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Mother and Child
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Although I dislike having to talk about work issues, I feel I do need to vent this time around. In a few weeks time I will be resigning from Orange & Bronze. It’s time for me to move on. It is no longer the same place as it was; change is inevitable, I guess, but it frustrates me to no end that I feel somewhat powerless to change things. A part of me realizes that I really don’t have a true say in things, technically speaking. But it’s never been this way, or at least it never felt this way before.
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(And Yes, I am Still Alive).
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Yes, this blog is still alive, although a little… quiet.
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Two things:
- Work on tool that will be released as open source. I'm currently finishing up a component that we'll be releasing as open source in the coming week or so, once I get the bits cleaned up and checked in. It's a case of an "itch to scratch", and I'll be using it for a possible work project.
- Another haircut. I got rid of my long hair today. That is all.
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I recently gave a lightning talk on git-svn at Barcamp Manila, and I thought some people might be interested in my day-to-day workflow when I work on projects.
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I’ve been hacking on a small panel for my current desktop environment— I’ve switched to using a really minimal no-frills environment consisting of openbox-3 and a small dock/notification area, since I was getting antsy about the GNOME 2 panel. I only wanted a simple list of open windows on a particular desktop and a clock, and I didn’t need too much chrome on that. I couldn’t quite set up the GNOME 2 panel to not use buttons or alternatively maximize the space for window title text, so I decided to simply ditch the panel altogether.
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(Note: Geek post ahead. You have been warned.)
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Brother Felix Mason, FSC
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I’ve been trying to find a copy online (or at least a summary of) Gilingang Bato by Edgardo Reyes. The short story was published in the 1960s. It depicts a poor family who own a small millstone for griding rice; they sell rice cakes and other sweets to subsist.
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Actual occurrence, just five minutes ago:
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Since I'm a bastard to please, I've again switched away from ion3. I'm now back to using Openbox 3 as my work environment, though I believe it to be suboptimal for my workflow. Call me fickle. Details under the cut.
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If you’ve ever seen me work, you probably know that I am quite comfortable with the command line. In fact, I prefer opening a terminal or writing a shell script rather than booting up a file manager; I can do a lot more on the command line, without taking my hands off the keyboard.
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On Indefinite Hiatus. Will probably post some twitts.
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Recently, we’ve been assigned to assist another company in a development/maintenance role. They had an existing web application, written in Java and used by a large number of users— the web application was up and running and they needed to modify the application to interface with an external system, but they did not have the people who knew Java well enough onboard and the previous developers were no longer available to help them in this. That’s where we came in: we provided the needed skills to add the feature in.
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This is a test of the emergency broadcast system
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I am quite interested in a wide swath of technologies, some esoteric, some popular. Particularly, I follow the news on various libraries and tools. I like to keep my toolbox full.
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Someone on the PLUG mailing list said to an email I sent out:
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- JM Ibanez is Sanjaya Malakar in disguise.
- JM Ibanez does not sleep. He just goes into suspend mode.
- JM is a programming god.
- JM doesn't troubleshoot computer problems or software bugs; computers are just scared of him.
- JM Ibanez is actually a bunch of Linux daemons that have become sentient, written and maintained at a secret laboratory somewhere in southern Metro Manila.
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… when you’re suddenly tempted to do an impression of a dog humping a pole. Or an impression of a monkey in a cage. Or you suddenly have these other crazy impressions fill your head.
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On our way to dinner last Sunday, my mom inquired as to what restaurant nearby accepted credit cards.
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So, because I'm such a geek, I'll post more about my Git experience.
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(...or, JM updates. Finally.)
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I was just bitten by an incredibly stupid bug in IE. While working on a small webapp which had a drop-down menu (built from CSS and ordinary lists), I was miffed to find the menu seemingly going behind a drop-down (select) form field in IE. After trying the obvious fixes (setting a CSS z-order for the menu, resetting the z-order for the controls including the select control), I did a Google search, reasoning that someone must have encountered a similar problem.
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After using Evolution for quite a bit to read my work mail, and after some deliberation, I decided to switch to Gnus, as I'm already doing a lot of my editing and what-not inside Emacs. I also wanted to keep a small memory footprint, as I'm using my work laptop as a development machine too— Firefox as it is grows to 40% of the machine's memory when I use it, and adding Evolution would mean that running builds on the machine would consume swap as well.
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Just testing. Nothing to see here- move along.
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This is a test of posting via the LJ bot (Frank). To quote Frank the LJ Bot (and resident goat): <blockquote>To post to your journal, message me with “post: “ and some text. To use a subject, do: “post: [Your Subject] Your post….”</blockquote>
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Random iconage:
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Yes, I haven't updated in months, and what do I do when I first update?
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This is a really lame update. Okay, maybe it's not that lame...
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In no particular order:
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Ewe is now being hosted by GNA!; I’m in the process of transferring my repository’s contents to the project repository at GNA!.
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This is a geek post. You have been warned.
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I decided to actually write about my experiences and my introduction to computing. I wanted it down for some semblance of posterity. This is part 2; you can read part 1 here. I should warn you though– this is much longer than Part 1. Part 3 of this series will come soon enough.
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I decided to actually write about my experiences and my introduction to computing. I wanted it down for some semblance of posterity. This is it– well, at least part 1. I’ll try writing the next two parts down soon.
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(Previously mentioned: cyberlizard: ICMP and Path MTU)
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You are Captain Malcolm Reynolds, aka. Mal or
Captain Tightpants. You saw most of your men
die in a war you lost and now you seek solitude
with a small crew that you are fiercely devoted
to. You have no problems being naked.
Which Firefly character are you?
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Post your results.1) Has 24fps been to your house/dorm? No.
2) If saito_ichikawa had a superpower, what would it be? I can't say... but I imagine him to be a superhero version of Mr. John Steed from "The Avengers"
3) Have you flirted with sneaker_scandal? Have I? I can't say I have or have not.
4) What is racyredstiletto allergic to? Stupid people. :D
5) Is experimentego an emo? I have no idea. You'll have to ask him.
6) If ckenni was a superhero, who would be his/her archnemesis? Me. Hehehe. :D
7) Is eclair your best friend? Close, but not quite. :)
8) How many monkeys could zakame fight at once and win against? Two?
9) Do you have dreamlessness's screenname? Yes
10) How would sable_eminence kill hail_ro? Through a battle of wits-- and sharpness of tongue. (You have to meet both of them to get what I mean.)
11) Is public_class_kc a high school student? No.
12) Would you set up leandrop0x and hail_ro? Hehehe, nope. They can set themselves up though-- they know each other.
13) If dreamlessness took over the world, who would suffer? Everyone?
14) Is spring_sakura popular? With her friends, yes. If you mean "ohmygoshit'sher!" kind of popular, umm, no.
15) Is dreambuilderar friends with dreamlessness? They're perfect strangers to each other.
16) Would saito_ichikawa and trinangpraning look good together? Umm... maybe not.
17) ramblingkvetch's hair color? Brown, last time I saw her.
18) Is freelysaid single? I don't think so... not sure
19) Do you have a crush on freelysaid? Nope.
20) Does eclair smoke? Definitely not.
21) digitaldaydream's eye color? Brown, I guess.
22) What mental disorder does ckenni remind you of? Amnesia.
23) Would ezralyt be a better ninja or pirate? Ninja.
24) What do you agree with kayka about? I can't say...
25) Is paolo143 athletic? Not really.
26) Do leighdejoya and psychobunny go to the same school? Nope.
27) What is dreamlessness's favorite band/artist? I have no clue.
28) Would driver_ng_bayan go out with quirky? Hahaha, maybe, if they met. Maybe.
29) What is sable_eminence's shoe size? I'm guessing a 9.
30) How tall is schatzi? Tall enough.
31) Would you ever date marjerie_rose? No, sorry.
32) Would you wrestle 24fps in jello? Hahahaha, maybe...
33) If ramblingkvetch and perchance were spliced together, what would it be like? Really interesting-- as they both are in IT.
34) Is dysphasic a college student? Not anymore.
35) What animal should semicharmed be combined with? A butterfly.
36) Would you make out with schatzi? Hahaha, secret.
37) Could you see saito_ichikawa and eclair together? Not really. Someone'll get jealous. (Hello, Marcelle)
38) Do you think quirky is hot? Yes.
39) Has sachachua dyed their hair? Nope, not that I know about.
40) If tymeless were hanging off a cliff, what would spring_sakura do? Save her? What else??? -
… with a dog leash. Good grief.
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“Whaddaya Mean, You Can’t Find Programmers?”, a look into hiring programmers. Although written way back in 2000 (which kinda sounds almost like ancient history now), it is still pretty relevant, given SpecOps recent position on the local talent pool.
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From Slashdot: On Google and Microsoft and Being Evil: a Slashdot user’s comment on it all.
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From Slashdot: Google has recently released Google Talk, an IM service running on the Jabber/XMPP protocol (which means anyone can connect to the service using their favorite open source client). According to their helpful developer pages, they plan to provide federated service and are in talks with Sipphone and Earthlink. The protocol they are using to carry VoIP is still under wraps, but they are planning to document it and open it up to allow other IM clients to support VoIP.
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Or, Why C and assembly can be better teachers of the art of programming
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Caveat: I am currently enrolled in a certain IT education system known for its ads featuring two teen actresses, one of which is associated with the so-called "jologs" and "bakya" crowd, with the other being too sugary-sweet and having a gratingly high-pitched voice. The opinions presented herein are my own and not my school's— besides, I honestly dislike the place, and am there on a mere formality (I need a damned diploma).
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Or, Why C is The Worst Language To Teach Beginners In
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There will be an online meeting tomorrow evening at 9pm for the Software Freedom Day this September. The meeting will be held over Yahoo! Messenger. If you're interested in helping out, feel free to join us tomorrow. Contact me by sending an IM to Y!ID cyberlizard0 tomorrow evening to join in.
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Total number of books owned: I haven't done inventory on my shelf yet, but I estimate between 70 to 120 books, mostly non-fiction books, reference material, and sundry manuals.
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The Proverb of Hunger To a hungry man Even the blandest of scraps Is tasty and good.
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Paper A vast field of white Taunts, teases me to tame it, Plow it with my pen.
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In bullet points...
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A meme that I've already answered to some extent, but will answer anyway. :P
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After lunch…
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To say that the past month or so has been a wonderful whirlwind for me would be like saying the universe started off with a bang: pure understatement, and it doesn’t quite describe the impact of it all, and You Simply Had To Be There to really, really understand it. I’m living a semi-charmed life. I attended the first live jazz performance of my life, I got to talk to a real life jazz artist, I am surounded by wonderful friends, I am doing something I love while studying— so on and so forth, including certain events I will perhaps divulge one day.
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Because of an abysmal turn of events, I have caught the cold. My throat feels like someone has been rubbing it with sandpaper— or rather, it feels like someone rammed a sanding machine down my throat and put it on high while humming the opening bars to Bohemian Rhapsody. My nose is a frickin’ faucet, with the strange thing being that it seems only one nostril is blocked. Makes me wonder whether this rhinovirus has a cruel sense of humor— yeah, block one of his nasal passages and keep him alive by keeping the other free. Go figure.
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Saturday was a most beautiful day.
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Since LiveJournal now supports tags, I don’t want to have to login to another account to post tech items. Because of this, I’ll be keeping cyberlizard active just for older entries, and will now post tech items here.
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Picked up from Charles Miller’s quick links: Sudoku (and pursuing Sudoku with pseudocode, as well as the Wikipedia on Sudoku).
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This is just a test of LiveJournal’s tagging system (web client has the interface).
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- I have double-jointed thumbs and can bend them backward.
- I confessed my love to a crush I had at the time, in the middle of Math class.
- I love ube jam
- When bored, I read random articles in the encyclopedia we have at home.
- I yet to break a bone in my body
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- Reply with your name and I will write something I like about you.
- I will then tell what song/movie/icon reminds me of you.
- If I were to apply an o'clock to you, it would be...
- I will try to name a single word that best describes you.
- I'll tell you the most memorable moment I've had with you.
- I will tell you what animal you remind me of.
- I'll then tell you something that I've always wondered about you.
- Put this in your journal. (Optional for me— if you want to then put it.)
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Pam is responsible for making me do this. Meanie.
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Well folks, it’s been weeks since I last updated with anything substantial (the last entry, YAMQ, doesn’t count). It’s been a busy month for me so far. I’m back to school, I’m now twenty-three, and I just attended one amazing live jazz performance, among other things.
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You scored as Existentialist. Existentialism emphasizes human capability. There is no greater power interfering with life and thus it is up to us to make things happen. Sometimes considered a negative and depressing world view, your optimism towards human accomplishment is immense. Mankind is condemned to be free and must accept the responsibility.
Existentialist
81% Postmodernist
69% Cultural Creative
50% Idealist
44% Modernist
44% Materialist
31% Romanticist
31% Fundamentalist
19% What is Your World View? (corrected...again)
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Had a brilliant conversation with my long-time friend, Leandro last night. We caught up with each other’s lives, and talked about each of our own passions— computers in my case, and architecture. Such conversation was something I truly miss. We talked about how architecture was about solving problems. Leandro asked me if I had heard about Christopher Alexander; I replied that the name was familiar to me. It was, because I realized belatedly, after Leandro described Alexander’s major work, A Pattern Language, that Alexander influenced current-day thinking into the production and design of software— he is considered the father of the pattern language movement in computer science. We talked about the intersection of the two fields. And we talked about the opposite sex, about love, about life.
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- While walking to Glorietta from school, what with the transport strike and there being no jeeps, and besides the fact that I like walking, I actually thought it was a weekend.
- On my Linux desktop, two apps that weren't supposed to fight over the sound card did and locked up the sound system (i.e. no sound, and no way to kill the processes, as they were blocked on I/O).
- On Undernet, I get G-lined, told off that, quote, "G-lined ([0] infected! Advertising infecting web sites. Clean this computer!". On X-Chat. Running Linux. With a very strict firewall. On a side note, Zak also tried connecting to the Undernet, first by connecting directly, then by tunneling to a machine outside the PH netblock. (Apparently, either someone screwed up or a whole slew of IPs got G-lined. For one reason or another. I do believe someone shot himself on the foot.)
- I can't stop something on Emacs by the magic 'C-g'.
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Spent my Easter weekend at Subic. ‘Twas hot, but strangely enough Subic was cooler this year than last year. Anyhoo, interesting weekend, as my cousins (jazzbeaglet included) can attest to— dude, ano, inuman na lang? Hehehe.
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I just had the weirdest nightmare.
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I’ve been looking through my notebooks and files. I apparently have a lot of story fragments lying around, waiting to be fleshed out properly, or to be polished. They’re my stillborn children— the corpses of stories never born into the world. Sometimes I wonder whether I really have the gift of writing. I am, for good or bad, my greatest critic. But no matter: I will still write for the love of writing, even if I criticize myself harshly, even if I feel my prose is poor. One must try and experience such things; otherwise, why live at all?
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It just occurred to me that I do have a voracious appetite for knowledge, but dislike formal schooling (in its current incarnation).
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... Or, why JM Ibañez tortures himself by dropping by Powerbooks and Booksale when he has no money to buy books. At all.
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Interesting article on the chemistry of HCN, the major compound in the pesticide Zyklon-B used in the gas chambers of the Shoah (or Holocaust), and arguments using chemistry to disprove the “Holocaust deniers”, who themselves have used chemistry to try to disprove the gassing of Jews.
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Books I currently hunger for, because a) I don't have the money for them, b) they aren't available here in the Philippines, or c) both of the above:
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Insanity grips me as I try to wrest control stupidity, you are sheep and I go against the flow
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You scored as Neutral Good. A Neutral Good person tries to do the 'goodest' thing possible. These people are willing to work with the law to accomplish their goal, but if the law is corrupt they are just as willing to tear it down. To these people, doing what's right is the most important thing, regardless of rules, customs, or laws. Neutral Good
65% Lawful Good
60% Chaotic Good
55% True Neutral
55% Lawful Evil
50% Lawful Neutral
40% Chaotic Neutral
40% Neutral Evil
35% Chaotic Evil
25%
What is your Alignment?
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… and I’m spending it in the most boring way possible. Hehehe :D May this new year bring something good to all of us.
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It’s interesting to read this article and be able to relate. I have had to focus on several projects, and it was very tiring, and I had a tough time pushing things to completion.
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I’ve made a decision. I am quitting my job for now, and am going to focus on my studies. Simply put, I’ve chosen to think long term and finish the course (hah, right). Of course, this means slogging it through for at a year more on the inside, and two or three at the outside.
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I am very, very, very happy. I have been looking for jazz venues for so long— and I’ve bumped into this just now! Bwahahahahahah!!! Finally!
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My sentiments, more or less, about Bush et. al.. Essay forthcoming.
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I feel completely and utterly drained.
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I am not a word nerd! I am a tech/computer geek! Bah!
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Unlike the previous earthquake, which I felt, this one passed almost unnoticed. Had it not been for my mom texting me about it, I wouldn’t even have known that an earthquake hit. (For the record, I didn’t feel it because I was on my way home, on a shuttle van running ~60 kph on Macapagal.)
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It feels weird that I feel separation anxiety— towards the laptop that’s been assigned to me.
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Recent finds at Book Sale:
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Just got home from the hospital. My dad’s finally discharged, though he’s still undergoing a lot of medication. (It was a blood clot/hemmorhaging somewhere in the frontal portion of his head; the doc mentioned it was in the arachnoid IIRC; also the word ‘ischemia’ was mentioned, but I’m hazy about that. Either way, there was and still is bleeding in his head, so they’re giving him medication to relieve that.)
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I’m still here at Las Piñas Doctor’s Hospital, keeping watch over my dad. The in-room phone has a socket for plugging the modem, which I did, hence the Internet connection. My dad’s fine now, more or less, though his blood pressure’s risen recently. They did some tests on him— blood sugar, urinalysis, CT scan, ultrasound. Results aren’t in, I’m told. I do know, however, that my dad has sinusitis, and I overheard the doctor tell my mom that there is a polyp growth (benign) in his sinus (IIRC, they did an ultrasound scan for that, can’t remember the exact details how.)
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I'm here at home, downloading stuff off Kazaa, listening to a newly bought CD, with a beer in my hand.
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Morpheus
?? Which Of The Greek Gods Are You ??
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Ugh. I hate this. Aside from the bad caffeine crash, I have a fscking bug that's stumping me. Now. At this moment. And I have to get it fixed yesterday.
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(Was previously a draft)
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Site: bash.org. (Warning! Some content not suited for minors):
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In no order (except blogs first, LJs next, communities last):
- Jonathan Schwartz
- Monica
- ilsean|armageddon
- Kaye
- Miles
- Bianca
- Kathy
- Tim
- Russ
- Neuj
- Alms
- trollprincess
- vivian_shaw
- bad_sex
- metaquotes (might have to remove from Friends list as I'm having a hard time managing the volume) </ul>
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Seen: Along Tramo, a giant billboard: Cebu Pacific now serves Jollibee on Manila-Cebu-Manila and Manila-Davao-Manila flights.
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How come I find this terribly... apt?
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- I am agnostic. No, not atheistic, agnostic. I currently don't believe in organized religion as such. I don't know whether God/gods/omniscient being(s) exist(s) or not (neither do I deny nor affirm His/their/its existence). I have been educated as a Roman Catholic, and am well aware of the history and traditions of the Roman Catholic Church. I go to church on Sundays, both out of habit and out of a desire to reflect, and ponder on the existence of God.
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Unfortunately for me, I have this really big problem with bumping into people I know; I mentioned this in a previous post.
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You are an SEDF–Sober Emotional Destructive Follower. This makes you an evil genius. You are extremely focused and difficult to distract from your tasks. With luck, you have learned to channel your energies into improving your intellect, rather than destroying the weak and unsuspecting.
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As my Blogger account has been gathering dust, I've decided to republish and restart a blog I put up before: Metro, A Personal Narrative of Metro Manila.
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Love the weather. Fits my mood (more or less).
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Bored, so decided to do a meme. Ignore, if you want to.
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As I type this on my phone, I’m on my way home from work. I am honestly tired. I am also a bit melancholy. For one reason or another, i get bouts of sadness. More when i get home.
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I can't help it... I must post this link (and because I have a lot of better things to do...): Structured Procrastination.
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So, I’m pretty behind on a lot of stuff. I haven’t had a connection at home for half a month, and so had to spend the majority of my time yesterday downloading my backlog of email. I’m behind on my work, and I’m behind on a lot of personal stuff.
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Rediscovering some Pinoy bands— Sugar Hiccup in particular. Interesting vocals and musical style. Can’t describe what band they remind me of right now, but I can say I definitely like it.
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New story over at CyberLizard productions: Sleep. I recently found this in my notebooks. I remember writing it, as well as soliciting comments on it. Don’t try to read too many meanings into it though.
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I have a weakness/affinity for coffee. I can’t explain it— programmers seem to have this craving for caffeine/nicotine/chocolate that seems totally unreasonable.
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Just wanted to test the rich text edit control for LiveJournal. Don’t be alarmed; we will return to your regularly scheduled blog.
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Eventually, I’ll be posting my personal and non-tech entries here. And maybe, just maybe, I’ll reboot Asylum into this journal. Or something. Don’t count on it though.