.. aspiring (or frustrated) photographer, is it becoz i'm an IT person as well?! joining the craze now wahihi =D ..

.. the Nikon D80 package we bought from the I.T. show in Suntec City [ Friday.March.o7.2oo8 ] .. the good thing here is my company's flexible benefits will be covering 1/3 of the receipt price, thank God! ..

.. Nikon D80 dSLR with AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5~4.5G IF ED (kit lens) ..

.. from L-R ..
.. Zoom-Nikkor 70~300mm f/4~f/5.6 G
.. AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5~4.5G IF ED ..
.. AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D ..

.. i would like to say thank you to bro CHAY for recommending the 50mm lens (so far aliw talaga ako sa lens na to) and to kuya JOEY for the info.. ur d best guys! ..

.. will be posting the picz using my first slr real soon mwehehe ..

.. stuffs you can find inside my everyday luggage mwehehe ..

.. 1. shawl ..
.. 2. umbrella ..
.. 3. scs company id ..
.. 4. naruto coin purse ..
.. 5. eye dropper for my contact lenses ..
.. 6. g-tec pen ..
.. 7. comb ..
.. 8. biotherm compact powder ..
.. 9. body shop retractable blusher ..
.. 10. 2 ez-link cards ..
.. 11. body shop strawberry lip balm ..
.. 12. m.a.c blush-on ..
.. 13. m.a.c matte lipstick ..
.. 14. set of keys and dbs device ..
.. 15. hp ipaq rw6828 handphone ..
.. 16. psp slim pink with earphones ..
.. 17. girbaud wallet ..

.. my holy bible on mondays (LG night) ..

.. shades on summer days =D ..

.. and finally, one of my best buddy, canon ixus 75 digicam! ..

.. oh well, just wondering why on a senseless post mwehehe.. but.. how 'bout waz inside yer bag?! ..

.. waaha! it's mah third time to experience Starbucks' Open House here in Singapore.. In 2005 i got FREE White Mocha frap, while in 2006 i got FREE Java Chip and this year (7th of December), i got myself a FREE Mocha Frap Peppermint ice blended wif May (my officemate friend) got herself a Green Tea ice blended. Muntik ko na nga ma-missed itoh buti na lang tumawag si Eugene to remind me that last friday was starbucks open house day mwehehe .. tumakas pa talaga ako sa office para pumunta sa Parkway for me not to miss this 2-hour once a year event.. and everybody can choose from any of their beverages.. ang saya diba! .. next year ulet! :D ..

LOVE ART.. LIVE ART.. MAKE ART

The most talented amateur and professional graphic designers, painters, and all artists in the Philippines gathered to join this experience of "Breakthrough" in this new world of Innovative Design (Motorola), Technology Behind Beauty (Shu Uemura), Excellent Service (Globe), and Style Excellence (Metro Magazine). This competition promotes the creative artworks that express the sponsors' core values in a "breakthrough" manner.

Thus, I'm proudly promoting my cousins' works of art here! Please vote for their entries! They are really good and very talented! (mana sa ate.. mwehehe :D) And their art works? ah art works, like you've never seen before that spells.. B-R-E-A-K-T-H-R-O-U-G-H!

The following are my cousins' entries. Here we go:

1. URL: http://breakthroughdesign.com.ph/viewdesign.php?id=474

Artist: Raqs Regencia

Title:
"shu-moto-globe-metro"

Description:
"New innovation in fashion, technology and art by SHU MOTO GLOBE METRO 2007"

2. URL: http://breakthroughdesign.com.ph/viewdesign.php?id=293

Artist: Raqs Regencia

Title:
"Innovate."

Description:
"New innovation in fashion, technology and art by SHU MOTO GLOBE METRO 2007."

The Wooden Bowl
[from a forwarded message of a friend rodnie]

 I guarantee you will remember the tale of the Wooden Bowl tomorrow, a
 week
 from now, a month from now, a year from now.. .

 A frail old man went to live with his son, daughter-in-law, and
 four-year old
 grandson. The old man's hands trembled, his eyesight was blurred, and
 his
 step faltered. The family ate together at the table.

 But the elderly grandfather's shaky hands and failing sight made eating
 difficult. Peas rolled off his spoon onto the floor. When he grasped the
 glass, milk spilled on the tablecloth.

 The son and daughter-in-law became irritated with the mess. "We must do
 something about father," said the son. "I've had enough of his spilled
 milk,
 noisy eating, and food on the floor."

 So the husband and wife set a small table in the corner. There,
 Grandfather
 ate alone while the rest of the family enjoyed dinner. Since Grandfather
 had
  broken a dish or two, his food was se rved in a wooden bowl!

 When the family glanced in Grandfather's direction, sometime he had a
  tear in
 his eye as he sat alone. Still, the only words the couple had for him
 were
 sharp admonitions when he dropped a fork or spilled food.

 The four-year-old watched it all in silence.
 One evening before supper, the father noticed his son playing with wood
 scraps on the floor. He asked the child sweetly, "What are you making?"
 Just as sweetly, the boy responded, "Oh, I am making a little bowl for
 you
 and Mama to eat your food in when I grow up." The four-year-old smiled
 and
  went back to work .

 The words so struck the parents so that they were speechless. Then tears
 started to stream down their cheeks. Though no word was spoken, both
 knew
 what must be done.

 That evening the husband took Grandfather's hand and gently led him back
 to
 the family table. For the remainder of his days he ate every meal with
 the
 family. And for some reason, neither husband nor wife seemed to care any
 longer when a fork was dropped, milk spilled, or the tablecloth soiled.

 On a positive note, I've learned that, no matter what happens, how bad
 it
 seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.

 I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she
 handles
 four things: a rainy day, the elderly, lost luggage, and tangled
 Christmas
 tree lights.

 I've learned that, regardless of your relationship with your parents,
 you'll
 miss them when they're gone from your life.

 I've learned that making a "living" is not the same thing as making a
 "life.."

 I've learned that life sometimes gives you a second chance.

  I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on
 both
 hands. You need to be able to throw something back.

 I've learned that if you pursue happiness, it will elude you. But if you
 focus on your family, your friends, the needs of others, your work and
 doing
 the very best you can, happiness will find you.

 I've learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I
 usually
 make the right decision.

 I've learned that even when I have pains, I don't have to be one.

 I've learned that every day, you should reach out and touch someone.

 People love that human touch -- holding hands, a warm hug, or just a
 friendly
 pat on the back.

 I've learned that I still have a LOTto learn..!

 I've learned that you should pass this on to everyone you care about.
 I just did.

ONE of the favorite street foods from the Philippines is the famous orange flour-coated quail eggs which is better known as "kwek kwek/qwek qwek". Now, I missed it no more here in Singapore. I made some and eat some last night. :)

It's easy to make a batter for the eggs but it's kinda hard to make the perfect sauce for those (aside from the old favorite vinegar blends). So after two nights of experimenting, seems i have achieved what would be best for my kwek kweks *blink*.. My inspiration, aside from my mom, was a favorite then way back those college days along Teresa street outside PUP. I could still remember when my friends and I (mga suki) kept on asking the lady vendors on how they make their goodie goody sauce.. but of course they wouldn't tell to anybody. (may trading secrets pang nalalaman mwehehe :b).

In the future, I'll give up my career in IT to pursue another career or business related to my passion for foods or cooking.. and I'll start with a kwek kwek cariton stand haha!!! A franchise opportunity will be available. Any takers??! ahihi ;)

You may also visit my album of foods @.. http://hersheynicole.multiply.com/photos/album/62

Me and my officemates (we are 12 developers) in iTi Consulting attended the much anticipated event from Microsoft, The Microsoft Dev Days 2005 last October.25.2005 from 8:00 am til 6:30 pm at Edsa Shangri La Hotel in Ortigas. It's an annual event that showcased the new technologies from microsoft as far as developers are concerned. Those were presented by the Microsoft MVPs and professionals and they are as follows:

Microsoft Vista 2006 :
This was conducted by Mr Jojo Ayson. This was previously known as the "Microsoft LongHorn", which will be the successor of the current Microsoft XP and will soon to be the newest microsoft desktop operating system.

Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 :
This was conducted by Stanley Tan.

After some product launchings of the newest products from Microsoft such as the above and others like, SQL Server 2005, BizTalk 2005, etc., the lunch was served then the attendees were informed that sessions will be formed for the developers to choose from the topics in programming and development. Below are the sessions iTi chose to attend.

.Net CLR Integration in SQL Server 2005 :
This was conducted by Warren Yu. CLR provides greater power to SQL Server routines development. It was discussed that the best uses of SQLCLR are:
 .. complex functions are always faster
 .. scalar functions
 .. streaming table-value functions
 .. user-defined aggregates

ASP.NET Future directions developing rich web applications with "ATLAS" :
This was conducted by Rodney C. Jao. Atlas is a framework for building richer, more interactive, more personalized web experiences. It was basically based on the technology of AJAX (Asynchronous Javascript and XML) and Web Services. You can visit the site of atlas at http://atlas.asp.net and you will be able to download and install the atlas project template. This technology is not yet available for development and yet to be used next year as the speaker has said during the event and this requires .Net 2.0 framework.

Windows Communication Foundation Code-Name "Indigo" :
This was conducted by Warren Yu. Indigo is a unified programming model for communicating systems/messaging services. As a developer I'm not so much into windows programming that's why i didn't pay attention and learn from this lesson hehehe...

Windows Presentation Foundation Code-Name "Avalon" :
This was conducted by Stanley Tan.

I also signed up for the newly formed Philippine .NET Users Group (PHINUG). As a current member of the MSDN Connection community, i got for myself a msdn connection cd album and a asp.net resource kit cd (sayang d ako umabot sa msdn jacket)

After the event, our french boss treated us to a snack, of course inside the Edsa Shangi La Hotel. OMG!! .. you know what?! i could remember that i only ordered for a watermelon shake (well.. it comes with a penguin stuffed toy freebie) while others just have some sanmig light beer for themselves and some pica pica.. but our bill amounted to 6K bucks... baka mahal ung cornik tska peanuts??! wehehe yaman ng boss namin noh?!

For more stories about the event.. just visit this site. http://msforums.ph/default.aspx.

GRABEH ANG GASTOS KO NITONG NAKARAANG BUWAN.. NAGKASABAY-SABAY KC MGA PINAGBIBILI KO.. MAGKANO KAYA INABOT NG MGA THINGS NA BINILI KO.. LEMMEH ENUMERATE ALL THOSE STUFFS..

1.  pink short gown (PhP 2,300.00 -- X gown boutique, Glorieta -- August.19)
2.  3/4 sleeve blouse pink (PhP 900.00 -- Kamiseta, Glorieta -- August.19)
3.  Nike Women's running shoes pink (PhP 4,500.oo -- Planet Sports, Glorieta -- August.19)
4.  kikay pink bag (PhP 200.00 -- Style Central, Eastwood -- August.24)
5.  Elegance silver shoes (PhP 695.00 -- SM Department Store, SM Megamall -- August.24)
6.  Canon Ixus 30 with freebies like Canon MP3 player and USB drive, 256 SD Memory Card (PhP 19,950.00 -- Abenson, Cybermall -- August.25)
7.  Girbaud Wallet (PhP 750.00 -- MFG, Citywalk2 Eastwood -- August.26)

.. sympre excluded ung lahat ng mga usual kong binabayaran monthly.. like ung amortization sa crosswind, etc.

GUYZ CAN AFFORD NYO BA TUMIRA SA NEWEST WONDER OF THE WORLD?.. AHIHI :b

FROM CNN WORLD: SATURDAY, AUGUST.27.2005

MALMO, Sweden (AP) -- The Nordics' tallest skyscraper was officially opened Saturday with prize-winning Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava surveying the view from the 54th floor.

With its spectacular 90-degree twist, Turning Torso consists of nine stacked cubes, each turned slightly.

The bottom three cubes will be office space and the top six contain 147 luxury apartments. Many residents, who are expected to move to the rented apartments in November, will have a view overlooking either the flat farmland of Skane, Sweden's southernmost province, or the Oresund strait and Denmark.

"There was a wish to get something exceptional," Calatrava said after accepting a prize from local authorities. "I also wanted to deliver something technically unique."

The HSB housing cooperative that built the skyscraper originally planned condominiums only, but decided to rent the apartments because of the high costs. The most expensive apartment will be rented for about euro3,000 ($3,700) a month.

WITH EVERY GREAT LOVE COMES A GREAT STORY..!!
from the notebook

quite simply, i had fallen in love again. i knew that now as we sat
next to each other. fallen in love with a new allie, not just her
memory. but then, i had never really stopped, and this, i realized,
was my destiny.
-----
poets often describe love as an emotion that we can't control, one
that overwhelms logic and common sense. that's what it was like for
me. i didn't plan on falling in love with you, and i doubt if you
planned on falling in love with me. but once we met, it was clear that
neither of us could control what was happening to us. we fell in love,
despite our differences, and once we did, something rare and beautiful
was created. for me, love like that has happened only once, and that's
why every minute we spent together has been seared in my memory. i'll
never forget a single moment of it.
-----
the reason why it hurts so much to separate is because our souls are
connected. maybe they always have been and will be. maybe we've lived
a thousand lives before this one and in each of them we've found each
other. and maybe each time, we've been forced apart for the same
reasons. that means that this goodbye is both a goodbye for the past
ten thousand years and a prelude to what will come.

when i look at you, i see your beauty and grace and know they have
grown stronger with every life you haved lived. and i know i have
spent every life before this one searching for you. not someone like
you, but you, for your soul and mine must always come together. and
then. for a reason neither of us understands, we've been forced to say
goodbye.

i would love to tell you that everything will work out for us, and i
promise to do all i can to make sure it does. but if we never meet
again and this is truly goodbye, i know we will see each other again
in another life. we will find each other again, and maybe the stars
will have changed, and we will not only love each other in that time,
but for all the times we've had before.
-----
i don't know what to say anymore except that i couldn't sleep last
night because i knew that it is over between us. it is a different
feeling for me, one that i never expected, but looking back, i suppose
it couldn't have ended another way.

you and i were different. we came from different worlds, and yet you
were the one who taught me the value of love. you showed me what it
was like to care for another, and i am a better man because of it. i
don't want you to ever forget that.

i am not bitter because of what has happened. on the contrary, i am
secure in knowing that what we had was real, and i am happy we were
able to come together for even a short period of time. and if, in some
distant place in the future, we see each other in our new lives, i
will smile at you with joy, and remember how we spent a summer beneath
the trees, learning from each other and growing in love. and maybe,
even for a brief moment, you'll feel it too, and you'll smile back,
and savor the memories we will always share together.
-----
i ne'er was struck before that hour
with love so sudden and so sweet
her face it bloomed like a sweet flower
and stole my heart away complete.
-----
be composed - be at ease with me...
not till the sun excludes you do i exclude you
not till the waters refuse to glisten for you
and the leaves to rustle for you, do my
words refuse to glisten and rustle for you.
-----
i wander all night in my vision
bending with open eyes over shut eyes of sleepers
wandering and confused, lost to myself,
ill-assorted, contradictory,
pausing, gazing, bending, and stopping
-----
you are hannah, a lover of life, a strength to those who shared in
your friendships. you are a dream, a creator of happiness, an artist
who has touched a thousand souls. you've led a full life and wanted
for nothing because your needs are spiritual and you have only to look
inside you. you are kind and loyal, and you are able to see beauty
where others do not. you are a teacher of wonderful lessons, a dreamer
of better things.
-----
nothing is ever really lost, or can be lost,
no birth, identity, form - no object of the world
nor life, nor force, nor any visible thing
the body, sluggish, aged, cold - the embers left from earlier fires
shall duly flame again.
-----
in times of grief and sorrow i will hold you and rock you, and take
your grief and make it my own. when you cry, i cry and when you hurt,
i hurt. and together we will try to hold back the floods of tears and
despair and make it through the potholed streets of life.
-----
dusk, i realized then, is just an illusion, because the sun is either
above the horizon or below it. and that means that day and night are
linked in a way that few things are; there cannot be one without the
other, yet they cannot exist at the same time. how would it feel, i
remember wondering, to be always together, yet forever apart?
-----
the body slows with mortal ache, yet my promise
remains true at the closing of our days
a tender touch that ends with a kiss
will awaken love in joyous ways.
-----
our souls were one if you must know
and never shall they be apart
with splendid dawn, your face aglow
i reach for you and you find my heart
-----
i love you for many things, especially your passions, for they have
always been those things which are most beautiful in life... you are
my best friend as well as my lover, and i do not know which side of
you i enjoy the most. i treasured each side, just as i have treasured
our life together... God is with you, He must be, for you are the
closest thing to an angel that i've met.
-----
love in the last and tender hours
is sensitive and very pure
come morning light with soft-lit powers
to awaken love that's ever sure.

PRAYER
"Lord, may your word take deep root in my heart and that I may bear
good fruit for your glory. May I hunger for your righteousness now
that I may look forward to the day of judgment with joy rather than
with dismay."

I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg The
phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid Aoccdrnig to rscheearch taem at
Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a
wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in
the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it
wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn m! nid deos not raed ervey
lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Such a cdonition is arppoiately
cllaed Typoglycemia
~.~.~  ~.~.~

question : If you had $100 million, would you spend it on trip to the moon?
answer : uhmmm.. whoah?! nahh?! wahehe.. parang mas feel ko sa saturn para mas asteeg huh?! 
Please just read on the article i got from the CNN Travel. 

NEW YORK (AP) -- The company that pioneered commercial space travel by sending "tourists" up to the International Space Station is planning a new mission: rocketing people around the far side of the moon.

The price of a round-trip ticket: $100 million.

The first mission by Space Adventures could happen in 2008 or 2009 and is planned as a stepping stone to an eventual lunar landing by private citizens.

"For the first time in history, a private company is organizing a mission to the moon," Space Adventures CEO Eric Anderson said at a Manhattan news conference Wednesday, a day after space shuttle Discovery safely returned to Earth. "This mission will inspire countries of the world, citizens ... our youth."

Anderson said he already has prospective "private explorers" who are interested in the trip and could afford the ticket.

The initial travelers would be the first to orbit the moon in more than 33 years, according to the Arlington, Virgnia, company. Only 27 people have ever made such a journey.

"We are going to show the world that private citizens can complete the training and the qualification necessary to execute such flights," Anderson said.

The trip, aboard a modified Russian spacecraft, will offer the chance to see the Earth rise from lunar orbit and a view of the far side of the moon from an altitude of 62 miles (100 kilometers).

The far side of the moon has a special appeal, Anderson told The Associated Press in an interview, because it takes most of the hits from asteroids, meteorites and other objects from deep space. That results in many more craters than on the side seen from Earth.

"It's much more interesting to look at than the near side," he said, adding that the lunar orbits will be done when the far side is illuminated by the sun.

Space Adventures plans to offer multiple trip itineraries aboard Russia's Soyuz TMA spacecraft.

One possibility is a 5 1/2-day lunar flight and up to 21 days at the International Space Station; another is a nine-day mission with three days of free flight in low-Earth orbit and the rest flying around the moon.

In both cases, the spacecraft would dock with a booster, carried up by a separate launch vehicle, to propel it to the moon.

The Soyuz was originally designed for lunar missions, although none ever occurred. Anderson called it the most reliable craft in the history of space travel.

It has 10 cubic meters of crew space, about the size of a large off-road vehicle.

The cosmonaut and two passengers would sleep in reclining chairs, said Nikolai Sevastyanov, president of rocket maker Rocket and Space Corporation Energia.

Space Adventures has a partnership with the rocket maker and the Federal Space Agency of the Russian Federation, through which they have sent American businessman Dennis Tito and South African Mark Shuttleworth on a Soyuz for stays on the space station.

The next mission is slated to send a team up to the space station for 10 days starting October 1. One of the crew members is Gregory Olsen, a New Jersey scientist who has been training for the mission in Russia on and off since 2004.

"Who wouldn't want to go to the moon?" said Olsen, 60, a surprise guest at the news conference. "I'm really interested, but one flight at a time."

Modifications to the Soyuz will include altering its docking system and installing an 18-inch (45-centimeter) window so passengers can take high-resolution photos of the lunar surface.

"I am nothing special; of this I am sure. I am a common man with common thoughts, and I've led a common life. There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten, but I've loved another with all my heart and soul, and to me, this has always been enough."

- from "The Notebook" by Nicholas Sparks

My Friend Reason,

Thank you for putting up with me while i go
through my journey.it is
like battling a demon.The battle is within me and
something i feel i could not fight.You
were right i have never felt this way before .you
know why i said that?it is because
i allowed my self to manipulate all the other system
that are within my power.i
shut all the possibilities that one day when i look
back this would be my biggest
regret.i shut it because i know i would never
regret.A love so true has no regrets
even if you dont get what you work so hard for ...in
the end.That is why i disregard
the idea that one day i would have to watch him
leave and know that wdeep within
me he is never coming back.He is in deed a
dream a dream i never wish to end.I am
holding on to that dream that is why i wouldnt want
to let go yet,but holding on
for as long as i can doesnt mean holding on
forever.i dont believe in forever either
that is what i used to because you said there is no
such thing,but he made me believe
in a lot of things and one of them which was we
can stay this way for eternity.a
moment with him is forever for more.forever might
be a word but it exists.It is
a place where dreams come true ...where hope
did not go to oblivion,it is a place
where kisses heals wounds where embrace can
take away fears,where touch can take
away doubts.That is forever and i ibelieve him
because i felt it.we may not last
another weeks,another months or even years but
he took me to that place where dates
are mere numbersyou count on to say that this is
how long i have him for a moment
and that is enough for me through this
lifetime.Hopefully i can have him a little
longer to lasts another lifetime.
Looking back ,you and i have been together in
everything and i can never keep a
secret from you.You are too wise to be fooled.they
say wise people are poor in the
matters of the heart.I wish to erase that cliche.It is
not true that i choose to
beat for wrong people.i just do.You should know
better that my beating is involuntary.if
i could be held within the palm of the hand,then it
would be a lot easier not to
give any explanation.But i cant be and this makes
us human so i keep my feet on
the ground the groundby feeling and hurting.you
dont have to make any excuses for
me anymore or lie to me...because regardless of
the tears and pain i am happy.You
asked me how can i take it....it is about loving
without expecting to be loved back.
ia may say one thing but mean another...but when i
say i love him...i really do.love
is not blind.it is only by the people who hoped to
have more when they already have
everything...it is about taking everything including
those you hope to take away.i
dont have to see myself in his eyes just as long as
he sees himself in mine.i dont
have to frown when i know his smoles werent mine
just as long as i am smiling because
of him and he knows it.
i am weak and might be helpless but how many
weak and helpless have felt what am
i feeling?it is a bliss that no word can contain.to
define is to limit the feeling
so i just enjoy it
i have loved lost and grieved and yes i havent
healed because i dont want to heal.healing
is as good as forgetting
and i wouldnt want to forget.i have moved on the
dealt of life equally well despite
my hadicap so i dont need to heal and forget.
Before i end i want to tell you something you still
probably wouldnt understand
but i know in time you would come to see it as i
did
love is not getting what you have not even getting
what you deserve.it is getting
nothing and somehow getting everything if you see
it the way i did you wouldnt ask
anymore and still be wise .Perhaps if we can see
again throgh the same eyes we used
to look at before through the same window.maybe
they would say we are the first
to break the cliche


always,

._.:> HEART <:._.

cge nga mga friendships.. try nyo solve khit isa lng sa mga questions below.. khit yata c einstein or kung cno pang ever-known genius eh magbaback-out sa final exam na itech noh! ahihi.. nyahaha.. grabeh ang kalokohan na toh! asteeg bwahahaha!!! (sabay tawang baliw eh noh..)

WORLD HISTORY
Describe the history of the papacy from its origins to the present day,
concentrating especially, but not exclusively, on its social,
political,
economic, religious and philosophical impact on Europe, Asia, America
and
Africa.
Be brief and concise, yet specific.

ASTRONOMY
Define the universe; give three examples.

MEDICINE
You will be provided with a razor blade, a piece of gauze and a bottle
of
Scotch. remove your appendix.
Do not suture until your work has been inspected. You have 15 minutes.

COMPUTER SCIENCE
Write a fifth-generation computer languange. Using this language,
create a
computer program to finish the rest
of this exam for you.

PUBLIC SPEAKING
25 hundred riot-crazed aborigines are storming the classroom. Calm
them. You
may use any ancient language
except Latin, Hebrew, or Greek.

CIVIL ENGINEERING
This is a practical test of your design and building skills. With the
boxes
of toothpicks and glue present, build a platform
that will support your weight when you and your platform are suspended
over
a vat of nitric acid.

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
The disassembled parts of a howitzer have been placed in a box on your
desk.
You will also find an instruction manual,
printed in Swahili. In 10 minutes a hungry Bengal tiger will be
admitted to
the romm. Take whatever action you feel is appropriate.
Be prepared to justify your decision.

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
You will be placed in a nuclear reactor and given a partial copy of the
electrical layout. The electrical system has been tampered with.
You have seventeen minutes to find the problem and correct it before
the
reactor melts down.

BILOGY
Create life. Estimate the differences in subsequent human culture if
this
form of life had developed 500,000 yesr earlier,
with special attention to the probable effect, if any, on the
Philippine
social spectrum circa 1640. Prove your thesis.

RELIGION
Perform a miracle. Creativity will be judged.

MUSIC
Write a full piano concerto. Orchestrate and perform it with a flute
and
drum. You will find a piano under your seat.

LOGIC
Take a position for or against truth. Prove the validity of your
position.

CHEMISTRY
You must identify a poison sample which you will find at your lab
table. All
necessary equipment has been provided.
There are two beakers at your desk, one of which holds the antidote. If
the
wrong substance is used, it causes instant
death. You may begin as soon as the professor injects you with a sample
of
the poison.

PSYCHOLOGY
Based on your knowledge of their early works, evaluate the emotional
stability, degree of adjustment, and repressed
frustrations of each of the following: Alexander of Aphrodisias, Ramses
II,
Gregory of Nicea, and Hammurabi. Support
your evaluation with quotations from each man's work, making
appropriate
references. Translate all quotations in Tagalog.

SOCIOLOGY
Identify the sociological problems which might be associated with the
end of
the world. Construct an experiment to test your theory.

ECONOMICS
Describe in four hundred words or less what you would have done to
prevent
the Great Depression.

MATHEMATICS
You have 60 seconds to mentally solve the mathematical problem below.
Begin

8,256.091 + __________ - ___________ x __________, _________ =
-38.07623

(Bonus Question: Why is 11 not pronounced as onety one? Provide a full
numerical analysis in justifying your answer.)

POLITICAL SCIENCE
There is a red telephone on the desk beside you. Start World War III.
Report
at length on its socio-political effects, if any.

ART
Given one eight-count box of crayons and three sheets of notebook
paper,
recreate the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
Skin tones should be true to life.

PHYSICS
Explain the nature of matter. Include in your answer an in-depth
evaluation
of the impact of the development of mathematics on science.

METAPHYSICS
Describe in detail the nature of life after death. Test your
hypothesis.

PHILOSOPHY
Sketch the development of human thoughts Estimate its significance.
Compare
with the development of any other kind of thought.

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
Describe in detail. Be objective and specific.

.. guyz hope you find time to read this one (if d pa kayo nakareceive of such email like this).. i got this from a forwarded email from a friend and to my think, may point ang taong nagcompose nito.. nakakakaaliw coz it's true na ganyan nga ang nangyayari sa Pilipinas ngayon.. here it goes..

Galing sa isang  ordinaryong manggawa sa Pilipinas
-------------------------------------------------

Walang  kwenta ang Pilipinas

By:  jawbreaker. (isang ordinaryongg office worker na ayaw nang
magbayad ng  tax...ever!)

Walang  katapusang corruption, walang kamatayang pangbabatikos,
pagbabatuhan ng tae at pagpapa-taasan ng ihi ng mga  pulitiko sa
bawatisa, walang  tigil na imbestigasyon ng kung ano-anong isyu pero
wala namang matinong resolusyon, walang puknat na pag-aagawan  ng
kapangyarihan sa pagitan ng  mga partido, patuloy na pagdami ng tamad
at tangang Pilipino, SILANG patuloy na pakikipaglaban ng  ideolohiyang
wala namang  silbi.

SINONG "SILA"? EH DI MGA CORRUPT NA GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS  AND WORKERS,
MGA TAMBAY NA  PILIPINO NA ANG LALAKI NG KATAWAN PERO HINDI NAMAN
NAGTRATRABAHO AT HINDI NAGBABAYAD NG! TAX, MGA MAYAYAMAN  AT ARTISTANG
TAX EVADERS, PATI  MGA AKTIBISTA, NPA AT IBA PANG IDEOLOGICAL GROUPS NA
HINDI NAGBABAYAD NG TAX PERO  PANG-GULO!!!

Lagi na lang sinasabi ng mga pulitiko: Ipaglaban ang masa! Tulungan
ang masa! Mahalin ang  masa!

MASA LANG BA ANG TAO SA  PILIPINAS?

SINO BA TALAGA ANG BUMUBUHAY SA BANSANG TO?

SAAN BA GALING ANG PANGPAGAWA NG MGA TULAY AT KALYE? SAAN BA GALING
ANG PORK BARREL? SAAN BA GALING  ANG PERANG KINUKURAKOT NILA?

KAMI NA MGA MANGGAGAWA AT MIDDLE CLASS NA BAGO PA MAKUHA ANG  SWELDO
BAWAS NA - KAMI ANG  BUMUBUHAY SA BANSA NA 'TO!!!!!!!!!

BAKIT YANG BANG MGA MASANG YAN NA LAGI NA LANG SENTRO NG PLATAPORMA
NG MGA PULITIKO EH NAGBABAYAD  BA NG TAX cla???!!!!

KAHIT ISA SA MGA NAG-RA-RALLYING MGA SQUATTER NA YAN, KAHIT SINGKO
HINDI NAG-RE-REMIT YAN SA  BIR!

PERO PINAPAKINGGAN BA KAMI NG  GOBYERNO?

LAGI NA LANG OPINYON NG MASA ANG INI-INTINDI NG GOBYERNO.

KUNG SINO ANG NAG-RA-RALLY, SA EDSA, SILA ANG NASUSUNOD.

KUNG SINO ANG MAS MALAKAS SUMIGAW PERO WALA NAMANG ECONOMIC
CONTRIBUTION, SILA LAGI ANG FOCUS PAG MAY  PROBLEMA.

SILA  LAGI ANG BIDA.

KAMING MGA ORDINARYONG OFFICE WORKERS, OFW'S, LABORERS AT IBA  PANG
NAG-TRA-TRABAHO AT  NAGBABAYAD NG TAX - KAMI ANG NAGPAPAKAHIRAP PARA
BUHAYIN ANG PILIPINAS. KAMI ANG MGA TUNAY NA BAYANI NG  BANSA!!!

Tuwing nakikita ko ang payslip ko, nag-iinit ang ulo ko at gusto  kong
maiyak sa inis. Napakalaki  ng tax na binabawas sa akin pero ginagamit
lang sa walang kwentang bagay ang perang pinaghirapan  ko.

Lahat ng pagtitipid ginagawa ko para suportahan ang  sarili ko, pamilya
ko at ang  bansang to. Ni hindi ako makabili ng chicken and  spaghetti
meal sa Jollibee  kahit gutom na gutom na ko. Nag-tya-tyaga ako sa
waffle na tig-P10, o kaya pag may konting pera, junior  bola-bola siopao sa
Mini-Stop sa halangang P20.

Eh kung yung pera ko na pinapangbayad sa tax sa kin na lang  napunta,
eh di sana nakakapanood pa ko ng  sine at least 2 beses sa isang buwan.
Nakabili na sana ako ng bagong rubber shoes. Nakapagpagawa na sana ako
ng sarili kong  bahay.

Yung tax na binabayad ko, karamihan nun derecho sa bulsa  ng mga
corrupt na mga  government officials at workers. Habang hirap na hirap  akong
i-budget ang pera ko, sila naman nagpapakasarap sa mga mansyon. SUV's
at luxury cars pa ang dina-drive nila, samantalang ako sa  pedicab lang
sumasakay!

PERA KO  YANG PINAGPAPASASAAN NYO!!!!!

Yung  tax na binabayad ko, pinapangsuporta sa mga mahihirap. Saan  ba
galing ang pera pangpagawa  ng housing at pagtulong sa mga mahihirap,
di ba sa mga manggagawa na nagbabayad ng buwis! Pero  karamihan ng
mahihirap, kung  umasta kala mo inaapi sila ng sobra.

SA  TOTOO LANG NO, KAYA ANG MGA MAHIHIRAP LALONG NAGHIHIRAP KASI  MGA
TAMAD!

Ang daming mga tambay sa kalye na walang trabaho pero  ang laki ng
katawan.

Eh kung sila ba  nagkargador sa pier eh di sana may pera sila.

TAPOS  WALA NA NGANG PERA, ANAK PA NG ANAK!

LALO  NYO LANG PINAPADAMI ANG TAMAD AT TANGA SA MUNDO!!!!!

Naaawa ako sa mga batang pakalat-kalat sa kalye at namamalimos. Imbes
na nag-aaral, dumadagdag lang  sila sa bilang ng mga future criminals sa
Pinas.

Hindi ako magtataka na yung batang nakita kong namamalimos sa  Cubao,
pagkatapos ng ilang taon  cellphone snatcher na.

YUNG  MGA MAGULANG NAMAN DYAN, COMMON SENSE LANG! HIRAP NA HIRAP NA
NGA KAYO SA BUHAY, MANGDADAMAY  PA KAYO NG IBA?! PAPARAMIHAN NYO PA LAHI
NYO!

Palibhasa walang mga trabaho at walang pinagkaka-abalahan,  kaya
nagkakalabitan at  nagsusundutan na lang maghapon, magdamag. Sa totoo
lang, nakakabilib. Kasi kahit sa ilalim ng tulay o sa  kariton lang,
nakakabuo pa rin  ng bata! Ibig sabihin, maabilidad ang mga Pinoy. Kung
gugustuhin, gagawan ng paraan. Kahit sa makipot, mabaho  at maduming
lugar -  SOLVE!

Isa pang mga grupo ng tao na nakakainis, yung mga  aktibista, NPA at
kung ano-ano  pang ideological political groups. Sabi nila, mahal na  mahal
nila ang Pilipinas kaya  pinapaglaban nila ang kanilang mga adhikain.

EH HINDI RIN KAYO NAGBABAYAD NG TAX! ANG KAKAPAL RIN NG MGA MUKHA
NYO!

MGA HIPOKRITO! MAHAL DAW ANG PILIPINAS AYAW NAMAN  MAGBAYAD NG BUWIS!

WALA  DIN NAMAN KAYONG MGA TRABAHO! KUNG MAY TRABAHO TALAGA KAYO,
HINDI KAYO MAG-RA-RALLY DAHIL  SAYANG ANG SWELDO NYO PAG ABSENT KAYO!

PAANO NYO MAIPAPAKITA ANG PAGMAMAHAL NYO SA PILIPINAS KUNG WALA  NA
KAYONG GAWANG MATINO KUNDI  MAG-RALLY AT MAMUNDOK??!!!

ISA PA  YANG MGA MAYAYAMAN AT MGA ARTISTA, NA NANGDADAYA AT  HINDI
NAGBABAYAD NG BUWIS. ANG  KAKAPAL NG MUKHA NYO! ANG DAMI NYO NA NGANG
PERA NANGDADAYA PA KAYO SA TAX!!!! HINDI NYO NAMAN  MADADALA SA
IMPIERNO YANG MGA  KAYAMANAN NYO. MASUSUNOG LANG DUN YAN.

KAYA  LALONG BUMABAGSAK ANG NEGOSYO DITO SA PILIPINAS, KASI  MGA
NEGOSYANTE MANDARAYA. PATI  SHOWBIZ INDUSTRY, BAGSAK NA DIN. KARMA ANG
TAWAG DYAN. MGA BALASUBAS KASI.

Sana magkaron ng  POLITICAL AND NATIONAL CLEANSING.

Alisin  ang lahat ng pulitiko at political families sa puwesto.
Tibagin ang lahat ng mapanirang  organizations at grupo. Itapon sa malayong
isla o kaya i-pwersa ng hard labor ang mga sobrang tamad na mga Pilipino..

Ihiwalay ang mga  bata sa kanilang mga tamad at tangang magulang upang
makapag-aral sila at maturuan na maging mabuting tao at mamamayan.
Magkaron ng bagong  lider na walang political ties at utang na loob sa
kahit sino.

At higit sa lahat, dapat tax payers lang ang pwedeng  bumoto!

Kung kinakailangang magka-giyera para magtino ang mga Pilipino, ayos
lang. Masyado na kasing matigas  ang ulo ng mga tao dito. Gusto ng kalayaan,
pero hindi naman handang panagutan ang responsibilidad ng pagiging
malaya. Meron daw  pinaglalaban na prinsipyo at adhikain pero takot
namang mamatay para dito.

Hangga't hindi nagkakaron ng radical change, patuloy na walang  kwenta
ang Pilipinas at patuloy  na magiging tanga ang majority ng mga
Pilipino.

Sa dami ng nag-mi-migrate na Pilipino sa ibang bansa, dadating  ang
panahon na minority na lang  ng population sa Pilipinas ang may utak.
Yung mga magagaling na Pilipino, malamang maubos na. Sobra na kasi
silang na-fru-frustrate at na-de-depress sa mga nakikita nila.

Ilang taon pa at aalis na rin ako sa Pilipinas. Wala akong balak na
magkaron ng pamilya sa isang  bansa na hindi pinapahalagahan ang
kontribusyon ng mga taong tunay na bumubuhay dito. Kawawa naman ang
magiging anak ko kung dito sya mabubuhay.

Sa totoo lang, broken hearted ako. Minahal ko din ang bansang ito.
Pilit kong pinagtatanggol kahit  bulok. Nakarating na ko ng ibang bansa, pero
pinili kong bumalik. Pero ngayon, ayoko na. Suko na ko.  Sayang lang
ako sa bansang to. Simple lang naman ang hiling ko. Gusto ko lang mabuhay
ng tahimik at maayos. Gusto ko  na kahit paano eh maipagmalaki ang
Pilipinas.

Pero wala eh. Doomed to be jologs ang bansang  to.

Alam ko marami pa ang umaasa at naniniwala sa pagbabago.  Good luck and
God bless!  Sana tama kayo at mali ako.

Me and my boyfriend Eugene together with his officemate and her friends watched the play @ Meralco Theater in Pasig City on July 2, 2005 @ 2:00 in the afternoon. Libre poh ang mga tickets namin given by the ViperTechnologies (Eugene's company) kaya wag na lng po itanong kung magkano bili namin hehe... (taray ba?!) Earlier eh nagkita muna kami ni Eugene sa SM Megamall then pagkarating ko (as usual late poh acoh lalo na sa mga ganitong pagkakataon ahihi), we hailed a cab coz pareho naming d alam papunta ng Meralco Theater. Yun pala ganun din c manong driver dehins nya alam Meralco Theater kaya tanong tanong kami sa mga pipoL ahehe pero in fairness eh agad kami nakarating dun (hindi naman kami nagpaikot-ikot) sa place. Maaga pa nga kami nakarating coz konti pa lang ang mga pipol. Wala pa ung mga kasama namin (mga officemates ni Eugene) pero pumasok na kami sa loob para dun na rin magkikita-kita coz magkakatabi naman kami ng seats. Nung inspection-in bag ko.. kita agad ni manong ung digicam ko then sabi nya "camera po ma'am?" sabi ko "opo!" then sabi nya "bawal po sa loob, wag nyo nlng po gagamitin coz may magcoconfiscate po sa loob".. then ok..

Then nung nasa loob na kami ng theater.. d pala sya ganun kalaki parang mas malaki pa ang music museum. Tinuro samin ng isang usherette kung san ung number ng seats namin and tuwa naman kami ni Eugene coz malapit ung seats namin sa stage. (libre ung tickets namin pero sa malapit naman kami hehe cguro 3rd un sa pinakamahal na ticket). 2:00 pm ung start ng play pero dumating kami sa loob @ about quarter to 2. Wala pa rin ung mga officemates ni eugene and hindi pa rin nagsstart ung play eh mga 2:15 pm na. Then maya maya ng konti pa eh may nag-announce na bawal gamitin ang any recording devices (camera, video, voice) and also switch off the cellphone coz it will interfere lng sa sound system nila.

Nagstart ang program by the National Anthem ceremony. Then ni-close ang lahat ng lights and naiwan lng ang 1 big projector plus 4 small projectors. Dun sa big projector.. story-telling ng Beauty and the Beast.. the prologue of the story was about how the prince became a beast by the spell bestowed on him by an enchantress. Then nagstart ang play proper on Belle reading a book and the villagers busy on their daily stuffs. By the way.. ang nag-portray ng Belle ay si Karel Marquez (gusto ko sana si KC Concepcion but Karel is fine.. she did justice naman to her role considering it's her stage play debut.. tuwa naman ni Eugene coz gusto naman nya si Karel ang magperform). Nood na lng po kayo ng play meron pa syang shows on July 8 and 9 @ 8:00 pm (mag-plug ba ng show hehe.. ganda naman eh sana nood din poh kyo :b) After the play eh bumili kami Beauty and the Beast Program Souvenir @ PhP 150. Other souvenir items were Mouse Pad (150), T-shirts at large and free sizes only (150) and CDs ni KC including the songs from the musical play (i forgot to ask poh the price eh.. sowee :c). Sayang at walang picturan galore hmpf.. khit man lng ung kutsara't tinidor na ensemble eh napicturan sana kaso bawal talaga ang kodakan haayy... kaya ayun ung poster nlng ni Karel ang may picture kami ganun din ang ginawa ng ibang nanood... o diba gayahan na lng ahihi.. pati ung Meralco Theater dun nlng kami kodakan. Natapos nga pala ang play at 5:00 pm so almost 3 hrs din ang tinagal. Nagkaron din kc ng 15 mins break between Act One and Act Two. Nakita lng namin ung officemate ni Eugene (yes.. isa lng pala ang dumating bukod samin pero may kasama syang ibang friends nya) nung tapos na ang play. Na-confiscate ung cel nya kc nagtetext daw sya nun kaya ayun kinuha ng isang usherette.. Kumain lang kami ni Eugene sa Mcdo then umuwi na rin kami pagkatapos.

Some info about the musical play:

Disney's Beauty and the Beast: Broadway's Smash Hit Musical
Produced By: Atlantis Productions
Music By: Alan Menken
Lyrics By: Howard Ashman and Tim Rice
Book By: Linda Wolverton
Originally Directed By: Jess Roth
Originally Produced By: Disney Theatrical Productions
Directed By: Bobby Garcia
Musical Director: Prof. Arturo Molina

About Disney's Beauty and the Beast (some kind of a history eh?!)

Seen in 13 countries, the total worldwide attendance for Disney's Beauty and the Beast stands at almost 25 million people.

Beauty and the Beast ranks as the fourth highest grossing musical of all time, recently passing Miss Saigon. Beauty also passed Miss Saigon on April 21st, playing its 4,093rd performance on Broadway to become the sixth longest running musical in Broadway history. It also has the distinction of being the second longest musical still playing on Broadway (next to the Phantom of the Opera).

Internationally, Disney's Beauty and the Beast has been seen on London, Melbourne, Vienna, Tokyo, Osaka, Sydney, Toronto, Mexico City, Fukuoka, Stuttgart, Nagoya, Sapporo, Buenos Aires, Madrid, Beijing, Sao Paulo, and Kyoto. A UK tour played in England, Ireland and Scotland for over a year and a half. This year, productions will open in Seoul, Korea and Manila, Philippines.

In London, Disney's Beauty and the Beast received the Olivier Award for Best Musical, and won an award in Stuttgart for Robert Jess Roth as Best Director.

In Addition to a long-running, engagement at the Shubert Theatre in Los Angeles in 1995, Disney's Beauty and the Beast has completed two successful national tours, playing in over 100 american cities.

Disney's Beauty and the Beast features Allan Menken's Academy award-winning score, songs by the late Howard Ashman and Alan Menken (including the Academy award-winning title song and the show-stopping "Be Our Guest"), plus songs written especially for the stage by Allan Menken and Tim Rice (including "IF I Can't Love Her" and the recent addition "A Change In Me"). Book is by Linda Woolverton, author of the original screenplay.

Disney's Beauty and the Beast is the classic love story of Belle, a young woman in a small, provincial town, and the beast, who is really an prince trapped, in a spell placed on him by an enchantress. If the beast can learn to love and to be loved, the spell will be broken and he will be transformed back to his former self. But time is running out, and if the beast does not learn his lesson soon, he will be doomed for all eternity.

Cast (in order of appearance)

Belle - KC Concepcion/Karel Marquez
Lefou - Robbie Guevara
Gaston - Calvin Millado
Silly Girls - Tricia Canilao, Kyla Rivera, Jenny Villegas
Maurice - Robie Zialcita
Cogsworth - Lorenz Martinez
Lumiere - Jonard Yanzon
Babette - Cathy Azanza
Mrs. Potts - Pinky Marquez
Chip - Kara Pangilinan/Alexa Sermonia/Amanda Sermonia
Beast - Jett Pangan
Madame Dela Grand Bouche - Chari Arespacochaga
Monsieur D'Arque - Joel Trinidad
Ensemble - Allan Alojipan, Manman Angsico, Ring Antonio, Deeda Barretto, Teenee Chan, Raymund Concepcion, Topper Fabregas, Giancarlo Magdangal, David Malla, Marisse Santos-Borlaza, Kaye Tiuseco, Randy Villarama, Jason Zamora
Prologue voice-over - Miguel Faustmann

Song List:

Act One
Prologue
Belle - Company
No Matter What - Belle, Maurice
No Matter What (reprise) - Maurice
Me - Gaston, Belle
Belle (reprise) - Belle
Home - Belle
Home (tag) - Mrs. Potts
Gaston - Company
Gaston (reprise) - Gaston, Lefou
How Long Must This Go On? - Beast
Be Our Guest - Company
If I Can't Love Her - Beast

Act Two
Entr'acte/Wolf Chase
Something There - Belle, Beast, Lumiere, Cogsworth, Mrs. Potts
Human Again - Company
Maison Des Lunes - Gaston, Lefou, D'Arque
Beauty and the Beast - Mrs. Potts
If I Can't Love Her (reprise) - Beast
A Change In Me - Belle
Mob Song - Company
The Battle - Company
Home (reprise) - Belle
Finale - Company

eOhw peeps... musta na po keO? weLL m just abOut to start my 2nd jOurnaL here in my muLtipLy site (remember the 1st one? my story bout our pagudpud adventure... juz check it out on my journal page for those who haven't read it yet.. okslah?!.. orayt!) and aLsO i wOuLd Like to take this opportunity (habang walang ginagawa sa ofis ahihi) to thank you guyz for all the things you've done for me for juz simply being part of my life.. ahihi parang ang drama yata ng acknowledgement ko.. Now, gusto ko lng po ishare sa mga bumibisita sa site ko ang summary ng kung ano ba ang naging life ko since i started working in the IT world right after i graduated college at Polytechnic University of the Philippines on April 26, 2002.

Lemme start with my first company... Comtech Worldwide Solutions. I was hired as Web Application Developer/Graphic Artist .. well naging officemates ko d2 ang aking mga deary ynocentez friends na sina Mau and Jhoy on May, 2002. At first masaya naman kami sa first company namin sympre tuwa ko lng we're one of the pioneers sa company and ofcorz sa Microsoft .NET technology khit baba lang sweldo namin (nagcmula kami sa minimum na 8k/month kc fresh grad pa lng naman kami).. masaya kc dami new knowledges, new friends, new career then minsan bumabaha ng pizza sa ofis (kc mga amerikano bossings namin kaya mahilig sa pizza) then team building laro ng billiards sa greenbelt etc.. Na-experience ko rin na mapunta sa graveyard shift (7pm to 7am) pero oks lng coz may night differential pay naman tapos mas masaya magtrabaho sa gabi kase walang boss tapos minsan nood pa kami ng VCD then minsan natutulog pa kami as in may unan and kumot at mahihiga kami sa carpet ahihi :b. Things just started to get 'chaka' (i meant it.. super chaka as in -- lam ng iba kong friends kung bakit 'chaka' was the term hekhek) when our manager (na wala naman alam sa IT.. kc ginagawa nyang elementary school ang company namin blah! blah!) was sumthing like i don't know with her why the hell she didn't like me at all.. actually d lng naman ako pati iba kong ofismates na babae (u know hu u r and u herd me right.. girls lang!) pero i think ako may worst experience on that company. (gosh ang puso ko harhar :b.. *sigh!*) Well i don't like to elaborate more coz i've already moved on na naman matagal na.. (sowee poh sa mga nabitin na gusto malaman ang complete details sa mga pangyayaring yun.. kwnto ko na lng sa inyo ng live para sabay natin tatawanan ang nakaraan ko ho-ho-ho!!!) Bsta to make the story short.. After 4 mos stay.. umalis nlng ako sa company na un na wala na lng nagawa.. and feeling ko lng nun eh inapi nila ko sobra.. but i didn't bother to give a damn.. bahala na lng c Lord sa mga katulad nila but after all those things, thankful pa rin ako sa mga naging experiences ko kasi natuto ako mag .NET (sympre may EDGE na ko) and i became stronger and i have true friends na d ako iniwan ever.

After less than a month ng paghunt for another job. I was hired by Integrated Solutions Technology located at PBCom tower also in Makati as System Analyst/Programmer. 3 times ako nainterview b4 i got the job.. but lemme kwnto this... on my 2nd interview with the Sir Mel, an IT director (the first one was with Sir Floyd, a PM of ectrack and the 3rd one was with Ma'am Jee, a tech mgr of xotrack/ectrack/chat).. the interview was about my desired salary chuchu.. so b4 i get there nga pala eh pinagisipan ko mabuti kung oks lng kaya na almost times 2 ng salary ko sa comtech hingin ko eh feeling ko nun pede na cguro kc may experience naman ako sa .NET oha! then sabi ko 15k monthly salary. To my surprise, sabi ng IT director.. 'ang baba naman gawin nating *toot toot*' kala nyo sasabihin ko haha :P.. from what i've asked na almost x2 eh ang binigay sakin ay more than x3.. d ako makapaniwala talaga kaya tuwang tuwa ako nun super! ang bait talaga ni Lord coz sobra ung blessings na binigay nya when i only asked more than enough for me tapos dami pa sumunod na bonus blessings. When i joined them ako ang youngest na employee kaya ang tawag nila sakin ay 'bunso' (baka dw pinabibili lng ako ng suka ng nanay ko tapos nag-apply na ko sa IST ahihi). I have stayed in IST for 2 years and 3 mos to be exact. No wonder kung bakit ako nagtagal dun coz parang family na kami ng mga officemates ko. They're really great and very supportive in any way. With them, i celebrated my birthday twice. Nung September 2003.. they surprised me with a mini-party.. bumili cla ng 1 gallon of selecta chocolate ice cream tapos they gave me a birthday card with their messages, a ladies bag (made of abaka yata un) and herbench t-back (grabeh namula ako nun sobra kc nun lang ako nakahawak ng ganun.. sabi ko pa pano ginagamit to?! talaga tong c jen pinairal ang pagiging ynocentez haha!). sabi kase nila dalaga na raw ako d na bata kaya un binigay nila sakin. Nung September 2004.. they surprised me when 14 of my officemates na boys eh one by one nila ako binibigyan ng flower then greet me happy birthday (para akong debutante @ 14 ahihi) sabay tuksuhan ng ibang officemates ko. When i think natapos na ang flower ceremony eh bigla ako niyaya ni Maqui na samahan ko sya magyosi sa baba. Then pagkabalik namin nagulat ako nag-gather na mga ofismates ko sa cubicle area ko then sabay sabay nila ako ni-greet ng happy birthday.. then meron ng red ribbon pancit malabon and honey cake, ung flowers from holland tulips naka-bundle na and ung gifts nila na tweety bird backpack with basket nest na may easter eggs and sa loob nun ung mga messages nila for me. Masaya ako kc happy ako dahil nabusog nanaman kami haha but seriously sa efforts and love nila for me. With them naexperience ko rin mag-spelunking sa Daraitan, Tanay, Rizal.. gumimik in different places i've never been b4 around mega manila and out-of-town ofcorz.. ang malasing (isang bote plng nahihilo na ko) sa tuwing iinom ako ng san mig light, tequila cuervo, vodka iced/cruiser at kung ano ano pa sa tuwing may gimik sa gabi.. ang maiyak at makipagiyakan sa mga ofismates friends ko kapag may open forum or simpleng chikahan lng.. mang-okray at kung ano pang mga kalokohan.. ang manood ng mga complimentary free concerts sa Hard Rock Glorieta (Nyoy Volante and Manos, Bituin Escalante) and SM Megamall (Jimmy Bondoc, Nina, South Border, etc) courtesy of Shiela (She is one of my bestfriends sa IST and pinakaclose sakin among IST friends then pareho pa kaming alumni ng PUP.. batch98 sya and classmate nya dati c Sir Rino ng ICTC.. kewl noh?!).. ang matuto at ma-adik sa sports na badminton at makapaglaro sa company tournament na 'MY Badminton Cup' at manalong female star of the night with matching sash and 500 pesos cash.. ang mawala sa ofis na ang break time ko ay umaabot hanggang sa 5 oras coz pasyal pasyal sa Glorieta, Greenbelt, Landmark and SM Megamall.. ang umuwi ng past midnight dahil may deadlines sa projects.. ang magkaron at maguwi sa bahay ng IBM laptop.. ang maglakad pababa sa fire exit ng PBCom from 22nd to ground floor kapag merong fire drill.. ang sumakay ng Ayala FX Shuttle service everyday pagpasok sa ofis na ang pamasahe ay from 25 pesos ay nagmahal to 30 pesos.. ang sumakay ng MRT everyday ng uwian from ofis starting Ayala station to Shaw (if deretso uwi na ako) or Ortigas (if punta ako ng SM Megamall to meet my bf) Station na ang fare ay 11 pesos pero lagi akong may Stored Value Card worth 100 pesos para umiwas sa hassle ng sobrang haba ng pila sa pagbili ng card.. ang lakarin ang buong Ayala Ave dahil kapag rush hour mas gugustuhin mo pang maglakad nlng kesa makipagtulakan sa mga war-freak na pasahero at maghabol ng jeep then ng makasakay ka na eh marealize mo na lng na wla ka na palang mauupuan (wawa naman huhu --tapos minsan dala ko pa laptop ko if friday).. ang umatend ng bridal shower party at makapagsuot ng gown (pinagtahi pa ko ng powder blue na gown ng nanay ni Eugene) sa wedding nila Calvin and Evs sa Manila Cathedral Church and reception sa Shangri-La Makati.. ang makatanggap ng iba't ibang pasalubong like chocolates, foods at souvenir stuffs from other countries kapag may ofismate na dumating from abroad.. ang kumain ng kumain sa tuwing may birthday na ofismate.. ang mag-organize ng surprise parties (with Maqui.. tandem itoh) para sa ofismate na magbebirthday or despedida and gumawa ng mga decorations/props and gifts with scrapbook na susulatan naman ng mga friends for the celebrant.. ang madalas na malibre ng breakfast, lunch or dinner ng mga galanteng ofismates.. ang tumambay sa The Patio sa 7th flr ng PBCom during afternoon breaks para magmerienda and minsan para lng makipagchikahan or samahan lang ang yosi gang friends ko (kami lng kc ni Shiela ang d nagyoyosi sa barkada).. ang kumain araw-araw sa pantry dahil lagi ako may baong food.. ang maging negosyante coz ako ang supplier ng gordons kornik, boy bawang, choknut at kung ano ano pang junk foods sa ofis (malakas ang benta kaya pinangatawanan ko na hanggang sa huli).. ang magdevelop ng different business web applications sa mga projects ng IST which were XOTrack, ECTrack, Chatelaine, R2M2 etc.. ang mag-outsource/system sidelines for an extra income (hirap nga lang minsan wala me tulog :C).. ang magipon ng 10-peso & 5-peso coins sa teddy bear coin bank na regalo samin ni bernard nung Christmas '03 na umabot PhP 2,600 ang naipon ko.. ang makatanggap ng iba't ibang mga regalo tuwing xmas from dear ofismates.. at higit sa lahat ang magtipid to death at sumali sa company's paluwagan system.. actually ako ang biggest investor ng 2004 Paluwagan with 80 shares or 16k per month. Kumuha rin ako ng life insurance plan sa Sunlife of Canada with Vanessa as my agent.

With all of my earnings sa IST.. sa sobrang tipid ko.. napagawa at napaayos ko ang bahay namin sa Pasig, ung FX naming sasakyan ay pinabody repair and pinabody paint ko rin.. and higit sa lahat nakabili kami ng papa ko ng brand new Isuzu Crosswind XUV 2005 model sa Manila branch. Nag-downpayment kami ng 60% cash of PhP 960K. Yan ang katas ng perang pinaghirapan ko nung nasa IST ako kaya super thankful ako kay Lord for all the blessings na sobra sobra at sa mga ofismates and friends ko rin. Akala ko d ko matutupad ung dream ko na makabili ng brand new car and alam ko na may