hong kong in a few hours... sana hindi ako mawala... haha!
this will be my third trip to HK. No doubt it will be the most memorable kasi hindi ko naman na naaalala ung 1st and 2nd trips ko (grade 1 at grade 4 ako noon - kaya kaladkarin lang ako ng mga magulang ko, at dakilang mowdel!)
plus, may disneyland na sa HK! masmaganda kaya kesa sa disney sa anaheim? e ung venetian kaya sa macau? masmaganda sa vegas (sa totoo lang di nga ako nabonggahan sa venetian sa US e...)?
sana bonggang bongga tlga ang trip na ito! wag lang sana ako mamulubi naman pagkatapos.
anna, bawal bumili ng sosyalin... alalahaning maraming nagugutom sa mundo, at kahiya-hiya ang gumastos na parang wala ng bukas... heehee...
ilang oras na lang! parang 1st day of iskul lang ito - di makatulog dahil sa excitement! wheeee!!!!
Marvel Comics turned into Movies seldom disappoint me... the Batman series, so far, is one of those that do not disappoint. I won't say anything much - except to say that freezing inside the movie house for almost three hours (and dying to pee on the last hour - but holding it in) was worth it. Just when you think it's over (and you can finally run to the bathroom without missing anything), nooooo... not even close. hehe. i love joker (heath ledger)! he is the ultimate coolest, unbelievably smartest, undeniably vicious villain ever! and that storyline with two-faced?! just awesome. i never really followed the comic book or the cartoon so i dont know if credit should be given to the creators of batman (and that whole deal with "You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain" two-faced) or to the scriptwriters of the movie. Either way, i, like, totally got the beauty of that irony... at ang poetic lang nung "social experiment" ni joker ah.... naks, may ganon pa daw ba ako?! hahaha... i enjoyed it, and i think i said "wow" a couple of times out loud, much to Kit's embarrassment. so why am i giving it four stars? because i think batman needs 1.5 liters of cough syrup to get rid of that unsexy, raspy voice of his. if he wanted to mask his own voice, he could have spent a few measly bucks out of his huge R&D budget to do just that! nakaka-bother no?! christian bale is good. but not as good as heath ledger. demmit... =(
im starting to plan my US trip - in anticipation of the expensive airfares - and i was not mistaken - tlagang mega-expensive na ung mga airfares waaahhhh...
no more chicago cos i cant afford it na. i was looking forward pa naman to pat being my tour guide :( tickets are mga $200 one way lang. malungkot... dati $100 plus lang e. tapos bawal na ung 2 baggages... huhuhu... mga 3 araw kong suot ang isang damit... haha.
aunt august, if ever you drop by my site, can i just come to kansas city and stay for around 4 days? i checked online and flights to kansas from DC are much cheaper than flights to omaha from DC... tentative date of arrival would either be october 19 (sunday) or october 20 (monday). i'm willing to baby sit peyton - even angel and dipstick =D
kuya albert, i know it's a long shot that you would see this, but im planning to come to LA either on october 22 or 23 then leave october 24 or 25. knotts berry theme park naman or disneyland california park naman (ung mas pang-grown-ups ang rides)? kuya patrick, i hope you'll be there den during those dates. ate anjela, looking forward to meeting you :)
jaimee, if ever, you're my date na to universal studios. overnight bonding siguro tayo? :)
bei, we'll meet den ha - show me around your campus!
cheng and sabeth, we'll meet in sanfo ha? email you guys when :)
haha oo na, excited na ako - pero bakit ba, may excuse ako no... the earlier i book, the cheaper diba? hayz, im squeezing everything into just 1 week so i can be back by last week of october kasi i dont want to be away too long.
worst case scenario, ill have to choose between LA and kansas... or not go at all - sasabit na lang ako kina nes at pch sa NY (hmmm wouldnt be so bad den actually...)
demmit, sana may money pa ko left for vietnam (na november or december daw sabi ni lils... angel, maski san ako mahiga!!! haha!)
hay baka mamya ending neto, walang matuloy maski anong plano ko. huhu.
lately, we've been interviewing applicants for the available RA (research analyst) positions for the team. i stumbled upon this artticle and thought i'd share it with whoever stumbles upon my site... funny lang ung examples nya ng interview mistakes - so far, the worst we've encountered was: "my biggest achievement is hacking my cellphone" (ano daw? and for an RA position ha!) tsaka pala ung "i was been longing to..."
Top 10 Biggest Interview Mistakes
Rosemary Haefner, vice president of human resources, CareerBuilder.com
Hiring managers don't want to hear a lot of things during an interview confessions of a violent past, a cell phone ring, a toilet flush. Yet job seekers have committed these interview gaffes and worse, according to CareerBuilder.com's annual survey of the worst interview mistakes.
Odd behavior isn't the only way to ruin your chances of landing a job. When hiring managers were asked to name the most common and damaging interview mistakes a candidate can make, 51 percent listed dressing inappropriately. Forty-nine percent cited badmouthing a former boss as the worst offense, while 48 percent said appearing disinterested. Arrogance (44 percent), insufficient answers (30 percent) and not asking good questions (29 percent) were also top answers.
To ensure your interview is smooth and error-free, follow these five tips.
Do some research: When you walk into a job interview, knowledge of the company's history, goals and current activity proves to the interviewer that you are not only prepared for the interview, but also that you want to be a part of the organization.
Don't lie: If the conversation drifts to a topic you're not knowledgeable about, admit you don't know the answer and then explain how you would go about finding a solution. Displaying your problem-solving skills is better than babbling about something you don't understand.
Keep it professional: Although interviewers often try to create a comfortable setting to ease the job seeker's nerves, business decorum shouldn't disappear. Avoid offering personal details that can be controversial or have no relevance to the position, such as political and religious beliefs or stories about a recent break-up.
Know what to expect: Expect to hear staple interview questions: "What's your biggest weakness?" "Why do you want to work here?" "Tell me about yourself." "Why did you leave your last job?" These open-ended questions are harder to answer than they sound, so think about your responses before the interview.
Put on a happy face: The interview is not the time to air your grievances about being wronged by a past boss. How you speak about a previous employer gives the hiring manager an idea of how you'll speak about him or her once you've moved on.
Unfortunately, many job seekers are not only ignoring these tips, they're making mistakes that leave unforgettable impressions for all the wrong reasons. Here are 10 real-life examples from this year's survey:
Candidate answered cell phone and asked the interviewer to leave her own office because it was a "private" conversation.
Applicant told the interviewer he wouldn't be able to stay with the job long because he thought he might get an inheritance if his uncle died and his uncle wasn't "looking too good."
The job seeker asked the interviewer for a ride home after the interview
The applicant smelled his armpits on the way to the interview room.
Candidate said she could not provide a writing sample because all of her writing had been for the CIA and it was "classified."
Candidate told the interviewer he was fired for beating up his last boss.
When the applicant was offered food before the interview, he declined saying he didn't want to line his stomach with grease before going out drinking.
An applicant said she was a "people person" not a "numbers person" in her interview for an accounting position.
During a phone interview the candidate flushed the toilet while talking to hiring manager.
The applicant took out a hair brush and brushed her hair.
The German Embassy in the Philippines is pleased to announce the availability of the Konrad Zuse Scholarship Program, sponsored by the German Government. The grant is intended to enable young entrepreneurs from developing countries such as the Philippines, to successfully start up an information and communications technology (ICT) business in their home country.
The scholarship covers a roundtrip airfare to and from Germany plus a monthly allowance of 1200 euros to cover cost of living expenses such as food, accommodation, medical insurance, etc.
For each scholar, an individual training program, tailor made for his/her specific requirements as well as the sector in which he/she intends to start up his/her business, is drawn. The training includes an academic component as well as internships in German companies active in the same sector as the prospective start-up.
Requirements for Application:
University degree in Informatics or any related field (may be waived for applicants with several years' experience in the ICT industry
Good command of English
Application Procedure:
Submission of a business plan outlining the kind of business they intend to start up including a proposal on how the project will be financed;
Submission of transcript of Records and degree certificates
Submission of Curriculum Vitae
Those with the best ideas will be sent a questionnaire for more details about their business plan.
Applications must reach the German Embassy on or before July 25, 2008. Thank you for your attention.
... Maybe you guys can apply - tapos balitaan nyo na lang ako... hayz...
I have never met a man who didn't want to be loved. But I have seldom met a man who didn't fear marriage. Something about the closure seems constricting, not enabling. Marriage seems easier to understand for what it cuts out of our lives than for what it makes possible within our lives.
When I was younger this fear immobilized me. I did not want to make a mistake. I saw my friends get married for reasons of social acceptability, or sexual fever, or just because they thought it was the logical thing to do. Then I watched, as they and their partners became embittered and petty in their dealings with each other. I looked at older couples and saw, at best, mutual toleration of each other. I imagined a lifetime of loveless nights and bickering and could not imagine subjecting myself or someone else to such a fate.
And yet, on rare occasions, I would see old couples who somehow seemed to glow in each other's presence. They seemed really in love, not just dependent upon each other and tolerant of each other's foibles. It was an astounding sight, and it seemed impossible.
How, I asked myself, can they have survived so many years of sameness, so much irritation at the other's habits? What keeps love alive in them, when most of us seem unable to even stay together, much less love each other?
The central secret seems to be in choosing well. There is something to the claim of fundamental compatibility.Good people can create a bad relationship, even though they both dearly want the relationship to succeed. It is important to find someone with whom you can create a good relationship from the outset. Unfortunately, it is hard to see clearly in the early stages.
Sexual hunger draws you to each other and colors the way you see yourselves together. It blinds you to the thousands of little things by which relationships eventually survive or fail. You need to find a way to see beyond this initial overwhelming sexual fascination. Some people choose to involve themselves sexually and ride out the most heated period of sexual attraction in order to see what is on the other side. This can work, but it can also leave a trail of wounded hearts. Others deny the sexual side altogether in an attempt to get to know each other apart from their sexuality. But they cannot see clearly, because the presence of unfulfilled sexual desire looms so large that it keeps them from having any normal perception of what life would be like together.
The truly lucky people are the ones who manage to become long- time friends before they realize they are attracted to each other. They get to know each other's laughs, passions, sadness, and fears. They see each other at their worst and at their best. They share time together before they get swept into the entangling intimacy of their sexuality.
This is the ideal, but not often possible. If you fall under the spell of your sexual attraction immediately, you need to look beyond it for other keys to compatibility.
One of these is laughter. Laughter tells you how much you will enjoy each other's company over the long term. If your laughter together is good and healthy, and not at the expense of others, then you have a healthy relationship to the world. Laughter is the child of surprise. If you can make each other laugh, you can always surprise each other. And if you can always surprise each other, you can always keep the world around you new. Beware of a relationship in which there is no laughter. Even the most intimate relationships based only on seriousness have a tendency to turn sour. Over time, sharing a common serious viewpoint on the world tends to turn you against those who do not share the same viewpoint, and your relationship can become based on being critical together.
After laughter, look for a partner who deals with the world in a way you respect. When two people first get together, they tend to see their relationship as existing only in the space between the two of them. They find each other endlessly fascinating, and the overwhelming power of the emotions they are sharing obscures the outside world. As the relationship ages and grows, the outside world becomes important again. If your partner treats people or circumstances in a way you can't accept, you will inevitably come to grief. Look at the way she cares for others and deals with the daily affairs of life. If that makes you love her more, your love will grow. If it does not, be careful. If you do not respect the way you each deal with the world around you, eventually the two of you will not respect each other.
Look also at how your partner confronts the mysteries of life. We live on the cusp of poetry and practicality, and the real life of the heart resides in the poetic. If one of you is deeply affected by the mystery of the unseen in life and relationships, while the other is drawn only to the literal and the practical, you must take care that the distance doesn't become an unbridgeable gap that leaves you each feeling isolated and misunderstood.
There are many other keys, but you must find them by yourself. We all have unchangeable parts of our hearts that we will not betray and private commitments to a vision of life that we will not deny. If you fall in love with someone who cannot nourish those inviolable parts of you, or if you cannot nourish them in her, you will find yourselves growing further apart until you live in separate worlds where you share the business of life, but never touch each other where the heart lives and dreams. From there it is only a small leap to the cataloging of petty hurts and daily failures that leaves so many couples bitter and unsatisfied with their mates.
So choose carefully and well. If you do, you will have chosen a partner with whom you can grow, and then the real miracle of marriage can take place in your hearts. I pick my words carefully when I speak of a miracle. But I think it is not too strong a word. There is a miracle in marriage. It is called transformation. Transformation is one of the most common events of nature. The seed becomes the flower. The cocoon becomes the butterfly. Winter becomes spring and love becomes a child. We never question these, because we see them around us every day. To us they are not miracles, though if we did not know them they would be impossible to believe. Marriage is a transformation we choose to make.
Our love is planted like a seed, and in time it begins to flower. We cannot know the flower that will blossom, but we can be sure that a bloom will come. If you have chosen carefully and wisely, the bloom will be good. If you have chosen poorly or for the wrong reason, the bloom will be flawed. We are quite willing to accept the reality of negative transformation in a marriage. It was negative transformation that always had me terrified of the bitter marriages that I feared when I was younger.
It never occurred to me to question the dark miracle that transformed love into harshness and bitterness. Yet I was unable to accept the possibility that the first heat of love could be transformed into something positive that was actually deeper and more meaningful than the heat of fresh passion. All I could believe in was the power of this passion and the fear that when it cooled I would be left with something lesser and bitter. But there is positive transformation as well. Like negative transformation, it results from a slow accretion of little things. But instead of death by a thousand blows, it is growth by a thousand touches of love. Two histories intermingle. Two separate beings, two separate presence, two separate consciousnesses come together and share a view of life that passes before them. They remain separate, but they also become one.
There is an expansion of awareness, not a closure and a constriction, as I had once feared. This is not to say that there is not tension and there are not traps. Tension and traps are part of every choice of life, from celibate to monogamous to having multiple lovers. Each choice contains within it the lingering doubt that the road not taken somehow more fruitful and exciting, and each becomes dulled to the richness that it alone contains.
But only marriage allows life to deepen and expand and be leavened by the knowledge that two have chosen, against all odds, to become one. Those who live together without marriage can know the pleasure of shared company, but there is a specific gravity in the marriage commitment that deepens that experience into something richer and more complex. So do not fear marriage, just as you should not rush into it for the wrong reasons. It is an act of faith and it contains within it the power of transformation.
If you believe in your heart that you have found someone with whom you are able to grow, if you have sufficient faith that you can resist the endless attraction of the road not taken and the partner not chosen, if you have the strength of heart to embrace the cycles and seasons that your love will experience, then you may be ready to seek the miracle that marriage offers. If not, then wait. The easy grace of a marriage well made is worth your patience. When the time comes, a thousand flowers will bloom... endlessly.
nice melody - ignore the lyrics na lang siguro... or can you?! hahaha! Ignore the lyrics kung conservative kayo, pero enjoy na lang ng todo kung hindi! :)
Technology/Media/Telecommunications Sector US Research - ISS Governance Services RiskMetrics Group
Yung Shakey's namin, naging Cibo! Dahil shala kami! SHALA! Hahahah! Thanks to Ethan for the lunch-out!
Will be working with this team going forward, and I feel so blessed to have each one of them in the team. Hopefully, kayanin ko ang expectations nila (dahil kahit nahihiya sila magsabi, alam ko may expectations sila sa akin hahaha).
Jenny said our team had a very fun, positive vibe - most likely to bond over food! haha! correct!
TMT ROCKS!!!
*nag-iisip ako ng magandang nick at tagline e... I-Team daw sabi ng RV counterparts... kaso nako-cornihan ako haha...
any ideas? =) so far: TMTeam - Power to the People (wahaha touch mobile pala!?) TMT Ever Almighty (weh, basta magrhyme?) Truly Magnificent Team ....
some of you may recognize this scene from friends... =D hehehe
Monica - Wonder Woman Joey - Batman Chandler - The Flash Ross- Superman Rachel - Robin (Bwaha!)
The setting: at the Justice League headquarters The scene: the guys and the girls bet on who knows each other better in this question and answer competition. The winning team got the bigger apartment.
Arroyo signs law on tax exemption for minimum wage earners
MANILA, Philippines – (UPDATE) President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has signed into law a bill that would exempt minimum wage earners from paying income tax and increasing personal exemptions for other employees.
Arroyo signed in Malacañang Tuesday Republic Act 9504 or an act amending Sections 22, 24, 34, 35, 51, and 79 of RA 8424 or the National Internal Revenue Code of 1997.
Senators Manuel Roxas, Francis Escudero, Juan Ponce Enrile, and Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. and Speaker Prospero Nograles were present during the signing.
The law aims “to provide financial relief to taxpayers in cognizance by the government of the hard times brought by multiple factors, including the current rice crisis, oil price hikes and the heightening inflationary pressure on commodities of all kinds and to help reduce the wide tax gap in the taxation of self-employed and professionals,” according to the five-page document released to media.
Senator Manuel Roxas, principal author of the measure, said the new law would “provide relief to our workers by increasing their take home pay.”
He added that the law would allow minimum wage earners to take home as much as P750 a month or from P33 to P35 a day.
"A worker in Metro Manila earning P7,900 a month will now have an additional P750 of take-home pay per month, or P34 per day. He can now spend this additional money for his needs or for his family's needs, such as food, medicine, and the tuition fee of his children, among other uses," Roxas said.
But apart from tax exemption for minimum wage earners, the law will also provide for an increase in the personal exemption of all taxpayers.
From the current P20,000 personal exemption for single taxpayers, P25,000 for head of family, and P32,000 for married individual, the tax exemption will be fixed at P50,000, Roxas said.
The additional exemption for dependents will increase from P8,000 to P25,000, he said.
The senator added that all holiday, night differential, hazard, and overtime pay would also be tax-exempt.
He added that the aim of both the House of Representatives and Senate was not only to increase tax exemption for workers but also to provide relief for minimum wage earners.
“The House focuses on increasing the exemption while I focus on minimum wage,” he said.
“We have fought for this for a long time. Many Labor Days have come and gone wherein we fought for this for our workers, and at last, income tax exemption of minimum wage earners is now a law,” said Roxas in an interview Monday.
For other salaried workers, the measure would allow an employee earning P455 per day or P10,010 per month to have an additional take-home pay of P472.59 per month or P5,671.02 per year if unmarried; P678.50 per month or P8,142.04 per year as head of the family; and P580.92 per month or P6,971.02 per year for those married with four children.
An employee earning P683 per day or P15,026 per month would have an additional take-home pay of P545.26 per month or P6,543.10 per year if unmarried; P1,307.18 per month or P15,686.20 per year as head of the family; and P1,190.52 per month or P14,286.20 per year for those married with four children.
Although the government is expected to lose around P14 billion a year with the new law, the government hopes to recover this through the optional standard deductions (OSD), which will “simplify the filing of income tax returns and benefits, in particular, professionals and medium, small, and micro entrepreneurs,” according to the law.
The OSD will rake in P15.03 billion tax revenues annually.
The law is said to take effect 15 days after its publication in a national newspaper
Statistically speaking, unless you are a total hermit, a social retard, or ugly as a putrid bum, there is at least one person in your multiply network that has a crush on you, wants to date you, wants to sleep with you, or simply just wants to kiss you.
So... let's play "No Guts, No Glory!"
The rules are simple.
If you want to date the person who posted this, send a Personal Message, not a reply to this post, saying "Coffee?"
If you have a crush on the person who posted this, send a Personal Message saying "You're hot!"
If you just want to sleep with them & stay friends, send them a message that says "Nice shoes!"
If you simply just wants to kiss the person who postedthis, send a Personal Message saying, "I do!"
SCARED?
The only rule is that, you must not make anyone who sends you a personal message feel stupid for feeling that way about you. Acknowledge. Say thank you. Move on.
IF YOU'VE READ THIS, YOU HAVE TO REPOST THIS, EVEN IF YOU'RE TAKEN & see who replies.
SO... re-post this as "No Guts, No Glory", as it doesn't matter if you're married, in a relationship, or single. You opened it so you HAVE to repost it! A test of your bravery...
turns out that the lifebook project should be a BOOK - as in reading material book. akala ko scrapbookish style hehe.
oh well. it's due at the end of the month so that leaves me roughly 3 weeks to finish this. bisi bishin pa naman sa trabaho sheeeshh.
so given that i want this to be more than a school project - im already cramming at this point. i want awesomeness for this project. hehe. ive changed the size from 8x8 to 8x11 so i could put in more content. overhauled the design to have some theme or uniformity going. not sure about the colors yet, but what i have here are the drafts for the first 5 pages.
no words yet - masmadali na un i-cram kesa photoshop cramming hehe.
im sleepy already - but it's a tired-happy feeling. sarap. i expect sweet dreams tonight :)
PS. I've revisited Photobucket! Ansaya saya na pala sa photobucket! hehe...
Watched Kungfu Panda last night and i love love love it! You'd think it's a rip off cos it's just around an hour and a half long (errr, short.) But the jaw dropping kungfu scenes are worth it! hehehe... I love Po's goofy facial expressions and the "hirits" are sooo awesome.
haha, basta nakakatuwa, hindi sayang sa pera. inulit ko nga para lang marinig ulet ang pagkaunti-unting mga linya ni jackie chan at lucy liu haha. enjoy. enjoy tlga. i wanna buy a dvd - original dvd! when you want to buy the original DVD of a movie, that says something :)
my favorite characters are, ofcourse - Po (his royal awesomeness), Master Oogway (turtles are awesome elder dudes - remember that one from Finding Nemo? plus his attack on Tai Lung with the nerve points technique is, like, totally awesome) and Master Shifu - because he's a cutey but a toughie.
ah basta, silang lahat. Even Po's "dad" :)
I could watch it over and over again.
I wouldn't say the same for Dempsey's Made of Honor (was able to catch the sneak preview at SM Megamall last night as well). It was a nice movie - but nothing to rave about so...
Back to Kung Fu Panda! I want the action figures!!!! haha! Dreamworks has another winner!
"The past is history. The future is a mystery. But today is a gift. That's why it's called the present." =)
hi guys, i know this is last minute, but anyone interested in watching avenue Q with me?
i've heard a lot of raves about it, but havent watched it yet. The show is on a weekday den kasi so ang hirap maghatak. but anyhoo, just in case, im opening the invite to everyone kasi gusto ko tlga manood - pero KKB tayo haha!
There's a show on June 18 sa RCBC makati, 8pm makati. tickets are sold at P500, P1,000, P1,100 and P1,300. check this site out for details: http://sandful.multiply.com/journal/item/194
for now, game ako so pm me if you wanna go - kelangan den ireserve na ang tickets... siguro when the good seats are gone, or if my acads won't permit it, then i wont be able to go.
Prepare to die Asus eee pc!!! hahaha! From what i heard, this one's got normal laptop features - meaning no compromises despite its size.
Plus!
"He wouldn't tell me what OS it's running, or the pricing, but that it's a low-cost notebook meant for developing countries, and I hope here." - from Gizmodo.com
I think it's the same 8.9 inch wide-screen laptop target-priced at $499 which Dell said it planned to launch back in April. click here for that news tidbit.
Check out the following articles for more (which isn't much really, because Michael Dell is keeping things under wraps for now - smart guy that man... just like Steve Jobs. sigh):
hey there! we are planning to have a section called "oops or omg moments" to be included in our 2009 planner. we hope that you can send in your very own. more details in our site :)
Oonga eh ang funny noh? Despite that I still get all sorts of weird messages and friend requests!!! I swear ang kulit ng mga tao! Hindi ko alam kung nakakaintindi ba mga tao or not eh. Oh and I've got like hundred plus thousand hits na because of that, that's why I had to put that very straightforward disclaimer and not put my profile pic. Kairita nga eh heheh.
chnx kasi, kelan na ba ung dinner natin?! aba, bago pa nga ako nagpunta ng states e tagal na nating plano yan! haha! nagmemelt na ung chocolates nyo ni mir!
