happenings

first, my arm and butt are still aching. thanks to badminton. yes, i'm back in the sport after more than a year. gee! good thing my former colleagues planned to have a fun tournament next week. yesterday was a practice game in prep for the tourney. sad that i won't be able to play with my original partner, grace. hope she'll recover soon after her operation (no, she did not have a sex change). but, i'm glad to play with jennibeth. by the way, grace is a ka-paksyon, while jennibeth was a former teammate from my previous project.


i just wish that i would continue to play the sport. i missed the eyeballs that vannie, grace and i went to. people from pinoybadminton and timogtitans were really nice. i think the groups that we used to play with do not exist anymore. sad.


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on wednesday will be my mom's birthday. i am not keeping track of her age so don't ask me. anyway, i'm happy that she is another year older. i won't be here at home on her day but we've had a small party today. i bought a cake (black forest) and ice cream, and cooked pasta. my mom and i have always wanted that cake since new year of 1989 as part of our new year feast but it never did happen. i'm glad she's happy we had one now.

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my favorite nephew (well, he's my only nephew) is here today. he'll be turning 3 in may. can't believe that time went by so fast. i just wish that he'll be able to have a long conversation with us. well, he doesn't have anyone to talk to when he's home at his mom's place. he's just left there with his lola (who mans their store) so he spends a lot of time by himself in front of the tv. good thing they have cable. and it is quite interesting to know that cartoons and cable tv have helped him speak in english (but not enough for a long conversation). take note, he even has the twang.


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tomorrow's a holiday! nice! i haven't touched my laundry yet so i won't have anything to wear. i just didn't have the energy to wash my clothes as i am still nursing my sore muscles (or should i say fats!). i just hope that the sun would shine early tomorrow to dry my clothes in time before i leave for manila.

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i wish that my laptop for work will be issued asap. so many things have been lined up for me to do. i need to keep up.


speaking of keeping up, i still got a lot of things to be reoriented to for me to function fully at work. i should have taken the certification that i have always wanted to take, especially now that i'm on the field that i want to be in.


to add to the pressure i'm having, since i still don't have any projects to handle i have been asked to 1) prepare a business case to purchase additional licenses for the main application that my team is using and 2) master the other applications that we have and take ownership of any projects should they require the use of those. i'm just laughing myself out whenever i think of the responsibilities that i have. imagine, defending the purchase of hundred of thousands worth of software license (oh yes, hundred thousands worth... in US DOLLARS!!!) which i don't have any idea of its full use so far and mastering software that i haven't even seen (since the i don't have the installer for it and it requires a group of computers for it to work).


anyhow, i'm enjoying the job. why? i get to be a licensed hacker! oh yes! packet sniffing is one of my main tasks. haha! how cool is that!?!??!


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i've got a little more than 15 days before i get evicted from my apartment. any help in finding me a place to stay near cubao area will be highly appreciated.