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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
New Year is the gateway between the years old and new. As the year 2008 wrings in, unequivocally, let us wring out the bad, negative, destructive, unproductive, selfish ways and habits that, for decades, have continuously pulled us down.
We are the master of our thought!
In complete control of what we feed our minds. Start the year right by saturating our minds with good, positive, constructive, selfless thoughts. Such persistent, consistently thought patterns – interfused with unshakable faith, heavily laced with dogged perseverance and hard work – surely will pave new paths, open new avenues, and endless possibilities…to better our lives and those our fellow life travelers in the year ahead.
A peaceful, super-abundant 2008 to all of us.!
Makasuyaon man may countdown dyan sa ibaba tapos ako yaon digdi sa taas ta kadakul trabaho.
okay sta. claus check nga natin whos been good and whos been a little bit bad... nandyan din ba ako?
that's lawrence wonderland! beautiful ano? its just that hes tired of waiting for me to arrived. our flight was delayed and landed on the other part of the bicol region.
sabi kasing sa naga city at hindi sa legaspi city ang kulit kasi! sino ba nag booked ng ticket ko? _________________________________________________________ ang cake, si kuya dante at ang mga bagahe! we only have 5 hours left before christmas at si kuya dante ay naipit sa pagkahabahabang traffic! _____________________________________________________________
sa wakas ...kahit na mali yong landing at delayed at naipit kami sa traffic pauwi. nakita ko na ang ricefield si ivan at si love.
I just can’t believe that this month and this year is getting over again. And while im on my way up this little gadget of mine blink up telling me if we could make it on time just for tonight. Hello, Big Brother! I just raced against your elevator and I am sorry to tell you that I make it this time.You know I am damn tired of this windows vista thing. How incredibly difficult, time-consuming and complicated everything around here is. They want a complete revolution… a PC makeover. The last couple of weeks have been pretty rough. Most of last week, our department was never been pretty busy before. But because they want to have their systems change and so our night routine change! I am about to transfer a trillion accounts from XP to Vista.How bloody expensive every little thing is… Don’t you think Big Brother needs to be overhauled too? It would be so nice I guess!
But I don’t wanna be affected. Ok we are changing it. We just need a little more time. Duh?... And we are on break at this moment. A forty-five minutes break. And the vista doesn’t affect me. And I am not afraid of Big Brother either. So, how are you doing right now and why do you wanna know 8 things I am obsessed with. So here we go:
1. TOYS AND CHRISTMAS – I treasure those toys papa gave me each Christmas. I wish he will give me that Transformers Ultimate Bumblebee on the tweny-fifth. And there’s no other day happier than Christmas. I get to see everybody and it’s a long holiday all expense free for me.
2. A GOOD BOOK – you must give me a really good book for me to stay home or else im out again.
3. LOVELY FLOWERS – it’s relaxing in the eye. And the smell so wow!
4. A BRAIN TWISTING GAME – It helps my mind focus.
5. McDonald FOODS – its my all time favorite.
6. CAR – who don’t want to have a car anywayz.
7. MY WORK – I love my work because I get to travel for free. And sometimes I hate it too when the seminar last for a week or two. I miss a lot of my family gatherings and when I get back things look odd.
8. SUNSET –for it means I am off to work and I am ready to take new problems and challenges and complications that spring up on the hour and how much I can do even when Im bone-tired and half-dead and there’s always a new tomorrow to sleep and a sunset to start!
My forty-five minutes is up now. I may not know or it may not really be possible for me to be there when you need me, but you could be sure that my prayers are there, urging heaven to assist you in your time of need. Don’t worry too much about your bad dreams. Its just a dream and it wont be happening ever.
There is one thing about trains…it does not matter where you are going, what matter is…deciding to get on the train…
How do you do? Since I am talking to you right now but I am not really with you, you have to say your answer to yourself. Take your time…one, two, three, four, five… then take a deep breath.
What was your answer? How did you feel? Was your answer represents the real you – your true state and not with the pseudo-intellectual-being in front of the mirror- who only happens to be concerned with the superficial meaning of life?
Most of us when faced with that “boggling” question, we would instantly reply with a stubborn “I’m fine, thank you”, whereas, the real deal is the opposite… what a hypocritical way of defending one’s happiness in life. There is no rapid cure for that disease and malady; it has to be taken one step at a time, like a slow moving bicycle perhaps? Or a small shaft amidst the stormy sea. Slow pace, but with a consistent and sore direction towards hope, that everything in your life will fall back into its own place, in its own time.
Sometimes, in the peak of our lives, while being dizzy over fussed schedules, meeting deadlines, drinking gallons of coffees to stretch our eyes wide, 10 minutes lunchtime, killer shoes, blisters gained while running with your heels on, trying to race against the old and creaky elevator to make it on time, and punching your head when your flash disks wouldn’t open when in front of a meeting, endless waste of bond papers because your printer is not on the right mood, there is one small voice within us, saying softly “things do happen, just take it slowly and believe.” This is indeed a fact. Being a part of the team opened my eyes into a lot of other perspectives. I have learned a lot of things which the academe usually forgets to impart.
One example would be: cramming is for school-giggling-girls. Correct. Before, I somehow managed to master the “art of cramming”, in every bit and aspect of it, left and right, side by side, up and down.
My motivation comes from the adrenalin rush I usually get whenever “deadline” is facing at me in a downright angle, and believe me, I love it… but, that was before because, back then my only concern is myself. My grades, and my performance (can you see, it is all on me), so, cramming does really work, I am not stepping on anyone.
However, inside the workplace, I learned, that whatever field you are in, whatever the position, still every one’s pace and action is being directed to a one common goal that the company has. So one cannot and should not be mess up with the flow. I have become aware of the outcome of irresponsibility, other lives would be wrecked and others would be in confusion, pain and distress.
So during those times, where is the small-big-word called “hope”.
I found out that “hope” does not dissolve into thin air like gas; it stays within even when you think that there is no room for a needle. Hope is as big as love. You just have to remember that everything does happen for a reason.
When your cards do not give out the combination of numbers you want in order to win a couple of pesos, then it means that somewhere out there, one person is trying to fix things for you, to lift you up and bring you much closer to happiness, preparing you for a better future, giving you an ample time to be ready, when your big break comes.
The decision to get on the train really depends on you and on oneself. It does not depend on anything else. Having the guts to finally stand your ground is one thing. Doing everything you can to strengthen your ground is another and believing in yourself that you can defend your ground is better.
It is like a storm, when you don’t have a pocket umbrella in your handbag, when it pours, you would be wet, but still, you would be able to feel the miracle of the rain. Whereas, being prepared most of the times, will only get you dry, leaving you with the mysterious and edgy feeling of “what does rain feels like on my skin?”
The decision does lie within us all. Hard times do exist, just be happy that it does happen, because it is another memory to share when you would be drinking coffee with a friend.
Hope and pain is inevitable. Life is incomparable.
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