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Germaine
From Germany : French


Sensitive, emotional and caring you seek peace and harmony and desire to work for the benefit of others and society. Your talents and abilities may draw you towards teaching or service occupations where you would be a natural success. Although quite reserved your courage and ideals mean that you are single-minded and industrious in pursuit of your goals. Your affectionate and giving nature means that you are loved by all.

http://www.bostonuk.com/names/names.asp

note: sabi noong nag send sakin sa email nito, nakita daw nya sa isang blog to.. so there you have it.
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lesson no. 1

A man is getting into the shower just as his wife is finishing up her shower
when the doorbell rings. After a few seconds of arguing over which one
should go and answer the doorbell, the wife gives up, quickly wraps herself
up in a towel and runs downstairs. When she opens the door, there stands
Bob, the next-door neighbor. Before she says a word, Bob says, "I'll give
you $800 to drop that towel that you have on" After thinking for a moment,
the woman drops her towel and stands naked in front of Bob. After a few
seconds, Bob hands her 800 dollars and leaves. Confused, but excited about
her good fortune, the woman wraps back up in the towel and goes back
upstairs. When she gets back to the bathroom, her husband asks from the
shower, "Who was that?" "It was Bob the next door neighbor," she replies.
"Great!" the husband says, "Did he say anything about the $800 he owes me?"

If you share critical information pertaining to credit and risk in time with
your stakeholders, you may be in a position to prevent avoidable exposure.

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lesson no. 2

A priest was driving along and saw a nun on the side of the road, he stopped
and offered her a lift, which she accepted. She got in and crossed her legs,
forcing her gown to open and reveal a lovely leg. The priest had a look and
nearly had an accident. After controlling the car, he stealthily slid his
hand up her leg. The nun looked at him and immediately said, "Father,
remember Psalm 129?" The priest was flustered and apologized profusely. He
forced himself to remove his hand. Changing gear, he let his hand slide up
her leg again. The nun once again said, "Father, remember Psalm 129?" Once
again the priest apologized "Sorry sister but the flesh is weak." Arriving
at the convent, the nun got out gave him a meaningful glance and went on her
way. On his arrival at the church, the priest rushed to retrieve a bible and
looked up Psalm 129. It Said, "Go forth and seek, further up, you will find
glory."

Always be well informed in your job, or you might miss a great opportunity.

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lesson no. 3

A sales rep, an administration clerk and the manager are walking to lunch
when they find an antique oil lamp. They rub it and a Genie comes out in a
puff of smoke. The Genie says, "I usually only grant three wishes, so I'll
give each of you just one." "Me first! Me first!" says the admin clerk. "I
want to be in the Bahamas, driving a speedboat, without a care in the
world." Poof! She's gone. In astonishment, "Me next! Me next!" says the
sales rep. "I want to be in Hawaii, relaxing on the beach with my personal
masseuse, an Endless supply of pina coladas and the love of my life." Poof!
He's gone. "OK, you're up," the Genie says to the manager. The manager says,
"I want those two back in the office after lunch."

Always let your boss have the first say.

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lesson no. 4

A crow was sitting on a tree, doing nothing all day. A small rabbit saw the
crow, and asked him, "Can I also sit like you and do nothing all day long?"
The crow answered: "Sure, why not." So, the rabbit sat on the ground below
the crow, and rested. All of a sudden a fox appeared, jumped on the rabbit
and ate it.

To be sitting and doing nothing, you must be sitting very, very high up.

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lesson no. 5

A turkey was chatting with a bull. "I would love to be able to get to the
top of that tree," sighed the turkey, but I haven't got the energy." "Well,
why don t you nibble on some of my droppings?" replied the bull. "They're
packed with nutrients." The turkey pecked at a lump of dung and found that
it actually gave him enough strength to reach the lowest branch of the tree.
The next day, after eating some more dung, he reached the second
branch. Finally
after a fourth night, there he was proudly
perched at the top of the tree. Soon he was promptly spotted by a farmer,
who shot the turkey out of the tree.

Bullshit might get you to the top, but it won't keep you there.

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lesson no. 6

A little bird was flying south for the winter. It was so cold the bird froze
and fell to the ground in a large field. While it was lying there, a cow
came by and dropped some dung on it. As the frozen bird lay there in the
pile of cow dung, it began to realize how warm it was. The dung was actually
thawing him out! He lay there all warm and happy, and soon began to sing for
joy. A passing cat heard the bird singing and came to investigate. Following
the sound, the cat discovered the bird under the
pile of cow dung, and promptly dug him out and ate him.


1) Not everyone who shits on you is your enemy.
2) Not everyone who gets you out of shit is your friend.
3) And when you're in deep shit, it's best to keep your mouth shut!

7:14pm 2nd day namin ng pizza gobbling. "ano?! pizza!? ano? ano!?" pauso kasi ng bertday ni nikki. hahaha ngayon, meron kme "sentry ward" dito, mej mahirap mag DotA. yun lng. dami rin naman ginagawa. final testing na yung isang project na inde ko ma deploy sa production kasi 24/7 na baka meron gumagamit. /pif dapat mahanapan ng workaround yun. aaralin ko paano mag stop at restart ng context muna. (dami kasi ginagawa) so dun muna ako sa first ever project na hinawakan ko (after 15 months ko na sya hawak), na lahat na halos ng modules ay na re-engineer ko na.

You are NEJI!

Proud. Driven. You fix on your objective and stick to it. Some people may see you as cold or even cruel, but they just can't see past your prickly surface. At heart, you care about your companions and may be a little more sensitive than you'd like to admit.

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im so cool. hahahaha

Nabasa ko sa bulletine board ko sa friendster. Syempre vigilant naman ako, sa dinamidami na kung ano anong "beware" at "dont do this" sa mail ko.

i looked at the bayo site pero wala na dun. kung papansinin nyo lng yung parang poodle sa baba ng page nila, isa sa mga ninakaw nila yun.

then i checked the site of Emma Mori. tapos tiningnan ko yung mga images dun. I had no idea kung ano yung ninakaw ng bayo dun, kasi inde naman ako nagsusuot nun.

so when i went to the mall, i had the chance ko check it out. And true enough, andun nga yun designs nila. nakita ko yung "fire bambi" ni emma. tapos noong dumaan kme sa bayokids, andun yung bigeyed girls ni emma.

so there, if you want to see for yourselves, check nyo ung site ni emma,
then punta kayo sa bayo.

Hmmmm.. remember the Webster issues concerning the definition of the word "Filipina?" Apparently, it also is an issue in cyberspace. Google's top results are sites with inaccurate definitions of what a Filipina is. I came across a few blogs that are on a campagin to "fix" this by "re-educating" search engines by linking to sites that portray the filipina in more realistic way.

So here it is: Definitions of Filipina:

• Wikipedia
• Merriam-Webster
• American Heritage

Filipina Organizations:

• Filipina Women's Network
• Gabriela Network
• Bagong Pinay
• Purple Rose Campaign

Articles and Statistics on the Filipina:

• "Philippine Heroines of the Revolution: Maria Clara they were not"
• "Not Just the Maid: Negotiating Filipina Identity in Italy"
• Asian & Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence

Filipina Writers:

• Ateneo Library of Women's Writings
• Babaylan: An Anthology of Filipina and Filipina American Writers
• Pinay Power: Peminist Critical Theory

hope that more will join up in this campaign.

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kung tinatamad kayo mag type ng ganon kadaming links, i-view source nyo na lng yung page na to at copy-paste. hehehehe honga pala, thanks sa Filipino Librarian entry at sa highschool batchmate ko na si Clair Ching at yung opismate ko na nagpakita sakin ng mga blogs nila na si Nikki.

nakakapagod na nga sa opis.

takas ako kanina, 7pm pa lng, sibat na ako. 7pm noh? yan ang legal na out namin kasi 9 na kme pumasok. tiring talaga.

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wala pala alerts ang blogdrive kung meron nag comment sa entries mo? or inde ko lng alam paano? kung meron way, pa post naman po. hehe, salamat. feeling ko tuloy wlang nagbabasa ng blog ko. hehe

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ano ang browser nyo? IE? oh my! kung pede, try nyo firefox. to download, click nyo yung link sa sidebar ko. mas oks sya kaysa sa IE. fully compliant sya sa mga w3c standards unlike IE. so most pages are properly displayed in firefox.

la lng, plug lng. asteeg kasi firefox eh, they make life of us webdevelopers much easier. IE kasi makes it hell for us.


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last day na ng training bukas. may natutunan naman ako, kahit papaano. kaso it was hell kanina, habang nag tra-training ako, inaasikaso ko yung QA noong project 1, at ng tetest naman sa project 2? grabe! pagod. hilo. asar.

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so yun. try ko ulet bukas. wala lng. eheheh

absent ako! saya!

so eto, pagkakataon mag blog. eto iblog ko:

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nakapagtataka kung bakit binababoy ng mga "star in a search for a million" ang mga classics na kanta? well, spongecola's "crazy for you" is way better kaysa sa mga sintunado dun sa TV. as in, ewan, nakaka rindi na pati sa radyo nila pinapatugtog yung mga abmominations songs na yun.

geeeez! dapat ang isali dun yung mga peyups peeps na kasama ko sa videoke at yung mga housemates ni meann noh. yun, mga magagaling kumanta mga yan... mag setup kaya ako ng showdown sa 2 groups na to? hehehe, nanliliit na lng ako pag kasama mga yan eh, at least i get to listen to great music sung by better singers than those on TV. hehehe

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work naman.. hehe, get ready for super rant!

"he's not good" sabi ng trainor ko.

hehe, ako ay mabait. kaya inde ko na lang sinapak sa mukha yung español na yun. at obvious naman na crappy yung product nila. why should something so simple be that easy to screw up. sa case ko, inde ko masyado ma gets yung configuration. yun pala, inde lng talaga magaling yung trainor. guwapo nga, sayang. hahaah

at sabihin na ako, inde good? hahaha, well, my boss wont make me Team lead (na hilaw) kung inde naman ako marunong. if i were to criticize and look for bugs sa product nila ("wag mo na hanapan ng bugs yan" sabi ng boss ko), im sure na kakapusin ang isang araw.

well, on the brigther side, maganda yung aim ng product nila. its good, pag overview. pero pag sa implmentation level, im sure na oks naman din. it's just the way he is teaching the damn thing to us.

we can barely hear his deep macho voice. and his english is incomprehensible. grabe. pogi pa naman. hehehe. cguro kung inde pogi yun, inde na magtitiis mga tao samin, lalo na yung mga babae.

yung handouts, kung susundin mo yung pinapagawa, 100% sure na inde aandar, kasi mali yung nakasulat dun. kaasar. walang silbi. tapos inde pa explain kung ano yung specifics ng exercise. kung ano yung ano at bakit sya ganon. sayang, did i say na pogi sya? hahaha

so yun, we are on the second week of training at absent ako. iaaasa ko muna kay nikki yung araw na to. kasi sya yung magaling or patient enough na intindihin yung español na yun. mas magaling naman mag turo si nikki eh, so magpapaturo na lng ako sa kanya, mas mabilis pa. ahohoho.

2 araw na 11 kme umuuwi,inde ko na kaya yung ganon. kahit binabayaran ng OT, parang inde sulit. nakakapagod. kaya ako absent ngayon. ang masama pa, sabay sabay kme lahat umuuwi, dahil wlang driver yung service namin (na dapat meron para maiwasan ang mga situations na ganito.) nakakahiya naman sa mga kasama ko na mag-intay diba? grabe talaga..... ang bulok.

more issues to raise sa meetings. kung maayos naman pamamalakad nila, inde na kailangan pagusapan pa mga ganon na simpleng problema sa meetings. makakatutok kme sa mga projects at mga mas importanteng bagay... at makakauwi kme ng mas maaga pag fridays.

isa pa yun friday meetings na yun, 6pm nag sisismula. grabe, isa sa mga reasons for resgination ko:

boss: "ano reasons mo for resigning"
me:   "kasi yung friday meeetings, ginagabi tayo"
boss: "lahat naman ng companies meron meetings ah?
me:   "well, inde naman laging friday ng gabi mga meetings nila. 
       kung meron man pag friday, emergency meeting yun."

sows. /pif

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so yun na muna, isang malaking entry nanaman after sometime of inactivity. hehehe

sa sususnod ulet. paalam!

i recieved a notification email from my old blog saying that someone has commented on one of my entries. upon reading the email, i found myself unable to remember that particulat entry.

so went to my old blog and checked it out. hehe, after reading the first few lines, nothing sbout it seemed familiar. memory loss. i remember the long comments by me and my "fans" (teehee).

nakakatawa kasi i cannot recall the entry at all. wala ako maalala sa kanya. heheh

must by my super short term memory. then the date of the entry shows that it was one og my earlier entries. hehe, now those i cant remember at all.

well, ano pa ba masasabi ko?

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natutuwa naman ako at meron ako natututunan sa "so-called" work ko. been a crazy mix of stress and learning. 2 sa mga friends ko ang mag reresing na next month. one for personal reasons (hehehe) the other because he cannot take the system anymore.

ako? hmmm.. i have a bet to win! heheh. june at the earliest. after nun, pera na. ive learned enough (technical stuff) to help me set a good price for myself. i have also experienced some things sa office na makaka-tulong sakin na maka iwas sa mga pitfalls ng "the good employee".

i have read an article a few weeks back referring to the manager who does the GOOD thing and the manager who does the RIGHT thing. may sense yung article. obvious naman kung ano laman diba? well, i guess it also applies to other people in the workforce.

employee that do the right thing. rare. kasi takot sa boss. lagi nalng sila doing the "good thing" which will drive them crazy and hinder their work performance.

so mukhang sa sususnod: "are you willing work long hours?" ang sagot "bakit pa? e magaling naman ako"? hahha. joke lng.

pero isa sa mga qualms ko yan sa work namin ngayon. parang kanina, 7:30am kami asa office. aga noh? tapos ang awas namin kanina was 6:30p. 11hrs? that's crazy. at walang OT yun ah,. regular working hours yun. syet!

so dun na lng ako sa company na walang strict rules sa attendance. sabagay, sabi sa evaluation ko na weakness ko dat yun. hehehe.

so yun. memeya na ln ulet. ^_^

I need a new PC, or better yet, I need a new whitebook.

ano ang whitebook? sabi nila ang "clones" ang nag revolutionize ng PCs sa pilipinas. they are called whiteboxes...

What is a whitebox notebook (whitebook)

A whitebox notebook basically being a barebones notebook that was sold without processor, memory, hard drives and an opreation system. (http://www.legitreviews.com/article.php?aid=56)

so basically, it just like building a laptop the way we build "clone" PCs.

I hope that they cost much less than branded notebooks.

Anyone with tips on these. Nakaka dyahe na kasi makigamit ng PC sa tambayan ko eh. At least with my whitebook, simple boot and ride their WiFi network. (well, pede ako magambag sa DSL dito para inde masyado kakahiya. wekekek)

And maybe then, it would be easier for me to do my own self-studying and development.