Blog Migration

Dear Friends,

I’ll be migrating this blog to a new site, go here. Kindly update your blogroll if you include me on your list. Thanks Friends.

I am broke

Two days to go and it’s Christmas.  Happy Holidays.  Nothing much to look forward to because I am xoxo broke. hehehe. My money all went to charity. Lolz.  The whole process of gift-searching was super tiring. You’ll go to different sales/bazaars just to find the gifts that they wanted, and then after they receive your gift, you’ll see your gifts cluttered everywhere. Sabagay, ganon din ako minsan. Hehe (or madalas pa). Almost two years of work, until now wala pa din ako ipon. Hahaha. It all went to gadgets and foods. Magagamit ko ba yun pag emergency?! Hindi! I neeed to allot something for my savings.  Parang diet lang yan, sasabihin na, di ako kakain masyado naun pero always ending up eating comfort foods. I should try to avoid eating and trying out different places to dine-in just to spoil myself. Wala man lng ako gift sa sarili ko naun Christmas. Lolz. Been eyeing to this speaker  for quite some time, wanted to give this to myself but I chose to use my money to give gifts for the whole family. Naaks. Nyway, it’s better to give than to receive. Sana mabasa nila tong entry ko naun, bilan nila ako. Hahaha. 

 

pede ba ipod 120gb classic dito? hehe

ninang, gusto ko nito sa christmas!

Farewell

Dine-out with team mates at Bubba Gump last week. It was a surprise despedida dinner celebration to our Manager. I’d rather not call it a celebration, because there’s nothing to celebrate to. It was a heart-breaking dinner for it would be the last dinner that we could be all together as a team. For more pics, click here. 

 

photograph c/o of Dennis Romero (T4's ESC/Disney Admin.)

 

I remember the day I got the news that I will be joining Team 4, I was so like this “waah, bakit don ako ilalagay?!” hehehe. If I could only refuse the management, I would. hahaha. But then again, I dont have a “SAY” back then because I’m still not a regular employee that time. Team 4 is known to be the “serious shift”. Sbi nila, makakatulog ka daw palagi kc sobra tahimik ng mga tao. Knowing myself, being a loud and jolly person, how can I survive a 12-hour shift that was like that? *sigh* and it’s true that first impression never lasts. They were all wrong about the team.  I feel so blessed having them as my first co-workers. Entering the ‘real world’ isn’t that scary as it may seem way back when I was still studying because of them. Some people said that it’s hard to find a company wherein you are happy with your work and at the same time happy with your working environment (that includes the management and the people).  It’s either you like your work but your boss is a bitch or you don’t like your work but your boss is hot, then you became the bitch. Hahaha. Cheesecorn! A happy working environment + a good management are one of the big factors why I still chose to stay here. I’m so lucky that I get to enjoy both worlds.  At naun, para kameng ngipin na nabungi, wala na un wisdom tooth sama mo na pati pangil (because our Unix Ad will also transfer to a different co.). 

 

Team 4

To Sir Fath (pat) : Thank you for all the lessons I learned from you, for being a mentor, a friend, a brother, photographer, a father, an enemy (sometimes), and a playmate (most of the time).  I’ll never forget those times that you covered our assess for those failures we don’t intend to commit. For those heart to heart talks that enlightened me what career path should I pursue.  And lastly, for those photoshoot moments, libre, videoke, mooncake festival, gala moment during weekends, pghatid after ng gimik and etc. Thank You po.

Mel:  Be happy on your new company. You’re one of the reasons why I get motivated on pursuing a career on UNIX.  (wala ng mgte-train sa kin).

Team 4 will never be Team 4 without you guys. Wherever we may be our heart as Team 4 will always beat as one. Hahaha. Cheers!

Hiatus mode – end

Been on hiatus mode for the last month. Ang lameeeg!  I stop blogging for a while. I got tired sharing my non-sense thoughts to other people due to depression on non-sense stuffs.  I deleted some of my older posts, I realized that it is better to keep those things to myself and keep the burden to myself . Share love not war. Life is short, live it well. Naaks. And now I’m back. Got tons of good finds to share. 

 

My birthday gift to myself. Yipee. I already got one. I bought it at Shangrila Plaza Edsa, it was less than 3k  from its orignal price. (if you based your pricing on Apple Store).  Lucky me, we were on-shift when Apple had the bazaar  on their products at Enterpise building.  I got their Ipod Radio for only 1,400php  (original price = 2700 php) and a Belkin Ipod Skin for only 99php (original price = 1000 php). 

 

sabi ko dati...

 

pero di ko natiis... hehe

 Another good find that i’d like to share. Been an addict to this bread for the for the last two weeks. Non-chalant sa diet. hehehe.  It costs 160 php and you can find this at any SM supermarket weekend bazaars.  Worth every penny. 

 

mukha bang msarap?

 

Of Love and Hate

‘”Love like you’ll never get hurt, and dance like no one is watching’”

I’m trapped in a prison of self-hatred. [Lifted from chico garcia's the best and the rest entry]. Hating things is a bad idea. While you hate something, you remain invisibly connected to it – so it will tend to hang around. I hate myself for being the person I wasn’t anymore. By giving more of me, I lose myself in the process. Getting angry, or fighting doesn’t even work. What I learned was, to overcome what you don’t like by accepting what is – not resisting – and replacing with something positive. Loving people means giving them the freedom to be who they choose to be and where they choose to be. Love is allowing people to be in your life out of choice. To have something or someone, you let go.

While cleaning my room, I found a book and these lines caught my attention.

Our experience of emotional pain operates along the same lines. If we are hurting emotionally, it is a message that we need to change our     approach or see things differently. If we feel hurt, let down or dumped by someone in our life, the message may be, “Love those in your life     without expectations. Accept them as they are and take what they want to give without judgement. Altenatively, the message may be, “Don’t let the actions of others destroy your own self-esteem.

It’s up to you how you see things. If it’s half-empty or half-full. Well, I think the moral lesson of all these is, if you want to change the way you feel, better change the way you think. hahaha. Easier said than done. [sigh] How do I avoid being depress when I’m depressed? Now, tell me. hehe.

Defect

Two months ago we bought the latest release of Dell Notebooks, its the Dell Inpiron I-1420. Since its Dell and it’s cheaper compared to other brands [i.e. HP, Lenovo, etc. ] we decided to stick with Dell.  And now, I’m hearing so many negative news about the Inspiron series of Dell notebooks.   I remember the first time I told my friend [who is also working with Dell] that I already bought a laptop. I was shocked when he told me that the first series of Dell Inspiron batteries are exploding due to overheat. And so I checked the internet if its true and if the series the we bought have the same battery. And yes, its true. The first series of Dell Inspiron have defect on their batteries and exploding. Good thing that ours don’t belong on that series. [sigh] And now, another negative news bothers me again. A friend surprise me with this news.

 

Excerpt from the news:

Lots of Nvidia Laptop Graphics Cards Are Overheating, Dying

Apparently some previous-gen Nvidia graphics cards that shipped in “significant quantities” of notebooks are defective, built and packaged with   ”weak” materials that are leading to them to overheat and fail at a “higher-than-normal” rate. Enough are bad that Nvidia is taking a $150-$200   million hit on its earnings for the quarter. Do you have one of these cards?

 

Nvidia doesn’t say which cards are affected, but it seems to be ones in the 8M series (which are now previous gen). The fix—a new driver that   kicks in the cooling fans sooner, rather than later—is being distributed direct to notebook makers. So, if you’ve got a new Nvidia driver waiting   for you from Dell or whoever made your laptop, congrats, you win! [WSJ, PC World]

I don’t know if the one that I have is defective. Because Nvidia didn’t confirm the lists of which cards are affected, but they speculates that it is on the 8M series, that makes my notebook be a victim on the issue.   But I still don’t believe it, cause as of now, everything is working perfectly fine and it is not overheating or something. But I still need to research and verify if my driver should be updated for fix as what the news says. Below is the specs of my laptop. Feel free to add a comment if you are aware of this issue.

 

 

it's green and i love it.

System________________________________________
Manufacturer:   Dell
Model:  Inspiron I420
Processor:  Interl (R) Core (TM)2 Duo CPU T5750 @ 2.GHz
Memory (RAM):  2.00 GB
System type:  32-bit Operating System.

Team 4 Reprazent

Last night, our team won the Best theme costume and team presentation for Fy’08 Operations Center General Assembly. [*clap* *clap* *clap*]. After the neverending arguments of what theme costume to wear, what music to choose for our dance, and where to buy the clothes. Weeh… Team four won! No one can  beat  Team 4!

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Team 4 wearing their costumes and head dressess except for me [ngchange costume na ku

FoolishMe

Just this morning, while heading my way to work, I caught myself in a funny situation. As I stare blankly outside the window of the LRT, something reminds me of a funny joke. And then I begin to smile, and the smile turns into laughter. And then I stopped, realizing that there might be people watching me. And poof! waaah… I was right! There’s this guy who’s been staring at me all the time. I don’t now what to do when our eyes meet. Dyahe. haha [Parang gusto ko na lang malusaw sa hiya]. And then he smiled at me. [lolz] geesh! And then I turned my eyes into different direction. haha [parang matatawa na naman ako mgisa] I wonder what he thinks on me. Yey. [Thank God, G.puyat stn. na] 

Misunderstood

To be great is to be misunderstood.
-Anonymous

Do you often find yourself justifying your actions?  Well, in my case, I do [sometimes].   Too often, I worried about what people thought, instead of considering what I wanted. Maybe this time, I should learn not to explain my life to other people and leave people with their own thoughts. We can’t please everybody, no matter how much you’re trying to change yourself and be better, some people, still chose, not to see that. There are people who will always have something to say. And there are some, who will always put you down. But It won’t affect me at all. [I hope not] Because at the end of the day, it’s only me and the people whom I care and cares for me that matters. There’s always a saying, what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. hehe :p

LostTalent

I had an awful day today. I can’t find my compilation of drawings. Drawing used to be my outlet before when I was in highschool. When Im hurt, sad or bored, I draw. I’m not that gifted but I know I have the talent. I can’t remmember where I kept it. Arghhh. I hope I can find it. T_T I’m planning to work on my talent. If I still have it. But this time its not because I’m sad or whatever. For an extra income, I guess.  hehe [Tarpaulin keu jan! weh?] Been thinking to study, Adobe Photoshop? Corel? Flash? Well, I kind of know the basic. [copy, cut, paste, resize, crop]. haha ) kidding aside. I used Corel before, it’s more of a User Interface friendly than Adobe Photoshop in terms of layouting etc. [i think] but you can do more things on Photoshop compared with Corel. Someday, I hope I can design my own game.