My Gmail Story…

YM no está permitido aquí.

That was the first bad news people got when we first got in our office in Spain. Me? Not really. I have gmail! A lot of my “former” team mates at Soluziona created their gmail accounts when we were in Spain. They didn’t even know that you can text people in the Philippines using your gmail via chikka. I know a lot of the features of gmail because I am a fan of google. My ultimate dream is to be an employee of google!

Recently, one of the groups I am subscribed to have been debating which is better, yahoo! Mail or gmail. I think there should be no debate anymore. Gmail surely kicks the ass of yahoo! I’ll stop there. If I point out everything, I can’t finish my peanut butter-strawberry jam sandwich in 15minutes. I want to share some other things that I know about gmail that you MIGHT not know.

For example, you want to enter a forum and access a file. But you don’t want to sign up because you don’t want to get spammed in the future, what do you do? Well, you can dump everything to your yahoo account since it’s so crappy anyway but I have a better solution. Use your gmail. How? Let’s say you want to subscribe to forum_X@forum.com and your gmail account is yeah@gmail.com. You just add the “+” sign when you subscribe to the forum, then you can filter everything using the labels. So, your email would be yeah+forum_X@gmail.com. And yes, you will still receive your email even if it’s like that. See? Easy. No need to worry about having spam mails in your inbox. After you get what you want, you just mark emails sent to that email as Spam. (Come on, don’t be shy, try it!)

One last thing, if you’re tired of your usual email, for example yeahboo@gmail.com, you can still receive email if you make it yeah.boo@gmail.com. Haha! I should’ve posted this a long time ago, I could’ve helped some gmail users who are having problems with spam messages. Oh well, some of you may know this stuff already too so I could just be blabbing around here.
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Did you know that google is now a word?

Cooking Guide!

For those of you who has a Nintendo DS and at the same time loves to cook, this is the perfect ds rom for you: Cooking Guide: Can't decide what to eat?. It has a good list of recipes from around the globe with basic videos on mincing, julienning etc. I'll try to cook one this weekend. haha. Just google the game for more info. hahaha!
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If you can't cook, die mortal, die!!!

Spam! Spam!

First of all, I would like to apologize to my multiply buddies with email notifications regarding updates. Sorry. Scion even sent a private message.(Spammers!) Sorry.

I've always wanted to start blogging in multiply but I haven't really found that inner drive. Haha. Now that I'm about to change jobs, I figured I could start multiplying. Hehe.

The past months, work has kept me busy, sports and my ultimate addiction – THE NBA. I'm tired of Kobe bashing so I won't start one here. (Serves him right to not get his fourth championship and he doesn't deserve his Maurice Podoloff. Arrogant crap-hole) I can't wait for next season to start because there are a lot of good young teams. Portland, Toronto, Chicago(if they get Rose) and of course my team – The New Orleans Hornets! I sure hope I could watch a game court side someday.

I've also been doing a bit of sports lately. Basketball is on top of the list of course. I play with my officemates before work at the Meralco covered court. We are divided into two teams-Team Salpie and Team Aga. I will definitely miss these guys when I go to a different company. Being around them is like being back in high school. Literally. Haha.

Also, I am part of Poseidon's ultimate frisbee team. I learned how to play the game when we were still in Spain. Frisbee is similar to American football in some ways because you score when you reach your end zone. I got frisbee'd. I expected this addiction to the disc game to happen because I loved it the first time I played it. The unexpected sport that I think would get me really hooked in the future is badminton. I've always felt it's a sooooooo gay sport like volleyball. (no offense to anyone) After playing one competitive game, I liked it. So, I think if I play a few more games, I'll get hooked. I am already searching for badminton courts near UP and I've already checked the prices of a badminton racket. haha!

What else? Hmmm.. Yesterday, I had my first haircut in five months. It was also my first not-barbero-haircut which usually costs thirty bucks. And and and it was my first haircut with a happy-hairstylist since the last one scared me back when I was ten. haha. Elma waited while the stylist was cutting my hair. I got alarming news when the stylist pointed out something in my head. He was surprised that I was surprised. He asked me, “Kelan ka ba huling nagsalamin? O nagsuklay?” haha. I replied “Hindi po ako nagsusuklay eh. At hindi rin po ako tumitingin sa salamin” haha. Oh well. Maybe it's stress or something else. I just hope it's stress. Haha.

Oh and before I forget, I spend saturday mornings and sunday afternoons with elma, either at elma's or in the mall. It's the only time we actually have together. Usually, I crash at their place and create havoc in the form of a microphone and some lyrics in the TV screen. Hehe. Tama na. Nakakapagod.
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You know the answer already,why ask the question?

Quick Post!

WALA NA AKONG UNLIMITED UNLI! HUHUHU!

Kulang pa ng 8 days, 2 months sana akong naka-unli using just the one day unlimited.. Sana magkaglitch ulit. Kaya eto sinimulan ko na naman iyong same things na ginawa ko before ako nag-unli.. hehe! sana gumana ulit.. :D
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Matagal mang mawala... Babalik pa rin... Sana! Unli!!!

Almost A Month...

April 8 marks the date where I will celebrate a month of blessing from my network provider. (Ahem! Walang magsusumbong!) As you all know, our country is one of the top countries in the world that rely on short messages. (SMS) Among the promos network providers have is the unlimited texting. Back in college, I seldom sent text messages because most of the times I couldn't even afford to buy a prepaid card. Once in a while, I'll have a few bucks to spare and reload electronically then subscribe to the unlimited texting.

When I became employed, I stopped subscribing to the unlimited texting provided by my network. Then, I heard about another promo where you can spend x amount of messages for one day. I never subscribed to the unlimited texting until a week before the holy weeek. I wanted to try it out first, so I subscribed to the one day unlimited texting last march 8. Today is April 3 and I still have unlimited texting. Haha. Well, it has a few setbacks. Since march 8, I received 5 messages that are uber late. Huhu. Setbacks. Huhu.
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To be able to find joy in another's joy: That is the secret of happiness...

Beatlemania (Posting for the sake of posting...)

I'm not really an avid American Idol fan like my friend Rex is. Occasionally, he would say there's a rocker in the bunch who made it to the top 24. Last time that I watched “avidly”, Bo Bice was among the contestants. (I don't know what season this was) This season another breed of singers embark on the journey to be THE American Idol. Good thing there are no more wanna-be-rockers. Unfortunately though, there's still this black dude who thinks he's so cool. Crap.

Anyway, according to Rex, American Idol will catch the Beatlemania this week! (Finally!) I'm a bit surprised though because he said that all of the beatle songs may be chosen by each contestant. I've been a Beatle fan ever since I went to the Strawbery Fields with Penny Lane. (haha! Corny!) And since I don't have much to do, I'll try to predict the 12 songs which might be picked this Wednesday. (Lame. Lame. Lame.) Well, who am I kidding? Tsk.. These are the 12 songs I want themto sing. Haha

I Want To Hold Your Hand
Let It Be
The Fool On The Hill
A Hard Days Night
Obladi Oblada
Strawberry Fields
I'll Follow The Sun
Eleanor Rigby*
And I Love her
We Can Work It Out*
In My Life

Most people say, the top 12 is just a formality. David Archuleta will win. I remember everyone rooting for Sheryn Regis in the first season of Star in a Million. She won the judges' and the audiences' heart every week except on the week that mattered. Erik Santos gave the best performance in the Grand Finals, and he eventually won. I'm rooting for David Cook and Ramielle Malubay. And I won't be bitter if David Archuleta wn either as long as the black dude gets voted out after this week.

Edit: Songs labeled with (*) are new. I removed the two that were written by George Harrison because I found out yesterday that only the songs by Paul and John are available for the contestants.

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If you wantto be happy, be...

Leather Shoes, Slippers, Barefoot

Yeah: “Huhu. Monday pa tayo last nagkita. huhu.”
Boo: “Ehhh.. Wala eh, busy ka palagi. Huhu. Wala ka nang panahon sa akin. Huhu.”
Huhu: “Haay, ba't puro na lang kayo tawag ng tawag! Pwede naman kayong magkita ngayon!”

Finally, after 4 days na hindi nagkita, ayun sinundo ako ni elma sa office. (3 lang daw. Fine. O two nga lang daw. Tsk. Hirap pag katabi mo siya habang nagsusulat!) Paglapit ko sa kotse, tinanong ko ang nasa loob kung siya nga ba ang girlfriend ko. Haha. Siya naman daw. Tapos ayun, pagpasok sa loob... (Insert your own thoughts here kung ano ginawa namin sa loob.. Remember, 4 days kaming di nagkita. Ay, 2 days lang pala..) Nag-stay kami dun around 30minutes. Ehh, I was feeling a little confident sa driving skills ko. So sabi ko, ako mag-drive. Na-excite naman siya. I was still wearing leather shoes. The moment na umupo ako at pinakiramdaman ang silinyador, i smelled twouble. Di ko kasi mafeel na pinepress na ng paa ko ang mga pedals. Pero sabi ko sa sarili ko, what the heck, pwede na yan. Gusto ko talaga magdrive eh. After a few meters, ayun, obvious na sa aming dalawa na hindi ako dapat magtagal sa manibela. I was like a mad man on the wheel. Bumubulusok ang kotse dahil sobrang pressed ang gas. Ayun. End of leather shoes. End of driving. Nagpalit na kami.

During the ride to eastwood, ni-explain ko kay marie ang reason sa palpak na driving. I know I was a better driver than what she saw, kaya ayun. Then, she suggested mag-slippers ako. (Yung suot-suot niya...) Wanting to prove that I was a good driver, pumayag ako sa deal. Haha. Sa tapat ng some car dealer thingy, nagpalit na kami ulit. I was back on the driver's seat. Yeah! Ehhh kaso, since wala na akong excuse kung kangkong pa rin ang driving, takot naman ako magkamali. Ok naman. Maayos naman ang simula. Until... Kinailangan kong tumingin sa kanan.. Sus!!! Di ko inayos ang side mirror! Sus!!! Di ko inayos ang rear view mirror!!! Sus!!! Kahit nagbibisikleta mahahabol ako! Sus!!!

Pagdating sa overpass, habang pinupunasan ni elma ang tumatagaktak kung pawis. I asked her kung pwede akong kumanan, dahil di ko naman kita mga kotse dahil hindi nga ayos ang side mirror. Ang lupit ng sagot ni marie eh!

“Pwede naman. Pwede ka namang kumanan siyempre. Basta tingnan mo lang kung may kotse...”

Sus!!! Buti na lang di ako kumanan nung sinabi niya na pwede! Di ko nga nakikita eh! Pagdating sa may overpass papuntang katipunan, makikita mo na dun ang traffic. Sus! Ang hirap tantsahin nung kotse gamit ang slippers. So ayun, habang nasa likod ng isang dump truck (while marie says Oh! tuwing mapapalapit sa pwet ng truck) tinanggal ko ang slippers sa right foot. Eh umandar ang truck, di ko matanggal ang paa ko sa clutch dahil nasa gear 1 ako, kaya di ko rin matanggal ang slippers. Buti na lang pala umandar ang truck. Haha. Ang labo ko. Ayun, paglipat sa gear 2, barefoot driver na ako. Ay. Correction. Barefoot, sweaty driver na!

Tumigil kami sa may Jabe Katips. We decided na magpalit na before ako magpark. Baka mas lumala pa eh. All in all, it was my worst drivng experience. I'd bet it was her scariest passenger seat moment too. Ano kaya tumatakbo sa isip niya habang nagmamaneho ako? (Sus! Tumatawa ngayon sa tabi ko! Panget! Kiss mo ako.. Kiss mo ako.. Wag dyan. Kiss mo ako.)
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Baby you can drive my car. Yes I'm gonna be a star. And baby I love you. Beep, beep. Beep, beep. Yeah..

The Journeyman is Back!

I'm sort of back in blogging! (Haha! As if naman may nakamiss sa akin! Magpapalit ako ng layout eh. For the meantime, ito munang default sa blogger ang layout ko! Nag-hop ako sa ibang mga blogs while naka-leave, ehhh nainggit ako magbasa ng mga nakakatawang experiences ng iba, kaya eto balik blogging na ulit ako! Hmmmm... O basta, sana may mag-enjoy naman sa mga ipopost ko. hehe!

Hop! Hop! Hop!
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Minsan kelangan umiwas at mag-iba ng desisyon, kahit alam mong yun ang dapat at kailangan mo, para sa kapakanan ng iba..