Tinker Thoughts

my family, friends, pixel, champagne, lunch walks, ultimate, glory points, layout catches, my new camera — rojo, yoyo, pinky, wifi, wireless broadband, film, coffee, haikus, pan de americano, wii, my job, my diploma, hot shower, my new pad, my health, boots, wedges, rifts, knee support, zips, long and colorful socks, facebook, twitter, podcasts, ebay, amazon, credit cards, music, incubus, fionna apple, rhcp, bon jovi, air conditioning, sausage mcmuffin, cream cheese, sushi, spanish sardines, house, buffy, twilight, tru blood, discovery channel, timon and pumbaa, heroes, attack of the show, leche flan, my teachers and advisers, jack black, hell boy, colored pens, photo printer, notebooks, jollyhotdog breakfast meal, coffee buns

for the gadgets i’ve yet to acquire
for the places i’ve yet to visit
for the people i’ve yet to meet
for the experiences i’ve yet to enjoy and learn from

i am blessed.

first time i joined our company's photo contest, out of almost 50 entries, my photo was chosen 2nd :)

according to google ...

using my popular name
i am..

from Portland, Oregon
a graduate of fairfield methodist primary school, singapore
a web professional based in massachusetts
a member of legacy toastmasters club in taiwan
an employee of webex communications, inc.
is a supporter of rolling dog ranch animal sanctuary
is a member of the ooltimayt disc athlethes
joined the running for relief at salt lake city, utah
is an organizer of the fuego beach ultiamte
is in honor roll of class 58 in northwestern university
an actress married to a writer
won 2nd place in a computer science graduate competion


using my legal name
i...

co-authered a paper in the 6th philippine computing science congress
authored a presentation on java network simulator
authored a presentation on peer-based recovery for rmtp
is an alumni of llamas school
was invited in a ust college of science alumni homecoming
submitted a photo in the click the city summer snapshot contest
requested to join holgaga.blogspot.com
have a lomo.com account
have a facebook account
joined the rush to infinity run




yes i am bored.

i thought i'll be getting on to the dslr village. but not yet. i just found the perfect camera for me. since i switched to a point and shoot (canon sx100) from my old prosumer (s2IS), i thought i'll be shooting more. but somehow i got lazy taking quality, composed pics. its not as fun and as fulfilling as shooting with my S2 before.

and then when i just was planning to get a Nikon D60, i stumbled upon this cute fella. its not an slr, (although some might disagree) and its not a prosumer. its the first of its kind -- micro four thirds. I want Panasonic DMC-G1!!!

bottom line, slr-like sensor and image quality, relatively light weight, fast, interchangeable lenses, and what i like most about it, has a swivel live view. but beauty has its price. its even more expensive than a Nikon D60. well its only a month's worth of condo installment. haven't seen this is in the malls yet though. sa quiapo kaya? mura kaya sa singapore?

the last time i obsessed with a gadget, i was able to get it in a weeks time -- that was my laptop champagne. i wonder how long will it take me to hold this itch. bonus coming up in 3 months. friends going to the states in march. me and luca going to quiapo next week.

What you did to me made me
See myself something different
Though I try to talk sense to myself
But I just won't listen

Won't you go away
Turned yourself in
You're no good at confession
Before the image that you burned me in
Tries to teach you a lesson

What you did to me made me see myself somethin' awful
A voice once stentorian is now again meek and muffled
It took me such a long time to get back up the first time you did it
I spent all I had to get it back, and now it seems I've been outbidded

My peace and quiet was stolen from me
When I was looking with calm affection
You were searching out my imperfections

What wasted unconditional love
On somebody
Who doesn't believe in the stuff

You came upon me like a hypnic jerk
When I was just about settled
And when it counts you recoil
With a cryptic word and leave a love belittled

Oh what a cold and common old way to go
I was feeding on the need for you to know me
Devastated at the rate you fell below me

What wasted unconditional love
On somebody
Who doesn't believe in the stuff

--fiona apple

Youll never see the courage I know
Its colors richness wont appear within your view
Ill never glow - the way that you glow
Your presence dominates the judgements made on you

But as the scenery grows, I see in different lights
The shades and shadows undulate in my perception
My feelings swell and stretch; I see from greater heights
I understand what I am still too proud to mention - to you

Youll say you understand, but you dont understand
Youll say youd never give up seeing eye to eye
But never is a promise, and you cant afford to lie

Youll never touch - these things that I hold
The skin of my emotions lies beneath my own
Youll never feel the heat of this soul
My fever burns me deeper than Ive ever shown - to you

Youll say, dont fear your dreams, its easier than it seems
Youll say youd never let me fall from hopes so high
But never is a promise and you cant afford to lie

Youll never live the life that I live
Ill never live the life that wakes me in the night
Youll never hear the message I give
Youll say it looks as though I might give up this fight

But as the scenery grows, I see in different lights
The shades and shadows undulate in my perception
My feelings swell and stretch, I see from greater heights
I realize what I am now too smart to mention - to you

Youll say you understand, youll never understand
Ill say Ill never wake up knowing how or why
I dont know what to believe in, you dont know who I am
Youll say I need appeasing when I start to cry
But never is a promise and Ill never need a lie

-- fiona apple

... that's the color of my new laptop.. and its a vaio!  :) and i love it! i haven't touched my wii since i bought it a week ago.  :)  i can't explain it, but there seems to be some pleasure by just typing in it.  

Labels: gadgets

hoops, yoyo and piddles just got a new friend / travel companion today. meet gibby, the flying monkey. :) his previous keeper, jason transferred full custody to me:) thanks again son-son!

we just got back from hanging out at jason's place at serendra :) from an afternoon swim, we were treated to a somptuous adobo and chicken curry dinner. we also had a toda wii-limpics tournament. two teams were formed -- the wowowiis (ages 29 and above) and the wii-youngs ("laban-laban, ba-wii-bawiii!" -- yes they have a cheer :p) . guess which team im in?. :p anyways, my team got a beating from the wii play games but catched up on wii sports games. the score was tied until the last sports game -- golf. i didn't know who won the games, jb said they might have got tired playing golf because it was too long. : ) we were distracted because we were watching the video clips from finals yesterdays game.

i couldn't believe me eyes seeing j.lo and wendell playing boxing in wii. they were hillarious,, and still competitive of course. and jj on starwars game.. haha , lets say he was like kirk lazarus, he was in character all the time :) i've never seen darth vader so chatty.

i will really miss jason and hanging out in his condo. his stay here in the country was cut short. i think he will be back in texas in two weeks. :( btw, i thought he was too lazy to change the display picture in one of his picture frames. it was his girlfriend pala,, yes his girlfriend is a model. a very good reason to hurry back home.

p.s. it's asmo's birthday today. Hyvää syntymäpäivää asmo! :)

p.p.s. i just found out that gibby has a lot of lying friends. maybe this is a start of another amazon shopping spree. :p

Labels: toda

i can see now that we can't have a sectional sofa. and if i want to have a breakfast nook, i will have to settle for a smaller dinning table.

Labels: condo

a friend of mine asked me an obvious, almost stupid question...

it got me thinking..
why would he ask such question?
my answer is expected but i wanted to say more. but i can't.
i said yes of course...

so much, that i did what i did... i really wish i can say otherwise...