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August 2008 Updates

Published on August 25, 2008 in Me, Myself, and I. 0 Comments

Here are some of the highlights that happened to me for the past weeks:

+ Credit Card replacement
After a stupid act of writing down my credit card details and accidentally putting it away I had no choice but to call up my two credit card banks (Citibank and HSBC) to request my cards to be blocked and request a replacement (to prevent it from being used by others online). Basically, i had to pay P400 each for the replacement, thanks to my stupidity. hehe. Well after a few working days, i got my new cards already. Citibank came in a regular long envelope which has a single paper with my account details and my card. HSBC came in a delivery envelope by LBC and includes a booklet type hard paper with my card and lots of brochures with details of my account and some ads. Anyway, i just locked em all up in my pedestal at the office so i can’t use them and they can never tempt me to shop. haha

+Personal Loan offers
I recently applied for a personal loan from different banks, just to try it out if ever i would need it. I was helped by an agent who did all the processing of my papers and stuffs. Well, out of all the banks he signed me up to, I got disapproved from two banks all because they were not able to contact our HR department but i also got approved from two banks. One offered me P45k and the other P91k. So will i take it? it depends… hmmm

+Passport and Driver’s License
Finally, i now have my own Philippine passport and a driver’s license. Before i was able to have these, i had a few problems so thanks to some good friends of my grandparents who helped process my papers, everything went smoothly and fairly…

+Reformatting Abit
Due to a virus that slowly destroyed my computer (thanks to my sister..hehe) i had to reformat Abit and yesterday i already reinstalled Windows XP and all the softwares we’re using and scanned and cleaned up Abit. Also i switched to Avast Antivirus after AVG failed me. I’ve been loyal to AVG for a long time but because of a terrible failure, i needed to move on…

+My US Visa
I will be sent to my team’s US office for around 6 months. It will be as an onshore assignment with a few training. Last week, my manager already requested for my documents needed to process my papers and sooner or later i’ll be getting my US L1 Visa. So far, i’m told that i’ll be leaving the country by October. So we’ll see… i’ll be posting about it as soon as i get the exact date and details :)

+Two long weekends for August
Following our country’s President’s order, August 18 and 25 were made into a holiday. August 18 is in lieu of August 21’s Ninoy Aquino Day and August 25 is for the National Heroes Day. Hmm well its a good thing, coz i love long weekends :)

my career so far…

Published on July 2, 2008 in Me, Myself, and I. 2 Comments

+ to stay or go away?
This is probably the biggest and hardest decision i had to make for myself. It was tough for me so my decision was largely influenced by my family. Its all about deciding if i’ll be leaving my current work and find a new company OR just stay where i currently belong to. I have listed all the positive and negative things for both and asked opinions of friends and family. I did have a lot of “buts” and “what ifs”. It was hard to decide and i wished i never had to but i must. In the end, i have chosen to stay.

continue reading…

wazzup

Published on June 14, 2008 in Me, Myself, and I. 0 Comments

I haven’t updated for at least a month now (its pretty obvious with my last post..hehe) and no matter how many times i tell myself to update the next coming weekend i always fail to do so. I haven’t updated the pinoytwitters directory and blog either. I haven’t visited my friend’s blogs and haven’t blog hopped and do my usual online stuffs. All i am able to do is update my twitter once in a while. So today while i’m writing this, i enumerated 3 reasons why i wasn’t able to update much:

- During weekdays, i’m in front of the computer 8 hours a day due to my work and when i get home, i didn’t feel like being in front of the computer again. Besides, my eyes are too tired already to even watch tv.
- On weekends, i usually go out and if ever i’m home, its really hot upstairs during the day and i couldn’t stand the heat that me feel like i’m inside an oven (this makes me think of transferring my pc downstairs already….hmmm). And at night, well, i start to feel laziness… Coz being in front of the pc makes me feel like i’m at work and i hate that feeling. Perhaps because lately i’m really troubled at work (and this is different story i have to tell….)
- I’m depressed for two months now and counting - all because of work, family, and some personal stuffs. But i’m trying to regain myself little by little and hope to be back to normal soon.

So there, i had my reasons, but anyway i’ll try to update my blog again and to all my blog friends, i miss you guys! I’ll visit your blogs soon.

Promoted and Free

Published on May 1, 2008 in Me, Myself, and I. 6 Comments

Finally… Effective May 1, 2008 I’m now promoted to Level E from being a level F Software QA Engineer. Yesssss!

And then by May 2, 2008 i’m officially free from my two years bond from my company. Meaning……. haha. Well anyway I’m still waiting for something to happen in a month or two and that would dictate my fate. hehehe :)

microblogging with twitter

Published on March 22, 2008 in Me, Myself, and I. 0 Comments

Right… I haven’t posted anything for weeks! Except for my short updates on Twitter. Hahaha so that’s what i call microblogging being so useful and convenient. I can update anywhere i am - at home, at work, or on the road - with my pc or my phone. And i can say anything from being so bored, to my happy thoughts, about what I’m currently doing, about where I’m currently at, and simply any random thought. Sweet isn’t it?

So my blog doesn’t just show whatever long post i have but it also shows all my short updates via the microblogging system called Twitter. I just love Twitter and needless to say, i’m so hooked on it.  I’ve seen another one for microblogging called Jaiku which was recently acquired by Google. Looks neat and nice and pretty much like Twitter but i guess i’ll stick to Twitter. Besides,i think saying Twitter/Tweets/Twits etc.. is much cuter and well i don’t have any reason to leave Twitter. It serves it purpose and i’m satisfied with it. And of course, my Twitter blog - PinoyTwitterS.com - , it shows my dedication to Twitter and all pinoys out there who finds it useful and are hooked to it like me…

So if i haven’t updated here… Just check my Twitter updates on my sidebar. It sure is updated almost everyday.. hehehe ;)

27 dresses and my wedding

Published on February 5, 2008 in Me, Myself, and I. 3 Comments

with all the things running at the back of my head, i guess this is something easier to think of and to post about at the moment. i watched this movie last weekend with my younger sister at home. my elder sister brought home a downloaded copy and obviously its pirated and since its just a cam version, we watched a crappy one though in a way we understood the movie. Its that kind of chick flick that i like watching where it makes you feel excited about love and makes you day dream about your future and a lot more. hehe.

after watching it, i realized how i am also looking forward to my own wedding day. Like most girls, i do want mine to be unique and special and make it the best day of my life. I’ve been thinking about my plans for it and day dream about it as if its already happening but then in the end, it all comes down to wanting it to be just a simple but lovely one. Actually, i’m even worried about walking down the aisle. I’m the type of person who doesn’t like people looking at me coz i tend to be conscious of my movements and it really makes me uneasy. So thinking about that specific moment when i’ll be walking down the aisle and all eyes are on me - i wonder what would happen to me. will i be able to walk properly? will i be not look down? or will i be a runaway bride? (this one i hope would not happen of course!)

now back to movie,  it was enjoyable and i could relate to it like most would probably will where their favorite part of the wedding is when the bride is walking and the groom looks at her the way she always wanted to be looked at as she walks down the aisle. as for being the bridesmaid, well i’ve never been one yet and actually i’ve been to a few wedding only as a guest.

anyway, that day will be happening years from now but i do hope soon. honestly, i do have a deadline already. its actually a specific date i have in mind which is perfect to be my wedding day. i have some songs in mind already, people i’ll invite,  ideas of food to be served, etc. my the only things i ain’t sure about yet is where its gonna be held, what the theme will be, and who’s gonna be my groom? ;)

searching my blog and myself on google

Published on January 27, 2008 in -PusangKalye-, Me, Myself, and I and tech stuffs. 4 Comments

Funny that the thought of searching my blog on google hit me. So during break at the office last friday, i searched these three words on google: “pusangkalye”, “pusang kalye”, and “kuting” and i discovered a lot of things….

1. My domain (pusangkalye.com) showed on the top list of course.
2. I saw websites, blogs, forums where i posted something using my pusangkalye or kuting name and my link back.
3. There are lots of other people who uses kuting and pusangkalye too aside from me.
4. I saw some people using some avatars in forums thats links from some images in m blog. (hmmm makes me think of disabling hot linking already…hmmm)
5. I found some sites where there has been some reviews of my blog which i didn’t know of. An example is at stumbleupon where some users posted a nice review about a certain post i wrote on my blog. [link1] [link2]
6. and a lot more…

I also tried searching my name in google in different variations and here’s what i found:

1. A lot of other people having same names
2. Old websites i visited or signed up for using old usernames
3. An article about me in a local newspaper company website (really.. and i never knew about it until the time i saw it on google) . Well okay its not all about me but i’m included in it. There’s this once paragraph that tells about me and its love related. haha.

So there, anyone else tried doing the same thing? found something shocking or interesting? its really worth a try. i’m sure you’ll discover a lot of things :)

my twitter life

Published on January 13, 2008 in Me, Myself, and I. 2 Comments

Its been some months now since i put up my twitter blog - PinoyTwitters. “Its where I share twitter-related ideas or information as well as Filipino-made twitter services to everyone in an unbiased, informative, and personal point of view and allow open discussions about it.” as i’ve said in the website. So far, i would say its been a successful blog, looking at its goal. I am able to talk to fellow Pinoy Twitters and even make some new friends. And i’m sure a lot others are experiencing the same too. Plus, there’s this three Filipino services that came up to help Pinoy Twitters enjoy twitting. The first one is Godie’s TWIT2948 which he gladly shared to everyone and continues to develop for everyone’s benefit. Another is PHtwitters - though i never knew who the person behind is, i’m still glad he was inspired to put up phtwitters website to serve users who will be using the personal service he made for Pinoy Twitters. Third is the Filipino made mobile messenger YehBA* - i’m a user of it and was initially using its IM service through the Jabber network to update my twitters when i’m on the go. Recently they launched a special service on the application for twitter. I’m not sure why they put it up but still i’m glad they did.

Anyway, i’ve got my next question up on PinoyTwitters - “Why do you use twitter?” and answering it myself, well, for me its fun using twitter. It’s like a mini blog or a quick blog where you can post any short message or update on what you’re doing or on what’s happening or what you’re thinking about - that are too short to be posted as a blog post. I don’t know, but in a way i got addicted to it. Any thought i have on my mind, i twit it up always. Plus its nice coz i get to meet new friends and be able to twit with them :)

Goodbye 2007; Hello 2008

Published on December 31, 2007 in Me, Myself, and I. 1 Comment

In a few hours its gonna be 2008 - so let me write my last blog post for 2007.  Hmmm, so what can i say? Its been quite a year for me.  A lot have happened and a lot more will continue to happen this coming year. Anyway, here are my last thoughts:

- I still have some unfinished business and some thoughts to ponder on.  I think i have to reevaluate a few things that happened in my life and decide on what i should do next about it. But before that, i need to clear my mind…. how? i don’t know honestly, but i’ll think about it and find a way. hehe

-  For the first time in my life, i manage to keep a blog updated for 2 months straight now. Way to go Kath! hehe. I guess factors that made me do it are: 1. i’m paying for my webhost so might as well use it; 2. i have a faster internet access at home plus the access i have at my office, so i’m estimating that i am in front of a computer with internet access for at least 8 hours a day - meaning i can access my blog anytime; 3. personal choice - yup, i decided to put this up, i decided to update it as many times as i could if i have something to write about, so here it is; 4. um… what else?

- I put up PinoyTwitterS.com! its all because i got fond of Twitter and how people get addicted to using it. Seeing that many Filipinos use it, i made a way to unite fellow Pinoy Twitters where we can connect to each other, learn and share anything twitter-related for our benefit to make our twitter-life better and more fun.

- this year, i spent my christmas bonus that was given early to buy a new set of computer- that’s my Baby Abit. my little sister’s old pc gave up and she badly needed a computer for her school works plus my grandma misses my cousins in the US so much that we need a computer and a dsl connection to be able to make a videochat with them and i need a computer too. I can’t live without one. hehe. So there, myBaby Abit is born. I think the only old thing about him is the second hand monitor a bought from our company garage sale, all else are new :) so thats where my 13th month pay all went to. sheesh. But hey, good thing coz i’m starting to learn to take care and manage a personal computer. Would you believe that a computer science graduate like me, who started using a computer when i was in grade 4 only learned to format a computer last month? haha. funny and stupid - but true ;)

- I had a lot of frustrations at work this year but good thing i had the chance to clear itall up with my new team lead. Hopefully this coming year would be a better one for me - coz i know i deserve better for all my hardwork. Or maybe i deserve something else,  somewhere else. who knows? like what my grandma always tell me - there’s a reason for everything,and no matter what happens i just need to do my best. God has a plan for me, i just need to be patient. i know she’s right, so even if i had a not-so-good life at work this year, i just need to continue the hard work i’m doing and next year, maybe, i’ll get what i deserve.

- My love life - okay i won’t talk much about it but heck its been one tough year for me, or i could say one crazy year for me. I just wish… i just wish…. if only…..*sigh*

- Money …. geez i’d fire up again if i’d talk about it, lol.

- Friends … okay one new year’s resolution i’d make is to try to contact all those friends i had before that i consider close to me and try to bring back the good old days. Some may not welcome me anymore and some may be glad to welcome me back. I guess after all these years, i’ll finally figure out which ones are my true friends. 

- I just remembered, could i be dead already? i mean last time during the Glorietta 2 blast, it could be that i am one of those people dead or injured with that incident. It was a friday and my officemates and i were supposed to have out lunch out in Glorietta that time. Good thing one of us felt lazy to walk all the way from Paseo de Roxas to Glorietta that we decided to eat at a nearby building instead. And the recent earthquake, that was strong! and we’re in the 16th floor of our building so we really felt it. I was really scared that time. One of the last thing i would want to happen to me is to be on a 16th floor of a building when a strong earthquake would happen and we would need to walk down on what seems like an endless stairway and everyone especially me would be panicking thinking the building might collapse. hehe

 - I hate New Year’s eve. Well its all because of the noise people around create - the sound of torotot everywhere, and the firecrackers people use which always make my heart leap and sometimes (well most of the time) make me shriek. I hate it when people especially children play with watusi and those that throws firecrackers near people. tatawa-tawa pa sila pag nagulat mga tao. how i wish masabugan sila so that they’ll stop doing such things during new year. I hate noise. I guess i’d prefer a loud sound of cool music or just watching lots of fireworks displays. That would really be a peaceful and wonderful new year celebration. What i like about new year, when we have some special good food for medja noche and when i sit on our roof or on top of our van to watch the sky filled with fireworks display from a nearby village of affluent people. I like it too when my grandma throws coins around the house and me and my cousins would pick them all up and have our pockets filled with coins; when me and my sisters would stay up a few more hours after midnight and grab some snack and a bottle of wine and some beers and chat till we feel sleepy. hehe

oh well.. that’s all i could think of right now. i’m on my headphones listening to loud music so i won’t hear the noise outside that i didn’t hear my grandma calling me. hehe. gotta go back downstairs and help out :) Happy New Year!!!