehas ito sa Load Wallet ng Retailer, kailangang mai-convert muna ito bilang Airtime, bago magamit.

Sa produkto, hindi ka mamumurublema sa stocks, dahil ang produkto mo ay e-load.

Maliban na lang din naman gusto mong i-take advantage yung pagbebenta ng Kits – well hindi naman sila ganun ka high maintenance din itago – they are just bunch of envelopes with SIMs and kung medyo mataas na kit yun yung may mga smart bros…

Marami na rin ang nagtake advantage ng business na to, and frankly hindi naman din ito yung tipo ng business na mabilis ang kitaan, like other network marketing business this takes effort and persistence.

Bigger reason why I am doing LMSM is to learn.

Yes, learn – do you believe that one way or the other if you want to be successful in life you must learn how to sell? Sa maraming tao, parang ang bigat bigat na task ang pagbebenta, pero the same perspective we learn need to learn how to sell – be it and product, an idea or sometimes ourselves.

Learn to sell.

I can find several reasons why i don’t have to do LMSM, but the opportunity to learn and earn is just undeniable; played and worked on correctly this will give you more than the Php 199 initial investment of yours.

There are lots of information you can now find for LMSM – especially on their blog and website.

Now what they don’t tell you is this.

Kung solo ka lang – you can actually buy E-load via Smart Money plus 10% of the amount you have purchased. Against sa true value ng loadfund na binili mo via Smart Money din, unless you go stockist where you can have plus 3% of your purchased amount which starts at Php5000

You will need around 300 downlines to secure that your Monthly Commissions is equal to your Self / Share Load Requirement

You will get rejected – a lot

For the first and second one; the best motivation is that LMSM is an opportunity, plus the fact na pag naabot mo na ang tamang number, you will no longer have to reload talaga, you will not be doing this alone anyways you will have your group, lucky if you’ll get someone determined and dexterous to help you build your network, but the point is to get them – you must be one of them. And LMSM is the perfect venue so you can enhance you persuasion and people skills. Yet again learn to sell.Learning to accept and move on from a rejection is very important as well. Most people fail because they quit too early. One must learn to mind his own business and not just listen to be discouraged.

So there, LMSM – is one of those schools you can enroll to, the only catch is that much like life, it gives you a test first before you get to learn the lesson. Better of course if you can have and do it with a team. I will be more than happy to tell you more about the biz. But one thing you must do first. You must decide first if you want to stay on that comfort zone of yours first or do something that other people are not yet doing and be ahead.

But of Course YOU have to Start First :D

2010-06-15T08:45:00.003+08:00

PNR

2010-05-31T08:27:00.004+08:00

PNR -- the masses

Last week, nasubukan ko na ring makasakay ng PNR, Philippine National Railways. Ito rin yung Train System na sana eh na Rehabilitate ng North Railways Project.

Bumabagtas mula Caloocan hanggang Alabang, pinakamurang transportation sa napakalayong distansya, noong 80s umaabot pa ito ng Bicol.

Isang beses pa lang akong nasakay ng PNR, mula España hanggang Sucat Parañaque. Kung gusto mong makita ang "unflattering" side ng lungsod, ito ang subukan mong sakyan, marami sigurong aktibista ang na- "inspire" ng tanawin sa PNR.

Hindi katulad ng LRT, LRT2 at MRT, ang PNR ay walang perimeter fences sa maraming area, talagang tumatawid ng highways at minsan sa mga make-shift residences. Meron ding palengke, estero at mga tulay.

Entertainment factor din ang mga pasahero, may umuupo sa gitna - maaring matisod ang iba kung di sila mapapansin. Matindi din dito yung "Pinto - Syndrome" eto yung pagsakay ng pasahero, kahit malayo pa sya pupuwesto sya sa harap ng pinto, ewan ko ba, ang tingin ko kasi dito eh pagiging walang pakialam sa iba, "basta ako nakasakay..." pag natulak ng mga taong sasakay, maninisi pa...

"T*ng *na! Ayaw kasing pumasok sa loob eh!",

"Kung ayaw mong matulak, mag-taxi ka!",

"Sapakin mo!"

Ganyan yung mga comments na maririnig mo pag dating ng FTI, Siksikan na no'n, Amoy mo na din kung ano ang pinagdaanan ng mga tao sa araw na yon.

"Woou! Roller Coaster!"

Maririnig mo naman sa mga mag-kakatropang sabay na umuuwi, habang yumuyugyog ang tren.

Ewan ko ba, bumigat ang damdamin ko pagbaba ng PNR, Mula sa perspective nito -- malayo o lumayo ang Pilipinas sa inaasahang pagbabago o paglago, malayong - malayo. Pero air-con na ang PNR, sabi ng tatay ko dati walang harang ang bintana at pinto nito dati, may ibang pasaherong tumatalon papasok at papalabas at kung swertehin ka eh mababato ka ng basura at dumi (ng tao) at least ngayon safe ka sa ganun elements.

Improvements?

Ano na nga ba ang nangyari sa North Railway Project? Malapit nang mabuo ang MRT - LRT-1 Extension, pero yung mga lugar na dine-molish, gubat na ng damo at puno ng Aratiles, Medyo mahirap maging optimistic pag ang nakikita mo lang ay ang Lungsod mula sa PNR. Moral Revolution, Change, Progress. Marami pa tayong dapat gawin, kung pag-unlad at pag-unlad din lang ng Pilipinas, kasing labo pa ito ng pagpapatuloy ng North Railway Project or ng kasabayan nitong ZTE Broadband, Fertilizer Scam, at kung ano-ano pa…

waiting for the train -- waiting for a change

Jejemons!

2010-04-27T19:09:00.007+08:00

Kung merong mga Laglag-Punjang Hip-Hop at Fitting Black Shirts Metal noong Dekada 90s ang napapagtripan ng husto ngayong henerasyong ito ay ang mga Jejemons

Jejemons

Sa cyberspace -- sila yung karaniwang gumagamit ng alternating caps pag nagt-type
bukod pa sa "txt" style format ng kanilang spelling; Napakahirap nitong basahin lalo na kung sanay ka sa maayos na spelling at sentences

Sila din yung pag nagpapicture eh may kung ano anong hand-signs na pinapakita, hindi mo masigurado kung may ibig bang sabihin yung mga hand signs nila, kung insignia ba ito nirarayuma ba sila.

Sa tunay na buhay sila yung kung pumorma ay nagbo-border sa dating ng mga "Emo", hindi kaagad masisigurado kung Emo sila o Jejemon kung hindi mo sila papakinggan magsalita hindi mo masisigurado, I'm thinking kung ang Emo magsasalita ma-de-describe mo ito as "sad logic" minsan "flawed" pero may message, Jejemon will just say "gibberish - baby talked sentences"

Naiintindihan naman ng nakakararami kung ang mga kabataan ay sumusubok ng mga bagay na magbibigay sa kanila ng "distinction" or "individuality" pero naman, being a Jejemon is just ridicu -- pero teka kung che-checkin naman ang itsura ng mga kabataang noon ganun din eh, may bagay may ridiculous, may nakakaasar, may nakakatawa.

(image from vermites.blogspot.com)

but still...
I can't give them Jejemons their merit.

and Gibo has a very good plan for them :D

(image from tunaynalalake.blogspot.com)

Dekada 90s Memories :D Sundot Kulangot

2010-04-15T14:57:00.003+08:00

Tuwing labasan sa school namin maraming ganito eh :D
kasama ng mga gagamba, at palabunot ng mga itik at sisiw!

Stay In or Stay Out

2010-04-12T08:37:00.003+08:00

On my way to work -- nakakita ako ng sign na ganito...

Alam naman natin na "Stay-Out" eh tumutukoy sa mga workers na "Uwian"
pero parang kung kukulitin mo, magiging dalawa meaning nung "Stay Out"

Either -- Stay Out na Uwian, or Stay Out as in wag ka nang mag apply "Stay - Out!" ganun! :D

ano nga ba english ng Uwian? nyah!

Promising Week ahead!

Chairman Netero - Hunter x Hunter

2010-04-07T15:49:00.006+08:00

IMHO, one of the best Manga Series of this Generation would have to be Hunter X Hunter, the twist and turns are just superb! and unconventional, although the downside to this series is that it takes too long for its author to complete each arc, imagine when this series go on hiatus it takes a year for it to comeback!

Eto na rin siguro yung isa sa mga Manga na ang daming speculation na talagang di mo alam kung san naggaling -- babae si kurapika, si hisoka si gin freecs to name a few :)

well i guess hindi ka nakakarelate pero if you are in to manga please do read
Hunter X Hunter!

Dekada 90s Memories :D Keychain

2010-04-05T16:58:00.005+08:00

Happy Easter Everyone :D

I hope you had a very meaningful Holy Week, IMHO even if you did went to the beach for the Holy Week, if somehow you learned new lessons or was able to reflect with your family and friends, it still worth it

But of course having to reflect silently is ideal.

Enjoy!

Dekada 90s Memories :D Betatron

2010-03-30T22:26:00.007+08:00

Load Mo Sarili Mo :D

2010-03-13T12:47:00.003+08:00

Business mode muna :D

Ask me about Load Mo Sarili Mo
More than Happy to Send you the presentation for the business.

If you have any queries -- please do ask :D

How Far Will You Go

2010-02-01T09:01:00.004+08:00

The roads going to LRT along Mc Arthur are under repair again, as uncanny as May 2010 elections...

"If I leave 0630H, it will likely be 0730H when I reach the LRT, i'll only have 1 hour to make it to work, and thats the same as 15 to 20 minutes late..."

There i asked myself...

"How far am I willing to go, to be on time..."

I can sleep early, wake up around 0445H prepare in an hour, be able to leave at around 0545H.

And there I was... Less traffic and the LRT crowd not yet too pushy...

How far can you go?
What efforts are you willing to take?

With an open and pro-vocable mind, one will be able to see, that efforts made and well thought plan can go a long way...

In a grand scale, it is much how we go with our daily lives, the routines and habits we keep are same one we chose, when we are started to focus on what we want to achieve, on where we want to go.

The question that would beg for an answer will be, what must we focus on and where we want to go, why we must get there...

I reached the office in time, with a mindset that i want to make this day count... Short term goal that would count for my Mid-term goals, Mid-term accumulating for bigger and longer one...

Keeping this up, We'll be on a roll... Keeping this up we go further. Yey, lets go!

Sunrise on LRT Baclaran Feb2010

Perspectives

2009-12-08T22:04:00.003+08:00

There really are times one can't help to think and ask...

"Why am I here...?"

Philosophical since time immemorial, never failed to baffle the average minds since it made self-consciousness and realization, and so it baffles me.

I come to work, so does the countless others. Who knows how many asks the same question? Who knows how many mindlessly just jump to the day so it would be over soon, so they can go home and have their rest? Who knows how many struggles for significance, trying to prove their worth and to make a difference?

It just depends on the mood, on a sunny morning i just savor the moment -- happy that i am alive; on a gloomy one its different and i am indifferent as well.

And as we move along our lives, we realize the forces strong and formidable to contest, principles we realize we must follow, the consequences if one is to challenge them.

It came to me maybe significance is over rated -- we are here to live, to the fullest, to travel and to be a witness of history unfolding. Because if we know the principles and will not go against them, and best to uphold them -- significance on its own would be realized.

Now, if consequences would just be a little more caring – maybe it will not bite me in the ass.

Geez...

I am really getting old...

Ignore All

2009-11-10T15:29:00.007+08:00

I'm ignoring a lot of things right now...
I'm ignoring that my monitor is not working, as it sits lifeless

I'm ignoring the fact that i might not be able to replace the darn thing until December.
I'm ignoring the Disconnection Notice.

I'm even trying to ignore the noisy guy sitting beside me in the LRT, talking loudly to another person over the phone, not caring if he is actually speaking too noisy.

At times ignoring things is a way to cope, that at life you would still make the shot given the odds and actually make both ends meet. But the same draws a very thin line on being lazy, a responsibility placed on hold and oneself spreaded too thinly.

I'm ignoring that i haven't written anything for a while. The same way a haven't reflected about any, that i'm on the last quarter of the year with circumstances almost the same.

Now as i look on things i have ignored, i get to see more the things i have tried to pay attention to. To set views that are crooked, to sight on things that really matters.

It goes with the thought that when you are on a very loud environment, you get to appreciate silence more. Like water to drought, like sanity to madness, like relief to pain, like joy to sadness.

Board Exams: Lessons to Learn

2009-08-22T11:31:00.004+08:00

First of all, hindi ako topnotcher Ü, frankly speaking when I were few weeks away from graduation I didn't saw myself passing the Board Exam nor taking it. Pero nung makapasa yung isang kasama ko sa IEEE-UESB na itatago natin sa pangalang Ambo, nag-iba ang pananaw ko, hindi ko minaliit ang board pero nainspire ako sa feat na nagawa nya. Yung mga dean's lister may biase ka na na papasa sila, kaya minsan ang mas mahusay gawing inspirasyon ay yung tipong ka-level lang natin, sakto lang sa talino, nag-eenjoy sa college, sa curriculum na di nakasulat sa papel -- gumawa ng isang mahusay na achievement dahil sa pinagsikapan nya itong mabuti.

Sa pag kuha ko ng Board eto yung mga lessons na nadala ko ng kaunti

1.) Focus and Deadline
-- May timeline ang board exam, kahit matulog ako magaral, maglaro ng video games o magtutuwad siguradong darating ito, and from there, i know i must allocate and budget my most important resource: Time. And with deadlines set, discipline got to be enforced para masunod ang scheds.

2.) Knowing and Understanding what You're Up Against
-- Ga'no ba kaseryoso ang board? Paghahandaan ko ito ng 5-6 months, nung 2004, may tatlong subjects lang: Math, Electronics and Communications, 70 dapat ang average, walang below 50 bagsak isa - bagsak lahat. Gano ko ba ito kagusto? Favorite quote ko nga nun "it's not how good you are, but how bad you want it" Seryoso ang board, bukod sa palamuti sa resumé at lisensyang patigas sa wallet, Its self fulfillment. Its a proof that you can muster the 5years of school. Ga'no mo kagusto ang isang bagay at ga'no kalaki ang kaya mong ibayad para dito.

3.) Decision Making and Decision Management
-- so you decided to go for it, but what comes after that decision plays crucial role. Is that your conviction? After you decided, its time to enact the decision, no looking back, making it happen -- and assesing if you are able to make progress.

4.) Education is Expensive
-- Hindi biro ang puhunang isinusugal sa pag-aaral, dagdag pa kung di naman sobrang prestihiyoso ng eskuwelahan, dagdag pa kung di naman sobrang taas ng marka, sa kaduluduluhan kailangan talagang maglaan ka ng oras para di lang hirap at pera mo ang masayang. Lam mo ang isa pang magandang bagay sa board? Pag nakuha mo ang lisensya mo, alam mong maari kang mapagiwanan ka sa practical applications, pero di ka naman napag iiwanan sa academics.

5.) Cooperation and Interdependence
-- Puede namang wala kang kasama para pumasa or kung mas kumportable ka na ikaw lang, walang problema. Yun lang nagiging mahalaga kasi yung meron kang kasama hindi lang para mas malawak ang resources at material nyo, kasi nagdadagdag din ito ng motivation, like iron sharpens iron - so does man sharpens another.

6.) Success or Failure is a Process
-- The Board Exam may be two to three days, depending kung anong course mo, pero ang tatlong araw na yun ay resulta nang anim na buwan na pinagsama-sama mo sa isang buhos. Kung natulog ka lang at nanood ng mga series at nag-aksaya ng oras, hindi mo basta basta mababawi sa dalawa o tatlong linggo at dapat ay ginawa mo ng anim buwan. If you really didn't saw it coming you were not paying attention.

7.) Faith
-- Last but not the least, is Faith. Kanino pa ba nanggagaling ang lahat ng kaalaman na ito diba? It can only come from the Greatest Engineer, and we are just but humble borrowers of His creation, might as well ask for His guide.

So there, after the success of the Board Exams? What will be next? It is still a wide horizon, and another one after that. We take jubilation or reflection, and move on.

Yey.

Tita Cory

2009-08-07T09:44:00.003+08:00

How will you remember Cory?

With everything said and done, paano nga ba natin maaalala si Tita Cory...

The plain housewife turned widower, that fought and stood against a tyrant, and brought back democracy.

Wow...

Looking at it now, it sounded so simple. But for me Tita Cory, is an example of a person who genuinely thought of her people, of what is good, and the difference she could make.

Lots of "ifs" where thrown and debated, like we could have been better of with Marcos, or even as trivial as if she didn't became the president, then Kris would not have been an actress.

What she have started, i guess haven't gone far enough. Malaki ang nagawa nya oo... Kaso mo, mas malaking negative ang ginagawa natin ngayon... Mas malaki ang withdrawals kaysa sa deposit, kahit pa malaki ang nagawa ni Tita Cory, isang tao lang sya... She have inspired a lot of people, and those people she inspired must live the inspiration and continue inspire.

Moral Revolution, have always been an illusive thought, and will always be not until the Filipinos realize that the small things can go a long way.

Dahil kung tinuloy natin sa ating maliliit na paraan ang mga malalaking bagay na sinimulan nila mas malayo malamang ang ating narating.

with sanitized thoughts...
Wow.. ako mismo =)

Blanks

2009-07-30T08:31:00.002+08:00

Ok, eto yung isa sa mga moments na alam mong wala kang maisusulat...

Nakatingin ka sa blanko at malinis na papel pero walang bumababa dito...

...

Ano nga ba...

Kasing significant nga ba ng malinis na papel ang ginagawa kong trabaho araw-araw? Eh kung gumawa kaya ako ng bagong analogy? Hehe pwede kong inalogy ang pangungulangot sa pakikipagsapalaran sa buhay? Paanong ang mahirap abutin ay hindi mo pala gugustuhin pag nandyan na, nah... Malamang may nakagawa na nun... May nakagawa na kayang magpatay-patayan para lapitan ng mga vultures? Tapos bigla mo silang gugulatin? Ganun din daw minsan manghuli ng peke at plastic na tao -- kunyari helpless ka na, or kunyari hindi mo sila naririnig para malaman mo kung ano ba talaga ang iniisip nila sa'yo, malaman mo kung tunay ba silang kaibigan... Tanong lang kung alam mo ang isang bagay pero hindi yun ang gusto ng karamihan, i-pu-puwersa mo pa rin ba ang alam mo? Sino kaya yung sumulat ng script ng Totoy Bato at nagkanda-leche leche ang kwento nito, nagbato ata yung writer... Bakit ina-sociate ng Korean girl band Wonder Girls ang maganda nilang kantang Nobody sa vowel movement? (may jebs factor na tuloy sa akin yung song). Wrong move din minsan yung ginagawa ng TEN The Evening News yung pag-insert or pagkahalata ng personal biases nila, pero sana mas dumalas po yung Word of the Lourd... Ayoko ko na ng Ako Mismo dog tag--dami nang gumagamit eh... Bakit ba yung kapitbahay ko nagtatanong ng kung ano ang sira ng PC nya kung pangangaralan naman nya ako na gumagana naman ito ng maayos... Matinding dedication pala ang mag-aral ng Photoshop, feasible pa rin kaya magbenta ng personalized t-shirts? Tagal ng bagong episode ng Chuck. Galing ng patama ni Gloria kay Mar Roxas nung SONA, hindi daw pamumulitika yung pagbibigay ni Villar anim n house and lots... Kailan kaya mauunawaan ng mga Filipino na ang boto nila ay higit sa limang daang piso or supot ng bigas, instant noodles at kaunting delata. Meron ba talaga o possible ba talaga ang moral revolution kung tayo ay walang bait at kayang paikutin ng mga nagi-iyak iyakan sa tv? Kung hindi ka politiko, artista o basketball player at susunod bang pinakamadaling paraan para umasenso ay mag abroad? Ano ang dapat itawag sa teacher na hindi pinapayagang pumasok sa klase nya ang isang estudyanteng hindi bumili ng cino-py pasted nyang manual? May gig or nagkaroon kaya ng gig ang Finqwins? 256bit video card kaya ang ire-require ng Modern Warfare 2? May silbi pa kaya ang mga watchers sa 2010 elections? Magbigay ka nga ng cases sa Pilipinas kung saan ang involved ay mataas na tao at napatunayan na nagkasala sya ng graft and corruption, nahatulan at naparusahan dahil dito. May limit ba kung ilang beses lang puede patawarin ang isang tao? Ano ang hiwaga sa galit at inis sa taong wala naman ginagawa sayo pero nababadtrip kang makita sya?

weee!

Magulo ang utak,
Maingay ang isip...

ano nga ba ang gusto kong isulat...

Coffee and Glazed Donuts

2009-07-23T16:54:00.002+08:00

I don't usually drink coffee alone...

Yes I do drink coffee...
But not the expensive ones alone.

Such fine coffee goes best with someone, together with a fine conversation, together with good laughter, that fulfilling feeling.

That feeling that in this world, in this dog eats dog world... Everything is still fine, everything will still be ok...

That later to bed, the night will still offer happy sleep, and tomorrow will shine anew.

I miss it... So miss it...

I stopped today to drink coffee alone, watch through the looking glass as people rush through their day... That later i will join them as well, chasing time, chasing deadlines -- chasing urgency.

Thank God for such coffee, for every little things... Even for glazed donuts.

It makes easy the thought...
It makes easy the preview,

of dying alone...

Pretentious Food Names :D

2009-04-01T21:21:00.005+08:00

Isa sa masayang part ng pagte-training bukod dun sa bagong learnings that would boost your efficiency and technical know-how eh yung snacks at lunch :D

Ginanap ang aming recent training sa Mandarin Hotel -- the training was nice, and the food was well interesting :)

Here were the courses for lunch...

hmn... interesting how they presented the names :)

Course Names -- ang haba

For Appetizer they presented Tuna Tataki with Garlic Aioli and Mango Salsa
It tasted like umn -- Sashimi?

Tuna Tataki = Sashimi

For the main course Char Grilled Pork Tenderloin, Creamy Mushroom Ragout and Pandan Rice -- but on a nut shell it tasted like Asado :D

Char Grilled Pork -- Asado

and for Desert :) Warm Hazelnut Pudding on Mild Berry Compote and Cinnamon Cream -- which tasted like Carrot Cake; masarap din naman talaga :D

Hazelnut Pudding -- ang galing nung Tribal chocolate Drowing! :D

So eto naman ang ipinangalan namin sa aming Late Afternoon Snack
Tira-tirang TunaTataki na binalot sa Siomai Wrapper at Tirang Croissant with Hipon Salad na Pinalaman sa Tinapay na parang Pusod ng Buntis :D ooteeehh!

Mahabang Names -- mas yummy

Oh Yeah :D

FrancisM

2009-03-14T18:25:00.003+08:00

editted image courtesy of 112506 of symbianize.com

Francis Magalona's contribution to the local music scene is undeniable, and he left relatively young.

What i admire the most about Francis is the hope and strentgh he have shown as he battled against a very dreadful illness, his multiply blog is a picture of faith and optimism that is pure faith.

There is so much to reflect on this part of his life, to reflect what he have realized, that life is transient, cancer or no cancer. We are but passengers...

His songs and passion is admirable, a reminder that in this life, we make mistakes -- we don't stop there, we learn, we cry , we laugh and move on.

That to live fully is to live without regrets... For life in a nutshell is a Happy Battle.

Right to Reply *bow

2009-03-09T20:37:00.005+08:00

image from presscouncil.blogspot.com

At first glance -- there seem not any sense on the "Right to Reply", right to reply? Ibig ba sabihin nun pag meron akong tinanong, dapat meron akong sagot? E di dapat "Right to be Replied" yun. What is the fuzz over the said bill?

Senator Nene Pimentel authored the said bill -- in a nut shell ang gusto nitong mangyari eh, kung ang isang form ng media ay may binatikos or tinukoy, binastos or may pinagusapan, ang tao o mga tao na nabanggit ay maaaring sumagot sa parehas na media ng libre.

Libre?! Kung ibinalita na ang isang contractor, kung sino mang private person ay kasali sa anumang anomalya, or scandal -- makakatulong ang "right to reply" sa kanya. Automatically may fighting chance sya kasi magiging karapatan nya na sumagot sa mga alegasyon sa kanya. Hehe ang kulit lang isipin pero diba un mismo ang trabaho ng media? Yung malaman ang kwento ng magkabilang panig?

Imagine the conundrum kung isang politiko ang ibalita... Wow all the drama for free... Sagutang walang hanggan, sa media sila magtitirahan, when supposedly their forum must be a court of law or something more official. Where the findings can be used to them or serve them innocent.

For all its worth, may pro and cons ang right to reply, yun lang ung pro na part eh nakalatag na sana sa free at unbiased media. On the otherhand cons side would self serve figures that would spam our media with their self-cleansing thoughts.

On the first place, those we would like them to hear from are keeping their silence, like the fertilizer scam, the euro generals, the ZTE scam, yung north rail project. Etc etc -- the media i'm sure is more than willing to hear from them as well. But they are i guess they rather use their right against self-incrimination =)

Geez...

Questions of Discipline

2009-02-28T19:20:00.003+08:00

Naging roller coaster ride talaga para sa akin ang nakaraang mga buwan.
Talagang halos ang araw-araw parang lumilipas lang na oras.

One must then decide when to pause, stop and reflect.

"Sharpening of the Saw..."

Ano ba ang mga pinaka-epektib para maka-pagunwind?
Eto yung mga pang-unwind na ginamit ko -- yun lang feeling ko parang kung alternator lang ako malamang na sunog na ang coil ko.

Maglaro ng Devil May Cry 4
-- i have played this game for over hundred hours na ngayon, geez pag natatapos ako dito sa laro na to, parang feeling ko parang gusto kong manakit eh parang riot yar!

Mag DVD marathon ng Series
-- Burn Notice, Big Bang Theory, Mythbusters, House, Chuck - every week sinusubaybayan, additional stress na rin sa akin halos ang writers strike sa US. It is a personal debate din sa akin na hindi ko naaapreciate ang local series, i felt that its an obligation that i do, pero bukod sa News at sa "Word of the Lourd" Segment sa TV5 Top Ten (yung News din nila) eh wala naman na akong nasusubaybayan. Geez... hanep sa guilt trip! :D

Matulog
-- ng wala sa oras... ang hirap i-recalibrate ng nawala sa ayos na body clock, matutulog ng 2am at gigising ng 8am, average 6hours sleep pero ang pakiramdam ko drained pa rin ako. nyah!

Mag Browse ng Forums at Manga
-- hehe, naaabusong office resources at nasasayang na time. tempting to do from time to time, but it leaves bad after taste. Sino ba ang ayaw na maraming ma-acomplish diba?

Stare at Blank Space
-- is this even an activity? geez...

And after 3months, i finally get to pause and write another article.
Wow! what a superb comeback! :D

Seriously... I'm bringing back my Reading and Reflecting Habits.
if i keep things unchecked like this -- i will keep on hurting myself and give other people lots of inconvenience, if i keep living in this pace -- i will not be able appreciate and moments will be lost, if i keep living unhealthy -- i might just catch some cardio disease and that can't be good.

Recalibrate Mode.

Ending Hiatus :D

2009-02-22T20:56:00.002+08:00

I would like to end my hiatus -- because, one i feel that i'm cramping up when i don't write and second sss i starting to get annoying... geez :D

Ahedres

2008-11-21T04:17:00.004+08:00

Binabalikan ko ngayon ang isa sa mga laro na feeling ko eh hindi ako nag-improve over the years. Charaa aan ang Chess

Hindi ko sure kung ano ang secret ng game na ito, may kaibigan kasi ako na medyo bulagsak sa school pero di ko matalo sa Chess. I guess ibang field of intelligence ang game katulad ng Chess -- Spatial siguro?

Pero ang tumitimo sa akin sa larong Chess, siguro ung "Insight". Bilib ako sa mga players na may gusto talagang may gustong palabasin sa formation nila. Parang nakikita nila yung susunod na pattern, clairvoyance sa bagay na paparating palang. Complicated but yet simple.

Sa pag gawa ng "next move" mas madali makita ang maaaring maging galaw ng kalaro mo sa 8x8 na board ng Chess. Sa buhay mas kumplikado, parang marami kang piyesa, sabay-sabay ang kalaban. Naghahanap ka ng pattern na hindi mo matatagpuan. I am planning my future move that might be smacked down the moment I lay it. But with insight your next move that you will have to enact seems to be appropriate.

How many moves ahead have you planned? Are they rigid or adaptable to change? Or you even haven't decided yet.

Blog Review: Diary ni Ella – Confessions ng Isang Masahista the Book

2008-11-14T22:11:00.006+08:00

Una sa lahat ang hirap hanapin ng book ni Ella huh?

Siempre ang una kong pinaghanapan eh yung bookstores malapit sa amin – National Monumento Grand Central and Victory Mall, tsk wala… sumunod yung malapit sa work place sa National Bookstore SM Sucat at Santana Grove. Wala din! Finally found it in National Bookstore sa Glorietta -- sa wakas!

National Bookstore -- Dameng Books

Witty and funny, not to mention hardcore. That is Ella's story match with her story telling. Kahit nabasa ko na ito the first time nung unang lumabas ang blog nya and she was still anonymous back then, i still get that sympathy for the young innocent ella, and the respect as she develops and learned how to fight back.

She told stories and opened issues we know that are there but we refuse to look at. Scenarios so sad that we thought they only happen on movies and telenovelas. Hopes and dreams that make things possible and happen.

It might just be an entertainment story for some. But on higher sense, Ella's stories serves as an inspiration, that even on adversities, just as long as a person haven't given up on one's self, the promise is still there, and its up to us to fulfill it as well.

Confessions ng Isang Masahista -- Life Hardcore

Lesson Plans and Grade Records

2008-11-09T18:44:00.003+08:00

I've been optimizing and maintaining Trish's PC -- and i get to talk to his wife Jo,
Umabot kami sa part sa kung saan si Jo ay gumagawa ng Lesson Plan.

Yeah, the big notebook Elementary Lesson Plan, all of the subjects written on it which is identically the same with the ones written last year.

???

I asked for the reason why write it over and over again.

"Kasi para alam na handa ka sa subject mo at dapat handwritten para alam na ikaw ang gumawa..."

???
(*scratches head)

Elementary -- Basic Subjects -- Lesson Plan --Handwritten -- Rewritten again -- and again
and that's the same subjects all over again!

That may be good in the sense that siguradong handa si teacher na magturo sa maliliit na bata.
Hindi ko lang gets bakit kailangang isulat ng paulit-ulit? at bakit hindi puedeng computerized? That system works great back in the 80's but in the time right now. I guess there should be a little upgrade on such said system.

and then comes the Records for the Grades that must be handwritten as well.
done with calculators when it can just be done with Microsoft Excel or Open Office Spreadsheet or Lotus 123 (even Lotus 123 is already obsolete my goodness!)

But i guess that just go for two Public Schools -- maybe it doesn't go that way on other schools.
But just the thought... wow...

and some College(s) struggle with their syllabi!

PC Broker – Nice Surplus Computer Deals

2008-10-21T02:31:00.007+08:00

Electronics sure depreciate quickly nowadays– Last year, when I bought my PC it took me almost Php18000 to completely assemble it, and my specs were;

2.9GHz Pentium D
P4M890M MSI MotherBoard
256MB DDR2 Memory
Nvidia GeForCe 7100 GS Video Card
Lite OnDVD R/W Combo Drive
15" Giant CRT Monitor
Generic Floppy Disk Drive
Trendsonic Tower CPU
Generic MOuse/Keyboard
Computer Table

I had to throw in another Php900.00 for 1GB RAM and and another Php3000.00 for the 80GB Harddisk. (Not putting in consideration the Softwares...)

BUt Last Thursday (October 16, 2008), I helped Trish to assemble his PC. He told me that his budget is only Php10000. I told him that we have no choice but to stick to surplus PCs.

We went to PC Broker, a surplus shop in SM Valenzuela -- it didn't took much effort to assemble the PC since they have these bundled assembled PCs and for less than Php10000 we get to have this!

General Specs includes

3.2GHz Pentium 4 (Massive Heat Sink!)
Dell Motherboard (wasn't able to note exact model)
VGA Built-In Video Card
Built-In LAN and Sound Card
1GB DDR Memory
160 GB SATA Harddisk
48x CDROM
Dell Tower CPU Case (and its quite heavy!)
Generic Mouse/Keyboard

and for only Php7500!

There was another model there sold for the same price with the following specs. Un lang nakareserve na eh... sayang!

We only had to throw another Php1900.00 for the 17" CRT Monitor since LCD Screens cost Php4500.00 and there, we were able to put up a modest PC!

I'm not sure how old these PCs are or how much computing time they were already subjected into. Pero ang galing eh, and to think that they were suppose to buy a PSP instead. At least this machine is actually more useful. :)

at last bagong posT! :D

A Leader Touches the Heart before He Reaches for a Hand

2008-10-12T18:00:00.001+08:00

I'm teaching myself Adobe Photoshop CS3 and one of the early crap i made is this timely "A leader touches the heart before he reaches for a hand"...

Hay... very timely...
Wala lang...

Sloth

2008-10-11T03:22:00.007+08:00

Sloth

Setting: Usual Morning

Character(s):

Eman: a technical/vocational college student taking up a Computer Science – unsure of the path to take, enjoys the company of his friends, a typical easy go lucky guy

Tiffany: pregnant friend of Eman
Ryan: Tiffany’s Boyfriend

Greg: Eman’s Sales Engineer friend

Nora: Nurse – Mang Gusting’s Daughter

Narrator:
(Eman walking holding a paper bag of pandesal and eggs)
Eman is walking – doing his normal routine in an early morning buying pandesal and eggs for breakfast, he is noticeably in smiling mode, since the family will be feasting on adobo this morning, left over from last night’s party thrown by Mang Gusting whose daughter just came home from United Kingdom as a registered nurse. The morning is good and the neighbor is still in festive mood sharing the kind fortune bestowed upon the humble and kind family of Mang Gusting.

(Eman Still Walking)
Eman is making a mental run down of what he is going to do today – he is scheduled for an interview as a crew for a fastfood not to far from his school, he is still having some second thoughts since the fastfood is too near from their school – he is imagining his classmates teasing him when he gets to be in those uniforms

Eman: If only I have nailed that fastfood near the palengke, it would not only be convenient for me it would also save me being teased by my classmates, if father would just be more than a jeepney driver worked abroad perhaps I’ll be enjoying more of my youth. Damn… (Eman slight shaking his head)

(Eman walk across Tiffany and Ryan)

Eman: Hi Tiff – how is it going?

Tiffany: (Holding back his bulging belly) Nothing much, besides no longer going to school, you know I’ll be giving birth soon because of your bastard friend over here. Who got me pregnant.

Ryan: Nah – like you didn’t enjoyed it, see? I’ll be graduating by the end of summer, our son would be my graduation gift, my parents will be handling the expenses for now but as soon as I get a job we can make it on our own.

Tiffany: Nice plan Ryan – minimum salary, yeah our lives are really promising (sarcastic tone)

Ryan: Well it’s not the a very elaborate plan but what else do we got? This is it.

Tiffany: Enough of you already, (facing Eman) so how was your interview their in Jollibee near the palengke? In you got I maybe you can endorse this friend of yours maybe he an go some spine.

Eman: I blew it those interview questions are hard and tricky – they got me with a question I wasn’t able to answer fast.

Ryan: What was it tol? (Ryan placed his arms around Tiffany)

Eman: “Where do you see yourself in five years”

Narrator: Five years… even Tiffany and Ryan paused for the question, “Where do you see yourself in five years?” Uncertain – Tiffany was thinking about her baby, Ryan – thinking how to feed his would be family, Eman – just baffled.

Eman: It is not like I don’t have a plan – but (raised head wondering) maybe its just rough yet, five years is a long time.

Ryan: Tol just remember you really don’t have to be that honest for these interviews – you’ll just be flipping burgers what do they care about that.

Tiffany: Yeah genius (slightly slapped Ryan on the face) – think about five years as well, (faces again Eman) oh well Eman, I hope you get that job from the fastfood near your school, requirements can be expensive you know. Anyway we have to go now – Bye.

(Looked back to Tiffany and Ryan as if woken up from a short day dream)

Eman: Una na kayo? Bye…

(Tiffany and Ryan moved along)
( Eman Walked opposite from them)

(As Eman walk away he bumped to Greg – Greg is wearing long sleeves and carrying a plastic case with folders and papers in it, Greg walking with head a little bowed mumbling words)

(Eman instantly checked for the eggs if none of them were broken)

Greg: Ooops Sorry Eman – I was mentally practicing for my sales pitch I didn’t noticed you sooner, your eggs ok?

(Eman faced Greg)

Eman: My eggs are ok… where are you going in that formal wear? May cotillion ba?

(Eman smiled)

Greg: No, this is included on or dress code. I got accepted as a Sales Engineer! Not much on the engineering and techie stuffs and compensation is just minimum wage – but there is a very good commission package – I just have to sell enough get on a quota and I can earn double even triple a month! Plus the products are very good, I know I’ll just have to get this straight and this would be good.

Eman: Commission? Those Engineering equipments is priced by the thousands, ten – hundred thousands even. How can you make sure that you’ll get that quota?

Greg: That’s the challenge right there! I would just have to stick to my go get attitude – and my long term plans are really my motivation. I’m not planning to be a sales man forever I plan to have people working for me as well.

Eman: You got those kind of plans laid out? Wow.

Greg: Yeah, and this is where it will all begin.

(Smiled contently and proud for Greg)

Eman: I hope the best for you bro. “Galingan mo!”

Greg: Thanks pare…

(Greg walked away)

(Eman raises his head wondering – day dreaming again,)

Narrator: A laid out plan or a carefree attitude – Eman got him thinking “five years? where am I gonna be five years?”

“Will I still be earning minimum wage?”
“Will I get another degree?”
“Will I be taking care of a child?”

“Five years?”

He realized how such simple question baffled him.
How he wasn’t able to get the job flipping burgers just by the same

Five years…

It is more than that.
It is more than the plan you committed yourself into.
It is if you decided to be lazy and never made such decisions

(Eman continued walking…)

Five years

It is if you will allow yourself to just sloth away youth, and be regretful of the wasted time.
Or decide your action NOW, Plan, dream and chase for them
Success or Failure both of them don’t come in a day or won overnight.

Both of them are slow process, determined by the questions you answer today

(Nora’ Mang Gusting’s Daughter walk pass Eman on her nurse uniform)

As Nora – Mang Gusting’s Daughter passed Eman – Eman got to think.

I can be a winner to.
It just have to start today…

(Nora exits…)

Eman smiled… he will not just be having pandesal, sunny side ups, adobo and sinangag for breakfast.

(End.)

nah... was requested to write a play -- :)
and since i haven't decided to write anything; just opted to post this one...

Tullahan Goldmine

2008-09-02T01:06:00.004+08:00

Tullahan Goldmine -- Metaphor

Besides being included in World Record's dirtiest river, the Tullahan River have another thing on it that makes it more popular, dyaraaan! The Tullahan Goldmine!

With the Tullahan Bridge construction already completed October/November 2007 it didn't took long that another rehabilitation project took place. The rehabilitation is for the roads at both ends of the bridge easily cracked by wear and tear.

So the road reblocking is in place. If the bridge was concrete and steel reinforced why didn't they just used concrete on the roads instead of asphalt? Makes you think, makes you wonder. Is it a road their maintaining there or another goldmine, kasi kung goldmine pala yun, i-expect na ang susunod na repair sa di malayong panahon.

ah yes... pathetic as ever -- all i can write as of the moment are my whinings about roads... geez...
oh wel.. :)

Island Widening

2008-08-17T18:23:00.007+08:00

Yeah, yeah... Its either the work doesn't want you or you have lots of it, with the brain drain exodus phenomena at hand the restless nights and the all the restless everything coming to our department is inevitable. But I’ll not be whining about that because I for some reason believe that there’s good at it, besides building character. There must be.

Unlike the total genius being built along NAIA Road, with all the congestions and stuff, the solution is always road widening right? The roads are congested because vehicles can't get enough of these roads. But its different in NAIA Road (near PAGCOR) their genius f#@%ed up solution is to widen up the center islands!

Island Widening -- makes hardly any sense...

It escapes me whoever planned those things were thinking. Is that to manage the the traffic flow? Or was that another makeshift project to generate kickback opportunity? It has more crap that MMDA's (Un)reflectorized Concrete barrier s#!t! Like c'mon...

Did I mentioned one time I was commuting, our FX taxi ran over one of those islands? Those are dangerous garbage! If they are really serious building those crap, complete them already, so it would not be too obvious na binuo lang yun para sa income opportunity . Or if they were all satisfied juicing the s#it project, they can just abort the project. Nakuha na nila ang gusto nila -- ibalik na nila ulit yung malawak na kalye.

PI n lang sa kanila.

Clarity

2008-08-12T00:33:00.003+08:00

It was already 1600H when I get to read Bam's SMS round 1210H.

"Read my e-mail? Endorsement? SWO? Malupit na definitions or testing? Hmn..."

Geez, no more surprise assignments please, just had enough to keep me awake for all night and my body clock is almost 3 weeks out of sync.

"Naah... I'll check when I get in the office, surprise me later".

I then decided to hold the suspense and grabbed some more snooze.

Rested and fed for the graveyard duty, it’s as usual -- colorful subjects, inspirational and funny forwards, overseen pending, for sure the night will not be boring.

Then I get to check Bam’s e-mail.

CDS Alumni Homecoming? It made me somehow checked Camp Smart making sure how long it was since then. My tenure is 2years and 2months. Whew, 2years since the CDS. Thinking back it seemed so short, but somehow I vaguely remember the details of that 2years, as if it just passed through me.

But nonetheless it is nostalgic. I can even smell the Tagaytay pineapples. I still can’t picture my surprise that I actually made it in Smart and now its two years.

Wow.

1230AM – Corniest Name Awardee | Originally 30

It’s almost like first day in school. And the whole CDS Program felt like a big field trip. Complete with seminars, walkthroughs, massive note taking, group activities and even the written exams! All crammed in six months plus graduation. With parting is such sweet sorrow cliché, time also came for the batch to be individually be assigned to their respective teams.

Friends we made through college are friends we most likely to keep our whole lives and that’s 5+ years. Amazingly enough, it only took six months to give my confidence that the batch I am with, will be such friends just the same. We may not be that updated with each others lives, may not be that together all the time. Sometimes we get to meet only though casual meetings and consolidated isolations but the “at home” feel is really… all the same

Like real graduations there were tears of joy, of little sadness – looking all back it was promising, now as the year pass, its just as good as it gets and the best is yet to come; challenging, at times frustrating, and satisfactorily rewarding and everyone’s success not just radiates to the team where an Astig belongs, but marks a score to all Astigs, as refreshing as the joy that we are happy for a friend’s success and achievement.

“San na tayo next?”

Like friends we would share frustrations and happiness of success – like heck, Batch 12, we are 2 years old in this field and still counting. As we all reckon what would be our next move, as we complete or draw setbacks on our next projects. Or discuss our next small scheme, like when are we really going to complete that green jacket with the Overdose brand? (I will not stick my nose to our next gimmick since I’m usually one with those who get to miss it. Next to those who are situated in the provinces J) we get to realize where we are to proceed next.

“Kaya nga… Where are we going next?”

One of the lessons I learned from that two years is being Objective. Harsh as it may be, it’s regardless of the efforts we make, winning is either a yes or a no. it’s either a met deadline or a mediocre late one. Ironically winning does not equate to success, for success is a process, an everyday choice and commitment much like friendships, the relationships we have with our colleagues, family and everyone around us, and the Astig’s friendship makes a good fit in the process.

“Pero san nga?”

Life is a Journey naman dibs? So we journey on. Strive through more promising and challenging projects. The Network Wars is sure more cut throat than ever. That’s a good focus – stay on top, continually evolve and stay ahead of the game, and at the end of the day when success meets the winners, we will all be defined with clarity to have settled for nothing less. The day after that we will still be prepared and enjoy another horizon looking forward way ahead.

“Astig Me…”

Start of Classes

2008-07-02T09:44:00.006+08:00

first day -- blockbuster

Sobrang late for first day of school tong article ko neh? Considering July na ngayon, after few more weeks magbabayaran na ng Prelims. Hindi na ko estudyante pero directly affected pa rin ako ah.

Natambay ako sa Jollibee one late afternoon, while waiting for my colleagues, at sa malapit na table nao-overhear ko yung ibang estudyante.

Somehow on this light conversations nagsisimula ang well, greater friendships and stuffs. I overhear them talking about difficulties about algebra, how hard it is to stay alert when you're too tired from a part time job, kwela ba ang mag fastfood crew, bakit masungit si ma’am poodle -- kulang lang ba sya?, heads-up lang kay sir ano kasi smiling lang sya pero nambabagsak.

Those were the days…

Mas light ang buhay nung estudyante pa – ang totoo mas light ang buhay nung mas bata pa… smaller circle simpler problems. Small circle, small circle, big circles… kaya siguro yun tinuturo nung kinder ano?

I like the idea that all of us are students of life, enrolled lifetime, we do small graduations just to be enrolled on another class, even if we like it or not…

Can’t stay on a subject too long… must face the fact that we still need to graduate.

Hah… moving on, moving on :)

Graffiti Arts

2008-06-15T18:08:00.006+08:00

at wala pa rin akong original composition as of the moment...
anyways i hope you guys have a good laugh with these Graffiti Arts hehe... forwarded mails ulit!

I pressed several times -- but all i got was hot air! :D

careful now -- with his weird look

para hindi na pinagiisipan ang pinapanood

classic rap -- baduy cool

at least meron kang malamig sa matang background :D

sapul! hehe!

for Filipinos -- working is one :D

classics are really hard to forget...

someone is sure bitter with his lovelife

and to write legibly -- someone really enjoyed it!

be scared! be very scared!

ika nga nila -- "you can penalize me for over speeding but im not gonna sh*t in my car!"

Dakak Experience

2008-05-11T16:20:00.006+08:00

Sa totoo lang, whenever I hear Dakak – I can’t help but remember Jaloshos as well.

But more than the scandal that happened in this resort few years back, being in Dakak is sure is a relaxing vacation – bakit ko ba dinidikit yun, nah. Walang maisip na intro wehe.

We left for the airport around 9:00am, sa wakas three days break from office work and all, to refresh and reflect. After boarding for Dipolog, I can’t remember much about the flight. Medyo nagising lang ako nung nagpa-games yung mga flight attendant ng Cebu Pacific where you can win ID laces. They also have on-board snacks (sandwiches, chips, cola and beer –for PHP100.00 hehe) and even souvenirs (shades, ID laces, plane model, etc). Nung tumahimik, nakatulog lang din ako ulit, around 45mins ang flight. After nung flight meron pa ulit mga 45mins na byahe, konting kwento kwento sa mga kasama – tulog na naman ako. Geez…

Pagkatapos ng byahe, narating din naming ang reception area! Wou! Sa Wakas, ganito ang view sa Reception hall nila, fired up kaagad ang mga SLR Cameras! With tripod and lenses and the works! Nahiya ang camera ng phone ko! Nah niweys ang ganda rin ng view.

Reception – Parang view sa Park

After some chit chat with at the reception and welcome drinks, Dinala na kami sa resort proper. At last lunch, nakakagutom din pala ang byahe. Aliw lang dahil ang buffet area ay nasa tapat mismo ng beach.

Lunch by the beach – Nakakagana

Hehe, luwagan muna ang diet restraints – vacation naman to eh :D

Matapos lang makahinga after the heavy lunch, picture na ulit sa bagong environment. Hindi nakakasawa ang greens ng lugar, kahit papunta sa kwarto, presko ang paligid.

Benj – Beach Model

Mabs and Benj – Dynamic Duo

Beach sa Tanghali – Mainit

Dakak Greens – Berdeng Hindi Nakakasawa

Pati ang kwarto – Native ang dating! Probinsyang-probinsya! Teka, probinsya nga ito dibs? Niweys.

Kwarto – Pagtalunan kung sino ang mahihiga saan.

As usual wala akong pictures habang naliligo – nothing to see there anyways. Comparing to Boracay, Dakak’s strong point is the fact na mas konti ang tao dito, yun lang wala ring night life sa Dakak – talagang pang relax sya, tahimik na ang paligid by 10:00 or 11:00pm, highlight na sa gabi ang kanilang cultural show -- spicing up the dinner besides the beach area.

Dinner by the Beach – Serene

Meron din silang bar, Sing-Along ang diskarte! woh!

Sing Along -- Mabenta

Ang dami ko na palang picture na nailagay ah…
Niweys, comes Day 2.

Sa umaga, as you can expect – Dakak have a peaceful Morning beach

Dakak Beach in the Morning – Peaceful

After the hefty breakfast we prepared for the “City Tour” visiting Dapitan there we get to see a replica of Rizal’s Clinic, Kitchen and Environment – hindi talaga sya City Tour kung tutuusin kasi wala naman kami sa city proper.

Further through the day, and I guess the highlight of it is the Sunset Cruise. Its an hour long Cruise via Bangka. On that same moment I get to realize the undeniable gap between an N73 3.2 MP Camera and a Nikon 10 MP SLR Camera. Makes you want one of those shutters. Haaay….

Sunset Catchers – Annoying

Nikon SLR Camera -- Wow...

On our last night we enjoyed the swimming and an ample amount of sleep. Geez! Ang sarap (especially the sleep part), when you get to have something you really get to treasure it. I myself enjoyed the whole vacation, revitalizing and gets you’re spirit really high so high you can get to see a good view of the new horizon one is traversing.

Taal Volcano above – Malupit na view by a Pasaway

All is so peaceful and the night sleep is sound –kinabukasan pasok na ulit!
Yehe! Yung lang :D Which brings us to our next article...

Boss & I

2008-05-07T06:11:00.005+08:00

geez... talagang hindi ako makapag-update nitong mga nakaraang araw ah?
niweys, i am posting yet another e-mail forward... i have several articles cooking but i can't seem to post much more complete them. talk about hectic!

enjoy another funny forwarded e-mail :D

BOSS & I

When I Take a long time to finish,
I am slow,
When my boss takes a long time,
he is thorough

When I don't do it,
I am lazy,
When my boss does not do it,
he is busy,

When I do something without being told,
I am trying to
be smart,
When my boss does the same,
he takes the initiative,!

When I please my boss,
I am apple polishing,
When my boss pleases his boss,
he is cooperating,

When I make a mistake,
you're an idiot.
When my boss makes a mistake,
he's only human.

When I am out of the office,
I am wandering around.
When my boss is out of the office,
he's on business.

When I am on a day off sick,
I am always sick.
When my boss is a day off sick,
he must be very ill.

When I apply for leave,
I must be going for an
interview

When my boss applies for leave,
it's because he's
overworked

When I do good,
my boss never remembers,
When I do wrong,
he never forgets

well... ganun talaga ang buhay :)
wait until you become... and hopefully you do differently.

Goals and Teamwork – a DOTA Analogy

2008-04-16T21:31:00.004+08:00

Have you ever heard people who says that DOTA, Warcraft or Violent Videogames are evil? I mean instrumento daw ng demonyo yada yada? Sabay sundot ng mga Bible Verses na nagpapatunay dito? I guess depende naman talaga yun sa kung paano mo i-digest ang ini-intake mo…kung nagiging bayolente ka pag katapos mong maglaro ng DOTA or ng Counter Strike or ng kahit anong game for the goodness of everybody wag kang maglaro – although personally hindi ko gets kung ano ang gustong message ng GTA (Grand Theft Auto), laro ba yun ng medyo matindi ang pangangailangan ng stress reliever? Nah – kaya hindi ko yun nilalaro.

Of course there can be better analogy stuffs that we can employ to discuss Goals and Teamwork, but for my entry – I’ll be using DOTA hehe… enjoy!

DOTA All Stars – Hindi lang puro patayan :D

Know your goals, whatever it is. Set it up – vision it happening, Plan your course of action, know the requirements and sacrifices, skills or tools you might need and help you might employ. Para sa analogy na to, target nating buwagin ang Frozen Throne, and to vanquish evil forever! Woooooh noble!

Second Thing about Teamwork, Know Yourself – para sa malupit analogy na to, I’ll be using Shadow Shaman -- Rhasta Baby tadah! Know your strengths, know your weaknesses, embrace them both. Your Strengths give you guts and confidence, your Weaknesses keeps you humble and focused that tells you to work smart and efficiently. And so you know yourself. After that know your team, what they can do, their strength and weaknesses. If possible, amplify their strength and cover-up for their weaknesses. Likewise, they will do the same for you and as part of your goal – you must be aware of what you are up against.

Disablers and HP Tanks – Playing to Strengths and Weaknesses

Knowing what you are up against, the team can work efficiently to on who will going to face who, who can work on a certain task according to his strengths. For this game Rhasta chose to face Morphling.

Rhasta vs. Morphling –Keeping it Safe

According to Stephen Covey, the Maturity Continuum can be classified to three levels, Dependence, Independence and lastly Interdependence. Simply putting, Dependence is the lowest aspect of the Maturity Continuum, maybe you don’t have the necessary skills yet – kailangan mo ng alalay, ng tulong, dependent. Independence is when you can take your own task confidently on your own, after being taught or acquiring new skills, Interdependence is when you can finally join in a team because you can give something to the team. You bring your strengths to help the team, it the only way you can be helpful and efficiently grow – staying with your strengths.

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Serpent Wards – Standing your Grounds, Playing to your Strengths

As a member of the team – you should be aware with how the other team members are doing as well. If they need help or anything – likewise keep them updated with how you are doing.

Listening to the sound of the forest – Keeping updated with the Team

You can sometimes encounter hardships – but don’t falter, when you fail, stand up, reflect and move forward

Everybody wants to go to Heaven – But nobody wants to die

With experience, and a positive outlook to failing – you can move forward. and if you encounter something similar, you can do better.

Retreat – Not always a sign of Cowardice

As the team progress, you can finally get Interdependence to work. Synergy does magic, when the team works as one the team can do more.

Synergy -- Working as One

When the team flee because the odds are overwhelming, make sure nobody is left behind.

Fleeing – looking for each other’s back.

Attack smartly and efficiently. Keeping the focus on one goal. No ego-tripping, especially when the life of the team is at stake. Mutual Cooperation is a must.

Focus Fire – Taking advantage of the adversaries’ weakness

When attacked – Stay with the team to defend, it’s in this time loyalty is measured and tempered.

Teamwork and Loyalty – Standing strong through Hardships

With overwhelming Synergy the team ensures its victory.

One Team – Synergized – Unstoppable

And finally, always stay with the team’s objective. Hindi importante ang gumawa ng MVP sa laro, ang importante eh ang manalo ang lahat. Walang paligoy – ligoy. Taking only the objective – and with that the team can win.

Taking the Only Objective – Winning with the Team.

Ayan, so there we have it. Keeping it simple, siemps in real life more factors should be considered. But the importance of the team is to create synergy and forward to a unified goal.

Condom Fashion Show in Beijing

2008-04-09T21:01:00.007+08:00

Sheeesssh...
Forwarded email na naman wehe! hindi makakumpleto ng articles eh...
Niweys, i wonder kung ano ang gusto ng i-promote ng Condom Fashion Show na ito... i guess awareness about birth control using the said product... pero ang gara naman... pinagtyagaan talaga nila itong buuin? wow!

Condom Pants -- Pipitasin na lang

Condom Bathing Suits -- Palolobohin lang, Salbabida na rin!

Condom Jacket -- Mainit sa Mata

Condom Casual Wear -- Liberated

But of course hindi pa sila gamit

Wow! -- HIndi Halata!

Condom Skirt -- Ready to Fight!

yun lang... :D

Sintases!

2008-04-01T07:42:00.004+08:00

Ok, another astig mail forward :D
ang sining ng pagsisintas... bow

yan... puede nang tapatan yung mga magagaling na nagsisintas sa inyong favorite sports center! :D

Directions

2008-03-29T06:04:00.003+08:00

Its entirely different knowing what you want, and knowing how to get it. For the last few weeks, i lie awake late at night... Wide awake, i dont think i'm energized though, it felt more like frustrated.

Eager to make a difference, eager for quantum leaps of change... With lessons of humility, i contain myself...

All in God's time.

I know my midterm plans, the conditions i must fulfill first. And one of the conditions that must be enacted is working on our deadlines, the plans must remain concrete.

its no different from planning, scheming, managing the deadlines i have laid for the board exams. Its different this time though, since the scope is larger.

i want more of that moment.

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Binibining Pilipinas 2008 -- Janina San Miguel

2008-03-12T04:39:00.006+08:00

I must say, all is doing well until it gets so entertaining!
Of course with the question and answer part.

The talk of the town Binibining Pilipinas World -- Janina San Miguel.

Hindi ko gets... how come Ms. Janina still won a crown? Or i guess in other categories she won landslide and eventhough she failed to impress with her thoughts her aesthetic value is just damn high.

I wonder if we can have maybe a representative who can't speak English and just make use of an interpreter for her to speak. Hindi ba puede yun? Yung laman naman ang pinaguusapan diba? Its just hard to imagine a beauty queen who would also pass for an English-Carabao Comedian. Ms. Melanie Marquez may have her share of English Breakdowns but her composure doesn't startle, and her confidence still intact.

Pero di bale, Ms. Janina still have time to prepare... and hopefully she grows with all the criticisms, for one -- I'm sure she already realized the improvements and points she should strive on, moreover have realized that representing the country on a grander scale is no laughing matter and you will not be taken seriously just by saying "Eto na..."

IECEP x License Renew x Nightmare Revisited

2008-03-11T21:53:00.004+08:00

Ok... E di tapos ka nang magboard exams no? Tapos Nakuha mo na yung license mo, ano yung susunod na episode? Yes! Renewal...

For us ECEs, PRC has implemented the new ECE Mandate; the RA 9292 replacing RA 5734, the same mandate that changed the ECE Board Exams.

At isa sa mga requirement para magpa-renew ng license eh ang membership with IECEP.

IECEP...
Institute of Electronics Engineers of the Philippines
(formerly known as Institute of Electronics and Communication Engineers of the Philippines)

Haven't heard our organization name for quite a while.
Ngayon kung magpapa-renew for example ako, since ka-e-expired na yung license ko last year,
Renewal plus membership with IECEP would cost Php 1350.00.

I do believe, na mabuti na merong IECEP, ok din sana kung merong mga news or whatever coming from the organization, but visiting the website all i can find are under construction pages, new board exam passers and few seminars for Electronics...

Whatever happened to Communications? Kasama naman sa stipulated law, pero kung ano ang talagang mangyayari -- Who can be sure?

Ewan ko ba -- the whole time, i never received anything substantial from IECEP, its just some requirement i had to pay so that i'll be able to get my license. I'm not sure kung ano ba talaga ang ginagawa ng mga IECEP people, but one is for sure... I can't look forward going back to academe without having to go through the PRC License Application again, PRC and their obnoxious employees, the only government agency i known so far who has the guts to do ego-tripping with Professional License holders. May angas talaga ang PRC -- Tanungin nyo kahit sinong kumuha ng professional license I'm sure meron silang kwento about that.

But for now... i guess i have no plans renewing my license yet, pag sinipag na ako at hindi ko na masyadong panghihinayangan ang pang-renew ko. I just hope by the time na magre-renew na ako eh hindi naman umabot ng ++Php10,000.00 ang fee... Nah ~~ Can't be sure of that as well.

Blog Reviews -- Loi's Professional Heckler

2008-03-01T01:14:00.007+08:00

Loi's Professional Heckler...
I' m not actually reviewing his blog... I am telling you visit it! :D

Seldom you will meet bloggers like Loi, all there are in his blog are his rants and thoughts. Witty and timely, all the element for high level and mind tickling humor. I have nothing but praises for his blog and I'm always excited to check his updates usually Monday, Wednesday and Fridays.

You can't really be sure how many visits The Heckler's site. He doesn't have fancy widgets or counters or whatever in his den, besides his internet daily fix and ka-blog list which are equally worth to visit.

He tackles present political issues and in a quite obscured way, makes the comic political scene light and -- comical :D.

Pure talent indeed and he never sesem to run out of creative juices. It always amaze me how the heckler pulls these anecdotes and always have something new to say.

Politics can sure be dirty, but with Loi around we can at least laugh while trying being more serious cleaning it.

Kinakain Ba Yon?!?

2008-02-28T02:59:00.004+08:00

Ewan ko ba kung bakit bentang benta sa akin tong joke na to...
Tumigil na lahat ng tumatawa nung nabasa namin to ako -- tawa pa rin ng tawa,
Furthermore naiisip ko pa rin ito buong hapon! at napapabungisngis pa rin ako...

Nyahahaha!

Sh*t
Anak: Nanay! Nanay! Kinakain po ba ang "Sh*t"?!?
Nanay: ANO?!? San mo narinig yan! hindi kinakain ang "Sh*t"!!!
Anak: Eh kasi narinig ko po kayo kagabi sabi nyo "Sh*t! ang sarap!"

Pwst! (*naibuga ko na chocolate ko dito sa keyboard!)

Joke ka naman!? Sige na :D

One Peso Peke

2008-02-25T14:13:00.001+08:00

Pansin nyo ba yung mga makikikintab na mga Piso ngayon?!?
I have heard once, na pinepeke ang mga Php 10.00 Coins malalaman mo ito kung masyadong makintab ang mga barya, and get this! dumidikit sa magnet. Alam naman natin na Copper and Nickel ang coins, so hindi dapat sila dumidikit sa magnet.

Steel Coins -- Magnetic

Kapansin-pansin din na ang mga pekeng barya ay sobrang kintab.
Badtrip lang na hindi ko na ito binibigyang pansin dahil sa sobrang dami nila in circulation -- aakalain mong mga legit coins na sila.

Counterfeits -- Outshining the real ones

Shiny Coins -- and i thought they looked nice

Hmn...
From Wikipedia, Malaki ang epekto ng counterfeit money including inflation among others.
Weird lang na parang hindi yata ito na bibigyang pansin. Kaw nga? Check mo kung meron kang counterfeit piso...

O baka naman naisipan lang ng mga tiga Bangko Sentral na palitan ng components yung mga bagong barya para hindi na sila ipunin at ibenta ng magagaling na tao dyan at gawing tokens!

Abalos' Burjer

2008-02-19T03:44:00.003+08:00

More than Mr. Jun Lozada's expose and wondering how the Arroyo Administration will ever going to get away with the ZTE Scandal (amazing feat na nga na hindi tumuloy ang maraming scandals eh). One thing I find amusing about this whole ordeal is the Comic Time. Tama naman talaga si Chairman Abalos -- kung may takot ka sa isang tao o lugar hindi ka na pupunta o magpapakita sa lugar na yon (geez...) Of course the argument is quited flawed, thinking... No dignitary would have you killed in broad daylight, may kasama si Mr. Lozada ang tigas naman ng muka mo kung ipapatay mo sya or ipadukot habang nag-gogolf kayo.

Mr Lozada: Wohooo! nice shot! Birdie to birdie!
Assassin: Ser sumama muna kayo sa amin...
Mr Lozada: Ha?!? san nyo ko dadalhin?!?
Assassin: Kakain lang po tayo ng Benj Burjer sandali, tanga ka ba?!? ililigpit ka na namin!

Nah -- i don't think so...
Comedy nga lang na lumalabas ang mga ganitong klaseng expose -- pagnagkalamangan na ang mga supposedly magkakakampi sa pagngungulimbat. But at least... geez, kahit anong paikot thats just plain sad...

So the great Benj Burjer Comic Time! (thanks for 1piso for the clip)
for more Comic Time please visit the Professional Heckler's

Religion Thread

2008-02-19T00:08:00.003+08:00

Two topics one should never open on a date, or generally on conversions with someone you only casually know: religion and politics.

Nung college meron akong dalawang barkada na galing ng ibang sekta. Isang INC at isang Baptist or I guess Born Again. Isa sa mga dahilan kung bakit kami close ng mga barkada ko eh kung pano namin pagusapan ang mga sensitibong bagay tulad ng religion. Effective ang technique namin at napakasimple, ang sikreto? Hndi namin ini-oopen ang topic, it’s not up for discussion...

"Ger? Alis ka na? Counter pa tayo!" "Sorry mga pre -- ash wednesday, misa bro..." (end of discussion)

"Oths, ano? Sine tayo mamya!" "Kayo na lang muna tol, pasalamat namin ngayon" (end of discussion)

Napakabihira ng paguusap namin sa religion, para sa akin kasi kung hindi rin lang kailangan parang paghahanap ng away ang pagdidiscuss ng religion.

Religion Thread -- Feisty

Marami na akong nasalihan na forum, rebelde, grabe at nexgear, symbianize; isa lang ang pansin ko. More than love, ang aura ng mga threads about religion e debaté. Ang gara pa dito several topics are opened but never actually ended.

Nag-bi-breed lang ng hostility, in the same perspective wala ding magpapakumbaba sa discussion dahil kasama na rin ang pride sa usapan.

"Hindi ako ang nagsabi nyan! Ikaw ang nagsabi nyan!"

Open-ended at nakakaasar, pag may sumagot na ng ganyan ay sos! Talagang pukpukan na ang debaté, nagkakapersonalan pa kung minsan.

Hindi pa ako nakakita ng religion thread na friendly ang mga poster sa isa't isa. And thats really ironic considering we are suppose to "love our enemy" guess easier said than done.

I still study religion, spirituality is still important. I still go to church, well sometimes, lam mo na... Pag may sakit ka pupunta ka ng ospital, simbahan para sa kaluluwa. Its just I don't understand, God sure wants the best for us sigurado yun. Is it God's intention to make all of these complicated? With His infinite love and wisdom, I find that hard to believe so. But somehow – we have that way to complicate things. What do you think?

Bored

2008-02-07T21:37:00.001+08:00

Serious mode... :D Please bear with me, wehe!

I'm bored...
Bored to Death

Parang pare-pareho na kasi ang ginagawa araw - araw.

Ngayon ko lang napansin yung mga ibon sa antenna -- tuwing umaga.
Sinasalubong nila ang umaga...

hmn...

Dapat ata sinasalubong ko din ang araw.
Kinontra ko din ang aking sarili, hindi naman problema yung araw - araw na ginagawa.
Ang issue ay "Purpose"

Purpose

Para saan...
Anong dahilan?

Then I decided, how about we do things faster?
Or more effectively?
Set higher standards?
Achieve more?
Pave new path for for dreams we imagine?

With small reflection, so many things opened up...
I have sharpened my saw...

I get a new appreciation.
Sasabay na ulit ako sa umaga...

I'm no longer bored...
To realize so many things to do...
The best is yet to come...

Here, Dare and Everywhere -- Nuts Entertainment Crap

2008-02-04T01:08:00.001+08:00

Was watching Nuts Entertainment last Saturday (Feb 02). Puro games ang pakulo ng Nuts, some are entertaining, others are challenging, some you can even adapt on your own little party and most have subtle sensual orientation -- and yes, its all in your head.

Ewan ko lang kung ako lang to... but their segment "Here, Dare and Everywhere" caught my attention. They made nasty dares to several people in exchange of Php 1000.00!

The first dare was -- "Mag-papa-Mo Hawk ka ba for Php 1000.00"

Wow... give your head that Mr. T look? for Php 1000.00? well, at least hair can go back.

Kumusta naman yung sumunod na dare. Papaahit mo yung kilay mo, and then ta-tattooan ka nila ng dots sa dulo ng kilay.

Tattoo...

permanente, kahit sabihin pang tuldok lang sila tig-isa, tattoo pa rin yun.

Hindi ko gets, kung nagpapatawa or nag-popower trip ang writers ng Nuts eh, at para patulan din ng artista nila na ipagawa sa iba? Syet! And hindi kasi goodtime or pagiging "sports" or game ang nasusukat dun sa mga nag-call ng dare eh... Desperation kasi ang nakikita ko, na for Php1000.00 willing silang dumaan sa ganung klaseng trip.

Natatawa ako when they do their creative crazy games on theirselves, but on that part of the show i wasn't laughing -- it was not funny. To grab the opportunity to overpower someone its not nice. Or are they really running out of creative juices to squeeze? Kaya ok na sa kanila na ganitong klaseng katarantaduhan ang ihain nila?

Magmukang Gago for Php 1000.00 -- Game ka?

Tattoo that i never imagined I would ever have -- For Php 1000.00

"Hindi porke kaya nating gawin ang isang bagay. Hindi ibig sabihin na dapat natin itong gawin"
Edward Elrich -- Full Metal Alchemist

The Chruch Organist

2008-02-01T15:45:00.001+08:00

Dahil sa kakagaling ko lang sa sakit at hindi ko pa nakukumpleto mga articles ko for posting...
CHAAAaaaarraann!

Forwarded Email Muna Tayo... Serious to... serious....

Miss Beatrice, the church organist, was in her eighties and had never been married. She was admired for her sweetness and kindness to all.

One afternoon the pastor came to call on her and she showed him into her quaint sitting room. She invited him to have a seat while she prepared tea. As he sat facing her old Hammond organ, the young minister noticed a cute-glass bowl sitting on top of it. The bowl was filled with water, and in the water floated, of all things, a condom!

When she returned with tea and scones, they began to chat. The pastor tried to stifle his curiosity about the bowl of water and its strange floater, but soon it got the better of him and he could no longer resist.

'Miss Beatrice', he said, 'I wonder if you would tell me about this?' pointing to the bowl.

'Oh, yes,' she replied, 'Isn't it wonderful? I was walking through the Park a few months ago and I found this little package on the ground. The directions said to place it on the organ, keep it wet and that it would prevent the spread of disease. Do you know I haven't had the flu all winter.'

Nyaha! :D

Marzipan Babies

2008-01-28T06:33:00.001+08:00

Bunch of Forwards ulit galing sa mga kung sino-sino :D

nakakatuwa yung mga nagagawa na ngayon sa pastries, chocolates and frostings neh? katulad ng batch-logo namin, give away sya sa amin ni Rose, pero hanggang ngayon hindi ko pa ito kinakain, good thing na mayroon pa akong 6 months para lantakan tong choco na 'to (5 months na lang pala) pero wala eh... ang cute eh...

weeee!

now, take a load of these Sugar Babies...

problema lang dun sa forward hindi nakalagay kung sino yung "woman" na sinasabing gumawa nung mga babies made of Marzipan... pero searching the net, she is Carmille Allen.

Lupit naman nya!

Marzipan is Almond paste: a sweet paste made of ground almonds and sugar, often with egg whites or yolks, used as a layer in cakes or molded into ornamental shapes.

Hmn... patawa lang, searching more sa Google hindi naman daw sila gawa sa Marzipan kundi sa Polymer Resin? well at least hindi na sila edible. :D

Niweys... with detail and realism -- they are truly artistic...

Astig diba?
ok... back to work :D

Paano ba ang Tamang Patulong

2008-01-26T14:03:00.002+08:00

Hindi na bago kahit kaninong sumasakay sa jeep yung mga batang biglang sasampa ng tumatakbong sasakyan pupunasan ang mga paa at sapatos ng pasahero sabay manghihingi ng limos. Maraming beses na rin akong nag-abot sa mga batang yun, isipin mo na lang kung paano nila habulin yung mga humahagibis na sasakyan para sa konting barya diba?

Minsan, bababa sila sa sasakyan na masaya sa naipong pera… depende sa tumitingin, masaya sila at meron silang pambili ng necessities nila sa araw na yon, o dahil sa nakaisa sila.

Naramdaman ko na rin yung parang naisahan ako ng nanglilimos – hindi lang ng mga batang umaangkas sa jeep, kahit yung mga nagbabahay – bahay na naglilibot para manghingi ng abuloy sa patay, pero pag tiningnan mong mabuti halatang ipinatong lang sa photocopy yung pangalan ng supposedly eh namatay. Bad trip pati patay pinagsi-sidetripan.

Paano ba ang tamang pagtulong sa kanila?

May isang pangyayari sa college dati, sa isang subject, nabigyan ako ng instructor ko ng privilege na i-transfer ang labis kong added points sa kahit sinong kakilala ko, unwittingly isinagot ko eh sa nakakuha na lang ng pinakamababang grade and so it was given…. After few seconds I thought that I should have given it to a person who will be able to augment his/her few point grade short – yun bang one two points papasa na?. that would have been more helpful.

And a realization of what most of us already know. The only help you can give is the resources that you already have. Walang problema sa atin ang magpahiram ng pera sa kakilala nating nangangailangan tama? Especially kung meron kadin namang maibibigay.

With what we give, sa baryang naiaabot ko, hindi ko maiwasan kung sindikato ba ito at lalo lang nababaon sila sa hirap, o ano bang positibong bagay sa panlilimos?

I’m glad there are multimarket and millionaires who actually give very large sum for out lesser brother, kahit wala tayong magagawa – at least payapa ng konti ang konsensya natin at hindi nagdamot sa mga batang ito, kahit barya pa rin ang kaya kong ibigay.

Pero paano nga ba ang tamang pagbibigay?

Yun bang declared lagi ang tax mo at naibibigay mo ang due para sa government?
Yun bang pag-aabot ng barya? Di bale nang may sindikato sa likod nito?
O mas ok nga ba ang ibigay mo ang tulong mo sa malalaking NGOs para maibigay ito sa mas nangangailangan?

Siguro ang importante mayroon tayong puso para tumulong… yun yun eh… kung may maitutulong bakit hindi? Kung hindi makakatulong – wag nang mamerwisyo. Simple

Halimbawa… pagbibigay ng comments – tulong yon! :D nyaha!

Let Me See Your Fingers

2008-01-22T21:25:00.001+08:00

He he... medyo mahirap mag-compose ng mga serious articles :D
sa lighter side of life muna, again... naforward lang ulit ito sa akin...

hmn... for sure mas mahaba ang palasing-singan ko kaysa sa hintuturo ko... pero hindi nga? may basis ba itong picture na to???

and moreover, with the liberation our society is having nowadays, sexist ka na bang matatawag kung "gay" ang i-jo-joke mo? well i guess...

...

fingers - basis?

Sariling Sikap

2008-01-19T01:34:00.001+08:00

Sometimes we can’t always afford to always be serviced, mas praktikal ang sariling sikap. Yep! It’s more practical and we can even do it on our own time and pace. Walang mahahassle and much more we can do it on the privacy of our own home. Ah yes the wonders Self Help materials can do. :D

I believe that next phase of having that enthusiasm to read is to read the books and study the materials that can actually teach you something helpful, materials that can develop and even make you learn from the experiences and expertise of others.

The first ever book that I actually bought besides Pugad Baboy Series (for the entertainment value) and the ECE Books (because of the board exams). Hindi pa kasama dito ang sandamakmak na manuals at laboratory workbook eh ang Success for Dummies ni Zig Ziglar. Sale pa ng National Bookstore nun! And I was able to buy it for Php 250.00. Considering the things I have learned from that book, I’d say I have bought more that I have paid for.

One of the chapters in that book tried to suggest the area of your life you would actually want to change or you consider needing more development among the others.

get test here: Focusing on Needed Goals

My result looks like this. (Hmn… I really think I need to lose some weight).

Well the point of the test is to confirm to you what you actually think is important. What you actually would like to accomplish. What you must focus on. And from there – you can focus on your efforts on achieving further for that area.

For one I could say, Self Development materials aim to confirm what you already know. What are already embedded to your kind and fine nature, but our environment has its ways of persuading us to what might lead us differently from those virtues. Thus we, from time to time need to rethink our ways, recalibrate where we are and where we would like to be. And at some point actually aim for something.

One of my senior commented, that he doesn’t believe what these authors have written. Like they are contradicting or all of them have the biases from their experiences, and makes us believe that if we do how they did it, we will be successful when in fact we all have the different lives and there is no actual pattern for success.

There is no exact life true, there is no pattern for success – but I believe that there are principles. Much like law of gravity, Human Relations, Spiritual Faith, Finance and Success are governed by principles. And when you get to develop and instill them to yourself one can accomplish what his / her good heart desires. Sure, I can learn from experiences, but history also tells us that we don’t have to reinvent the wheel, thus experiences and expertise from who came first can be a good guide and helps us to further our steps even though we are just to walk through that path yet.

Siemps mas masaya kung maraming kasama diba? May makashare… I haven’t walked this path before it’s all new and equally promising much like everyday. No one say he’s actually righteous and doing it perfectly, that the same reason why I would like to share it. Flawed and all… isn’t it a breath of fresh air to realize what you would like to change? Umn… well its not, but you get my point.

And for sure, mas malupit kung mabasa mo rin from the actual author, yung mga i-sha-share at paguusapan natin. Sharing experiences and learnings like all friends do. So from sariling sikap to group effort!

Tara! :D

Treasure Award from Marga!

2008-01-14T10:03:00.001+08:00

I'm not sure whatever i did to deserve this award but i thank Marga for it :D
Cheers!

Blog Reviews -- Ella Ganda's Confessions

2008-01-14T07:57:00.001+08:00

Nasubaybayan ko ang blog ni Ella from her number88 days. The fresh entries of her first career, what pushed her, the joys, the pains, the boundaries, the entrigues, everything you would like to know about being a masseuse.

number88 -- sexy, senti, smart :D

"it’s a dog eats dog world..."

She was able to integrate sexiness and cleverness in her stories. Hindi naging bastos ang mga kwento nya kahit "okra" at mga "talong" pa ang topic. One can't help it but be curious ano nga ba ang nangyayari sa mga maliliit na cubicles na yon.. And she made us saw it in a different light, in sordid details even. What i found more graceful about her views is that she never had a hint of self pity... She complains, swear even, but in the end of it all, she took action and ultimately changed her self – and transformed her life.

From number88, na-excite din ako nung makaalis na sya sa massage parlor ni mr. minola, at makalipat sa isang hotel. Although masahista pa rin sya dun, i personally thought mas ok na yun kaysa dun sa mr. minola guy. She eventually earned her degree and quitted being a masseuse all together, wow -- the promise of true education!

ella ganda.com -- woman empowered!

Having her own domain ellaganda.com, marks her graduation from being masseuse -- and becoming a freelance writer that suits her so well. I really appreciate her lifestyle articles, and you can't imagine how well travelled she really is. From Amanpulo, Boracay, Disney Land, I can't wait to hear her next trip and her experience in that place. When she tells her story, she tells it with an enthusiasm of a little girl -- and criticizes for points of improvement.

Isa pang kapansin-pansin kay Ella eh ang kanyang mga well presented opinions and convictions. Remember when she gone ballistic against Malou Fernandez, Mike, and the Writers of Desperate Housewives? She presented solid points plus angst words you would not want to be in the receiving end.

But what I find most admirable about her is when you converse with her, kahit hindi pa kayo nagkikita is that warm welcome feel -- as if you're talking to a friend. I have requested one or two articles from her, and I am just glad whenever she gives her two cent about it.

Para syang kapitbahay mo na may uwing souvenir from a vacation, kaibigan mong hopeless romantic and an empowered woman you would not want to mess with.

Hinihintay ko pa rin ang paglabas ng libro nya, and hopefully mapa-autograph din... Nyah! For sure Starstruck moment yon! Ü

Beautiful Girls err...

2008-01-09T21:07:00.001+08:00

I'm just speechless...
Forwarded Email about a Beauty Contest held in Thailand...
last 2005

He's the winner of
Thailand 's
Miss Transvestite Contest 2005
All are males

wow...

Read or Die

2008-01-08T21:06:00.001+08:00

Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man,
and writing an exact man.
~ Francis Bacon ~

One of the habits im developing and strengthening is Reading... Geez, ang nerdy naman ng topic... Well hindi rin actually, that depends on the materials you are reading...

Way back college and highschool, I read lots of materials... Tulad ng mga trivia ni Bong Barrameda, Broadsheets, Popular Science magazine and books, kasama na rin dyan ang mga malalaswang nobela sa mga tabloid... Kung san ko sila binabasa at anong oras eh ibang istorya na yon...

At sa pag-advance ng kaalaman (amp! kaalaman!), nahilig din akong magbasa sa internet, kasama na dyan ung pagcha-chat (ma pa-mIRC pa yan or Yahoo Chat), at ang goldmine ng practical knowhows, at sensual experiences ang forums!

Fascinated talaga ako sa mga forums. You get to see how generous anonymous people can be -- giving inside information, reviews, and even entertainment! For exquisite love stories there was rebelde.com, for in and outs of almost about anything in the metro there was mygimmick.com, for my animé fix theres nexgear.com.

Next level would be blogging... Kahit average of 11-15 visitors lang ang blog mo, what is more important is that, there are people who are actually reading your thoughts, moreover mas personal din ang pagbabasa ng blog ng iba dahil personal accounts nila yun, you can't get away with their personal biases. Which adds up to the fun. And i make it a point na yung mga links ko mabisita ko at mabasa ko talaga yung mga sinulat nila.

Most people, can actually undermine reading, nga naman mas madali kasing manood at makinig... But the same restrains your imagination of what you hear and what you can see and bounds you with what is only presented. The fact that we can understand each other just by symbols and letters is already a wonder, pero yung kiliti na idinadagdag sa pagbabasa, yung kaalaman na nakatago sa mga letra. Mas makukuha lang ito ng mas karapat-dapat at nagtyagang umunawa sa kanila.

Read on... Ü

Happy New Year!

2008-01-03T07:05:00.002+08:00

Baclaran -- (speechless)

Wee! bagong taon, bagong buhay... well not actually, its all the same din naman. The same issues, workloads (or more) to have a premise of a "new life" is pretty elusive -- ang mas possible pa siempre eh ang new attitude...

The attitude over failure pressure and failure and every outside stimulus...

I'm excited with the new year... kahit minsan hindi ko rin alam kung bakit.
Dahil na rin yan sa bagong chapter kasi eh... new things to explore, new adventures to conquer.

and after all the fireworks at lahat ng kalat sa daan... bagong pakikipagsapalaran ulit!
Hoping to find a better purpose and fulfillment to a never bored life.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Baclaran -- (wow luwag...)

Merry Christmas

2007-12-24T14:27:00.001+08:00

Mula sa Madawang na Gubat ng Baclaran, Parañaque...
MERRY CHRISTMAS :D

Parang madawang gubat dito sa t'wing kinakailangan kong tumawid... geez and hirap, ilang calories din ang nawawala sa akin sa pagtawid ko dito... siemps hindi pa dyan kasama ang na-t-train kong senses dahil kailangan ko ding maging aware sa paligid. Watch out ka lang sa likod sa mga nanghahablot at mga paninda na nakaharang sa kalsada lalo na yung mga babasagin at baka mapakyaw ko pa ito ng wala sa oras. Hindi pa kasama dyan yung mga namimili na humaharang din sa daan habang nakikipagtawaran.

At kahit ganito pa ang itsura ng buhay -- madawang, may bargain, may mahal, may mangloloko, may nanghahablot, may nanghaharass, may bold DVDs, may malinaw, may malabo. Makulay pa rin at ang pangako na sa dulo ng lahat ay may nangaabang sa'yo... yes, ang jeep papuntang Sucat (hehe i-connect ba!??) siemps kasama na dun ang maganda at exciting na buhay.

Baclaran Tiangge -- Gubat

yeah! fiesta!
(siemps kinuhanan ko yan sa LRT Station para safe)

Sining ng Pangongopya

2007-12-21T03:53:00.001+08:00

Isa sa mga nakakatawa at nakakatuwang experience ko as a student eh ang makipagkopyahan... Nyahaha! Contrary to popular belief, ang pakikipagkopyahan actually can foster and build TEAM WORK! Wooo.. No syet!?!

Most of us knows the hassle of four to five major exams to be taken in just one day -- nakakatuyo ng utak. And in these instances nagiging crucial ang lahat ng kahit maliliit na factors, yung almusal mo sa umaga, weather (kung maaraw, maulan o mahangin), nagtatae ba yung ballpen mo, tasa na ba yung lapis mo o may lead ka pa ba? At siempre ang topic natin! Ang pangongopya! Nyahaha!

Point of advice, hindi ka susugod sa exam sa pag-asang makakakopya ka lang. Interdependence ang kopyahan dapat may bala ka din. Ang importante kasi dapat may matri-trigger lang yung makukuha mong information. Ganon! (sabagay kung makapal talaga ang muka mo sa kopyahan ka lang aasa)

So talagang may review naman kami. Most likely ginawa lang namin ito for the kicks... What i am saying is nothing beats regular study habits. Kung staggered ang iyong study periods ni hindi ka sisinukin kahit magsabay sabay ang exams -- Oo siemps mahihirapan ka din ng konti maliban na lang kung prodigy ka. Pero dahil makulit ka at bihira lang ang ganitong klaseng guide. Read on..

Eto na ang mga positions!
Sining ng pangongopya -- dahil technical na ang maraming bagay Ü

Ang totoo talaga nyan… ang mga totoong nag-aaral at talagang nakikinig e, pumupwesto sa unahan. Isa pa mas marami ka talagang matutunan ng ganito. At impression hindi kayo magko-kopyahan dahil attentive naman kayo sa klase. Deposit nyo yun sa instructor. For this to work as well. dapat hindi kayo magkopyahan or minimised ang ganitong activity sa simula. Your group is trying to earn your teacher's trust -- in the long run it will be all worth it hehe.

On the other hand -- ang mga Usual Suspects ay nakapwesto agad sa likod. paghihinalaan kagad kahit ala pang ginagawa, especially kung grupo din sila.

sa Position na to -- ang bida eh ang Chairman proficiency-wise sya ang nakareview ng maayos o ang pinaka-knowleadgeable sa grupo -- nasa likod ang mga Dehado Members. Ang sagot nila ay expected na manggagaling kay Chairman. Pero ang sagot ni Dehado Member 2 ay dapat manggaling kay Sakto Member 2. Bakit Kay Sakto Member 2? Kasi Right Handed ang mga armchairs. Masyadong magiging obvious ang movements ni Chairman -- Kaya kung sino ang mas dehado sya ang nasa likod ni Chairman.

so gets mo na ang bida talaga eh ang Chairman isa pang factor na dapat i-consider dito eh yung misdirection, as you can see nasa harap ang grupo, ang "common thinking" kasi, walang magkokopyahan sa harap mismo ng instructor. with that its much easier to stay and look clean :D. Mas matibay ang position na to, pero dahil sa compact ang group, mas obvious ang mga paggalaw na dapat i-minimize, tig-isa ng resource ang mga Dehado Members, bukod pa don, may pang countercheck pa ang Sakto Member 1 with the Chairman kung ok pa ang sagot nya.

Ang isa pang technique na puedeng gamitin dito eh yung Calculator Swap. to perform this dapat pare-parehas kayo siemps ng calculator, pag nalingat ang teacher?!? Haha! Calculator Swap! Wala pang hule!

Sa position na to, ang Chairman pa rin siemps ang bida, pero teamwork na malupit ang kailangan dito, kailangan kasing padaluyin ang sagot ni Chairman papunta sa likod. Sa ganitong posisyon -- isa lang ang aasikasuhin ni Chairman na pasahan, unlike sa Stay Together position, na dalawa hanggang tatlo ang kailangan nyang batuhan. Bawal dito ang naturally napakaliit ng sulat, that person would be an insulator to the flow. Dapat legible pa rin ang penmanship even from a distance.

sa Position na to -- sinusubukang isalba ng lahat ang pinakadehadong miembro ng grupo.
Kung talagang alanganin yung isang miembro at crucial sa kanya yung exam, this position will make or break him. Obvious naman na nakacover yung mga Sakto Lang members. This gives the Chairman the most flexibility to pass his/her answers.

Pero siempre naman hindi naman aabot sa sukdulan to kung nag-aaral sana ng mabuti yung miembro natin dibs? :D

In Conclusion: The whole kopyahan thing is again -- alam na ng magaling mong guro, napagdaanan na nya yan eh. o kung minamalas - malas ka, nagawa na nya rin. Its just a game after all. Of who is outwitting who.

Oo… hindi lahat ng pinagaaralan mo sa college madadala mo sa buhay or even sa field, pero higit sa lahat ang importante para sa akin yung discipline, and siemps yung teamwork (hehe)... kahit pa master mo pa tong mga kalokohan na to by heart, mas fulfilling pa rin if you go through challenges with a clean conscience and the conviction that you made it by your own effort -- mas kumpleto ang tagumpay that way... o sya, mag review na! :D

Gov. Among Ed Panlilio

2007-12-17T18:52:00.004+08:00

This December 11,
the Province of Pampanga
celebrated its 436th Anniversary.

The strange thing was,
not a single one among
the Provincial Board members,
the 21 City/Municipal Mayors,
the Basketball Coach/Vice Governor,
attended the official celebrations.

Among Ed was snubbed by all
of Pampanga's Low-Quality Local Officials,
who seem hellbent on driving out the
duly-elected Governor-Priest out of the
Provincial Capitol by the end of 2007,

Ang pagkakilala ko lang kay Gov. Ed Among Panlilio is that he was a priest, who chosed to run for the sake of the better good of his beloved Pampanga. Furthermore he is also the first politician who opened to the media PHP500,000 cold cash he allegedly received from Malacañang.

Whatever happened to that stash of money given to the representatives, we can never can tell. Namatay na lang yung issue, the same way na namatay ang issue about Hello Garci Scandal, NAIA Terminal 3, Overpricing of Macapagal Avenue, and even the recent ZTE Broadband Deal. Hindi pa rin kasama dyan yung North Rail Overpricing Project.

geez... politics...
gaano ba kabobo ang tingin ng ilang politicians natin sa mga Pilipino?

Gov. Among Ed is one of the reason i believe Filipinos do still have hope, nakakalungkot lang na sa Pampanga, ang mga tao lang mismo ang sumusuporta sa kanya, how about the rest of the politicians? Bakit mait na mait silang mapatanggal na lang sya instead? Is corruption so deeply etched on our culture that most of us would rather choose to stay away from the issue? Magwalang bahala and all?

For all its worth, Gov. Among Ed is a breathe of fresh air in our stenchful politics. Nakakatawa kasi na kung susumahin ang gustong palabasin ng mga politiko natin -- lahat sila malinis, lahat sila walang bahid, walang may kasalanan. Masakit sa ulo. Kay Gov. Ed ko rin nakikita ang isang underdog na magwawagi rin sa huli, yung tipo ng bidang nagpapabugbog muna sa huli pero babangon at magbibigay ng pag-asa sa huli.

I just hope Gov. Ed survives it all, the false accusations, the character assassinations, death threats and all other bad things being throw at him figuratively and literally...

Malalaking Kalokohan sa College -- Part 2

2007-12-14T23:30:00.001+08:00

Continuation ng listahan! well eto na sila

6. Ladderized Tuition Fee Increase --
pero kung tutuusin, genious ang scheme na to eh. Ini-exploit kasi nito yung in a way pagiging apathetic ng senior students over their younger colleagues. And thus less ang resistance sa deregularized tuition fee increase. Minsan kahit wala nang paliwanagan.. Kahit hindi na-u-upgrade yung mga equipment, kahit hindi tumataas ang sahod ng mga teachers at personnels basta itaas ang tuition, konti lang ang nagreklamo eh.. Tuloy ang ligaya!

7. Controlling / Abolishing Student Council --
hindi maipatupad ang ladderized tuition increase dahil sa mga 'tibak' at resistant student council? E'di sibakin mo ang student council kung hindi naman hintayin na lang silang grumaduate. Karaniwan naman kasi mga senior na ang matatapang na council kaya hindi na mahirap hintayin ang pag-graduate nila lalo na kung ang gustong isulong ng admin eh yung mga kaisipang sila mismo eh alam nilang di sila mananalo -- tulad ng panatilihin ang instructor na nangurakot o nangmolestya ng mga estudyante ("breadwinner kasi sya e, kawawa naman ang pagtinanggal sa trabaho -- syet")

8. Deadly Fraternity Hazing --
May mas sayang pa ba sa isang promising student na namatay sa violence? Sukatan ba talaga ng loyalty ang hazing? Alam naman natin na time ang sukatan loyalty eh... Pero baka may lakad yung mga frat na kung makahazing dinadamay na rin ang pagcha-channel ng kanilang stress at hinanakit sa buhay. Sure, kung hindi serious ang isang neophyte hindi nya pag-aaksayan ng panahon ang hazing pero ang stand ko ang friendship ay nasusukat lang ng defined situation at higit sa lahat ng oras na ilalaan mo dito at hindi sa basag ulo.

9. Bivouac --
This is actually part of the last requirements for ROTC, its so big of a joke, it has a distinction of its own. The only thing you would learn from it is the fact that life is actually unfair. Well i appreciated it in the sense that there were friends to share the joke and pain of the whole experience, and whole new respect for military cadets since they experience it over and over. Imagine 3days and 2nights, walang banyo.. Ang pagkain nyo parang nababoy, you're wearing your jacket the whole time. Bilad sa araw, nahahamugan sa gabi.. Di ako nakadumi nun 3 straight days.. Ng makauwi ako nakatulog ako ng 6pm para magising ng 8am. Walang detalye akong maalala pagkatapos, parang isang malaking bangungot. Hanggang ngayon nagtataka ako bakit di ko makumpleto detalye ng 3days at 2nights namin dun... Hanep talaga!

10. ROTC --
ah yes, classic joke at its finest. Reserve Officers Training Corps. Sa totoong aspeto ng ROTC napaka-noble na cause nito, to train the nation's citizens so that in time of turmoil, invasion or if her liberty and constitution is compromised the government can call to the reserved officers to protect her. It can't be less noble than that... Pero sa kasawiang palad hindi ito ang nangyari, my first lesson on massive corruption i witnessed from the ROTC, Ah yes... Kung pano kumikita ang mga officers ng walang puhunan sa overpriced softdrinks, siopao, hopia. Ang kickbacks para sa mga cadets na ayaw mabilad sa araw di bale nang 2.5 lang ang grade na ibigay sa kanila. Ang kung pano ubusin ang oras namin habang nasa ilalim kami ng araw ng walang rason at ang mga officers ay busy sa pagpo-power trip sa iba pang cadets. I don't know if there is anything that can redeem ROTC on having the rotten stench on its name. Especially the event that led to it to be abolished. Well, di talaga sya totally na-abolished pero at least di na sya mandatory. Keywords? ROTC, Cadet, UST, Death.

And yun ang nag-top sa akin list... :D tuloy pa rin kaya ang kalokohan sa college hanggang ngaun? somehow i think oo ganun na nga. Anything else you might like to add?

Elf -- Auto Reply!

2007-12-14T08:30:00.001+08:00

Yup! kahit na medyo busy and all... kahit minsan eh short sa budget and cash. There is something magical about Christmas for me, yung mga malinawag na decors, bibingka and puto bumbong or just simply the cool breeze na sa salubong sa'yo sa umaga (kahit pauwi ka pa lang sa umaga). The Christmas spirit is alive! If you'll just let it in first...

Like an honest promise that everything will be alright. Yey!

San kaya puedeng mag-apply na elf ni Santa!? Hmnnn...

Rich Dad Poor Dad

2007-12-11T22:17:00.001+08:00

Rich Dad -- Poor Dad,

Ok...
sa totoo lang, natuwa ako sa rich dad poor dad, pero nung nakita ko na yung mga sumunod na mga libro, umn... wala lang, parang "kailangan ba 'to lahat?" so i just ended up looking for e-books, ah ye... hail oh free information, on my attempt i stumbled upon a challenging review of Kiyosaki's books and views.

ah there i am, starting to question about Kiyosaki's books as well. Is he really up to help people? is his book really revolutionizing? malupit ba talaga ang views nya? is he a new hero or another opportunist up to make more money for hisself and nothing else?

There are truth to his views and some gems to maybe whirlwind of his radical thinking. it can be a truth or a fallacy, i guess depending on who is actually and how one view it. some may find it skeptical but i find the statement below truthful

"the rich don't work for money... money work for them..."

But for that to even happen of course a person have to put some efforts first. wala namang nabubuo ng mag-isa, lahat yan dapat trinatrabaho.

Ultimately... wala naman talagang formula sa success ng buhay, ang meron ay principles. Although one may fail more times or the other ang totoo ang may tiyaga ang may nilaga, pero siempre hindi lang sapat ang may tiyaga ang isa pang factor ano ba ang pagtitiyagaan mo...

Nyah...

Malalaking Kalokohan sa College -- Part 1

2007-12-07T09:19:00.001+08:00

Dyaran! sigurado naman akong hindi na sa inyo bago itong mga nilista ko dito. :D
Medyo nahabaan ako sa article eh kaya hinati ko sa dalawa... Do you happen to have any other School Boo-boos?!? Lets discuss some of them...

1. Field Demo --
eto yung mga pinapagawa sa mga freshmen ng kanilang mga p.e. instructors, effective daw ito for highschool students since it gives a venue for interaction, creativity and to some extent builds confidence. Hindi ko sure kung pareho ang epekto nito sa college, what i am sure is that it becomes a sideline para sa mga teachers na nangongontrata ng patahian at may porsyento sila sa bawat yaring costume (sabagay puede rin namang pagkakitaan ito ng mga highschool teachers). Wala akong against kung gusto ng mga grupo ng estudyante na magpasikat, basta nandun yung magic word na "gusto".. Meron talagang mga grupo ng estudyante na gusto ng mga ganitong bagay at ito ang channel ng kanilang creativity, may grupo at organizations pa nga sila eh. Ang pangit kasi minsan eh ung nahohostage ang mga estudyante na gawin yung mga bagay na tila walang kinalaman sa totoong pinasok nila at gustong aralin sa college, it sometimes fail to teach appreciation. Imagine law students, or chemist? Oh highly technical courses.. May connect ba? Wala! Why not stick to means of developing appreciation to the arts? Watch theatrical performances and exhibitions? I bet that would be better... And to some extent cheaper.

2. Overpriced School Supplies like school logo labeled bond papers, Buff papers, quiz notebook, PE number, at ID Lace --
ah yes, parang fans club na may official ganito at ganyan - prescribed na kung anu anong kagamitan. Siguro nga sobrang hirap mag maintain ng school at may mga ganito pang collectible items, wala naman sanang problema.. Pero sana malapit naman sana sa DTI prices. attendance sheet na kapilas ng regular folder -- ten pesos! Makatarungan ba yon?!?

3. Field Trips to Indiffirent and Irrelevant Venues (Ka-level ng Indiffirent and Irrelevant Seminars) --
May connect ba ang pagawaan ng Choki-choki sa Physics? O ang Ocean Museum sa Math? O swimming sa kahit anong project? Nope i don't think so aswell, pero ito ba ay revenue generating kung hindi man sa mga promotor e sa school na nagpauso nito? Kaching! Kaching!

4. Cocky Registrar People --
pero di mahamak na mas masusungit ang mga cocky people ng PRC! Pero graduate ka na nun eh. Hindi ko na kailangan sigurong i-explain pa, kung database ang hawak mo at ang trabaho mo ay maghanap ng maghanap nakakabadtrip yun. Pero bakit ba maaangas ulit ang mga registrar people? Dahil importante ang mga hawak nilang docus? wag mong gantihan ang cockiness nila dahil baka patagalin ng buwan ang dapat sana'y dalawang linggong processing ng transcript mo.

5. Mga Pumapasang Walang Alam Due to "Special Projects"--
nakita mo na yun sigurado, o di kaya yung barkada ng instructor na flat one. Pag instructor naman kasi ay naglagay na ng grade at ipinasa na ito di naman ito i-co-counter check eh, yun na yun. It destroys the integrity of the instructor. Di bale, kung hindi magbabago yung magaling mong classmate malamang sa hindi matindi ang magiging epekto nun sa later life nya. Di sya magkakatrabaho, malululon sa drugs, tatamaan ng malupit na sakit ang pamilya nya at magkakaron ng miserableng buhay! Bwahahaha! 'de joke lang. Ü sana nga lang wag mo syang maging bisor.

What i find most shitty about this academe boo-boos is how it judges our college students. Palagay ba ng mga school admins ganun ka-kahon ang isip ng mga estudyante? Ganun ka-tanga? Ganun ka-baba? Na-ah I don't think so, may mga kalokohang nakakalusot hindi dahil apathetic ang iba at pinababayaan lang silang mangyari. Pero unnoticed ba? Alam at naiintindihan nila yan. Ginawaan ba ng paraan? Thats the main question.

Tagged by Redge = Inkee

2007-12-06T22:04:00.002+08:00

ayan! wou!
para pala akong turista sa sariling bayan nito!

sabagay hindi naman ako gala eh -- mas gusto ko pang bumiyahe kesa makarating sa mismong destinasyon. :D

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ang galeng! sino ba puede kong i-tag
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Blog Reviews -- Pheeb’ s Instant Pakulo

2007-12-03T10:42:00.001+08:00

To Start the week positively… I’m now starting make a review of blogs I frequently visit and came to like. So una sa list si Pheebs! Yey!

Nung nagsimula akong mag blog, wala akong ka-ide-idea kung pano ako magkaka-audience. Siemps gusto ko rin namang may magbasa – or maka appreciate din naman ng mga sinusulat ko (hindi man maraming audience, at least may maka-appreciate din). Ang iniisip ko eh kung san nga ba nanggagaling yung ilang mga forwarded mails – tulad ng ibang pinost ko dito. Sino ba ang nagpapadala ng mga ganun? At sino ang nag-aabalang mag gawa on the fist place. So I tried peddling some of my works sa bobongpinoy yahoo group.

There I also get to prove na hindi nafo-forward yung mga works ko :D wehehe (Pa-deep kasi minsan eh – boring naman haha!)

Pinalad naman na may bumisita – dyaran! Si Pheebs! Ang una nyang blogsite eh ang Tangakoh.

Tangakoh -- Machong Senti

Besides the blogsites of my officemates now I get to appreciate a new site! May halong kalokohan, sentiments at fiery youth talents! Yan si Pheebs para sa akin, in a way misnomer and self destructive ang name na pinili ni pheebs para sa una nyang site. Dahil una ang wits na prine-sent ni Pheebs is far from being stupid. She describes her world in a quite funny manner but stupid? A big NO! Siguro what I find quite disengaging on her first site was the sad-serious ambience of her template tapos yung tugtog pa nyang makabagbag damdamin. Tapos ang kakulitan ang pinagkukwentuhan nyo?!? Nyahaha! Nakakabaliw. And to think she is only on her highschool days… overflowing with talent indeed.

Pheeb’ s Instant Pakulo – is her new site right now. Twice as wacky, pero mas less senti. And here, you can read her still more crazy positive outlook to life. Natatawa rin ako sa ginamit nyang blog name “Instant Pakulo!” haha parang gameshow scenario a…

Instant Pakulo -- Umaapaw~~!

“Anak ng pating… anong gagawin natin bored na bored na ako! Nagawa ko na yung mga reports at templates – ayoko naman nang magbasa ng review notes buong araw. Gaaah! (*batong-bato)”

“Wag ka nang mag-aalala eto na ang sagot sa bwakang boredom mo! Nang hindi ka maburyong!”

“Hah!?? Ano yan!”

“Pheebs Instant Pakulo!”

Lalabas si Pheebs mula sa cabinet ng kanilang laboratory tapos everybody happy na! haha! :D
Tandaan lang na si Pheebs ay nasa college na ngayon, who knows kung ano pang pakulo ang gagawin nya! In an instant! Dyareeeen!

Pheeb’s Instant Pakulo – Killing Boredom in a Jiffy!

Trillanes X Manila Peninsula X Anarchy

2007-11-29T22:10:00.001+08:00

Ibang klase talaga ang channel ng hinaing ni Trillanes. Hindi na sapat sa kanya na may pwesto sya sa Senado -- he haven't fully utilized the venue, eto nanaman sya. His group now took over Manila Peninsula.

Funny and weird -- habang naglalakad papuntang Manila Pen, sumisigaw pa sila ng "Sumama na kayo sa men!" na parang gago l.ang.
Ganon na ba ang pagkuha ng crowd ngayon? Pauso

Sigurado namang may grupo sa likod nila, pero naman! sino ba sa kanila ang nakaisip na maggaganon sila?! Futile lang ang kalokohan nila -- totoong kailangan ng pagbabago and all, pero hindi ganitong klase ng aksyon ang gagawa ng pagbabagong hinahangad natin.

Pinatulan tuloy sila ng gobyerno, pati mga media may posas ng tier-ups... Masakit pa naman matali ng ganon. Tapos may curfew - curfew pang nalalaman na ngayon! Isa pang pauso!

Palagay ko kasalanan to ni Ate Vi eh -- Humingi kasi sya ng pagbabago, dapat imbestigahan rin ang Ariel with Oxybleach.

Four years ago ginawa na ito nila Trillanes. Ibang klase ang pagmamahal nila sa bayan at malasakit dito, pero sa means na ginamit nya at ng kanyang mga kasamahan they looked like another bunch Schizophrenia cases.

Kailangan naman talaga ng pagbabago totoo yun... pero ang tulad ng maraming beses na nating narinig ang bungang hinog sa pilit eh mapait. Pero kailan nga ba ang tamang panahon at oras? Its actually a question of sincerity, do we want change? And those poses to lead the so called change are they sincere? At this point ang pagbabago eh hindi sa kalye nagsisimula -- sa sarili muna.

"Fast is slow... and slow is fast"
-Stephen Covey (7 Habits of Highly Effective People)