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…dont give up…

February 7, 2006

…this is what has happened this past few clock ticks (not to mention the past few brainwave movements)…

thank God!!!!

just when i had already given up…

I thought things are not going my way. just last night I had this feeling of giving up. I even thought of just leaving Cebu and going back home. [why cant I just go home? there are less opportunities for us IT people there, and most outsourcing/programming development company would go for experienced and established names in the IT industry(that's what I think)..] the feeling is really terrible, and to think that I failed everyone's expectations (especially my mom…). well, it was really terrible.

This morning after i had to prepare for my new set of job-hunting 'adventures', despite of the fact that I wanted to just sleep all day. I nearly cried thinking about how I had failed to continue my previous work.

Then miracles prove to exist. while we (me and a friend of mine) were on our way to Ayala Center Cebu, one of my prospective employers called asking me if I can start on Monday!!! it was really relieving!! Just when I had given up on everything and thought that i would have a harder time looking for a job, then miracles call you up to make a smile shine bright.

It really reminded me of giving verything up to the One above than just plain giving up. I am so thankful that He saw how weak I had become and cheered me up… this is one reason why I love Him up there… :D cheers!!!!

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…Wowowee???….

February 5, 2006

…this is what has happened this past few clock ticks (not to mention the past few brainwave movements)… i might add these are [serious] words from an observing individual…

If you havent heard the latest about the things that happened last Saturday, guess you better read
this first… if you do already know, then i guess this is where we start our sentiments and thoughts… First things first: why did people chose to jam-pack ULTRA instead of just sitting in the comfort of their homes to watch the show ‘Wowowee’???

I believe it isnt only because they are [they say] the best show in their timeslot, or it isnt only because of the popularity of the show among Filipino households.Though I know these two reasons exist, but these reasons arent the main reasons people [mainly housewives] are pulled off from the comfortable [and safe] homes to the hot streets of Metro Manila just waiting for this show to start.

I believe what really pulled these people to bet their hopes [and lives] on this show is their financial status in life. To simply put it - they are the poorest of the poor in the society, and the promise of the million-peso price [not to mention the house and lot and the car, as what I had heard] must have sparked the hopes and dreams of these people, and rather than do nothing but wait for luck to rain, they opted to battle all odds to get these prizes. Well, for a simple Filipino, doing this is just better than waiting on something good to pour down. I mean, to think that there still isnt enough jobs to erase at least half of the jobless Filipinos in the country, people would really take time to bet. The continuing lottery operations would be a good example for Filipinos’ betting habits. And in this case, they also chose to bet [almost] everything on this show. At least they did something to change their lives.

Things would have been better… but no one expected this. Really. Not even ABS-CBN or Willie Revillame thought things would go wrong. And even if other noontime shows zoomed up in ratings because of this incident and the show’s cancellation, they would be hypocrites not say prayers for the victims of the tragedy. Even if we investigate who should be blamed for this, the people whom they would point fingers at would just be the intermediate cause of the event. In the first place, why do these people bet their hopes on something and were eventually left lying breathless on the streets??

We cannot deny it. We are still on the quicksands of poverty, eaten alive by the consuming fires of the society’s financial instability. It hurts to know that there are those who tried to get out of it, but end up with their lives lost. I could even cry at the sight of a child who was trying to wake up his dead mother.

But I do know the president is doing her best to cope up with this certain timeless dilemma. Everyone [who believes her] can see that. Maybe it is about time for others to stop blaming her and start helping her. At least people dont have to be divided again, and incidents like this would have been contained, if not stopped.

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::IS:: ..creating the InstallShield DevStudio 9 manual..

February 2, 2006

this is what has happened this past few clock ticks (not to mention the past few brainwaves movements…)

finally i have finished the 'user manual' on how to create a Basic MSI installer project for our previous project. *sigh* sometimes thinking about it makes me feel bad about myself… why??? how would i know????

let me count the times when i had to stop for a while… :-? let me think… hmmm….
i cant count them hard enough…. very bad… well, at least i know i am still alive…

any way, let me sleep… i still need to resign tomorrow…. *sigh*

[if you have questions regarding InstallShield DevStudio9, just leave me a message. I'd be glad to help…]

 

 

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…out of work…


 what can i do now? hmm…

I had been laid off from my first software development company, just when I had been getting the itches on working with our project. Well, cant help it, management rules. Guess I will have to find another place where I can use my skills.

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