Turbulence

That's what my mind is experiencing right now. Two weeks before the dreaded board exam, TrendMicro handed me in a counter-offer that is so hard to turn down. A tender contract worth around PhP400,000 a year (or approximately PhP29,000 monthly) to match with HewlettPackard's PhP***** deal. Lord, help me make up my mind before the decision time a week from now.

May this recent "development" not affect my concentration towards the licensure test that will take place a couple of weeks from now.

And so be it...

Haay...

Finally, after 5 Ayala interviews and 2 Ortigas, I finally received a job offer from Ms. Mylene Aquino of HP SMPC Implementation Group earlier this evening. I will start working on April 16, right after the board exam.

A lot of thanks to everyone who helped me with my application and to those who prayed for my success.

I hope this commences a string of good luck for me. License, here I come. HP, here I come as well!!!

The Number 23... Nah, just "number".

300

I and my co-reviewees watched 300 last Sunday when Excel Review Center experienced power interruption and classes were cancelled. As I see it, the movie based on Frank Miller's graphic novel about the Battle of Thermopylae Pass has storyline more or less faithful to historical facts and the movie The 300 Spartans except of course in the aspect of portraying the Persians and the addition of mythical beings. It has a similar cinematography and editing to that of Apocalypto, Passion of the Christ and Gladiator. Its stunts resemble those in Troy, or better. The special effects, though most of the time are unbelievable, are comparable to the Lord of the Rings trilogy. The thrill of watching it matches the one I felt when I saw V for Vendetta for the first time. Overall, the movie is not just good but great as well and I sure will buy a copy of it when VCD/DVD versions are released.


13

Last Tuesday, my cousin Roma and her boyfriend Frederick migrated to the US for good. Our family accompanied her to the Centennial Terminal where they had their non-stop flight to Los Angeles's LAX. They are the second couple of home-friends I somehow lost in a matter of year. A pair of siblings, Israel and Almira, also left the country last September to pursue their studies and join their dad who is based in London for almost a decade. The farewells and goodbyes were tearful, all of them are part of a bigger barkada we have back home. We have a very tight extended family and parting indeed leaves us with sweet sorrow. We promised one another that someday, we will all be present in a clan reunion showcasing our individual successes and triumphs in life. On that very special day, we are all already BIG TIME people!


26

This number represents the number of days before the much anticipated April 2007 ECE Licensure Examination. All good souls out there, please pray for all the examinees.


X

I received a call from Globe last night regarding a scheduled exam I have to take tomorrow morning. The HR person sounded familiar on the phone. She told me that her name is REGH (pronounced as "rej"), which is also a familiar nickname to me. I sensed something I can't explain. A few moments after our conversation, my phone once again rang. Now, it was just a text message that read, "Musta? Regina 2. Rmbr? Bhay k b? Pd tau usap?" My intinct was right, the lady I was talking to a while ago was indeed my ex-girlfriend. What a moment!

Anyway, she's now married to a wealthy civil engineer from La Salle and they now have a baby girl named Rianne Carla.

Okay, that's it!

Suggest a title for this post.

This post will complete the first one-year cycle of my monthly archive. I started posting April last year, and so far, I have already created 103 articles, news features and/or simple stories - products of my idle moments whenever an internet connection is available.

Since Valentine's Day and until today, I was not able to update this blog because of the left-and-right job exams/interviews, review/refresher/coaching classes for the board exams and the limited computer usage for the past weeks. My personal computer at home crashed before my thesis defense last October so my only access to the information gateway is only through my cousin's PC and those in the DSP Laboratory. It's lucky for me that I'm still capable of producing at least three posts per month.

Anyway, many events transpired since February 14. Few of these events may not necessarily involve me. Some of these events include Winston's fruitful stint in Japan, CL's first day at HP, Danes's successful hosting, organizing and staging of at least two UP Fair nights, Tin's new Honda CRV, Elma's hidden agenda (lol!), May and Fil going gaga over "Music and Lyrics" (hehe), Yugs' blooming lovelife, Jeff's active job hunt, and many more...

But let's talk about my own experience, specifically my second childhood or puberty (pick one). Haha, what I mean is the fact that I am strangely into a situation comparable to the one experienced by high school students. There is this pretty chick in my review classes who I think is girlfriend-material. I assume that you know that my last serious relationship ended April last year so it's been almost a year that I never courted a girl. Let's just say that I'm a little bit rusty. And my confidence is at it's all-time low.

CL and Paul also have crush on this chick but they both gave way for my favor. Actually, I think that there is a so-called "unwritten rule" that each one of us (the meaning of us here is all reviewees from UP EEE) should have at least one crush among the limited number of girls from our section. So whenever one "prospect" walk pass through our gang, we tease her guy by calling out his name loudly a million times. I am not exempted to this kind of prank. It's really so HIGH SCHOOL-ish. Haha.

Nevertheless, this coming weekend, I promise myself to finally make a move. I am currently looking for my guts around the house in case I didn't notice that they detached accidentally from my being during my single-days. This is really so HIGH SCHOOL-ish. Haha.

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On more serious note, after being jobless for almost a month now, HP Ayala has offered me a SUPPORT job but I told them that my priority is IMPLEMENTATION or DEVELOPMENT. These two departments have yet to contact me since February 1. During this period, I received calls from Line Seiki, Safeway, Soluziona, and TrendMicro (again!) for exams and interviews but here I am, still unemployed... and... broke.

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I am currently addicted to the following TV programs: Heroes, Friday Night Lights, Fashion House, okay Grey's Anatomy (pa rin!) and Friends (old school the best! haha).

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I am glad that "The Departed" took the Best Picture award at the Oscars^® last Sunday; I have seen the movie and I agree that it is indeed the best motion picture of the year. | Roger Federer celebrated his 161st week as the world number one tennis player beating Jimmy Connors's record of 160 consecutive weeks at the top. | The Amazing Race All-Stars has just begun and the duo of Rob and Amber has already won two out two legs. | Election fever started last week; mudslinging still more prominent than the candidates' own platforms - ONLY IN THE PHILIPPINES. | Barangay Ginebra Kings are PBA Philippine Cup Champions once again - NEVER SAY DIE! | Dallas Mavericks are still on top of the NBA standings - GO MAVS!