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Potato Crisps

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

Busy again. Saw this at Shopwise/Rustan’s for 50-something Pesos. Good shit.

Pringles clone

It’s a Pringles clone from China.

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Bookmarks for 2007.02.27

Tuesday, February 27th, 2007

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Today’s Account at DLS-C (2007.02.26)

Monday, February 26th, 2007

First off, it’s Ms. Diane’s birthday (or was it during the weekend?). The sushi was great!

This morning was the Miting de Avance for next year’s student council. I wasn’t planning on attending but I didn’t have anything else to do that time. There are two parties, LACAd (La Sallian Leaders something Academic Advancement) and MOVE (I forgot what it stood for).

LACAd came in prepared with matching green shirts. They distributed the outline of their presentation (including a list of their planned/proposed projects) and accompanied their speeches with slides. MOVE, on the other hand, didn’t look prepared at all. Their slogan seems to be “actions speak louder than words.”

LACAd is composed of soon-to-be ex-SC members and student organization leaders. MOVE has Lauren, Ken (played futbol with him) and the daughter of the owner of the nearby beauty salon. I sound biased right now but this is a reaction similar to the research on the two-second interview.

LACAd’s projects includes seminars for all enrolled students, a revamped sports programme (why is it that this always sound like the first priority?), two cork boards to be used as a feedback collection system, “university” break and a revision of the school’s shuttle service.

I like the seminars and the fact that they mentioned, “empowering the students.” During the forum, I asked if they have a contingency plan for the cork board (like vandalism). The answer was that they’ll impose rules. But vandals are breaking the rules already, more rules won’t prevent them from doing those. I also aired that a campus-wide break will not work –ever.

MOVE didn’t name specific projects that they planned but I got to take notes of some of their ideas. Two are worth mentioning here.

First is their monthly newsletter. In the forum, I told them that it’s a waste of resources. They could tap our official paper, The Catalyst, and Pluma, a Filipino class project. Their response was like The Catalyst releases only once a year (read: near-useless) so they’ll make their own publication. They also said that they can’t tap into Pluma because it’s an academic project. So what if it’s an academic project? They can leave all that work to those two publications.

Second is the “Racquet Club”, proposed by the satyromaniac candidate running for Sports Commissioner. It’s a bad idea too. From what I understood, it’s supposed to be a group for those that do not do well in sports. The sportsfest is supposed to take care of that. In fact, there’s a shortage of players. It’s just that majority, if not enough, of the population is not interested. You don’t need a special olympics.

Only one guy won my vote. I think his last name is Sevilla His name is Cedrick Viguilla. He said there are two kinds of people in the campus (this is not the binary joke). Those who are the wala lang type and the deep thinkers. He delivered it well. I wish that he ran for president instead. To be honest, the rest are only hard working, good communicators and probably smart. They fit perfectly for PR and all-around utusan.

I really don’t like the “I’ll be your servant” or “excellent service” speech. That’s already overused. I can still remember how my speech went when I ran for student rep.

I don’t have anything to say. But I only need fifty percent plus one of the population to win. That means I only need four of you to vote for me.

Forgot about BA week. More on it sometime later this week.

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Convo: “Milicent”

Sunday, February 25th, 2007

I had a long conversation with a friend that I should call Milicent. Milicent because she’s working overtime on a Sunday, where the name comes from “strong worker”.

I woke up with GAIM blinking with her profile’s picture as the icon for the window

(11:17:29 AM) Milicent: hi..
(11:17:31 AM) Me: overtime?
(11:17:38 AM) Milicent: yup..
(11:17:42 AM) Me: wow, sipag
(11:17:43 AM) Milicent: til 5pm
(11:17:51 AM) Me: with pay?
(11:17:59 AM) Milicent: yup..
(11:18:02 AM) Milicent: sana
(11:18:03 AM) Milicent: hehe
(11:18:14 AM) Me: palibre naman!

I do something and she goes out for lunch. Then we talk about work.

(12:09:24 PM) Milicent: its sunday dapat pahinga ka.. :)
(12:09:28 PM) Me: madali lang naman e
(12:09:36 PM) Me: weekends nga ko gumagawa ng maraming trabaho
(12:09:47 PM) Milicent: ganon…
(12:09:48 PM) Me: ewan ko kung bakit, masmadami lang ako natatapos
(12:09:49 PM) Me: hehe
(12:09:58 PM) Milicent: hehehe

I sorta get invited for a movie with 4 other girls. I declined anyway.

(02:30:23 PM) Milicent: kelan kita libre?
(02:30:29 PM) Me: kaw bahala
(02:35:38 PM) Me: libre mo ko lunch next week ha
(02:36:12 PM) Milicent: sure!!!!!
(02:36:23 PM) Me: yay!
(02:37:21 PM) Milicent: hehehe
(02:37:32 PM) Milicent: napanood mo na ba music and lyrics?
(02:37:36 PM) Me: hindi pa
(02:37:42 PM) Me: sino artists?
(02:37:54 PM) Milicent: drew barrymore..
(02:37:59 PM) Me: ah, hindi pa
(02:38:04 PM) Milicent: mushy.. baka ayaw mo..
(02:38:17 PM) Me: hehe.. pero ok lang daw sabi ng kaibigan kong babae
(02:38:26 PM) Me: pumayat na daw si drew barrymore
(02:38:37 PM) Milicent: oo nga….

(02:39:33 PM) Milicent: may extra tickets kami ngayon, yayain sana kita kaso puro girls naman kami eh…
(02:39:46 PM) Milicent: baka maasar ka lang
(02:39:57 PM) Me: haha.. wala na kong pera para makalabas ng bahay e
(02:40:00 PM) Me: next time na lang
(02:40:17 PM) Milicent: hehehe.. sobra nmn to..

A movie with 5 of the female human kind? There’s no reason to not go even if it’s an uber-cheesy movie! I get second thoughts but felt really lazy and declined again.

(02:41:09 PM) Me: san ba kayo manonood?
(02:41:18 PM) Milicent: megamall..
(02:41:24 PM) Me: anong time ulit?
(02:41:29 PM) Milicent: pinaka hate ko na mall..
(02:41:40 PM) Me: oo nga, nakakainis dun, ang sikip
(02:41:44 PM) Milicent: 5pm out ako agad..
(02:41:48 PM) Me: ah
(02:41:52 PM) Milicent: correct.. paikot ikot pa..
(02:41:59 PM) Milicent: pero 5 girls kami…
(02:42:04 PM) Me: next time na lang. puro walang gasolina yung kotse e

We talk about love life for more than 30 minutes. Then from chocolates, we talk about burgers and fitness.

(03:26:59 PM) Me: haha.. chaka cheeseburger
(03:27:05 PM) Milicent: sobrang parehas kami…
(03:27:29 PM) Milicent: hehe try nyo kumain tender bob sarap burger don..
(03:27:34 PM) Milicent: hehehe..
(03:27:37 PM) Me: grilled?
(03:27:44 PM) Milicent: yup..
(03:27:50 PM) Me: favorite ko sa brother burgers
(03:28:05 PM) Me: kaso iwas na ko sa burger. tumataba na ko e
(03:28:14 PM) Milicent: ha?
(03:28:20 PM) Milicent: hindi ka nmn mataba ah….
(03:28:29 PM) Milicent: sige burger treat ko sayo!!
(03:28:34 PM) Me: hahaha
(03:28:36 PM) Milicent: hot shots..
(03:28:44 PM) Me: ayoko na nga e
(03:28:47 PM) Me: kfc na lang
(03:28:49 PM) Me: yung salad
(03:28:51 PM) Milicent: or wham burger kaso sa gale pa un!!
(03:28:58 PM) Me: para di na tayo tatawid
(03:29:13 PM) Milicent: ang corny naman salad..
(03:29:20 PM) Me: ramdam ko na kasi yung paghina ng metabolism ko e
(03:29:22 PM) Milicent: ako nlang tatawid :)
(03:29:29 PM) Milicent: mag gym ka!..
(03:29:38 PM) Me: onga e, di na ko makapag-workout
(03:29:46 PM) Me: di ako nag-gygym, ang mahal e
(03:30:00 PM) Milicent: ako din eh afetr ko ma hospital tigil gym ko.. kaya tumataba nnmn ako
(03:30:13 PM) Milicent: sa mura lang..
(03:30:27 PM) Milicent: laguna ka pa kasi eh..
(03:30:39 PM) Me: meron malapit samin kaso parang sayang
(03:30:44 PM) Me: pwede naman ako tumakbo-takbo

I mention to her when I visited MS once and I get greeted with, “you’ve gained weight!”

Futbol comes into the scene then how I got started at work and I suddenly miss my crazy high school days.

(03:38:10 PM) Me: good girl ka nung high school no?
(03:38:10 PM) Me: haha
(03:38:13 PM) Me: honor student?
(03:38:15 PM) Milicent: oo!!
(03:38:23 PM) Milicent: which i regret!!!
(03:38:33 PM) Me: bat naman?
(03:38:55 PM) Milicent: kahit nung college good girl pa rin.. hindi man lang ako natutu uminom..
(03:39:14 PM) Milicent: wala lang naiisip ko sana nagloko ko eh..
(03:39:25 PM) Me: hehe
(03:39:34 PM) Me: e ngayon, umiinom ka na?
(03:40:51 PM) Milicent: nope!
(03:41:01 PM) Milicent: as in kahit konti hindi
(03:41:14 PM) Me: ah.. edi mabuti
(03:41:15 PM) Me: hehe
(03:41:23 PM) Milicent: corny eh..

We talk about wine and its benefits then I share my plans with destroying the country’s future by teaching. I complain about getting “po/opo” in conversations. Then out of nowhere, she goes on a mad fit!

(04:41:41 PM) Milicent: hay naiinis na ko sa ginagawa mo!!
(04:41:44 PM) Milicent: *ko
(04:41:51 PM) Milicent: sorry sorry
(04:41:57 PM) Milicent: *ko un
(04:42:02 PM) Me: hahaha
(04:42:07 PM) Me: grabe
(04:42:14 PM) Milicent: sorry
(04:42:19 PM) Milicent: mali ng type
(04:42:29 PM) Me: sige na nga, di na kita iistorbohin
(04:42:40 PM) Me: madali naman akong kausap e
(04:42:41 PM) Milicent: hindi hindi….
(04:42:44 PM) Me: hahaha
(04:42:47 PM) Milicent: hehehehe
(04:42:49 PM) Milicent: sorry talaga

That’s pretty much it. We talk about other stuff until 5. There are a bunch of other stuff that I did while chatting with her. I’ll write about those in a while (or tomorrow).

I don’t know why I’m doing this. It sure is better than writing an “about me” page though.

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Anak ng Tipaklong

Saturday, February 24th, 2007

I watched Children of Men today. I thought that it was going to be some lame science fiction movie. It turned out to be really great. The plot was ingenius and the script is marvelous! Oh, and the camera angles. The camera angles! Wow! This film is a perfect ten, a must-watch.

Okay, so the movie is set 20 years in the future (2027 if you don’t do math) in London. There was a global epidemic (pandemic?) that made everyone infertile. Then Theo, played by Clive Owen, helps in trasporting a pregnant woman that looks like a 14 year-old.

Click here to read the spoiler.

Links:

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Bookmarks for 2007.02.23

Friday, February 23rd, 2007

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LFMP: Little Fugly Monkey Puncher

Friday, February 23rd, 2007

I like to call this the Linux Fanboy Mod Project. Like I wrote before, I’m not going to upgrade my two year-old laptop until 9 months (at least). The lid is now full of battle scars and the paint on the part where the wrist rests is either fading or getting dirty (by libag). Even the AMD badges are starting to turn yellowish.

Right now, it looks like this.
Before (Now)

I want to repaint it. I’m not sure what color yet. I guess any color will do as long as it’s not cheesy. Or maybe I could just strip all the paint off and get that brushed steel look (just on the lid). I also want to put a[n] LED-backlit Tux on the lid like on the Apple notebooks.
After (Hopefully)

If there’s still space, I want to make use of my LPT and place a 20×4 LCD panel and display cool shit on the lid. Dennis offered to help. I’m thinking of having this done professionally though (is there such service?).

Any other ideas?

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The AirClick in Action

Wednesday, February 21st, 2007
The AirClick in Action
Originally uploaded by jp_loh.

[shower scene]
me: next song!

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Jamendo

Monday, February 19th, 2007

The good thing about my odd taste for instrumental and jazz music is that I’m less resistant to music from other cultures. I get to take time to check out indie bands and end up preaching how their sound is better than signed boybands.

I found this new site for indie artists during the last holiday break. I wanted to blog about this before, I just kept forgetting.

Jamendo is a new model for artists to promote, publish, and be paid for their music.

I haven’t encountered an artist that sells their stuff. Songs can be streamed in Ogg format or download them through BitTorrent in lossless format. The songs are protected under Creative Commons too.

Below is the full track entitled “As The Sun Rises” from “Jazzpassaj” by conFusion (French). I needed to brush up on my Flash skills so I made this player (matches the new banner too!).

Good music can always be found in the indie scene.

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Bookmarks for 2007.02.18

Sunday, February 18th, 2007

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