Dwill's Break

LEGENDS NEVER DIE: POKEMON

2012-01-26T17:28:00.000+08:00

I remember back in 1999 I'm around 10 years old and brother (he would be around 11) brought home a Yellow Gameboy color, as far as I can remember he borrowed it from his friend and traded his race car (tamiya) just for 2 weeks. He thinks it worth it. We don't have the luxury of buying our very own Gameboy, so having one seemed to be a dream and what most kid our age, and the game was POKEMON YELLOW VERSION. Playing pokemon was beyond our wildest fulfillment. We got engaged and it felt like an adventure of the century!

He lend it to me when he was doing his chores, I trained his pokemon most of the time and he taught me how to play with it, We usually stay late at night sharing the gameboy exploring the world of pokemon-(sounds off and with a lamp.) My mom would be furious every time she caught us playing. I would like to watch and most of the time we argue over the pokemon to catch or not. I usually the one in charge in walking in the grass and beating wild pokemon for level up.

I was in the fifth grade when Pokemon became a sensation, I usually watch it on our local TV every Friday, it was one of my favorite cartoon time.

At that moment in time, I was one of the millions of Kids capitivated by the world of the powerful and wonderful creatures. Yes. I'm a pokemon fan and this post is about the The magic of pokemon 13 years after.

When I was in first year high, I remember my friend Ace is playing a pokemon game, I noticed it was a different one, at this point I'm hooked in a playstation. I closely watched it and he told me its the gold version, I told him that I used to play the yellow version and that seemed to be old school, then my other friend kirk, is playing the other version the silver one, and they started trading pokemons. I found it cool.

At my second year, My dad brought me a present, A purple gameboy that I've been asking for a long time. I have my money saved up to buy the silver and yellow version of the games, I started playing with Kirk and battling pokemon when we have the chance at school, my girl classmates would refer to us as pokemon addicts we also play cards once in a while but i never really understood how it was played hahaha.

Then other gameboy series came out, and I haven't got the chance to catch up, at some point pokemon fad fade away, the local and cable channels don't air pokemon cartoon show, and it came a time that it as difficult to get a game, and even watch epsiode even in the internet, everything was promotional.

I missed pokemon, until new wave of technological advances came through, access has never been so easy, I usually hang out in pokemon fan sites, get to watch past episodes in you tube, then they banned episode watching in youtube due to copyrights, and it was a heaven.

I got to play pokemon game on PC even though I don't have the console, got a collection of DVD.

and everytime I get to see pokemon I remember how happy I was playing with my big brother, I remember the time that my dad gave me that first gameboy color, I remember the feeling of magic.

Now, yeah i'm a bit 20+ but if they asked me, I'm still a pokefan.

A Lazy Mans Views: Films, Games, Comics, and other geeky stuff: CSDA, Artist of the month, and Sherlock Holmes

2012-01-25T15:40:00.001+08:00

INSIGHT

The best things in life are worth sharing.

That's my motto for this week, and I've been really busy handling work related self induced toxins in my life, so its pretty awesome to take a break just write.

This week we have some pretty geeky loads of stuff that might interest you a bit.

If your a digital artist (like me) Here's a great deal.

I recently found out about the Cordillera School of Digital Arts.
A graphic and animation school that provides awesome scholarships and tutorial session plus a TESDA and proud member of ACPI.
CSDA was founded by Raul Boncan in 2007.
Since then the program is in full bloom and now having free animation courses.

I really wanna join and try out my animation skills, I'm tryin to practice my drawing just in case.
You can visit them at

Unit B212, Lopez Building, Session Road, Baguio City, 3600 Philippines

Tel. 074-4425098
Fax.
Website: http://www.csdastudios.com
Email: voxwerks@gmail.com

I'll try to enroll this friday, will keep you posted if I got in. (finger crossed)

INFOCUS

So featured for today would be one of the Gripo Comics most promising artist Gamaliel Paz one of my facebook pals and a member of Baguio City Comics Awareness Society.
Best bit: Author and Illustrator of the Series entitled: Mystic teacher
I think he is one of the best colorist I've seen in years, clean, not so rough and beautifully blending inks, with his plot logically crafted with his characters complementing the whole concept.
You cannot please everyone, in one of his post he said that he got at comment for his online critiques stating that his works is "a piece of crap" and he should kill his parents and himself for doing it. At first he felt uneasy, He never heard that kind of rage, He got scared, lost the spirit and doubted his talent, but with the support of his friends, he stood up and continue his passion for drawing. Kept an open mind and just improved his skill.
So if you happen to visit this blog why not check his comics. A legend is being created here my friends. We will keep an eye on him in his future deeds. I like his concept maybe one day I'll create a animated feature or a film. :)

INDEPTH

So here are the weekends best of the BEST!

Sherlock Holmes Game of Shadows

Well at first, I thought wow, this dude really rocks the weirdness, then at the middle part I became confused, like what did just happened?
This movie will make you think, a lot.
So while enjoying the movie, you should also try to find a clue and figure it out and try to guess the ending, it'll be more fun when you guessed it right. I got it at the climax, and said, yeah! I can be a detective huh?

So that's it for now, cheers!

Things You May Want to Know Before Visiting the UK

2012-01-17T16:47:00.001+08:00

I was chillin in facebook when I encountered this note in one of my workmates wall, his name is Paul, now somewhere in London, His a very bright dude, a monster in his field, funny and down to earth.

Being able to speak English fluently doesn't always mean you would be at home at an English-speaking country. Here are some terms, phrases, ways and norms you will be encountering throughout your stay in the UK:

1. "Chips" is the British equivalent to "fries" and the normal chips we have in the Philippines is what they call "crisps"

2. Don't ever ask for "load" in a store if you want to add prepaid credits to your mobile phone, ask for "top-up" instead.

3. "Move down" is a common phrase used when they want you to walk further away towards your present direction of travel.

4. Debit cards are more commonly used than credit cards to avoid paying a surcharge. All debit cards have microchips that are inserted to a reader and not swiped.

5. Shoe sizes are half-an-inch less than the conventional American size. If you usually buy 9-size shoes in the Philippines, then get an 8.5-size in the UK.

6. If nobody informed you yet, vehicles drive on the left-hand side of the road and drivers sit on the right.

7. Buses display route numbers but be mindful of the direction it is travelling to. You might just end up reaching the North when you are trying to go South. You will need to "request stop" or wave to the driver just like flagging down a jeepney in the Philippines. In other European countries, the bus will automatically stop if there are passengers waiting on the bus stop. Also, to avoid embarrassment, never try to request stoppage for a bus showing "Not In Service" even if the route number is still displayed.

8. Americans call it "subway" but UK residents would rather call it the "tube" since a subway is an underground walkway for pedestrians. They are not big fans of the overpass.

9. A "till" is a cashier or counter.

10. When travelling by train, "calling at" means "stopping at" and unlike the tube, long distance trains don't always stop on all stations along its way. Always read the route monitors.

11. They pronounce PANTENE as "panten" and GREENWHICH "grenich"

12. London is heavily inhabited by Indians, Pakistanis and Africans. Bago makarating dito, ihanda na ang ilong sa kanilang amoy.

13. "Cheers" means "thank you" in most occasions. Other slangs include "ain't it" that sounds like "INIT"

14. Ukay-ukay is not only prevalent in the Philippines, they also have it here in the form of a carboot sale (about a hundred cars gather at an empty field, equivalent to a rice field, filled with second-hand items.

I will have more to share next time. Thank you for reading through."

It was really interesting how our culture differ from one another, yet we all mean the same things.

We call it here in the Philippines "TANGA" moments when your in a situation, and you know your about to do something stupid and you realize it after.

I remember we went to Camarines Sur for the Ad Congress. Since its my first time, there are a lot of fail moments, lost in translation and decisions that had been pretty messed up.

The good thing is, You learned your lesson, that's the greatest achievement you'll ever had, another thing that you could do is share it! Like my friend Paul, he created a list, a little piece of his mind based on his experiences.

Keep it up Paul! see yah in the Olympics!

Dear 2011

2012-01-12T16:17:00.001+08:00

Dear 2011.

I will surely miss you. It's a roller coaster ride but we managed to get through. I learned to be humble, I learned to be more patience on stuff I usually don't have a control over, I got bullied a lot this year by superiors, I promised not to such acts when I'm the boss one day, I learned to be more open minded specially on ideas that contradicts my belief, I learned to see things from other perspective, what I find beautiful might not be pretty in someones eyes. I learned to appreciate life even better although I became impulsive when it comes to handling my finances.

I started it unsure, confused and a bit troubled. I'm searching for my soul and exploring my potential. Now I'm okay, I got my vision set to the future, all thanks to you.

Slowly I'm picking up the pieces, and I promise to be braver, I promise to stand for my right and for the things that is right. I'm not gonna be anyones puppet that they could control, I'll speak my mind, share my ideas and plans and if they don't respect what I deserve, let the best man win.

Thank you 2011 for a great adventure.

Now I welcome 2012 with a brighter hope. I made a difference in 2011, Now I will make a change.

Cheers!

A new YEAR! a new Adventure

2012-01-05T11:46:00.000+08:00

2012
The most exciting year for me, aside from the doomsday it's my year!Year of the water dragon!

goodbye 2012

2011-12-31T18:46:00.002+08:00

It's been a year of surprises.
Finally I can say that this 2011 has been a good start.
good career, good life.
to all my cheers!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

22nd Ad Congress: Getting there

2011-11-19T16:23:00.000+08:00

Whew. A sigh of relief.

At last we arrived, after more than 15 hours of cost country road trip, my *arse is swelling my back is aching and men my brain is like a milk shake.

We left Baguio city at around 11pm I basically slept the whole trip to Manila.

I woke up, still a bit dark, around 5:30am and we headed to the bus terminal headed for Camarines Sur.

The bus leaves at 8:30 so we need to kill some time, a lil bit shaken I snooze until it was 8am.

We left Manila and started the long road trip.

There are moments that i'll never forget.

On instance on a stop over, I'm wondering why people started taking pictures when our bus arrived. Is it me? Am I famous> NO WAY!

So I smiled.

Then again, behind me was this tall man wearing a black jacket and black jogging pants and a running shoes.

Who's that? I wonder.

I never seen him before...

With the commotion going on I felt lost.

Then a man said that dude was on the biggest loser a grand champion of 2M peso.

Wow. I dont care. I dont know him. Ha ha ha.

and then after that we all return to the bus, again there are people requesting a photo opportunity to this 2 couple right beside me.

I was like, What's wrong with this people? Who is that? I really don't have any freakin idea, that's it. Im not into the circulation of stars and showbiz, officially outcasted.

Wow. heavy.

So i just ignored them, soon to find out that half of the people in the was just here also for the congress.

So we checked the venue of the congress we arrived at Camsur Watersports Complex (CWC) at around 8:30pm hoping we could catch up with the registration but we didn't.

Instead we went to this opening party called FUSION the governor's night.

GREAT! I'm so hungry that I could eat a horse!

The food was awesome! and the best thing its free! (or paid for)

After that we checked the free photo booth and we got wacky.

A shuttle service is waiting for us and drop us in our hotel.

Some things I find not-so-good about this adcon.

Signage.

You came from a long trip and you expect people to just find the venue in a foreign place.

There were no signage and customer relations is terrible.

Plus hagard transportation if we hadn't bumped in a shuttle service tendency we might have walked from pili to naga.

Later day 2 of the con, my hopes are up. cheers!

early birthday PROMO! Trip to Manila!

2011-09-30T18:58:00.010+08:00

Baguio breeze, will miss you.

There are plenty of good and bad things that happened to me this past few weeks, and men it really hits hard when you realized your mistakes.

I've been really ignoring rules at the office during the last days of September, Higher ups often diggs power trip among it's subordinates that explains the Mafia post, so because of that, I got a awesome promo, yup we call it "PROMO" its a better term rather than suspension.

Oh yeah, I got a whole week off-NO PAY.

The good thing is I'm planning to visit my brother in Manila, I really like to see Felicity, she was born last September 26, but there has been a storm so I'm stuck at home, playing cards with my cousins and roommates, with no power its better to sleep and rest.

Wednesday, I headed to get my student drivers license.

Feeling refreshed on a Thursday morning, Me and my cousin Biboy head to Manila on a Road Trip!
We stopped over to Tarlac to see my dad, and my brand new motorcycle (oh yeah) a birthday gift.
We stayed there, I started practicing driving my motorcycle it it was so damn cool.

I'm gonna call you Neo

Friday around 3pm we headed to Manila, traffic jam greeted us, with flood waters rising with heavy rains pours on our bus, but I don't mind, I enjoyed watching the on-board movie.

It was past 9pm when we arrived at my brothers place, the baby was so cute, I noticed that her legs were longer, a good sign that she will be tall, she's quite big, I'm afraid to hold her or carry her maybe she'll fall and I'm not good with babies, I'm happy just to stare at her and see her smile, hold her little tiny hands. She sneeze a lot when a new person is around, it's quite interesting really, maybe i don't smell so good need to take a bath.

Felicity i love you

I missed my brother, so as much as possible we tell stories and catch up with one another. Now he has a daughter, and a wife. I suddenly felt i'm alone, with mom gone, he has been my wall.

But i'm happy for him, He had been to so many hardships hopefully this would be a brand new start, a new hope for both of us.

So we also visited our uncle in an army hospital, I met my other cousin who stays in Manila we hang-out and shares our grudges and life bitterness.

Sunday at around 11am, Biboy and me set back to Baguio, We arrived after 7 hours of road travel, hungry and exhausted, I feel asleep in the comfort of my own bed, tomorrow i'll start working with a fresh perspective.

THE MAFIA

2011-09-17T20:54:00.000+08:00

“You must take care of your family.”

They want to have an order in the system that they stirred chaos among the members, and now all hell broke loose.

As a part of the family, I’m aware of the past regulations that the bosses created, it was fair and just for everyone, and I say that that is the thing that I like the most out of this family, it has a heart.

Now it’s slowly loosing its nature, as some bosses try to manipulate the family members, wanting to control them with such greed and inconsiderate rules bending the truth and creating such a mess that affected and killed some of my friends.

First instance was deliberately destroying the reputation of one member from the godfather, with misleading info that caused her demised and uncertain death, a friend of mine somehow got a recording of a secret meeting, in the conversation the bosses agreed that they will use all their power to break the horn of the new member and kill everyone that opposed with them.

Now that fellow was demoted from his current position, pinning down allegations that serve no basis, he fought hard to bring down the mafia bosses, but alone he stands no fucking chance, he accepted the blood money and kept his silence.

This week alone, secret informants found dead and last week our head planner was ambushed, slowly, all the bright minds are gone.

The godfather has a vision, he said that the goal is more important the role, but somehow I don’t believe in him, he is blinded by the bosses that surrounds him, members are dying but it seems it was well justified and it seems its only normal.

Last night, I had a chance to talk to one of my batch mate in the family, I found out that he already received a death note, and he his just counting the days before he leaves, now his gone.

With the biggest heist in progress, everyone is preoccupied from the situation and tried to go over by the day and finished the entire task that is assigned to them.

I on the other hand started to retaliate; I was given a total of 5-death threat.

I’m not afraid.

I know someday the stink in the system that they created would poison and kill them… slowly, one by one.

I’m doing a shit-load of work; with the death threats they gave me would really demotivate and diminish the passion that I long for this family.

It’s a shame how a little few rotten old tomatoes would destroy such really good harvest.

-signed by the maniac

Dead Spot 11.11.11

2011-09-08T12:02:00.000+08:00

Mina ohh Mina your so wet.

2011-08-30T13:47:00.000+08:00

Gloomy Tuesday.

Today is the end of ramadan and supposedly no work, but since they required everyone to have a skeletal force for some unknown special reasons, So I'm here @ the office doing some skeletal to-do's.

The tropical storm mina poured her guts in the city of Baguio since this weekend harsh rainfall, thunder claps and strong breeze greeted my rest day.

The power was cut and to fully enjoy my little long weekend I went to the mall to charge the mac and do some work, also to but some stuff like comics just for fun, so I wont get bored, and look at that! a SALE! one cardigan wont hurt right? Before you know it, It was a shopping spree, darn it.

At home, well I watched some episodes of glee, read the comics and sleep the whole monday, still no power boredom and hunger came into me, and the best solution is GO to the MALL! again, and went home at around 6pm and slept. Whew. what a day.

Today, it's still raining with almost zero visibility in the road, I just found out that the Irisan open dumpsite the mountainous garbage collapse, i donno what to call it, a landslide or a garbage slide, and oh boy the people responsible for that tragedy killing 3 people so far including 2 kids are the city government pipz, and men you guys are in a really deep shit right now, with the national eyes on you guys for not following the solid waste management plan..

I made a story about this garbage problem in the city check it out

Aside from fallen trees, flooded streets, muddy roads and a marathon of rain shower, today would be the most boring day ever. If would rate this day without an internet connection it would be 10 stars as the worst boring day ever.

what else....

I would get a quick nap, so will update you sooner or later ayt?

see yah! cheers!

Must love MEMO's

2011-08-26T21:13:00.001+08:00

MEMO

mem·o

noun /ˈmemō/
memos, plural

A written message, esp. in business

Men, today had been a very nasty day for me in the office, so here's what happened.

Most of the employees are in a seminar on disaster management, So I was left in the office alone, It's not that I don't want to join them, they choose me to stay, I would love to be part of it but what the heck, There's nothing I could do anyway. So, Everyone left and I started to work and work and work and guess what, I finished it early surprised right, I said to my self, WOW working alone can give me full concentration, I finished a meeting with a group for the september 01 event parade for the charter anniversary of Baguio, I think it's the 102nd year, so Lunch time, I went outside to eat, cause I don't like the food on the nearby area so I decided to eat outside with friends, There is this regulation that you should time in and out during lunch breaks, and I hate that regulation cause were being constraint, we don't have an AM break and PM break just lunch break one hour is okay but the hassle naaah, it sucks.

then, it started raining, yeah there's a storm fast approaching.

it's a gloomy day, I can hear several issues regarding the human resource, but I stay positive about it.

when I was about to leave they called me in the office, I was called in the HR and then surprise surprise I have 3 super memo

first offense: Absent on VMB

well I talked about that on the previous post

second offense: Late time-in lunch

well, that sucks but what the heck, I found out that the exact time out and time in should be 12pm and 1pm only if you logged out at 12:06 like my case, I checked in at 1:07, thinking that i'm just a minute late providing that I deserve a 1 hour break right, but well thats not the law. so MEMO!

third offense: Facebook @work

haha, this one is grave, really. like I said I have nothing to do, and checked facebook in my mobile phone and online, made some comments, de stressed a bit and returned to work, yeah I know getting caught sucks, so I made general adjustment to my account to avoid getting this kind of memo in the future.

TIPS:

SO here are my tips in your office if you would like to use facebook in your office without getting caught.

1. NEVER EVER EVER add your boss, block him/her on the facebook universe so you would be free in posting anything stupid all you want without worry

2. Block your I.T. or MIS or ADMIN on your list.

3. use https:// not http://

4. Use name alias. if your name is Moe Ocampo, use an alias like prince harris lancaster oha!

you could easily deny that it was you.

5. change your profile photo, something that does not look like you.

and finally

6. privacy setting helps. use it wisely

so. hope this would not fire back at me hahaha

cheers!

Why not take a hike

2011-08-20T21:32:00.001+08:00

It was still early the cold mountain breeze was flowing freely at my window, oh I forgot to close that one, hope I didn't catch a "cold" I whispered to my self.

"It's so damn early.." as I force to carry my self out of bed, better get the water heater going...

After a great effort to convince my self to start moving, I went on and prepare for the day.

I arrived at the office at around 6:10 in the morning, well I was hoping to arrive earlier it's just that at this time of year, the clouds seemed to be pretty dim and the bed seemed to be the best place to stay.

I thought I was late, cause the call time is 6am, today will be a hiking day. (yeepee), but my fellow work mates also feels the same way as I did, we are all late, well most of us.

The trip lasted around 30 minutes, we arrive at the site and started carrying things like foods and cookware and also started taking group photos.

It was long trail going to the main camp house, and men the terrain is stiff and narrow, a bit wet, slippery since it rained last night.

We are going to the new site that we are going to develop, a 25 hectare land consist of 3 mountains a falls and a long snake like river.

The place was amazing, it's so relaxing and the forest is a virgin, no human trace of infiltration, I was a bit anxious about the development were going to do, hopefully it wont destroy the serenity of the place but to further enhance it for other people to enjoy.

Right now the path is hell, i'll tell you it was like "man vs. wild" episode as we venture deeper in the forest.

We settled down to the camp house, it was a made of pine wood and almost looked like a guard-slash-ranger house, it's cute sitting alone in the middle of the forest.

After a quick briefing, we headed out and explore the place the mountain slope is a bit of mess and climbing is a real challenge, my task with be taking video shots while my partner jeff is in charge of taking photos, he has the photos so i wish i could upload that here sooner or later or maybe on monday.

So, the best part was it was an extreme trekking with mud and blade grass greeting you in every step, but once you crossed the path and made it to the top, the scene was breathtaking.

Plus leeches

shit those fucking leeches, were not aware that the land is infested with tiny worm like leeches.

once you walked into the grass patch, they will sense it and they will start to attack, clinging into the tip of the leaves and literary jumping to its target.

I checked my shoes, and damn, those leeches are having a freakin' feast good thing not in my skin, with a shriek of a girl ( that's me) I started getting paranoid and stumping my foot like crazy and that caught the attention of my work mates, they started checking their shoes, and men we have a bingo.

Some has already sucked blood and having a good time in my partners legs other crawled under the shirts and we are all frantic.

And from there on, in every stop you should take a good look on your shoe and pull those leeches out.

We crossed 2 rivers and hiked 3 mountains and 2 hills, we conceptualized on the theme of the place and what should we do to develop it without destroying it's natural fauna.

It was an adventurous day, fun and full filling to be part of the team that first reach the place.

Hopefully this turns out well..

and oh yeah

MY boss fell on the river and we are all concerned about her phone rather than her safety hahaha, but she's okay, it's simply hilarious.

When life gives you lemons ask for salt and tequila!

2011-08-19T20:45:00.002+08:00

“When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.”

After the ground breaking event, the marketing department is on a rough patch, with all the mishaps that had happened, the admin wont tolerate such "negligence of work"

Monday morning, like any given regular monday, we have a morning company meeting, and curse the traffic jam, I was 3 minute late from the 8am call time but i was confident that i can still catch up because most of the time, it'll start not exactly 8.

But the door was closed, I was wondering why, and I just heard my boss started talking, damn, got locked out, then I heard yelling and I knew he was mad, really MAD.

So, I hid on the Sales office, at that time I saw some of the late employees, YEY! I'm not alone.
And it went for ours, Janice texted me about the topic and she said that we are on a tight spot, boss is furious about the event and mark it, he will terminate someone.

Wow. I was like whoa, what the fuck, good thing I wasn't there, maybe i'll lost a spirit or something.

It ended @ around 10am, I hid on the comfort room pretending to pee, when the sector is clear I went out and well sneaked in.

That is how this week started, and that is just the beginning.

It's almost end of the week and yes, two of my friends resigned and it was heart breaking, yeah I know before I used to rant about them but, hey we've known each other we got closer, and men I hate this feeling.

I can't justify our mistake, but this is a bit harsh, one has been working for 3 years with the company, the other one was just got regularized and he has all this plans and his dedication was phenomenal, what happened was, there had been huge set back and the assumption was way out of control, it builded up and blown up this week, like a firecracker that exploded after the thread burned down.

I'm gonna miss them and this saturday will gonna have a farewell group party, and all I can say is, we have our differences, but each and everyone fill up what the other don't have.

Form this point on, there will be changes and it will never be the same.

Cheers!

Best of the WEB: 8 Tracks

2011-08-19T00:00:00.000+08:00

An online mix tapes that you can share to everyone. Is that possible?
check this out.

That's the beauty that 8 tracks. Create a mix, share it like other mixes enjoy the music, the best part, it's legal.
Check out my profile http://8tracks.com/modwill

cheers

Some Activities this week

2011-08-18T08:01:00.000+08:00

During the Ground breaking ceremony and Ribbon cutting of recent project development of our company, well I guess it end well, we closed around 21M on that day and the food was great. It was a hell ride preparing this event, I learned a lot in event management field and I guess were gonna do a lot of like this in the future.

Payday.

2011-08-07T11:54:00.000+08:00

Oh, payday, it's like christmas and new year all in one.
It's a day when all the hard work seemed to be earned.

It's been a crappy day for me, I've been spending a lot without me knowing where did I placed all those money and it seemed like I fully exhausted all of my salary for nothing. I don't even have any money left 3 days before the payday. am I spending too much?

So This week would be a quick test to know if my lifestyle is eating up all my salary or I need to tighten my belt to stretch my money.

My weekly lifestyle would be,

On a monday I'll take a cab, because it's VMV meeting every morning so late is never an option, so that would cause me a staggering 93 pesos just for the taxi, plus the traffic jams and the morning madness that comes with in.
At AM break, I would buy a snack worth 20 pesos and another 20 pesos for the drink, and then at lunch that would be like 50 pesos for the complete "budget meal"
To "Save" I usually go home riding a jeep, two rides from office to the terminal, and terminal to our home that would cost me another 20 pesos.

So total would be, 203 pesos in A DAY, multiplied by 6 working days 1,218 multiplied again by 2 for two weeks cut off that would be 2,436 pesos
My salary would be around 5k per cut off without the bonus... so that would be 2,564 plus room rent 2,500 I only have 64 pesos left.

Wow, it really chumps me off I haven't even paid the utilities yet, now that sucks right, that's why I never experienced having my salary reach each other every month.

Wow that sucks.

SO today I'm creating a challenge, to save as much money as possible.
Hopefully I can.

cheers!

Happy anniversary

2011-08-04T17:17:00.002+08:00

"i will kill the spiders. i will share my fries with you when you’ve finished all yours and are still hungry. i won’t ever pop my collar. i will never be rude to your tummy- when i hear it growl and gurgle, i promise to bend down and reply respectfully. i will eat the mushrooms when we order the supreme pizza. i will kiss the papercuts. and the door-slammed finger. and the counter-bumped hip. i’ll try my hardest not to get annoyed when you whisper questions and comments during movies. i will be the big spoon. i will let you win at wrestling. sometimes. other times i will not. i will go faster. harder. i will pull when you want. and tease you when you don’t. i will send you random txts and leave you silly gifts. not always. not on schedule. just whenever i want to. whenever i think you need one. or seven. i will check your tire pressure. and remind you to take your car in. i will hold your hand. i will love you. i will love you. i will love you."

Beating the Deadline and other mishaps

2011-07-31T11:52:00.001+08:00

Recently, I've been having difficulty dealing with deadlines. The workload is super heavy for just a one person to handle.

I often forget some jobs that had to be done, maybe singled out a work or left it hanging, but i'm not like this and the great part in all this chaos, my computer crashed.

see it even gave up, with all the files stored. haha

Good News though, The football cup just ended! yey! the closing ceremony was a BLAST!

and I took the role of the master of ceremony of the closing program, and by golly I was a messed up shit, good thing I did not talked trash, just a simple-transition-program-guide-guy.

Like they always say less talk less mistake, but that wont be called MC right?

I'm not a pro but I enjoyed it, hopefully they understood me somehow.

so Anyhow carabao, today my boss announced that I'm a regular employee!

Whohoo! awesome huh!

My first regularization since I graduate, and men that was a messy past.

So what will happen now.

More work, so I need to keep up the paced.

Hopefully I could get another hand in battle, an assistant maybe? cross fingers...

So that's it for now, cheers!

The Pink Payong

2011-07-27T17:11:00.001+08:00

oh pink payong rest well under the chimney say hello to other payongs

There is a storm named "JUANING" yet the sun is still shining when I woke up.

Then It started raining when I was about to leave, great I don't have any umbrella.

Then my dad insisted to use the pink umbrella.

I was like, but its so darn pink, I'm wearing a corporate attire?

Then it rained even harder.

Yeah, even the weather insist it, and I guess she's laughing out load in the sky while pouring water with all her might, way to go Juaning!

So with no choice I have to go to work with the "Pink Payong"

the worst part...

I have to go home using that same payong.

Your Beautiful

2011-07-26T16:29:00.001+08:00

During the Baguio Football event,

I'm trying to take some snap shots of the game, I bump into this fine lass in the audience watching the game and cheering for the opponent.

I took a quick shot and hide, and I gotta tell you, MEN! she's so beautiful.
I tried to get another angle but it isn't just working, I like another close-up shot so I adjusted my lens took a shot blurred, again... no use, when I switched to automatic focus she suddenly looked in my direction!
I panicked and quickly hide my lens.

Oh boy, I'm in a BIG trouble now, she frigging saw me taking a photo, without permission!

To my surprise, she smiled back.

I smiled.

I was about to approach her to apologize, when suddenly the opponent player went to her side.

Then I realized, she's with another man, and all I have is this photo.

DE-STRESS

2011-07-16T20:19:00.002+08:00

Booth Bored

Today has been relief, work get even more challenging this month, with events in each side and with all the jobs that had to be accomplished in a small amount of time.

This morning I felt the 'burn.

I was like, wtf would I do?

do this, do that.

with the limited information in my hand plus the cramming and the time pressure my stress level was on the OPTIMUM LEVEL, and the next level would probably be the DYING PHASE.

So the only solution was to operation DE-STRESS!

what the hell is de-stress?

Stress is the way your body responds to demands. Stress can be caused by good experiences just as easily as by bad. When you are stressed by something that is happening around you, your body releases chemicals into your blood.

These chemicals cause you to have more strength and energy, which is a good thing if your stress is brought on by physical danger.

So de-stressing would only mean that you unclogged every thing you are thinking and try to arrange it by selecting what are the things you can do and what are the things you cant-do.

So, I stopped for a minute on the presentation I'm working on, walked around and grab some coffee, and bought some snack, munch away clearing my head.

I returned to my desk, and instead of cramming I tried to check what are the things I can do NOW, and what are the things I can do LATER on, so next would be what are the things I CAN'T DO, let others do it for me, in this case the research part so my buddy jeff who is a researcher did the data gathering for me while I focus on the layout and stuff on the presentation.

Then, I picked the Mac book, and went to the location of the presentation observed the crowd and try to revised some of the slides and checked the animation, this way I will know what to expect from the audience attitude and how do they respond to other presenter, next I kept my contact online via chat with my researcher, and just like expected he did find the solution for the problem that I have been cramming the whole morning, and getting away from the office helped too.

So basically where Am I getting at, you see office and work do make people crazy and to get a clear head make sure to de-stress yourself, it will help you in anything, and just a friendly reminder life is full of surprises you'll never know what will happen tomorrow, so fuck everything up and relax, you'll still be alive no matter what, unless it's the end of the world right.

The need to de-stress can be eliminated if you learn to prevent stress. Here are a few common solutions that have helped many people:

1) Take care of yourself.

The most effective way to de-stress is to prevent stress by getting get plenty of sleep and exercise, eat healthy, do not smoke and limit your alcohol intake to a moderate level.

2) Organize

Clutter is a reminder of work to be done, which keeps you stressed. Get rid of all of the physical clutter around you to eradicate mental clutter. You will feel happier and have surprisingly more energy.

3) Set limits

Do not let other people's hurtful behaviour keep you stressed. Set limits on how much is too much and when someone crosses the line, let them know.

4) Personal time

Everyone needs a little time to themselves. Make a list of all of the things that you greatly enjoy, yet never have the time to do. Put the list in order according to priority. Next, add the top five or seven things to your daily planner.

By marking the calendar, you will be more likely to follow through with the activities. It may be nothing more than reading a book or taking a bubble bath, but it will help all aspects of your life to have this time set aside for you.

5) Be optimistic

Attitude has more of an impact on your life than you may realize. By thinking positive thoughts and always expecting the best, good things will be attracted to you naturally.

6) Enjoy your work

If you do not wake up in the morning anxious to get back to work, ready to do your best and feel that what you do is important, then you need to find an alternative source of income. The majority of people spend most of their waking hours at work. If you are not doing something that you love, it will only increase the stress in your life.

7) Know when to say no

If you are not careful, you will end up living your life for others as opposed to the life that you want for yourself. The next time someone suggests you do something, take the time to consider if that is what you really want to do. Do not take on loads of work when you do not have to time. De-stress by learning to say no; people will understand.

8) Exercise is proven to reduce stress levels

The benefits of exercise, especially aerobic exercise, include strengthening your heart, controlling weight, lowering blood sugar and boosting your moods. Regular aerobic exercise will provide you with more stamina and help with keeping stress levels to a minimum.

cheers! until next time!

Rest day! Rest day! Reviews!

2011-07-07T18:28:00.000+08:00

Rest day Reviews!
a summary of things to do on a regular rest day.

Whew, a sigh of relief.

July is a very toxic month, aside from the football cup I've got tons of work loads.
But now, it's my rest day so, i'm just gonna stay home in my room and just be lazy.

It's a cold day, the sun is barely showing up, and it's a bit, a perfect day to stay in bed, and a good reason not to do the laundry, woke up at around 8, then went back to sleep, opened my eyes at 9 still a bit early so I snoozed up a little then got up at 10am, filled my tummy with unhealthy yet yummy instant noodles, opened the PC and played some games.
Just downloaded a game, Mystery case files return to ravenhearst

A pretty awesome time killer, I remember playing the series before following the plot line of the most successful "click-and-look" format with awesome new additions and mind boggling puzzles, this game deserve the right for a sequel, although playing it 3 hours straight would really fry my brain, and creep me out once in a while, but its a game worth playing on a rest day.

And then its lunch time, ate some hotdogs and then went to bed again and watched a movie "RANGO" and I had some good laugh.
Best bit: Men! I'm so thirsty watching this, I felt like my throat is dried up, and I guess the creators want you to feel that way, and when I saw the water I was like oh yeah! way to go Rango!
PLOT: Unpredictable, what was he thinking!? The way they created the character was crazy, even I was hoping and getting carried away with Rango's messed up plans, and also laughing the whole time.

I'm thinking to take a quick nap, and a drink a lot of water after watching Rango, but It would speed the day up, if I sleep so I went around snooping the internet and looked for something of an interest.

I'm into football so checked this Anime out, it's entitled Inazuma eleven.

The best about this is, each character has it's own story that banks the main plot, the team has this witty attitude and diverse in such a way that it wont drag story line. Even though the target audience are primarily kids, it also appeals to much mature viewers, full series episode are available on you tube.

So, that's it for now maybe I'll take a nap after this. cheers!

A stand on same sex marriages in Baguio city.

2011-07-06T19:38:00.002+08:00

This topic is a bit sensitive, opinions are based mostly on arguments of both side of the party gathered and summarized in this article, the author is not defending any sides, but rather presenting the current facts.

Feel free to comment below.

A heated debates online and on the press regarding the so called "Same sex marriage" that occurred during the last week of June, the ceremony was held on a local bar in City area by ten couples from the third sex, and then accompanied by freedom parade the day after.

Then all of a sudden this paved way to a bill that had been passed over the congress regarding the "Anti-Discrimination Law" or the HB 1483 that aims to secure the so called rights of the third sex.

Then the fight started.

Points to pounder....

They conducted the christian "wedding" without any legal basis, then afterwards they change the term into just a "same sex union" maybe to avoid legal claims.

Myke Sotero the pastor who conducted the ceremony said in one of the articles that

“I cannot see (the filing of a case having) any legal leg to stand on. It was a religious rite, not a civil rite that was officiated,”

Maybe he is right, no civil rite was offended and saved by religion. As always.

So it's a battle against religion vs. religion which of course no one wins.

I'm just wondering, As a marketing and advertising practitioner this is a great stage for me to promote the Bill. It will create awareness and like they always say, there is no bad publicity, the best thing here is we are talking about it, writing about it, arguing over the issue and it will create popularity and awareness.

The gays, lesbians and transgender will shout DISCRIMINATION! DISCRIMINATION! pass the BILL!

What happens if the bill is passed.

Third cubicle maybe? Made specially for them.
Teach a grade one student that its okay to marry a same sex.
Or even maybe tax exemption just for them.

okay maybe I went overboard on the last one but who knows?

This bill only works for them, the only few.
They think they are being discriminated but they are not.

There vote is the same as my vote.
They ride the same jeep like I do.
They eat in places I eat.
Use the same cubicle (maybe)

Society would be confused are they are if this is passed.

We are all the same male and female have their rights and that is the way it should be.

At the end of the day, it all boils down to one thing.

Morality.

What is good is not what fancy talkers say that bend the thought just to make it sound good.

The basic principle of life.

Simple.

From single cell organism, from plants that reproduce, to animals that mates, all is to create life and live justly.

Marriage is sacred.

It's not about the "modernization"

They can be partners for life, but not get married and destroy to essence of marriage. It's between MAN and a WOMAN.

if the reason is love, it's not enough.

I love my dog, should I marry a dog?

I rest my case.

Goshen Land's Mayor Mauricio G. Domogan Football Cup

2011-07-04T12:36:00.000+08:00

The biggest football event in the City of Baguio.
Here are some of the photo's I've taken using Canon 550D.
An eye candy for everyone. Enjoy!