oh you really...graduated?

"Knowledge itself is power,” was written over 400 years ago by Francis Bacon, an English philosopher. I have been told this same statement since I was six years old, whether from a teacher, my parents, or a public service announcement on television. Knowledge certainly is power, and the more you know, the further in life you can go. But it simply is not this simple anymore. The knowledge of today needs to be backed up by a degree or two from a well-known and respected institution. Knowledge for knowledge’s sake is wonderful, but knowledge with a B.A., B.S., J.D., M.B.A., or Ph.D. behind it is more likely to pay the bills and obtain status.

Believe it or not, your academic success at college will greatly enhance your social life.

College is necessary today, the next task after high school. Most of my old friends went on to a four-year college or university. It was expected of us. During high school, I was asked where I would go to college and what I would study. I found myself repeating the same speech, but really questioning my words as they poured out. How was I supposed to know what I wanted to do with my life at the ripe old age of seventeen? Life was filled with days spent walking the halls, talking to friends, avoiding going back to boring classes. High school was like a four-year long foreplay for really experiencing life. I could not wait to finish high school, move out of my small town, and get on with it. College symbolized freedom and opportunity. I felt like I had the world on a string the day I graduated.

Then I went to college. Fear crept in. I was a freshman nobody with no friends and no idea as to what was going on. My first year whizzed by (Thank God), and upon returning home for summer, I realized how different I had become. I had turned into this complex being who found it difficult to relate to old friends, preferring to spend time with (brace yourself) my family. Those three months passed quickly, and I was soon moving back to school and into my very first apartment. I had the world by a string again. I was no longer a freshman; I now mocked these clueless creatures who traveled in packs to buy textbooks and to experience their first college house party, full of cheap beer and bright red cups. I began to figure out who I was, what I wanted out of life, who I wanted to become. And I realized that college was necessary for this; not necessarily for the education I was getting (albeit great and from an excellent university), but from everything else that I was experiencing. These four years (or five, as is my case) would become my ticket to life, to who I could become, to where I could go. I suddenly realized that I needed a college education to be taken seriously and given respect in society. Going to college provided me with the setting to meet people from all walks of life, travel to and study in far-away locales, learn about myself and the world, and ultimately, to cultivate my goals in life and figure out what is important to me.

and that too applies to my brother so last march 29, 2008 my brother graduated with the degree in bachelor of science in nursing at the ateneo de naga university- a premier jesuit school in the philippines.

imagine for four years dream mo lang na magka college ring tulad namin and now you actually have it na. how nice! for four years, eight semesters, three summer class more than million pesoses na gastos natapos din ang paghihirap ni law sa school.

congratulations lao and god bless you always! pa cheezeburger ka naman dyan :)

Kumusta Na!

hollallaa.. im back. so how’s everybody? hope everything is fine. my god i have been away for quite long. how many days ba? i can’t even count by my fingers na. let see… but i’ve been here last week but things just get busy and busier everyday. i have this company check-up and all so i need to detoxify first. (nagtangal ng latak!)

well i have been to that far far south mindanao! yes! i’ve been there and that’s the reason behind why i missing everything! but my stay was really awesome!. (i was just amazed of ellai “southern landscape” it was so beautiful kasi). so together with few trusted dearly friends I’ve been to cagayan de oro city, to davao city, to sindangan zamboanga del norte and ramon magsaysay zamboanga del sur. Nilibot ko no! actually I wasn’t there to have fun and all they have this project impact assessment thing so we went there to work for it. it just happened that we got the ticket half it cost for some secret reasons. (boyfriend ko kasi yong may-ari!) tadah!!! i went there first. straight to the airport I check in at 5:30 AM but my flight was scheduled at 8:40 (excited?) nope! inagahan ko talaga baka kasi may tumawag at pabalikin ako sa office. so armed with that plastic money called credit card we explore the south for different personal intention but most of the reasons were for their projects and also for my preparation of entering again to the graduate studies. (yes tatapusin ko na ang aking MIS! soon.) at sympre mag relax sa zamboanga? (hello?)but it was so awesome! at pinayagan naman ako ni mom! so take a look on the following shots!

hello cdo:)from the airport i don’t even know which way to go because i’ve never been there at nauna ko sa kanila sa CDO and i have my very first task to look for a hotel whatever it cost. people are so friendly they kept on smiling to you but the main and major problem is that they don’t speak tagalog that much so we couldn’t understand each other. thanks god there’s a very kind lady guard who look for a cab for me (sad to say i didn’t memorized her name but thank you so much for such favor i salute you for that!) i thought lingo is the worst problem of that day but to my dismay all hotels are fully booked all ready. thanks god mang jerry the cab driver is so patient that he waited for me and helped me look for another hotel. we’ve searched every hotel until he remember the one along Don A Velez street the VIP hotel. so we went there crossing our fingers na sana there’s a vacant room pa. and thanks god room 319 is available!


thank you so much mang jerry for helping me find room 319. its such an awesome hotel. by the way mang jerry’s taxi is an altis! in CDO lahat ng cab ay pabungahan. pabagohan at palinisan at pabilisan and take note so cheap ang bayad ikaw na lang ang bahalang magdagdag sa kanila. maybe they have this city ordinance with regards to the cab fare. i wont tell you how much pumunta ka din ng cdo ! (hahahha)

and then i explore the city of golden friendship. how? this way:


because i don’t know where to go and mang jerry is no where to find i decided to take another cab. nagpaikot-ikot lang kami. and then i felt boredom so i decided na bumaba ng cab at maglakad. i followed some students from xavier university. at marami akong napuntahan. first stop ko yong Gaisano main. so nakilala ko na din sa wakas si don stephen sy. tapos sa mga malls na nadon syempre. maliban sa cab mas masayang sumakay sa motorella. i hardly remember that motorcycle turned into a cab name i thought it was motorolla! five pesos lang ang bayad. famous sa CDO ang cogon market. mayron dong store ng first class levis jeans. galing pong thailand. so make sure na yong nabibili natin sa mall ay di galing ng cogon market. i bought several for my family at 500 pesos each and believe me it so original. (pano naman kasi gumastos ka kaya sa air fare ticket mo papunta at pabalik syempre yong bibilhin mong maong in 500 magiging twenty times ang price pag sa mindanao mo binili no!)

 

there really is nothing quite like rafting trip on Cagayan de Oro River. The stretch from Barangay Dansolihon to the city provides you with strikingly beautiful panoramic view of the river rocky walls, untouched vegetation and the sight of the resting haven of monkeys.

It has breathtaking rapids that provides the more adventurous with thrills and challenges of rapids intervals not less than 10 – 15 minutes of each other. Cagayan de Oro river has everything that makes for a memorable experience with awesome roar and power of water cascading over rocks and boulders.

HINDI PA TAPOS. ANTOK NA KO.

mayrong friday market night sa cdo. all roads leading to the city park are closed. yong papuntang xavier university. lahat ng roads don. north, east, west, south i forgot kasi yong names eh. dahil mayrong mga stalls and tables sa gitna ng kalsada. pumili ka ng food na gusto mong kainin dahil mura lang yong food. lahat makikita mo don. inasal na manok, nilagang manok, steamed na manok, pritong manok lahat ng pwedeng maging luto ng manok nandon. syempre available din ang mga seafoods but im not into that mamamatay ako dyan. while eating maaliw ka sa music ng live band na sobrang galing talaga o kaya naman watch ka ng movie sa big screen sa tapat ng plaza. at pag sawa kana mag ukay-ukay ka dahil madaming ukay-ukay don. o kaya naman hanap ka ng mga imported na batik at malong dami – dami din dun and they are accepting visa! problema yong tagalog dahil dyak maawatan man gid di tayo magkaintindihan. chavakano at visaya man eh.

i bring with me my notebook and guess what yong buong syodad ay wifi! isipin mo they are using 802.11n network. wow! (hey elay maybe lahat ng city sa Mindanao ay naka wifi) so i look for a more comfortable place. i decided to go back to the hotel and guess what mang jerry is there and he takes me back to the hotel. and my friends are there na waiting for me because we are going to have our dinner sa labas and the dawn after that we went to Davao na!.

and so mang jerry take us to davao city after 6 hours long drive i get to see nanz again. my bestfriend our bestfriend. and i am so happy because she’s doing really good. so i can’t just display here photos while i am in davao. so very confidential. sorry, sorry i cant tell you any single detail about her.

then late afternoon the day after that we go back to CDO again. at eight we travel around cdo. and we met there my friend’s thesis adviser. she teaches in xavier too. don sya nag hibernate dahil pasaway daw ang kayang boyfriend. for two and a half days we studied project impact assessment its process, methods and techniques the hows and the whys and the what and then the teacher brings us to the far far zamboanga and the rest ay history.

then we go back to CDO to get our things at habulin ang flight pabalik over staying na ako sa mindanao. pero nahabol ko naman yong flight ko pabalik. kaya lang daming clouds at yong captain sabi nya in 10 minutes lalanding na kaya lang i checked my watch hello tatlong 10 minutes na kaya di pa rin tayo bumababa niloloko mo ba ako halos dalawang oras na tayo sa taas ah nahihilo na ko saiyo. pero enjoy yong clouds sa tagal ko ng nagtravel that day ko lang na-experienced yong napakaraming sobrang daming clouds! at lumampas na naman yong 10 minutes at nasa taas pa din kami niloloko mo talaga ako captain marcelo! binaba mo nga kami kaya lang bakit dito pa sa napakalayo kailangan pa naming mag bus.

ok im tired dahil ang tagal namin sa taas dahil napakaraming clouds. tapos ang tagal mag landing ng airplane at ala una na hapon. sumakay pa ng bus papuntang terminal nagkahiwahiwalay ang mga bagahe ko at ang tagal ko silang nahanap. inabot pa ako siguro ng kalahating oras sa loob ng terminal buti na lang di pono yong elevator kaya madali ako nakalabas at thanks god tito papa is there!

we went to the mall and we took lunch. after that we went to the bookstore. but unfortunately out of stock si coraline. and so we decided to go to the main branch. and thanks god there are two copies left. so i take 1 and tito papa took the other so wala na naman out of stock na naman. and there’s this mrs. frisby and i feel in love with her story. so i get one. and then my cousin call me up asking for pasalubong. and so i get home by 7 o’clock. the rest is history.

i am going to cagayan de oro city

Known as the City of Golden Friendship, Cagayan de Oro beckons the warm heart and adventurous soul of every visitor. Amidst the natural wonders nature has endowed it, experience the taste of a remarkable pineapple city, serving a stirring blend of cosmopolitan culture and art. With the warmth of the people, the city welcomes you with smiles and open arms.

Cagayan de Oro... a place where the spirit lives... where memories and magic mingle... a place you'll find hard to leave and impossible to forget.


i am going there!

i am OB

i will not be around for the next 168 hours.
but before i disappear take a look at this: funny jokes i get while im surfing.

cyah:

bye!

How to Please Your I.T. Department

01. When you call us to have your computer moved, be sure to leave it buried under half a ton of postcards, baby pictures, stuffed animals, dried flowers, bowling trophies and children's art. We don't have a life, and we find it deeply moving to catch a fleeting glimpse of yours.

02. Don't write anything down. Ever. We can play back the error messages from here.

03. When an I.T. person says he's coming right over, go for coffee. That way you won't be there when we need your password. It's nothing for us to remember 700 screen saver passwords.

04. When you call the help desk, state what you want, not what's keeping you from getting it. We don't need to know that you can't get into your mail because your computer won't power on at all.

05. When I.T. support sends you an E-Mail with high importance, delete it at once. We're just testing.

06. When an I.T. person is eating lunch at his desk, walk right in and spill your guts right out. We exist only to serve.

07. Send urgent email all in uppercase. The mail server picks it up and flags it as a rush delivery.

08. When the photocopier doesn't work, call computer support. There's electronics in it.

09. When something's wrong with your home PC, dump it on an I.T. person's chair with no name, no phone number and no description of the problem. We love a puzzle.

10. When an I.T. person tells you that computer screens don't have cartridges in them, argue. We love a good argument.

11. When an I.T. person tells you that he'll be there shortly, reply in a scathing tone of voice: "And just how many weeks do you mean by shortly?" That motivates us.

12. When the printer won't print, re-send the job at least 20 times. Print jobs frequently get sucked into black holes.

13. When the printer still won't print after 20 tries, send the job to all 68 printers in the company. One of them is bound to work.

14. Don't learn the proper term for anything technical. We know exactly what you mean by "My thingy blew up".

15. Don't use on-line help. On-line help is for wimps.

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For Coffee Drinkers: You know you are addicted to coffee if ...

You grind your coffee beans in your mouth.
You sleep with your eyes open.
You have to watch videos in fast-forward.
The only time you're standing still is during an earthquake.
You can take a picture of yourself from ten feet away without using the timer.
You've worn out your third pair of tennis shoes this week.
Your eyes stay open when you sneeze.
You chew on other people's fingernails.
The nurse needs a scientific calculator to take your pulse.
You're so jittery that people use your hands to blend their margaritas.
You can type sixty words per minute with your feet.
You can jump-start your car without cables.
You don't sweat, you percolate.
You walk twenty miles on your treadmill before you realize it's not plugged in.
You forget to unwrap candy bars before eating them.
You've built a miniature city out of little plastic stirrers.
People get dizzy just watching you.
Instant coffee takes too long.
You channel surf faster without a remote.
You have a picture of your coffee mug on your coffee mug.
You can outlast the Energizer bunny.
You short out motion detectors.
You don't even wait for the water to boil anymore.
Your nervous twitch registers on the Richter scale.
You help your dog chase its tail.
You soak your dentures in coffee overnight.
Your first-aid kit contains two pints of coffee with an I.V. hookup.
You ski uphill.
You get a speeding ticket even when you're parked.
You answer the door before people knock.
You haven't blinked since the last lunar eclipse.

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Ask dada how:

Daddy, how was I born ? Ah, very well, one day you need to find out anyway! Mom and Dad got together in a chat room on MSN. Dad set up a date via e-mail with your Mom and we met at a cyber cafe. We snuck into a secluded room, and then your mother downloaded from your dad's memory stick. As soon as dad was ready for an upload, it was discovered that neither one of us had used a firewall. Since it was too late to hit the delete button, nine months later the blessed virus appeared. And that's the story.

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Bakit nga pala walang signal ang globe ngayon?

in the middle

If you're a "middle child," you might feel like you were born too late to get the special first-born treatment. For example, the first time a baby says "mama" is a big-time event in a parent's life. When they have a second baby, and he or she says "mama," the parents are just as proud, but it doesn't usually pack the same "wow." This might be why many middle and youngest children find fewer photos of them in the family photo albums, or at least fewer photos of them by themselves. Kids that come along later are sharing their parents' attention, while the first-born didn't have to share.

You might also feel like you were born too early to get the attention that the "baby" of the family gets. But there's a bright side! Did you know that middle children usually have it easier than their oldest or youngest siblings?

Here's why: Your family was probably super-nervous about everything your oldest sibling did, but by the time you came into the picture, they might have been more like, "She ate dirt again? Oh, well. It won't kill her."

Parents are often more easy-going and less demanding with second and third children. As a result, many middle children end up with a more relaxed attitude towards life than their older sibs.

Here are some personality traits that are common in middle children:
Roll with It: Middle children often handle disappointments better. Say you strike out in softball and lose the game. If you were a first-born, you might feel guilty all day, but if you're a middle child, you'll probably find yourself just laughing it off.

Great Negotiator: Middles can be great at seeing both sides of an issue. After all, they're in the perfect place for it!

Lots of Loyal Friends: Middles tend to make friends easily. Once they have them, they often work harder to keep them. They're usually good at keeping secrets, too.

Famous Folks in the Middle:

Jay Leno

Susan B. Anthony
Donald Trump

Barbara Walters

If you're a middle child, these feelings may be familiar:

"I'm tired of being left out of things."
"Nobody understands me!"
"Nobody ever listens to me!"
"I'm always in the shadow of my older sister/brother."
"My youngest brother/sister gets away with everything."

Sometimes middle children have to try a little harder to "be heard" or get noticed, so remember: if you feel like you're being treated unfairly or not getting the attention you need, talk to a parent about it. They might not even realize what's been going on.

Middle children are really special because the term "middle" can mean so many different things. For example, you could be the second of three kids, the third of four kids, the fifth of six kids, or a twin.

always no choice.

I have been away for four days, and I haven’t seen everybody. All big sister’s here are out. They’re on a date maybe.

Last January 1, we have a very urgent call from our big boss. Americans are like that. Sometimes they won’t care even if holidays aren’t over or you’re on a date. If they want you to work you will work even if you don’t want too.

No choice here. Alwayz.

Know what we did?
I tell you, you will never like it.
Our team never sleeps for forty eight hours and during those times what we did is …listening. Listen and listening.

And after that we move from another hotel and know what we did… we listen again.

To tell you honestly I don’t understand everything we’ve talked about. Half of it -- a three and quartz. It never goes in to my mind. My brain is not cooperating. I think it’s full. That it doesn’t want to accept any information until its gets a new way out. Maybe it still full of the holiday’s hangover.

I lost my disk. I don’t know where I put it. Maybe it slipped from my pockets. Or I put it somewhere. Good thing is I have a back-up on my phone. And I will try to understand one by one later. Everything is a rush. Without further noticed we are bound to midtown again on new years day.

And then today back here I got a memo and directing me to transfer from my old down to a new place up and requesting for an inventory of everything. And it is due not latter than Sunday and that is tomorrow. I wanna scream! Somebody in that office thinks we are robots. Okay we can work under pressure, 10 thousand feet above sea level or even if we don’t have sleep and food but god you wanted to kill our team. Inventory of everything? You mean the whole? Chips, bytes, wires, connectors, network, dbase, like that? Are you kidding? That is a very awful joke!

How I wish we are rich and I am not working but I have no choice I need to work. Imagine your life here. Surrounded by thousand of computers and electronic devices. The temperature, the place, everybody. And your boyfriend is off to Alberta tonight? And you haven’t seen him for quite long because you both need to work. And you have an inventory of everything for less than twenty four hours. You really are promising! Good thing is you are on a triple pay and you can have your coffee of any flavors for free.

Off to work! deep breathe…count…cross your fingers 1, 2, 3 goodluck!