Head on over to the Raymundo-Realeza photo set on my Flickr.Monday, August 31, 2009
Wedding equals gathering time for friends
It's been a while since I saw my friends from college. I think it was in April when we last got together. It seems the only time we get together is when one of the following happens:
It was so much fun talking about how things were like when we were still in college (we always do this every time we get together!) and updating each other with what has been happening to our batch mates. Some of the news we had to share with the others were news we got from Facebook statuses. LOL Speaking of Facebook, I got some tips on how to 'level-up' in Farmville. I'm going to put those tips to practice as soon as I finish this post. Farmville was one of the major topics of conversation last night. That and stuff like the H.Kho sex scandals. I was not able to help myself and told them about P being in a relationship with T and how disappointed I was about this state of affairs. It's funny when I think about my reaction when P and I rarely talked when we were still in school! (To be honest, I don't remember ever having talked to him in school.) So then my friends had to go and tell me (for the nth time!) how I had a crush on each and every guy in school! Even the ones that I never paid attention to, they would say I had a crush on him. It used to make me feel bad during the first few years after college whenever Rox brought it up because I can pinky swear that I did not have a crush on every guy! I used to despair about meeting up with my friends and having them tell me who I had a crush on. I came to a point where I was debating with myself whether to tell her off or not. But she's my friend and I guess she's just playing or wanting to be funny and didn't mean to make me feel bad. But thankfully I'm not as affected and not as annoyed as I used to be. Last night, when they were talking about it I even laughed and I can swear that I didn't feel bad.
I have a secret, by the way. I saw this guy that Andz and I used to work with and he looked kinda cute. He looked very mature and dignified. I was hesitant to approach him because I wasn't sure if he remembered me. We rarely saw each other when we worked together (because it was a telecommuting kind of work) and mostly talked via YM. He gave me advice on how to play in the stock market, which I never did. I still kept the logs of our conversations and the e-mails we sent back and forth talking about it. He went to the same school as me and Andz but he was from a higher batch. He made a lot of money developing web-based systems, but I'm not sure if he's still developing such systems. Anyway, I'm kind of thrilled I still have him in my YM contact list. We've never chatted again since I left the company four years ago, maybe because I kept myself invisible to him. Hehe. But you can bet that I am going to be in his face in YM from now on! I hope I'm still in his contact list.
Anyway, one of the highlights of the wedding, besides the spectacular fireworks and very cute decor in the reception hall, was having Raymond Fortun and his group carry out the photo and video coverage (at least I think it was his group that did the video coverage as well). Before we left, I made sure I had my pic taken with Raymond. My friends had theirs taken, too! And that was after teasing me for going after Raymond, asking to have my pic taken with him. For those that do not know, Raymond is a well-known lawyer here. He was brought to prominence for having taken on Erap's case. That's all I know about him. Well, that and photography being his hobby. He's taken to doing work as a photographer for weddings and other events.
I still have to edit photos and convert videos so they're not so big in size. Will post them when they're ready.
- a friend based outside the country is home for a visit
- someone is getting married
- someone's kid is getting baptized
- someone's kid is having a birthday party (future event!)
It was so much fun talking about how things were like when we were still in college (we always do this every time we get together!) and updating each other with what has been happening to our batch mates. Some of the news we had to share with the others were news we got from Facebook statuses. LOL Speaking of Facebook, I got some tips on how to 'level-up' in Farmville. I'm going to put those tips to practice as soon as I finish this post. Farmville was one of the major topics of conversation last night. That and stuff like the H.Kho sex scandals. I was not able to help myself and told them about P being in a relationship with T and how disappointed I was about this state of affairs. It's funny when I think about my reaction when P and I rarely talked when we were still in school! (To be honest, I don't remember ever having talked to him in school.) So then my friends had to go and tell me (for the nth time!) how I had a crush on each and every guy in school! Even the ones that I never paid attention to, they would say I had a crush on him. It used to make me feel bad during the first few years after college whenever Rox brought it up because I can pinky swear that I did not have a crush on every guy! I used to despair about meeting up with my friends and having them tell me who I had a crush on. I came to a point where I was debating with myself whether to tell her off or not. But she's my friend and I guess she's just playing or wanting to be funny and didn't mean to make me feel bad. But thankfully I'm not as affected and not as annoyed as I used to be. Last night, when they were talking about it I even laughed and I can swear that I didn't feel bad.
I have a secret, by the way. I saw this guy that Andz and I used to work with and he looked kinda cute. He looked very mature and dignified. I was hesitant to approach him because I wasn't sure if he remembered me. We rarely saw each other when we worked together (because it was a telecommuting kind of work) and mostly talked via YM. He gave me advice on how to play in the stock market, which I never did. I still kept the logs of our conversations and the e-mails we sent back and forth talking about it. He went to the same school as me and Andz but he was from a higher batch. He made a lot of money developing web-based systems, but I'm not sure if he's still developing such systems. Anyway, I'm kind of thrilled I still have him in my YM contact list. We've never chatted again since I left the company four years ago, maybe because I kept myself invisible to him. Hehe. But you can bet that I am going to be in his face in YM from now on! I hope I'm still in his contact list.
Anyway, one of the highlights of the wedding, besides the spectacular fireworks and very cute decor in the reception hall, was having Raymond Fortun and his group carry out the photo and video coverage (at least I think it was his group that did the video coverage as well). Before we left, I made sure I had my pic taken with Raymond. My friends had theirs taken, too! And that was after teasing me for going after Raymond, asking to have my pic taken with him. For those that do not know, Raymond is a well-known lawyer here. He was brought to prominence for having taken on Erap's case. That's all I know about him. Well, that and photography being his hobby. He's taken to doing work as a photographer for weddings and other events.
I still have to edit photos and convert videos so they're not so big in size. Will post them when they're ready.
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Testing moblogging
I just registered my phone to do moblogging here. I want to see how this translates.
Friday, August 28, 2009
Off today + Facebook Purity
I took PTO today to make my weekend a 4-day weekend. Hurrah! Most employees in the PI have Monday, August 31, off because it is National Heroes Day.
Unfortunately, I had to join a telephone conference at 8 a.m. today and so I had to wake up at 7:30 to prepare myself. I wanted to go back to bed but couldn't sleep. I switched between being on the intarwebs and watching tv. And then I told my mom I was going to cook dinner. Boy, was she ever so happy when I said that. Hehehe.
This is what I ended up cooking:
It's miswa + sponge gourd (patola) + ground pork. We eat this with rice, which is why you can see bits of rice (right side of photo). This is so easy to make. You just saute the onion and then throw the ground meat in until the meat is all browned up. Pour as much water as you like---the miswa and the sponge gourd soak up water. Leave it until it comes to a boil and then add the miswa. I stir everything a couple of times to make sure that the miswa separates. Otherwise the noodles might fuse together and then you'll have lumpy miswa, and you don't want that. I let it come to another boil and then I add the sponge gourd. Give it about 3 minutes and then turn the stove off. The heat from the water will cook the sponge gourd all the way through. It's important not to leave it on the fire too long because the sponge gourd might melt away into nothingness. Of course you should not forget to season this with salt and pepper to taste. I didn't use salt because my mom had already seasoned the meat. She intended to make meatballs with it and just told me to get some for this dish. Instead of salt I used Maggi Magic Sarap. It's an all-in-one seasoner that my mom loves. It makes her dishes taste so good! She uses it instead of salt. Sorry I didn't use proportions. I bought two sponge gourds last night and used all of it for this dish. I eyeballed the amount of miswa I used and the water. Onions, too.
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You'll be glad to know there's a greasemonkey script called Facebook Purity that strips your home feed of all the annoying application messages your crazy, application-loving friends post. Don't care to know what they're up to in Mafia Wars? Who bought who in some 'buy your friend' application? Facebook Purity takes out all that crap! You'll be left with updates your friends actually type in. I'm using it right now and FB looks better crap free!
You need to install greasemonkey for Firefox first before installing Facebook Purity. If you're using other browsers, just search for the greasemonkey add-on for these browsers.
Unfortunately, I had to join a telephone conference at 8 a.m. today and so I had to wake up at 7:30 to prepare myself. I wanted to go back to bed but couldn't sleep. I switched between being on the intarwebs and watching tv. And then I told my mom I was going to cook dinner. Boy, was she ever so happy when I said that. Hehehe.
This is what I ended up cooking:
It's miswa + sponge gourd (patola) + ground pork. We eat this with rice, which is why you can see bits of rice (right side of photo). This is so easy to make. You just saute the onion and then throw the ground meat in until the meat is all browned up. Pour as much water as you like---the miswa and the sponge gourd soak up water. Leave it until it comes to a boil and then add the miswa. I stir everything a couple of times to make sure that the miswa separates. Otherwise the noodles might fuse together and then you'll have lumpy miswa, and you don't want that. I let it come to another boil and then I add the sponge gourd. Give it about 3 minutes and then turn the stove off. The heat from the water will cook the sponge gourd all the way through. It's important not to leave it on the fire too long because the sponge gourd might melt away into nothingness. Of course you should not forget to season this with salt and pepper to taste. I didn't use salt because my mom had already seasoned the meat. She intended to make meatballs with it and just told me to get some for this dish. Instead of salt I used Maggi Magic Sarap. It's an all-in-one seasoner that my mom loves. It makes her dishes taste so good! She uses it instead of salt. Sorry I didn't use proportions. I bought two sponge gourds last night and used all of it for this dish. I eyeballed the amount of miswa I used and the water. Onions, too.
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You'll be glad to know there's a greasemonkey script called Facebook Purity that strips your home feed of all the annoying application messages your crazy, application-loving friends post. Don't care to know what they're up to in Mafia Wars? Who bought who in some 'buy your friend' application? Facebook Purity takes out all that crap! You'll be left with updates your friends actually type in. I'm using it right now and FB looks better crap free!
You need to install greasemonkey for Firefox first before installing Facebook Purity. If you're using other browsers, just search for the greasemonkey add-on for these browsers.
Monday, August 24, 2009
I miss M's cats!
After what seemed like a millionth prodding, he finally sent me pics of The Shiggidy and Wickiedy.
I have their pics saved on my work computer and shared this pic of Shiggidy with my online friends. One of them suggested that it be sent to LOLCATS and she even had a line to go with the pic!
Btw, M said when he went to stand over Shigshig to take his pic, Shiggy assumed this position. After M was done, Shigs went back to hugging the keyboard. ^.^ He sure likes to sleep next to or on top of that particular keyboard.
Doesn't he look so cute? I swear I miss him so much! I'd go back to CO if only to visit the cats.
As for the Wickiedy, here's an old pic of him that I took, um, I forget if this was August or December. He's looking quite pensive here. Wonder what he was thinking about?!
I have their pics saved on my work computer and shared this pic of Shiggidy with my online friends. One of them suggested that it be sent to LOLCATS and she even had a line to go with the pic!
Btw, M said when he went to stand over Shigshig to take his pic, Shiggy assumed this position. After M was done, Shigs went back to hugging the keyboard. ^.^ He sure likes to sleep next to or on top of that particular keyboard.
Doesn't he look so cute? I swear I miss him so much! I'd go back to CO if only to visit the cats.As for the Wickiedy, here's an old pic of him that I took, um, I forget if this was August or December. He's looking quite pensive here. Wonder what he was thinking about?!
That thing called werk
I received word from my local manager that I got the Tech Pubs manager position.
My other manager, the tech pubs manager, sent me an e-mail last week telling me he had good news for me and to keep the news to myself, that he will call me next week (which is this week) to talk about it. And I was like, "Huh?! You didn't even say what the news was about!" LOL But I knew what it was without him saying it.
Why am I going on and on about this?
Honestly, I don't know. I guess it's an update of sorts.
And sometimes when I give this more thought, I kind of get to thinking that maybe I'm not that ready?
But when I think that, the next thought that comes to mind is, "If I don't do this, who else can I trust to handle the team?"
My other manager, the tech pubs manager, sent me an e-mail last week telling me he had good news for me and to keep the news to myself, that he will call me next week (which is this week) to talk about it. And I was like, "Huh?! You didn't even say what the news was about!" LOL But I knew what it was without him saying it.
Why am I going on and on about this?
Honestly, I don't know. I guess it's an update of sorts.
And sometimes when I give this more thought, I kind of get to thinking that maybe I'm not that ready?
But when I think that, the next thought that comes to mind is, "If I don't do this, who else can I trust to handle the team?"
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Dreaming of shit
Man, I had the weirdest dream last night, or should I say this morning? (I was up until 4 a.m. this morning.) I dreamt that I was in the loo crapping. But the crap towards the end just wouldn't exit cleanly. You know that feeling right? Most of the shit has gone out, but there's still some of it left in your rectum and you are having the shittiest time pushing out. *That* was the kind of crap I was dealing with in my dream. I so wanted it to be over but the damn thing just wouldn't exit! Another thing that wasn't nice about this dream was that it felt semi-real. When I woke up, I remembered that I have not deposited in the loo for two days already---must be why I dreamt of shit. It wanted out!
My apologies for this post. I felt like I had to speak about the experience. LOL!
My apologies for this post. I felt like I had to speak about the experience. LOL!
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