A Quote from Ratatouille

If you focus on what you left behind, you will never be able to see what lies ahead.
- Gusteau

Blog Blackout

I won't be posting any job related entries here for a while.
If you want to know what's going on, you will have to ask me personally.

And so it begins...

Patching Holes

I visited my dentist today to have my teeth checked because I was having problems with one of the dental fillings (amalgam) I got when I was still a kid (90's).

The last time I was able to visit her was during 2004. Talk about effective time management... :P

She found a problem with the dental filling in my second molar which caused a decay. No wonder it's aching sometimes. She told me that if I came a little later, it's going to be painful... whew!

Aside from a broken filling, she also found a new decay in my third molar... :(

She did some cleaning and removed the old dental filling while I was watching through a small hand held mirror. I was surprise when I saw the new hole in my tooth. I think you could almost fit an eraser of a Mongol pencil in it... >.<>.<

Stressful Weekends

These past few weekends have been really stressful for me.
I've spent most of my time thinking about my plans in the future.

I've also been consulting some friends both local and overseas.
I never thought it was going to be this hard... >.< style="font-style: italic;">The glass is neither half-full nor half-empty.
It is constantly being filled.

Contemplate

con·tem·plate (kŏn'təm-plāt')

v., -plat·ed, -plat·ing, -plates. v.tr.

1. To look at attentively and thoughtfully.
2. To consider carefully and at length; meditate on or ponder: contemplated the problem from all sides; contemplated the mystery of God.
3. To have in mind as an intention or possibility: contemplate marriage; forced by the accident to contemplate retirement.

v.intr.

To ponder; meditate.

http://www.answers.com/topic/contemplate

Architect Glenn

A post dedicated to my best friend Glenn for passing the Architect Licensure Exam last June 2007. He also ranked 3rd out of the 467 who passed the exam. He's really great.

Here's the link for the news:
http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=architect_july_21_2007

Although we never really had the chance to maintain our friendship after high school, I still consider him a very important friend. I'm really hoping that we could still pick up were we had left off before.

Here's a picture of us from kindergarten.
If I remember correctly, this is the 1st picture of us together.

To my best friend...

Congratulations! Wishing for more success in your life.

Another Night in the Office

It's been a while since the last time I spent the night in the office. Something I never really expected when I came in this morning.

We had a very long meeting about our project plan for this development phase. It took us almost an hour for each productivity and quality target for every phase of the project.

It wasn't as boring as I thought it would be. In fact, I was able to pick up a couple of new things during the course of our lengthy discussions. Besides from having the opportunity to be part of a deeper estimation process, I came to understand and appreciate more the efforts made by my past project leaders during the planning process of our projects.

It's really not as easy as it may seem. Sitting in a conference room for a total of 7 hours trying to foresee any possible problems the project might encounter and prepare contingency plans for them is never a simple task.

It was past 11PM when the meeting ended, so I have no other choice but to spend the rest of the night in the office. I figured I could do something while nobody is around.

Looks like the perfect time to start updating a very important "document".