Update

Haven't updated in a while.

What I'm doing right now:

1. Researching on thirteen different standards organizations;
2. Writing a PhilNITS reviewer for Book 4 Part 2 Chapter 1 Sections 1.2.2 and 1.3.2;
3. Looking up a good IT article for reporting;
4. Taking a mock Level 4 Japanese Language Proficiency Test.

And that's just while I'm online. When I get home I have to:

5. Finish reading Minna no Nihongo ("Everybody's Japanese) from Lesson 1 to 13;
6. Finish all my Nihongo shukudai (homework);
7. Prepare for the Nihongo Orals tomorrow;
8. Answer the Fall 1998 PhilNITS exam;
9. Study for PhilNITS quizzes on Book 1 Part 2 Chapters 1, 2, and 4;
10. Study for course end exams on Book 1 Part 1 and Book 3 Chapters 1 and 2.

Wala na bang mas dadami pa dito.

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I have a Harry Potter dream every coupla months, and I had another one this afternoon. I had a wand, a female Lucius Malfoy archenemy, and all the power at my disposal. It promised to be a good dream, except for one thing: the only incantations I could remember were Sectusempra and Diffindo.

What the fuck.

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I had a pretty full day starting from last Friday evening to Saturday evening. Had dinner with some people from admuECEzerofive at Greenbelt, breakfast with some English M04 peeps at Katipunan, lunch and dinner with ADTX Action co-trainees at Makati, almost walked into Gad the Stalker Man at Glorietta, and had a late-night yosi break with Yumul at the Evergreen playground. It was a day of really old friends (Yumul = 18 years) and really new friends (ADTX co-trainees = 4 weeks).

After the M04 breakfast I bought a pack of Gudangs under the Gate 2.5 overpass. Smoked half of it the whole day. It felt like I was coming home.

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Andami kong namimiss na tao. Sana may Tagalog yung salitang "miss" at ang mga katagang "I miss you" para mas nararamdaman ko yung ibig sabihin nun pag sinasabi ko.

Wala lang. Back to work.

It's just one of those days.

GIVE ME SOMETHING TO BREAK.



Burat ako sa mundo. Linggong-Linggo pa naman.

Last night I was stranded in Taytay. Couldn't go home, it was Noah's-Ark-rain raining. So anyway after a few hours of the torrential rain I call the house, and my Lola tells me apparently, a leak sprung in my room, and my PC got wet. Huh. Shit. I ward off the panic attack by telling myself Lola is a master of the art of blowing things out of proportion. My PC couldn't get wet in a rainstorm. It survived the s2dio years. It's been with me for close to ten years. It can't give up on me now.

I get home this morning and go straight to my room, fearing the worst. And I was right to do so. The leak appeared directly over my freaking computer. I was told the drawer where I put my keyboard was filled with water last night. The floor was slightly muddy. The cables behind my CPU were still slightly cold. And to top it all off I had a very moist hard disk.

I blame myself. I feel guilty, being safely tucked away in Taytay while my PC was struggling against a watery end at home. I'm a terrible, terrible person. Madalas giant iPod lang ang silbi nya... but that thing contained nine freaking years' worth of memories - journals, pictures, theses, lab exercises, my precious MP3 collection. Kahit yung simpleng bagay na nagsusulat ako habang nagpapatugtog ng musika - isa sa mga napakasimpleng bagay na nagpapasaya sa 'kin - wala na. Besides, that PC was with me through high school and college. It never left me. It was a better friend than some people I know. And I let it down.

Tin told me that maybe it was a sign that I should get a new computer. In a few months hopefully I can get something with a monthly installment plan or something. But right now, all I can do is grieve.



And bitch about my bad fucking luck.

take THAT, adtx!

Followed Lana's suggestion, and so now I can finally blog here at the office. They thought they could suppress my blogging powers... they thought WRONG.








BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.Ü

Anyway got lots to do, back to work pa rin. Chikushou. Fuzakennayo. (I'm learning to cuss in Japanese. Stig. Sooner or later my hate will know no more boundaries.)

Til next.

XD <-- Mike

Yep, I'm still bored.

ADTX called this afternoon, reminding me to be at work before 8 am for the "opening" on Monday. I was tempted to ask what the hell was "opening" on Monday, but instead I asked an even stupider question.

Me: "So Ma'am, whole day po ba sa Monday?"
ADTX HR: (silence.) "Yes."

She was probably thinking what a lazy ass I was, asking if my first day of work was going to be a half day. Skwater.

Anyway I'm starting to go on panic mode about the whole training thing. Pa'no kung hindi ko pala carry yung mga ipagawa nila? Shet nakaloko na naman ako, dinaan ko na naman kase sa high aptitude e. This is a curse. I am too good at aptitude tests.

So anyway I've been brushing up on my Nihongo for the past few days, in preparation for the training. God I hope I pass the JITSE (Japan IT Standard Examination.) And the JLPT (Japanese Language Proficiency Test.) Ongapala. And the board exams. Wala na bang mas nakakapressure pa dito.

I am on the road to becoming a R & D Engineer. Not a bad place to be. But actually I realized a few days back that given the chance, I would pursue further studies in ECE. Oh, and Architecture, Fine Arts, and Journalism/ Literature/ Creative Writing. Simple lang ang mga pangarap ko sa buhay e. Maging engineer, architect, artist, and writer all at the same time. Oh, and rock star of course.

Libre namang mangarap e.

Accidental Joke of the Day

The other day, actually.

Background story muna: as some people may know, my nephew-slash-pet Utoy is into the Power Rangers: Ninja Storm series. (Segue lang: andami na palang spin-off nung original na Mighty Morphin series amp, may Ninja Storm, Zeo, Turbo, Space, Lost Galaxy, Lightspeed, Time Force, Wild Force, Dino Thunder, S.P.D., saka Mystic Force. OMG I'm old, wala na 'kong alam dito, Bioman kid ako e.)

Actually, "Power Rangers adik" would be the more appropriate term to describe Utoy. Anyway napipikon at umiiyak sya pag tinatawag ko syang Zurgane, which is the name of one of the villains in the show.


That's Zurgane. Teasing Utoy goes a little something like this:

Me: "Utoy Zurgane!"
Utoy: "No Zurgane, Utoy!"
Me: "Utoy Zurgane!"

After about thirty rounds of this:

Utoy: (maiiyak na) "No Zurgane, Utoy na..."

Anyhow I was teaching him the difference between the terms "boy" and "girl" at the time, then afterwards started teasing him again about being Zurgane. And then he let me have one.

Me: "Utoy Zurgane!"
Utoy: "No Zurgane, Utoy!"
Me: "Utoy Zurgane!"
Utoy: "Tita boy!"

Skwater. Natawa 'ko bigla e. I don't think he actually knew what he meant by saying it, but it was hella funny.

Anyway another song post.

I think I've had enough
I think I might erupt
I'm looking for some information

It's digging in the skin
Whenever I begin
There's gonna be a complication

I take another breath
It's deeper than the rest
I'm swimming to the final breaker

It's sitting in my mouth
I wanna get it out
I wanna know when somethings on

But anyway
I just can't be myself today, apparently
But anyway
'Cause nothing seems to come to me so easily
But anyway
'Cause I mistake my memories for company
But what a day, I've gotta say
I can't believe in myself today

Sitting on the bed
Every finger spread
Looking for some motivation

If I can offend
I'll try to fit in
And I don't need an explanation

I think I'd better wake
I'm starting to deflate
I'm looking for some compensation

I'll never understand
I'll never be a man
When I don't know when something's on

But anyway
I just can't be myself today, apparently
But anyway
Cause nothing seems to come to me, not possibly
But anyway
Cause I mistake my symphony for suffering
But what a day, I've gotta say
I can't believe in myself this way

And I'll face it face down, the long way
And I'll face it face down, the long way

I think it's got an end
I think it's gonna bend
I think I gotta a new impression

So tell me how I look
Tell me what I took
To try to keep the conversation

I think I'll get it right
I'm fucking with the light
I'll turn it to the situation

I'm doing what I can
I'll never understand
When I don't see when something's on

But anyway
I just can't be myself today, apparently
But anyway
Cause nothing seems to come to me so happily
But anyway
Cause I mistake my memories for company
But what a day, I've gotta say
They're getting harder to seperate

But anyway
I just can't be myself today, apparently
But anyway
Cause nothing seems to come to me, not possibly
But anyway
Cause I mistake my symphony for suffering
But what a day, I've gotta say
I can't believe in myself today

I can't believe in myself today
I can't believe in myself today
I can't believe in myself today
I can't believe in myself today.

- Splender, "But, Anyway"

Wala na bang mas boboring pa sa buhay ko? Asa bahay lang ako maghapon, nakakulong with Utoy. Kung ano-ano na tuloy ang napag-uusapan namin. At natatawa na lang ako. Wahahaha.Ü