metro flooded

while i was in the middle of enjoying my vacation i received a text message from my brother. he said "baha pa ba jan sa mandaluyong?" i replied without much thinking of the situation "i don't know. im here in hk". we continued our stroll in the city. while we are having our dinner that night a news flash was shown on the tv set showing bf and gma helping those affected by the flood. i never realized it was this catastrophic until i got here. from the airport i did not go straight home. we opted to stay in a hotel. unfortunately for us all the hotels we went to for a short stay were already full. imagine the horror. it was 2am already. luckily we tried the new hotel near sm west and got a suite for a not so expensive price.

anyway i will post some of the pics soon when i have time again. emo mode muna para kay #$%^&.

One down 3 more to go

Yes. i am glad to share that i passed my first out of four exams in CCNP. Yipee. I am not so stupid after all. BSCI really shook my brain. I will be taking ONT and ISCW next and BCMSN next. I am not sure if i got the names of the exams correctly. See that's what i am talking about. Getting CISCO certification is not a walk in the park. I might need them anyway in the future.

On the lighter side of the news, i joined the franchising business. Well its not that big yet but a hundred thousand is still a hundred thousand cold cash coming out of my pocket. So i am hoping the business will be good. Its a good/tested/well-known brandname actually so there is nothing to worry. And its partnership. So i am going to hunt "you" down if the business failed hehehe. ROI might be longer but months easily pass by. And i am helping the economy by employing other people. :)

Need to keep my feet on the ground.

rainy days

its been raining for the past week. i am not so sure if there's a storm coming. i cannot go out to the mall and i am stuck in front of my laptop.

anyway i am glad i stayed here in my room today. i was able to clean my cave which i could say is already becoming a spider's colony with its web intertwined above my bed. and did i forgot to mention my floor needs vacuuming? the collection of dust i had accumulated in the past months he he he. i have some excuses in working out but right now with these, exercise is an understatement. no pictures allowed hehehe. really messy

Procrastination takes its toll

Procrastination takes its toll on me. If only i have booked early we won't be like this. Gee. i hate myself right now. I had planned on staying in TsimTsaTsui now we are staying in Mongkok. Anyway its really not a great deal.

Its my 3rd time so hopefully i won't get lost. He he he.

Travelling is sometimes stressful. If you are not well-prepared and there are no plans or itineraries you won't be able to do as much things as you like. Unless of course somebody has to do that for you.

I like to travel a lot but everytime i go places someone fixes everything for me. Booking of planes, hotels etc were taken cared of and i am just ready to pay my share on the bill. Typically me.

I am not complaining at all. just sharing my thoughts. :)

Farm Town

I am not really into any kind of online games even when i signed up for my facebook account. i always managed to ignore those requests for the games apps like the famous mafia wars and poker.

recently almost all of my coworkers are into this planting game which really caught my attention. for some reason i was kind of tempted to have one of these game apps. i let a day or two passed and i still see them planting and even saw some fields having some barns, ponds, livestocks, and crops of different variety neatly landscaped on their farmland.

it only took me a few prodding before i began my very own mini-farm. before i knew it i am one of those farmers begging in the marketplace to hire me for additional earnings. above as you can see in my screen-shot are newly planted seeds, some are 60% grown, and some are ready for harvest.

my ccnp studies is surely affected but this one particular game makes my time worthwhile instead of engaging in some illegal activities like taking drugs or drinking and getting into trouble. i have mentioned before that i am not into saving this world. there are those people who were born for that calling and i am just one of the small fishes in this big pond called earth who manages to live by day after day after day. if you have a problem with that i don't care. mind your own life.

time is gold

so many things to do yet so little time i have. wait. we are all given 24 hours a day. i think what i need to do is to budget my time. what do you think?

most important:
study ccnp
need to go to the bank
need to buy some books
clean my room
do the laundry

least important:
facebook
friendster
multiply

not a priority:
save the world (or at least for now)

lazy saturday afternoon

another rainy saturday afternoon here in the third world. i had a blast last night and went home around 3am. we went to eastwood with my vzb friends to have a late dinner then met also former co-workers who were still working with my previous company. videoke till 2am in corinthian ktv. got a message that my shift for this coming month is still the same. meaning 9am to 6pm. yey.

i already started my np review so hopefully i would be able to take the exam before my certification expires.

no plans yet for the rest of the day. im still tired.

tomorrow will go to ccf near megamall to attend whatever they are doing there. no idea really. sorry.

can't think straight right now. all i know is i need to sleep again after eating heavy meal.

ciao.

travel blog: next destination ni gagolero

i just booked a flight going to this place. my only prob is the place to stay. hopefully i could get a good deal. i'm not into 5-star. same comforts can be found in lower rated hotels. who wants to stay in the hotel for the whole day anyway?

to do's: make the itineraries so that we could maximize our time and enjoy every places we visit.

top thing to do: do the bungee jump and overcome my fear of height.

instinct lang yan

i was wondering how i could connect my ipod to the amplifier. nothing in there says audio input and all the input ports were already used/connected to the dvd player. the only input ports available were mic 1 and mic 2 for microphones. anyways i checked again the back of the amps and there was this ac3 L and R but i don't know what this one is for. this line needs two cable lines for output and one line only for input(mp3 output). good thing my digicam has this type of cable. i checked first the input line which is a regular rj jack 3.55 mm. i tried to insert it to my ipod. fits very well. next are the two ends. they fit well also to the amp. presto, i got a good output. i thought its gonna fry my ipod. hahahaha. its playing good right now.

i am desperately looking a for a good speaker awhile ago but now i am satisfied. no more ipod accessories. no more docking stations and hamburger speakers. just a happy camper here.

time to review for my CCNP. ciao

my new gift

well?

i've got a surprise

last weekend i bought myself a gift for surpassing a month's agony of training.. well i will post the pics of the purchase next time. i have to enjoy it first. sometimes luxury doesn't come cheap and free. you have to work for it. work hard and you will get the reward.

crocs is not a crocodile

at last i already bought my first crocs. hehehe. here in the third world it costed only US$50. Not bad.
fits well. need to clean my toenails. yikes!

testing it on the sands in morong beach in bataan. doesn't feel any different actually ha ha ha. silly me.

rainy day

thank you for not leaving me in the middle of the rain. saying those words means a lot.

i'm happy today

pay day is like 8 days from now. i don't have money left for everyday expenses (oh who am i kidding) but i can say i am surviving and i am happy. not that "happy" happy but enough to keep me moving and continue to live. there are days that are really hard to get by but at the end of the day i have myself to thank that i got through with them.

this is the 4th week of my trainings. i really need to do a lot of catching up to my lessons. the training program will soon end and i will have to face the real world with all the stuff that i learned. pretty scary but i think i'll get by as well. friends and help are just around the corner.

i have no big plans for this year because i have just started my new job but hopefully i could visit places again once i am settled.

i know i have to study hard and really get to the lesson to be able to do my job properly and i am gonna start now.

ciao..

ps. i am not missing some fun. i am doing great.

lost in network cloud

just a glimpse of what i do for a living. this networking stuff sometimes gives me a headache but what can i do? i cannot just abandon my job just because its stressful. besides the pay is.. well better than the average if you will ask me. go figure.

its a date

it was a date. not that date but sort of. yeah.

my coffee

You are my coffee in my most sleepy moments. You always wake me up and bring me beside you. thanks...

north korea launched rocket

This satellite image provided by DigitalGlobe shows a missile on the launchpad at Musudan-ni, North Korea formally know as Taepo-dong missle launch facility. The image was collected Sunday March 29, 2009. CNN has said North Korea has begun fueling a long-range rocket for an impending launch Thursday April 2, 2009 as President Barack Obama warned the liftoff would be a "provocative act" that would generate a U.N. Security Council response. (AP Photo/DigitalGlobe) ** 

I am really not into international relations (peace and the likes) but doesn't nokor have the right to launch their own rocket? who owns the space then? if they want to send missile to neighboring countries these neighboring countries can retaliate immediately anyway. but then again who wants another war? and i am not an expert on this matter so i leave it to the authorities on this subject.

it seems the attention is shifted to north korea rather than fixing the economy or the global warming. or its just being taken cared of while healing the world economy and the rest of the world's problems. 

well maybe i should do my part. and act now.

ciao

sadder

one last drama

i won't show again my face in my blog. hahahaha

sad

this is the part i hated most. leaving with a heavy heart. i was excited to leave like 2 weeks ago but now that i only got 3 days it seems so sad to leave. not that i don't want to leave. of course i do. i just don't know how to call this syndrome. maybe its just me. the very me that has the history having the longest time to let go and move on. anyway that is another story.

i would honestly say that l2s has been a family to me for almost 7 fucking awesome gruesome wonderful adventurous lovely not so lovely stressful fun and heartbreaking years. i might have earned 2 % of maturity here, good real friendships and @#$%^. yun na yun. mahirap sabihin. basta yun! don't ask. 

i will miss everything. watching movie(s) on the shift. bowling with shift-mates. eating out. two years of doing nothing and getting paid. and of course i will miss you. you know who you are. oo ikaw un. dahil lagi akong naiinis sa iyo. bwahahaha. assumptions assumptions. hehehe

this blog is really not about the soft side of me but i have to give some space since it would be the last chapter of my episode here in l2s.

time to say thanks na din sa mga peeps na nakilala ko who were with me these times: tonya and the rest of batch 13, my Linksysone team, my team captains, and the recently considered friends hahaha. sa mga nasaktan ko forgive me. sa mga sasaktan ko pa lang ihanda na din ang forgiveness in the future at sa mga nanakit sa akin (meron ba?) eh ok lang sige peace na tayo kahit mabigat sa kalooban ko. hehehe. marami pa akong gustong sabihin pero masyado ng madrama. hindi bagay. next time na lang ulet.

yipeeee!!!

the title says it all. my career plan is going smoothly. i don't want to be emotional right now. i am  through with these softy words which really prevented me from moving on years ago. i should have been somewhere else already but i can only blame myself. no more holding back. this is it. its like getting into the next round in american idol really. the application, the waiting game and finally, finally the call i was waiting for. this is it. a new chapter in my life. i couldn't say this is a turning point but just a new chapter. i prepared for this. 

on the lighter side, i am planning again for a short vacation. i don't know yet if i'm going outside the country or just within the countryside. depends on the schedule i could get. just to get a breather. 

i haven't bought anything for myself this week. no major purchases yet but last week i got two shoes and an adapter for my mac which cost around $95.00. it was silly of me but the impulsive buying thing in me had overtaken my normal self. no regrets though. 

i just need to complete my requirements/papers and i am good to go.

this is it

eto na yun. hindi pa naman sure pero i'm crossing my fingers (and toes). kung hindi naman para sa akin eh ok lang. bahala na si God at si Batman sa akin.

rafa wins australian open 2009

yey... rafa wins again over federer. it was one of the greatest battle between number 1 and 2 and right now rafa proves (and deserves) to be number 1. maybe he can hold on to that position for months or weeks but as we all know there are lots of younger players out there who are ready to take over his position anytime soon but not for now. it took him awhile anyway to takeover federer in that spot. well what can i say? he's the best at the moment and i really like him even before specially when he was always the underdog in the past tournaments.

photo source: www.australianopen.com/gettyimages

gadget: Samsung F480

my eyes are lusting right now over this samsung f480. i'm checking every info i could get from gsmarena to youtube to see if i would give in to this touchscreen mobile. so far the reviews are good but not yet enough to convince me to purchase right away. my wants is always far from what i need. i know i know. in times of crisis i need to save more and spend less. no buts no ifs. 

well i think i should just continue lusting over this thing and see the result after 5 hours. who knows. my future always lies in my pocket. :)

Travel blog: Laiya, Batangas

i haven't posted any blogs lately because of some happenings but here are some pics i had last week when me and my former office-mates spent an overnight (that was really a short one) vacation in Laiya. Man it was great! Seeing all the old friends and staying away from the city noise, traffic and smog.

this is life noh?

trying an eye for macrophotography

view from the top (guess the topic of the conversation)

not so busy week

i discarded other things to do. i hate hate stress and i just want to start the year with less things to worry. have to unload some burden. throw some craps and try to generate only positive vibes. :)

i am not really a busy person. my daily routine doesn't include saving the world or other's lives. its not that i don't care at all. i think about it actually but at this point i have to be selfish and just think of myself. i have to survive. no need to explain. 

adieu fats

i will be starting (again) with my weekly jogging tomorrow morning. i know jogging is one of the best exercise to lose fats. hopefully i could do this on a regular basis, meaning weekly. i need to have a stronger body to be able to physically face my everyday challenges and my upcoming trips. i see my planes and my hotel rooms again. and my savings going empty. hah!

2009

This year is the Year of the Ox for Chinese. For a common folk like me this is just a new day of the year where i could start again a new life. Not that i had a bad one last year but to make some improvement. i know i had saved a lot but i need to double it this year. Last year i made a lot of trips and this year maybe i could travel Asia again and my country of course. I need as well to continue my studies and my off and on healthy diet should always be on the top of my priorities.

I have to thank my friends who helped me face the challenges of 2008. I know that they are still here with me this year. You know who you are guys and i always include you in my prayers. I need to thank as well my family who are still in good health and though we seldom see each other the love and respect are still there. and of course you.

My laundry list is not yet ready as i am scouring my cabinet and exploring the net for possible great buys. 

hopefully this year will be a prosperous one for those who strives hard. and i am wishing that the economy in all parts of the world will be back to its feet so that those who lost their jobs will be able to work again.