2nd place! yey!

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

googlability

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.

drool

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.

Oh, well

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

never is a promise

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