As my birthday approaches and as I’m nearing 31, I was reading about Software Developers on their 40s up and found this interesting article. I witnessed how my father wrote programs when I was young. He would blankly stare at his laptop for minutes, writing things, then deleting them, repeat & rinse. I thought it …
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Shirakawa-go Village by Bus
Overnight Bus Visiting Shirakawa-go village, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, has been one of my places to visit in Japan. The village can easily be accessed when you have a JR Pass. You just need to be at JR Takayama station and from there, you can ride a bus going to Shirakawa-go village. For us though, we didn’t have …
Laiban Circuit in Tanay, Rizal
Lubo Range, Ngusong Kabayo, Tangwa Peak Last weekend, I hiked the Laiban Circuit trail in Tanay, Rizal. In this trail course, you get to summit 3 mountains and descent 4 waterfalls. The first ascent is the Lubo Range, then Ngusong Kabayo (Horse’s muzzle), and lastly the Tangwa peak. After assaulting these peaks, you need to …
Strengths Finder Results
Strengths Finder 2.0 My manager gave me a book entitled “Strengths Finder 2.0” by Tom Rath. I don’t know what it is but the first order of business is to answer some questions on the website in order to determine your Top 5 Strengths. The survey was quite long and the questions are situational and it …
BoA promoting Love Letter
Recently, I was able to read that BoA has already started promoting her 23rd Japanese Single. I found it out last Sunday and was able to see the videos at youtube. Unfortunately, all of the PVs were removed by youtube due to a copyright claim by Avex Entertainment, Inc. I should’ve downloaded it immediately when I …
Happy Sunday!
I never knew how much i really missed my mom until i came to see her at Makati. she came here in manila for an official business trip. she just arrived early this morning so we still had time to spend the rest of the sunday. when i came here for work, i don’t think …
Fixing my mouse.
a couple of weeks ago, i accidentally fell my mouse and the scroller broke. i’m not the type of person who repairs things. if it’s broken, then it’s broken. buy a new one if you have the money. diba? but then i realized that 500PhP worth of wireless mouse is not worth throwing. so i …
a claustrophobic trapped in a train.. and worse.. in a tunnel!
let’s get things straight. my colleague and i went to sta. lucia grandmall to have a mall uploading demo of the software. we took the LRT line-2 from cubao to santolan. when we passed by katipunan station, it goes thru a tunnel. i couldn’t help but freak out a little because *ehem* i think i’m …
It’s proven. I’m claustrophibic.
first let me define what claustrophobia is. i hate to construct my own definition so i took a part from wikipedia. it was during summer of 2005, during my general psychology summer class that i knew about these disorders. we had a film viewing about matchstick men(?) by nic/cholas cage. he has an obsessive compulsive …
Recent Wishlist: Nikon D40X
i stumbled upon my friend’s friendster account when i saw his new Digital SLR camera. oh boy, aamin ko nainggit talaga ako. hahaha! i really wanted to have my own dSLR. hmm.. i think i have to save some cash. *drooling over this cam* Full Specs: http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikond40x/page2.asp