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Sumali ako kanina sa Takbo! Breast Friends fun run ng Soroptomist Ortigas for Breast Cancer Awareness. Naka-9th place pa ako kahit hindi ko naman binalak. Natuwa nga yung sapatos ko, sabi niya sa akin masaya daw siya at nakalaya na siya sa kahon. Kahapon kinwentuhan niya ako ng tungkol sa buhay niya, mula sa pagkapanganak sa pabrika. So yun, ok din kasi fit yung sapatos sa bagong paa ko. Pinapalit ko na kasi luma na yung isa. Dun sa Pasig may magaling na CO-MD (cybernetic-orthopedic doctor). But I digress (yes nagamit ko rin yung phrase)! Umaangal yung sapatos ko kasi siya daw dapat yung ikwento ko. Anyway, yung sapatos ko kasi New Balance na 892. Masarap talaga. Para bagang ako'y nalutang sa hangin ba.

"When you learn how to die, you learn how to live." -- Tuesdays With Morrie

Ever get the feeling that God is trying to remind you something? Well, got something like that today. I finished reading Mitch Albom's "Tuesdays with Morrie" in the morning. This is a wonderful, poignant book. I put it up there along the likes of Leo Buscaglia's "Living, Loving, and Learning" in how powerfully they remind us of the really important things in life. The book is about an old man accepting death and learning to live and make the most of the time that he has left.

Similarly, the excellent animation I watched this evening is entitled "The Girl Who Leaped Through Time." It really moved me, as it's a wonderful story about a girl who discovers she can travel back in time and change things, but not without consequence. What struck me is the uncanny relation between this movie, which I had not predicted I would be watching, the book I had read in the morning, and my personal issue with regards to how I use my time. Perhaps it is just RAS that allowed me to notice these particular themes because it is the most prevalent thought in my subconscious.

Whatever the case, it reminds me of something called the destination disease. A lot of us suffer from this—myself not excluded—which is the tendency to believe that we will achieve happiness once we get to do something, or reach a certain status, or to own certain things. My recent experiences, however, have taught me that happiness is a choice, a decision you have to make. No matter what happens to you, good or bad, you can be happy that you are experiencing life, moving forward and becoming a better person, basking in the warmth of people.

Reminder to self: create more wonderful experiences, cherish my loved ones, love freely. Because, time waits for no one.

What is Choice, Anyway?

Ito kasi yung status ng isa sa mga nasa YM ko: "is it destiny? The question still remains...are we free to choose or bound by chains?"

Napaisip tuloy ako, at ang sagot ko diyan ay Yes. Yes saan? Yes to both.

Huh?

Para sakin kasi, may choice ka naman eh. Parati ka may choice. Choice mo naman kung magiging successful ka eh. Choice mo naman kung magpapatalo ka sa mga binabato ng buhay. Pero ang mga choices mo manggagaling lang sa pagkatao mo. So para sakin, choice comes from character. Choice, then, is pre-determined. If it is pre-determined, then you are bound by chains—the chains of your character.

Kung isa kang taong madaling mainis, at may nangyaring hindi maganda, maiinis ka. Ganon ka kasi e. Kung isa ka namang taong lumalakas sa mga pagsubok, eh di lalakas ka nga sa mga pagsubok. Mabuti na lang, puwede pa natin i-improve yung character natin.

May Online Yellow Pages na pala tayo. Kanina kasi, parang gusto ko ng Yellow Cab pizza, kaya nag search ako sa net.
Ito yung una kong tiningnan.

Hindi ko pa gaanong nasusubukan yung mga features at hindi ko pa alam kung gaano karaming entries yung laman ng database nila, pero ang unang impression ko ay professional ang dating ng website. Okay ang itsura sa Firefox up to a certain point size, usable at mas convenient para sa akin na mag-search gamit ito dahil nasa computer na rin lang ako parati. Mas ok pa siguro kung mag-license sila ng Google Maps at i-integrate nila sa system nila para may corresponding map lahat ng locations. Pero kahit wala yon, kudos pa rin sa DPC at nakagawa sila ng maganda at libreng service para sa ating lahat.

Masyado nga lang ako naaliw at nakalimutan ko na yung pizza.

Nagpunta ako kahapon sa Fil Negosyo Expo 2006, na tumatakbo mula June 23 hanggang July 2. May isang talk na parang Introduction to Entrepreneurship pero di ako nagtagal don dahil alam ko na karamihan ng sinasabi niya.

May mga bago akong contacts dahil sa aking paggagala ko don. Problema, wala akong dalang business card kahapon kaya nagbigay na lang ako ng cel number. Dapat gumawa na ako ASAP. Kahit wala pa yung binabalak kong company. Ang hirap kasi mag-isip ng pangalan eh. Babalik ako sa mga susunod na araw. Pero hindi muna ngayon: masarap matulog kasi umuulan.

Sa mga sumusubaybay sa aking mga YM status, ilang buwan ko na rin pinipigilan yung sarili ko. Pero ito, hindi ko na napigilan at bumili ako ng itim na Ipod Video na 30Gigs. Sinaksakan ko na ng mga kanta at sangkatutak na mga video, pati mga ebooks ko ng Dune gamit itong IpodLibrary. Mmmmmm.

Wala pa akong sariling picture so eto na lang muna:
Black Ipod


Sinubukan ko lagyan ng Ipod for Linux pero hindi gumana, kasi hindi pa supported talaga yung 5th gen na Ipod. Subukan ko susunod itong Rockbox na replacement sa default Apple firmware para mas maraming software.

May partner na yung headphones ko!

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Ehem. Should I go to botany?


Trance, Dance Lyrics:

Ten ten ten ten ten tenenen ten ten teeennen ten ten ten ten tenenen ten ten teeen wawawa

Ganda ng bago kong earphones - Sarap makinig ng music sa aking bagong Sennheiser PX 100.

Portable media player na lang kulang. Hmmmmm...tempting.

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At lunch time, sit in your parked car w/sunglasses on and point a hairdryer at
passing cars. See if they slow down.

Page yourself over the intercom. Don't disguise your voice.

Insist that your e mail address is:
· Xena-Warrior-Princess@companyname.com
· Elvis-the-King@companyname.com

Every time someone asks you to do something, ask if they want fries with that.

Encourage your colleagues to join you in a little synchronized chair dancing.

Put your garbage can on your desk and label it "IN."

Develop an unnatural fear of staplers.

Put decaf in the coffee maker for 3 weeks. Once everyone has gotten over their
caffeine addictions, switch to espresso.

In the memo field of all your checks, write 'for sexual favors.'

Reply to everything someone says with, "That's what you think."

Finish all your sentences with "In accordance with the prophecy."

Adjust the tint on your monitor so that the brightness level lights up the
entire work area. Insist to others that you like it that way.

Dont use any punctuation

As often as possible, skip rather than walk.

Ask people what sex they are. Laugh hysterically after they answer.

Specify that your drive-through order is "to go."

Sing along at the opera.

Go to a poetry recital and ask why the poems don't rhyme.

Find out where your boss shops and buy exactly the same outfits. Wear them one
day after your boss does. (This is especially effective if your boss is of the
opposite gender.)

Send e-mail to the rest of the company to tell them what you're doing. For
example, "If anyone needs me, I'll be in the bathroom, in Stall #3."

Put mosquito netting around your cubicle. Play a tape of jungle sounds all day.

Five days in advance, tell your friends you can't attend their party because
you're not in the mood.

Call 911 and ask if 911 is for emergencies.

Call the psychic hotline and don't say anything.

Have your coworkers address you by your wrestling name, Rock Hard.

When the money comes out of the ATM, scream "I Won!", "I Won!" "3rd time this
week!!!"

When leaving the zoo, start running towards the parking lot, yelling "Run for
your lives, they're loose!"

Tell your boss, "It's not the voices in my head that bother me, its the voices
in your head that do."

Tell your children over dinner. "Due to the economy, we are going to have to let
one of you go."

Every time you see a broom, yell "Honey, your mother is here!"

Federal Republic of the Philippines.

Okay ba pakinggan? Para sa akin, oo. Ihinahayag ko ngayon ang suporta ko para sa isang federal na anyo ng pamahalaan. Sa ganitong anyo, ang Pilipinas ay mahahati sa mga estado na may sariling mga konstitusyon, batas, at awtonomiya ngunit pinagkakaisa at ginagabayan pa rin ng isang pambansang konstitusyong federal.

Suporta ako dito dahil sa ilang mga rason:

1. Ito ay isang mahusay na kompromiso sa pagitan ng panig ng mga rebeldeng separatista at ng gobyerno. Isa itong mapayapang solusyon upang magkaroon ang mga separatista ng awtonomiyang kanilang ninanais habang nananatili pa ring kabilang ng isang nasyon.

2. Ang mga estado ay magkakaroon ng pagkakataong arugain at palaguin ang kultura sa kanilang rehiyon. Maaari nilang gamitin ang kanilang katutubong wika sa kanilang pamamahala sa loob ng estado, at kakailanganin na lamang gumamit ng isang lingua franca kapag nakikisalamuha sa ibang mga estado at sa labas ng bansa.

3. Sa pamamagitan ng mga mas maliliit ng yunit, mas magiging efisyent ang pamamahala dahil mababawasan ang overhead sa komunikasyon at sa paglalakbay ng isang sentralisadong pamahalaan.

4. Mas magiging malapit sa mga tao sa lokal na lebel ang mga pamahalaan ng mga estado. Mas may kakayanan ang isang malakas na pamahalaang estado na makilala at malutas ang mga isyu sa sarili nitong rehiyon.


Siyempre, hindi malulutas ng isang federal na pamahalaan ang lahat ng problema ng bansa. Ngunit sa aking palagay ay malaki ang maitutulong ng pagbabago ng istruktura ng gobyerno sa ikauunlad ng bansa at sa katiwasayan ng mga tao nito. At higit sa lahat, hindi mangyayari ang pagbabago kung wala tayong gagawin.