2004 rewind

this will be my last blog for 2004, i am going back to batangas tomorrow and i will refrain myself from accessing the internet. so, to sum it up, let me summarize, whether you like it or not, the events that happen to me this year...

first half of the year from january to july, i was assigned in kuwait... for the 2nd time... to continue the ivr project for kuwait finance house. i met and worked with many people of different races : indian, pakistani, egyptian, palestinian, syrian, kuwaiti, lebanese, bangladeshi to name a few. i lived with an indian, lebanese and saudi arabian... and most of the time, for almost 3 months, i lived alone in my apartment. here, i learned to be independent. living alone in a 2-bed room apartment with complete set of appliances is not a joke, with no one to wake you up when you fell asleep while watching tv, waking up in the middle of the night wondering why i am not in my bed, with no one to wake you up early in the morning, with no one to prepare your breakfast, with no one to clean your room, with no one to wash your clothes. i am like lito cruz in tide commercial... always me.. me.. me.. (lagi na lang ako, ako, ako). in the first month, i usually washed my clothes and do the ironing during weekends... later, i brought my clothes to laundry shop for ironing, and later... i iron my clothes 1 hour before i wear it, getting them directly out from the drier. in the work place, on the first month, i was a bit awkward working with other nationalities, but later, i was with them taking lunch on an indian restaurant, going with them to catch some fish, cracking jokes with them. up to now, i still have communication with my friends in kuwait... zahid, ravi, kashif, sazzad, sheejan, husam to name a few.

returning back from kuwait, got my salary increase... new faces came along. there are new employees: marco, francis and elmer... jeff left the company... alona to my surprise also left... turn-over activities followed, first from jeff, then from alona. maita was in the company, gina also came. i was overwhelmed by the bigger responsibilities ahead of me. the company was restructured, and still restructuring up to now. many things had happened, i spent the last half of 2004 doing technical support and some minor developments.

basically, i spent almost 75% of my 2004 at work and 25% on my private life. regarding my life, people come, people go. someone new came to me, and i was glad i met her. though we are far from each other, it did not became a hindrance, marhgil lives to love. it is also on this year that i was diagnosed with diabetes, something that i inherited from my parents... both of them are diabetic... my father bought a pajero... i got a new future sister-in-law... sm city was opened in batangas, and i learned the art of shopping. :)

if you want to know the complete details of what happened to me this 2004, read the archives... and my old diary.

Happy New Year to ALL!

special

this is also a special day for me and for my love. i will not give details because i want to keep my love life in private. (feeling artista ba??) hehehe.

Mahal, Thank God I met you!

Sigaw vs Spirit of the Glass

last vacation, i was able to watch both horror movies that were included in the metro manila film festival... here are my movie comments....

Sigaw

A story of a battered wife killed by her husband asking for "justice".

Hindi ko alam kung saan nyo kinuha yung title, pero mapapasigaw talaga ang mga manonood, kasi, ang sound effects nyo, ang galing manggulat. Mas magandang title sana is "Bulaga!". Mga tanong ko naman sa kanila... anong klaseng multo ba yun? Doing the reenactment of their pagkamatay? Kung paano sila pinatay, pati yung pumatay, ginagawa muli yung ginawang pagpatay sa kanila? Meron bang ganun na multo, ginagawa muli ang nakaraan? Isa pa, patay na ba si Jhun? Bakit kasama sya sa reenactment nung pamilyang multo? At anong katarungan ang hinihingi nung babae, e nagpakamatay na rin naman yung asawa nya na pumatay sa kanya? Kung buksan ba ang pinto, mabubuhay ba syang muli??? Maililigtas pa ba sya? Nagkaroon ba ng katarungan nung buksan nya ang pinto at mabaril nung babae yung kanyang asawa? E reenactment lang naman yun, ang totoong nangyari, sya pa rin ang napatay. For me, this movie is a crap. Recommendation: Don't watch it, sayang ang pera, ibili nyo na lang ng hamon.


Spirit of the Glass

A love story gone astray because of family pressure.

The title is justifiable, because dun talaga umikot ang kwento. Comments... hindi nakakatakot yung multo nyong si Marvin Agustin. Saan sya kumuha ng all-white na damit? Shoes, pants, belt, sapatos... everything is white... e nung mapatay naman sya ay hubad sya at black yung pants nya. Natatandaan ko pa is yung suot nya nung sunduin para patayin is black pants, nakajumper pa, and white shirt. Di ba, yung mga nagmumulto, kung anong suot nya nung mamatay, yun yung dapat na suot nya kapag nagmulto sya, logically speaking? Alangan namang nagshopping pa sya ng mga puting kasuotan? Anong tawag sa kanya? White Gentleman? Male version ng white Lady??? Another point, pareho silang nagmumulto ni Auring sa bahay na yun.. di ba? Andun din si Auring... as far as I can remember nagparamdam din sya, sya ba yung nakapaldang puti na parang pangkasal na dumaan? Bakit hindi sila nagkita ng multo ni Marvin Agustin? Pareho na silang multo, nagmumulto sa parehong bahay, pero hindi sila nagkatagpo. Kinailangan pa nilang manakot at gumamit ng mga buhay na tao para magkita sila. Very illogical. Isa pa, wala bang kamag-anak si Marvin? Walang naghanap o nagreport man lang nung mawala sya? Ano sya, singaw?? Marvin's death is so brutal... pinahirapan at inilibing ng buhay. If you are choosing between the 2 movies, mas maganda ito kesa sa Sigaw. Pang best actress ang acting ni Alessandra de Rossi... ehhehee, masyado syang taklesa sa pelikula.



Honestly, I don't believe in ghosts, sa mga multong hindi matahimik na humihingi daw ng katarungan. Kung naniniwala ka na wala silang makakamit na katarungan kung hindi sila magmumulto, para mo na ring sinabing walang Diyos. Alam ng Diyos ang lahat ng bagay, at kayang kaya nyang ibigay ang katarungan. Hindi na kailangang magmulto pa ang isang tao, God will do justice to all the oppressed. Kaya yung mga may utang sa akin, kung pinagtataguan nyo ako, ang masasabi ko lang, Diyos na ang bahalang sumingil sa inyo.

Happy New Year to All!!!

nagmukhang tao

Nagproduct presentation kami sa PLDT kaya nagmukha akong tao. Hirap huminga... Mahaba na pala ang buhok ko! Kelan kaya makapagpagupit? Bago siguro ako magpunta sa Davao... Salamat sa nagpahiram ng neck tie.

On other matters, ako ay buong puso, atay at balunbalunan, kasama pati ang defective kong pancrease na nakikiramay sa mga naiwan ni Da King. Salamat Poe.

unpredictable

Matapos manalo si Manny Pacquiao, biglang napalitan ng lungkot ang saya ng Pilipinas ng yumao si Da King.

Ang buhay talaga, very unpredictable. Sabagay, oras na talaga siguro ni FPJ. Sabi nga nila, when it's your time na, wala ka nang magagawa, kahit saan ka magtago, mamamatay ka. Naalala ko tuloy yung isang katrabaho ng kaklase ko, namatay dahil nabagsakan ng eroplano sa kumpanya nila, may nagcrash kasing eroplano.

Tuloy pa rin ang aking walking trip. Para hindi mapaaga ang byahe ko papunta sa sementeryo. :-)

Kelan kaya ibibigay ang aming bonus?

Ooopps, teka... nakalaya na ba si Tarongoy? Nakalimutan na yata sya ng media. Puro FPJ na lang ang laman ng balita. Pag ako kaya ang namatay... mabalita din kaya???

tara mag-artista

Kailangan daw ng exercise ng mga diabetic, so kahapon, i started... naglakad lang naman ako mula dito sa office pauwi sa evangelista. ang plano ko... iL walk habang kaya ko at kapag pagod na, sasakay na ako ng jeep. fortunately... kinaya ko hanggang bahay. :-) aaraw-arawin ko na to!

invite din ako ng mga officemates ko magbadminton. kaso, hindi ko yata linya yun. hindi ko trip. so... walking trip na lang muna ako.

regarding my diet... talagang iniiwasan ko na yung matatamis. hindi nako nagsosoftdrinks. and yung rice... 1 cup na lang.

nagstart na rin ako uminom ng charantia. ok naman pala yung lasa. medyo mahal nga lang yung presyo. pero ok lang...

just a comment on Maalaala Mo Kaya and Magpakailanman... wala na ba kayong pwedeng ibang ipalabas??? Instead of giving us inspiration... iba ang dating sa akin, sa totoo lang, parang pinalalabas nyo na in order to succeed in life.. kailangan, mabigyan ka ng break sa pag-aartista! lahat na lang ng pinalalabas nyo, nagtagumpay sa buhay kasi nag-artista. paano naman kaming hindi pwede??? wala ba kayong pedeng ipalabas dyan na mga taong nagmula sa hirap.. nagnegosyo.. nagsikap sa pag-aaral at nagtagumpay sa kanilang chosen carreer path? e puro na lang nagtagumpay, kasi, naging artista. Kaya tuloy ang daming nag-audition sa Starstruck at Star Circle Quest...

yun lang

I am one of them

it was confirmed. i am diabetic. that's the reason why i am always thirsty in the past few weeks. and the only way to cure myself is to have a low-sugar diet. hay!! goodbye McFlurry... goodbye Choco Sundae.. goodbye chocolates... goodbye Chowking Halo-halo... goodbye Coca Cola! goodbye leche flan... goodbye ice cream! goodbye sa lahat ng matatamis!!!

welcome Charantia!!!

"You are one of us!" sabi ni Gary V. at Mike Enriquez sa akin... hehehe

2.5

absent na naman ako ng kalahating araw. ngayong week na ito... 2.5 days akong absent. Hay buhay... bakit ba nauso pa ang sakit? bibili na nga ako ng clusivol.

unfair nga ba??

ako ay nagtataka at nagtatanong... isn't God unfair? Think about this...

Hitler killed millions of people through Holocaust... he will end in hell
Druglords, Jueteng lords, corrupt politician, ang dami nilang pera and they have the time of their life enjoying everything ... they will end on the same hell
Ordinaryong mamamayan na nagnakaw will go to the same hell where the druglords, hitler and others will go...

Isn't it unfair??? different crimes.. same punishment?

Ewan ko ha. nagtatanong lang po.

kung ano ano

well, tagal kong di nakapagpost... medyo busy eh. ngayon lang ulit nakadaan dine...

random events, random thoughts...

i went to davao noong nakaraang araw ng mga patay...

may SM City na sa Batangas....

bumili ako ng bagong sapatos...

ang taong mahirap singilin, hindi na ulit makakautang sa akin... kilala nyo kung sino kayo!!

ang sarap ng fruit cocktail sa Mandarin restaurant sa davao..

tumaas na ang pamasahe sa taxi...

nagtataxi na ako pag pumapasok sa opisina... nang mabawasan naman ng konti ang ipon ko... hehehehe

sun cellular unlimited call and text... ok yan! dapat lang, sinabi nila.. unlimited calls, maximum 15 minutes per call! bakit nyo pinuputol every 15 minutes?? hindi ba kaya ng network nyo??? ok na din... kesa sa smart or globe na yung 250 pesos mo, kung magtetelebabad ka, hindi pa aabot ng maghapon. e yung 250 pesos nila... 30 days!!! kumikita pa kaya sila???? kung kumikita pa sila... what more ang globe at smart???

eto pa... ang email tungkol kay Faye..na isang hoax lang pala... ang saya talaga sa Pilipinas! Imagine nga naman, editor ng isang kilalang newspaper... naloko at pumayag iprint sa kanilang dyaryo ang mala fairy tale na kwento ni Faye.... it gave me an idea na gumawa rin ng sarili kong version....siguro, pag sinipag ako... iL make my own fairy tale... sa taong itatago natin sa pangalang "Marhgil"... hehehe...

To Pandesal Ministries.... ang saya-saya ng church nyo! how could I have faith in your church... e isang 12 years old na bata, naloloko kayo??? DO you think, God is with you????

To Jasmine Trias.. pasensya ka na sa kanila... kain na lang tayo sa Mcdo mamaya... hehehehe.

Comment ko lang sa Born Diva ng ABS-CBN... hindi ba dapat... Retokadong Diva ang title ng palabas nyo??? If you are Born Diva... you don't have to change anything, right? Ipinanganak ka ngang Diva... bakit kelangang magpaopera???

Comment ko naman sa Star Struck at Star Circle National Teen Quest... bakit naman ngayon lang nauso yan, kung kelan disqualified na ako?? Hehehehe, anyway, ayoko rin namang mag-artista... Imagine... hindi ako makakagala sa SM Batangas nang kagaya ng ginawa ko kahapon kung artista ako... siguradong habol ang mga reporters at fans ko. Buti na lang, hindi ako artista. Hehehehehe

Question ko sa mga computer geeks... bakit zero byte ang file size ng isang file na wala talagang laman pero 250 characters naman ang filename? saan nakastore ang filename?? di ba dapat.. it should consume some diskspace din??

Comment sa GameKNB ng abscbn.. palitan nyo ng timeslot. para kayong engot..

Comment sa nahostage sa Iraq... BUTI NGA!!! Sabi nang bawal magpunta... nagpunta pa..tapos... hihingi ngayon ng tulong sa gobyerno... MANIGAS KA!!! Hindi ako naaawa sa iyo... ang tigas kasi ng ulo...

Sa nasa Afghanistan naman... iL pray for you... sana mailigtas ka ng UN, wag ka nang umasa sa Pinas.. sa UN na lang...

Kay George Bush... wala akong magagawa.. nanalo ka eh.. congrats na lang. Sana, kung may kaaway ka pang leader ng ibang bansa... hamunin mo na lang ng boxing.. wag ka nang mandamay, wala namang weapons of mass destruction eh.

Yun lang muna... siguro.. magpopost ako after 1 month ulit.

nabuhay maguli

I’m not from UP... Im not from Mapua or La Salle. Im not from any known school in Manila. I am just a graduate of Batangas State University. Ang school na hindi kilala dito sa Manila, kaya nahirapan ako during my job hunting days. But kung nagbabasa lang sana sila ng news, they will think twice before rejecting a graduate of our school. Why??? Kilala nyo ba kung sino ang topnotcher sa recent EE board exam? San ba sya graduate? Chamba lang ba na may nagtopnotcher sa school namin? Check this out...

Wala lang...

name game

what's wrong with name? why is it usually misspelled? Our company recently required us to apply for an ATM card on Bank of Commerce, because we are going to receive our salary there. I consistently spelled my name correctly on the application forms...
M-A-R-H-G-I-L... and I can't understand why they insist on what they want and not what is written. I have to require them to give me a new ATM card with the correct spelling. This is already a normal scenario to me, my name being misspelled. Philamcare also misspelled my name. And just the same, they have to replace the card they gave me. Even my brothers, classmates, teachers, students and friends are not sure of the correct spelling of my name. Only my parents and my girlfriend know and are sure of the spelling of my name.

By the way, I am the only one who has this name. Try searching on www.google.com and all the search results pertains to me.

That's all folks.

im feeling lucky

i just found out na when you search on google for "kukote"... this blog will be the first on the search list... hehehehe. so if you search for "kukote" and you click "Im feeling lucky.", this blog will be the one to appear. Baka isipin nyo... ito lang ang website na may "kukote"... ang dami a... pero bakit ito ang first on the search list... secret... hahahahaha.

long time no post

medyo matagal din akong hindi nakapagpost... sobrang busy sa work. ngayon, nakasilip ng konting oras. ano bang bago? well, today, sept 16, i was officially informed by our manager that i am promoted to a new position... anong position? saka na lang pag kumpleto na yung papers para di maunsyami. hehehe.

wala na akong masabi... isa lang pala... batiin ko muna yung mahal ko... mukhang nagtatampo yata dahil di ko nababanggit sa blog ko. :) hello mahal! mahal na mahal kita!!! hintay mo ko jan.. :)

sa lahat ng nakakabasa nito na naghahanap ng work.. hiring sa amin ngayon.... nakapost sa jobsdb yung qualification... search nyo na lang.

yun lang po.

busy week

this week was a busy week. di na nga makapagblog eh. sige.. next week na ulit.

Mahulaan mo kaya??

nanood kami kagabi sa channel 2 ng "Maalaala Mo Kaya", tungkol sa buhay ni Isko Moreno. Masasabi ko lang.. moral of the story.. to succeed in life... mag-artista ka!

Isa pa... they should change their title to "Mahulaan Mo Kaya", kasi, tuwi na lamang akong manood nito... halos lagi kami naghuhulaan kung anong title nung episode nila... lalo na at may pacontest pa sila. Sayang... akala ko, tama ang hula ko, mali pala... ang hula ko kasi kagabi... ang title ay "Butas na Brief" hehehe... lagi kasing yun ang pinapakita e...

yun muna... back to work muna ako.

rainy thursday

dahil sa bagyong "Marce"... kaya ang lakas ng ulan ngayon dito sa manila at sa buong pilipinas yata. lubog sa baha ang maraming lugar dito, buti na lang at hindi yung lugar namin sa evangelista. at dahil din dito... nagpabrown-out brown-out pa dito sa makati. ginawang christmas light ng meralco ang mga ilaw namin. nagloko yung internet server namin... kala ko, bumigay na yung BIOS... buti na lang... nabuhay na mag-uli. buti na lang at may kuryente na ulit... kung hindi... magstairs kami pababa dahil masyadong hi tech itong building namin... walang generator para sa elevator... suggestion ko lang... maglagay kaya sila ng slides... para slide na lang kami pababa pag-uwi.. ang saya pa nun! ehehehe.

50th post

this is my 50th post here in my blog, bilangin nyo pa kung hindi kayo naniniwala... hehehe. ang dami ko na palang naisulat mula nang matripan kong gawin ang blog na ito produkto ng kawalang magawa at walang makausap nung naninirahan pa ako sa ibayong dagat... (lalim nun!). wala naman masyadong bago... nakipagmeeting sa client namin para pag-usapan ang wala na yatang katapusang usapin tungkol sa system nilang binili sa amin, by the end of this month, matatapos na rin ito.. sana. pagbalik ko sa office... meet with my one and only manager... and discussed with her kung ano ang aming napagmeetingan... then.. remotely connected through PCAnywhere (i remember Ma'am Exala :)) with our client in Lebanon... and continued our configuration. hanggang ngayon... hindi pa ayos... maaayos din yan... hindi pa kasi ayos... hehehe. kumuha lang ako ng mga trace logs at isinend sa mga kaibigan (hehehe) ko dun sa Intel....sana, may sagot na sila by tomorrow.

on other matters, kakayamot itong smart e-load. naniniwala akong may 20 pesos pa akong load kagabi bago ako nakatulog... pero nung gamitin ko na kanina para magtext ako... nagulat na lang ako at zero balance na daw... ggrrr... yun ang mahirap sa prepaid... walang statement of account... so pede nga nilang gawin ang gusto nila na wala tayong nalalaman. i'm not accusing them... marami din naman kasing pedeng dahilan... unintentional... like technical problems... database problems.. etc. pero sana naman, wag na maulit ito... kung hindi... iL switch to Globe... hehehehe.

ooppss... may naalala lang ako sa date na ito... 13th day after my birthday... wala lang... naalala ko na naman ang pautang ko... hay!!! kelan kaya makakasingil... lalo na dun sa ITS... kelan nyo babayaran yung 1 month quality service na ibinigay ko sa inyo last June??? ang laki-laking kumpanya... may utang sa akin... hehehehe... kakahiya kayo!!!

yun lang... time to unleash the evil inside my kukote... manood muna ako ng bold... hehehehe...

my kukote talking politics

weekend na naman... magtatagalog na ako... sa mga kaibigan kong di nakakaintindi ng tagalog...e di mag-aral kayo para maintindihan nyo ito...ehehehe.

natatawa naman ako sa mga ginagawa ni Sen. Lito Lapid sa senado.. puro angas... puro pagpapacute... hayun... kaya napapahiya. may nalalaman pa syang press release na sya raw ang kauna-unahang senador na naghain ng bill sa wikang Filipino... hehehe... kakahiya sya nang biglang may kumontra, may nauna na pala sa kanya... hehehehe. i just want to point out na hindi lang po pagpapacute ang kailangan naming mga Filipino sa mga senador. gagawa ka nang batas... gagawin mo lang Buwan ng Wika ang Agosto... magyayabang ka pa. e sa maging buwan ng wika yun... e ano ngayon? umunlad ba ang Pilipinas??? hindi namin kayo pinapasweldo ng 1.3 Million pesos monthly para lang magpacute dyan!!! ang laki yata ng kinakaltas sa akin para sa income tax... mapapapunta lang sa bulsa ng mga senador na ito na wala namang ginagawang maganda.

ang problema lang sa Pilipinas... ang daming batas...hindi naman napapatupad... halimbawa na lang ay yang paninigarilyo in public places... kelan na ba kayo nanghuli ng mga naninigarilyo? wala, kung kelan lang matripan... walang silbi ang batas kung walang lakas ng loob ang mga may kapangyarihan para ipatupad ito nang maayos. Yung discount for senior citizen at students sa pamasahe... napapatupad ba? sana naman.

comment ko naman sa mga leftist... yung mga taong wala nang ginawa kundi magstrike sa kalye... na wala nang ginawang magaling ang gobyerno... akala nyo ba ay may naitutulong kayo sa pagsigaw-sigaw nyo dyan sa kalye??? nagsasayang lang kayo ng pagod... lagi nyo nang isinisi sa gobyerno ang kamalasan ng Pilipinas... walang trabaho... mababa ang sweldo... ang daming mahirap. kasalanan ba ng gobyerno lahat yan?? strike pa kayo sa pagtaas ng presyo ng gasolina... mag-isip naman kayo... wala naman tayong mina ng langis dito sa pilipinas... e di kayo ang makipag-usap dun sa nasa middle east para hindi na sila magtaas ng presyo.. ang sa akin lang... talagang ganyan ang buhay... there are things that are beyond our control which all we have to do is accept and adjust... di ba?? bababa ba ang presyo ng gasolina kung magsisisigaw kayo dyan sa kalye?? mababawasan na ba ang mahirap? tataas na ba ang sweldo nyo?? may tamang paraan upang iparating ang ating mga hinaing sa gobyerno... and the street is NOT one of them. wag sa kalye... sa legal natin daanin. sa legal po.

yun lang.

unwell

alone and sick... what will you if you wake up one morning that you are alone... and you are sick... with headache and fever that you cannot stand you feel you'll fall. that's what happened to me yesterday... so what i did is i just lie in my bed and sleep. woke up in the afternoon... hungry...still with headache... but not too much then... so, i tried my best to stand and go out to take my lunch... after taking my lunch... went back to my room, take a medicine and sleep again... now im okay,i think... im not crazy... i'm just a little unwell. :)

utangz

paano ba maningil ng pautang kung ang pinautang mo ay yung ex mo na ayaw ka makausap kasi natatakot na baka kung anong isipin ng kinakasama nya na tumatawag pa ako sa kanya? akala ata e babalikan ko pa sya... manigas sya...hehehe... e kaya lang naman ako tumatawag e para maningil... e utang yun eh... alangan namang pabayaan ko na lang... minsan ko tinawagan sa telepono... galit pa sa akin.. kung pede raw... wag na akong tumatawag sa kanya... e sabi ko... hindi na ako tatawag... basta... bayaran mo na lang utang mo... e laging ang sabi ay sige... gagawan ko ng paraan... e ang tagal na... di naman tumatawag kung kelan magbabayad... e para namang ganun ako kayaman na kakalimutan ko na lang yung mga pinautang ko sa kanya...masama ba ang ginagawa ko? nung gipit siya... lumapit siya sa akin... hindi ko naman siya matanggihan... tapos, ngayon, na wala na kami... wala na rin yung utang?? tanging ina naman sya! e more than 1 year na yung utang niya sa akin, hindi man lang nila pinag-ipunan. balita ko pa naman ay professional yung kinakasama nya... member pa ng salisi gang... payag naman ako kahit hulugan eh... basta mabayaran lang... ano ba dapat kong gawin??

friday the thirteenth

it's friday the 13th... they said... this is unlucky day... so we have to be careful. so far, nothing bad happened to me today. that's good. today is the last day of work for this week... finished making a project proposal for one of our prospected client for phonebanking... tried to learn one of our products... the HSM... attended a meeting with Bayantel people to solve some issues... attended the "despedida party" of our manager whose resignation shocked all of us.

last night.. i ate 3 baluts...

that's all... happy weekend!

basta driver.. sweet lover

now, i got some proof that this saying is true... "Basta driver... sweet lover." (If he's a driver, he's a sweet lover). Imagine someone giving up everything, her family, her friends, her boyfriend, her job just for the love of the driver. Take note... the driver is already married, and she knows it... but she still chose to be with the driver. And she's a professional... she gave up everything, just to be with him. I guess... that's what they call "true love"... but for me... that is "pure stupidity"... or maybe... that is the work of a "love potion"... gayuma ba?? i don't know... if she really is on her normal state of mind when she decided giving up everything for the love of the married driver... then, she really is stupid, blinded by the saying "basta driver, sweet lover." Heehehehehehe.

kukote unloaded...

it's my birthday!

today is my birthday... another year has been added to my age. Now i am already a quarter century old. still alive... surviving. thanks to God for giving me such a wonderful, adventurous and blessed life...

my birthday wish... peace of mind for myself and for everyone who reads this blog. :)

if others can...

everyone has their first time. even bill gates started idiot with computers... kasparov doesn't know chess... michael jordan doesn't know how to play basketball... tiger woods doesn't know golf... michael schumacher doesn't know how to drive, agassi doesn't know tennis. They all started without a knowledge, but look at them now. It is just a matter of believing in ourselves... and focusing on it. This is what I think of whenever I go into something new. I also believe in what my 1st year high school teacher, Mrs. Phina Ilagan had taught us on the first day of our class..."If others can, why can't I." We are all created as humans... so if they can... I also can.

random thoughts again

things aren't the way they were before... some people come... some people go... some people change... some people stay as they are... i lost someone... i found someone better... they call me names... i simply ignore them... some people hate me... some people love me... some people think i'm crazy... some people think i'm insane... but some people think i'm a genius... we cannot please everyone... not everyone will agree with you... what is important is that you believe in what you do... you do what you think is right... and you don't kill anyone... the best thing in life is that you have the courage to say what you want to say... and stand on what you say... no one can dictate me... no one can tell me what i have to believe in... i believe in what i want to believe... and do what i want to do...as long as i don't hurt or kill anyone... i think, its ok. nobody is wrong... it just depends on what he think is right.... if you think that you are wrong... then you are... but if you think that you are right... then... sure you are right. am i right? i think im right.. so im right... hehehe

thoughts from my kukote... taken from nowhere...

Business Ethics 101

Nothing is new, i am still the old marhgil conquering the world with his non-sense thoughts. :)

i just finished my lunch... and now, a little sleepy. sent an email to ITS, following up the documents i'm asking from them. these guys were ignoring me for the past 2 weeks... next time, iL send them a copy of Business Ethics 101...

that's all for now.

kukote reloaded

too busy these past few days... lots of turnover activities. so many things to learn, so many things to study... i think, i need to upgrade my kukote to cope up with all of these...

i'm going back to Batangas early tomorrow to attend my cousin's wedding. i'L be marrying someone soon... before I die. :) seriously... no plans yet... not at this point in my life where I am still enjoying my singlehood. :)

though i don't personally like Mirriam Defensor... these past few days... i appreciate her courage to tell the whole Philippines how much senators are getting from the government, and of course, from the tax we are paying. i hope... her move to oblige the senators to show where these money are going will come to reality... at least.. we know where our tax is going.

what else? I just want to let ITS know that I hope... they study Professionalism 101. They don't reply to my mails, and it seems that they have no plans of paying me for the 1-Month service that I offered. My God, the God of INC will teach them a lesson if they continue this wrongdoing.

That's all. God bless everyone. Happy weekend!

random thoughts

just finished my dinner at mcdonalds... catch some cold viruses outside, and now im sneezing. haaachu!!! i met penoy of www.penoycentral.com this morning... we rode the same jeepney... i barely recognized him... he is already long-haired. we just say hi... got no time to talk...

last saturday... i paid PHP 21,668 as initial payment for my 20-year insurance plan at cocolife. now i am insured... if I die... my benificiaries will cry and afterwards... will be happy for the money they will get.. hehehehe. it also have some accident insurance in case i forgot to fasten my seatbelt and the car bumps into something harder than my head...

last sunday, we had our thanksgiving on the church... for the 90th anniversary of INC's reemergence. to all my brothers and sisters in Christ... Happy 90th anniversary!!!

what else? i just want to explain why I walk this way... because... if I don't walk this way... i am not Marhgil. that's my identity... i tried to remove it from myself... since childhood... i was trying to walk properly... but it keeps on moving that way.... what can I do?? so, i just accepted it, that as the sun always rise from the east... so as marhgil will always walk that way... anyway... it's not my problem anymore... i am not working as a fashion model that I have to teach myself to work properly... it is me... my ability... my knowledge that makes me earn something for myself...

that's all folks!

happy birthday

Today is the 2nd birthday of my niece... Happy Birthday Harrieth!!!

formula for success

what can I say? yesterday is my father's birthday and tomorrow will be my niece's birthday, and between those dates... which is today... i was informed that i was promoted... instead of doing codes for most of my time, i will be handling projects now, communicate with client, and supervise my subordinates. huh!... this is really a great day to celebrate and to thank God... on Sunday will be our Thanksgiving for the 90th anniversary of our church... a great day to offer Him all my thanks for the success I am getting on my carreer right now.

i still remember Noli de Castro's answer to Korina's interview..."What is the secret of your success?"... His answer... "Sipag, tyaga at swerte." (industry, patience, good luck)  I think he is right... no matter how industrious or patient you are... but without the good luck... you'll not succeed. And how will you get the good luck??? This is something beyond our control... but there is Someone who can control that, GOD.  So... Manuel Villar's ST (Sipag at Tyaga)  campaign is not enough. ST with prayer must be the correct formula to succeed in life.

That's all for now.

without him...

without him, marhgil will not exist, this blog will not exist and you will not be reading this right now. he funded my education, my food, my shelter, everything. i will not be who i am today if it is not for him. because of this, today on his birthday, I would like to greet him.. "Happy Birthday Tatay!!!" Thanks for everything.

unlucky but lucky

now... angelo de la cruz is free. i can call him now as the unlucky yet lucky guy in the Philippines.  Ang mamang malas na, ay swinerte pa. But if you'll ask me, I still don't want to be in his shoes. I heard GMA's speech... she said that she has no regret for her decision. That's good. I think, it's time for Filipinos to unite for a common good. Wala nakong masabi... tomorrow, I promise.. iL have a long post... topic.... bukas nyo na lang malalaman...

sneezy weekend

my weekend was really bad. got colds, with runny nose... sneezing the whole day, even my eyes were irritated. Huh!! Neozep and Neozone really helped me feel better now.
 
got my pending checks on first quadrant... just some small amount.  Got to encash it tomorrow in I-bank. I still need to regain strength and start my network again.
 
got to sleep early tonight.
 
that's all for now...
 
 

Hostage crisis

The hostage crisis that the Philippine government faced these past few days is really a headliner, you can read it on the newspaper, see it on TV, read it on the net.  And I really appreciate GMA's decision to pull out the troops in Iraq to save the life of Angelo de la Cruz. All I can say to America... life is more precious and more important than our relationship with you! Philippines should not be afraid if America withdraw its support to us. We are Filipinos, I believe that we can survive without America.
 
Just a thought, what if... the hostage taker of Angelo de la Cruz demanded that GMA should step down from the presidency to give way for FPJ? Will she give in? Hehehehe. Or... let's make it lighter... they demanded to open the certificate of canvass. Will she give in?
 
I think, Pangilinan will just say... "Ok... it is Noted!" Hahahaha!!!
 
  

cramps!

I woke up early this morning with a pain on my right leg... cramps! Remembering what my father told me, I immediately stand up and tried to stretch my leg. I was successful and the pain vanished after around 5 minutes, thanks to my friend Allan, he was there to help me. Huh!

untitled

i learned how to setup dhcp! downloaded some tutorial on cisco call manager, c++ training materials... and listened to MP3s the whole day!

what happened??

huh! long time no post! to those who are waiting for some news on what happened on me on Davao... well, the waiting is over.

Here is what happened... I met her... and we live the most memorable 3 days of our lives. Went to jack's ridge to view davao... ate at kuya ed's restaurant... where the most delicious buko pandan is being served (hehehe)... ate at chicken house for some grilled chicken... (where i noticed that the restaurant just beside it says "ituro mo... iluto ko")... i have tasted for the first time the famous durian of davao... (though i cannot take it without a coke)... bought some pasalubong at sm city davao... met her parents... watched Maala-ala mo kaya's "guhit".. where i can't understand why Hero is projected as being so poor but can afford to pay their telephone bills and let their electricity being cut...

that's all... i'L update my photo album later this week...

i would also like to take this opportunity to thank diavox for giving me a salary increase... thanks a lot... sir ramon! and to ITS-Kuwait... you still owe me 1 month... my bank account is waiting......

now i'm learning new things.... new technologies... new knowledge... and probably... more projects in the future.

davao,davao... here I come!!!

I'm going to Davao tomorrow!!! Why? To meet someone so special to me, someone who I love, someone who'll be my wife soon. :)

Special thanks to my friend Ronwaldo Duag, for making this plan of mine a reality. I hope, the weather is fine tomorrow.

Please note that I am on vacation leave tomorrow and all your emails will be read only on Monday when I come back. This blog will be updated again on Monday, iL free myself from the Internet these coming 5 days.

That's all for now.

There is no place like home

arrived safely last July 2 at 4:00PM at Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila. I have so many pictures to share... iL update you when I already posted it on my Photo Album.

I decided not to connect to the internet for the last two days... Saturday and Sunday... to give myself a break... a life away from work.

There really is no place like home. It is good to be back!!!

Mission Accomplished!

Before I go tonight, let me post here the things that I will never forget here in Kuwait.

1. KFC Jaguar Promotion I almost win the jaguar! But I did not. :)
2. Filipinos in Burger King They gave me free apple pie!
3. Bus No. 16 or 17 A nice option if I am running out of fulos!
4. Makati Manila Taxi When I call them, they already know where I am, they will just say "Kabayan, 5 minutes." and hang-up.
5. Pizza Hut Delivery One of my food sources for dinner.
6. Chicken Tikka Delivery One of my food sources for dinner too.
7. KFC Delivery Another food source. :)
8. Calicut Restaurant I love their Chicken Biryani!!!
9. Everyday Birthday This is one of the nicest thing that happened in KFH.
10. Ocean Taxi The lady radio operator has strong accent!(Bisaya). My back-up if Makati Taxi is not available.

Influential People I met (in ramdom order) :)
At work...
ITS...
Kashif, Zahid, Ravi, Sazzad, Sheejan, Fernan, Mang Gerry, Avinash, Ahmed Ali, Hatem, Santhosh, Sivaraman, Shabrawi, Riaz, Shantaraj, Rami, Nabeel, Yaqoub, Siham, Geraldine, Mostafa, Rafi, Thanveer, Nasser, Omar, Hani

KFH...
Husam, Anas, Ahmed, Mohammed Quenai and with full respect to Khalid Mekkaoui

Metco...
who else?? but my Kabayan... Benny (ang ganda ng bahay mo!)

In the Church...
Abi, Ann, Mina, Ka Mario, Ka Rey, Ka Jeanette, Ka Joel, Ka Nick, Ka Rading

Another chapter in my life has ended... when I get back to Diavox, I can proudly say to them "MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!"

confirmed flight schedule

got a confirmed flight schedule... at last! July 1, 11:00PM, ETA - July 2, 4:25PM on NAIA. One more problem... up to now... i don't have my per diem!!! :( I hope, i can get it till tomorrow. Or else... wala kayong pasalubong!!!

would u capture it?

Look, if you had one shot, one opportunity
To seize everything you ever wanted-One moment
Would you capture it or just let it slip? -Eminem (Loose Yourself)

This is a question I was trying to answer right now. My decision today will affect my life forever...

i'm going home... but when?

It is confirmed, i'm going back to Philippines. But when? Up to now, i don't have a confirmed flight schedule. The secretary who is doing all his best to get me the earliest flight possible is having a difficulty getting a flight schedule. he said that it is a peak season and all flight schedule are fully booked. I wonder, what's with the Philippines? why do all of them wanted to go there that I cannot get my flight schedule easily? is it because of the inauguration? or just that they want to escape the summer heat, "hellish" heat here in Kuwait?

The world in my apartment. First... it was Indian. Then, a Lebanese came. Then, an Egyptian. And now... I am living with a Pakistani. Now, the world is seeing how messy marhgil is. :) Well, they all gave the same remarks. Bachelor's room are all the same... messy :)

dont want to go home empty handed

i'm going back to Philippines. already cleaned my clothes and packed my things. i'm just waiting for that confirmed flight schedule, which is still under process up to now. i thought that this company is delaying my per diem, but i actually found out that they don't. because all of the employees are having their per diem and salary delayed. reason? lack of funds! i can't believe such company will run out of funds. maybe, their clients are not paying them yet? i don't know, all i want now is to get my per diem before i fly back to philippines. i dont want to go back home empty handed. :(

Rebooting... testing... going home

Reboot fix 90% of your problems in your PC. That's what they say. And I recently found out that it is not only applicable to computers! Why? I got a problem a week ago, where the TV reception in the apartment was so bad. All channels were affected, and since this is through sattelite, Hani tried everything he knows on troubleshooting to fix it because he wanted to watch football game. He checked the cables, went at the rooftop to see the connection to the satellite dish, but to no avail. The reception is the same, blurred. Then a thought on my Kukote... why don't we reboot?? What do I mean? Unplug the TV and the sattelite receiver and turn it on again! So, we did it! And we are really shocked that it solved the problem!!! Hani said that maybe, there are some noise on the satellite receiver, that even turning it off through the remote control will not remove it since there is still power inside it. Unplugging it totally remove all these noise, that's why when we plugged it again, it solves the problem. So, next time that you are having trouble with you electronic equipment that is not being unplugged for a long time... try rebooting it! It works for us... it might work for you as well. :)

What else? Ahh... I went to KFH site last night to do some tests, but no KFH representative came. We waited for 30 minutes, called them many times but they are not answering the phone. So, we left the place without testing. These guys are really professional. :)

Lastly... i got a Disengage Order from our company's president. I was ordered to disengage from the BKME project and book myself to Manila ASAP. Reason? Confidential. :) So, I'll be in Manila probably next week depending on the flight schedule availability. Im going home!!!!

i'm not alone anymore

Someone new to me has moved to the apartment where I am staying. This time, he is Egyptian, and 20-years older than me. He'll just be staying for a week while his apartment is being fixed. He's kinda cool, and easy to go along with. I just hope he was not irritated with what he saw when he first came there... all the mess are there, as if he just entered a jungle. Hehehe. Now, after enjoying 2 weeks with Lebanese music on Rotana channel, I think, I'll be appreciating Egyptian channels now. His name is Hani, i forgot his last name. (Reminds me of my past "honey" hehehehe). Before, I felt I was living with my brother, now, i feel I am living with my father. :)

a cool personal website!

As I browsed through the net, I discovered this cool personal website. Check it out here. :) I can't recognize my picture there! Hehehe

certifications... and being a manager

I always wanted to take a training for MCSE certifications. I know, I can pass that exam, I know I can, because others did, so why can't I? We are all alike, humans, gifted by God with the same brain. But what hinders me from taking the exam is the money. You need a tremendous amount of money to have the training and take the exam. For an ordinary person like me whose income is just enough for his stomach :), how can I take it?

Right now that I am on foreign assignment and having the opportunity to save some money, I am now wondering, is the training and certification worth investing? Should I spend the money I saved here for that certification? Or is it better to take masteral degree? Or better invest it into a business? What do you think??

My direct superior left, and the task for supporting the KFH site was assigned to me. Now, I have a new responsibility. Instead of just directly coordinating with him, now it is me that will coordinate to the people for whom he is coordinating. (Huh! Full of coordinates, I remember Analytic Geometry, x and y coordinates. hehe) This is a better challenge, a new learning experience. Coordinating with other team leaders, discussing with client about some open trouble tickets, closing these tickets, these are the task that I really wanted to do. I don't want to be stucked up with codes. You know what I mean. I also wanted to be the head. A manager, handling people, where I see my ideas done in unity and with coordination by the people I handle, and in the end, I can say that, it's my idea, the credit is on me, though I did not do any coding. Maybe, I'll be in that stage in the future, but not now. There are still so many things to learn, I'm just 24, and maybe, when I reach their age (30+), I am already someone I dreamed of. Inshallah.

Alone, young and advertiser

i'm alone again on my apartment. :) i think, i am kinda different from the others. I am a loner. I am happier when I'm alone. I am happier living alone, throwing all my stuffs anywhere I want, doing household chores when I felt doing it, eating the food i want, sleeping anywhere I want, with no one to dictate me what to do inside my house. Yes, I am single, alone, but happy.

I'm 24, young, actually, the youngest on the IVR Team, where I worked with 30+-year old people, am I correct? Sazzad? Sheejan? :) With this age, I am proud of what I have achieved. I still remember what a friend of mine from KFH told me. "At your age, being on such a big project as KFH Call Center and playing a major role in the development of the IVR application, this is something you can be proud of. Programmers of your age do ordinary programming, while you are here working with these guys in KFH."

There are more things to come. I am currently working on BKME project. Also an IVR application. And I hope, when KFHICC Phase 2 comes, I'll still be a part of that. :)

To those people who wants my service, if you need an IVR application that suits your needs, fully customized to your requirements, just contact me here and I'll refer you to my company so that we can work together. Visit our website to see the lists of our satisfied customers and some of the products we are offering.

Now, I became an advertiser. :) Well, all I can say is that if you want to secure your income source, help your company get some clients, so that projects continue to come. :)

That's all folks.

more about me

Here is the list of movies I missed and wanted to watch soon as it is available on DVD.

Passion of the Christ, Troy, Harry Potter III, Hellboy, The Day After Tomorrow

Things I wanted to buy soon:

A DVD player, a pair of rubber shoes, a house and lot. :)

What I wanted to do soon:

Start a business of my own.

That's all for now.

Aventuremail deactivated my account

For unknown reason, I was not able to login to my aventuremail account. An error page said that my account was deactivated and I will be notified on my yahoo account when they reactivated it. They did not even give me a warning or any notification mail, on whatever the reason they did it. I sent them an e-mail asking them what have I done wrong. We'll wait and see. Huh!

politics and my "fearless forecast"

With what's happening on the Philippine politics today... it looks like that my fearless forecast last May 11 on my old diary is going to materialize. We'll see.

My visit to Qatar

I went to Qatar yesterday and came back here in Kuwait on the same day. This was done to renew my visa here in Kuwait. What was odd yesterday was that I went and came back here in Kuwait on the same airplane, with the same crew, and worst of all, same food. :( I got trouble passing the airport security in Qatar. I set aside my cellphone and my watch before passing there. But their metal detector kept on buzzing, that I have to remove even my shoes just to pass there (but my shoes does not have a metal on it!). I stayed at Qatar airport for two hours, just sitting there waiting for the next flight. I just played chess on my cellphone just to kill the boredom. Now, I'm back in Kuwait, received an e-mail from our company President and it looked like that I will just be staying here for a week and go back to Philippines for another important project.

Site of the day: If you have Nokia 6600 and looking for a free theme downloads, visit this site.

Thought for the day: "You can pick your friends. You can pick your nose. But you cannot pick your friend's nose!" (I heard this from the FM station played on the taxi as I went back home yesterday.)

ang kandila

A thought just struck my Kukote. I want to write a poem. But I don't have the talent to write one. Then, I remember my Uncle's poem. I don't know if he is the author of this poem, or he must have heard it also from others, but it's quite funny, I want to share it with you. To those who don't understand tagalog, sorry guys but I can't translate it for you. Try this site if you want to translate it. Translate at your own risk. I have tested it and it did not pass my standards. :) Here is the poem:

Ang Kandila

Ang kandilang laking laki, habang haba'y tumutulo
Tumutulo ang kandilang, habang haba'y laking laki
Laking laki ng kandilang habang haba'y tumutulo
Ang kandilang tumutulo'y habang haba'y laking laki

Habang haba'y tumutulo ang kandilang laking laki
Laking laki ng kandilang tumutulong habang haba
Ang kandilang habang haba, laking laki'y tumutulo
Ang laking laki't habang haba, na kandila'y tumutulo

Kayo na ang magtuloy... :)

I don't know who the real author of this poem is. But if you are the one, contact me so that I can give you the credits. Hehehe.

too young

Can friends become lovers? Definitely yes. Can lovers become friends? Definitely yes. A friend of mine asked me to discuss this topic here. But I cannot think of anything to write. I am too young for this topic. Hehehehehe.

Random thoughts: "Do not sleep while your mouth is open."

my e-mail addresses

marhgil@hotmail.com - 2MB
marhgil@lycos.com - 6MB
marhgil@hellokitty.com - 10MB
marhgil@yahoo.com - 100MB
marhgil@spymac.com - 1GB
marhgil@aventuremail.com - 2GB

Google started it all. And now, e-mail account spaces are going up. When will hotmail update their account? Yahoo is still the best, it is still my main account. About Aventuremail, I am just one of the select few who were able to open an account. :) I think, they are not accepting anymore registrations. Anyone who wants this e-mail address? Contact me, I am open for negotiations. :)

Spymac as my recycle bin, 5KWD monthly subscription, visa

It seems that Spymac considers yahoogroups e-mail as spam, and deleting it automatically without prior consent. That's not a good way to control spam where user doesn't have any idea which e-mail is being deleted or not. I cannot do anything about that, they own it, I am just one of the users who is actually not paying for it. I checked their terms and conditions and found these information on it:

"(6)You shall not use the Basic Web Services for "spamming." "Spamming" includes, without limitation, (1) the sending of Unsolicited Commercial Email (UCE) of any nature; (2) the sending of junk mail; (3) the use of distribution lists that include people who have not given specific permission to be included in such distribution process; (4) the posting of commercial ads to USENET newsgroups that do not permit it, (5) excessive and repeated posting of off-topic messages to newsgroups, (6) excessive and repeated cross-posting, (7) the e-mailing of age-inappropriate communications or content to anyone under the age of 18; (8) the hosting of sites or information that is advertised by UCE from other sources; and (9) the uploading, posting, e-mailing or other transmission of any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, "chain letters," "pyramid schemes," or any other form of solicitation."

Does yahoogroups' mail fall to this category?? I don't think so. Maybe, they think so. :)I redirected back all my yahoogroups mail to my hellokitty account. I used this account because this has 10MB Inbox. After doing the changes, yahoogroups mail started coming to this account, which means that there is no problem with yahoogroups.

I'l still use spymac account as my "Recycle Bin." :) Instead of deleting e-mails immediately, iL forward it to this account before deleting.

On other matters, last month, I bought a 5KWD internet prepaid card, unlimited number of hours for 1 month, valid for 30 days after initial use. I started using it last May 7, and now, it is already June 14, more than a month has passed, and yet I am still using it. Actually, I am still using the same account right now! What must have happened, I don't know. Am I liable for using it for more than a month?? Should I report it to them?? What do you think? This is actually not the first time, it happened also to me in the Philippines. An 11-hour prepaid internet card just keep on connecting for more than 2 months... am I right, Owen?? Hehehe. U know which card I am talking about.

On June 17, my visa will expire. Got to visit Qatar airport again. I already have the airline ticket. Kuwait Airways should give me an award for being their regular customer for almost a year with an average of 1 flight per month. :) Too bad, I just have to stay on the airport for 2 hours and come back to Kuwait again with my new visa. I miss Movenpick Hotel, when can I visit you again??

That's all for now.

spymac, english posts, deployment

Is it the yahoogroups who is not sending me the e-mail updates, or is it spymac.com that is blocking it?? I diverted all my yahoogroups' messages to this e-mail account and I am not getting any update. What is the use of a 1GB account if you cannot use it in your mailing list? Maybe, that is what the old saying goes... "That is what you get for what you pay for." Since, I did not pay anything, I got nothing. :)

Maybe, some of you are wondering why I suddenly switched to English posts? I just want to broaden my viewers. Many of my officemates here in Kuwait know about this site, but they are complaining they cannot understand anything. Hehehe. I will still use our national language, in some instances na naubusan na ako ng English. Kagaya ngayon. Hehehe.

It is around 9:30PM here, and in 1 hour, I will be in our client to deploy some changes on our IVR application. We cannot deploy during daytime because it is a live system.We can update only during off-peak hours.

Got to have some shower... call a taxi and go there. Tomorrow, I'll come to office at 10:00AM :)

cool site for sharing big files

If your file is too big to send in an email (like logs, video clips, mp3s, etc...), use www.yousendit.com. The recipient will not receive the file as attachment, instead, he will receive a link for him to download the file. The maximum file size to share is 1GB!!! And it is free of charge. I tested it and it is working fine. It even works with multiple e-mail recipient.

Just a bit of information from me. i'L add this site on my Links on the side bar for your reference. :)

new e-mail account

Just signed up for a new e-mail account. marhgil@spymac.com. 1 GB free disk space!!! Lahat ng membership ko sa yahoogroups, inactivate ko na ulit yung e-mail service, pointing to this account. :) Dineactivate ko kasi dati, lagi kasing napupuno yung hellokitty mail ko which is already 10MB. Ewan ko lang ngayon kung mapuno nyo to. Hehehehe. Ang tagal naman ng Gmail maglaunch eh. Kakainip. Pero pag naglaunch sila, sign-up din ako. Syempre. Sana, huwag silang ningas kugon. Baka sa umpisa lang yan, tapos pag nagtagal, biglang manghihingi ng bayad. Idedemanda ko naman sila. Hehehe.

Happy Independence Day sa lahat ng Filipino!!! Mabuhay ang kalayaan! Mabuhay ang Pilipinas!

Araw ng Kalayaan

Hunyo 12, 1898, iwinagayway doon sa Kawit, Cavite ang watawat ng Pilipinas, simbolo ng kalayaan natin sa mga dayuhang Kastila na mahigit tatlong dekadang umalipin sa ating bansa. At ngayon, makalipas ang isang daan at anim na taon, nasaan na tayo?

Masaya ako at napalayas natin ang mga dayuhan, salamat sa kabayanihan ng ating mga bayani. Pasalamat silang mga Kastila, hindi pa ako ipinanganak noong panahong yun. Kung ipinanganak siguro ako noon, baka ang larawan ko ang nasa piso ngayon. Hehehehe.

On serious matters, masasabi kong malaya na tayo. Malaya na tayo sa ilalim ng pamamahala ng mga dayuhan. Pilipino na ang presidente natin. Imagine kung gaano tayo kalaya? Kahit Pilipino ka, kung hindi ka natural-born, wala kang karapatang maging Presidente. Meron na tayong sariling konstitusyon at mayroon tayong sariling batas na sinusunod. Kung hindi tayo malaya, wala na sigurong malayang bansa. :)

Nasa atin nang mga kamay ang ikauunlad at ikababagsak ng ating bansa. Ang problema lang sa atin ngayon, punong puno ng karumihan ang pulitika natin. Ang daming corrupt na pulitiko. Walang iniisip kundi ang sarili nila. Pero nasa atin din ang kalayaan na palayasin sa kanilang mga pwesto ang mga gagong ito. Kaya nga may eleksyon. Ang problema lang, wala tayong masyadong choice. Sabi nga nila, we are choosing among evils. Hindi naman siguro ganun, may mga tao din naman jan na matitino, hindi lang napapansin.

Para umunlad ang bansa natin, magkaisa tayo tungo sa isang direksyon. Kung walang pagkakaisa, walang patutunguhan ang bansa natin. United we stand, divided we fall.

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Sa mga nakabasa ng post ko entitled "sana... sana...", pasensya na kayo kung dinelete ko na dito. Napagkasunduan namin ng aking kukote na huwag ko na ipost ang tungkol sa buhay pag-ibig ko dito. :) Sabi ng aking kukote, dapat daw, I make a separate Blog for that "marhgiL's Puso".

Well, ayoko naman pag-usapan pa ng ibang tao ang lovelife ko. Feeling artista ba?? Hehehe. So, from now on, you will not be able to read on my post regarding my love life. Sorry folks....

Yun lang po muna ngayon.

Thought for the day. "Don't think while your mouth is open." Bakit? Ang sama naman na makita kang nag-iisip ng nakanganga. Para kang tanga. hehehe.

Google's Gmail

Since walang pasok bukas, yung mga pumapasok sa kukote ko na gusto kong ipost, isusulat ko na ngayon.

Kita nyo yung topic ko? Google's Gmail. Have you heard of it? Siguro naman. Hindi pa sya available publicly, pero in the near future, ilalaunch na sya. At isa ako sa mga nag-aabang na makakuha ng bagong email account dito... marhgil@gmail.com. Bakit ka nyo?? Sana totohanin nila yung sinasabi nila... 1GB free space!!! Grabe, kung tototohanin nila ito, bagsak ang negosyo ng mga email providers na dito kumikita. Sino pa ang babayad sa kanila kung pede na palang magopen ng account with 1GB disk space? Di ba, this is a nice move from Google. And this has a nice domino effect. Bakit kanyo?? E yung yahoo, naglabas na rin ng announcement na they will upgrade their free email to 100MB!!! Yung iba kaya? Gumaya rin? Sana, totohanin ng Google, at totohanin ng yahoo. Siguro, susunod na rin ang Hotmail. I am waiting for that. Yung privacy issue versus Gmail, sus! sigurado nagpupush nun, yung mga email providers na hindi kaya tapatan ang service ng Google. It is true na binabasa ng computer ng google ang mga email, para malagyan daw ng advertisement sa tapat, depende kung ano ang subject sa email nyo. Invasion of privacy nga siguro, pero sino ba nagbabasa? Tao ba? e computer naman eh, hindi naman tsismoso yun na ipagsasabi yung nakasulat sa email mo. These are electronic scanners to see the content of your email to post an advertisement related to your email. Ayaw mo pa nun? 1GB lang naman ang katapat na space. And take note, hindi ba, matagal ng ginagawa yun ng mga Anti-Spam softwares??? Paano nila malalaman na spam yung email kung hindi nila nascan yung content? So, it is not actually a big deal! Matagal nang nangyayari na may computer na nagscan ng content ng email natin sa yahoo man or sa kahit anong email service na may anti-spamming capability. Magkaiba nga lang yung purpose ng Google at ng anti-spam softwares. Pero pareho ginagawa nila, do you think, its invasion of privacy??? Yun lang... kelan kaya ang official launch?? Sa mga makakabasa nito, reserved ko na yung marhgil@gmail.com ha!!! Walang aagaw... hehehe, sino ba naman kapangalan ko sa mundo?? Wala naman eh, kaya lahat ng account ko, first name ko lagi ang username, without conflicts!!! Unless totohanin ni Mam Glo yung sinabi nya na pag nagkaanak sya, Marhgil din ipapangalan nya, para daw may kapareho na akong pangalan sa mundo. hehehe. Nalayo na ako sa topic. Masasabi ko lang, Go Google Go!!! Nang mabawasan kami ng gugulin. hehehe.

Note: if you want to know kung totoo ang mga pinagsasabi ko dito, e di iresearch nyo... tinatamad na akong maglagay ng link kung saan ko nabasa yang mga bagay na yan eh. Basta totoo yan! hehehe

A long busy day... and a long post too!!!

Gumising ng 8:00AM. Naligo, nagtoothbrush, nagbihis, tumawag ng taxi, pumasok sa office. Pagdating sa office, kinausap ang kasama kong pana, tinuruan sya magconvert ng voice files in batch run from 8000 sampling rate to 6000 sampling rate. Handa na sana magpunta sa BKME to do some testing, kaso, nakatanggap ng tawag si Boss. After the call, nilapitan nya ako, I have to go raw sa KFH Hawalli, may problema. Ang problema, may error daw sa credit card option ng telebanking. Sabi ko, nagsend ba ng logs? Hindi raw. Sabi ko, ok puntahan ko. Tumawag sa secretary, nagpaschedule ng kotseng maghahatid sa akin papunta sa KFH.

Pagdating sa KFH, nakita ko kaagad si Husam, ang friend kong taga KFH. Sabi ko, what's the problem? Nagtest daw sila sa development, wala daw credit card yung account na hawak nila, pero yung option for credit card ay ipiniplay ng system. Sabi ko, did you check your logs? Are you sure that account does not have credit card? Sagot nya, NO. Patay na, sabi nang icheck muna nila system nila bago ako tawagan, duda ko kasi, sila may problema. So, punta ako sa server room, chineck ko yung development server for THEIR logs. At nakita ko nga, ERROR IN CONNECTION. Sinave ko yung logs, kinuha ko yung trouble ticket, print yung logs, kumuha ng highlighter, at hinighlight ko yung error nila. Tapos nilagyan ko ng paliwanag, if the IVR is not sure whether the caller has credit card or not as in this case where your database connection is lost, IVR will play the credit card option to avoid callers with credit card complaining about it. It will play "Service temporarily unavailable" when caller select that option. Ayos ba English ko??? Hehehe. Tapos, stapler ko yung logs sa trouble ticket. Nilagyan ko ng malaking note sa harap ng trouble ticket. KFH DLL ERROR!!!

After that, may isa pang trouble ticket na ibinigay sa akin, wala daw Civil ID yung data na nareceive ng isang agent sa kanyang computer, pero may account number daw. As usual, kinuha ko yung KANILANG logs, at ipinakita ko na blangko yung Civil ID ng account number na yun. Print ko ulit yung logs at highlighted ulit yung error. Sabi ko,KFH DLL ERROR!!! the application will not display the civil id of the caller because YOUR DLL did not give the information to us. SEE ATTACHED LOGS! Then, nilagyan ko ng recommendation, stop opening ASSR regarding lost civil ID data, this is obviously your DLL problem, this already happened 3x, fix your DLL if you want civil id to appear always.

Ayos, tapos trabaho ko. Ala una y medya na nun, ng matapos lahat lahat. Bakit ka nyo ang tagal? E apat kasi yung servers namin, at bago ko makita yung logs, isa-isa kong hahanapan. Hindi kasi nila prinovide yung logs dun sa side nila para malaman ko kung saan mismong server makikita yung logs.

Sabi ko, tanghalian muna ako. Labas kami ni Zahid, yung isang taga ITS na kaibigan ko rin. At paglabas ko, hay, sobrang init. 46 degrees!!! Nagsaklob ako ng tuwalya, sobra talaga ang init, nakakahilo. Pagdating sa Indian restaurant, kain. Pagkakain, balik sa KFH. Tapos, tawag sa ITS. Pasundo sa kotse. Kailangan ko kasing bumalik sa ITS, may urgent meeting daw kasi with the General Manager ng 3:00PM. Dumating ako sa ITS, eksakto, 2:55:PM. Diretso sa table ko, nagsuklay ng konti, diretso na sa meeting room.

Haba ng meeting. Di ko na ididiscuss dito. Di ko kasi masyado naintindihan, English eh. :) Basta, natapos ang meeting, 6:30PM na. Pagkatapos nun, uwi na ako. Sumuno sa kotse ni Santaraj, kaibigan ko rin na sa same building na tinitirhan ko nakatira. 7th floor sya, sa 9th floor ako. Pagdating ng bahay, higa, pahinga. tulog.

8:30PM, Gumising, umorder ng pagkain, kumain. Nood TV, bukas internet. Make this post. And then, mamaya lang tutulog na ako. That's my day today. Last day in this week. Weekend kasi bukas dito! Thursday and Friday kasi ang walang pasok. Yahoo! Makakapahinga din.

What I learned today: Kahit ganito ang buhay ko, I should be thankful, kasi, sa opisina ako nagwowork. May aircon. Paano na kaya yung mga kababayan natin na sa labas nagtatrabaho? Yung mga kargador, karpintero? E ako nga, maglalakad lang sa labas para kumain, sumasakit ang ulo ko sa init. Paano kaya sila? Ang lalakas naman ng resistensya nila. Ang masasabi ko lang, sa mga kababayan kong may mga kamag-anak na nagtatrabaho sa Middle East, mahalin nyo sila. Napakahirap ng malayo sa pamilya. Napakalaki ng tinitiis na hirap nila dito, lalo na yung mga sa labas nagtatrabaho. Sana, pag-uwi nila, show them how much you appreciate the things they are doing for you.

Yun lang, naging preachy yata ako ngayon. :)

Salam

A day not so good for me

Dahil siguro sa init kahapon, na pagpalipat-lipat namin from BKME to our office, hindi ako nakapasok ngayon. E paggising ko, grabe sakit ng ulo ko. Gustuhin ko mang bumangon para maligo, wala ako magawa. E pagbangon ko pa lang, parang matutumba na ako sa hilo. So, inihiga ko na lang at itinawag sa boss ko na hindi ako makakapasok. Bad trip nga ako eh, gusto ko pa namang itest yung ipinadala sa aking DLL ng boss ko sa Pinas. Hindi pa kasi yun tested at wala kaming environment para matest yun. Kanina sana, natest ko, kaso nga, walang choice.

Nung bandang tanghali, kahit medyo hilo pa, i tried na maglakad para tumawag sa phone at magpadeliver ng pagkain. Hindi ako gagaling at lalong sasakit ang ulo ko kung hindi ako kakain. Di ba? So, tumawag ako sa Pizza Hut at nagpadeliver ng Pizza. Nung makakain ako, medyo masakit pa rin ang ulo, nagpahinga lang ako at nahiga na ulit. At ngayon lang ulit ako nagising. Wala na ang sakit ng ulo, pero, gutom na ulit. So, tumawag na ulit ako sa phone, KFC naman. Tapos nag-online na ngayon.

Sa mga nakabasa ng last post ko sa dati kong diary, nagkakamali po kayo na kaya ako ay nahilo ay dahil sa kasama ko sa bahay. :) Anyways, hindi ko pa ulit sya nakikita, nung magising kasi ako, nakapasok na sya, at ngayon, mukhang dumating na sya pero nasa labas para kumain. Nag-iba kasi ang channel sa TV kaya alam ko na dumating na sya. :)

Sige, mamaya, darating na pagkain ko. Kakain, tutulog, at papasok na bukas. Ano ba talaga magandang vitamins na inumin sa panahong ito ng kainitan, kung saan katabi lang ata namin ang impiyerno?

Salam

My First Attempt in Blogging

well, well, well. Bale sinubukan ko lang itong blogging, mukhang mas maganda dun sa diary ko.Pede pa magpost ng pictures, etc. Pageexperimentuhan ko muna ito. Tyaga muna kayo kung medyo pangit pa ito.

yun lang muna