Saturday, August 12, 2006

Fool of Mistakes

Here in our Team I'm the "number one" engineer.... Number one in escalated cases. It seems that I don't know how to solve and troubleshoot a problem. It seems that I'm still in a honeymoon period after my transfer from Tier 1 to Tier 2 (without salary increase!) Although cases here is more difficult compared to Tier 1 which even my eyes were closed I can still solved the cases but here, all my eyes were wide open and all the resources can be accessed and still I cannot solve the client's concern.... BUT..... today its an eye opener for me. "two" cases were being handled by our Level 2 engineer and do you know how did they were able to solved it????
They just found my stupid mistakes in handling the case. I admit that I need a lot of things to learn and I'm not ashamed of that. I am willing and bravely accept the fact that in terms of technical ability even on the new ones, I will be last on the list..... BUT I'm willing to take on that challenge whatever it takes to reach the TOP. Honestly speaking or should I say blogging, I'm not competing to anyone, I'm just competing with myself. And this was the formula I used in my highschool years where I was able to gain lots of pride to myself. Now I will regain my lost self-glory not for anything but for the self fullfillment and self respect that money can't buy. I just hope I can do those things with God's never ending love to me.............

BLACK EYED PEAS: Monkey Business Tour





Did you watched the ABS-CBN concert special of Black Eyed Peas (BEP) last Sunday (080606). It was awesome and really a night to party. Even at our WW II aged TV
set and a pre-historic antenna which at times seems there was a storm in the boob-tube, I just totally enjoy watching it. Aside from that it was still fresh because the concert happen last Thursday or Friday only (080406 or 080506) whatever. I wanted to be a part of that concert but unfortunately I had no bucks to shell-out. It was an astonishing “5Kiaw” and I’m not the son of Mr. Ayala or Lopez. I’m just a proud son of “PANELA” *wink* so its too big for me L Anyway, it was just an accidental touch on the remote control since we don’t have a “cable” (although I know how to tap aside from being an ECE I also worked in a stupid company somewhere in Pampanga where I was being treated as a slave eating rotten food) and when I saw the logo “Monkey Business Tour-Manila” I just said “Oooooooooooh noooooo!!! This is it! This is it!” Yeah!! It’s the concert of BEP. Music was great. Specially there was our Kababayan-Apl. Every song number was a hit everybody was dancing, singing and of course partying. When Apl’s turn to sing specially his two hits “tagalong” songs it brought the house down….” Lapit mga kaibigan at makinig kayo, ako’y may dala-dalang balita galing sa bayan ko. Nais kong ipamahagi ang mga kwento ang mga pangyayaring nagaganap sa lupang ipinangako….Listen closely Yo!…” It seems that it was the Big Dome’s Anthem. When the “Bebot” was sung by Apl he brought his beloved “Mom” on the stage and she danced together with the other BEP members. Aside from that Wil.I.am the band leader confess that he had a PINAY girlfriend for 8 years and several songs has been written about her. That’s why no wonder why he appreciates Apl brand of songs as well as personality aside from the fact that they were childhood friends. The addition of “Fergie” also adds an icing to the cake which added more flava to BEP music. Overall their performance was sooooo wonderful and every audience went home in party mood. Even though I wasn’t there I can really feel the electricity flowing my nerves…..

Friday, August 11, 2006

Ouch!!! My stupidity strucks again


Ouch!!! My stupidity strucks again… What do you expect to me? I’m not the son of Einstein; I’m just a common pips son living in an apartment with no permanent home…..Anyway, I just realize how big was the MegaMall. Langya na yan! To start my journey. I went there for a mission “Look for a nice Boxing Gloves at affordable price” for “1 hour”. I took a ride from a taxi and since nandito ako sa Eastwood it would be better na sa SM Pasig na lang ako pupunta at mas malapit pa. Kaya para ako ng mamang taxi.sabi ko “jan lang sa may SM sa C5” tapos nung malapit na kami nakita ko na “Under Construction”...!@#$!#@$ past 4pm
Na mag-gym pa ako ng 5pm. So sakay ulet ako ng taxi papuntang Mega Mall so syempre daan ng Ortigas OMG traffic usually from there it will only take me 5 minutes pero that time it took me 15 mins. Sayang less than one hour na lang akong maglilibot aside from that hindi ko pa alam kung saan dun ung eksakto kong pupuntahan :( Around 430pm nandun na ako sa gitna ng Mega Mall, I mean yung bldg B ata un... Whatever!!!! From there I started my journey and my mission and I have 30 mins to fulfill that. So from there I started to walk without knowing where I will go. After walking for 15 mins aba! aba! ata malaking aba!!!!
#$!@#$!# paikot-ikot lang ako sa iisang lugar yun at yun din napupuntahan ko. Gusto ko na nga sana maghubad kasi namamatanda na ata ako. Una kong nakita yung store na “Olympic Village” bwisit na store yan panay badminton
accessories lang as well as “shoe store” dapat hindi ganun pangalan ng store na un. Next nakita ko e “Toby’s” much better than the stupid Olympic Village daw??? Sad to say isang boxing gloves lang meron sila, TKO hmmmmm mahal na hindi pa maganda. So ano pa gagawin ko e di “finders-keepers” na naman, it is like looking for a needle is a grass and drama ko. 5 minutes to go before 5pm which is my target time na makabalik since mag-gym pa ako. Unfortunately wala pa rin akong nabibiling boxing gloves. That was the time I decided to look in the
“directory” and I saw “Chris Sports Center” which is in the LG (Lower Ground Floor). O sya baba ako sa LG, sakto pagbaba ko sa elevator nakita ko yung store. Pasok ako agad and the good thing was I saw the “Bulls” boxing gloves na hinahanap ako. SUCCESS!!…. Pero nung nagtanong na ako kung may size 10 or 12 sabi, “Sir, 8 na po yung pinaka last size, next week pa darating yung supply”. I wanted to cry and PUNCH that store….Pinahirapan pa ako wala naman pala…..

Anyway, kaya ko naman kinuwento kasi madalas kapag nagpupunta ako sa Mega may kasama ako. So hindi ko napapansin na nalilibot na pala namin yung mall. Syempre hindi ko napapansin kasi napapansin ko lang e yung kasama ko. Tapos wala pa akong time na dapat alalahanin. Di tulad nun kailangan ko na within an hour so that was the time I really, really, really realize na Mega Mall pala sya at kung nag-iisa ka lang better to look at SM West.