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Kneel before Zod.... 2008-01-02 19:21:00 Government service can be pretty weird. And the big shots in high places...well, sometimes they just go for broke and give the word weird a whole new meaning.Take this instance for example, which supposedly happened not so long ago.There is this story going around about the head honcho of a major government owned and controlled corporation (GOCC). Let's call this head honcho "Zod", after the lead villain in the movie Superman II.The officers and employees have requested the release of a rather fat Christmas bonus, computed as a multiple of their monthly salaries. The monthly salaries of these officers and employees are already huge as far as civil servants are concerned, so the bonus is really nothing to sneeze at.During an assembly of all the officers and employees of the said GOCC, Zod a
How To Save A Life 2008-01-02 01:45:00 Note:Turn off the background audio first at the bottom of the page before clicking the play button.How To Save A LifeThe FrayStep one you say we need to talkHe walks you say sit down it's just a talkHe smiles politely back at youYou stare politely right on throughSome sort of window to your rightAs he goes left and you stay rightBetween the lines of fear and blameYou begin to wonder why you cameWhere did I go wrong, I lost a friendSomewhere along in the bitternessAnd I would have stayed up with you all nightHad I known how to save a lifeLet him know that you know bestCause after all you do know bestTry to slip past his defenseWithout granting innocenceLay down a list of what is wrongThe things you've told him all alongAnd pray to God he hears youAnd pray to God he hears youWhere did I go w
Merry Christmas!!! 2007-12-24 20:18:00 Got this flash file from ICQ about five years ago, thought I'd share it with everyone. :-) MerryChristmas
!May all of you find peace, love, joy and God's blessings abundant this yuletide season. Merry Christmas
to all of you.
A closer look at the Nuvitron Electronic Fuel Economizer.... 2007-12-16 18:51:00 I received an early Christmas present a few days ago all the way from Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya in the form of the retail version of the Nuvitron Electronic
Fuel Economizer (NEFE, for brevity), courtesy of it's inventor, Mr. Perlito Cabauatan.The inventor shared some positive feedback regarding the device. Apparently a number of people who have installed the NEFE on their own automobiles attest to having improved power and acceleration in addition to getting better fuel economy.Here are some photos:Surprise, surprise! A package for me. :-) People at the office thought it was a fruitcake since it was about the same size and shape as one.The NEFE retail box.Unlike other gas saver products, (like the Khaos for example), the NEFE is advertised as effective for both gasoline and diesel fed engin Read more:closer
Credit where credit is due.... 2008-03-13 17:45:00 In the past I've posted a number of more or less scathing entries regarding e-Games' support (or lack thereof) for the the popular local MMORPG Ran Online. It's been several months, but I have to hand it to them. The service has indeed improved a lot. It's still nowhere the level of service I would like to expect from them, but compared to the dismal performance they have been showing not so long ago, the playing experience has definitely changed for the better.Gone but not missed is the dreaded connection error dialogue box.It's been months since I last encountered a user's account is being connected error message.The number of disconnections that I have experienced lately has dropped significantly."Server resets", that is, when everyone logged in is abruptly disconnected when the server Read more:credit
Commonwealth Ave. lot for sale.... 2008-03-12 21:32:00 Reposting this for whatever good may come out of it. :-)Anyone here interested in purchasing a plot of commercial land located along Commonwealth
Ave. in Quezon City? It's my father's property, and it has a lot area of 2,844 sqm., with a number of residential improvements. The frontage is a bit on the small side, at 14 m., but it directly faces Commonwealth Ave.The lot has been on the market for quite a while, but since the real estate market has been down for some time now...well you know how it is.Just in case you're interested, or know someone who is, please feel free to leave a comment or to email me at ronallandottk@yahoo.com. To cut the hassle, would prefer to deal with direct buyers only. Sometimes it can be quite hard dealing with a multitude of brokers and middlemen...you know how
Why Parents Drink 2008-03-15 21:10:00 A boss wondered why one of his most valued employees had not phoned in sick one day. Having an urgent problem with one of the main computers, he dialed the employee's home phone number and was greeted with a child's whisper. ' Hello ? ''Is your daddy home?' he asked.' Yes ,' whispered the small voice.May I talk with him?'The child whispered, 'No .'Surprised and wanting to talk with an adult, the boss asked, 'Is your Mommy there?'' Yes .''May I talk with her?'Again the small voice whispered, 'No .' Hoping there was somebody with whom he could leave a message, the boss asked, 'Is there anybody else there?'' Yes ,' whispered the child, ' a policeman '.Wondering what a cop would be doing at his employee's home, the boss asked, 'May I speak with the policeman?'' No, he's busy ', whispered the c Read more:Parents
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Head of the Household 2008-03-14 21:14:00 An excerpt...When everybody on earth was dead and waiting to enter Paradise, God appeared and said, "I want the men to make two lines. One line for the men who were true heads of their household, and the other line for the men who were dominated by their women. I want all the women to report to St. Peter."Soon, the women were gone, and there were two lines of men. The line of the men who were dominated by their wives was 100 miles long, and in the line of men who truly were heads of their household, there was only one man.God said, "You men should be ashamed of yourselves, I created you to be the head of your household! You have been disobedient and have not fulfilled your purpose! Of all of you, only one obeyed. Learn from him."God turned to the one man, "How did you manage to be the onl Read more:Household
Good and evil.... 2008-03-25 20:55:00 Ever since I was young, I was always taught that if you do good things, good things will happen to you. As the old adage goes, “As you sow so shall you reap”. For years I have tried my best to live by this philosophy, always trying to do the right thing and at the same time being wary of fate’s retribution should I stray for even a moment from the straight and proper, destiny’s payback, or what we often refer to as karma.It is ironic though, that despite my efforts to avoid doing the wrong thing, success, or at least my personal visions of it, has been somewhat elusive.Don’t get me wrong though, I have had a lot of blessings through the years for which I am grateful. I’m reasonably well-educated, I have what qualifies to most as a well paying job, I get to pay all of the bills
Signs of the times.... 2008-04-01 18:46:00 Iba't ibang makahulugang SIGNS:1. BAWAL OMEHI DITO. ANG MAHOLI BOG-BOG TSAKA MULTA P10002. DON'T PARKING3. WANTED BOY WAITRESS4. PONKAN: 5 PESOS PER EACH5. SWEAT CORN. MAY LUTO6. UKAY-UKAY. MORE ON THE 2ND FLOOR UPSTAIRS7. SORRY WE'RE CLOSE. LUNCH BRAKE8. NO URINATING OVER THE WALLS9. TOL BOX10. WE REFAIR ELECTRIC PAN11. BUY ONE, TAKE HOMEForwarded via SMS.
Globe offers time-based internet browsing.... 2008-04-23 21:04:00 Globe now offers its subscribers, both prepaid and postpaid, the option of choosing either per kilobyte charging (P0.15/KB) or time-based charging (P5/15 minutes) for its mobile internet services.This is good news to Globe subscribers looking for an affordable way to surf the net via their mobile phones.I'm a Globe subscriber, but I have a prepaid Smart mobile phone solely for the purpose of mobile web browsing. Smart offers mobile browsing via GPRS/3G at a rate of P10 per 30 minutes. Globe used to offer only per kilobyte charging at P0.15 per kilobyte, and if you're browsing one of those websites with lots of text, graphics or multimedia, billing charges can really add up.While time-based charging is long overdue for Globe, after reading the fine print, I think I'll be sticking with Smart Read more:Globe
Is sincerity truly dead? 2008-04-29 03:21:00 Much has been said about the search for truth.When I speak of truth, I’m not necessarily referring to some profound truth like the meaning of life, or some controversial truth in relation to politics or world events, like the truth behind the ZTE scandal (which we still don’t know) or the truth of whether there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq or not (apparently there weren’t any). I’m talking about truth in general. Or as they used to say in the old tongue, veritas.Is it just me or are there more...hmm...wait. ”Liar” is such an ugly word...I’ve always disliked the word “liar”, and its connotation of malicious dishonesty and deceit. Let’s instead use the term “insincere people”. Going back, is it me or are there more “insincere people” today than there Read more:truly
How to make a guild badge in Ran Online.... 2008-08-07 00:49:00 I keep getting asked on how to make guild badges in Ran Online
, so I decided to just make a post to so I don't have to keep repeating myself over and over again.First of all what's a guild badge anyway? What's it for? A guild badge is just a small icon displayed over your character's name which identifies which guild that character belongs to. To the right of the guild badge is your guild nickname
Jaded.... 2008-08-05 22:06:00 Hey. It's been a while since I last posted any entry. More than three months actually. All of a sudden I just lost interest. I've been blogging for almost four years now, and somehow lately it has been a bit difficult to sustain the enthusiasm for blogging that I've once had.Call it idea overload.Since my last update I have had dozens of ideas for new blog posts, fueled by the sheer number of even Read more:Jaded
Full text of Sarah Palin's speech.... 2008-09-04 07:11:00 Here is the full text of Alaska Governor and Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah
Palin's speech made during the Republican National Convention held earlier today in St. Paul, Minnesota.I have to say I was impressed. And I'm not even a Republican. Hell, I'm not even an American. John McCain is certainly lucky to have her as his running mate.All in all, while Sarah Palin's speech may not ne
Follow me on Twitter.... 2008-09-03 02:53:00 I just created a Twitter
account just to see what the fuss is all about...But so far I'm not following anyone else, nor is anyone following me.If you have a Twitter account, please feel free to follow me at (that is, if you're interested in following the life of what is perhaps the most boring person on the planet), or leave your Twitter address/e-mail address so I can follow you.Who knows, you m
The Teacup 2008-08-20 19:19:00 There was this couple who used to go to shop in the beautiful stores. This was their 25th Wedding Anniversary. They both liked antiques and pottery, especially teacups.One day in a fine shop, they saw this beautiful teacup. One said, "May I see that? I never have seen one quite so beautiful," and the lady handed it to him. As she handed it to him, suddenly the teacup spoke."You don`t understand," Read more:Teacup
Take the kid gloves off.... 2008-08-20 07:23:00 If you live here in the Philippines, and assuming you don't live under a rock somewhere, no doubt you've heard about the resurgence of violence down south, as the the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) wreaks havoc on various towns and villages, killing civilians, burning houses, destroying public property.The MILF is an armed group which has as its goal the secession of Muslim Mindanao, what th
My RAN Online characters.... 2008-09-07 23:33:00 nemesis922. Level 14x POW Swordsman. My first character. Nemesis means "an opponent which cannot be beaten or overcome". Nemesis in Greek mythology is also the goddess of retributive justice or vengeance. Favorite skills: Vacuum Slash and Tornado Slash.amicus922. Level 12x INT Swordsman. Amicus in Latin means "friend". Favorite skills: Tranquility, Lightning Strike and Crescent Slash.medicus922. L
Prayer for Bar examinees.... 2008-09-06 11:42:00 Lord God, the creator of all, and fount of all knowledge and wisdom, I implore you to guide me in my undertaking to become a lawyer.Open my mind to absorb, remember and live the principles of law and justice distilled in my readings and in the lectures I attend.I beseech you to illumine the thoughts of the bar reviewers so they could be your instruments in guiding me.Fill me with your grace, so I Read more:Prayer
My CABAL Online character.... 2008-10-04 18:55:00 patronus922. My CABAL Online character, a level 136 Force Shielder. Dual Transcender. Name is Latin for "guardian". Favorite skills: Shield Break, Shield Splinter, Blade of Judgement, Storm Crush. Just one of the diversions I turn to in my solitude.
Much ado about consultants…. 2008-10-03 19:02:00 A few days ago, a senior official of the government agency I work in summoned me to her office. There, I was told in not so many words that in view of our office’s poor performance when it comes to implementing information technology thrusts, she was planning to propose to top management the hiring of a Chief Information Officer (CIO), more than likely a consultant, to oversee IT development and
Thanks for the memory.... 2008-09-29 05:22:00 Just recently upgraded my laptop's memory to 2 GB. Somehow 1 GB doesn't seem to cut it anymore, and memory is cheaper than it ever was, so might as well. Hopefully, disk grinding should be significantly reduced. And if it still isn't fast enough? Maybe I should just spring for that new Intel Core 2 Duo laptop. :-)
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Message in a bottle.... 2008-09-28 05:05:00 Always check your softdrinks bottle
before drinking the contents, especially those using recycled glass bottles. You never know what else could be in there. In this recent example, you can clearly see an empty instant coffee sachet floating inside.
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Rig update.... 2008-10-31 03:37:00 A couple of weeks ago I upgraded my entire PC...well, at least most of it, after my video card failed.To be honest, I was quite happy with the performance of my old Athlon 64 rig, but after being faced with the prospect of a defective video card, it didn't seem right to invest in a new mid-range AGP video card, considering that PCI-Express is now the de facto video card interface, and AGP is on it
So why do I still bother? 2008-10-28 19:13:00 This blog is almost four years old.It's no longer as popular as it once was, as I haven't been updating as regularly as I used to.I don't really blog hop that much anymore either, so I haven't been getting many visits from my peers and contemporaries anymore.Yet I still write when I have the chance.There aren't as many people I can talk to as before, I sort of gave up slowly on some of my friends
What if life was just a dream and we only wake up when we die? 2008-10-28 01:43:00 I've often asked myself this question, though I could never really come up with a sensible answer.It's a good question to think about though, seemingly contradictory in its inanity and its poignancy, yet, try as I might, I could never seem to rationalize where this question came from, or where it leads to.We're all alive right now, here, in the present. If you follow a religion, any religion, chan
Electing a US President in Plain English 2008-10-27 05:42:00 For those of us outside the United States who have no idea how their elections work.Note:Turn off the background audio first at the bottom of the page before clicking the play button.
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