The Life Cake

Buhat sa aking obserbasyon, ngayon ko lang napagtanto na effective itong isang uri ng pagbabasa. 2 lang ang sangkap niya na ihahalo mo sa nakagisnan mong paraan. Ito ang  (a) masakit na tyan at (b) inidoro. Bakit kamo? aba karamihan sa mga taong kilala kong nagpupunta sa CR para magjebs ay laging may dalang babasahin (dyaryo, libro, comics). Mas mabilis kasing makapickup habang jumejebs, fully concentrated ka sa ginagawa mo o kaya ayaw mong naiinip habang nilalabas ang kanilang kalbaryo sa tyan. Nakakatawa no, pero effective. Dun mo kasi makikita ang ganap na pag-iisa, sa loob ng apat na sulok ng CR at nakaupong komportable sa ibabaw ng trono.

May kakilala nga ako may dalang HISTORY book habang jebs. Hindi naman siguro gagawing pamunas nun yung  pahina nun. At mataas ang nakuha niya sa exam niya dun.

Kung mali ang sinasabi ko, tanungin mo ang sarili mo. Sa tanang ba ng buhay mo hindi mo pa nagawang magbasa habang nasa trono?

Kung madiscover ito ng DECS, eh di dadami ang demand ng inidoro sa mga paaralan. Lalakas ang  industriya ng mariwasa at dadami ang investor sa inidoro. Dadami ang trabaho sa bansa natin. Malay mo maging exporter pa tayo, taglay ang banner "Kasilyas para sa pag-asa ng bukas".

Sana bumenta ang idea kong ito.

(naiinis kasi ako sa kapatid kong nakasira ng koleksyon ko ng pugad baboy dahil sa araw-araw na ginawa ng Diyos, nagbabasa habang nagbabawas… masakit na nga tyan mo eh… )

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Tama na ang daluyong
Oras na para muling isalin
Ang serbesa ni kamatayan
Lumaya sa libo-libong
Problemang di humuhupa
Na patuloy sa puso
lalong bumibigat
Hinihila ang mga luhang
humalik sa lupa
Hanggang sa huling hibik
At pagsikip ng taling
lubos na magpapatahimik
Sa buhay mong giniba
at ubos na ang pagasa
tirik ang mata
pawi na ang hininga
paalam sa mundong
nawa’ty pumayapa

Thanks to the movie last night, I finally found a long-lost  alter-ego. A piece that I thought would be forever lost in my memories. If only I could cry and scream to the reality I drifted away, I should have died by now. The puzzle piece was a pure geek image that I have abandoned since I joined my company.

I missed it really, a world which spins around books and PC, tons of "techno-ledge" and the simple happiness of making a program works. The life whom I known to be the ultimate form of solitude where I can express my hunger for knowledge without  caring for outside world. Sleepless night with cups of coffees with a vow of not a single bug would appear in our codes.

What’s cool being a geek? Well, we have the ability to be "Awed" and tinker  on new gadgets. Our thirst for knowledge will never be quenched. Ask us aboout a new gadget or queston that we don’t know and we promise to do whatever we can just to satisfy an answer.  Numbers are no problems with us. We go ga-ga when we like someone in our own unique way ("Hey do you want your P4 processor be overclocked and sync to my MSI motherboard of love"?). We don’t want physical assaults, instead we prefer to debate and mentally crush your argument.

I would become that being again I promised.  A dream I must achieve again in this lifetime.  Being the perfect geek and loving it…

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If you think a monthly celebration to show how a strong bond was formed years ago are only for couples, think again. we, the it cadet batch 2, celebrated our 27th month in globe. Since June 2003, we still celebrate this event even with a busy schedule. Updating what’s currently happening to each of us and sharing the angst and joys(?) we found in our job. But above this, it is our strong friendship in which embedded us to endure the long run in globe, is the most significant reason for our celebration. Despite the achievements and lost we experienced, there is still the batch 2 cadetship that marks the start of this friendship.

Well, for this celebration, we hanged out at Doni’s place. We watched a movie (Mean Girls simply kicks ass) then shared a piece of our mind to catch up what’s currently happening. This might sound so girlalish but most of the topics pertain to lovelife. Problems about the heart that hopefully be resolved(mine’s ok na, di ba bebe?). Grabe, the booze flows as we shared our problems.

Thank God I have found friends and a true family in Globe.

Naniniwala ka ba sa buhay pagtapos ng kamatayan? Yung hiwalay ang kaluluwa mo sa katawan mo at lulutang ka sa ere (parang nakapag-shabu). Yung sinasabi nilang mapupunta ka sa isang limbo ng kadiliman at sa dulo ay may liwanag. YUng makikita mo ang texas leghorn ni San Pedro o kaya ang shiny sungay ni Taning? Yung malalaman mo kung gaano ka kasama at kabuti. Yung ilalantad ang buong buhay mo sa pamamagitan ng isang libro (buti na lang patay ka na, at kaya mong makinig kahit gaano katagal).

Sarap siguro ng ganun. Kaso, alang makakapagkwento ng karanasan nila sa ganyan. Kung mayroon man baka atakihin ka bigla sa puso o kaya bigla ka na lang sumigaw ng Crispin at Basilio. Walang makapagbigay ng kongkretong larawan kasi nga "It’s best to experience it when you’re dead". Napapaisip tuloy ako, paano yung mga sinasabi nilang walang kaluluwa? Pag namatay sila, dead lang talaga? O yung katawan muna nila ang lulutang (iskeri!!) at bigla silang mauuntog sa kisame kasi akala nila kaluluwa sila.

Well anuman ang mangyari, ang kabilang buhay talaga ang pinakahihintay kong experience na mangyari sa kin. Hindi naman masama mag-wish na sana malapit na…

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I will have to defy one of my principle for one of my projects. Due to the lack of time to find an alternative solution (thanks for the pressure), I have to use VB for one of my projects. Syet! Microsoft! I know this will sound a little bad to those who know how I hate using the  "MS" PL. But I can’t find a free API or tweak the existing Java API I found in the web. With a heavy heart,  I switched temporarily to dark side.

Damn it, so little time to explore the uniqueness in Java. Kung may alam naman kayong open source bridge o kaya crack sa Java Outlook Connector API, pakisabi sa kin. Yoko talaga ng VB eh.

Proud to be an Open Source Developer…

(ang project ko ay isang email broadcaster na gagamitin ang outlook to send emails.  Nakakita ako ng solution sa JAVA pero evaluation copy lang. Hay life…)

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Being a techie took its tool 3 weeks ago. But who can blame me, I want to explore the my gadgetry side. Plus I need a tool to organize my "son-of-a-gun" sched of tasks, tasks and more tasks. Also I need to work on mobile application development. I crave on developing with J2ME. It’s a lame excuse but what the heck, I bought an XDA II. A 2nd hand PDA+ mobile phone hybrid from an unanymous seller in bidshot.com. The price, don’t ask me, but it was a good deal with a lot of paraphernalia’s included.

Yes it’s OS is Pocket PC and you know how much I hate windows. But I can’t find a nice PDA+phone Palm OS phone with such feature( I know a lot would react to this). I love the phone, not the OS (parang gago ka talaga Ronnel), ehehehhee. I heard there was Zaurus, linux PDA from Casio but I can’t find a cheap one here in the Philippines. So  I have to comfort myself with this big machine.

I won’t post any specs about it since you can check it already in it’s website. BUt I love the phone. Now if only I would learn how to deploy without making it do a hard reset…

Ilang oras na  kasama ang kahirapan
Pikit ang mata sa luhang kaytagal
Buong bilis ang paghabol sa hininga
Tagaktak ng pawis na ga-timba
Sandamakmak na mura ang inabot
Ng pesteng asawang di makaundaugaga
Ngunit kahit ilang sakit titiisin ko
Pagkat sa dulo narinig ko ang munting iyak
Sa araw na ito ako’y ganap na isang ina

Idol ko talaga si Bob Ong. Astig ang kanyang mga libro walang katuturan ang sinasabi pero malaman. Ang labo no? Nakakatawa kasi ang galing ng pagkakalarawan niya sa typical na buhay ng pinoy mula sa estudyante, colonial mentality at religion. Nakakatawa pero minsan gusto ko gayahin yung style niya. Alang definite subject. Isang mahabang book na kung saan-saan napupunta.

Sayang ala na yung website niya, www.bobongpinoy.com. Naalala ko pa yung article niya dun tungkol kay superbobong pinoy, may super powers pero naging chicharon ang tenga dahil sa pagsagot sa plantsa. Kailan ba uli gagawa ng isang makagagong novela si bob ong? Aba hindi ko rin alam, hindi naman ako ang information service niya.

Kung magkaroon kayo ng pagkakataon para magbasa ng gawa niya, gawin niyo. Makalimutan lang ang problema sa isang araw sa tulong niya. Sana ako si bob ong …

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