It's been a while since my last blog, been quite busy with work...

I attended the MS Platform Launch last Friday, November 25, 2005 @ EDSA Shangrila and everything went fine. The Launch was started with Geneva Cruz dancing in her skimpy outfit, well that's how you start-up your developers for a platform launch, (developers are human too yah know hehehe, only the guys have their share hahahah poor ladies!). After that the MS Platform was formally launched, Guys from Hewlett Packard and Intel gave some speeches that I think only a few did care to listen (I think they would respond more if there were dancers with skimpy dresses prancing around hahaha). After that Stanley Tan (together with other presentors) presented some of the new features of the platform, then we had lunch (After the launch we had lunch, heheheh kewl!).

The afternoon was then divided into several tracks depending on what category you want to pursue. I attended the Developer Track (though I hardly really attended the tracks, as I was busy going in and out of the ballroom, hehehe mr. sandman was really up that day pouring his sand all over my face, geez!).

The event was culminated with Iya singing and dancing (hahaha, sir popet was drooling while he was watching her hahahah!) after that they gave away an Xbox 360, some voucher, some full ed installers (which I really want), a printer and some T-shirts (where sir popet again was lucky to get)

Overall the event was a success, except for the food (hehehe). Till Next...

 

 

Well, finally got out of development and I'm now training for UNIX (ok now don't shoot me... it's the company's decision and requirement...), well it's the first day of training and I'm already having a hard time controlling my emotions, why? the instructor (hmm... more of a facilitator...) keeps on giving "witty (?!?)comments" on Microsoft's OS branding it as "Other Operating System out there" and making a snob after that... I just want to grab him knock his head off on a wall!!! grrr....

Don't get me wrong, I been longing to learn UNIX for a long time (again don't shoot me... please), because I want to have more tools at my disposal. But I want to learn in a neutral manner, I mean want to learn without the angst, the prejudice, none of the Open Source Hype... I want to learn in a non-hostile ground... He just keeps on nuking MS for God's sake! Aside from that I remember a post from a thread in the forum we have when I was teaching (yeah, from those of you who didn't know, I used to be an instructor.. a year at that... and yes I missed it so much, Ms J any load you could give me, hehehehe! ), It's about a phrase that you're teacher/instructor keeps on using, well our instructor/facilitator keeps on using "effectively", yes he keeps on using it even if it is not needed, and yes he is "effectively" freaking me out!!! I'm gonna put out a counter on how many times this dude uses the freaking word....

3 days of this.... waahhh!!!! I rather go back to development... more news tom... probably later if I get annoyed again... geezzz! Ciao for now

 

Got this from a blog...

Project Manager thinks nine women can deliver a baby in One month.
Software Developer thinks it will take 18 months to deliver a baby.
Business Analyst thinks a baby is no good because the client really wants a tank.
Architect is the one who makes ill tempered babies lasers mounted on their heads.
Onsite Coordinator thinks a single woman can deliver nine babies in one month.
Client is the one who isn't quite sure why he wants a baby in the first place.
Marketing Manager is a person who thinks he can deliver a baby even if no man and woman are available.
CFO who wants to outsource the whole baby making thing
Resource Optimization Team thinks they don't need a man or woman; they'll produce a baby with zero resources.
Documentation Team thinks they don't care whether the child is delivered, they'll just document 9 months.
Quality Auditor is the bitchy person who is never happy with the PROCESS to make a baby.
Consultants

• Makes babies with multiple clients (at the same time).
• Practices multiple "baby-making" techniques (agile baby making is usually preferred).
• When accused of being the father, always claims "that is obviously someone else's child".
• When asked about "UNIT" testing, he always responds with "I do daily tests of my unit at every client site".
• Loses interest in any baby making activities 30 seconds after conception.
• Always leaves "the client" before the baby is complete and delivered.

Extreme Programmer always wants to make baby using paired effort
VB programmer bangs out babies super fast. Rapid ankle-biter developement (RAD).
C# programmer doesn't care so much about the baby, as the inheritance chain.
C++ programmer makes baby using Carbon, Hydrogen and Oxygen as the starting chemicals
DBA makes sure his baby is replicated, just in case the original baby dies
Super developer can make a baby in 9 days

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Hi All,

Starting today I'll just be using this account for technical blogs, personal blogs will be on my Yahoo 360 account

Thanks,

Naldy

When I was young (wait got to rephrase that am not THAT OLD!)... during my high school and college years I have this habit of just expressing what I feel in writing, when I'm angry, sad, feeling a lil mushy or whatever emotion I am feeling I go get my notebook and pen and go to a quiet place and start scribbling away. Sad to say that notebook is lost and most of my compositions are gone... Also when I graduated from college I seem to have lost the passion for creating such stuffs... So here I am trying to rekindle that long lost passion for creating that literary stuff...

Here is my first piece after a long while, I hope I haven't lost the touch for creating these "stuffs", I haven't got a title so if you like to suggest one just post a comment, also all suggestion and criticism are welcome... here goes nothing...

I dreamt of you last night
And I woke up missing you
You were there in front me
So real I can feel you

Questions lunge at me
Like a rabid wolf stalking its prey
This ordeal is too much for me
Making me crumble down to my knees and pray

Why is it I feel this way
Why can't I have you here to stay
Why do I miss you so much
Why must I suffer such luck

No matter how hard I try
There's no way I can deny
The longing I feel inside
This feeling I just can't hide

When will this come to an end
When all I can do is pretend
When will I have a blissful slumber
When all these wishful thinking tore me asunder

Yet as much as it encumbers me
I long for your apparition
For only in my dreams you are with me
Only in my dreams I can make you my own

I dreamt of you last night
And I woke up missing you
I summon the sandman again to sprinkle his dust once more
So I can fall asleep and be with you evermore...

I hope you enjoy that one... till next Ciao!

 

 

It's been a while since my last post... well it has been quite a busy month for me, so may deadlines to meet, too many commitments to attend to. I just delivered a few enhancement and special requests to the projects I am handling and waiting for some confirmations and responses to the queries about my other projects. Right now I'm busy studying Rational Software's Clearcase (Rational Version of Visual SourceSafe) and Eclipse (an open source IDE for Java and other open source languages)...

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A colleague of mine pop me a message asking for an mp3, luckily I have a copy of the song he's looking for the size of the file is around 4-5MB so what I did was email him and attach the file to it. But sad to say the sending of the file took a long time, what I did is find a way to share the file not using email. 5 years ago I was using this free virtual space offered by Xdrive (http://www.xdrive.com), but I think around the year 2002 they stop offering the free service, then there's You send it (http://www.yousendit.com) another cool site, it let you upload files to the web so that you can share it for free, the catch is the file is only stored 7 days after you uploaded it or if it reached a number of allowable download (bandwidth). You Send it, might probably be the solution to my problem but again another problem arose since I'm sending this through my office PC and our Internet Connection here is somewhat constrained (or I don't know what the heck is the problem) that everytime I uploaded through YSI, the page time out. I remember a post from a forum suggesting a virtual drive, 4shared.com "well, what the heck" I said, "why don't I give it a try..." well it paid off pretty well since the site is great, the download and upload is fast, the badwidth is unlimited the minumum offered transfer rate is around 10kbps plus you got 100MB disk storage, and to top it all it's FREE, yes you read it right it's FREE. The only catch (yes there is always and as in "ALWAYS" a catch) that there should be activity in your virtual drive within 30 days prior to the last day of your access. So if you leave it dormant, let's say 31 days your account will be closed. The UI is great plus you can choose a specific folder to share. You can also set your share to be password protected or not, let your user upload, remove or edit stuff you put in your share. Well as my colleague says "Haayyy ang sarap ng buhay".

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Another find that I considered great is kaxxy.com, since our internet connection here in the office kinda restricted (I mean I culdn't even browse friendster for God's sake) this site is a great tool. kaxxy.com is a webproxy, what it does is, it act as a proxy so you can visit the site that is blocked by your proxy's blocking software (eg websense), cool eh... (as I always say "There is always a way...")

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I also started distributing the instructional materials that were used in the seminar that was held last Sept 10 at Adamson University. I'll be posting some pictures of the said event.

well i guess that's it for now it's already 6pm and I'm itching to go home... Ciao for now

Indecision, we always have this... Moments where we are task to create a decision, two paths different but both are fruitful in its own... After finally deciding between the two paths we are then presented with a new scenario... A "What If" or a "What migt have been" scenario, what if I have done this and not have done that, would it be more fruitful? Times where we question even our own competency in chosing which is best... In love, work and in every facet of our lives, we are confronted with this... Whenever I hear this song by Lou Pardini, I am tempted to reminisce and think of these what ifs... But... I'm glad that through all these indecisions there is always a guiding light that somehows direct me to take the proper steps to take, though at times I don't understand what they are I just trust that inner voice and I know i'll get there... Just want to  share the lyrics of the song for mp3 request just email me aiyt!

What Might Have Been
Pardini Lou

Somewhere lost in the wind
I'm watching you
Sunlight touching your hair
And I remember
Somehow
We said that we would never stray
But somehow we lost our way
Promises to often spoken
Are easily broken apart
I'm ready this time
I know that I'm
No longer undecided
Don't wanna be a fool wondering......
......What might have been
Trace of forever lingering
Drawing me closer to you
A new beginning
Now I know
There is no doubt
I understand
Just how fragile love can be
I can't forget
Your memory found me
Now I know where I belong.....
I'm ready this time
I know that I'm
No longer undecided
Don't wanna be a fool wondering......
......What might have been
Through every day
And into the night
With only love to guide us
I'm ready to go
Cause I've got to know.....
What might have been
Let the lovin' decide
I can't run I can't hide.....
I want you to know
My heart will show
That I'm.....
Ready this time
I know that I'm
No longer undecided
Don't wanna be a fool wondering......
......What might have been
I've searched everywhere
And nothing compares
When we've got love to guide us
I'm ready to go
I've got to know.....
What might have been
I'm wondering.....
What might have been
I want to know
What might have been
We're gonna find
What might have been
Oh.......I wanna know
What might have been
Oh.......
What might have been
we're gonna find
What might have been
I wanna know
What might have been

Well I was just ranting about AJAX few days back, well it seems that AJAX will be the new revolution in Web Development. Even Microsoft is looking at this new approach code name 'Atlas'. For more info click below:

http://searchvb.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid8_gci1118337,00.html?track=NL-149&ad=525905

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Remember my recent post regarding the acquisition of Macromedia by Adobe, and MS is one of the company that lost the acquisition. I also predicted that MS will be creating its own line of graphic tools in reponse to the acquisition well here it is code name 'Sparkle'. View the info here:

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1850815,00.asp
http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,2180,1374455,00.asp

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Macromedia is now competing with Microsoft in the web development space with the launch of Flash Player 8 code name Maelstrom. View infor here...
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1825165,00.asp 
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Tell me what you think about this... Flame on!

It's final I will be absorbed by OOCL by the 1st of September, well let's say the price is above what I'm expecting ;p by wednesday I'll be taking a medical exam as a pre-employment requirement, hope everything will work out :D hehehe

Ever wondered how Gmail does its thing? I mean it's the fastest web-based email that I know of. Well behind every product of Google is an approach called AJAX. Ajax translates to Asynchronous Javascript And XML. It's not a technology but is simply a coming together of several technologies. These technologies are and not limited:
  + XHTML and CSS - standard based presentation
  + Document Object Model -  dynamic display and interaction
  + XML and XSLT -  data interchange and manipulation
  + XMLHttpRequest -asynchronous data retrieval
  + Javascript - binding technology of the above.

It can also be thought of an approach - a way of thinking about the architecture of web applications using certain technologies. It's a sort of a paradigm shift.

For more Information about AJAX you could visit http://www.adaptivepath.com/publications/essays/archives/000385.php, an essay written by James Garett of Adaptive Path (the one who coined the word AJAX) describes in a nutshell what AJAX is and what'll do for you.

Ever used AJAX? Comment on it here, all comments and suggestions are welcome. Flame on!

well before anyone of you say you want to join lemme relate to you first what had happened to me last friday and saturday...

Friday
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5:30 pm soooo excited...  logged-out early so that I could get to Olongapo ASAP.

7:25 pm I arrived at Victory Liner Terminal kinda pissed... why? 2 reasons 1st was I decided to eat to an eatery near our house to kinda saved money, I did saved money since the meal just cost me a meager 35PHP, but what pissed me off was I dropped my 75PHP somewhere, that makes my meal worth 110PHP (I could have just eaten at chowking and bought myself a Chicken Supreme and an extra rice, sheesh!) I only found out about it when I'm already inside the cab. The next reason was when I'm about to leave my cab I dropped my handkerchief and since it was raining then you already guessed what happened to that handkerchief.

7:30 pm At this time we were about to leave the Pasay terminal. Somewhat got over with the things that happened a while ago. But again I was pissed off by the driver and these two old 'hags' who were sitting right next to me. 

             First the driver, Since the TV's reception that time was not that good and since I have this novel that I want to finish (Da Vinci's Code by Dan brown, I know it's kinda old but what the heck I haven't really read the whole novel anyway) so I decided to read it, I was sitting at seat no 3 so you could just imagine that the driver is just adjacent to where I was sitting and he would see if I was reading, but I think the driver have some issues in his own since he turned off the lights inside the bus, at first I just ignored it, I just conditioned my mind that he turned off the light so that other passengers could rest so I just closed the book and tried watching TV, but when I started watching TV he turned the set off and turned the radio on, coincidence nah! I was damned pissed! but since I was the more educated one I held my cool. So I just appreciated the songs that were playing though the station he was listening to was damn lame, when finally a song by Hale started playing I started to hum along but the freaking driver turned the volume low, Damn!!! But Educated as I am I just leaved it at that.

            Next was the the two hags who were sitting at seat no 1 and 2. Well I know you have experienced this too, when a passenger has a loud mouth and who just keeps on talking nonsense and keeps on talking as if there is no tomorrow, well like with the driver just held my cool (Anger Management it really helps!) when finally the first hag went down to Pampanga I said to myself at long last the lady would keep her mouth shut, but I was speaking too soon since what she did next was took her phone out and called someone and talked as if she was using the phone at the comfort of her home. 

           I thought that all of this would end as soon as I arrived at Olongapo, but when we were at Bataan the rain feel so hard, when we arrived at Olongapo City the water is already ankle deep. Since my wife's parents were living at Sta. Rita I went down at Olongapo City Triangle, what I saw certainly shocked me. The flood is already knee-deep I called my wife and she told me that the water in their place is about waist deep. So what I did was I stayed in front of the Triangle for about an hour and waited if the flood would subside but as if it was my LUCKY day the rain just keep on pouring and the water keeps on rising. So I said I'll just brave the flood since it's just waist deep I think I can make it. I rode a jeepney and went to Caltex and when I arrived at Santolan Rd I tried walking through the floods but when I walked thru it and the water was rising i was kinda terrified since the current is kinda strong so I just went back and again my "luck" turns out to be at -100% since the electricity was cut off so I decided to stay at Victory Liner Terminal. I stayed there until around 3am, but I said well the flood would surely not subside since it is High Tide so I decided to try my luck I again rode a jeepney and again went to OC Triangle, there more determined than ever went through the flood, first the flood was ankle deep, then knee deep then waist and after I passed through the bridge the water is now at the level of my armpit (to those of who know me I am not that small so you can imagine the level of the water) I could imagine my self as though I was in a film (anaconda hehehe) just imagine the flood water at my armpit-level and no electricity at past 3am no one was awake at that time so if ever i lost my grip I'll be drowning and no one will ever know about it. So I just walk through just keeping in my mind my wife and my son, finally at 3:30am I arrived at my wife's house, soaked in coffee and cream colored flood water and my whole body aching. And as if that was not enough I went home in a pair of shorts (pambahay shorts at that!) whew what a weekend that was, now as I was asking.....

Let's go swimming, anyone?

well I'm scheduled for an interview with the HR head today since they will be offering me a regular spot here at OOCL. Hope everything will work out fine, the interview will be at 4pm... well as the old game show states "If the price is right!" hehehe just kidding! well will update as soon as its final hehehe CIAO!

its the first of the week and the first day of the month, two more months before my contract here ends. My colleague's contract will terminate by friday, well I'm still thinking about Baguio because I'm becoming tired here in Manila and I just want to take a new athmosphere, if I was single probably I have taken that offer but there are things that I have to consider now... well as I said I'm still thinking about it...
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I have brought my wife and son to Olongapo last Wednesday to have their 2 weeks vacation (good for them bad for me), I really miss them besides the fact that I was left to do virtually all of the chores in the house... but I guess they really need the time off since if ever the baguio thing will push through it will be a long time before they can have their vacation in Olongapo (or the other way around them visiting us...)
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Last week Microsoft release the Beta version (i think?!?) of their client side OS. The OS was tagged as Windows Vista. Also this week by wed (aug 3) the Beta Version of VS 2005 and SQL Server 2005....
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Been waiting for feelance projects but nothing seems to materialize... If you have any freelance programming web or desktop application just post a comment with your contact details (JAVA, JSP, PHP,  VB6, .NET Winform and WebForm (VB.NET and C#), classic ASP, Web Development and Digital Design)
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Shift your mindset from yesterday’s data to tomorrow’s. – C L Ting

got this Important news from a newsletter about MS certifications, tell me what you think...

Another round on the certification treadmill
http://searchvb.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid8_gci1109668,00.html?track=NL-149&ad=523759

Microsoft certification program to get a makeover
http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid1_gci1106861,00.html