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Dear *insert name of a community-popular-software-house here*,

I heard how great you are from my previous Java-enthusiast boss. I've seen all posts regarding your company in the small mailing list which I, too, am a member, though obscure . And judging even from how your current over- ( Read more... )

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In putting up a business, think of "what can I do better than others?" rather than "what's something I can do easily?" Same applies to this profession.

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I was a bit surprised knowing my brother got employed in his new (and first) job on a contractual basis. Lately, I've also been hearing news about schools hiring contractual teachers to top up their work force for the incoming school year. Coming from the IT industry, I thought the " ( Read more... )

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• 1:00 am - Watches Heartbreak Kid with Fluffy. Didn't like it as much as other Ben Stiller flicks.
• 2:00 am - Probably emoing over something.
• 2:30 am - Done with emoing.
• 3:00 am - Sound asleep.
• 4:00 am - Still asleep.

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Re-echoing someone else's lament... why do I seem to blog more when I know I need to have energy for tomorrow's work? Well, anyway, I barely noticed how the week ended. We had a "corporate values workshop" last Saturday and it stole my precious weekend from me. But hey, it's alright ( Read more... )

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If it weren't for the conversation I heard from my officemate, I wouldn't know it's the start of the Year of the Rat at this moment. ;^^ Kung Hei Fat Choi, as always.
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It's not so obvious that I've been running out of time to spend for the web lately. Aside from going to and from the business district of Makati (where I found the new job), I was also tasked during the last days of my stay to act as installer/designer/troubleshooter/whatnot at the ( Read more... )

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I'm not sure today. I'm feeling really lethargic even when the parade and those early-morning wake up calls to withdraw rifles from the "armory" and prepare for battle... err... formation were already over.

But this day was really special because I attended my first inspection with ( Read more... )

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Between posting as duty, reading the OOAD book, snoozing and watching AFL on TV, I was caught in two separate conversations with senior people who have at least expressed their sentiments about our impending termination from the service. One is a Lt Colonel and the other is our own ( Read more... )

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Perhaps it was between six months to one year ago when I last made a duty report for our network operations center. When the new privates finished their training, they took over our duty at the center. We enjoyed a month or so of duty-free weekdays and weekends. But a soldier can never ( Read more... )