Re-Structuring the Man inside

Happy New Year

2009-01-01T23:17:00.000+08:00

New year's eve came and we were in our house waiting for the new year. Mood was set, all food was already prepared and ready to be eaten or cooked. We were then invited over to the neighbors house to eat some dinner. After eating dinner at the neighbors' (which was actually my tita), we went home and after some time decided to go out. Choices was Libis, Fort Bonifacio, Ayala, or Mall of Asia. Then, it was decided that we were going to the mall of asia. The countdown party there was hosted by GMA and mainly sponsored by Tanduay. Here are some of the pics:

We now had a new problem, while we were looking around, we eventually noticed that there were no restaurants near the venue that still have some seats. Syempre, mahirap na makakita ng seats kasi late na kami dumating. We took our chance and listed ourselves in the wait list of gerry's grill. Good thing is that we were given a chance to have a good seat inside gerry's which was near the glass window, so we see right through outside. Pero ok lang pala kasi nung nag 12:00, which was 2009 na, naglabasan din yung mga nasa loob ng gerry's to view the fireworks, didn't matter if you sat inside or outside. :)

And so with this final events of 2008, I bid farewell to 2008 and say hello to 2009. I thank God for all things that had happened in 2008, and for giving us a new year to look forward to. I give him thanks for the guidance and love that he gave me. I Also thank my family, not the perfect family but its the best flawed and supportive family. I'd also like to thank my baby, for everything we've been through, and for everything we're gonna be going through. I also say thanks to every being part of my memory, good or bad. Thank you all, and God Bless You..

at the crossroads of neverland

2008-07-10T23:18:00.002+08:00

kanina, i decided to talk to my boss regarding the officer training. due to the fact na magulo pa ang decision sa utak ko, i decided to approach my boss to ask for clarifications on things. he told me of my paths and choices that i could take. what struck me the most is one of the things that he said in response to my questions. he said, that if i choose to be a banker/ IT guy, the training would be good because i can use it even if we go on to PNB, but if i choose to be a technical guy, then i must move out and be with an IT firm.

bigla akong parang lalong naloko. di ko alam kung ano gagawin ko, im actually, ok with the training, pero syempre, para sakin ayoko yung bond. 2 years bond is not fair in my point of view. well anyway, si jewel naman kinausap si pepito kanina, then her call ended with a decision to still take the training, which made my decision more complicated. ang hirap na isipin. then God told me, bakit mo iniisip yan.. let me decide for you, because, i already have a plan for you.. paraakong nabatukan, pero im glad to hear that lalo na in the midst of sobrang gulo sa kakaisip, meron paring liwanag..

aalis na si roy sa allied bank. kakainggit, kasi malaya na sya. hehe. there'sa certain feeling kasi sa allied bank na parang nakakulong ka (lalo na pag may bond ka). hehe. may despedida sa kanya kanina sa dad's. hehe. syempre, lumamon nanaman ako. hehe.

la namang bagong balita besides more confusion in my mind.. hehe. cheers!

Galing kay Jewel

2008-07-09T22:18:00.004+08:00

words of wisdom from Jewel Pinlac

--- TSSSS..

- tipong parang may binabara ka. parang cheeseburger lang yan e. kahit anong hirit, pwede mong iduktong yung TSSSS..

ex.
Oy! jewel! malungkot ka nanaman! - pacheese burger ka naman!

= jewel's version..
Oy! jewel! malungkot ka nanaman! - TSSSS...

jewel! peace tayo. hehe.

lost in time

2008-07-09T21:57:00.002+08:00

I tried reviving my blog, naayos ko yung interface tsaka naka pagpost ako ng isa.. tapos yun na.. hanggang dun nalang. hehe. i feel like i've lost dozens of memories not logged here. hehe. anyway, i now have so many things to tackle, and i'll go along as time passes by...

daming nag announce ng kasal..
- kasal ni tintin (march 2009)
- kasal ni stef (January ata..)
- kasal ni keren (2010 ata)
- kasal ni chie (December 27th 2008)

now only almost a month nalang before diane goes back.. [sobrang excited na ako. :))]

sa work, merger with PNB is such a pain in the ass.. parang di pa kami tapos sa shock ng ASB, madami nang naka pila na projects for PNB. Hirap din kapag tapos na ang merger with PNB, because the IT will be at the PNB head office, and you know where that is???? that's in freakin' macapagal ave., its in the area of macapagal ave. where there are no known public transpo aside from the taxi's. ang hirap.

tapos there's the thing with the ODP. At first, i thought it would be OK to accept the recommendation for ODP. I was also blinded by the speculation of a parallel run in my current bond and the ODP would be bond. Recently, i heard that the bond will not run parallel and it will take place right after my existing bond.. medyo bad trip, kasi dagdag 2 years nanaman yun. tapos upto now, the ODP upcomming batch ay di pa nagsisimula, and i hear that it takes so much time, and its only the lectures, di pa kasama yung internship sa branches.. medyo hassle na..

my friend and i are trying to re-assess the ODP, if it is still good to take. sa side namin its actually, unfair to train for something na mostlikely, hindi naman namin magagamit, the only thing i see na magagamit namin is the management portion. we decided to decline the pending ODP recommendation. medyo talo lang kasi.. actually, on my part, di naman kasi matter of me declining the training because i'm leaving the company, as of ngayon kasi, i'm good with my current work, i'm still learning, i still have so many things to prove. naiintindihan ko naman yung sabi ng PM ko, sabi nya, "kadugtong na nung pagdecline mo yung thought sa isip nila na aalis ka.." oo nga naman normally, a person would think that way. nahihiya lang ako sa boss ko kapag sinabi namin yung matter at hand sa kanya, then he would think that way. mabait kasi at magaling yung boss namin, malaki ang respect ko sa kanya..

i'm just in a crossroad sa carrer life ko, kasi magulo, hindi mo malaman kung saan papunta, i'm just placing my trust, kay God kung saan nya ako dadalhin..

dumating na yung mga bagong treadmills sa gym! at least di na ako makikipag unahan, at di na ako mahihiya sa ibang tao kapag over staying na ako sa treadmill. hehe.

anyway, post nalang uli ako kapag may bago. :))

A New Beginning...

2008-04-19T21:19:00.002+08:00

A new chapter in my blogging life starts..

I miss blogging. It helps me release stuff out of my mind.

My Parents are now in Bacolod. They're there to give planting supplies to farmers in behalf of Tan Yan Kee Foundation.

I Miss Diane. Diane is now in New York having a nice time. inggit ako. :D. Anyway, She was transferred to SLC, Utah by Navitaire to work for 6 months. She flew there early February, and its just almost 3 months. Almost only half way. :( I miss Her so much.

My Brother Celebrated his birthday last thusrday. Sobrang Kulang kami sa family namin nung thursday. haha. We Celebrated my brothers birthday the night before. We ate in John and Yoko in Greenbelt 5. Food was so great and delicious. Anyway, last thursday, nagcelebrate yung kuya ko kasama yung girlfriend nya the whole day, kasi nga, wala si mama at papa, at alanganin naman kung isasama nila ako sa date nila. He just left some money sakin para kumain sa labas. hehe. The Day was Priceless.. hehe.

When we celebrated my brothers birthday last wednesday night, hinatid namin si ammie sa dorm nya. After that, we went on our way home, which was by the way, still had medium traffic flow. Anyway, at the entrance on the shaw underpass, (an edsa choke-point due to the unruly buses) a stupid driver in a MR-2 tried to cut us in the traffic line. And unfortunately, nauna sya kasi, baka mabagga ko pa sya(sakit ng ulo yun para sakin, sa kanya at sa ibang motorists pag nagkabanggaan). Ang nagawa ko nalang ay nag-bright ako ng ilaw at tinutok ko sa kotse nya. after surfacing out out the traffic congested shaw underpass, tinabi nya yung kotse nya para paunahin ako, pero ang gusto lang pala nya ay bumawi, nagbright din sya sa likod namin. buti nalang mataas yung car. Nakapansin ata ang loko na walang nangyari sa pagbright nya kaya tinabihan nya yung kotse namin tapos bumusina ng bumusina sa gilid ko. Ako naman na bumalik na sa katinuan, ay hindi ko na sya pinansin kasi iinit lang uli ang ulo ko e. Aba bigla ba namang kinabig papunta samin yung kotse nya. buti nalang nandun yung magulang ko, at malamig na ng konti uyng ulo ko, at naitigil ko yung kotse at di na ako bumawi. Badtrip talaga yung mga katulad nya, kala nya kung sino sya. Sya na yung may ginawang katarantaduhan, tapos magagalit sya pagbinawian sya. andaming bobo sa daan ngayon.

Minsan naiisip ko, sobra na ba akong mainitin ang ulo ko sa daan at lagi ko napapansin yung mga loko loko. Madalas na ba akong di nagbibigay sa daan? parang minsan, ang hirap na magdala talaga ng sasakyan kasi problemado ka na sa GAS, sa Parking(sa Makati), tapos makaka-sabay ka pa ng mga barumbado sa daan. May Buses, may Jeeps, may FX, tapos dagdag mo pa yung mga driver na katulad nung bumastos samin. The solution is just simple. I don't blame BF for whatever he has done. Well actually, parang sya lang ata ang mmda chief na gumastos para sa kapakanan ng traffic. Well anyway, since i started driving until now(which is believe me, matagal na) parang walang nangyari sa mga barumbadong drivers, actually, merong nangyari, lumala sila. Ang laking sakit sa ulo na talaga magdrive sa Manila.

MRT RULES!!!!! (pero sakit din nang ulo yun, iba lang ang storya. hehe)

Konti nalang, uuwi na si Diane!!!!! I Love you so Much Baby ko. Tagal mo Umuwi. :D

Lost in a world, where nobody sleeps.. :))

2006-08-05T07:38:00.000+08:00

So much time passed by that i didnt have the time to blog.. even my account became in-active.. due to so much things goin on.. and the disconnection from the internet of my computer PC.. So much time already has passed by, and it went by very fast; it was a shame that it went by so fast, that i didn't even get to see it pass by.. well that's life.. you get burned out sometime.. I still thank God for how my life is going, for the blessings, for the mishaps.. for everything..

months ago, I was offered to go to training for the product that my company had bought.. although I wanted to go, I still kept on thinking if i should get the training.. The training takes place in singapore, whereby all costs incurred in it including lodging, meals and transportation were all to be computed together and would equal to a three year contract with the company.. I kept on thinking if I should go.. there were times that I couldn't even sleep just thinking about it.. Problem was due to the 3 years.. :)) anyway, people around me saw me as I was excited to go, but deep inside, they didn't know that I was so boggled, that I wanted to bang my head to the wall.. :))

After much decision, I did go to singapore.. I took the 3 years.. and singapore conquered me.. instead of it conquering me.. but it was a good experience.. First of all, our per dime got slashed by as much as 30 %.. 75 us$ became 50 us$.. and management decided to slash the 30 % 3 days before the flight to singapore.. nakakainis no? pero, okei lang.. ganun talaga ang buhay.. tsktsk.. anyway, I planned to educate myself by the training and the culture of singapore.. but what kept me from doing the latter part was == THE GREAT SINGAPORE SALE.. which enticed me to go around the dozens of malls around to look for things i need, things i wan't, and syempre, pasalubong ng mga friends and relative.. grabe.. Inubos ko yung week for lurking around looking for things that I could buy.. and some sight seeing.. :))

And I thank God that besides the busy schedule that I placed ahead of me.. He still was there talking to me about singapore.. by walking in the streets, by riding buses, by riding trains.. It pains my heart to see singapore, a very small city, yet very progressive.. and all the things I saw here, like cleans places, honest people, and good economy, can all be done in our country.. the real problem of our country is the discipline, that is cleary seen in the people of singapore.. come to think of it.., they are inter racial.. it should be more undisciplined here.. but the fact remains that they are still disciplined, and WE ARE NOT.. :)) seeing these things, really pains me because deep inside, we can all be like it.. and even more than singapore.. too bad our country cannot realize that.. :(

Even other people here from our country bring their undisciplined-ness here.. in some places, when you see people jaywalk.. look at the person very closely, its a Filipino.. :)) When I first got here, I had a very high expectation of singapore.. I thought things were so much more cannot be reached here.. but all I saw was something like ours, just somewhat better.. Im not putting down this Country, I'm just pointing out that our country isn't really that different.. :)) When I went home, and landed in our Centennial Terminal, I saw the sides of the airport, which was full of depressed areas.. It really broke my heart.. I completely felt, that I was already back in the Philippines.. :))

old things go and come new things

2006-01-01T00:29:00.000+08:00

Boom Boom Baby!

so long have my post been here in this warm and cozy place.. a place of where i could tell most of what happens in my life.. so many things changed, so many things went by this year, so many oppurtunities, some i grabed, some i let go.. i mean 2005 when i say last year, and 2006 when i say new year. Last Year i learned so many things.. i've gained many things, and in effect lost some.. i've gained a diploma, but after graduating and having it, i realized that it was not really an achievement, the real achievement is the things i've learned. the dissappointing there is that i never really had much to learn when i was a student.. i had the idea, the plan of advanced studing in my mind, but i lacked the drive to do it.. i've just realized it now tht i'm working, that i've never really achieved many things when i was studying. undeserving as it felt, i still am very thankful for all the things i've learned and blessings i got. I 've been given a chance to go to the south.. mainly in zamboanga, Dakak. After graduating, i decided to work agad, para di mawala yung drive ko.. pero, God told me to wait. I started my first Job as an Apprentice in training in Trend Micro Inc. Sad to Say, I didn't make Anti-virus Engineer.. pero, okei lang.. then next was my present job. a Tandem Base24 mainframe Programmer. there i realized how office life was, i've realized how working felt, and how i got Culture Shocked. anyway, I believe, that i started last year, na hindi na okei, but i tried to cope up through the year.. and i think i'm goona end the last year with a much more that i've learned.. i've matured so much, having gone out in th real world.. its just was disappointing to know, that i was too lazy to learn so many things when i had the oppurtunity.. anyway, i'm so thankful this, last year, because, last year was the most fruitful of my years as a person.. i've learned how to stumble, and i've learned how to get up from the dumps.. thank GOD!

I'm so thankful for my friends.. sobra talaga, CSA2005 AlliedBank (sa work) my new friends, SirBonnie, Sir Al, Sir Lem, Ma'am Zen, Ycon, Roy, Brian, Mel, Erwin, Jean, Chris, Jewel, Me-An, Aissha, Jay-r, Sir Ramel, JC, Ting, Joy, Rex, Jhoy, Celine, Chris, Yeye, SPO, kay koy, vincent, julius, shally at sa and the HP TEAM.. Specially to most of the people who were there always.. diane, rheza, tintin, abi, rouie, keren,anna, sa mga kasama ko sa kalokohan, si darren, poli, nigel, steeve, dennis, allan, jerry, berto, Si edwin, na napakatagal ko nang kaibigan.. salamt sa inyong lahat..

Sobrang Thankful lang ako for this time.. that i've learned so many thinks.. i know for sure, na anlaki ng pinagbago ko last year, and i'm more mature and i will be carrying it over the next year, for me to improve myself more.. Next YEar, i'm gonna improve myself more hindi nga lang isang bagsakan, na iimplement ko siya agad, isa isa lang, i shall take my time.. It's so good to have come out in the true environemnt of life, natututo ako, magmanage ng time (for real), manage ng money. next year, i plan, to get slimmer, no more buffets.. more, respect, more time management, lots of care and love, for short, fixing my life, for the Better.. I hope to change more next year, and for those who are reading this, i hope you do too.. :D Ngayon, totally, ala na kami paputok.. my dad bought one of those new age cannons, the ones with a PVC pipe for a body, and an electric liter for a trigger, ang lakas ng putok! as in! parang armalite.. hehe.. :D Anyway, Have Ahappy New Year!.. This is Eric T. Alba Signing off for the new year.. :D Peace! God Bless You All.

“Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.” - Benjamin Franklin

2006-01-01T00:27:00.000+08:00

A happy new Year to You All.. God Bless You!

old things go and come new things

2005-12-31T22:09:00.000+08:00

so long have my post been here in this warm and cozy place.. a place of where i could tell most of what happens in my life..

so many things changed, so many things went by this year, so many oppurtunities, some i grabed, some i let go..

i mean 2005 when i say last year, and 2006 when i say new year.

Last Year i learned so many things.. i've gained many things, and in effect lost some.. i've gained a diploma, but after graduating and having it, i realized that it was not really an achievement, the real achievement is the things i've learned. the dissappointing there is that i never really had much to learn when i was a student.. i had the idea, the plan of advanced studing in my mind, but i lacked the drive to do it.. i've just realized it now tht i'm working, that i've never really achieved many things when i was studying. undeserving as it felt, i still am very thankful for all the things i've learned and blessings i got.

I 've been given a chance to go to the south.. mainly in zamboanga, Dakak. After graduating, i decided to work agad, para di mawala yung drive ko.. pero, God told me to wait. I started my first Job as an Apprentice in training in Trend Micro Inc. Sad to Say, I didn't make Anti-virus Engineer.. pero, okei lang.. then next was my present job. a Tandem Base24 mainframe Programmer. there i realized how office life was, i've realized how working felt, and how i got Culture Shocked. anyway, I believe, that i started last year, na hindi na okei, but i tried to cope up through the year.. and i think i'm goona end the last year with a much more that i've learned.. i've matured so much, having gone out in th real world.. its just was disappointing to know, that i was too lazy to learn so many things when i had the oppurtunity.. anyway, i'm so thankful this, last year, because, last year was the most fruitful of my years as a person.. i've learned how to stumble, and i've learned how to get up from the dumps.. thank GOD!

I'm so thankful for my friends.. sobra talaga, CSA2005

AlliedBank (sa work) my new friends, SirBonnie, Sir Al, Sir Lem, Ma'am Zen, Ycon, Roy, Brian, Mel, Erwin, Jean, Chris, Jewel, Me-An, Aissha, Jay-r, Sir Ramel, JC, Ting, Joy, Rex, Jhoy, Celine, Chris, Yeye, SPO, kay koy, vincent, julius, shally at sa and the HP TEAM..

Specially to most of the people who were there always.. diane, rheza, tintin, abi, rouie, keren,anna, sa mga kasama ko sa kalokohan, si darren, poli, nigel, steeve, dennis, allan, jerry, berto, Si edwin, na napakatagal ko nang kaibigan..

salamt sa inyong lahat..

Sobrang Thankful lang ako for this time.. that i've learned so many thinks.. i know for sure, na anlaki ng pinagbago ko last year, and i'm more mature and i will be carrying it over the next year, for me to improve myself more..

Next YEar, i'm gonna improve myself more hindi nga lang isang bagsakan, na iimplement ko siya agad, isa isa lang, i shall take my time..

It's so good to have come out in the true environemnt of life, natututo ako, magmanage ng time (for real), manage ng money. next year, i plan, to get slimmer, no more buffets.. more, respect, more time management, lots of care and love, for short, fixing my life, for the Better.. I hope to change more next year, and for those who are reading this, i hope you do too.. :D

Ngayon, totally, ala na kami paputok.. my dad bought one of those new age cannons, the ones with a PVC pipe for a body, and an electric liter for a trigger, ang lakas ng putok! as in! parang armalite.. hehe.. :D

Anyway, Have Ahappy New Year!.. This is Eric T. Alba Signing off for the new year.. :D Peace! God Bless You All.

“Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.”
- Benjamin Franklin

4 days till Christmas!!!!

2005-12-21T18:17:00.000+08:00

been trough a lot lately, sobrang dami, parang i keep on asking myself kung ano meron.. pero, sige lang, tuloy lang sa buhay.. di naman ako pababayaan ng diyos e.. anyway.. last sunday, i was talking to an old friend of mine.. sabi ko, para akong nawawala sa buhay ko after ko lumabas galing college.. Sabi nya sakin, "BRO! CULTURE SHOCK LANG YAN". never really realized that, its also not one of that things expected ko na isasagot nya sakin, pero come to think of it, everything na gumugulo sa buhay, pasok sa pagiging Culture shocked.. hehe..

anyway, Christmas na! 4 days to Go!

Before the network goes busy, I would just like to greet you a merry christmas..
(Huwat!!!! hehe, eto ang mga type ng text na marerecieve mo ng 24 eve, at 25 day!!!)

Nafifeel ko na ang christmas, kahit na iba ang feeling ng buhay ko ngayon, i feel na next year okei na siya.. parang ang sarap ng feeling ngayong christmas na nagwowork ako.. nakakapag bigay na ako ng gifts sa parents ko.. yung di basta basta.. yung may worth naman.. tsaka ngayon, i get to give something back to GOD.. sarap ng feeling

hope things would be better.. merry christmas!!! 4 days to go!!!

times of refreshing

2005-12-16T08:03:00.000+08:00

dami na nangyari.. siguro, to sum it up, sobrang busy lang talaga.. hehe..
ngayon nga lang naka post e, takas pa.. hehe..

anyway, masaya naman these past months.. kahit ngarag, sobrang hirap, okei parin, natuto naman e. hehe.. ayun.. i'm now better here sa office, medyo adjusted na sa office life.. yun nga lang, na-off-balance ang buhay, family, lakad ko sa buhay, (babae), and also personal relationships.. hirap.. hilaw kasing lumabas sa mundo..
what i need is to go back, to go back to balancing life with God.

anyway, ayan, nagpost ulit ako, to let the world know na buhay pa si eric.. and i will still strive to be excellent, despite imperfections in life..

kahapon, got to play in my first ball game sa liga dito sa office. TALO!.. hehe.. ayun..

will be trying to maximize and rearange my life, so that it is more organized..

Thank you.. for my friends.. miss ko na kayo!

Thank you kay Diane
Thank you kay Hanybeb abi
Thank you kay Darren
Thank you kay nigel, na pumalit sa akin sa pag-gawa ng pix sa groups.. hehe..

Maraming salamat sa inyo na gumugulo ng buhay ko.. hehe.. thanks for keeping me posted in life..

"If you stop struggling, then you stop life."
- Huey Newton

ha?! nasan na ako?

2005-11-23T02:44:00.000+08:00

eto nanaman bangag moments.. lapit na mag-3.. AM!!! ahaha!!!

last week, sobrang harrassed ako.. as in.. pero, okei pa naman.. talagang kayod, pasok sa umaga, pasok sa gabi.. hehe.. overtime.. anyway,after office ko, when i finally went home for weekend, punta ako kina diane, at nanggulo ng mga to dun, kasi nagpapraktis sila ng sayaw para sa Xmas Party nila... Ayun after nun, dumeretso ako ng makati, para kitain ang nanay ko at kuya ko, and in about 1 hour, ay umuwi narin kami.. may midnight sale kasi sa glorietta, e, maagang tinamad ang nanay ko, kasi masyado madami tao.. hehe.. :D

nung linggo naman, punta naman kami ng world trade center, dun sa may pasay.. may bazaar kasi dun e, composed of international things.. men! as in! authentic lahat dun! pati mga tao dun, ay galing pa ata sa mga kanyakanyang bansa.. hehe.. ala kami nabili ng kuya ko, umikot lang kami ng 2 beses, tapos, kumain nalang kami.. hehe.. after nun umuwi na para kumain, at maghanda, para sa pagpunta sa church.. actually, medyo hilo na ako nung nasa simbahan, buti, nakapakinig pa ako sa mga pinagsasabi nung pastor.. pag-kagaling sa church, higa agad ako.. kasi, di ko na nakayanan.. as in, umaga na ako gumising, tpos, di ako nagising sa alarm, ginising pa ako, at sa pag-gising sakin, parang kulang pa.. hehe.. hanggang ngayon.. feeling ko, kulang pa.. nyahaha.. :D

simula naman ng monday, hanggang ngayon, ay inaayos parin ang system dito office, nagmomonitor kami ng activity nung bagong system.. hehe.. ayun, kaya blog muna..

"Fatigue is the best pillow"

- Benjamin Franklin

Hope and winston

2005-11-17T23:03:00.000+08:00

huwaw! i'm still in the freakin' office! hehe.. ayun, nag-aantay ng magagawa kaninang madaling araw, mga 4 na cguro kami nakatulog, then gising ng 6.. ligo, then trabaho nanaman.. naawa nga ako dun sa gumagawa ng batch file sa systematics e. si ma'am ellen, di pala nya lam na kahapon yung simula, kaya kahapon, pinilit nya tapusin yung mga ginagawa nya.. and if im not mistaken, ngayon palang ata siya natapos.. ayun, pati yung boss ko, na nagsspearhead nitong implementation, ala na ring pahinga.. siguro, sobrang worried lang siya.. dami, kasi lumalabas na problem e.. hehe.. pati sa side ng HP.. medyo, nagkakaproblema.. hehe.. kanina ngang umaga, nakatingin lang ako sa monitor, at nanonood lang ng ATM monitor, nagaantay ng mag-fafail na ATM dun sa bagong system.. sobrang kakaantok yun, sakit pa sa mata.. hehe.. :D

Tapos, we had our first experience as technical support.. as in!. nagising ako.. medyo, nakakakaba, kasi di mo lam kung paano magrereact ang kausap mo na client.. pero exciting, kasi, andun yung eagerness na matuto.. hehe.. astig!!! ngayon, kakatapos lang namin mag-dota at before nun ay nag monopoly ako.. at before nun kumain ng tapa king for dinner.. hehe.. ngayon, magsisimula na ang batching, eto, na yung chunk.. so long farewell..:D

bukas, uuwi na ako, pero papasok ako ng 11.. di am, kundi pm.. support ulit ako sa gabi.. haven't had much sleep pero, okei lang.. masaya naman e.. natututo.. kung pwede nga lang sabihan yung boss ko na "ser, okei lang yan, wag ka mag-alala, maayos din yan.." kaso, diyahe, parang di ko lam, baka kung ano pa isipin ng boss ko.. hehe.. pero ang ginawa ko nalang, ay pinagdasal ko nalang.. tsaka lam ko naman na maganda ang kalalabasan nito e.. kung ang pilipinas nga may pag-asa, eto pa? hehe.... :D

"There are no miracles for those that have no faith in them."
- French Proverb

magandang gabi bayan..

2005-11-16T22:23:00.000+08:00

buhay nga naman oo.. kahapon, ala kami gawa.. kasi ngayon na palang ang start ng implementation namin ng Base24 system.. yung mga trabaho na naka pila, magagawa lang kapag naka online na yung system, so ayun, lakas tama sabay tunganga.. hehe.. ngayon, is my first overnight here sa work.. day 0 na kasi ng implementation.. alam nyo kung bakit masaya? ala restrictions sa net!!! hehe.. harhar!!!.. ayun..

kakatapos lang namin kumain ng dinner.. nagpa-deliver kami sa ambers.. ang tagal ng food.. pero oks lang, masarap naman e.. ngayon, nag-aantay kami, kasi scheduled at 12:00 yung gagawin namin.. imagine.. 2 straight ako araw matutulog dito??!!! ngayon at bukas.. tigas!!!! hehe.. starcraft buong gabi!!!.. hehe. joke. of course may cr w/ shower dito.. kala nyo tanga ako? di ako mag-oovernight dito ng walang liguan.. hehe..

bumili na ako kaninang break ng matagal ko nang inaasam na cork board.. hehe.. may push pins pa na kasama.. hehe.. :D

dami ko dala dito, yung drawer ko nga, ay parang closet, kasi damit na ang laman.. hehe.. nyahaha.. tapos mamaya, kakain ako ng sandamakmak na instant noodles!!! may sabaw at wala!!!.. hehe.. ayun, hyper nanaman ako..

excited at kinakabahn, in a way.. pero anyway, masaya, kasi lam ko na matututo.. :D
teka ha, mag-iinstall muna ako YM.. hehe.. hanggang bukas ulit nga gabi.. or kapag sinipag, mamayang umaga.. hehe..

"Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it."

- Lou Holtz

happy tripping

2005-11-15T08:00:00.000+08:00

nung sat.. ala kami magawa ng brother ko.. so we decided to go to St. Francis' tiangge.. (uyy! bonding..) anyway.. we both were craving for waffles.. nung nasa kamuning station kami, tumingin kami ng belgian choco na flavor.. sadly, wala, so sige move on, kunyari naka resist.. pagdating sa ortigas station, tingin ulit.. shucks! meron! e di bili kami.. tapos kain, habang naglalakad.. pagdating namin St. Francis.. it was so like Greenhills only its worse.. grabe.. di pa ata kasi finished.. as in medyo amoy mo pa yung alikabok at cemento. anyway, ikot ikto.. ikot ikot.. at you know what we found? another stall that sells waffles... HOW GOOD IS THAT??? hehe.. meron silang belgian choco, pero di namin binili, kasi may mas masarap.. STRAWBERRY AND CREAM!!!! YUM!!!!.. hehe.. Ayun.. kumain nalang kami.. pero the place really isn't appeling.. not that i'm bad mouthing it, pero, i think it could really use some improvement, as in pag akyat mo ng upper second( tell you that after this) at third floor, amoy na amoy talaga yung cement.. paano ka bibili ng food dun malay mo, nahaluan na ng alikabok yun.. hehe.. pero kung waffles, okei lang kasi masarap.. hehe.. ayun.. 3 lang kasi floors ng place na yun e.. 1st flr.. lower 2nd Flr..... 2nd flr.... upper second flr..... at 3rd flr.. o diba? kakaiba??? hehe.. :D

nung sunday naman while i was listening dun sa pastor, he said one thing na nag-stick sa utak ko.. i always say this, but sometimes i dont' mean it... meaning yung bansang ito ay may pag asa pa... the pastor said "May pag-asa naman po ang Pilipinas e, minsan di lang natin nakikita.. ABA'y oo nga naman.. minsan nabubulag tau ng sobrang kahirapan, at di na natin nakikita yung pwedeng mangyari...
anyway, after nun, pumunta kami sa mandaluyong, one place they call POLICARPIO.. hindi si jay-r ha.. there's this one house that's covered in christmas decor, and they did that every year.. hehe.. ang ganda..ayun.. tapos medyo kahawig na nya yung nsa cubao dati.. yung sa COD, na decors.. (hehe.. oo na, matanda na ako, di na kayo maka relate sa COD sa cubao, kasi luma na yun.. ).. :D

insignificant

2005-11-11T08:07:00.000+08:00

wow! for people who know, buti naman.. hehe.. for those who don't i'm sharing one thing with you, in some cases of pressure, i don't respond well.. hehe. kaya nung binigay sakin yung project ko nung second week of october, ay sobrang gulong gulo ako!!! as in.. pag-tulog, pag-gising, pag-ihi, pag-kain (depends kung masarap yung pagkain.. hehe) as in nasaisip ko lagi!!! argh!!!! tapos kahit nung vacation ng para sa nov1 etc, nag-uwi pa ako ng trabaho(just glad na di ko ginawa.. hehe) tapos kahapon, nalaman ko na yung scheduled implementation for next week, ang i-mimigrate sa new system, ay hindi yung rinurush namin!!!! argh!!!! so ngayon, till next weeks migration, ay friendster day, blog day, mp3 day, christmas songs day!!!! argh!!!!..

"Pressure makes diamonds."

- General George S. Patton

I feel Christmas

2005-11-10T08:03:00.000+08:00

I had this sudden feeling yesterday na makinig na ng christmas songs.. hehe.. kaya kung meron kayo dyang mp3's ng mga christmas songs, ay pahiram.. hehe.. :D

no mess sa MRT ngayon, konti lang tao. di naman actually konti, normal lang.. :D

sobrang kelangan ko na bumawi ng tulog!!!! inaantok na ako!!! may implementation kami next week, so meaning, dito ako titira ng isang linggo!!! hehe.. :D

Darren! kung nagbabasa ka nito, kamusta test mo? tsaka hiram tau kay rui ng reviewer natin for next year.. :D

Abi! hinde, typo error lang yun, hindi yun "emo", "elmo" yun.. hehe. joke.. :D

sobrang ang happy ng araw ko.. di ko rin lam bakit.. anyway, as i was saying, Merry Christmas!!!

"The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was, the present worse than it is, and the future less resolved than it will be"

Marcel Pagnol

Tayo? Tanggap ba natin na Pilipino tayo?

2005-11-09T08:48:00.000+08:00

last saturday, kinuha ko ang diploma ko, sobrang bad trip lang kasi, i was expecting the very big and very good looking na parchment. asteeg sana, lalagay ko dun sa wall ng kwarto ko.. hmm.. then i realized na nung binigay sakin na it was a cartolina/board type na paper, (it was actually good, pero not what i expected in a diploma) and it measures about as big as a loong brown envelope. (as in Major Bad Trip) hmp! and to add up to my disturbance that day, nung nakita ko yung diploma, hindi man lang totoong ink yung nakalagay sa piram.. pati yung pirma printed na.. it just looks authentic because of the seal.. hehe. pag nagka-oras ako, pupunta ulit ako UST at magtatanong bout dun sa parchment thing.. gusto ko talaga nun.. :D

then again, di naman yun ang reason para lang sa pag-graduate.. emo nalang yung nasa unang paragraph.. hehe.. kanina, was my worst day sa MRT.. AS IN! there i was with the crowd, waiting for the train to come.. then dumating yung train, medyo mabagal pa siya nung pa-upraoch siya.. tpos tumigil ba naman malayo pa kung saan siya dapat tumigil then bumukas.. edi tuwang tuwa yung mga inutil na naka pila sa gilid.. sa asar naman nung mga nakapila at nakapila kuno, at nagkatulakan na papunta dun sa punto.. kung wala lang ako nasndalan na tao kanina, baka puro pasa na ako, dahil bumagsak na ako, at naapakapakan.. hmm! nakaka bad trip na talaga ang MRT management, di sila marunong mag-organize ng tao.. bad trip din ang mga tao (Filipinos in particular) parang mga walang pinag-aralan.. it was just like nung longest buffet sa eastwood.. sobrang tulakan, alang pakialam sa iba, basta okei na sila..

sana hindi matulad sa ganoon ang mga susunod na generation, kasi sila nalang ang pag-asa..

"What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others."

- Pericles

changes

2005-11-08T08:07:00.000+08:00

how i miss myself.. hehe.. i've even really busy with life, bypassing the fact that my life was changing.. ang hirap isipin, nabago yung mga di ko kailangan baguhin sa sarili ko.. and retained some things na dapat binago ko na.. OMG! what's happening??? hehe.. anyway.. times like these makes me want to go back to what was inscribed in my blog header.. :D

"Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything."
- George Bernard Shaw

I am lost

2005-11-07T08:10:00.000+08:00

It hasn't even been a half year, but i already failed.. i have lost myself.. coming out from school life, i've lost the person, that was ERIC....

masaya..

2005-11-03T07:48:00.000+08:00

kahapon i finished 3 revisions (or at least i think yun na yung kailangan na i-revise) out of 8 na pinapa-revise samin.. as in.. ang sarap ng feeling.. and to think na i wasted some part of my long weekend para lang sa pag-iisip kung anong klaseng revision ang gagawin ko.. hehe. ayun.. ansaya.. tapos, kahapon, i got invited to a kid's birthday party. birthday kasi ni VANN AUSTIN PAPA kahapon e.. HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!! ehehe.. anyway.. ayun.. sa saturday siya.. tapos kagabi, when i got home, sinabi sakin na pupunta kami ng tagaytay highlands.. hehe.. i had a very hard time to choose.. hehe.. sabi ko, bahala na ang diyos, kung saan ako dadalhin.. hehe.. ayun, kaninang umaga, tinext ako nanay ko, di na kami tuloy tagaytay.. hehe.. astig!!!.. so i guess, dun ako pinapapunta sa birthday party ni Vann.. :D

ngayong morning, since my mom and her sister are going to divisoria, sumabay na ako, paalis ng bahay.. kaya pansinin nyo na nandito ako ng sobrang aga.. hehe.. ayun.. ngayon, will be another challege to finish the remaining revisions in time.. ang hirap kasi e.. hehe.. pero kahit mahirap, may diyos naman ako na tutulong .. hehe. diba? :D

nothing to blog right now.. chow!

"Growth begins when we begin to accept our own weakness"

- Jean Vanier

An incredibly new day

2005-11-02T08:01:00.000+08:00

haven't blogged for some time.. due to some restrictions.. ehehe.. pro, okei pa naman, malapit na ako sa stressed out point ng aking meter.. hehe.. anyway.. feels so good to have blogged again. dami ko na dinaanan na storya sa buhay ko, siguro akin nalang yun, kahit gustuhin ko mang ikwento, ay hindi nalang.. anyway.. before i went on vacation, tinambakan na kami ng work.. nag-decide ako mag-uwi ng work, pero nung narinig ko yung preaching nung sunday ni ate jacq, ay biglang nagbago ang utak ko.. parang kinatok ako ng diyos.. as in.. parang bakit pa tinawag na vacation, if di ka nga pumasok, pero ang utak mo, nasa work.. di ka nga pumasok pero ang mukha mo, makhang tinambakan ng trabaho.. diba??? hehe.. ngayon, nag-boblog ako, kakadating lang sa office.. at walang ginawa sa mga inuwing trabaho.. hehe.. but it actually makes me feel good.. :D

"Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one"
- Hans Selye

Seriously.. life..

2005-10-21T07:53:00.000+08:00

it's now friday.. (nanaman) i'm getting the hang of it.. it begins to sink in me, that i'm now one of the working class.. nung isang araw(sunday).. bigla akong tinanong ng tatay ko, so, kamusta na trabaho, naramdaman mo na ba? sabi ko.. oo eh.. hehe.. tanggap ko na nagwowork na ako.. tanggap ko na, na ang nasa-isip ko pag linggo ng gabi ay.. lunes nanaman? papasok nanaman ako... hehe.. funny moments with my dad.. :D

pero, come to think of it.. palagay ko, adjusted na ako.. dati ay, parang hirap ako pumasok sa work, para lang mag-aral.. para bang feeling ko, deprived ako sa bakasyon, bago nag-trabaho.. hehe.. anyway, ngayon, actually, makes me feel better to work.. baka nga siguro, adjusted na kasi ako.. it's so great to finally realize that.. well i'm going to continue on, to find the real quest of my life that God has laid in my path.. for now, sa tingin ko, masarap sakin tong ginagawa ko e.. tingnan nalang natin, kung mag-sasawa din ako, pag dumating ang araw na sawa na ang mga tao dito.. then i will know kung nasan ako dapat.. or rather, kung saan ako hindi dapat.. :D

I never really appreciated cobol nung nasa UST ako.. pero, nag-papasalamat ako kay ma'am cha! kasi may alam ako, at ngayon, sumesweldo ako, dahil dun.. :D

para kay darren, poli, at abi, maluwag ang MRT kanina e.. hehe.. sobrang aga ko kasi.. nyahaha.. ala tao.. :D

"It is high time that the ideal of success should be replaced by the ideal of service"

- Albert Einstein

All in a day's work

2005-10-19T08:03:00.000+08:00

kahapon, was like dati, when i first got here.. aral ng aral, not really knowing what i should be looking for, basta aral.. I feel na parang waste lang yung time, kasi, wala ako nagawa buong araw, despite, studying and looking for answers to my project.. hmm.. anlabo... di dapat ganito..

nung gabi, nag-basketball kami, kalaban namin, mga taga-RCBC.. astig!, 6 vs. 15.. kami yung 6.. as in, laspag ang hininga namin.. hehe. nung una, nakakasabay pa kami e, kaso nung huli, di na masyado e. hehe.. nyahaha.. ayun..:D

back to todays work!!!

"If you have raced with men on foot and they have worn you out, how can you compete with horses? If you stumble in safe country, how will you manage in the thickets by the Jordan?"

- Jeremiah 12:5

wala naman, tao parin..

2005-10-18T08:00:00.000+08:00

for the past days, sobrang hirap ng buhay.. can't finish my assignment, can't blog.. can't even login at YM.. pero, masaya narin, at mas nakapag concentrate ako sa trabaho.. today, i've learned na, pwede ang blog ko, before 8.. hehe.. :D

Oi Darren! sensya na, di ako naka tulong sa thesis mo nung sat.. musta na? ano progress?

kahapon, i was so excited to work, as in dala ko pa yung laptop, tinabi ko sa monitor, so that mas madamai magawa ko.. hehe.. e di all set na, pag kapa ko sa may bulsa ko, (where i usually keep my keys..) aba! wala yung susi ko!.. bad trip, i was going thru the whole day yesterday, ng walang snack!!!! bumaba yung energy level ko.. tpos, na-realize ko, na wala din yung mga pen/pencil ko, lalong lalo na, wala ako paper, kasi nasa drawer lahat!.. argh!!! ka-bobo man isipin, ay oo.. nangyari ito sa akin kahapon.. bitin tuloy trabaho ko.. hehe oh well.. at least i made sure na dala ko ngayon.. :D

"You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight"

- Jim Rohn

WHY?!

2005-10-13T08:56:00.000+08:00

Its amazing how technology works.. at first i was able to go to unrestricted sites like blogspot, yahoo, messenger.. etc.. then again, after sometime, sites were blocked by IT Security, and sites were only available before 8:30 in the morning.. now.. as i speak.. almost all sites are blocked here in the office.. What kind of a sick world do we live in???!!! hehe. anyway.. pati YM, sana sinabi nalang nila na bawal ang YM, instead of saying na, okei lang gumamit, tpos, hindi ka rin makakaconnect kasi patay yung proxy server.. hmp.. ayan, starting today, i will write my blogs and let someone upload it.. hehe.. : D

This morning, Astig yung MRT! as in, late ako umalis, tpos late ako dumating ng MRT station, coz I took the one way jeep going there.. pag dating ko sa station, wala masyado tao!!! as in, nakaupo pa ako! I savored the moment that I was able to take a seat in the MRT, without feeling guilty, na may inunahan ako!!! hehe.. :D

While i was walking kanina, bigalng sumakit ankle ko, di ko lam kung bakit, pero it still hurts.. hanggang pinilit ko nalang maglakad papunta office.. kaya ko rin naiisip na umupo sa MRT e, baka sakaling mawala.. ehehe.. anyway, sana mawala na to, kasi may laro kami mamaya..:D

Lessons of Failure

Lord, are you trying to tell me something?
For...

Failure does not mean I'm a failure;
It does mean I have not yet succeeded.

Failure does not mean I have accomplished nothing;
It does mean I have learned something.

Failure does not mean I have been a fool;
It does mean I had enough faith to experiment.

Failure does not mean I have disgraced;
It does mean I have dared to try.

Failure does not mean I don't have it;
It does mean I have something to do in a different way.

Failure does not mean I am inferior;
It does mean I am not perfect.

Failure does not mean I have wasted my life;
It does mean that I have an excuse to start over.

Failure does not mean that I should give up;
It does mean that I should try harder.

Failure does not mean that I will never make it;
It does mean that I need more practice.

Failure does not mean that you have abandoned me;
It does mean that you must have a better idea

Bakit Kaya? Hmm...

2005-10-10T08:55:00.000+08:00

sometimes, ang gulo ng buhay.. yung tipong gulo na, kahit tingnan mo sa iba't-ibang angle, ay talagang di mo makuha kung bakit ganun.. hehe..

nung friday, after work, pumunta kami proj 8 sa lola ko.. (as we regularly do.. :D) tapos, normal things lang.. nothing special.. days before nung friday, nagpabili ako nuggets sa tita ko.. tpos, after nung order ko, the next day, dinala na agad sa bahay.. ayun, last friday, babayaran ko na sana, kaso ayaw magpabayad ng tita ko.. ehehe.. salamat aking tita.. ikaw ay isa sa napakabait ko na tita, no doubt about it.. :D

nung sat, pumunta kami ni diane sa Frontera Verde, along ortigas cya.. nasa loob nung subdivision na yun ay ang isang place called TIENDESITAS.. isa siyang lugar na parang tiangge/bazzar/ marketmarket.. hehe.. iba-iba yung mga binebenta, sobrang okei dun, kaso talagang madami pang stores na hindi pa tapos mag-ayos ng stall.. madami narin naman na ayos na ang stall... dun kayo makakakain ng authentic na VIGAN EMPANADA.. if you haven't tried one, i suggest that you do.. :D.. then shopping for groceries sa shopwise libis.. then umuwi na.. :D

then kahapon, binyag ng anak ng pinsan ko.. sa may project 8 din.. hehe. punta kami dun ng lunch time, then church.. tapos ng church.. my family and I had really no definite plans, supposedly, bibili lang ng pants ko sa SM. so nung niyaya ako ng GZ people pumunta sa greenbelt, ay nagpaalam ako, then sumama na ako.. then sa greenbelt, nagkaproblem about dun sa prices ng RED BOX, kaya naisipan nalang pumunta sa eastwood para mag-bowling.. then nung nandun na kami, kain kami sa Pho hoa, then, nagka kwentuhan na about sa mga buhay buhay namin.. updates baga.. :D.. i really had second thoughts on going out on a sunday night, kasi sobrang kailangan ko ng tulog e, naghahabol ako ng pahinga.. pero, as i'm writing this, i know na God told me to go.. last night, I was given a chance to remember who i was, what i am, and what was my life supposed to be.. actually, medyo hirap ako na kasama sila, kasi parang nakakafeel ako ng pagka-OP pag kasama ko sila (specially now, na mas hindi na ako nakakasama sa kanila..). para kasing ako lang ang hindi maka-relate, and parang wala naman silang balak na i-update ako e.. hehe.. (di ko lam kung ako may prob o sila.. ANYWAY, IF ANY OF YOU ARE READING THIS, SENSYA NA KAU.. TALAGANG GANUN LANG ANG NAFIFEEL ko.. NO OFFENSE MEANT..:D) pero, last night was definitely an evening to remember, ang sarap to be reminded of guys na katulad nila, na may handang support sayo on any topic, any given time.. :D

"We Learn . . .

10% of what we read

20% of what we hear

30% of what we see

50% of what we see and hear

70% of what we discuss

80% of what we experience

95% of what we teach others."

- William Glasser

Work in Progress

2005-10-05T08:12:00.000+08:00

kahapon, my officemate and i took a shot at trying the check digit algorithm that we made in the ATM.. it was so fun.. sarap ng feeling ng may nagagawa ka na, tpos, di siya boring.. kahit naka-ilang balik ako sa desk ko para mag-revise, ay okei, kasi masaya.. sori nalang kay sir Mickoh, at kinulit namin siya ng kinulit.. hehe.. ayun.. more power to me.. :D

"He who is afraid of asking is ashamed of learning."

- Danish Proverb

Sarap mag-WorK!

2005-10-04T08:10:00.000+08:00

one month ago, sobrang ngarag kami nung partner ko, kasi binigyan na kami ng bagong very super duper first na assignment namin.. after one month(which is the present yeterday..) di parin kami tapos, nangangapa parin kami in the name of learning.. puro basa, puro subok.. then kahapon, naasar na kami, naisipan na namin, mag-tanong sa mga taga-HP, na sobrang nakakahiyang istorbohin, kasi dami ginagawa.. hehe. after asking, nalinawagan kami, na yung kailangan naming baguhin sa code ay simple lang pala at take note... wala yung mga babaguhin dun sa mga pinag-aanalize namin na code! ARGHH!!! di kasi mai-tetest yung project till we finish the whole process e.. kaya yun.. ngayon palang kami magsisismula mag-test.. hmp..

"Yeah, you lose equipment, You lose the stage. You lose everything else. But the fact of the matter is everyone got out OK. That's all we cared about. Everything else can be replaced."

- Chad Michael Murray

Wala.. ang saya lang..

2005-10-03T08:05:00.000+08:00

aakalain mo na bumagsak yung panahon na galit ako sa mundo, dahil lang di ko nabili yung pesteng laptop na yun.. hehe.. anyway.. now i can honestly say i'm back to normal.. hehe.. ayun, been to a crash course training last week, hadn't had the chance to blog.. hehe.. sensya na sa mga taong pinagbalingan ko ng asar.. hehe.. it really took me a very long time, just to recover from a depression on a material thing.. tsktsk..

ayun.. i'm now back, tapos na ang aral days. i now have real work.. ayan.. astig.. hehe.. dami ko gusto ikwento, sa mga araw na nawala ako.. kaso, mahaba masyado.. di ko ma-popost.. hehe..

last saturday.. abi, jed, darren and me wen't to the"TRI MO SHAWARMA CO" sa fairview.. hehe.. it was nice to see the shawarma stand again.. at take note!.. mas malaki na siya ngayo! hehe.. ayun.. I'd like to take this time to thank ABI for the joy and hapiness of my internal digestive system organs.. hehe.. Abi! dito lang kami lagi for you!

Kahapon, we went to church.. there was this thing that i heard the paster making kwento about Max soliven's father and Max when he was still a child.. Dinala daw nung father si max sa isang heroes monument, then at somepoint, natrip ata sa isang butas si max, then nakita nung dad nya yung nangyari.. sabi nya sa anak nya, "NEVER MIND THE HOLES"

sa buhay kasi, madami tayong butas na dadaanan, kung papansinin natin lahat yung mga butas na yon, mawawala lang tayo sa direction.. We encounter holes in life.. but what should we do? tuloy lang.. hehe.. ayun..

Salamat din kay diane para sa laptop nilang luma.. I now have something to use.. hehe.. sarap isipin na ngayong malinaw na ang utak ko, di ko pa pala kailangan talaga ng laptop.. kasi, di ko pa masyado kailangan, at may ipapahiram din namana pala sakin.. hehe.. :D

Ang araw na binato ako ng bato..

2005-09-27T08:09:00.000+08:00

been down since wed last week till the sunday, that God made me realize, that I don't need it that urgent.. hirap talaga i-let go kapag gusto mo. Yung bang bagay na gustong gusto mo, you can have it actually, may pera ako, may use naman yun sakin, the only thing na negative is God's BIG FAT NO.. hehe.. (actually, Diane's Citibank..) hehe. anyway, i couldn't it as as no since the time na ma-decline cya sa villman.. and it took me till sunday to realize na hindi talaga ngayon yun.. kinatok na ni God yung utak ko e. hehe. anyway, i'm back to reality now.. pero syempre, di naman ganun ka-bilis tanggalin yun completely sa utak e.. its something i already wanted since i was a kid ..(what do you expect..) ayun, still hoping to have one.. not really this time.. (maybe in the next lifetime.. hehe)

Kahapon, di lang talaga ako naka-blog, kasi natraffic ako.. (YES, you know where!!!!!) as in umalis ako sa bahay ng super duper aga, tpos, nakasakay ako sa mrt ng later than my normal sched.. hmp..ayun.. talagang tao ang may problema..

"For to tempt and to be tempted are things very nearly allied... whenever feeling has anything to do in the matter, no sooner is it excited than we have already gone vastly farther than we are aware of."

- Catherine the Great

judgement day

2005-09-21T07:56:00.000+08:00

yesterday, I finished the proto type for the check digit algorithm.. it was fun to do it coz it was time consuming.. i never had to look at the watch for the time.. hehe..

weeks back, I started na buhayin yung crave ko na magkaroon ng isang bagay na matagal ko nang gusto.. because i saw a good bargain and it was in install ment.. hehe. kayang kaya! hehe.. ayun.. after talking to some people, na-decide ko na hindi nalang, kasi, mataas yung monthly.. i decided to wait nalang.. i dropped the issue..

yesterday, I was waiting for my mo, kasi magkikita kami sa isang place.. then, ang tagal ng nanay ko!!!. i walked and walked to nearby stores to look at stuff.. and behold.. i saw much more the things i wanted in different variations at a much more lower price.. that time, I thought I could still place in my head na "MAGHIHINTAY AKO!" kaso, my dreams of having it, came over me, ayun.. pag-uwi ko, na-decide ko na sa sarili ko na bibili ako.. hehe.. then at night i talked to the person na nag convince sakin na mag-wait.. na-shock sha kasi lam nya na i will wait.. ehehe.. pero, just to let everyone know, im still not yet decided to buy one. im still waiting for a confirmation from up above to know if i should be getting it..

"Sometimes its the smallest decisions that can change your life forever."

- Keri Russell

nothing further

2005-09-20T08:16:00.000+08:00

wala ako masulat for today.. i just realized that after 8:30 (actually 8:20,), tinuturn on na ang mga restricted sites dito sa office, kaya, ang blog ay isa dun.. hehe.. anyway.. its good to finally post nothing.. hehe. kahapon kasi, puro program lang e.. ala ginawa.. hehe..

"God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks to us in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: It is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world"

- C.S. Lewis

Magical Things Called FRIEND

2005-09-19T08:15:00.000+08:00

last saturday, nood kami cheerdance.. we normally see the cheerdance since nung nag-college ako.. hehe. last saturday, I didn't really see the UST troupe winning it.. I didn't actually see anything new e.. pero, their exectution was perfect (or at least sobrang konti yung mistakes) hehe. I thought that it should be UP or FEU.... hehe.. no bias here.. Still proud to be a thomasian..

after the cheeerdance, we went to galleria, para magkita-kita before going to harry's.. ayun.. It made me feel so good to actually see them.. hehe.. (to abi: wag ka maingay, naiyak ako sa post mo..) hehe.. kita ko na rin, pati si tintin.. at di na siya buto't balat.. bilog na po siya.. hehe. anyway, punta kami kina harry at (WHAT THE?!) sobrang traffic!!! ARGH!!! 1 oras kami nasa biyahe.. guys sensya na, kotse lang ang nakayanan ko.. hehe.. as in siksikan kami sa car.. hehe. ako ang may pinaka comfortable na place.. imagine mo nalang si tomas at si edwin na yung nasa harap.. si diane, si tin, si abi, si reg, at si denz yung nasa likod.. o diba.. pinagtaguan pa namin yung mga mmda na nadadaanan namin.. baka huliin kami e. hehe. ayun.. pag dating sa subdivision nila harry, naghiwalay na kami ng car, sinundo kami ni harry sa gate e. hehe.

ang saya.. nung gabi.. didn't really need to drink para magsaya.. ang sarap ng feeling to see all of what remains of the big barkada that graduated here.. (di naman what remains.. exag pla.. ala pa yung iba, sina darren etc..) ayun.. catered pala, nakakahiya.. dami tao.. hehe. ayun.. tpos kantahan to the max dun sa roof deck nina harry! hehe. ang saya.. late dumating si nigel e, pati si poli, mas late.. hehe.. ayun.. words would never really describe how it is pag magkakasama kami.. hehe.. (teka, bat ata pinagpapawisan na yung mata ko, may tumutulong tubig.. hehe)..

"Among Life's precious jewels, Genuine and rare, The one that we call friendship Has worth beyond compare."
- Unknown

2005-09-19T08:14:00.000+08:00

HarrY'S BirthDAY!

super duper ultra mega confused..

2005-09-16T23:19:00.000+08:00

Yesterday, I was doing something figgin' confusing.. my partner and I were doing some tracing on a certain program.. the nly hard part was that, our mentor, had already gone, and wala na kami matanungan.. hehe. Anyway, after work yesterday, I went to ayala to look for some things.. and to pick up something from a seller in the net.. kanina, While I was supposed to be blogging, ayaw magpost.. kaya ngayon ako nagboblog.. I had a very unusual and confusing day.. anyway, later this day, a little bit of confusion as cleared, so I will be adding some things to the original post..

I was waiting sa labas ng bread talk, 5 mins.. 10 mins.. 15 mins.. (gosh! ang tagal!) hehe. anyway, While I was waiting, I saw someone walking towards the way where I was.. then i noticed, it was a friend of mine.. tagal ko na yun hindi nakausap.. this person, was not the superficial type one friend (atleast yun ang pagkakakilala ko..) anyway.. inantay ko tumingin.. actually, pataas na yung arm ko para kumaway.. you know what happened, when the person saw me, biglang umiwas papunta sa kaliwa nya, at lumakad papalayo.. Di ba yung ganun, ang dapat na nangyari ay makakarinig ka ng (ERIC! kamusta ka na!!!) I never heard it.. too bad.. till up to now, I don't know why.. I only have a hunch.. Just don't want to jump to conclusions..

My hunch was that nangangaliwa yung tao.. kasi nasa relationship yung tao na yun e, at friend ko sila pareho(refering to the mag-BF).. at yung nakita kong kasama nya nung time na umiwas siya ay hindi yung ka-relationship nya.. at eto pa.. iniwan nya yung kasama nya, nung naglakad siya papalayo.. tama ba na mag-isip ako ng masama? Do I have the right to jump to a conclusion??

These things, really bother me.. Problems like these bother me.. okei lang yung problema ng bansa natin e, it would bother me, pero not as much as I see my friends as the ones na may problem.. some may not see these things in me, pero, it really happens to me.. that's why when I see my friends in bad shade of life, I try to help.. be it na pagagalitan ko yung tao or as simple as patatawanin ko lang yung tao... People may no believe na ganito ako.. pero, I'm now saying na ganito nga ako.. I like to help others..

You know what? hangang dyan yung blog ko kanina dapat.. hehe..

tutuloy ko na para sa araw na ito..

Kanina, my partner and i were given our first assignments sa bagong atm system.. we were like talking to a marsian when our boss was speaking to us.. hehe..

SIR BONI: eto ang gagawin nyo, gagawa kayo ng blahblah tungkols sa blahblah sa check digit..
ERIC AND JEWEL: ano daw? gagawa daw tayo ng ice cream??

hehe.. thats how it went.. parang di kami nagkakaintindihan.. then our boss refered us to the project manager of Hewlett Packard group assignd in Allied bank to oversee the new system.. tapos.. tinuruan nya kami.. pasalamat nalang kami, magaling magturo.. ang dami namain natutunan.. naintindihan namin na hindi ice cream ang gagawin namin. hehe. then ayun, natapos ang araw.. pupunta ako ng project 8 kasi birthday ng dad ko, kaya dun kami celebrate.. at since di na nila ako inantay, at tinatamad sila na sumundo sakin, sabi nila mag taxi nalang ako.. e di sige, baba si lolo sa north ave. station.. aba ay kaganda naman pala dun, ayus na yung sakayan.. talagang madami lang talaga ang tao..

edi sige, hindi ko lam kung saan ako pupunta, so nakita ko yung pila ng taxi, sige, pila ang lolo.. hehe. aba, e nakalipas na ang 30 minutos ay nangangalahati palang ang pila.. then sige antay.. it was north ave. so idecided to look around habang nakapila.. hoping to see annakat or abilog.. hehe.. tapos mya mya, may nakita ako.. hehe.. si annakat! e di kinausap ko.. at nalaman ko na may fx naman pala, at mas mabilis ang pila dun papunta project 8.. (e tatangatanga naman pala ang lolo) hehe. ayun.. sabay na kami project 8.. kamustahan.. sa mga buhay buhay.. buhay ko, buhay nya.. buhay ng ibang tao.. sa mga grumadweyt na mga magkasama (at inakala ko na sila na ang magkasama habang buhay) halos 70 % na pala ang mga nasira.. sayang.. those things coming..

Ano kaya nangyari? nagkasawaan? nagkalokohan? ayawan na? hirap isipin na ganun na.. ganoon na ba kababa ang naging pagsasama nila(di naman lahat)? nakakaasar isipin na, naging ganito sila nung lumabass sila sa totoong buhay.. out of the last comfort zone of students.. (college).. nawala nalang halos lahat na.. actually, some of them di ko talaga na-expect yun.. pero nangyari diba? bakit kaya ganun.. may mga inisahan nila ang bf/gf nila? actually, di rin naman ako sigurado on what happened to most, pero, i know of some.. actually what concerns me is that nawala yung sinimulan nila.. parang angyari ay isang normal fling lang na pinatagal..

ayun.. dami problema, tpos, i heard from a friend na yung nakita ko na friend sa ayala, tska yung karelationship nya, ay break na rin pala, siguro, weeks na.. (i think) so i guess di naman siya nangaliwa.. pero it still makes methink, kung bakit nya ako iiwasan e.. napapaisip tuloy ako na baka 3rd arty ang pinagmulan ng pag-break nila..

and it has come to my conclusion na ang hirap pala maging isang kaibigan na nagmamalasakit.. para sa mga kapwa kaibigan mo.. lalong lalo na kapag wala ka magawa, but the care is still there.. diba? who cares? care bears cares! hehe.. ayun.. hanggang dito na muna..
masyado na ako marami problema.. di naman actually problem yung magmalasakit e.. actually, i enjoy doing it e, no regrets.. lalong lalo na pag friend ko yun.. sana lang.. may nagagawa ako..

"There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant relations. It is a thorn that irritates and hurts; it is a sword that kills."

- Buddha

Give up to go up

2005-09-15T08:36:00.000+08:00

yesterday, i was analyzing a certain verification code.. then, i realized that it was already uwian time.. GOsh! my officemate and I were workin' on the same problem through the whole day!!! what the.. ayun.. sweldo kahapon.. bayad utang din.. hehe.. separated all that I need to separate from the sweldo..

I returned my old PC to the stock room.. though I was not required to.. I just thought that, even though its advantageous and im happy with 2 computers, I thought that I would not be very helpful to have 2.. May tinayo ang tokyo tokyo sa SM mega foodcourt na TOKYO TERIYAKI HOUSE.. same flavor of the original tokyotokyo, just take away the high price and the rice all you can.. its good.. being a japanese food lover, I'd say its really Good..

Ngayon, I plan to straighten out my priorities, I'm taking away or not using whatever things I don't need( meaning yung mga wants) to take away distractions, and to be out of the comfort zone, where I stayed too long.. hehe..

"I had to give up martinis - I enjoyed them too much."

Brett Somers

Dizizit..

2005-09-14T13:07:00.000+08:00

Yesterday, lumapit yung boss ko sa cubicle ko.. nagpanic ako! kala ko may papagawa na na malaki sa mainframe!!!.. yun pala, transfer kami ng kasama ko sa ibang cubicle.. hmp.. ang lonely dito sa nilipatan namin.. tahimik ang mga tao dito.. may isa pa ngang parang kakainin kami ng buhay e. hehe. well anyway, pang console, dumating na ang mga PC namin.. It was a black ACER set.. 15" monitor.. pentium 4 3.0 with 512 of ram! YAHOO! I finished installing kaninang morning, kaya ngayon lang ako nakapag blog.. ayun..

Now that the day na isasalang kami ay papalapit na.. parang sobrang kinakabahan ako.. sobrang iba na yung feeling.. Pero, cge, kaya ko to.. Nandyan naman ang Diyos ko e. hehe. tsaka yung instuctor namin.. hehe. anyway.. I'd say, that office life, is starting this very day.. I hope I don't choke.. got my sweldo today.. sadly, dami pang utang.. hehe..

"Yesterday's the past, tomorrow's the future, but today is a gift. That's why it's called the present."

- Bil Keane

Better than yesterday

2005-09-13T07:57:00.000+08:00

yesterday was the best day of my working life.. I was up and going the whole day.. it was like, I enjoyed being here.. I enjoyed studying.. and I enjoyed doing my work.. It felt so much different yesterday.. I owe it all to God, for giving me inspiration, and bringing back the fire that once burned in me..

last night, I cleaned my room, it was repainted kasi.. so I was placing all my things back in place.. I was so tired, I went sleep.. I alarmed my cellphone at 5:40, 5:45, 6:00.. (yes I use three alarm times) 1st alarm came.. I woke up but never got out of bed why? (it was friggin' raining! why would I get out of bed?) anyway, I reset my 5:40 alarm to 5:50.. hehe. then the 5:45 came... still never got up.. finally 6:00.. still never got up.. hehe. then at 6:05, it dawned me, that I was working, It was raining, and I was commuting in the MRT.. tsktsk.. to think that our own metro train is what gives me the creeps. hehe. now im here I work.. so much thankful to be here.. specially to the one above..

My friggin' computer is still not here in the office.. I'm stuck with a stock computer with 128 mb ram.. hmp.. But luckily, yesterday, someone handed me with a 256 mb extra ram.. my computer is now a little bit faster.. hehe..

"My salvation was a free gift. I didn't have to work for it and it's better than any gold medal that I've ever won."

- Betty Cuthbert

happy life = sleep + work

2005-09-12T08:13:00.000+08:00

last friday, di ako pinayagan mag-overnyt ng parents ko.. hmp.. then nung pauwi na ako from work, i felt na yung sobrang pagod na nag-accumulate na.. I now know why, di ako pinayagan.. ehehe..

nung sat, I was desparately, in need to go out of the house, sobrang naghahanap ako gimik.. dapat punta ako kina rosswell after lunch, para subukan tumuling sa thesis nya, pero may pupuntahan pala, so anyway, hanap nanaman ng ibang magagawa.. yinaya ako ni kuya, pumunta sm.. then nung nandun na kami, ala din magawa, nanood nalang kami sine.. ehehe.. nood kami BROTHERS GRIMM.. okei na siya, not what I really expected to see, pero it was good enough.. There, you would see how, the modern world takes hold of our kiddie fairy tales.. (yeah right!) hehe. doon ko lang nalaman na si RAPUNZEL pala at ang evil and vain witch sa snow white ay IISA!!!! (argh!!!) hehe.. sakit sa ulo.. hehe. well anyway, It was definitely good to spend time with my brother..

last month, my mother had a family pic printed in tarpaulin.. it was so large, she had it framed, and placed in the living room.. as in sobrang laki.. parang pang-museum yung laki!!! hehe. kulang nalang yung metal plate na may title engraved in it na parang sa spolarium.. hehe.

kahapon, sunday, I went on to borrow the book "STRESS FOR SUCCESS by JAMES E. LOEHR"... It teaches that stress is good.. and it somehow, teaches how to approach the corporate life.. to unleash the corporate athlete inside us..

Kahapon, happy grandparents day! happy grand parents day to my lola!!!

"Somewhere in your career, your work changes. It becomes less anal, less careful and more spontaneous, more to do with the information that your soul carries."

- Ben Kingsley

The goodness of life

2005-09-09T08:21:00.000+08:00

nung isang araw, nag mail yung instructor namin sa akin at sa boss ko. It stated na ready na kami for base24 programming. huwat?! e hirap nga kami ng kasama ko e.. di pa kami ready, we haven't even have the formal training for it.. all we had was an intructor who comes to work late and teaches us for just a little time.. ang nakakatanga pa ay yung naka sulat sa mail na... "SIR ___ OK NA PO SINA ___ NA MAGPROGRAM BY SEPTEMBER 15 (<---DATE KUNG KELAN SYA ALIS).. MADAMI NA PO KAMI NA TAKEUP NA ADVANCE TOPICS (DUH!)... (tpos sa dulo, may...) DIBA ERIC? (huwat?! dinamay pa ako ng loko! ) tsktsk.. nag reply naman ang boss ko.. "THATS GREAT! MAY PAPAGAWA NA AKO" (nakupo! patay!) anyway, I'm doing everything i can to manage in learning this freakin' barok language.. Sige lang.. kaya ito.. natututo naman e.. wag lang dadating yung hindi na natututo, at pumapasok, para may pambili ng games.. hehe.

Not so many activities in this time for my blog mates.. hope to hear from them..

Darren! try ko na mag-free ng time, pra tumulong :D

This day feels so good... kahit hirap gumising.. :D

"The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you."

- B. B. King

Waiting is Worth the Wait..

2005-09-08T08:24:00.001+08:00

(hanybeb! hindi ito one of my blogs! part lang!) hehe. kanina, i went to the MRT station on my own.. early.. then, when I got there.. OMG! its jam packed! more jam packed than monday's.. anyway, i waited for the skip train nalang.. and it came early! thank God! Ang aga ko dito office! hehe..

I have this friend, who has so much of a problem in life.. So much pain in the person's life.. I keep on telling the person, to let it pass by.. sometimes waiting is the best thing.. lalo na kapag hindi pa iyon para sa iyo..

I would like to thank Ycon and Roy for a wonderful and scrumptious cheezy beef jamaican patty! together with brian and me-an they are my super duper bait na office mates.. made me and jewel feel at home here in the office.. Thanks!

I remember that I keep on waiting to have a guitar.. till my birthday.. there it lay on my bed when I got home.. nobody knows kung sino nagdala.. Thank you! Waiting may sometimes be annoying to us.. pero, its part of character building.. a way to discipline ourselves..

"We can only appreciate the miracle of a sunrise if we have waited in the darkness"

- Anonymous

Waiting is Worth the Wait..

2005-09-08T08:24:00.000+08:00

2005-09-07T08:38:00.000+08:00

last sunday night, I planned my baon for three days.. hehe. I planned to make pasta.. hehe. yumyum.. with black olives, capers, tomatoes, italian sausages, and mushroms. hehe.. I woke up early on monday to fix it.. and i enjoyed it for lunch.. pero kahapon, binilin ko nalang sa maid, kasi iinitin nalang naman e. hehe. Ayun, I was expecting it for lunch yesterday, pero when I took out my lunch case, OMG! it was fried chicken!!!! huwat!!!! hehe. anyway, baon ko na ulit ngayon.. :D

Kanina, hinatid kami ng tatay ko, sa MRT station, tpos, nakikinig kami sa news.. tpos, iniinterview ang isang representative sa congress, which was a very prominent official ng opposition.. tpos, I heard something about prinsipyo.. HUWAT!!! meron sila nun?! disappointing talaga ang politicians.. kaya nauso ang tawagan na balimbing sa pulitika e.. hehe. dahil dito :::

Sa pulitika, walang permanenteng kaaway, wala rin permanenteng kakampi, ang meron lang ay PERSONAL NA INTERES!!!
- ANONYMOUS

Kanina, sa MRT, Muntik na akong bumagsak, kaka tulak ng mga tao dun.. sa asar ko, nakitulak narin ako, pero tinulak ko yung mga tao pala bas.. hehe. anyway, I regret having done that.. ang problema ng bansa ay hindi naman politicians e.. ang mga pulitiko ay reflection lang ng kung sino ang tao ng bansa.. sabi ng ni RIZAL,

TAL PUEBLO, TAL GOBYERNO..

"Every truth passes through three stages before it is recognized In the first it is ridiculed, in the second it is opposed, in the third it is regarded as self-evident"

- Arthur Schopenhauer

the Devastating people of the Philippines

2005-09-06T08:37:00.000+08:00

kanina, normal routine.. pagdating sa mrt, sobrang gulo parin, pero, kanina, iba yung feeling ko. nandun na ulit yung asar na nakapila ka, tpos andaming singit sa gilid.. at mauuna pa sayo.. bakit nga ba ganun sa mrt? bakit nga ba magulo ang tao.. bilang isang tao, (di ako kasama dun) bakit kailangan isiksik mo ang sarili mo para lang makasakay, kahit bwisitin mo yung ibang tao na nasa loob na ng train.. bakit kailangan mannulak ang mga tao.. feeling naman nila, kapag tinulak ko sila pa atras, baka bumagsak silang lahat.. bakit nga ba?

Yesterday, I had this very weird feeling and my head was hurting.. I felt that sobrang sakit.. sige, trabaho lang, sinaksak ko nalang sa sarili ko na kulang lang ako sa pahinga.. merienda came, punta kami ng landmark! imbes na C2 lang ang bibilin, napabili pa ako ng lapid's chicharon! hmm.. yumyum..

"The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves, but in our attitude towards them."

- Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Food for the... Lunch time..

2005-09-05T08:41:00.000+08:00

last saturday, pumunta kami sa Shang.. nanood kami ng japanese movie.. it was a set of movies na gawa ata ng mga student.. anyway, it was suppossed to be a horror flick, but it turned out to be a comedy.. it had shaider like effects.. hmp.. even shake, rattle and roll was better.. hehe. anyway, no offense meant..

yesterday, we went to church, and then home to rest for a while.. I cleaned the fish tank.. then we went to rockwell in the afternoon.. They had a sale on sports items on the tent.. so we went there.. I saw so many things i want.. but sad enough, had no money.. ehehe.

Anyway, this morning, I woke up early to make pasta for my lunch.. yumyum..

"The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be."

- Anne Frank

Routines and everyday stress

2005-09-02T08:54:00.000+08:00

Everyday, i have this feeling that being in the office is one big routine.. I believe that the "routine" feeling may be up to the person..
I describe routines in my office as the time that im bored and the times that i am sleepy.. Because it gives me a feeling that I'm not enjoying..
Anyway, yesterday, it wasn't one of those days.. I was reading and was actually learning from it.. hehe. (not the first time here in office.. hehe). It felt really good.. My officemates and I went to a basketball game last night.. It was so fun and rejuvinating.. I haven't played the game for a while.. Even if my body is aching up to this morning.. It still feels good to play again..

"The less routine the more life."

- Amos Bronson Alcott

2005-09-01T13:01:00.000+08:00

CSA HANGOUT!!! Its good to be with them! I miss them

Lighter Side of Life..

2005-09-01T09:01:00.000+08:00

MRT was now a little lighter when i came to the station.. (THank God) And as usual, Cubao was the hurricane that hit the MRT. hehe. Yesyterdayn nag-treat si Me-An ng pizza! YUM! salamat Me-An! Happy Beerday! hehe. Very recently, may officemate ako na nabundol ng Car. pauwi na sya.. kawawa naman.. she is now recuperating in a hospital in paranaque.. Get Well soon Jean! I feel good today, don't know why, pero its good. hehe. These past days since i started working, i don't have the chance to read the newspapers.. and one time i had a chance, and still hasn't change.. still politics in the news.. sadly, i think Pres. GMA won't be impeached..

"Money still talks these days! Trouble is, you have to increase the volume alot!"

- Alfred E. Neuman

2005-08-31T08:46:00.000+08:00

yesterday famine striked in my head.. I was out of sleep.. hehe. My head really hurt yesterday, it made not do some of the work i need to do.. anyway, i got my renewed licence yesterday, in LTO in the Ayala Station.. It really felt good having it processed in less than an hour.. How i'd like to see that in the LTO main.. or even in other offices.. It really makes me disturbed when I see people like this.. Why cant people be good? Why do people like to break rules? What makes it worse, is that "THESE PEOPLE" are my fellow FILIPINOs..

We reaaly should be doing something better with our lives.. our God given lives.. we are born here in this country for a purpose.. and dont we make our lives useful and productive.. and not live it to the discomfort of others..

"A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with - a man is what he makes of himself"
- Alexander Graham Bell

when will it change?

2005-08-30T08:31:00.000+08:00

I woke up early just to be able to be early in going to LTO Ayala & also my office in Makati. My mom, decided to be late hmp.. i had to wait..
Pagdating sa MRT, I now had to face the gruelling mob! you see people na naunahan mong dumating, pero nauuna pa sayo saw loob ng train.. tsktsk.. they don't wait in line, they just wait.. most of them at the sides of the door.. BADTRIP! PURO SINGIT! ano ba yan!!! In this world where we live in, people really are the problem.. If someone old were to ask me what happened to the Philippines, I'D SAY THAT PEOPLE HAPPENED!!! Many people don't realize this.. Maybe people just don't want to..

going back.. when I got to the Ayala station, I went right ahead to the LTO office.. I was glad, they where open! but the doctor was not!!! DANG! they were supposed to be there at 8!!! why can't they change? Hopeless as things go in this broken country, I still have hope.. After all, this is my country, I live here.. I should learn to love...

AS RIZAL SAYS, "TAL PUEBLO, TAL GOBYERNO"
- kung ano ang tao, siyang Gobyerno..

which means that gloria is not the problem of this country, she is just a manifestation of this country's people.. If I were to be asked, I want Gloria to be impeached, pero sino naman papalit? yung iba gusto lang naman mag-impeach dahil gusto nila yung pwesto e.. people here are selfish...

"Life is generally something that happens elsewhere."
- Alan Bennett

TIME AND AGAIN....

2005-08-29T08:27:00.000+08:00

yesterday, I continued to fix my friends computer to a windows 95 format.. it was the best learning experience to fix something like it.. because of numerous times i've failed in installing the win 95 version.. I finally did it on saturday, and continued on yesterday to finalize it.. sad to say, the ms office and anti viruses were at the office.. hehe.

This morning.. i woke up early.. to go to LTO, kasi expired na yung licence ko.. hehe. unfortunately, the president, announced a non working holiday, inspite of declaring a working holiday last friday.. the private sector asked if they can be spared from the non working holiday.. so here I am blogging, and still with an expired licence..

This morning, i was doing my morning routine to read mails and blogs.. nothing new in mails.. nothing actually new in blogs.. but i noticed something.. the past months of the blogs of my friends, had a different tune.. they all had sadness in their lives.. I just wish I could do something.. I pray that They find God in these troubled times.. Being with some of them, made me feel different, kasi masaya.. in other words( sabi nga ni mark erpelo, on his 21st bday,) IBA!.. anyway.. DARREN!!! sensya na, di natuloy bball! may susunod pa naman dyan e.. hehe.

"If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. It is true that you may fool all of the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all of the time; but you can't fool all of the people all of the time."

- Abraham Lincoln

Rejuvination at hand..

2005-08-26T08:30:00.000+08:00

yesterday, i was so groggy, as in, i was in work not studying but trying to be awake.. but alas, at some point, i was thinking, then the next, i was waking up in my desk!!! argh!!! I hope my boss didn't see me. Anyway, i went to bed early yesterday to rest. i woke up feeling a lot better, and not sleepy. I realized that more should be expected of me.. so the fact that i was so tired, it just means that napabayaan ko ang sarili ko. di ko naisip, na mahihirapan ako sa trabaho pag sabog ako.. that's why i went straight to bed because its what should be..

"Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness."
- George Bernard Shaw

Recovery Period

2005-08-25T08:54:00.000+08:00

This week has been somewhat a hell for me.. No sleepers.. No rests.. It just accumulated to my current state ---> SABOG! Anyway, the past days, I struggle with keeping my eyes open.. you know the feeling when you are out of rest then, you go to an airconditioned place. then the cold air hits your eyes.. then your eyes just wanted to closes.. that was how it felt.. It felt so very annoying.. Then yesterday, it started, my body resistance to sickness failed.. it allowed me to get the sniffles.. and everything that comes with it.. DROWZINESS!!!! now i have a slight hint of cough.. I have to start resting.. 2 more days of work including this..

"People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily."
- Zig Ziglar

Unsung Joyfulness

2005-08-24T08:25:00.000+08:00

I've never realized it or actually accepted it till yesterday. I kept telling myself.. okei lang.. its a priveledge to have celebrated it yesterday in crossroad.. Kahapon ko lang na-realize na it was truly a priviledge to be there yesterday.. Thank God.. It really depends on how respond to things in our life.. Thank you God for another year past.. Looking forward to another year to be of service..

"Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it"
- Charles R. Swindoll

PS: this was the song last night sang by Ate Tinay

Find Us Faithful - Steve Green

We're pilgrims on the journey
Of the narrow road
And those who've gone before us line the way
Cheering on the faithful, encouraging the weary
Their lives a stirring testament to God's sustaining grace

Surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses
Let us run the race not only for the prize
But as those who've gone before us
Let us leave to those behind us
The heritage of faithfulness passed on through godly lives

Chorus:
Oh may all who come behind us find us faithful
May the fire of our devotion light their way
May the footprints that we leave
Lead them to believe
And the lives we live inspire them to obey
Oh may all who come behind us find us faithful

After all our hopes and dreams have come and gone
And our children sift though all we've left behind
May the clues that they discover and the memories they uncover
Become the light that leads them to the road we each must find

Repeat Chorus

Should be happy day...

2005-08-23T08:34:00.000+08:00

woke up today late, which eventually got me to MRT traffic. anyway, I got up today feeling like its just an ordinary day. Nagkaroon lang na kaunting pagbabago nung may mga nag greet sakin. salamat sa inyong lahat.

I went to sleep at 12 am. hirap matulog e.. hehe. then i got a msg early in the morning.. 2 messages.. happy bertday daw! reply naman ako. tnx. tingin ako sa oras... HUWAT!?.. 1:15 palang.. sandali palang ako tulog.. hehe. anyway. I got to read blogs and message boards. thanks guys.. amishu all.. hehe. later i will not be home celebrating. i'd be in the church, celebrating for the next generation of youth workers.. thank God that it was held at my day.. it was very special to me.. I still feel like today, there is still something missing.. anyway, i'l be trying to figure that out..

"Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration."
- Thomas Alva Edison

Discipline for the Character

2005-08-22T08:40:00.000+08:00

yesterday i woke up early to buy basil leaves in the market. after that, my family and i went to church. After church, we went to cubao to eat and also because my parents were gonna watch a ballgame, and i was gonna buy some parmesan cheese for the pesto making. i went to rustan's in gateway, buy they didn't have the dry parmesan cheese (THE GREEN KRAFT CAN USED FOR SPAGHETTIs) anyway, they only had the freshly grated one's which were somehow much more expensive. i moved along and went to shopwise to try my luck. but to no avail, I also didn't find one (I thought to myself, is the GREEN CAN NEARING EXTINCTION? hehe.) anyway, I went on and bought the freshly grated which is much more expensive (<--- reitirated MUCH MORE!) hehe. After that, I went home. At home, I started to make the pesto. after finishing batches of pesto, i felt tired, not the tiredness you get for finishing so much.. but being sick of it.. (I was nearing it) I make Pesto every 2 weeks. I'm a bit sick of it. Anyway, i just paused for a while to think about my ordeal. after some time (and some time watching spongebob), it came across me that, I was making pesto because i needed to, not that i love to nor that i had a purpose for making pesto. I then took measures to discipline my character.. hehe.

This morning, I got up early to be early for work because I forgot to mail my weekly progress report to my boss. Anyway, going to the office,
i encountered the usual things (EVEN THE TRAFFIC INSIDE THE MRT). It was perfect, I got to the office early, as I was starting up my
computer, (which takes about almost 15 mins hehe), I heard noises from some other cubicle, when I looked, I saw my boss!!! argh!!! he was also early!!!. hehe. I mailed it to him anyway. hehe. I have a long way to
go in fixing my priorities at work..

"It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action, and discipline that enabled us to follow through."
- Zig Ziglar

Reminiscing & Changes

2005-08-19T12:47:00.000+08:00

While i was working, i was listening to mp3's. the next song was Lead me Lord by Gary V. . I was so touched that i paused for a while, not because i wanted to stop, but becuase of a bodily reaction. though going through changes, this song was used to make me realize that being uneasy in my current status in life is not supposed to be a problem. I myself am going through a lot of changes, and am having ahard time doing so.

Lead me Lord, Lead me by the hand and help me face the rising sun.

Its just so great that wherever i am, whatever i do and whatever i think, God is there to be the guiding light in my life. He is there to walk by me across the lonely roads that i face. Thank You.

Anyway, everyday, whenever i go to the office in the morning, my morning routine is to open e-sword, open my offline messages, open my mail, post in my blog, and read my friends blogs. Reading my friends blogs makes me feel good, its as if though im a bit updated in their busy lives.. I MISS THEM. Siguro, these are things that change will do to our lives. We get to be detatched to our old selves and find our new path. We all have a journey, it just depends upon us in whatever decisions we make, and our reactions to decisions by other people...

Eric <--- all time low in life's feelings..

the dawn of a new week. (or is it?)

2005-08-19T08:31:00.000+08:00

i feel down. I slept late, i woke up with a feeling of a big sack is under my eyes.. hehe. yes my folks, my eye bags have returned. its the end of the working week. i hope, i do better next week. I still feel uneasy these past days.. maybe im still in the adjustment period. I'm just so glad i'm not alone in my journey...

"Keep on beginning and failing. Each time you fail, start all over again, and you will grow stronger until you have accomplished a purpose - not the one you began with perhaps, but one you'll be glad to remember."

Anne Sullivan (American teacher, 1866-1936)

2005-08-18T12:30:00.000+08:00

I was listening to mp3's. and this was the current.. hehe. talk about weird and boring stuff that i do.. hehe. ganto talaga habang walang ginagawa. hehe.

Cool with You
by Jennifer Love Hewitt

Late last night, I was going through some old things
When i saw a picture of you, my best friend
It reminded me of days when you were mine
You had a way that always left me here with a smile
I want those sweet days back again, cause baby

CHORUS

It's a sunny day but you're not around
That doggone rain might as well be pourin' down
it's such a shame cause my heart's on the ground
just wanna be cool with you again

Sometimes I sit by the fire and reminisce
About the time that we spent in front of it
And that old flame will never be the same
Until you came back here and rekindle it
I just wanna share my heart with you again, cause baby

CHORUS

BRIDGE:

I fall asleep at night and often see you here in my dreams,
Holding me, yeah baby
But then I wake up and I realize that you're not here with me
It hurts so much, I gotta have you back baby.

tutoink!

the next day to the dawn of a new week.

2005-08-18T08:15:00.000+08:00

Good Morning Suinshine! I still haven't recovered from the sleepy illness. hehe. I still feel. sleepy.

"The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, the education, the money, than circumstances, than failure, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company... a church... a home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past... we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude. I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it. And so it is with you... we are in charge of our Attitudes."

- Charles R. Swindoll

malapit na!!!

2005-08-17T08:27:00.000+08:00

im just bored.. im nearing burnout day. i think.. i have to turn that around.. i just can't get burned out.. :(

Blaze of Sleepiness

2005-08-16T12:44:00.000+08:00

This is the monday morning blues carried over to tuesday, raised by the power of two. hehe. I slept at around midnight because I was making pages of our scrapbook in the youth. I decided to sleep at midnight and continue early in the morning. So there, I woke up at 4:50 am, just to finish. I finished at around 7:00 am (its actually the time i'm supposed to be leaving. hehe.). I left the house at around 7:15. Good thing is that my mom is already on her way to work, nakisabay nalang ako papunta MRT.. hehe. Ayun.. malalaman mo nalang na ang MRT ay sardinas na ng ganung oras.. Although they normally send a blank train for the rush hour. i waited for it, but it never came!!! I thought to myself, kailangan nang gumamit ng 100% lakas! I went with the flow and sumama na sa siksikan na mga tao. I made it to the office at 1:36!!!! and to think the grace period only lasted 5 minutes.. hmp! I was late!!!! argh!!! Anyway, im making the most out of my day, even if i'm sleepy.. as in sobra!

Monday Morning Stress

2005-08-15T12:27:00.000+08:00

this morning, I woke up early, fixed my things early, ate early, went out early. since i was early to go to work, i decided to take the 1 jeep ride to the GMA MRT station (normally, i take 2 jeep rides, to avoid waiting in line). anyway, i waited for a little time before umalis. it felt good to be ahead of schedule. While on the way to the Station, i noticed the traffic building up on the otherside, and found out that the FX drivers are having a strike. Anyway, I was now walking to the mrt station coming from corner of timog and edsa where i got down from the jeep, when I realized that my key to my desk wasn't with me.. i thought to myself, "okei lang to.. makakapag work parin kahit wala susi.." when i was in the steps going up to the station, it just dawned me, that I HAD NO ID!!!!. OMG!! i quickly went down the stairs, and as i was going down, i remembered the heavy traffic. I now was forced to take a taxi to go back to the house, and back to the station.. it took me, P80 just for the taxi!. dang! And i realized, that i was almost late because of this incident.. tsktsk.. hehe.

Friday na!!!

2005-08-12T08:32:00.000+08:00

yesterday, i read a pdf manual here at work.. and i mean the whole day!!! when i went out of the office, my eyes hurt. its like they were malfunctioning and ready to close up.. hehe. nonetheless, i went to the grocery in sm makati, to buy a few things i need for work, like food, tissue, food, and food. hehe. anyway, while i was browsing for things to buy, it came to me that i was along, doing groceries (huwat!?) i suddenly had a weird feeling that i can't explain.. i just thought to myself, simula na ba ito? ito na ba ang lakbay ng buhay? mag-isa? then i realized that i may be in this journey, but in everything, i have God..

thursday!!!!

2005-08-11T08:42:00.000+08:00

im officially an office worker... hehe. last night, i went to ortigas with some friends. we went to a stall beside the university of asia and the pacific. they served good sausage sandwiches and fruit shakes. hehe. CAMILLEE! MASARAP! hehe. the fruit shakes were to die for. i think the name was fruit blends.. anyway, it was a stall put up by my friends camillee and jm. hope you do good in your business!.. hehe

anyway... back to our regular programme. hehe.

Wednesday thoughts (kinda like monday blues pero hinde)

2005-08-10T08:17:00.000+08:00

im now in the office, MRT is as it is... SARDINE PACKED! Anyway, i was assessing my office, and it was like a typical office, with politics and everything. its just so much of a pressure to be not one of them.. meaning to stand out, not like a boastful way, but to stand out in a different way. To stand out in excellence to God.

"High Batting Average..." - Coach Jacq

before i started here, many people told me that i shouldn't stay that long in a bank, because i would never grow because working here is a comfort zone, meaning that to work here doesn't entail so much heavy load. Before i started here, i told myself that, working here would not be a disadvantage to me.. i would aim for excellence and i would change the common thinking that working in a bank is a comfort zone.. hehe. anyway, im working for God diba? so i aim to be excellent..

it should not be work again..

2005-08-09T08:03:00.000+08:00

my first week here in allied bank as a programmer, i was beginning to think that i was in the zone of the redundant. You know that feeling when you go to work, and you do everything everyday till you get burnedout? thats how it felt. it really felt that i was having a headache everyday, and i was so bored. anyway, since yesterday, it changed, i wasn't bored, had the eagerness to work and study. it really felt good. i figured, that there is a shark out there to take me out of the comfort zones. hehe. it shouldn't really have to be work again (with the tiring accent) it should be Work! (with the exciting accent!) hehe. have to work now! ciao!

monday morning.. hay...

2005-08-08T08:49:00.000+08:00

another monday morning. i woke up early, and left the house early to be early for work. well it seems that i didn't get to work early, but i got there on time.. ( see the difference?!) anyway, the mrt seems to get clogged at an early our. i think that the mrt admin should do something bout it. i stand in line to a door and all i can see is people coming from the sides and tries to squeeze their way inside. i stood for a whole 30 mins before i can ride. it hurts to know that these people in the mrt are our kababayan. it just goes to show that people really are the problem to this ailing nation. but there is still hope.. i know.. because there is a God. anyway, have to work now.. vavooh!

Tis good to be back.

2005-08-05T08:19:00.000+08:00

i cant remember when was my last post. heck i cant even remeber how much is my load (duh!?) hehe. anyway, its so good to be back to reality. so many things happened during my break. im now working in a bank as a programmer. I have my own desk, my own computer. a friendly team, what else is missing? you tell me.. i also don't know, but there's the feeling that its there but i don't know. hehe. anyway, be here more often, and be able to post, most likely everyday.. ciao!

2005-04-25T20:13:00.000+08:00

Batangas part1

Thank yu's

2005-04-24T22:06:00.000+08:00

Salamat nga pala sa aking CSA Family.

Salamat sa aking napakabait na seatmate -> RHEZA <- you've been a big help to me, kaso nang iwan ka. hehe

Salamat kay -> STEEVE <- na kasama ko sa lahat ng saya at sari-saring problema.

Salamat kay -> KRISTINE <-for being such a good friend.

Salamat kay -> JAY-R <- Dude! para sa lahat ng pinagdaanan natin..

Salamat kay -> DARREN <- na masarap kausap tungkol sa buhay

Salamat kay -> KEREN <- para sa pagiging maalalahanin at supportive

Salamat kay -> EDWIN <- para sa pagiging isang tapat na kaibigan

Salamat kay -> BERD <- sa lahat ng saya na naidulot mo.

Salamat kay -> ABILOG <- para sa pagiging isang tunay na hanybeb

Salamat kay -> ROUIE <- para sa support at saya na naidagdag mo sa buhay ko.

Salamat kay -> TOMAS <- para sa aming napagsamahan.

Salamat kay -> DENNIS <- para saya at pagsasama na naidulot mo.

Salamat sa ate ko -> LEAH <- para sa mga natutunan ko at para sa pagkakaibigan.

Salamat kay -> Anna <- sa aking mga natutunan

Salamat kay -> ALLAN <- sa saya na naidagdag mo sa naging buhay ko

Salamat kay -> NIGEL <- na nagsilbing kuya ko.

Salamat kay -> HARRY <- sa ating napagsamahan

Salamat kay -> JED <- sa saya na dala mo

Salamat kay -> JERRY <- sa pagiging isang tunay na kaibigan, at para sa mga cellcard at internet cards

Salamt kay -> LEEANNE <- para sa pagdagdag ng kulay sa buhay

Salamat kay -> DIANE <- sa pagkumpleto ng nawawalang piraso ng buhay ko.

Salamat kay -> WALLY, DARWIN, PHILIP <- kahit sandali ko lang kayo nakasama ay naging mabubuti kayong kaibigan sakin.

Salamat kay -> REINER, MARC <- kahit di tau classmates, ang laking saya ng naidulot nyo

Sa lahat ng CSA, CSB, IM, IT na Batchmates ko.. salamat

Sa lahat ng mga Naging prof ko.. salamat..

Kina Ate sa Lopez at kina Uncle Pips!

at salamat sa diyos at sa aking pamilya..

The mind and its blankness

2005-04-24T21:50:00.000+08:00

Hello there everyone! im back after countless days of procrastinating to update my blog.. hehe.

After finishing school, i felt very empty. Its lke the feeling of just wanting to lie down all day long till you die. hehe. Anyway, i graduated, i been on vacation, i've completely became a Pro- Bum, just waiting for something, that i'm not really sure of what it is. yesterday till today, we were in Nasugbu Batangas in a resort called Munting Buhangin. During the stay there, i thought that relaxing and enjoyment is the key to awaken me in life's present situation. i failed.. it did not awaken me. I went there with some problems of my own, thinking that if i danced the night away, that my problems would be solved.. But hello?! guess again Eric!!! it didn't.. but during my stay there, im so thankful for the time spent there, for i know, it was a time that God provided me for reflection.

Ang saya kahapon tsaka kanina. hehe. syempre, hindi nawala ang serious talk for the group.. Its just so nice to have friends who are eager to share what they have in mind. ( lasing or not..) hehe.

2005-04-24T21:14:00.000+08:00

Oblation in UST. on top of the hard rock..

2005-04-24T20:47:00.000+08:00

BEACHINEERING!! - Munting Buhangin Resort Nasugbu, Batangas

2005-04-24T20:22:00.000+08:00

Batangas outing 2005! Ang mga huling sandali bago kami umalis..

Sand Building

2005-04-16T08:49:00.000+08:00

Terrazas de Punta Fuego big sand Fish!

Boat Party

2005-04-04T08:37:00.000+08:00

Grad Party!!! A time of thanks and a time of party!

Family ko!!! kapatid ko yung nag-picture

2005-04-01T08:31:00.000+08:00

Tapos na ang pag-papaaral ng parents ko.. im the last one..

The Best of the Best..

2005-04-01T08:29:00.000+08:00

Diane and Me after graduation! Graduate na kami!!!

Picture Perfect

2005-04-01T08:27:00.000+08:00

Early birds! Me with Abi before we formally graduated from the Royal and Pontifical University of Santo Tomas.

King of the rocks!

2005-03-19T09:08:00.000+08:00

Dakak Beach Resort

Plane Escapades

2005-03-19T09:07:00.000+08:00

Picture with the Fokker - F250 in Pagadian City

Field Trip

2005-03-19T09:05:00.000+08:00

Museum in Fort Pilar, Zamboanga

Alavar's Restaurant's captives

2005-03-19T09:03:00.000+08:00

Black Cockatoos bred in Captivity - Zamboanga

Old School

2005-03-19T09:02:00.000+08:00

Onboard an old tora tora - Southern Command, Zamboanga

Cockpit Galore

2005-03-19T08:59:00.000+08:00

Diane and me in the cockpit of the F - 250 - Southern Command Zamboanga

Sleepy Tuesday

2005-02-08T22:27:00.000+08:00

Tagal na pala ako di post.. hehe. Sorry Folks, Thesis time..

Have Faith

2005-01-17T21:06:00.000+08:00

Last night, i was watching one of the best movies ever made. It was Bruce Almighty. For all of you who doesn't know, its a story of a man where everything in his life turned wrong, so then he blamed God. God gave him this man his powers because the man thinks that he can do better than God. After some time, his life became Good, but everyone around him had a bad life. From that incident, he changed.

That man (Bruce Nolan) even mocked God because of his miserable life. We sometimes do that even in the smallest way possible. We tend to blame God when something happens to us. We should learn to entrust our lives to God, and let him lead the way. Due to the chaos and disaster that his success brought, he went to God and surrendered hislife. When Bruce(Jim Carey) asked God (Morgan Freeman) what he should do to the wrongness that he has done, God told him to pray. Sometimes, we tend to be like that, worldly and proud, we sometimes think that God doesn't talk to us. What we should realise is that God is just waiting for us, Waiting for us to pray and give our lives to him.

"... Wanna see a miracle, son? BE THE MIRACLE..."
- God (Morgan Freeman) / Bruce Almighty

Fastway - Slow day

2005-01-16T20:33:00.000+08:00

Today in this fast-paced world, we tend to sway with the changing times. What we always must understand that WE as people are independent from anything, even time. The only thing that we shoould be dependent on is God. What we should understand is that to achieve something, we should let certain processes undergo in our lives.

"Life is a process..."
- Gina Atencio -

Life's Finest

2005-01-13T23:23:00.000+08:00

Last night, my dad and i had a chat, subject? --> Life! Anyway, dami namin napagusapan, we talked bout people who helped him in his life, people who do bad things and other stuff, mostly he talked because he likes to talk specially when it comes to his life. Afterwards, i felt so good, i didn't know why but somehow i felt good. My dad and i never really had a unique dad-son relationship, we had a normal unspoken son-dad relationship. But i think what made me feel good last night is that when i was busy doing something he just came and initiated a talk about life. ( my dad never really does that..)

enough about my dad, (baka maiyak ako .. hehe) kanina, we had a recollection in the UST medicine auditorium. we were there to relax and to talk to God. I didn't really feel relaxed due to recent stress, till I felt God spoke to me, when I heard a poem consisting of this line, ".. a moment is a gift.." then i thought, oo nga no.. hehe. i've realized a lot in the recollection..

Birthday Boy at its finest

2005-01-12T11:16:00.000+08:00

Here's birthday boy!!!!

Nigel turns 22!

2005-01-12T11:14:00.000+08:00

Nigel's Stag Party!!! Happy Birthday Nigel!!! you are now at the end of teenager life!

ZZZzzz...

2005-01-11T08:44:00.000+08:00

Ay! cisco na pala.. kala ko nasa bahay pa ako.. hehe

"When the road is long, when the challenges are great, that is your chance to truly shine. For when you give it all you have, you end up with the best you can be. "
-- Ralph Marston

Been there.. still there..

2005-01-10T23:38:00.000+08:00

Hello.. just taking time off my usual debugging time.. hehe.. birthday na ni nigel bukas! Happy Beerday Nigel!

2005-01-10T00:36:00.000+08:00

nasubukan nyo na bang mag CR tpos nag papicture ka? hmm.

Thinkables..

2005-01-09T23:20:00.000+08:00

Today is a Sunday, (obvious ba?) i waked up late because I normally sleep late during Saturdays, anyway, I woke up and started to program till I prepared for the 3:00 pm service. Every Sunday, I look out for certain lines to strike me, kanina, when the dedication of the little children was ongoing, the pastor, talking to every parent in the convenarium, said "..Mahirap magpalaki ng Bata..". Then it just dawned on me abut my parents.. it made me so guilty. It just so much made me think on how I treat my parents, not on what or who is wrong or right, but my respect for them as my parents. Anyway, it really made me think..

My routine whenever I have my free time to connect to the net, I open my Yahoo™ messenger, i check for offline messages in YM, then i check my mail, then i check Yahoo™ sports (Yeh!). Then my Blog. Then I check my friends blogs, hoping to find gossips.. este.. inspirations and motivations. Anyway, I found today, on Anna's blog the Everyday motivation generator, nakakatuwa siya, kaya nilagay ko siya sa side bar ko, hoping it might inspire others too.. Ngayon, ay break ko from debugging yung Franers Algorithm, at nagsusulat ako sa blog.. hehe

I just wanna tell everyone to be happy,
To my classmates, March 2005, KAYA NATIN TO!
To my Multimedia group, Konti pa!
To my thesismates, konti nalang, konti pang push, kaya natin to!

"Those who doesn't remember the past, are condemned to repeat History.."
- George Santayana

Inspired.. Be Inspired

2005-01-07T23:37:00.000+08:00

This morning 2 things woke me up, my brother and a text message.. hehe. wala lang, share ko lang. Anyway, I didn't stand up nor sat up, i hoped for a miracle to make me sleepy again.. hehe. Then i found the mp3 player i've borrowed. I listened to some songs to make me sleepy.. ( tsktsk.. Tamad!) then when i was abut to be sleepy, i stumbled upon BAMBOO's NOYPI. I've known this song for many days na, but it really struck me this morning, i became so aware of its lyrics. Sobrang Ganda! Here's the lyrics:

Noypi
Bamboo

Tingnan mo iyong palad
Kalyado mong kamay sa hirap ng buhay
Ang dami mong problema, nakuha mo pang ngumiti
Noypi ka nga, astig

Saan ka man naroroon 'wag kang matatakot
Sa baril o patalim, sa bakas na madilim

Hoy, Pinoy ako
Buo aking loob
May agimat ang dugo ko

Hoy, oh, Pinoy ako
May agimat ang dugo ko

Sinisid ko ang dagat, nalibot ko ang mundo
Nasa puso ko pala hinahanap kong pulo
Ilang beses na akong muntikang mamatay
Oh, alam ko ang sikreto kaya't nandito pa't buhay

Oh, sabi nila may anting-anting ako
Pero 'di nila alam na ang
Diyos ang dahilan ko

Dinig mo ba ang bulong ng lahi mo
Isigaw mo, kapatid, ang himig natin

I've Highlighted 2 segments in the song the first one is for all the Filipino's! It really signifies who we are, that we smile at everything even in the face of problems. We face it with dignity and faith. (You wanna know why?) I really don't know if its true for all pinoys, pero the answer is the second line, Which refers to God.. The song truly lifts up the Filipino Spirit. The second segment also represents Bamboo Mañalac's view in his life, of why he is still alive. Truly I say to all of you, God has and is the answer to everything!

Be Inspired!

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- Picture Taken Jan 3, 2005 / Olympus C-350 - I don't know what it is.. ehehe

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- Picture Taken Jan 3, 2005 / Olympus C-350 - I don't know what it is.. ehehe