Pilipinas kong minumutya
Thursday 16 June 2005 @ 7:41 am
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I do not like to put up an entry regarding the country’s state these days. There’s the jueteng scandal of GMA, the alleged cheating that occurred last elections recorded via an illegal wiretap, the mounting of ‘people power EDSA 4′ - led by rez cortez (yes, the permed villain), etc., etc.

Let me just point you to other blogs that mention these things:



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Tidbits
Tuesday 14 June 2005 @ 10:55 am
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  • Bought Bamboo’s second album - Light Peace Love. I have been listening to it since Friday (and it is even playing right now). The album as a whole is a bit mellow for me. Shades of War of Hearts and Minds in every song. There’s no loud song in the album except for the released single Hallelujah. I personally like I-You, Peace Man and F.U. So far, I still like the first album than this one. I’ll just keep on playing it until it touches me. :)

  • San Antonio Spurs are on a 2-0 roll. Detroit must be feeling that Spurs’ defense is far better than their’s. Both teams live on defense; scores from the two games are both below 100. I read somewhere that the combined scores in the first game is the fifth lowest in NBA finals. Defense or otherwise, I hope San Antonio will win the Finals. Incidentally, the Spurs is the team with the most foreigners playing in a team in the NBA. Duncan is from Virgin Islands, Parker is from France, Ginobili is from Argentina, Beno Udrih and Rasho Nesterovic are from Slovenia.

  • Anthony will be back in the country sometime tomorrow. I have no idea how he can contact us besides using the internet. I’m not sure if he has our phones numbers. Sabihin mo lang lang kung kelan tayo lalabas.

  • I’m trying this OurMedia site where you can upload mp3’s. Try to download this and see if it really works: Incubus - No Scrubs Cover.

  • Michael Jackson has been acquitted in his child molestation case. Read more here

  • Pen mentioned her woes during holidays. I’m just thankful that she’s okay now. Kailangang mag-clusivol na at bawal na talagang magkasakit.


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What Kind of American English Do You Speak?
Friday 13 May 2005 @ 10:38 am
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Your Linguistic Profile:
45% General American English
35% Yankee
15% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern
What Kind of American English Do You Speak?


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Random Inflections
Sunday 1 May 2005 @ 10:32 am
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  • Pen is officially an ex employee of CitiBank from this time forward. You can catch up for news about her from her blog.
  • NBA first round playoffs has started. I’m rooting for Nash’s Phoenix Suns and Kidd & Carter’s New Jersey Nets. Though I doubt that the Nets can pull a 4 game win streak against Shaq’s Heat now that they are 0-3.
  • S.P.I.T. will be performing at mag:net bar in Katipunan all Thursdays of May. I’m looking forward to watching them once again. :D I’ve already watched them perform twice, one at UP and the other at Cafe Lupe. They are a fun group and highly recommended to watch.
  • Bought a Lego Star Wars PS2 game. It’s a kid’s game so Pen and I liked it very much. Hehe. It’s a co-operative game and you get to play along side each other. I play Qui-Gon while Pen plays Obi-Wan. Nico, the officemate-guitarist, suggested this game and we liked it so much. Lego + StarWars is the bam!
  • Speaking of Star Wars, the last episode will be shown on the 19th of May. Another movie worth anticipating. I hope Lucas will not disappoint the Star Wars geeks. No, I’m not a Star Wars geek but I do find the saga interesting.
  • The 12-issue Superman I’ve been faithfully following has finally ended. It was a year long run with Jim Lee rendering the art. The whole arc was a big disappointment compared to his Batman Hush arc. Reviewers and critics consider this Superman storyline an intelligent narrative and they are missing the action Superman and Jim Lee are known for. Oh well, at least I was able to complete my collection. The only comic I’m following now is the Superman/Batman issues with Jeph Loeb writing the issues and various artists rendering the art.
  • The project I’m doing with Dinky and Joel is halfway thru - that’s according to them. As their programmer, the job now shifts to me. After thoroughly finishing their part (modelling, understanding, interpreting), I must do my share and do the nitty gritty part of programming. This is not really a hard programming project. This will just run in Excel with lots of macros and VBA parts. If we are halfway thru as they’ve claimed, we have over-estimated our budget time. In our time-table, we are just entering our 25% schedule. I guess that’s a good thing so that the time-pressure is off our shoulders.
  • And lastly, it’s the first of May. Happy Birthday to my mother dear. :D


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Dilbert strip
Friday 29 April 2005 @ 7:50 am
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I had a laugh with this Dilbert strip.



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Butil ng Kaalaman
Tuesday 26 April 2005 @ 3:28 pm
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  • Si Inay, tinuruan niya ako HOW TO APPRECIATE A JOB WELL DONE.

    • “Kung kayong dalawa ay magpapatayan, doon kayo sa labas! Mga leche kayo, kalilinis ko lang ng bahay.”

  • Natuto ako ng RELIGION kay Itay.

    • “Kapag yang mantsa di natanggal sa carpet, magdasal ka na!”

  • Kay Inay ako natuto ng LOGIC.

    • “Kaya ganyan, dahil sinabi ko.”

  • At kay Inay pa rin ako natuto. MORE LOGIC.

    • “Kapag ikaw ay nalaglag diyan sa bubong, ako lang magisa ang manonood ng sine.”

  • Si Inay din ang nagturo sa akin kung ano ang ibig sahibin ng IRONY.

    • “Sige ngumalngal ka pa at bibigyan talaga kita ng iiyakan mo!”

  • Si Inay ang nagpaliwanag sa akin kung ano ang CONTORTIONISM.

    • “Tingnan mo nga yang libag sa likod ng leeg mo, tignan mo!!!”

  • Natutunan ko kay itay kung anong ibig sabihin ng STAMINA.

    • “Wag kang tatayo diyan hangga’t di mo natatapos yang lahat ng pagkain mo!”

  • At si Inay ang nagturo sa amin kung ano ang WEATHER.

    • “Lintek talaga kayo, ano ba itong kuwarto nyong magkapatid, parang dinaanan ng bagyo!”

  • Ganito ang paliwanag sa akin ni Inay tungkol sa CIRCLE OF LIFE:

    • “Malandi kang bata ka, iniluwal kita sa mundong ito, maari rin kitang alisin sa mundong ito.”

  • Kay Itay ako natuto kung ano ang BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION.

    • “Tumigil ka nga diyan! Huwag kang mag-inarte na parang nanay mo!”

  • Si Inay naman ang nagturo kung anong ibig sabihin ng GENETICS.

    • “Nagmana ka ngang talaga sa ama mong walanghiya!”

  • Si Inay naman ang nagpaliwanag sa amin kung anong ibig sabihin ng ENVY.

    • “Maraming mga batang ulila sa magulang, di ba kayo nagpapasalamat at mayroon kayong magulang na tulad namin?”

  • Si Itay naman ang nagturo sa akin ng ANTICIPATION.

    • “Sige kang bata ka, hintayin mong makarating tayo sa bahay!”

  • At si Itay pa rin ang nagturo kay Kuya kung anong ibig sabihin ng RECEIVING.

    • “Uupakan kita pagdating natin sa bahay!”

  • Si Inay naman ang nagturo sa akin kung ano ang HUMOR!

    • “Kapag naputol yang mga paa mo ng pinaglalaruan mong lawnmower, wag na wag kang tatakbo sa akin at lulumpuhin kita!”

  • At ang pinakamahalaga sa lahat, natutunan ko kina Inay at Itay kung ano ang JUSTICE.

    • “Isang araw magkakaroon ka rin ng anak, tiyak maging katulad mo at magiging pasakit din sa ulo!”



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Puzzle blog
Monday 25 April 2005 @ 2:17 pm
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Head over to Pen’s blog and answer her Hollywood crossword puzzle.



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Writing
Wednesday 9 February 2005 @ 6:44 am
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I just realized now that I have not been writing.

Writing using a pen and a paper.

You see I want to take down notes about this specification document that I have been assigned to do. So I picked up my supply of steno pad and a trusty Parker gel pen. I started listing down important things and defining each of them along the way. After some time, I can feel my right hand trembling when I write a relatively long notes - about 3 lines in my pad. It’s as if I cannot lift my wrist to the next line.

What’s this supposed to mean? Obviously it means I have been typing on the keyboard more than physically writing down notes. I admit that my handwriting may not be legible to some but this time, even I can’t read my notes. Is this happening to you?

When I was in UP, I can fill up 2-3 whole blackboards when discussing math. I’m pretty comfortable writing on the blackboard as with writing in a notebook then. After nearly a year, I can’t even finish a page of notes without taking a break. My right hand lifts the pen as if it weighs a kilo. It’s so damn tiring.

I’ll be making a few experiments and will try to write as often as possible. I hope I can have my old writing style back. At least that way, I may be able to read what I’m writing.



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Math Whiz Breaks Calculation Record
Thursday 25 November 2004 @ 4:52 pm
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From Slashdot:

The Associated Press reports that Gert Mittring, 38, needed only 11.8 seconds to calculate the 13th root of a 100-digit number in his head at a math museum in Giessen, a small town, located in western Germany. It’s worth noting though that his feat will not be recognized by The Guinness Book Of World Records because of the difficulty of standardizing such mathematical challenges

Beat that so-called math majors’!

More here



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