tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11214982008-07-03T06:31:27.566+08:00Jovannoreply@blogger.comBlogger899125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1121498.post-35992503754771868662008-07-03T06:27:00.002+08:002008-07-03T06:31:27.689+08:00

I'm up already but I'm still having a hard time pushing myself to take a shower. It's probably the cold weather. So today's Project Management day for me. It's a 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. gig at the 13th floor together with Magic Tiongson. I'm praying it would be as fun as my last workshop.

Jovannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1121498.post-22107912174325687062008-06-29T11:40:00.002+08:002008-06-29T11:57:24.483+08:00

I'm blogging on a late Sunday morning. I just brought Graham to his new vet for a medicated bath to get rid of his fleas and ticks. They checked his medical history and discovered that he was due for deworming so they gave him a tablet to swallow. So far I'm happy with their service. It's better from his previous vet, who always forgets who I am despite several visits. At least in this one, they

Jovannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1121498.post-10701822037688004262008-06-24T23:15:00.000+08:002008-06-25T22:55:59.714+08:00

I am waiting for Gate 6 to open so we could finally board our plane back to Manila. It’s my first time to see the departure area of the Budget Terminal and it’s not that bad at all. At first I thought it was between NAIA 1 and 2, but inside I’d say it could even give the latter a run for its money. The extra day yesterday was spent in Sentosa together with Karen and Joebel. We were still unsure

Jovannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1121498.post-72094308787769984582008-06-23T08:35:00.000+08:002008-06-25T22:59:48.081+08:00

We had quite an adventure yesterday after learning about the strong typhoon in Manila. There were no advisories from Cebu Pacific. Their website didn’t say anything, no one’s answering the phone from their offices here, and we can’t get through their offices in Manila. So to play it safe, we rebooked again to the Wednesday early morning flight to be sure. The problem was our hotel room. We

Jovannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1121498.post-19385427695067140222008-06-21T07:26:00.000+08:002008-06-21T09:47:50.569+08:00

It was really a blessing in disguise that I brought my laptop to Singapore instead of dropping it off in the house or we would’ve had a more difficult time rebooking our flight. It was an honest mistake, really. Charo bought tickets for the Sunday 12:05 a.m. flight thinking that it was for Monday early morning. I only noticed it when I checked it as I was lined up for immigration and

Jovannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1121498.post-19976202266615859402008-06-20T06:58:00.003+08:002008-06-20T07:14:32.121+08:00

I know I'm excited for the trip tonight but I have to tone it down and focus on today's workday before I leave the office at 3:00 p.m. There are still a number of things to do, starting with the lighter color studies for this project. Well, the bag's packed since last night. Although I only prepared a handful of clothes for my weekend Singapore stint, I'm bringing the biggest maleta we have

Jovannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1121498.post-77943592832527894752008-06-19T07:03:00.004+08:002008-06-19T07:24:07.052+08:00

I'm excited. I can't believe I'm going back to Singapore tomorrow evening for a nice weekend in the land of chicken rice and Sim Lim. It's a new thing for me this time as I'll be flying with Cebu Pacific and land on the Budget Terminal. I've seen the place a number of times from the outside. This is going to be the first time for me to experience it. As much as I love their Changi Airport

Jovannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1121498.post-7887642661653565442008-05-26T19:55:00.002+08:002008-05-26T20:01:11.037+08:00

So hell week begins. Reminds me of college when finals and the deadlines all pile up in the last week of semester. Well, it's been eleven years since college but today feels kinda like that. What's good is that they've finally taken notice (well, at least she did) of what we're doing and how important we are now in the overall picture. What's bad is it means more work to us. Normally, I'd be

Jovannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1121498.post-17631140483175097672008-05-23T18:17:00.002+08:002008-05-24T07:52:24.208+08:00

I'm blogging via my Mac's Blogger widget. Now I don't know if this will get published so I'm keeping my fingers crossed. Update: Didn't work that well. Probably it's because I'm out of space in my Tripod account.

Jovannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1121498.post-68605329716678672702008-05-19T23:09:00.004+08:002008-05-19T23:16:58.923+08:00

Tomorrow, I'll be attending the Social Networking and eBusiness Conference Philippines 2008 at the Hotel Intercontinental in Makati City. It's the first of its kind in this country so I'm sure it's going to be pretty refreshing. I just hope that the speakers stay away from just reading the Powerpoints and make it more radically interactive. Being in Makati, I'm looking forward to having

Jovannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1121498.post-19248204385178414242008-05-13T09:16:00.002+08:002008-05-13T09:20:00.361+08:00

Globe is offering the iPhone in the Philippines. News of this came out yesterday. So what else is new? It just confirms last year's rumors. What I'm really excited of is the possibility of finally opening the iTunes Music Store in this country because of this device. Yeah baby!

Jovannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1121498.post-82825506134610901472008-04-30T19:44:00.003+08:002008-04-30T19:58:51.790+08:00

Some stuff on my mind while out driving in the streets of Manila: 1. Every now and then I see a shoe in the middle of the street. Now why is that? Are those from pedestrians running for their dear lives, or are those from those pesky, uneducated scooteristas, who consider Metro's thoroughfare as their personal slalom course to and from work? 2. I should start taking pictures or videos of

Jovannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1121498.post-15945271707340459322008-04-19T21:51:00.003+08:002008-04-19T22:16:45.383+08:00

I finally got to see and touch the Sony Ericsson W960i. I dropped by the Sony Ericsson booth at Megamall's Cyberzone after paying the landline and water bills. I thought it would be out of stock or something as this was always the case, so I was shocked when the sales person showed it to me. Wow! Finally. Really sweet. Now I'm in love. I think I will be replacing my Nokia N70 very, very soon.

Jovannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1121498.post-10768803274317430392008-04-19T08:37:00.002+08:002008-04-19T08:46:58.564+08:00

My in-laws are out of the country. That leaves paying the bills and doing the other necessary stuff to us. And so I call this day Chores Day. My tasks for today, should I choose to accept it (as if I have a choice, anyway), is to first bring Graham to the vet for his shot and check-up, second is to pay for the utility bills (water, telephone and my in-laws' postpaid mobile lines), and lastly, to

Jovannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1121498.post-86940728681813899702008-04-13T07:00:00.002+08:002008-04-13T07:51:19.607+08:00

It's my first time to watch something on IMAX and I'm happy that it's U23D. It's a truly unique experience and I would recommend it even to non-U2 fans. Yes, you have to see it. It's that good.

Jovannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1121498.post-84588908448937228452008-04-12T13:24:00.004+08:002008-04-12T13:46:41.493+08:00

The price of gasoline increased yet again by P0.50 per liter, and slowly it's getting to be masakit sa bulsa. If I'm not mistaken, this would make the price of my the Super Unleaded around P47.57 per liter in my area. Ouch! That's more than the price of the Velocity fuel a few months back! It's getting crazier and crazier every week and it seems P50 per liter just around the bend. If there's a

Jovannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1121498.post-83687078639807428542008-04-05T07:23:00.003+08:002008-04-05T07:48:03.150+08:00

We weren't able to watch Toto in their Aliw theater concert a few years back, so I was happy that they came back again to let me listen to their hits live. So the venue was at the Araneta Coliseum and the date was April 3, 2008 at 8:00 in the evening. My brother and I bought tickets the Saturday before the event. We were ready for Toto. Yeah, baby! So how was it? In all honesty, it's a wenk

Jovannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1121498.post-58362973991176784622008-04-01T07:30:00.005+08:002008-04-01T08:01:06.313+08:00

Oh my God! I can't believe my freaking luck! That long line in Shopwise Libis was worth it! I fucking won the P249M jackpot! Yeah! Now bow down before me and tell me who's your daddy! Happy April fool's everyone!

Jovannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1121498.post-7827829983918120512008-03-29T23:39:00.004+08:002008-03-29T23:46:27.279+08:00

My type of concerts. Finally. I finally bought concert tickets after a long time. Yes, I don't care if they're being promoted by RJTV. I am going to watch Swing Out Sister and Toto! For Toto, which will be on April 3, I will be watching it with my brother and his "friend". For Swing Out Sister, I'm watching it with Charo, Karen, my brother and his "friend". Now c'mon! Sing with me! Am I the

Jovannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1121498.post-20272140114823878852008-03-29T21:17:00.005+08:002008-03-29T21:55:07.461+08:00

I am proud to say that we supported the Earth Hour in our house. When the clock struck the hour of eight in the evening, we turned off the air conditioner and lights in our room and joined Graham and my in-laws in the lanay to spend an hour with just flashlights, candles and a rechargeable radio. I think we're just one of the handful of people who participated along Marymount street in La Vista

Jovannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1121498.post-89659879165710810552008-03-23T11:57:00.003+08:002008-03-26T18:42:47.828+08:00

Karen and I noticed this when we had breakfast in Shakey's opposite the domestic airport. It was such a riot that I got the Flip Video camera from the car and shot my own "user-generated content". Check it out people!

Jovannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1121498.post-89715879995613019492008-03-22T09:32:00.002+08:002008-03-22T09:52:49.339+08:00

It seems the Apple bug is slowly infecting people in the office. First, it was the now-defunct Big Dipper with their Power Mac G4s, then it was Gramps with his iBook. Now there are more and more people in the office using Macs. There's me, Gwen, Mia, Charles, a couple of guys from Solucient and one or two from News/Newsbreak using MacBooks or PowerBooks. What's so cool is Connie's thinking of

Jovannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1121498.post-87541415376907368342008-03-21T16:01:00.004+08:002008-03-21T16:27:52.830+08:00

I'm beginning to hate these SEO techniques that they're doing just to be on top of Google's search result list. I'm keeping this other blog and there's this person who commented on my recent post saying how good it was and that he would add me to my blogroll and then Bam! He segued into how it's similar to his entry and posted a link. And so what am I to do but delete it. Bam! Hehehehe! I'm

Jovannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1121498.post-20494921468746540362008-03-17T08:34:00.004+08:002008-03-17T23:15:07.972+08:00

... the concerts that you really want to watch are being promoted only on RJTV 29.

Jovannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1121498.post-46548798472713298502008-03-15T21:12:00.001+08:002008-03-15T21:12:57.315+08:00

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