is there a resemblance? ^_^
me at 1 year old
jamiel myles at less than 2 months old
Friday, July 20, 2007
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
a happy weekend
I went to Cebu last Friday night and it was really frustrating because of my delayed flight (from 9:10 to 9:50pm). Add to it my unfortunate arrival because of no taxis available geez. But the frustrations ended there. Upon seeing my gloomy face turned to a smiley face like this one =) hehehe.
It was really a happy weekend. I bought my fiance a pair of eyeglasses because it was my fault that hers got broken before (clumsiness). we ate at our favorite resto in cebu, AA's BBQ, yum yum on Saturday night after watching harry potter at SM City Cebu. On Sunday, we played at timezone like used to. Collected some tickets, as usual, and played a lot more.
Now I'm looking forward to seeing her again on August. By then, we'll be having our trip to Davao (she's going back home in Kidapawan) and have ourselves register for our marriage on December.
*sigh... How I wish I can live with her and our child. My goal for now is to make that dream come true within 2-3 years. Gosh, I wonder if I can survive the emotional pain that long.
It was really a happy weekend. I bought my fiance a pair of eyeglasses because it was my fault that hers got broken before (clumsiness). we ate at our favorite resto in cebu, AA's BBQ, yum yum on Saturday night after watching harry potter at SM City Cebu. On Sunday, we played at timezone like used to. Collected some tickets, as usual, and played a lot more.
Now I'm looking forward to seeing her again on August. By then, we'll be having our trip to Davao (she's going back home in Kidapawan) and have ourselves register for our marriage on December.
*sigh... How I wish I can live with her and our child. My goal for now is to make that dream come true within 2-3 years. Gosh, I wonder if I can survive the emotional pain that long.
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
My Fiance - Melanie and Our Son - Jamiel Myles
The lovely mother of Jamiel and my bride-to-be.
He was born on April 11, 2007.
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
flying to cebu
I'm gonna visit my girlfriend in Cebu this coming July 13, Friday. weeeeeeee!! i miss her so much. I'll be back here in Manila on Monday.
I can't wait to see her. ^_^
I can't wait to see her. ^_^
Friday, July 06, 2007
nokia phones can be hacked
S60 phones can be hacked.
yes. even nokia admitted it. but it is really, really hard to do so. just follow the link to read the news.
yes. even nokia admitted it. but it is really, really hard to do so. just follow the link to read the news.
Wednesday, July 04, 2007
Three Strings
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MountainWings A MountainWings Moment
#7184 Wings Over The Mountains of Life
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Three Strings
==============
On Nov. 18, 1995, Itzhak Perlman, the violinist, came on stage
to give a concert at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center in New
York City. If you have ever been to a Perlman concert, you know
that getting on stage is no small achievement for him. He was
stricken with polio as a child, and so he has braces on both
legs and walks with the aid of two crutches. To see him walk
across the stage one step at a time, painfully and slowly, is an
awesome sight.
He walks painfully, yet majestically, until he reaches his
chair. Then he sits down, slowly, puts his crutches on the
floor, undoes the clasps on his legs, tucks one foot back and
extends the other foot forward. Then he bends down and picks up
the violin, puts it under his chin, nods to the conductor and
proceeds to play.
By now, the audience is used to this ritual. They sit quietly
while he makes his way across the stage to his chair. They
remain reverently silent while he undoes the clasps on his legs.
They wait until he is ready to play.
But this time, something went wrong. Just as he finished the
first few bars, one of the strings on his violin broke. You
could hear it snap - it went off like gunfire across the room.
There was no mistaking what that sound meant. There was no
mistaking what he had to do. We figured that he would have to
get up, put on the clasps again, pick up the crutches and limp
his way off stage - to either find another violin or else find
another string for this one. But he didn't. Instead, he waited
a moment, closed his eyes and then signaled the conductor to
begin again.
The orchestra began, and he played from where he had left off.
And he played with such passion and such power and such purity
as they had never heard before.
Of course, anyone knows that it is impossible to play a
symphonic work with just three strings. I know that, and you
know that, but that night Itzhak Perlman refused to know that.
You could see him modulating, changing, re-composing the piece
in his head. At one point, it sounded like he was de-tuning the
strings to get new sounds from them that they had never made
before.
When he finished, there was an awesome silence in the room. And
then people rose and cheered. There was an extraordinary
outburst of applause from every corner of the auditorium. We
were all on our feet, screaming and cheering, doing everything
we could to show how much we appreciated what he had done.
He smiled, wiped the sweat from this brow, raised his bow to
quiet us, and then he said - not boastfully, but in a quiet,
pensive, reverent tone - "You know, sometimes it is the artist's
task to find out how much music you can still make with what you
have left."
What a powerful line that is. It has stayed in my mind ever
since I heard it. And who knows? Perhaps that is the
definition of life - not just for artists but for all of us.
Here is a man who has prepared all his life to make music on a
violin of four strings, who, all of a sudden, in the middle of a
concert, finds himself with only three strings; so he makes
music with three strings, and the music he made that night with
just three strings was more beautiful, more sacred, more
memorable, than any that he had ever made before, when he had
four strings.
So, perhaps our task in this shaky, fast-changing, bewildering
world in which we live is to make music, at first with all that
we have, and then, when that is no longer possible, to make
music with what we have left.
~Author Unknown~
This is so true. Being able to do something with what we have left and even surpassing those times when we have much is quite a fulfillment. It's a manifestation of a true and deep understanding of a discipline, no need for the usual things but only our passion for it.
MountainWings A MountainWings Moment
#7184 Wings Over The Mountains of Life
-------------------------------------------------
Three Strings
==============
On Nov. 18, 1995, Itzhak Perlman, the violinist, came on stage
to give a concert at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center in New
York City. If you have ever been to a Perlman concert, you know
that getting on stage is no small achievement for him. He was
stricken with polio as a child, and so he has braces on both
legs and walks with the aid of two crutches. To see him walk
across the stage one step at a time, painfully and slowly, is an
awesome sight.
He walks painfully, yet majestically, until he reaches his
chair. Then he sits down, slowly, puts his crutches on the
floor, undoes the clasps on his legs, tucks one foot back and
extends the other foot forward. Then he bends down and picks up
the violin, puts it under his chin, nods to the conductor and
proceeds to play.
By now, the audience is used to this ritual. They sit quietly
while he makes his way across the stage to his chair. They
remain reverently silent while he undoes the clasps on his legs.
They wait until he is ready to play.
But this time, something went wrong. Just as he finished the
first few bars, one of the strings on his violin broke. You
could hear it snap - it went off like gunfire across the room.
There was no mistaking what that sound meant. There was no
mistaking what he had to do. We figured that he would have to
get up, put on the clasps again, pick up the crutches and limp
his way off stage - to either find another violin or else find
another string for this one. But he didn't. Instead, he waited
a moment, closed his eyes and then signaled the conductor to
begin again.
The orchestra began, and he played from where he had left off.
And he played with such passion and such power and such purity
as they had never heard before.
Of course, anyone knows that it is impossible to play a
symphonic work with just three strings. I know that, and you
know that, but that night Itzhak Perlman refused to know that.
You could see him modulating, changing, re-composing the piece
in his head. At one point, it sounded like he was de-tuning the
strings to get new sounds from them that they had never made
before.
When he finished, there was an awesome silence in the room. And
then people rose and cheered. There was an extraordinary
outburst of applause from every corner of the auditorium. We
were all on our feet, screaming and cheering, doing everything
we could to show how much we appreciated what he had done.
He smiled, wiped the sweat from this brow, raised his bow to
quiet us, and then he said - not boastfully, but in a quiet,
pensive, reverent tone - "You know, sometimes it is the artist's
task to find out how much music you can still make with what you
have left."
What a powerful line that is. It has stayed in my mind ever
since I heard it. And who knows? Perhaps that is the
definition of life - not just for artists but for all of us.
Here is a man who has prepared all his life to make music on a
violin of four strings, who, all of a sudden, in the middle of a
concert, finds himself with only three strings; so he makes
music with three strings, and the music he made that night with
just three strings was more beautiful, more sacred, more
memorable, than any that he had ever made before, when he had
four strings.
So, perhaps our task in this shaky, fast-changing, bewildering
world in which we live is to make music, at first with all that
we have, and then, when that is no longer possible, to make
music with what we have left.
~Author Unknown~
This is so true. Being able to do something with what we have left and even surpassing those times when we have much is quite a fulfillment. It's a manifestation of a true and deep understanding of a discipline, no need for the usual things but only our passion for it.
Tuesday, July 03, 2007
a barely gadget addict
i got addicted into so many things (not drugs nor alcoholic drinks) since i was a kid. but i never really got so much addiction like some guys out there. i was hooked into dragon ball z, ghost fighter and G.I. Joe playing cards but i eventually stop in a short time. i was also into collecting and playing marbles with my classmates but i never filled tens of jars of it. when counterstrike came, i was only able to play on Saturdays and not even as consistently as my classmates do.
now as a young adult, i am addicted to gadgets, but just barely. barely because i like to have the latest gadget (as long as it is useful and has added features compared to what i already have) but i'm not actually buying any of it. if i have money, I'd still be hesitant just like all those years when i got addicted to various things. because i always think of other important things that i can buy with the money and i feel that it is unreasonable at all. if it's really reasonable and very useful for me and something that would help me become efficient, then i would definitely buy it... but for now, I'm a gadget addict who doesn't want to buy but eager to know the latest gadgets, its features and technologies that are new and just wishfully thinking that i can have one.
someday, when i have enough money i will buy myself one of those gadgets that i crave so much.
now as a young adult, i am addicted to gadgets, but just barely. barely because i like to have the latest gadget (as long as it is useful and has added features compared to what i already have) but i'm not actually buying any of it. if i have money, I'd still be hesitant just like all those years when i got addicted to various things. because i always think of other important things that i can buy with the money and i feel that it is unreasonable at all. if it's really reasonable and very useful for me and something that would help me become efficient, then i would definitely buy it... but for now, I'm a gadget addict who doesn't want to buy but eager to know the latest gadgets, its features and technologies that are new and just wishfully thinking that i can have one.
someday, when i have enough money i will buy myself one of those gadgets that i crave so much.
Friday, June 29, 2007
when will i ever learn
i still have a bad trait that i still wasn't able to get rid of... *sigh... when will i ever learn... this affects much of my relationship to my fiance. i don't mean on doing it but it happens naturally... how i hate myself for it... *sigh...
this is really an awful week, which is made even worse by my unending cough... T_T
this is really an awful week, which is made even worse by my unending cough... T_T
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
annoying cough
i still have cough. it has reached the stage which is really annoying, dry and irritating cough. this kind of cough always make me have sleepless nights more often when i was kid.
i hope this will be gone in a few days. *sigh..
i hope this will be gone in a few days. *sigh..
Monday, June 18, 2007
Thursday, June 14, 2007
happy; missing
i'm so happy that my fiancee was able to watch the pirates of the carribbean: at world's end movie. we'll be watching it again during our trip (cebu-davao) on august. i miss watching movies with her *sigh... i miss her very, very much that i want to fly over to cebu in an instant just to see her *sigghhhhh...
i really miss you baby...
i really miss you baby...
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
letting someone down
*sighhhhhh... that's all i can say for letting someone down... i'm not at all helping her ease what she feels... d**n... i hate myself...
sorry for the words..
sorry for the words..
unlucky day
i had one of the most unluckiest days of my life yesterday. i was about to go to SM City Marilao through my cousin's motorcycle to save fare, but unfortunately he had it fixed in the shop. Then i got the chance to use my cousin's (other cousin) bike. after biking a few meters and switching the gear (it's a mountain bike), the gears at the rear wheel jammed with the chain. and that ends my fare-free trip to SM. haha! so i resorted to commute which costs even higher than a trip to Monumento (P35 to SM; P22 to Monumento).
when i got to SM, i went directly to a metrobank ATM to withdraw and alas it can't dispense cash and so i had to withdraw to other bank's ATM which will cost P10.
well, yesterday was not that terrible actually if you come to think of it. but i never thought i can get so many unlucky events consecutively...
see 'ya around. ^_^
when i got to SM, i went directly to a metrobank ATM to withdraw and alas it can't dispense cash and so i had to withdraw to other bank's ATM which will cost P10.
well, yesterday was not that terrible actually if you come to think of it. but i never thought i can get so many unlucky events consecutively...
see 'ya around. ^_^
Monday, June 11, 2007
what it means to be happy...
It's not like me to post ideas from my heart like this. hehe. anyway, just keep on reading....
people have a lot of sources for their happiness. for most people, their happiness come from having their dreams and wishes come true (who doesn't? right?). for students, when they're able to get good grades in their subjects. for working people, when they're promoted and given a raise. for parents, when their children are healthy and have a healthy family relationship. you see, there are a lot of things that can make a person happy. each reason is part of their heart's desires.
as for me, to be happy means to have God always by my side and be able to talk to Him about anything that i want to. when God is with me, i know that there are lot of things that can make me happy(about family, friends, work, etc.). and there's nothing more that i could ask for. it all seems like a one big package right? hehe.. that's why each day let's not just pray about how to handle our financial problems, how to get our jobs done, etc. but, we should rather pray first that God be with us throughout the day for without Him it would be a really, really tough day...
^_^
Friday, June 08, 2007
when one doesn't believe you
it's so sad when no one believes what you're saying. but the saddest part of all is when the one who doesn't believe what you speak is the only one you can freely talk to with anything under the sun with no pretentions. you'd rather have only him/her believe what you say than have all the others believe you while he/she doesn't... *sigh
it makes you wonder how you'll get him/her to believe what you say...
it makes you wonder how you'll get him/her to believe what you say...
Thursday, May 31, 2007
it's been a long time; fiancee
hi! it's been a long time since i last blog. It'll be a month this coming saturday since i start working at HP (SMPC site). and after a month, i miss my girlfriend so much.. let me correct that part, i miss my fiancee so much.. yep, you read it right. she's now my fiancee. we'll be getting married this December at her hometown, Kidapawan City. hopefully we can take care of things (esp. financial matters) in due time.
it's our offsite tomorrow at Grande Island, Subic Bay. though it would be fun, i know it wouldn't make me happy completely because of how much i miss my fiancee... *sigh... it's so hard to be away from someone who completes your day, who restores your mind and heart during hard times and who loves you unconditionally...
that's all for now folks..
it's our offsite tomorrow at Grande Island, Subic Bay. though it would be fun, i know it wouldn't make me happy completely because of how much i miss my fiancee... *sigh... it's so hard to be away from someone who completes your day, who restores your mind and heart during hard times and who loves you unconditionally...
that's all for now folks..
Saturday, May 05, 2007
the first day at SMPC
It was really a fun day during our first day at SMPC. We, the new hires in our batch, had our onboarding (again) for the Application Services peeps. It was great to hear the welcome messages of the managers, which inspired us to work very hard for being part of the world's #1 IT company.
However, the afternoon was really a downer. We had nothing to do because our laptops have not yet arrived and we have no place to take a seat, literally. Hehe. Hopefully, the two additional floors for HP at SMPC will be available by June.
SAP training starts on monday. Weeeee!!! see 'ya!
However, the afternoon was really a downer. We had nothing to do because our laptops have not yet arrived and we have no place to take a seat, literally. Hehe. Hopefully, the two additional floors for HP at SMPC will be available by June.
SAP training starts on monday. Weeeee!!! see 'ya!
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