1259
This is Entry #1259. To be honest, I’m quite flabbergasted that the next entry will be Entry #1300. And in 18 days, it will be the third year anniversary of The Marocharim Experiment.
Maybe it’s time to open up a few Photoshop windows and make the new headers for the seventh volume of TMX. But what to name it? What color scheme? Should I keep writing the same way as I did over the past six volumes of 1,259 entries? Or should I write in l33t sp34k?
See you all in The Marocharim Experiment: Volume Seven. Thank you for your continued support and your reading. As always, the experiment continues.
Customer Service Anyone?
[Rant]
Some of you may know that I had a job in a not so popular food establishment, not a fast food establishment, but an establishment that sells food.
Last night, after the thanksgiving mass for the Pinoy Media Congress 2007 Year 3, I went to the Morayta branch, going in to have a little chat and a little munch.
From the outside I can see it already and it looked worse inside.
ISANG DAAN: UPLB Centennial Theme Song
Joelino posted this at the UPLB BLOGS
Last September 27, 2007, UPLB celebrated an evening of music and talents through the UPLB 19.09 Music Fest. It was also the night when the UPLB Centennial Theme Song was chosen. Among the seven finalists, it was Isang Daan, written and composed by Marie Angelica Dayao, a senior BA Communication Arts student which emerged as the best song that depicts UPLB’s 100 years of being in that unique pathway to excellence.
[DYuTYub #28] Because I’m A Girl
Here are two versions of this video (an english version and an original version with english subtitle)
English Version
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Inherit my Playstation 2 games!!! (Filipino gamers/bloggers only)
It’s been almost 6 months since I’ve touched my PS2. It’s been demoted to a DVD player. I’ve got a few games, probably half of what I used to own. The top half, I’m going to give to my nanny’s son. He’s too young for very violent games, hence, I decided to give away those I believe are not suitable for his age. My nanny’s son grew up with me and my sister, and he’s almost like a brother to me. Ain’t he lucky?
Filipino Doctors’ Blogs
A number of Filipino doctors have blogs. What we write about is an interesting mix. While Pulse is a personal blog about what interests me (primarily travel, movies and dining), other doctors’ blogs talk about politics, medical issues, cooking, scrapbooking, etc.
On My Way Home. This is the blog of Dr. Martin Bautista who is perhaps the most popular among the Filipino doctor bloggers. His fame is not so much due to his blogging but because of his attempt to run for a Senate seat. Although unsuccessful in his bid, the votes that he garnered is testament that the Filipinos are ready for change.
Prudence and Madness. Tess Termulo is a well-known figure in Philippine blogosphere. She talks about medicine, personal and socially relevant issues and even shares her dreams.
More Pinoy doctor bloggers HERE.
Dear Dora
Short Recap: Dora (as in Dora the explorer with the “abre!”, “te amo”, and a backpack with the talking/singing map) is our house maid who is too much.
Dear Dora,
This is the last draw. I’ve been fucking trying to be nice and treat you like a human being. Please take note that me being nice is not something you would encounter everyday. And god (all kinds) knows how hard I tried my best to keep myself respectful of you one way or another since you’re old and all. But this is enough. This is as far as my patience go. Everyone knows, for a fact, that Patience is not one of my virtues. I am also short tempered bitch, if I may say so myself. And the mere fact that I am as warped as to have a tendency to throw things at you. Even so, rest assured that I am not the type to stab people on their back. So if in case you’re seeing knives flying towards your face, one of this days, you’ll know I thew that and I am intending for your death. Better be prepared.
GMA: Buried deeper
Editorial: Buried deeper
In the effort to free itself from the National Broadband Network issue and the feared impeachment complaint, Malacanang found itself buried instead in the issue of bribing congressmen and governors.
Recall that the senators attempted to link the First Gentleman Mike Arroyo in the NBN controversy and the contract between the government and the ZTE Inc.
In order to avoid a serious impeachment complaint in the Lower House, the administration made the first move by filing a weak complaint.
This was followed by two meetings with the congressmen and the governors in order to secure their support.
With the meetings, the issue of bribing the congressmen and the governors arose because some of them admitted that money was indeed given.
And indeed, Fr. Ed Panlilio, the governor of Pampanga, confirmed receiving P500,000.
Because of this, there is another call for the investigation of the giving of money to the congressmen.
Did this come from the government’s coffers? Why are there no vouchers or receipts?
Is the source a private entity? Worse!
If you’re not having fun, it’s not worth doing
Jeff Atwood, a distinguished software developer, writes about the early days of his career without a direction, finding the career that he loves, and having fun while doing his job. :
Like my Dad, I spent many years after college flitting from job to job. I had nothing to complain about. I was making a great living. I was never on the market for particularly long before some new opportunity would come up. I enjoyed my work. But I wasn’t choosing a career path. I was letting happenstance determine what I was, and what I was becoming. [Coding Horror]
I found it amusing because I can relate to it. For the most part of my career (although I did stick to software development) I was also flitting like a feather, and I have been with five different companies in as many years. I was even struck more when Jeff stated his frustrations with his work environment, a frustration I shared back when I was working in Philippine National Bank:
The work was interesting, but it was abundantly clear that software was not the lifeblood of this organization. Outsourcing was in the air. Although my coworkers were competent, nobody was quite as obsessed with the software as I was. My passion for software, and everything around it, was clearly not shared. [Coding Horror]
While I was at PNB, I could count on my fingers how many of my colleagues see software development as a craft and skill that has to be improved upon and learned, while the rest merely see it as a means to an end; just another profession that comes with a check to pay the bills. I hope I am wrong about them though.
Jeff Atwood’s post is devoid of techie jargon his blog is often about so please do take time to read it; I’m sure you’ll find it quite insightful, even if you’re non-techie.
