Avocados

mga piling araw

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Location: Makati, Philippines

Ignorance is bliss. I'm often better with numbers than with words. Notes... maybe. I am quite deaf and rather silent. I let my music compensate.

Thursday, March 31, 2011

small fish

pag nabubunutan ng tinik, masarap ang pakiramdam pero andun pa rin yung kaunting sakit at takot. mas nag-iingat. dapat mag-ingat para hindi na uli matinik uli. nakakapagod na araw.

sa kasalukuyan, naghahanda ako para ma-backup ang kaka-restore na pentium d desktop. mga isang buwan mahigit ang backtrack. sana naalis ang mga dahilan ng potensyal na problema (sds3) para hindi na uli mamroblema. dapat ganun din ang buhay ko. sakto, simula ng bagong buwan bukas.

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

bukas, bukas, bukas…

crappy windows update software distribution service 3.0.

more than a silly windows problem, it was not quite my day.

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

pag-asa pa

dapat bukas, pakagising, babangon na ako agad at gagawin nang tama ang mga dapat gawin.

Monday, March 28, 2011

pancit, pampahaba ng buhay

today is lola inay’s death anniversary. there are mangoes downstairs from bulacan. though less than usual, i think they taste just as great. i’ll have some tomorrow. we had pancit for dinner and kakanin.

workday wasn’t so workful. i havent gotten it back. drive drive drive. haha. i just remembered, i need to get a driver’s license. target: june.

there are some cash problems here. i sure hope things turn out well.  hope i can do as much as i can.

i watched dragonball kai end tonight. anime. it’s got simple, subtle lessons like looking forward to a beautiful tomorrow. less than an hour before tomorrow. sure hope it’ll be better. i’m tired of looking back at sad yesterdays.

Sunday, March 27, 2011

mission not so complete

kaninang tanghali, sa wakas, binuo ko na ang aking wing zero custom special operation type na binili ko 2 years ago. hindi ko pa napinturahan gaya ng unang balak. nagamit ko na rin ang flush cutters. dumaan akong waltermart para bumili ng stand kaso wala na sila ng action base 1 na black.

nakapangumpisal din ako kaninang hapon. masarap.

hindi halos nagpakita ang araw at umambon pa. masaya ako at may mga nagawa akong gusto kong gawin kanina. medyo payapa ang araw ko ngayon. pero may kulang. kulang ng excitement, pero tingin ko, konting antay lang, darating din yun.

Saturday, March 26, 2011

saturday sleep

saturday was quick again. slept through the afternoon since band practice was rescheduled.

earth hour tonight wasn’t televised. at last, more sense.

today, as with last night, I learned that there are reasons to be scared, but the same are reasons to keep ourselves faithful in the Lord.

Friday, March 25, 2011

celebrate the first joyful mystery

kahit hindi ako nakapunta, nais kong ipahayag sa blog na ito (may nakakabasa mang iba o wala) na ako ay hindi sang-ayon sa RH bill.

kinalulungkot ko, hindi ako nakasimba ngayon at hindi rin nakapunta sa prayer rally na naisipan ko pa naman noong linggo na dapat daluhan ko. marami rin akong hindi nagawa sa trabaho. pero ngayong araw na ito, hindi lang lungkot at kahinaan ang naramdaman ko. may halong pag-asa.

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kanina lang, nung ipo-post ko na ito, may problema. nawala yung blogs ko. account recovery via mobile number, ayun, nakapasok na uli ako sa google/blogger account ko. pina-update ang password ko. gumamit na ako ng strong password. mga 7pm, may virus sa gmail ko. na-invade ang account ko. pero hindi ko pa rin ma-access ang blog ko. buti medyo good mood ako, natatanggap ko na ang malungkot na katotohanan. na-post ko pa sa facebook ang nangyari. maya-maya, nung gagawa na ako ng bagong blog para mag-move on (habang nagsesearch din ng “retrieve lost blogger blogs”), bumalik. tila security feature ng blogger. oh yeah!

araw nga ito ng pag-asa. dapat mapalaganap ko ang pag-asa.

Thursday, March 24, 2011

some work

some work done. some more to do. wait, no. a lot more to do.

friday tomorrow. I have a feeling I’ll be smiling soon. I hope it will happen.

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

naipit

kumbaga sa bagyo, may baha pa rin. naiipit sa hindi kaaya-ayang kalagayan. kung nalinis lang sana ang mga estero, kung naplano lang nang maayos ang mga kalsada at bahay, hindi siguro tataas ang baha. ano pa nga bang gagawin kundi maniwala, maghintay, at sumugod, lumusong kung kailangan. huhupa rin ang baha.

talinghaga. haha. ano ba to? kababalik ko sa trabaho. ang nangyari, bumalik lang nga.

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

back to work

another one of those calm-before-the-storm-feeling days.

Monday, March 21, 2011

sakit ng ulo

simulan at tapusin ang bakasyon na masakit ang ulo.

Sunday, March 20, 2011

vacation week incomplete

new things to my room: position of mirror; knitted wall scroll(?) of jars from baguio. these are thanks to my father who drilled the holes on the wall. he bought the decoration from baguio last year.

I didn’t sleep but wasn’t able to accomplish anything today. tsucks. I think I made some people happy by being there for their birthdays.

good luck this coming week. I have to complete stuff.

Saturday, March 19, 2011

kailangan ng jumpstart

hindi ako sumama kina ate sa ek kanina. hindi ko pa maramdaman na kaya kong mag-enjoy. medyo maingay (ewan ko kung tolerable o nasanay na o may mas maingay lang talaga dati) dito kanina kasi may bday sa tapat.

masyado ata akong nabababad sa harap ng pc na walang napapala. naghihintay pa rin na maging mas maganda ang mga bagay. hindi ko maintindihan bakit hindi ako makakilos.

ang mga naayos ko ngayong araw na ito: yung pwesto ng revoltech sa ibabaw ng pc, at ngayon-ngayon lang, yung tiers ng mga ferrari. mas effective nga yung mga bilog galing sa tissue bilang poste. idea. hindi na kailangan ng kahoy. next week siguro. pero mag-iipon pa ako ng mga cylinder.

napakarami ko pang kailangang gawin pero hindi ako gumagalaw. kailangan ko ng push at ng drive. kailangan ng tutulak at ng tao sa manibela. kailangan siguro ng baterya. jumpstart. jumpstart.

Friday, March 18, 2011

uninspired friday

tsk. not a good day. vacation’s almost over and I’m just half-accomplished—that half being sleep. well, I did intend to sleep a lot. but the time I was awake, I procrastinated. parang nung college lang ah. I guess I never grew up.

but sleep is good. I made a resolution that starting tuesday, I won’t stay late at work and need not go to work on weekends. I hope I can keep that resolution.

Thursday, March 17, 2011

apat ba dapat?

tumatakas ako sa mga problema pero hindi dapat. parang ang yabang ko pa minsan magsalita pero ako mismo, nagtatago sa problema imbis na lutasin.

hindi kagadahan ang pang-apat na araw ng leave ko. malas? sa mga chinese, yung bilang na 4, katunog ng katumbas na salita ng kamatayan. kumbaga sa western world, malas ang number 13, sa chinese, 4 ang iniiwasan. pero oo nga naman, 1+3=4.

pero hindi, dapat hindi ganoon. ako, isang katoliko, hawak ko ang buhay ko. kahit ano pang pag-uugnay ng mga bagay-bagay sa mga numero o kung anuman, ang punu’t dulo at masusunod ay ang aking pagpapasiya. nagkakamali, dapat bumangon. ganoon naman talaga. may kahinaan man ang tao, may lakas din ito.

medyo may mga naligpit ako sa kwarto ko at nakapagpagupit ako ng buhok. may kaunting aliwalas ngunit maliit kumpara sa mga kailangan ko pang ayusin sa buhay ko. sige lang, ituloy lang.

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

aftermath

at 3 pm, I was still at home. oh well. let’s see the sunshine some other day.

testing failed

hindi gumana yung crosspost attempt via blogsend. hahaha.

number 3

I’m now blogging using the desktop. I’m also testing crossposting.

well, today’s day 3 of my sabbatical. I will go out today. I have to complete some stuff this morning.

I noticed in blogger dashboard, even though Kajomican is already almost 6years and 9months inactive, it still has more posts than Avocados and Pangalawa still doesn’t hasn’t reached double of Kajomican’s 269 posts.

I’m deciding that I’ll be using Avocados as my main blog and just to keep it alive, I’ll crosspost to Pangalawa. another is to keep Pangalawa as my main personal blog and keep the posts there more and keep Avocados open to public viewing. "mga piling araw, Avocados was supposed to keep track of the special days I’d want to share. Pangalawa was supposed to be the silverplated paper to keep track of my days.

I guess it’s moving to number 3, this being the 3rd desktop here at home and this being the 3rd personal blogger blog. in a way, it is my 4th but I’m not counting Crapper’s Corner in.

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

pangalawang araw ng pahinga

pero noong hapon, ginamit ko pa rin ang computer sa office. oh yeah, windows live mesh. sana lang secure talaga ang microsoft network.

yung umaga, naubos ko sa paggawa ng wallpaper para sa desktop. pics ng mga components. ang geeky. at para nasa theme, pinalitan ko rin itong sa netbook. malamig pala sa mata yung blue na wallpaper ng neo vivid. hindi ko maalala bakit mas pinili ko yung black. maganda nga naman yung black. hindi lang kasi nagiging readable yung white text ng desktop icons sa black and white stripes background. agh. pinalitan ko uli ngayon lang. yung black naman. sige na nga. ito na muna—vivid black. gawin ko uling gray yung border nung sa desktop. haha.

bukas, may ilang commitments sa umaga. dapat magawa para sa mas mahalagang commitment sa hapon.

sa huwebes, prc siguro ang lakad ko tapos biyernes sa city hall. pagod lang ako ngayon, gusto ko na sanang gawin yung scheme para sa pag-sync ng files ko. oh well. may th at fri afternoon to evening naman para doon.

ngayong gabi, pahinga. (sana.) bukas, konting trabaho at maraming lakwatsa.

Monday, March 14, 2011

cool wind

relax day? well, mostly. i spent a great part of the day [ruining and] rebuilding my email files. too much time wasted because i simply chose not to migrate yet. it turns out, the end result is that i returned my email to my netbook. hahaha.

though late, it’s nice that i got to hear Mass tonight. 5 years after, here i am in my room, comfortable and happy with what i’ve acquired since a some time after that time of loss. come to think of it, i really didn’t lose much compared to what i have gained. thanks.

the day started with that headache still with me, though. i missed a meeting with a friend to fix some loose ends with another friend. hope i can do as much as i want to about things. i’m feeling a bit better already—physically. the rest should follow.

Sunday, March 13, 2011

headache on a sunday

natulog akong may nagbabadyang sakit ng ulo. pagkagising, ayun.

halos ang nagawa ko lang ngayong araw ay paglilipat ng files at pag-install ng ilang program. bukas, walang pasok. di ko alam kung makakarelax nga ba ako o hindi. good luck na lang. sana makarelax. dapat.

baka bukas ko na rin siguro sisimulang doon na sa kabilang pc mag-type. email pa lang ang na-migrate ko. mahalaga kasi saking naka-sync.

Saturday, March 12, 2011

unit-05

got the pc today and the revoltech action figure. the action figure is on top of the huge pc case.

wah. can’t focus. i’ve backed up the system drive with the windows enterprise demo and have transfered some files. dunno what to transfer actually. don’t know exactly what i want to do. haha.

Friday, March 11, 2011

shake

may 8.9 magnitude na lindol na tumama sa japan kanina. tila mas mapaminsala ang [mga] sumunod na tsunami. nakakatakot din ang mga tsunami warning kasi may warning nga, ano naman ang magagawa? medyo kampante ako na malayo-layo kami sa dagat pero kahit na. paano yung mga nasa danger regions?

mas gusto ko tuloy mas maintindihan ang mga ganung bagay tutal, sakop ng propesyon ko ang mga lindol. gusto kong mas mapanatag ang mga tao na may mga kinatatakutang hindi naman siguro dapat katakutan. gusto kong mas mapaintindi sa kanila ang mga maaaring mangyari, yung hindi naman talaga posible, at yung mga hindi maiiwasan. parang ok din na natatakot mga tao. napapadasal tuloy. sana lang, mas taimtim at mas totoo ang pagdarasal ng mga tao.

last day ko kanina bago magbakasyon… bukas pala. medyo magaan yung meeting sa site at sa arup office pero may kabigatan pa rin ang mga kailangang gawin. kaya to. bukas nang hapon, makukuha ko na yung pc. excited. medyo bunga rin yun ng mga overtime. sana maraming magawa doon na produktibo.

trivia for today: yung area dito, nasa 6.8 magnitude ang pinakamalakas na maaaring maging lindol. mas mababa sa 7.2 design eq. gusto kong mas matutunan mga ito. hmm.. bumagsak nga ba ako sa earquak nung college?

Thursday, March 10, 2011

69 2011

69th day of 2011 and i have to sleep relatively early. there’s still that weariness. last day of work in a while tomorrow. gotta make it count good.

ha! a friend just made me smile. there are certain smiles (from me and from others) that i miss though. but hey, this will do. looking forward to more smiles.

hmm… yesterday (o nung isang araw ba?), amd launched the radeon hd 6990. as of now, it’s the world’s fastest graphics card. it’s srp: $699.00 o yeah. i’ll have to settle for the hd 6950 1gb though. i think it’ll be just enough for my graphics card needs in the next few years. april or may, i’ll get my hands on it if cash (and availability) matters are ok.

summer. supposed summer outing next week was  cancelled due to venjo’s thesis. i think it’s fate that he emailed today the new plans for this years trip.

i missed doing my scheduled bank deposit today. didn’t notice the days go by. not so bad as long as i’ll be able to do the deposits within the month for the first quarter’s (small but ok) compounded interest in my savings.

those bills, i take them as signs of hope. yep. it started out as a game but hey, it’s nice to be Played along with. hope. thanks Up There.

Wednesday, March 09, 2011

abo

parang ang bigat ng dala ko. kinakabahan ako. di. kaya to. kaya to. malaking balde ng tubig? malalaking balde ng tubig?

miyerkules ng abo. simula na ng paghahanda. sa totoo lang, hindi ko alam kung anong special na magagawa ko sa susunod na 40 days (and after).

excited ako para sa friday ng gabi dahil iyon supposedly ang simula ng aking bakasyon. katunayan, kagabi, hindi ako mapakali dahil sa specs ng pc na napapalitan ko na rin naman kanina. apparently, tama pala si erwin dun sa recommended board niya. sa sabado, makuuha ko na. at marami ring ibang gagawin na nasa labas ng trabaho. “bakasyon.” sana masarap nga ang bakasyon na iyon. sa kasalukyan, lamang na lamang pa rin ang mga kailangang gawin sa mga natapos na. 2 days? hyper mode siguro. kung iisipin, parang ang konti ng nagawa ko kanina. dapat ma-budget ang oras bukas.

kaninang pagdating ng bahay, dalawang pack ng skyflakes na may cheeze whiz, tapos tulog sa sala. ginising lang para mag-rosaryo. buti napilit akong gumising. kung yun na nga lang, hindi ko pa magawa, paano pa kaya ang iba? ang pagdadasal at pananampalataya, hindi talaga masukat kung gaano kadali at kahirap.

ha! naalala ko bigla si harris at ang malate (dahil din siguro sa group message thread ni adrian sa facebook.) “manalig!”

sabi kanina, repent and believe in the gospel. (actually, hindi ko maalala kung yun nga yung sinabi kanina. pero yun yung natanim na sa puso at isip ko tuwing ash wednesday.) tama, dapat sundin ang biling iyon.

Tuesday, March 08, 2011

dvd writer problem

i was clueless and was guessing a bit. in the end, a clue from the net was right. yep, it feels good to be of help. last night, krys mentioned i was a lot of help when i think i really didn’t do much. tonight, i kinda helped out in fixing adette’s desktop pc. oddly (or at least i think it’s odd), the dvd writer was the problem. it caused ide (?) detection problems. oh well. as long as the pc’s working now.

as for my pc, well, my upcoming pc, i finalized the specs and order for it and gave my downpayment. i got the parts i want. yes! didn’t fall give in to attendant’s convincing. although he does know what he’s talking about. he’s good, well, compared to laptop store guys. that’s what i like about pc express. can’t wait. will get it on saturday.

cash outs. haha. cash ouch. another payment today, via paypal this time, revoltech 69 eva provisional unit-05. will pick it up on saturday, too.

now, there’re still pending stuff at work, SL1 and SL2. hahaha. gotta finish them within the week.

i felt kinda scared of what may happen soon. felt some thumping in my chest. but as i told my best, i just need to breathe deep and pray more.

ash wednesday tomorrow. lent starts. time for some cleaning.

Monday, March 07, 2011

keep that smile on

sabi ko sa isang kaibigan, ngumiti lang. masarap magpangiti. sana, mas marami pang mapangiti para mas maraming dahilan para ngumiti.

Sunday, March 06, 2011

live band

i’m hearing a drumset and electric and bass guitars being played nearby. i wish i had that home/studio already.

Saturday, March 05, 2011

antayan lang yan

kanina, pagpasok ko sa kumpisalan, tinanong ako ng pari kung nagsisimba ako dun sa Misang kasalukuyang nagaganap. sabi niya, pagkatapos na lang. ayun, pagkatapos, nakapangumpisal na rin.

disappointing, tinamad ako nung umaga at nagbagal pa, dapat 12:15 ako nagsimba. 4:40 na ako nakasimba at anticipated Mass na. pero ayun, nakapagsimba naman at naapangumpisal na rin. iyon ang mga na-achieve ko ngayong araw na ito.

dumaan na rin ako sa pc express noong pauwi para humingi ng quotation para sa pc. mahal. umabot ng 30,380. naghahanap ako ngayon ng mas murang parts sa site nila. sana mapababa ko pa.

kumain ako ng tacos pagdating at hindi na nakapagdinner kasi busog. pero pagkadasal at pagkatapos ng maalalaala mo kaya (na nahulaan kong “TV” ang pamagat ng episode ngayon dahil napanood ko sa pagkaka-stuck na naman sa sofa), kinain ko ang tirang pizza at bibingka. ang aral ng palabas kanina: pagpapakumbaba.

status ng mga kailangang tapusin: walang pang progress. pace up dapat. bukas, sunday, maraming kailangang ma-achieve. dapat masimulan ang lunes na mas maluwag ang pakiramdam.

Friday, March 04, 2011

loading summary

i missed going to first friday Mass today. i hope i can make it tomorrow for first saurday Mass. but it still feels good to visit, even just for a short time, Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament.

i’m missing out on responsibilities. i don’t feel like i’m doing better at home. there are reasons to be unsatisfied, but it should never mean that there is no more chance to right things. i keep asking and i feel like i’m getting those chances even as i ask.

request to self: take those chances.

i think i managed to make a decent loading criteria report template today. next steps: use it more.

Thursday, March 03, 2011

3 pages

tatlong kopya ang binigay kong sulat kalakip ng request for leave. kinabahan ang boss ko. hindi niya alam, panakot pa lang yung sakin.

mga nagawa ko ngayong araw, makapag-file ng leave, beam and column sections database, at makabili ng side cutters.

napagpasiyahan ko na rin na hindi ko na bibilhin ang lalabas na mg shelong, sandrock, at heavy arms. mas maganda kasi yung re-release ng wing gundam (sa kamay at action base adapter) at kung nagkataon, out of place yung ver. ka na meron na ako pati sa kulay. nakahanap ako ng dahilan para hindi gumastos ng karagdagang mahigit-kumulang 6.9k sa mga gundam.

nung isang gabi, binili ko sa ebay yung eva provisional unit-05. medyo magulo lang. sana maayos ko. 140pesos din yung nadagdag dahil sa shipping e pwede ko namang pick-up na lang.

medyo bitin pa rin ang araw ko ngayon, pero may mga dapat ipagpasalamat. ituloy na lang na pagbutihin pa ang mga darating na araw. 1st friday bukas. may mga dapat gawin.

Wednesday, March 02, 2011

sickening

i think it was about 2 am when i noticed i wasn’t able to blog last night and it was the next day already.

i was absent today. i meant to do a lot of stuff (which i was actally to do yeasterday) but i ended up being worthless again. yep, it’s sickening.

where, o where is that spark to fire me up again? i need to get going.

these blogs are having that sad feel i won’t be wanting to read someday. i have to turn things around. when will that happen?