Grace's Mind-it-on-your-own

June 26, 2003

Well, arrived at work by 910am. Groupmates weren’t around by then. So I was left alone again. I am glad that I was able to get a ride with Elbert today, though Elbert was almost 30 minutes late for class; we left home by 715am, but then due to the heavy traffic, of which cause we don’t know, we still arrived late for school. Anyway, he didn’t say anything, and then kuya Gudo drove me to Enterprise Center. Once at work, I checked my mails and then read on those things that I have researched on yesterday. Really, I am sort of dazed from all those information I read.

Oh, I did write a letter for Marivic yesterday. Hope that she reads it. I did feel last night that I shouldn’t give it anymore, but then I still did, and Jo told me to do so.

Well, I am counting again. 1 day, 11 hours and 48 minutes to go before I go over to Daph’s place. 1212pm then. My groupmates haven’t arrived for work yet. By 1220pm, I met up with Jo and then handed over the Flash disk that she borrowed from me, and then that’s it. Jo also told me that if ever I did not bring packed lunch and my groupmates didn’t come for work, that I call them by 1130am, through Michelle’s cell phone. I went back up by 1240pm. My groupmates arrived more or less by 1pm something.

Of course, I gave Bic the letter that I wrote yesterday, and then I did ask her if it would be alright if I eat with them on Fridays, with me not bringing packed lunch anymore on that day. She said that the problem with eating together was just a shallow reason. She just hope that the initiative they get will be that on work na lang. Well, I did ask if they wanted to discuss it now. Well, they said that probably tomorrow. I did discuss with Bic about using Visual C++ and visual basic(which allows us to use the dll or dynamic link libraries made available by Microsoft), and then they asked if I have all that I researched, if I have a copy, and I told them that I did keep them in file on the computer’s desktop. I also told them I don’t know what to really do and decide on, therefore things are inconclusive. I just want to discuss it together, on how we are going to do and divide the work. Well, I think this is me trying to take the initiative, but then they thought that they should give me until Monday, well, I told them if they wanted to. But anyway, they told me that tomorrow, we can talk about the project tomorrow. Okay with me then. I asked them if they were going to use the PC, and when they said they wouldn’t, I took the liberty of typing all of this down before I forget about it. It is now 236pm. I have almost 3 hours more to go before 540pm, by which I will leave the office for the day since it would already be 8 hours by then. Yesterday’s extra 30 minutes, I will add on tomorrow, so I am thinking of leaving work earlier on Friday in preparation for meeting up with Daphne on Saturday. :)

Oh, I did text mama and papa about me being the office already, as I always do when I get to the office every morning everyday, but today, I added a message that I sent to my mom, asking her if it will be okay if I can stay until the afternoon on Daph’s place on June 28, Saturday, that kuya gudo just fetch me in the afternoon. Mama did reply, and told me that it was okay, and that I could stay probably up until 4pm in the afternoon, and that Kuya Gudo can fetch me from Daph’s place. I then texted Daph about this, told her that mama said that I could stay up until 4pm, and I asked if it was okay with her. Daph replied, “Sure! :)” and so, everything is set. :)

Oh, my groupmates are still reading the magazines that they brought with them today so that they could spend the day themselves. Might as well make myself useful and just do more research, since that is the only thing I can do for now. I mean I have typing this journal entry and yesterday’s evening entry for almost two hours, better spend the next three hours doing something else. :)

Well, it is now 441pm. My groupmates left earlier, probably by 420pm something, since there is nothing more to do for the day. As we have talked about earlier, we didn’t discuss the FTP project thing that we were going to talk about until tomorrow. And then Sir Ogie, before he went out, told them that he will be asking them to do a lot tomorrow. Hmmm…. Looks like if this is true, then we can only start talking about our programming project on Monday. I think we should start with it, or else we might not finish it. They did tell me that they will be going already, Farid was the one who told me today. Anyway, for the whole afternoon, I just browsed the net for more “codes/source codes”. I really want it that we discuss it; I always did want to but then I was too stubborn to even ask, and they were doing something else for some of the office staff. Anyway, I will stay until it is 530pm or 520pm. Oh, you guys should check out www.pdf995.com . you can download that pdfmaker which is 4.3 MB big but then it is cool, and for free, with no expiration date. :) The other two that can be downloaded is also free. Just check the site. :)

I have uploaded it to my briefcase.yahoo.com. Oh well. :)

521pm. Blogger has a new layout. But then I cannot post and publish my blogs. Wah!!!
Well, I will leave work already.

After leaving work by 530pm and on my way to the MRT station, i was then being called by Liz and Kat while on our way to exit Glorietta 1. So, i ended up having Liz for company during the MRT ride up until North Avenue. Once i was home, i saw that the new pc for the house was already bought, and of course i fussed over it. Who wouldn't? :) 40 GB HDD, Pentium IV 2.something gigahertz, has a dvd rom, cd writer, floppy driver, four usb ports, of course new monitor, serial mouse, new speakers, windows xp home edition os, has lan port as well as for rj-11.

Well, after that, by 8pm, i left my dad to deliver some cherries to family friends. First stop was at Letre Rd, at Malabon. Aunt rufina and uncle Dalmacio weren't home, so we just left the cherries with the household help; we arrived at their place by aobut 847pm. There was this heavy traffic at EDSA, on the way to Monumento, at the area near where cars can turn right to go to Baguio(North expressway?). Anyway, after dropping the cherries off at Aunt Rufina's, we went to bring two boxes of cherries to Aunt Haydee. She had jsut gotten out of the hospital last week, i think. she had her kidney removed the other year, this year, a malignant tumor had to be taken out. and she needs to go for radiation treatments that the doctor thinks she can only get available serivces at New York or Singapore. She gotten much thinner. I hope she gets better. Well, we arrived at their place by 9pm i guess, and we left by almost 1047pm. we enjoy chatting with them. :)

Once home of course, i have to tinker with the new pc again, and had to download stuff and to make sure that there are dial up connections for my brother and sister to use, and then my sister asked me to download the programs that she uses in the old computer at home. Oh well, i am the only one who likes going online and doing a lot of surfing. Even if my sister does check her mail everyday, as i also do if i am in the office, i am still more of a power user with the internet. :) Oh well, guess she knows that, saying that i am an addict and such. anyway, if i am not so, then she would have to sit so long in front of the computer waiting for the downloads to finish and not do much. :)

Anyway, i just can't wait. i will be going to Daph's place, and it is just a day a way. It is right now 1:02 am, which means i have almost 23 hours to go. I am not counting June 28 anymore, because once the clock strikes 12:00 mn, it is already June 28. I am so excited. :)

June 24, 2003 Tuesday

Last night, dreamt of sort of going out and then stopping over Ad’s house. Hmm…. It was sort of a condominium or something. Well, I did leave an idea but then since I was leaving with haste, I forgot to get it and when I remembered, I went back but can’t get in so I had to devise a way to get in, sort of be the janitress or something. Hehe :) Weird. The dream just went on and on. I can’t remember the exact details anymore.

3 days and 13 hours and 31 minutes to go before the start of June 28, 2003. :) I can’t wait to visit my best friend. :) I always look forward to our meetings or “bonding sessions” as she once called it. :) I usually go over her place and we would just go to her room and talk to each other for the duration that I will be there. Of course, we do get to talk once in a while, but of course, since with both our busy schedules and she is usually not home on weekends, we don’t get to talk that much and meet that much. But then I am glad that we are still close to each other despite all, and that we don’t lose touch to each other. We can still talk about anything under the sun when we do get to talk and to meet each other. And she can just make me smile and feel happy, excited, but not too much of the heart pounding and such. I just feel peaceful around her, calm. She is one of the best persons to be with. :) If my presence to other people can help them calm down, then Daph is the one person who can help me calm down. I show her who I am, and I am not hiding anything from her. :)

I am still sleepy, as always. I slept by 12 midnight last night. When I got home, I ate dinner, finished up on the translation, spent some time uploading that translation file into the platform that Tzu Chi has set up, and then downloading the new MSN Messenger 6.0 for almost an hour. :) When I was done with that, I watched Lizzie McGuire, and I ended up watching other shows, oh and X-men evolution up until midnight. Hehe :) Once on the bed, I was asleep. :)

I was supposed to wake up by 7am, but of course, I waited until it was 730am before I did wake up. I got to work by 910am. :) I will leave the office by 525pm, and I did bring something else to do aside from the programming thing here. :) I will be transferring the letter for Daphne again to stationery and also going to write an entry into Jo’s gift. :) I might end up writing another letter for Daph again, if I feel an urge to write again. :)

Do I sound boring? Hope I am not. :) Anyway, I plan on experimenting more on the program that we need to do (or must I say I need to do since my group mates are not showing much initiative). Oh, by the way, my group mates haven’t arrived yet. They would probably come to the office in the afternoon. Oh well, I don’t know about them. It may sometimes be unfair to me, but then I don’t want to be like them. I just don’t know why, but I don’t really like them, but since there is nothing else that I can do, I must live with it, and I do need to be in a group or else I wouldn’t be allowed to take up the IT-RESM to ITTHES1 and ITTHES2. I need them as well, though I don’t like them at all. But I guess we are not at war, we are just not like each other, therefore we are civil to each other but that’s it.

Just a while ago, 1130am, Sir Alvin told me that it seems that I am almost done with the program that he asked me to do. I told him the truth, that I am not at all close to finishing it yet. He then said that it is okay, that I still have time until September; I sort of said something that I can do it on my own pace, and he just didn’t say anything at all anymore and just went on his way. Sir Alvin is a nice person; I guess I am just “afraid” of him because I am doing a program that he asked us, well he told me, to do. I am afraid that I might not meet his expectation and I don’t deliver. But I know I must. How else will I get by and live in the real world? Right? :)

I have just finished checking my e-mail accounts again, the time of which is 1245pm now, and my group mates are still not in for work. Does that mean that I will be alone today? Hmm…. Highly unlikely because they always come in late, but then, who knows? Oh well…

I can’t figure out what’s wrong with the program. It is just almost all pseudocodes. No real codes yet, but then whenever it compiles, it says that it cannot open the header file. What’s wrong?

149pm. Still wondering why it can’t compile when I have already added the snippet
#include and the output would be that “cannot find file….”

Sir Alvin would come over whenever I am browsing through html files of the documentation. But then, I still don’t get answers. I am using the laptop right now so that I won’t go over to the PC with which I can instantly connect to the net. And anyway, by 330pm, I decided that I will stop what I am doing and relax my mind from this since if I can’t find an answer today, maybe tomorrow. Though today’s errors can still be tomorrow’s errors, and the days after tomorrow’s errors.

221pm. I guess it is a matter of the header files presence in the INCLUDE folder of the Visual C. It was able to locate and open the header file then. But then, errors are now the program itself. Hmmm… Another big problem.

240pm. It is definitely inside the code. Here is the error messages:
c:\documents and settings\administrator\desktop\ftp_asr\ffce.h(6) : error C2061: syntax error : identifier 'ffce'
c:\documents and settings\administrator\desktop\ftp_asr\ffce.h(6) : error C2059: syntax error : ';'
c:\documents and settings\administrator\desktop\ftp_asr\ffce.h(7) : error C2449: found '{' at file scope (missing function header?)
c:\documents and settings\administrator\desktop\ftp_asr\ffce.h(39) : error C2059: syntax error : '}'

But then if you look at the code of ffce.h, it is just a class definition. Hmm… I haven’t used VC++ for object-oriented programming, so this is why things seem to be weirder and weirder for me.

Well, another thing is that it is now 243pm and group mates haven’t arrive, so that means they will be absent today. Oh well… By 3pm I will start writing letter for Daph and Jo. I don’t know what else to do, and I did ask them to borrow a book from the library. Without the book, it would be harder to understand all these programming stuff.

348pm. From 3pm up to now, I just wrote an entry for Jo. I will be writing Daph’s letters next. :) Gotta go to the CR again. It is too cold here in the office. :)

438pm. Just finished with the first letter for Daph. Starting with the next one. :)

I left by 530pm. Once home, watched tv, ate dinner, watch tv until about 1030pm. I just went on to finish Jason and the Argonauts at Hallmark Channel. After that, I went to look at the map to study the places that I would be going to: at Laong Laan and Corinthian Gardens, both of which are far from where I live, but then what can I do when I want to give a lot to my best friend. :) After seeing the places I have to go to, I went straight to sleep.

Posted by: Grace / 6/24/2003 06:42:00 PM

Sorry, here are my journal entries for June 11 up to the present:::

June 11, 2003 Wednesday

Well, i nearly woke up late today. Luckily God helped me out and made me wake up by 657am. I had my cellphone's alarm set for 650am, but i guess i hit the snooze button twice and therefore turning off the alarm. I am so lucky. :)

Arrived at work by 9am. :) Well, i did some more research work and reading on Visual C++. Just found out that we might be able to use Visual C++ and make a DLL(Dynamic Link Library) to make our program work, though we need to make it have a user interface because the user must be able to make administrative functions. Hmm... it is just an idea. Visual C++ has this MFC or Microsoft Foundation Classes. I saw a function CFtpConnection, making the program connect to the FTP using the INternet(?). I didn't get to finish reading it yet since my groupmates are to use the computer because the files the were working on yesterday(a powerpoint presentation for PLDT) were on the computer i was using earlier. So i stepped aside and let them use it. I, on the other hand, just took the laptop(much slower and with no internet connection), so that i could just read first the things that i have downloaded yesterday and also to try to enjoy myself with writing this journal. I mean, it is just 30 minutes away before 12 noon. I can relax while reading. I also tried finishing up the requirements for the Green and White Yearbook. i just need the print out of the softcopy of the pictures and i think i am already done. i must finish it today and submit it tomorrow. :) (Last day is June 13, but then there is no classes on June 13, in lieu to the June 12 Independence Day, which is a "working" day because of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.) Well, Arcy did call me a while ago and told me that i should also have left a copy of the pictures with her yesterday so that she could have scanned the pictures for me and edited them, and then have them printed at a nearby Kodak Center near school. But then, i had already planned out yesterday what i will be doing today, and we communicated to text/sms and no definite plans were made. So, anyway, i will still be on time if i do the photo printing today. :) Thanks Arcy, for your concern for me. :) I hope that we could get together again, just like this past Monday.:)

1135am, my groupmates already left. :) I guess i will surf the net for a while and then head on out for the photo place and then each lunch outside and then get it. :)

By 12nn, i also headed out for lunch. I asked Ate Remy not to prepare lunch for me anymore since mama said that i should not bring a lot of things because i am going to watch movies and eat out with some of my high school batchmates. Anyway, i went straight to the photo place first. I arrived there by 1215pm, i think. I had to pick which pictures were to be printed and such. I thought that i could get it after one and a half hour, but not today, because their machine broke down. But i asked the guy if i could get the prints by this afternoon; he said yes, by 4pm. Okay, now it is decided, i leave work by 530pm so that i could plenty of time to walk from work to Park Square 1 and then back to Greenbelt 3. My left knee has been hurting lately(it is the leg where it had gone through some broken bones and kneecap dislocation.). when i got out of the photo shop, i thought of where i should eat lunch. I mean, i planned on eating lunch, slowing down and such up until 130pm so that i could get the prints. But then, the prints can only be taken later this afternoon, so i thought if i went back to the office and eat at the Foodpark, it would also cost almost 100 something. So i decided to just eat at Kaya Express Korean Food, anyway, i already did decide about this yesterday. :) And And i would still be returning to work by 130pm even if i did eat at the foodpark since i do have to eat still. and i did count the hours that i would have left if i did come to work by 130pm and leave by 530pm. :) it would still be seven hours counted for today(it would be easier to have it in whole number, in hours, instead of having to count the minutes and such. And i do know that i do have some buffer days for us to finish our OJT.).

Once inside Kaya, near Outback, i ordered a Beef Stew rice toppings with soup and drinks already for 99 pesos. (Of course, i ate alone.) when my order arrived, it did look like beef stew, it is more like "pork". but i don't know, i just ate, probably because i am really hungry by then. i just ate quietly. It was a bit spicy, but not quite. In a way, i did enjoy eating and did feel full after finishing the meal. I don't know, but i even gave a tip of 20 pesos. Now, what made me do that? :)

Anyway, after lunch, it was just 1pm. I thought of walking around at Glorietta but the thought of me possibly getting lost(with all the turns that you can get into), i just decided to go back to work. I did past through Landmark again, and i suddenly went into the place of OFFICE WAREHOUSE at the ground floor to see if there were any paper shredders(the office admin and accountant did ask me this morning if i knew of where they can buy paper shredders). After doing so, I went to look at the Samsung laptop bags, since I have been interested in one since I got my laptop. But then, I decided not to buy anything yet since my old laptop bag is still usable. That was then when I decided to go back to work, and I arrived just in time for 1:30pm.

Well, once back at the office, I started off by listing down my expenses for the day, as well as my time-in and time-out. Then I continued this journal entry, typing it. But then the following part is the continuation of this typed entry, of which I was forced to write down instead since I stopped using the laptop by 230pm because my groupmates also needed to use the laptop for encoding something for one of the people here, I think it was Sir Anthony and his calling card stack. (Anyway, I am just typing my journal entry; if not, I would just be reading about MFC or Microsoft Foundation Classes again.) I gave them the laptop to use since they did ask for it, meaning it is very much needed. I did tell Farids to help me out with the FTP project once I did understand it, and Farids gave a nod.

I can¡¦t wait for the clock to strike 530pm. I am looking forward to the get-together with my high school batchmates later. 2 hours and 45 minutes to go. I will just continue reading tomorrow, since I can¡¦t read the file without the computers that were assigned for us because my groupmates were using both laptop and PC. I just hope that I can start by next week Tuesday, you know, on programming the FTP thing. :) though it really seems easy, it is hard to implement, based on the things that I have read. Probably I don¡¦t feel very tense right now because Alvin, who gave us this FTP project last week June 5, is not in the office since this morning.

2:58pm
I think I am afraid to work alone on the programming thing of the FTP. I want someone to help me out, sort of to ¡§converse¡¨ with me on the ideas on the project. And I think I am afraid that what I am working on might not work. I know, I can do it, and must not depend on people always, and I must do it. But it seems since my groupmates are not showing any initiative or interest, I am also not showing any, well maybe, not as much initiative as well. It is like I don¡¦t want to be different, but the truth is I don¡¦t want to be like them. It is as if I am stooping down to their level, which I really shouldn¡¦t do. But then I guess I am afraid not to do so, because I already feel I am somewhat different from them, and in some ways I don¡¦t want to be like them. Right now, I just want to sleep and forget about everything. Yes, I know, I am and do want to escape but then I really look forward that tomorrow, June 12, will be the last working today of the week, and that from the 13th to the 16th, I would be at Isabela, away from the city, and will be back to work by next Tuesday, the 17th. I just keep on escaping but the fear and the problem just grows, and it is eating me up through anxiety.

330pm
One hour and 45 minutes to go. I need to leave by 515pm, instead of 530pm, since I had just been asked to buy an original Nokia 8310 battery for my mom and I still have to look for it at the Hub and to look for the Hub at Glorietta, then get the pictures, then go back to Glorietta and Greenbelt. Well, for today, we are doing more encoding.

June 12, 2003 Thursday

After leaving the office by 530pm, I went straight to buy battery for Nokia 8310 at the Hub, but then they said they were out of stock. So anyway, I decided to go get the pictures to be digitally printed. Guess what: the machine was still broken. I was mad and asked for a refund. Well, during lunch time yesterday, they did tell me that the machine was broken, but that they could still print the pictures, so I didn¡¦t mind at all. Well, they did give me a refund and I have to go around Glorietta looking for another photo shop that accepts digital printing. The other shops do accept digital printing but then it would take them a day or two(I still thought that the due date was to be on the 13th, and there was no news then yet on the extension date). Luckily, I found a shop near Glorietta Hub and they can do the printing in an hour. It was almost 6pm then. Anyway, I did tell my mom tat the Hub didn¡¦t have any stock of the battery, and she told me that I didn¡¦t need to buy anything anymore. But it was while I was looking for a photo shop that she was calling me, asking to still try to look for one. Anyway, I did try but when it was already 630pm, I stopped this and went to meet my friends at Greenbelt3 cinema. I was still wondering/thinking then whether I should not watch and just pick up the photo, or if I should buy a ticket, and still pick up the photos, and be back on time at Greenbelt movie house. Well, I called the photo place and they told me that I can pick the pictures up by 7pm. So I bought a movie ticket after asking the girl in charge how long after the movie started can I still get into the theater(20 minutes), left the place almost by 7pm, arrived at the Photo place by 705pm, picked up the photos, left by 710pm, and was back at the cinema by 720am. :) (the movie started 710pm.) My friend, Miriam, said that the movie had just started. Anyway, we watched ¡§It runs in the family¡¨. After that, we ate at Bubba Gump. Really stuffed. Anyway, we were able to leave Greenbelt by 11pm something. Louie drove me home. We did take some pictures while at Bubba Gump¡¦s, and they were planning of another going out next Friday, well it is more of a barbecue ad movie marathon. Well, anyway, I still need to ask my mom for permission, so let¡¦s just wait for next week. I was home by midnight, my dad opening the door for me. I went straight to my room to finish compiling the requirements for the yearbook subscription. I was done by 1am. Lying on my bed, I wasn¡¦t able to go instantly to sleep, more or less, for fear that I might not wake up on time for work.

Well, I did wake up on time. Got myself ready for the day. From this morning up to now, I still feel tired(Imagine I was running around from 530pm to 730pm yesterday and was up until 1am today.) anyway, once we drove Elbert to school, I also went to submit the yearbook requirements t the Green and White office. At the G&W office, the person who was there told me to just come back later; I told her that I can¡¦t because I have OJT. Well, this person doesn¡¦t really know how to do the issuing of job receipts for the picture taking, but she did try to issue one for me. Luckily, her friends, who knew what to do, came and did the necessary things for the scheduling of the pictorial and such. I was done by 815am. Once at work, I still felt drowsy. But I did try to ¡§research¡¨ more on Visual C++ at MSDN. More or less, it was me copying the text from the site to a WORD document; I didn¡¦t like the idea of going to the site always. It took me the whole morning. And then I checked my mail as I was uploading the files to my Yahoo Briefcase. I was also eating lunch by then, while checking my mails. I then told the Admin that I will be absent on June 16 since I will still be with Papa, Mama and Gennet at Isabela. After that, I went to Park Square to continue my search for an original Nokia 8310 battery. I was like walking around from 12 noon to 1pm. I was walking from one store to another, also at the same time asking about external cd-writers. When I have made a list of possible stores that I will buy from, I called my sister and asked from which I should buy. Well, I ended up buying one that¡¦s worth 1000 pesos with a 3-month warranty. The others sell below 1000, others were priced at 1300-1400, without and with warranty, respectively. After buying, I still walked around a little at Glorietta for a while. Well, after 105pm, I decided to walk leisurely back to the office.

During the morning, my groupmates didn¡¦t come to work. When I came back in the afternoon, they came. Well now, they are both using the PC and the laptop and I am officially not doing anything at all. Well, I will be leaving work by 515pm today. How I look forward to it, just 2 hours and 40 minutes away. A part of me just wants to get away from the office and from my groupmates. And somewhat from Sir Alvin as well, because I am not doing anything, though he is not checking much on my current progress. Surely it is because a part of me feels guilty and shameful since I wasn¡¦t able to do much, though I really did research a lot this morning and can¡¦t really do much right now. OH well.

Trying to keep awake. 242pm, 2 hours and 33 minutes.

247pm, 2 hours and 27 minutes. ¡V 3pm, 2 hours and 15 minutes, was just cutting shapes from paper. Bored. ¡V 305pm, 2 hours and 10 minutes.

Oh, and I forgot to mention that the yearbook requirements due date was moved to next Wednesday, June 18.

310pm, 2 hours and 5 minutes. ¡V 315pm, 2 hours. Oh, hurry up. ¡V 320pm, 1 hour 55 minutes ¡V 325pm, one our and 50 minutes. ¡V 330pm, one hour and 45 minutes ¡V 335 pm, one hour and 40 minutes ¡V 340 pm, one hour and 35 minutes ¡V 345pm one hour and 30 minutes ¡V 350pm, one hour and 25 minutes ¡V 355pm, one hour and 20 minutes ¡V 4pm, one hour and fifteen minutes. ¡V 405pm, one hour and 10 minutes. ¡V 410pm, one hour and 5 minutes ¡V 415pm, one hour ¡V 420pm, 55 minutes ¡V 425pm, 50 minutes ¡V 430pm, 45 minutes ¡V 435 pm, 40 minutes ¡V 440pm, 35 minutes ¡V 445pm, 30 minutes,450pm, 25 minutes ¡V 455pm, 20 minutes¡X5 pm, 15 minutes ¡V 505pm, 10 minutes ¡V 510pm, 5 minutes. ¡V 515pm, 0 minutes.

3:27 pm. One hour 48 minutes, I have finished writing the following times above but it is just 327pm.

332pm one hour and 33 minutes. I will just write a letter for Daphne. :) I decided that I will leave by 5pm, anyway, I came to work early today, 845am. 335pm, one hour and 25 minutes. :) 345pm, 1 hour and 15 minutes ¡V 405pm, 55 minutes. :) -- 415pm, 45 minutes. ¡V 420pm, 40 minutes, almost done with the letter. ¡V 425pm, 35 minutes, done with the letter! :) 430pm, 30 minutes :) Going to clean cellphone. :) 450pm, 10 minutes. :) :) :) :) :)

Left by 5pm from work, ate out with Achi and Kat and others at A touch of LA along Roces, and then went to Greenhills, drove around, stopped at Mcdo for sundae and went home after driving Kat and them home. (this was planned already during the June 11th).

June 13, 2003 Friday

We don¡¦t have work today. Instead of the June 12, 2003, being Independence Day, as holiday, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo move the no work to June 13, 2003. Anyway, because of this, I didn¡¦t wake up early this day. But I think I did also wake up somewhat early because I also went out to run errands. We were back by lunch. I prepared my things for the trip to Isabela, and was done by 3pm something. We just waited until my mom¡¦s friends, who are natives of Isabela, arrived to take us with them on their trip home. We left by 5pm. We then stopped over at a Bulacan Shell station for dinner. Then we resumed our trip up until 9pm, stopped for the last time where we can use the CR at Nueva Ecija. The trip continued from this point until we arrived at Isabela by 1am of June 14, 2003.

During the trip, I texted Daphne and such, telling her where I am going; I did call her but then her cellphone¡¦s battery was already low, so I just texted her. Also, I didn¡¦t sleep much, and I just tried enjoying the night sky outside. It did rain during the trip, but we were glad to be at our destination when we did arrive. Ryan Yu welcomed us to their placed, and we slept.

June 14, 2003 Saturday

I woke up by 6am, automatically, but then went back to sleep. I woke up again by 830am. :) Anyway, once I got myself prepared for the morning, I texted Daph, telling her that we have already arrived at Santiago, Isabela. She then asked me if it was nice there. I told her that there was the usual fields and stuff, but that the air is cleaner. :) I also asked her when I can visit her, and she told me that I can do so on TTHS mornings or we can have coffee sometime by 5pm during weekdays.

This day, we went to see my mom¡¦s elementary(?) and high school principal. But before that, we ate breakfast first, then watched ¡§The Parent Trap¡¨ starring Lindsay Lohan, Natasha Richardson, and Dennis Quiad. We only watched halfway because we had to leave for Cabatuan, where the school is, by 1040am.

We first stopped over at my mom¡¦s friend¡¦s, Aunt Le-Tin¡¦s, shop. After that, we started our trip for Cabatuan. Once there, we( my sister and I) went to look around the school. When my dad did find the principal, we went down as fast as we could(the school is just small). The principal(yes, he is still alive) said that my sister is an exact replica of my mom when my mom was younger, and that the way they walk are also the same. The principal said that I looked much more like my dad. Wahh¡K anyway, with that done, my mom handed over some gifts for the principal. (My mom and her siblings were poor back when they were younger, and they didn¡¦t have enough money to pay for tuition and miscellaneous expenses, but whenever they were to take tests, which required them to have already paid for school expenses, this principal always made sure that they were able to take the test, and just signed the papers, telling that they(my mom and her siblings) can take the test, and that my grandfather, at the mother side, can pay when he has the money.) After that, we left. But before going somewhere else, we went to look for where my mom once lived. But then, my mom couldn¡¦t find it anymore, though she said that it was just nearby; she is surmising that it is now the vacant lot which is just a block away from the school, I mean the lot nearest the corner of the street where the school is.

After that, we went to eat at a restaurant there called Jambalaya, which is said to be owned by a Fil-Chinese like us. :) We then stopped over at the Cauayan bakery which is owned by the family of a friend of ours who is now in Canada; his brother is now taking charge of the bakery. :)

So we went back to Santiago right after that, to help prepare food for that night¡¦s eating, I didn¡¦t what the occasion was, but then it was sort of because my mom was there, but then it could be the usual Saturday night out with the rest of the family. :) Well, I did my share of work by washing the dishes or whatever they have used and might need later on.

Sometime by 5pm, there was this cool breeze; it is so clean, cool, refreshing. :) That is how I would describe it, and we enjoyed it because it is something we can¡¦t really have anymore in Manila. :) While waiting, I then remembered my groupmates and the projet that we needed to work on. I was scared of the thought of those but then I reminded myself that I am here at Isabela because I want to get away from them, relax, and not think of them. So my sister and I continued watching The Parent Trap again.

We ate dinner sometime by 7pm. We were so full. :) Home-cooked food is definitely yummier. :) I ate a lot of the spaghetti Ahia Ryan prepared. :) My sister and I already had a serving, but then, my sister went ahead to get another plateful of spaghetti and we shared it. :) After that, we finished watching The Parent Trap. I guess they were just waiting for us to finish watching, because once the movie was over, they started the Karaoke. :)

And so, they karaoked all night. I was just the person who inputs the number of the songs. Anyway, I sneaked away by 950pm to relax for a while and write this down. By 12:05am, they were still singing. I couldn¡¦t take it anymore, so I went ahead to our room and slept.

June 15, 2003 Sunday

I woke up again by 6am, and went back to sleep by again; I woke up by 8am again. I took a bath, and then after which I prepared myself before I went out to eat breakfast. After breakfast, my sister and dad karaoked again before we left Ryan¡¦s house for the grotto, the first stop for the morning. (We have already packed up since we were to leave Isabela this evening, for Manila.)

Once at the grotto, we took pictures. There, at the top, where the grotto is located, you can see the land surrounding the place. It would be nice to have my own hilltop abode in the future. :) (Well, that is well into the future, if I do have the money to buy one such place.) After that, we went to fetch Aunt Le-tin and some other family members because we were going on our way to their side of town, Tumawini. A part of the trip was that we were going to cross the river: there were this boats that would take a few cars on their boats that they have connected together, and they would bring it to the other side, for a fee of 50 pesos. :)

We ate lunch there by 130pm. I really enjoyed the lechon(yum, yum¡K lean, and crispy, not too much fat), and the halo-halo with langka and kamote, crushed ice and evaporated milk. Yum! Simple yet delicious. :)

After lunch, there was another karaoke session. They did ask me to sing, and I did, singing just a few songs. After that, there was the last picture taking for the day. We left the place by 430pm. I didn¡¦t feel like 430pm, but then what can we do if time is really moving. :) We then stopped over at Kalaw Cave. (we thought that we were going straight to the bus station of Autobus, but then they took us for a detour to bring us to these caves for their beauty, but then that would mean that we would have to climb up the stair-like paths way up to the caves. We told them that we can¡¦t do anymore, and we now went on our way to the station. The bus station is in Tuguegarao. But we stopped over at a mall called Brixton first, bought some water and to stretch our legs. Then they brought us over to the bus station already by 7pm. They gave us a lot of food to eat, like the ensaymada(really big piece) and then there was the Indian mangoes and the malagkit na bibingka native to Isabela. Well, the bus left by 8pm.

The ride was okay. But it was cold and my neck did hurt whenever I would wake up from sleep. Although the bus did have leg rests, if I were to sit straight, my legs wouldn¡¦t even reach the leg rest, and while sleeping, I would always slide towards the leg rest but my back would hurt, so I have to sit properly again. Grrr..

But the truth is, I liked it much better in the province, it is more laid back. But then, we can never get away from reality, for how much we escape it, we will end up facing it again in one form or another, and sometimes it grows much bigger. Oh well.

June 16, 2003 Monday

The bus arrived at Munoz, our stop, by 545am. We took a jeep home, and was at home by 6am. Once home, I watched tv until I fell asleep. I didn¡¦t go to work; I have already and did ask permission that I will be absent this day. I ate lunch by 2pm. Mama, Elbert, Gennet and I talked on the specs of the computer to buy for home. Well, I went online for a while, until 7pm, well, it was nearly 2 hours. Then my sister watched Smallville up until 12mn. I didn¡¦t eat dinner anymore because I felt that I was still full from what we ate during the weekend. I missed Jo Yao¡¦s text message, asking me to call her by 10pm because my cellphone¡¦s battery was already empty, and I wasn¡¦t even minding my phne much. Grrr¡K.

June 17, 2003 Tuesday

Well, I woke up a little late. I missed my ride with Elbert to school. Anyway, I went to Makati with Di-ku; he drove me there since he had to see clients as well. We left by 9am, and I arrived at the office by 1020am. A part of me really wished that I didn¡¦t need to go to the office, but then what can I do¡K I have to finish this for the practicum.

1125am. I really want to be productive today, but they are using the computer and I can¡¦t find the laptop that is set aside for us to use. So I am starting with the translation for Tzu Chi. My mom got angry at me today because I watched Smallville last night using my laptop with Achi, and watched until late in the night.

222pm. 3 hours and 38 minutes to go. I am still not doing much. I can¡¦t do much reading/researching at the office because they are still using the computer and I can¡¦t still locate the laptop. I am still thinking of things that I can do so that I won¡¦t end up sleeping. 3 pm. 3 hours to go. Really sleepy. Trying to translate for Tzu Chi. 322pm. 2 hours and 38 minutes. 335pm, 2 hour and 25 minutes. 414pm, I hour and 46 minutes. I will leave by 550pm. They left by 440pm. I don¡¦t know where they will be going. Checked my email, read on FTP, replied to e-mail, and went out of the office by 550pm. :)

Once home, after buying the things that Gennet asked me to and taking the MRT home, I called Jo ¡V my talk was cut short because we were going to visit aunt Haydee at the hospital and I really wanted to go see her. But when we got to Chinese General Hospital, we found out that she had checked out earlier that day. Anyway, we went back home. I then helped Elbert out with some assignment; I was supposed to call Jo back but then when I was done helping Elbert, it was already 1015pm, and I told her that I will be calling her back if I am home before 10pm. Anyway, after that, I went to sleep.

June 18, 2003 Wednesday

Glad that I need not take the MRT this morning; Kuya Gudo drove me over to Makati because my dad asked him to run errands in the area.

12 nn. I have been researching more on FTP. Found out one can run scripts to automate FTP sessions. Hmm¡K I really need to borrow books from DLSU. I used the computer from 9-12nn, even when my groupmates arrived. They didn¡¦t ask me to go away; they just let me do what I am doing. I am really tired. I did decide that I will continue researching until noon and then they can use the computer the whole afternoon, of which time I will write my letter for Daph. I can understand what I am reading on about the scripts, therefore I really need to borrow a book to read. That is the only way. All those in the net are sort of too advanced for me already, and too quick for me.

256pm. Just finished writing letters for Daph¡¦s birthday. Last night, I called Jo, since I wasn¡¦t able to call her back when she texted on the 16th. Turns out, she just wanted to know how I was doing. She said that she texted both Arcy and I, but both of us didn¡¦t reply; she said she was wondering whether Arcy and I were together that night. :) She also asked when I will be having my yearbook pictorial; I told her that I scheduled mind on July 24; she said that I should have scheduled it on the same day as theirs since I have did see their schedule. I told her that we weren¡¦t able to talk about this, so without any plans, we weren¡¦t able to have the pictorial together. Our talk was cut short since we were going to see Aunt Haydee at Chinese General Hospital. Well, she has already checked out, and we got home back early. I was going to call Jo but then I helped Elbert out and it was already late when we finished. Oh well..

310pm. 2 hours and 50 minutes to go. 415pm, 1 hours and 30 minutes to go. Why? Because I plan to leave by 545pm. Nothing else to keep me busy anymore. I did draw some sort of plan of my ¡§ideal¡¨ farm home if ever I do get to buy something like that in the future. One hour and 20 minutes. 1 hour and 15 minutes. Looks like my groupmates are going to leave early again today. They don¡¦t have much to do, I don¡¦t have much to do, and they were gone by 432pm. I have the urge to leave earlier than 545pm. Maybe 530pm. Maybe now. I will try waiting until 5pm to see. The thought the computer was not working; well, I thought so too, until I turned(tried) the power on. Why do people here call me Ma¡¦m when they shouldn¡¦t? and why do I answer in reply to that? I am kinda ashamed about that. I will just surf for a while and leave by 530pm.

Once home, I ate dinner. Then the Karaoke thing that my parents ordered came. 845pm, I called Jo. We talked for a while, discussed about crushes, school, getting married, children and going out together(me, her and Arcy) to Glorietta. By 945pm, I needed to go because I was asked to help mama out on how to use the Karaoke thing. I told Jo that I will try calling her again tomorrow. :) But she really like the idea of us 3 going out together for shopping. :) Told her that I can¡¦t go out on the 28th since I will be seeing Daph that day, so that I could give my gift to Daph before her birthday on the 29th. :) I slept by 1:30am, having to keep my dad company while he karaoked on and on.

June 19, 2003 Thursday

I can¡¦t wait for the barbecue thing with HS friends. I will leave early tomorrow. Reminded Mama about this before I left for work. Got to work 20 minutes before 9am. As of now, 1125am, groupmates haven¡¦t arrived yet. I have been looking around the net still; still have no clear idea on how I will be implementing the program that sir Alvin asked us to do. I will rest for a while, since I am sleepy from sleeping late last night and waking up by 550am.

Decided to do the following, since by now, 1246pm, my groupmates haven¡¦t arrived yet. I sort of planned out how I will be spending my afternoon alone here if they don¡¦t come. I will be leaving by 5pm today, preparing myself by 455pm. :) I will work on the ¡§program¡¨ from now until 315pm, more or less, giving myself until 430-435pm to type down my blogs/journal leisurely and post it on the net. The remaining 25 minutes would then be divided into the following: 5 minutes for writing up last minute reminders and such, 5 minutes for shutting the computer off, 15 minutes for preparing myself to leave(washroom, fixing my things.). 1:36pm. Groupmates still haven¡¦t arrived. I guess I can say that I am really sure that they won¡¦t be coming in today, which brings into mind the following: will they be coming in tomorrow?

Groupmates arrived by 1:40pm. Guess I will be sharing the computer later, after all. Whew, at least I am not alone. Well, they might not share the computer. The laptop was left in the office, so they will be using that. I guess, I can use the computer here up until before I leave.

2:38pm, have typed the ¡§things¡¨ I wanted to do into asr_ftp.c. hope that I am doing the right thing. I don¡¦t want to be just too idle. I just have 37 minutes more to go before I can start typing my blog. :)

3:00pm I will now commence typing, though leisurely. I have been at the office, trying to research, so I deserve a ¡§little break¡¨. (Am I allowed to do this? But then, I can¡¦t focus on the program anymore since I can¡¦t think of anything else and have to look it up before I can get it done. I know I can do it now, but then, what can I do tomorrow? And I think I won¡¦t be able to find the answers today.

Though there is one time, when Sir Eric asked us what we were doing. They said that all they had to do was the encoding of the calling cards ¡V does that mean that they are going to leave the programming of the FtP thing to me, when in fact it was a group project assigned to us by Sir Alvin? It seems that way, but then I interjected and told Sir Eric that we also needed to do the FTP thing that Sir Alvin asked us to do, sort of in a way to let them hear that they need to help me out since this is a group project. I just don¡¦t know if they were able to hear and understand that.

Oh, and aside from the barbeque thing with my high school batchmates on June 20, Friday, my sister also texted me on the 17th, I guess, aside from the things that she wanted me to buy for her, that we will be watching The Hulk on Saturday, June 21, at 1110pm. Or it could have been on the 18th, yesterday, but the text message I remembered receiving from her yesterday was on having to keep my grandparents company since my aunt, who stays with them is out of town, and my cousin, who was supposed to look after them, needed to go out, so I am left to do the taking care of. Though I ended up not having to because my mom told my dad to tell my grandparents that they just call us if there is any problem since there is an intercom in their room that is connected to the intercom in my parent¡¦s room. ;)

Eating, birthday kasi ni sir Anthony yesterday. Eating pizza. And then, later this afternoon, after I get of work by 5pm, I will go straight to Makati Med to meet them at the Nuclear Medicine section. She will be with Aunt Rufina by then. Then we would be seeing a manhihilot, then we will eat out with Aunt Rufina.

At first, mama planned that Gennet fetch me, but then she thought that I would be staying in the office up until 6pm, and that Gennet go to fetch me at the North Avenue station by 7pm, which is the usual arrival time of mine if I leave the office by 6pm. Well, she texted me, telling me to just call Gennet when I am already at the North Avenue station since they are outside. I didn¡¦t quite get what she said, so I asked her if they would be coming to fetch me at the office or at the North Avenue Station, and I also told them that I will be leaving the office by 5pm since I have already completed by 8 hours for today since I was early this morning. After a few minutes, mama called up. She told me that there was no other car at home, so Achi can only fetch me at the North Avenue station by 7pm; so she told me, or asked me, if I can just extend my time to 6pm, so that it could be 9 hours for today. Well, I sort of didn¡¦t understand her and sort of confused of what she meant(I think she was also dazed because she there are things that she has to see to), but she sort of probably understood that I didn¡¦t want to stay any longer in the office when she asked me if I just wanted to go with them or just wait for Gennet, or just wait for them. I told them that I will just meet them at Makati Medical. The truth is, I don¡¦t want to stay any longer in the office for this day; it is already enough to be in the office for 8 hours in one day. She did tell me that they are now at Aunt Rufina¡¦s place in Malabon, and that they will be going to Makati Med after that, and then go see a manhihilot and then eat dinner. She did say that they will be leaving for Makati Med a little later, so I just told them that I will go straight to Makati Med to meet up with them instead of what she said that I just walk around nearby, if I were to wait for them to come by to fetch me if I decided not to go home by MRT today. :) Well, when she heard that I decided that I will just walk to Makati Med when I leave the office by 5pm(instead of walking around and wasting my time, well not really), she seemed glad that I would and can do so(well, it seemed that way from her voice, and she was sort of excited) and told me to meet them at the Nuclear Medicine section at the second floor, and she also told me of what will happen after the business there, that we would see this manhihilot and that we would be eating dinner outside with Aunt Rufina, and she was joking that I shouldn¡¦t eat; I exclaimed, ¡§How can I not eat when I am with you?¡¨ and she just laughed. With that agreed upon, we both hanged up. I am excited to leave the office, not just because I get to eat outside with them later, but because I really liked going with them when they go to the hospital. :) It is sort of me feeling that I am at least caring for them since I take time to be with them, to keep them company while they are at the hospital, waiting for the check-up or what else they need to do. :) They texted me by 3:33pm. It is now 4:08 pm. Just a few minutes more, well, more or less 20 something minutes, before I have to prepare myself to leave the office for the day. :)

Well, I did leave by 445pm. It took me 15 minutes to reach Makati Medical. When I was already at the 2nd floor, near the Nuclear Medicine department, they called and asked where I was. They told me to meet them at the entrance. Once in the car, we dropped off some old directory and bottles to my aunt Gloria¡¦s shop, then we went to see this manhihilot for Aunt Rufina. Then we went to eat at Century Park restaurant. Then we stopped by at Powerplant, then Fort Bonifacio, then we drove Aunt Rufina home to Letre Rd Malabon, then we went home. I watched some tv, then slept by 11pm something.

June 20, 2003 Friday

Can¡¦t wait for this afternoon. I will be leaving by 440pm, after which I will meet with HS friends for barbecue. :)

And then just this morning, Daph replied on my going to her place on June 28, and asked what time I will be going over. :) And then I made a schedule of mine for the coming and the next Saturday. I also told mama about this before I left for the office this morning, and mama agreed and gave me permission to go to Daph¡¦s place next Saturday. Yehey! I feel so happy going out this afternoon, then we will be watching movies tomorrow with Kat, Kerwin, Kevin, Me, Achi and Elbert, and then I am excited about June 28, meeting with Daph. I can¡¦t wait, and I am really happy that I can¡¦t help smiling. :)

And since I haven¡¦t been able to borrow any books from La Salle still, I don¡¦t have much to do except to ¡§formulate¡¨ or plan what functions I might be needing for the program. :) I will probably stop by school tomorrow, and go with Elbert if he will be going since mama did say something about Elbert having to go to DLSU tomorrow in the afternoon, therefore telling me to cancel my slimmers session as well because the driver might be needed to go drive around for aunt Rufina. But of course, I will be needing the driver in the afternoon, for the orthodontist appointment. :)

Today, and almost for the whole week, didn¡¦t commute during the mornings because almost everyday, I can join Elbert of somebody else on their way toschool or to makati. :) Just like today. :)

I did text to tell Ate Irene that I wouldn¡¦t be having my gym session with her tomorrow. She told me it was alright and that I just text her when I am able to go. :)

Yup, so I came to work late today, but I can¡¦t deny that I am happy and excited for what¡¦s going to happen this afternoon, tomorrow, and on June 28. :) This afternoon, I will be meeting up with Miriam and the others for barbecue and movie marathon at Daryl¡¦s new place. Then tomorrow evening, we will be watching Hulk with Katrina, Kerwin and Kevin. And then next Saturday, June 28, is that day I am most excited about: I am going over to Daph¡¦s place, to see her! :) When I think about this, I just can¡¦t stop smiling; I really miss her that is why I really look forward to it. :) It makes me feel all warm inside. :) I really hope that nothing will come on our way, that the plan of meeting her would push through. So far, I think, everything will go okay since I already got mama¡¦s permission to go. :) Daph!!!

I was wondering a while ago, ever since this morning if I should bring flowers with the gift when I visit or bring cake. I would really like to bring her a bouquet but then when I asked Ate Remy, she said that cake would be better. When in the office, I was still thinking about it: bouquet or cake? If I have enough money for both, I will buy both. I have saved P500 from last month, but then would that be enough? I wonder. Butthen if I have some left over money for this month of June and if I get my allowance for July early, then there wouldn¡¦t be any problem. :) That is if everything goes as it is planned. :) hehe :) though there would always be a minor glitch or snag. I just wish nothing goes wrong. It is now 1:20pm. I will leave by about 430-440pm, 3 hours and 10-20 minutes to go. :) I am not doing much today, because I can¡¦t put in the code yet since I have to study WINDOWS much further. So I am just planning on doing this journal and then writing another letter for Daph. Okay, I have decided to leave by at least, 435pm, or 430pm. :)

During lunchtime, 12-1pm, I was just resting my mind. But while doing so, I kind of remember how it was in the past, memories of me and Daph, of times when we were at her room, of when she blacked out during CAT training and as a medic and her friend, I stayed with her. And I would just smile and be happy for a while. Oh, by the way, a lot of the office staff is outside right now. Most of them have to go meet someone or has an activity to attend to. So the office is kind of empty and quiet. What a nice time to sleep. ;) but I can¡¦t, because I am too excited to get out of this place and enjoy the start of the weekend! :) I just can¡¦t wait!!! 140pm, 2 hours and 50 minutes! :)

153pm. 2 hours and 37 minutes left. I am still writing a letter for Daph. Once I finish and they are not using the computer, I will go use it and type this journal entries down, which would be a good way to do something until 430pm. :)

2pm. 2 hours and 30 minutes. Really excited. ¡V 2:10pm, 2 hours and 20 minutes. My groupmates are asked to do something and need the computer. Oh well¡K 223pm Sir Joey is going to ask us to do something. Alas! ƒº 2 hours and 7 minutes.

440pm, leaving now. Will finish new task that Sir Joey asked me to do this coming Monday. Did really ask for permission already. :)

I rode MRT at Ayala station. I was still dazed from work and I lined up for North Avenue instead of for Cubao, but I got myself together and bought the right ticket. Once inside MRT, too crowded. Arrived at Cubao by 530pm. I was fetched by Mi and Caleb by 545pm and was at Da¡¦s palce by 6pm something. Daph was also there! :) I didn¡¦t know and she didn¡¦t know I was going. Mitzi was also there; I didn¡¦t recognize her and was wondering who she was, until I asked Mi and she told me. I got mad(well not really) at Mi, for not telling me that Daph was there. :) Anyway, we watched movie: Hulk(just watched the ending), So Close, ate dinner(I drank the pomelo drink with gin that Louie prepared. I did feel warm, after a glass, and tried some of the vodka drink, but that¡¦s all I did take that night), then continued watching So Close after taking pictures, and I sat beside Daph all the way through, until the time she had to go down since her mom has already arrived to pick her up. :) Her mom arrived sometime by 9pm. I walked her, Nics and Mitzi out, with Da, Mi, and some others. I carried her laptop for her. Although I know she is used to carrying it, it seems to me that she still somewhat feels that it is heavy, so I carried it for her up to the car, even if she told me not to anymore. :) I told her that if she didn¡¦t let me carry it, that I wouldn¡¦t give her laptop back to her until when I visit her next week. :) Anyway, after that, we watched The Eye. Louie and I left by 1055pm something since he has class next day. :) He was not drunk anymore when we left; we talked a lot while on the trip home. I arrived at home by 11pm. Louie was drunk while we were eating dinner and sort of told me that he was kinda ashamed of himself that time because of what most of the girls may think, especially since Daphne didn¡¦t talk much during dinner, not like the other girls. I told him to not think about it since Daph is not that shallow, that there is more to Daph. :) Though I did end up wondering what Daph may think of me for even trying the pomelo drink, but then she didn¡¦t push me aside when I sat beside her during the movie, and then she let me walk her up to their car. :) Daph and my meeting on June 28 will push through, 9am on June 28. I hope she didn¡¦t feel bad about me trying the drink with some gin. :0

Once home, I was really tired and fell instantly to sleep after trying to whisper a prayer.

June 21, 2003 Saturday

I didn¡¦t go to the gym today. I just stayed home. I woke up by almost 10am. Looked around the fridge to look for something to eat and found chocolate cake. I think I still felt sleepy from the gin last night. Anyway, when mama arrived, I helped carry the vegetables and stuff that they bought from the market. I did want to go with Elbert to school, so that I could go to the library and look for the book I needed, but then he was already late and I haven¡¦t even gotten myself ready yet, and I haven¡¦t eaten lunch as well. So much for that plan. But anyway, I just stayed home. I watched tv for a while, and then took a bath by 2pm, prepared myself for the orthodontic appointment today. Well, Gennet drove me to the orthodontist¡¦s office. My appointment was 4pm, but since Gennet said that I should wait for her, that I must follow her time, we left home by 350pm after she had gotten a bath and was ready, and we arrived late for my appointment. We therefore had to wait for two more people before it was my turn. She went up with me to the dental office because she wanted to see how the orthodontist works with my teeth. :) Anyway, the orthodontist fixed the loosed brackets, and but a long chain of rubber band on the lower set of teeth. She said that it would be to bring the teeth close together after making the move apart to set them straight. The top part have to stay as is since it didn¡¦t move the way it should have because of the loose bracket; this caused the delay but then for me it was better or else I wouldn¡¦t be able to eat, because my teeth would feel somewhat numb and painful whenever I chew if ever she puts the chain of rubber band on both the top and lower set of teeth. :)

After this, my sister and I went to buy some food at Bodhi for my mom. Once at home, I helped my mom prepare for dinner, doing most of the dishwashing. :) After that, we ate dinner. My dad was still using the karaoke. Anyway, by 830pm, I called Jo again and we talked, though she did most of the talking, somewhat complaining on how their supervisor didn¡¦t even acknowledge to the people in the meeting that they attended that she and Michelle did the work; instead, the supervisor sort of ¡§claimed¡¨ the work to be his own. Well, she has a right to feel that way.

Anyway, we had to leave by 930am for the movie. But we went to fetch Kat, Kerwin and Kevin, and we were on our way to Greenbelt 3 to watch Hulk. We arrived by 1020pm,then after paying for the reserved tickets, the guys went to play at Timezone while Gennet, Kat and I walked around the mall. When it was almost 11pm, we went back up to look for the guys. We saw Vlamir and his girlfriend playing at timezone as well as our cousin ahia Eric. :) After that, we went up to the CR, bought something to eat and drink, and went in to the theater.

Hulk was not that bad as people think. :) Though I didn¡¦t like the leading man. But anyway, I liked Jennifer Connelly. But anyway, there is this thought that some or most people can provoke us to be angry, but there will be someone, especially somebody that we love(most probably the one we love the most), that can calm us down no matter what; somebody who can sooth the anger and pain.

The movie finished by 120am. We arrived home by 2am something, and I dozed off as soon as I was on my bed.

June 22, 2003 Sunday

I didn¡¦t go to church today. I woke up by 9am, and then prepared myself to leave with my parents to go eat out with Ahia Michael since he came over from Singapore for uncle Mike¡¦s one year death anniversary. We stopped over at their home, which aunt Florence has already sold, to pick them up. Dennis was with them(Aunt lotty¡¦s son, the older of two), and I was asked by mom to keep him company in the other car(Uncle mike¡¦s car), which had Ahia Mike¡¦s stuff as well as the aircon that will be moved to Aunt Florence¡¦s new place where she will be living until she moves in with Ahia Mike and Cynthia when her papers for Singapore are processed and are done. ƒº I was also finishing up on Elbert¡¦s assignment on flowcharting.

We went to eat lunch first at Alex III. After that, we drove Ahia Mike to the Philippine Airline, international terminal, at Naia 2. I walked Ahia Mike up to the entrance. And then we went to see Aunt Florence¡¦s new place at Soler. And then, by 1pm something I guess, we left. While in the car with Dennis, we were talking a lot about cars, being a doctor, of what we wanted and such. :)

We arrived at home by 2pm something. I watched TV, though I really wanted to work on the translation already, but then I just relaxed up until 4pm something. By 4pm, I wanted to start on the translation, so I turned my laptop on, and after all was loaded, I first typed in nice quotes that I have read into one of my files. I think I officially started by 5pm something. But then we had to leave by 630pm, so I have to stop. We had to leave because we were going to eat at Gloria Maris with Aunt Rufina, Uncle Dalmacio, Aunt Felisa and Uncle George and Family. We arrived by 730pm. We ate. Kinda okay, but we were quiet for the most part. The parents would do most of the talking. Yvette and Stephanie were talking to each other, Earl and Elbert talking to each other and then Gennet and me talking. We left Gloria Maris by 10pm. Arriving home by 11pm, I decided that wouldn¡¦t continue it anymore today, but that I will do so tomorrow. I then ended up watching The Promise, sort of a documentary of Donita Rose¡¦s wedding until mama told me to go to sleep already. :)

Oh, during the evening, I asked Katrina Tan, Gennet¡¦s friend, where she bought the flowers she gave mom on her birthday and on mother¡¦s day. She told me that it was somewhere at Laong Laan, at Dos Castillas, where there are flower shops there. :) she asked when I would be going to buy, I thought she was asking who I was giving it to and answered that it was for my bestfriend. It was too late when I realized that she was asking when I would be buying. But I still answered her question, and told her that I will be buying it Saturday morning. I just can¡¦t stop feeling excited on getting to see Daph on June 28. :)

June 23, 2003 Monday

By today, I still haven¡¦t been able to borrow from La Salle. Didn¡¦t get to do so last week because when I did go with Elbert, Gennet was with us and she needed to run errands. If I am going to the library, she shouldn¡¦t be with us because it would take me time to look for the book.

Anyway, I am really excited on going to see Daph on the 28th. I will go buy flowers and cake for her, aside from the gift that I will be giving to her on that Saturday. :) It is just a few more days away. :) let us see, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Just four more days and 8-9 hours. :) I don¡¦t want to count today as another day because the day will be over soon. :) It is now 2:18pm. :) 3 hours and 22 minutes to go. :) I leave by 540pm today, having 8 hours accomplished for the day. :)

Morning, I checked my mail. And then when Farids arrived by 10am, I left for the CR. When I came back, she was using the computer already, so I went and took the laptop and started on the task the I have told Sir Joey that I will do today. :) I mean, for me it is a good thing to use the laptop, so that I won¡¦t end up just surfing the net instead of trying to do something more productive. By noon, I did finish typing in what Sir Joey asked me to. :) I then ate lunch, brushed my teeth and was back by 12:15pm. :) And from that time until now, 2:38pm, I am typing down the journal entries of June 11, 2003, up to today. :) 3 hours and 2 minutes. :) After this, I will be finishing up on the Tzu Chi translation since I did bring with me the Chinese dictionary. :) I only need to finish on about 3 more pages. :)

It is now 310pm. Just 2 hours and 30 minutes to go. Gennet has asked me to buy her another Surenet Internet prepaid card later. I also took the courage to tell Bic that we needed to work on the ftp thing for sir Alvin. She didn¡¦t do much as to look at the things I have researched as of now, but then, it is sort of alright, since I am not doing much about it right now. I am almost done typing in today¡¦s journal entry details for the moment. :) Well, there is only the translation left.

Oh, there will be no classes tomorrow at DLSU due to Manila Day, therefore the school wouldn¡¦t be open as well, with no students and faculty around, therefore no use to go to the library as well.

330pm. 2 hours 10 minutes. My groupmates already left. They will be dropping by school, most probably to submit our weekly status reports(which are already almost a month overdue) and our monthly attendance reports. I hope they didn¡¦t submit my June attendance. :) Oh well. I will be finishing up with the translation first. I did ask them to find a book for on the Windows environment from the school library if they have the time, well, since they are already there.:) I really think a book on that would be a big help. :) I didn¡¦t get to borrow a book from La Salle since June 5. Well, June 5 was the day he(sir Alvin) gave us this programming project. June 6, I didn¡¦t come to work. June 7-8 was weekend. June 9(Monday, didn¡¦t go with Elbert to school), 11(Wednesday, didn¡¦t go with Elbert to school and was going out that night with hs friends), 13(holiday,no work). June 10, did go with Elbert to school, but then didn¡¦t get to do much because I needed to pay for the yearbook thing. And I only decided to borrow from the library on the 11th. But then on the 12th, Gennet was with us, so I just submitted the yearbook requirements, and went on back to the car so that we could get on with our lives. June 14-15, was still at isabela. June 16, was back at Manila, but didn¡¦t go to work, meaning I didn¡¦t even go out. June 17, woke up late, therefore wasn¡¦t able to go with Elbert to school and leaving home with Di-ku("Di"-two, second; "ku"- uncle from the mother's side, brother of my mom) by 9am, therefore late for work, arriving by 10am, instead of 9am. June 18, Wednesday, therefore didn¡¦t go with Elbert and Kuya gudo drove me to work, therefore waste to gas to have to go to La Salle, and he needed to run errands for papa, so really cannot go to La Salle. June 19, Thursday, Gennet went out with us again, so nothing much to do about that again, and didn¡¦t go to library or else I would take long inside, when Gennet needs to run errands. June 20, it is a Friday, therefore I didn¡¦t get to go with Elbert and then when I did leave late, I was with Di-ku and Gennet, and they have schedules as well, so they drove me to work, and that night, I met with hs friends for barbecue. June 21, was supposed to go with Elbert and go to library, but then when he needed to go, he was already late and I haven¡¦t even prepared myself, not yet ready, and haven¡¦t eaten lunch yet. Too late. Oh well. Today, June 23, Monday, didn¡¦t go with Elbert, so I didn¡¦t get to again. But then since groupmates will go, then I just asked them to do so. I don¡¦t need to stop by tomorrow? Probably. :) But I guess I just need to try it out tomorrow as well. :) 350pm. One hour and 50 minutes before 540pm.

425pm. One hour and 15 minutes. I am still translating. 440pm. One hour left. As of now, I have finished the translation. Will just type it when I get home. :) It is just the same if I type it now or later. :) I just must not forget to send it. I don¡¦t have the file of the translation I did last night, so I really have to do it on that file, even if I still have the one that Florence emailed last June 13. Guess I will just surf the net until 525pm. :) I will leave by 530pm, instead of 540pm. :) I know that I am thinking, ¡§what is the use of 10 more minutes?¡¨ and I will answer myself, it is a matter of honesty, integrity.

Belated Happy First Month Anniversary to Che and Johnny! :)

Sorry, i haven't been updating lately, being "lazy and enjoying it" lately. I have been keeping written journals for the past few days, but i still need to type it down and post it. :)

gotta go! :)

am sorry if the pictures load so slowly for this new layout of mind. they are so nice, but i guess, it just loads slow. one disadvantage of showing nice jpegs. :(

I am really sorry for the late, really delayed, updates. :0

Keren, well, if i don't do much, i end up writing a lot because i get to "talk" to myself, and i am trying to keep myself busy. When you are alone, you get to think a lot; well, that works for me. :) Thanks for visiting. :)

Ok, so here are the entries, starting from the most recent>>>

June 10, 2003 Tuesday

Mom and Dad got back safeyesterday, though they were tire. anyway, i got a "big" bag from them, a spacious bag. though for me, it is really big. Anyway, i was tired myself yesterday.

today, i spent most of the morning researching on FTP. AFter that, and up to now, 2pm something, ijust did the write-ups of Arcy and Carlo ( i had done Joanne Yao's write up yesterday). After doing so, i sent it to their emails and then after which i just sat, trying to keep myself busy because Farids, Bic and Ruz are using the computer and were asked to do something. 3 hours and 40 minutes to go.

THey left by 430pm(guess they have to go somewhere else). During lunch, i was supposed to go to the photo place where went yesterday to have our picture taken, as well as to have some picture files printed. I already had the softcopy of the pictures i have scanned last night in a floppy disk. When i checked the disk when i was in the office, the computer prompted me that the disk wasn't formatted. Grrr... Which means i have to go to the photo place again tomorrow, instead of having them all done by today. Oh well, i didn't get to upload it anymore last night because my mind was really tired. I will make sure that i format the floppy and try to upload the files as well.

I am also glad that this morning, i was allowed to pay for the yearbook and the photo package at school(it was written in the green and white list of things to do that CCS (College of computer studies) students are allowed to pay on Mondays, Wednesdays, and fridays.). Well, when i arrived at school, the windows were still closed, but then a few minutes later, it opened and i was first in line since i was nearest to the window when it opened. I paid for it, and they didn't stop me or prohibit me. :) That was nice. :) With that done, i dropped the pictures of me, arcy, mich and jo at Arcy's place at Torre Lorenzo, and on to work.

Later, i have to buy 2 bottles of black pitted olives in water for my sister. I guess i will be doing the printing thing of the pictures again tomorrow by lunch, then pick it up again in the afternoon. I will be leaving the office early tomorrow so that i have time to pick up the pictures and still be on time for the movie (some of my high school batchmates and i are going to watch movie, then eat dinner together) tomorrow. I really hope to enjoy. :) I also already told Bic that i will be at Isabela with my parents from the 13th (friday) to the 16th(monday), that i will be absent on the 16th but will come back to work on the 17th. JUst an hour and 20 minutes to go. Better do some reading for an hour and spend the other 30 minutes surfing the net or so. :)

Once home, ate dinner, and just updated my laptop's files. Also made sure that i have done what should be done tonight that i can do, like the formatting of the disks and such. :)
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June 9, 2003 Monday

Left office by 12noon. Met up with Arcy and Jo(and Michelle Concepcion was also with us). Had our picture taken as a group(including Michelle), and i had the softcopy of pictures to be printed on photo paper. It is decided that i will be picking the pictures up after work, and then bring it over to Torre Lorenzo when we bring Elbert to school tomorrow. They then ate lunch at Burger King(at Glorietta 4, which was also our meeting place according to the plans yesterday). Mich and Jo had to go ahead. I stayed behind with Arcy. We were then hailing for a taxi that would be able to take Arcy back to Quezon Avenue. Arcy was able to ride one that agreed to take her back to Quezon Avenue by 2pm. I arrived back at work sometime by 210pm. My parents just got back from Thailand; i hope they have something for me. If not, that's alright. :)

So far, nothing much to do. Just waiting for the clock to strike 6pm, which is just 56 minutes away.

While waiting for the clock to strike 6pm, which is just 30 minutes away, Alvin tapped me at the right shoulder as i was doodling. He asked how things were with the FTP thing he asked us to do; i told him the truth, that nothing much is done yet because my groupmates are still finishing up with the TTR thing. (Well, it is the truth) He sort of asks me for updates; is it because he is entrusting me to be sort of be the "leader"? I will just report to him when i or we get to do something.(Well, it is a shame that i still haven't done something, but we can't really do much with just one computer that is fully functional. And the research that we should be doing should be done at the office.

After work, i went to pick up the pictures and texted ma that i had already picked up the pictures. (she called my cellphone when they were already at Duty Free, that they will be picking me up from where i might be.) Anyway, she told me to just wait, that they were still at Aunt Gloria's house and that they will be coming right over. I then went to walk for a while, and stopped by at Papemelroti to look at possible gifts for my bestfriend. I was able to find something, and when my mom called that they were at Buendia and that i should wait for them at the Glorietta 4 entrance/exit, i bought what i have picked and went to G4. but since it would be taking them longer due to the traffic, i walked around the mall for a while, until they told me to go out already.

Once in the car, we were all tired. Once at home, everybody was in a hurry to fix up themselves and some other things so that they could get some rest. I still had to scan some pictures, and had to help my brother out after that(they were to have a project on making their own webpage). I was only able to sleep by 11pm after fixing the things that i have left lying on my bed.
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june 8, 2003

went with brother to church. attended 745am service which lasted up to 9am. saw piano and voice teacher. :) stayed with borther at church for his church service up until 11am. was talking with my grade school bible teacher. once home, rested and kept on thinking about the yearbook thing, being so rushed for people like us, especially the people taking OJT. fell asleep due to headache and sleepiness. watched tv after taking this computer quiz in excel worksheet with sister. ate dinner while continuing to watch smallville on my laptop. had to find pictures to put in for the college yearbook. will be going with Arcy and Jo tomorrow to have our(the three of us) picture taken together. :) on wednesday, i think i will be allowed to go out with high school batchmates. Louie, the one who lives nearest to me, has agreed to drive me home that night, wednesday june 11, after dinner. I hope that i can catch up with the movie.
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june 7, 2003

attended batch assembly team building. showed zaide and diane ocampo our yearbook. teambuilding from10am to 5pm, but i was at school by 9am. drew and carlo were with me. once home, watched smallville. parents weren't home. sister ate really spicy noodles(put hot water in to type.)
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june 6, 2003

run errands for office, fixed license and such. got highschool yearbook. watched tv. finished new layout; corrected last minute changes.
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I didn’t go to work today.

I went to get my picture(for the third time) for my driver’s license, and then after of which I was asked to run errands for my parents. Before lunch, I was able to get our high school yearbook. Yippee! After nearly four years (or is it three years?) of waiting. :)

Anyway, after lunch, I was asked to run errands again. I got home more or less by 5pm. I came back home and tried looking for my fourth year high school class picture, to no avail. After that, I ended up watching tv for a while when I really wanted to find the files of the write-up of me and my bestfriend. Anyway, I wasn’t even able to find it as well. So I resumed on trying to finish the things that I wanted to do, specifically to prepare for the teambuilding thing for the Batch Assembly tomorrow, to finish the last things on my webpage’s new layout, to call Daph, Jo, and Drew, and then to type nice quotes that I do get to read, and then to read the magazine that I took home from the office. Oh, and of course, to write this journal.

Oh, I also need to activate my mylasalle account, and to download the Japanese IME for my MSOffice XP(I just want to add it.). Well, I have still a list to do, which includes replying and checking of emails, downloading things, updating and uploading my blogs/journal entries and such. :)

Oh well, but for now, I still enjoy my “early” weekend. :)

Oh, and a high school batchmate called to invite me to a not-yet-sure dinner during next week. :) Cool. It would be either be at Rockwell, Glorietta 4 or Greenbelt. Anyway, I already told my mom about this plan of my friends to go out. :) They are thinking of watching movies then dinner. I think I will only be able to attend the dinner thing. :) Anyway, it would be nice to see my friends that I haven’t seen for so long. :) And of which is made more “intense” by our getting our yearbook just this week. :)

Tatah! :) After this, I will sleep to prepare for tomorrow’s Teambuilding at La Salle. :) Hope to see Drew, Carlo and Jo Yao there. :)

1245am June 7, 2003

I didn’t sleep until now. I just needed to finish my new layout so that I can hand it over to Drew later and he just needs to fix minor bugs with regards to problems that will arise when the pages are uploaded. I have just finished right not. :)
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June 5, 2003 Thursday

Yes, I am late for work today; I left home by 835am, arrived at the Station by 843am, and left the station by 845am. I arrived at the Ayala station by 915am, and arrived at work by 935am. Here is the why I woke up late: a dream. Uh-huh, a dream.

The dream was sort of like a puzzle type of dream. I have dreamt of this dream before, with the buddhas around and lots of stairs. I was just going up and down and stuff. I had clues and stuff, but then I wasn’t even able to find what we were to discover through the clues. The thing is my brother, who was also part of the dream, was already able to solve the puzzle; I just kept on going, not wanting to be beaten by my brother. There was also a part in which there was this person parachuting in, sort of like spies. Anyway, the dream just went on and on, until I woke up by 724am. I did hear my alarm clock by 6am, and 610am, but I went back to sleep. I woke up again by 630am, hit the snooze button, ending up turning off the alarm clock and went back to sleep with the thought that I would be able to get myself ready if I woke up by 645am. The thing is, I didn’t wake up by 645am, but rather by 724am. I was supposed to join my brother today, since he will be driven to school and I can save for an MRT fare today. But then of course, I woke up late and my brother went ahead, so I just waited for the driver, Kuya Gudo, to get back and to ask him to drive me to the station. He arrived by 835am. I can make up for my 35 minutes late today by timing in after lunch by 1225pm; I am just in the office anyway.

1130am

Kuya Alvin, the one in charge of Product development, I think, asked us to make a program that would FTP a log file from one host computer to a remote computer. He said that we could use C or Pascal, as long as we could get it done. Sort of an automated ftp transfer by the host to the remote computer, though it should also allow an Administrator or such a person to make needed ftp if needed(but I think this is optional, though really needed).

To think of it, the idea seems simple, but then it is really hard to implement since there would be the need to review a lot of concepts on networking and in reviewing the strength of the programming languages to be used. I mean it would be a challenge to make this one happen, but then I am afraid that we might not be able to deliver it. This program would sort of start up when the computer starts up (which also means that this would stop once the computer is turned off), and should load itself to be working and to do its work as needed of it. Hmmm… How do we start of with this? The only thing to do for now is to review on the above mentioned topics, to read up and learn(learn anew or learn all over again).

This “program”, he said, would be used to transfer the .dbg files created by different host computers of PLDT around the world to send to the remote computer here in the Philippines, which is PLDT’s headquarter. PLDT plans to get all this files and put it in some sort of data warehouse. Well, at least this would be not part of our scope anymore(the data warehouse thing), but then what is being asked of us really seems and is hard. I think he wants Unified to be able to offer PLDT this service(and he is asking us to do this. I guess he wants to see if we can get it done or something, so that this idea can already start off in some way; in some way, with this started off, there would be more ideas left around and they could build up or start anew to make one of their own based on our “program” and past mistakes, if we are not successful. If we are successful, then they can use the program and just enlarge it in scope by adding more features to it. Well, I just do hope that we could be successful.).

Here is something that I typed down on notepad, sort of what I think his requirements are:
-ASR dbg file transfer from Host computer to a remote computer, through use of IP address, using ftp/xcopy- ftp/xcopy previous day's logfiles @ 1am
-copy the previous day's log file from host to remote computer everyday, during 1am.
-retain copy of file in host. send file to remote
-if in case didn't send file due to the fact that host computer was turned off. transfer of untransferred files from last date up to present should be resumed.
-should have history log, of what was already sent and such. (by month?)
-should have error checking/trapping, to check if successful ba ang sending nung file.
-can use C or pascal, as long as can have job done (automated). but there should also be a sort of interface for "administrator" to cut in when needed, or to fix something.
-just in case need to ftp other than the usual asrdbg files, must be able to do so. (?)
-get the file from host computer --> c:\asr\\ddmmASRreport.dbg | example: c:\asr\June\0106ASRreport.dbg

-restudy about c language (find a suitable language?), about networking, which language can support such, review networking yung mga error checking and such, review and understand the idea of "ftp" and must now how to ftp without any human intervention.
-get books and resources on above stated topics.

*** this is for PLDT since they plan to centralize everything, put files into a datawarehouse here. getting the reports from around the world and sending it to the Phil. headquarter and kept there.

***use C language to execute ftp commands that would transfer the .dbg files, and keep error and history logs as well, should be able to resend if not sent successfully, and to enable an administrator to send other extra files if needed.

*******try to get done within 3 weeks, starting today, June 5. though we didn't commit to finish it by that day/time


Woohoo…. We really need to plan on this, as a group. (And I think my groupmates haven’t taken up Projman yet.) I am really sure that we need to take time to think of what parts/languages/requirements/resources are required of this endeavor so that we can study this ideas/concepts. And then we have to study/review the languages to be used. The designing of the program would also be needed, and then there would be the actual programming already, and then the testing and such, before we can hand it over to Kuya Alvin. (Me and my big mouth. I did say that if they wanted us to do something, that they just tell us. I didn’t expect it to be this hard. But anyway, at least this would be worth our time in the office rather than just doing nothing at all. And we are sent over to OJT to do something, not just sit around, and waste time or make the most of our time by keeping ourselves busy.)

1228pm
Ate lunch in 10-11 minutes, went to the washroom to brush my teeth and attended to other things for another 10 minutes, and I was back on our desk by 1225pm or even a few minutes before that. :) Ta dah!!! Now, I need to think some more. I really need to think.

1:44pm

I did ask them, my group mates, if they already any plans on how to do it. They do not really want to start off with anything yet. They said that they will research once at home. In the meantime, they are just reading the VB book that they had brought over to the office. I did think of what else is needed to be looked into, and then I told them that we needed to understand FTP and such; other than that, they replied with silence. So I left their side already. The truth is, I don’t want to think much about this anymore once at home, but I guess I will just be researching at home and will just do the reading in the office. I don’t really reading it at home or else I won’t be able to sleep at all; but in any case, I guess I won’t be able to sleep if I don’t do any researching. Myself, I don’t really know what to do. Probably think of what the actual program will be doing. I am thinking of “making” a flow chart of what will happen when the program is running (or not running). But as of now, I don’t really know what to used, despite being told by Kuya Alvin that we can use C or Pascal. We do really still need to explore on other tools and things that needed to be considered(well, Bic is somewhat right in having to research on it first.). And we can’t do much research here since the connection to the Lan of the computer we are using here is not working right at all.

223pm.

3 hours and 36 minutes more. The truth is, I don’t want to read anything anymore. I feel sleepy and I don’t really understand it that much.

253pm

Even if I think that I wouldn’t be able to not think about this “program” at home, I guess I will still be able to do so, if I think of it as something that I need to do during office hours, and that needs to be done during office hours. Of course, the initial research would be done at site and even at home, if really need be. But if we are already at the programming part, and the testing, as well the exploration of the programming, it would be done on-site, which means in the office, and I can do it as that. We cannot do anything more than that since it would mean that we should leave anything running at the office and that would need our pcs or laptops at home to be configured to work with theirs when there is no reason to when you can do it in the office. And they are not paying us anyway(though this is not the right attitude). Plus, we should be using their resources, not ours. I mean, I don’t need to buy another book for this when I can just surf the net for it, especially if we search the net through their internet connection which is a lot faster than the internet connection we use at home. Right?

3:10pm

Right now, I am just relaxing my mind, after reading and reading on things, I just can’t seem to understand anything anymore. Oh well, at least keep myself busy for today, as the other 3 are keeping themselves busy with something other than the program that we are to “make”.

3:40pm

I explored FTP though not much because I didn’t dare connect to any IP addresses. But it then let me have an idea of what else needs to be done. I mean, our program must be able to call on the ftp.exe program in the computer and make it connect to the IP address of the remote computer. Now, how do make or order the program to that, to think that you have to take the programming language into consideration.

4:02pm

I did explore the command prompt as well, I don’t know why I did so, but I just did. :)

An hour and 58 minutes to go. :)

429pm One hour and 31 minutes to go. :)

448pm one hour and 12 minutes. :) I know, I shouldn’t be counting. But I am really excited to get going because I won’t be going to work tomorrow since I have to attend to other things. :)

458pm

It is funny how the four of us can keep ourselves busy. (Yes, Ruzzel came to work in the afternoon. Wonder how will she ever catch up with our attendance. But I guess I don’t have anymore say in that since it is her life. I hope that it doesn’t affect us in any way.) For the whole afternoon, the three of them just kept themselves busy on doing what they can do. I also did my best to do what I can figure out about ftp and the command prompt, and thinking of things to do about the project, how the “program” should go about and such, what if the possible scenario happens and such, what else do we need to know, what do we need to find out and a lot more.

For the remaining hour, I guess I will just relax. There is nothing more that I can do for now since I am tired of reading through the c++ help file here and then we can’t get access to the net to search about ftp and such, so might as well relax. I will do try to do some researching once at home during the weekends, at least do a little something and relax at the same time. I cannot rush thing (and I don’t want to be rushed as well, or else I would be too pressured and it will be somewhat hard for me to think since my mind tends to black-out or if not block-out just can’t think at all – sort of like a computer needing more RAM/in need of more RAM—therefore needing some applications to be closed to use the extra RAM it might give away).

And I have just copied some jpeg files from the laptop here at unified. I don’t know. And now, you can hear Kuya Alvin and Eric talking with the three of them. I don’t know why Marivic and the others doesn’t show the trouble ticket report and job request applications for Carlo to see; aren’t they finished already? Oh well, I will tell them before I go today.

Can I do more of this typing today? I think yes. Why am I answering my own questions, of course, that is the only thing that you can do for now. Oh, I should…. Or else, what are you going to do? Aside from trying to keep on looking for information on something that you cannot find for now because you lack the knowledge to explore some more. Unless I read up more on the needed topics, I won’t be able to improve on the other things since I wouldn’t really know what I have to look for at all. Knowledge, is indeed in a way, power. I just hope that I can do much of the work at the office and not at home. Right now, my mind is blank on other things but not to just doing what I want to do. It is easier to procrastinate or do other things that are not intended to be done during work.
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June 4, 2003 Wednesday

I did ask Ad where I could download the Japanese IME for my Office XP, asking where he got the Traditional Chinese IME. He told me to go to www.microsoft.com and look under Japanese IME. :)

I had written the following in Chinese characters. Last night, I saw papa’s to do list and read about him and mama going on a “journey”, as he has named it, from June 13(Friday) to June 15(Sunday). Seeing this, I asked Mama where they will be going on those dates. She said that they are thinking of going to Isabela, though they are still not sure about that yet, and she asked me if I wanted to go with them. I told them that I think I would or I might go with them. Of course, I still have to think about it. More or less, if I am to go with them… Oh, I just remembered, I cannot go with them because I have an appointment with the orthodontist. I have just told mama know, 12:33pm, about this, and that I might not be able to go with them with Isabela, if the plan pushes through, unless I move my appointment. (I think that they don’t really need me to go, but then wouldn’t it be nice if I could go with them. :) And they did invite/ask me if I wanted to go. I do want to go because I haven’t been to Isabela yet, and maybe I could help them carry things as well. But then if I am not really needed, why go, right? I will just let them make the decision. But I would be glad if they would tell me that they want me to go. :))

Oh, just this morning, when I arrived, the computer that we were using, was decided by the regional head to be used by the Singaporean employee of Unified, therefore a different OS was used. I didn’t know that we couldn’t touch it or something. When Jovani did arrive, I did ask him and told me that nothing is being done with it. Anyway, here is what I wrote down in Chinese: Ah!!! The computer in the office, I have restarted it a lot of times, not knowing that it has a live connection with Malaysia or Singapore the whole time. I had asked Jovani again right now, and just knew that the computer should be left as it is. I don’t want it anymore. They should put something, a sign, that should tell people not to touch it or something. Jovani did say something that nobody is using it, but he didn’t tell me not to touch it. I have restarted it several times. I won’t touch it anymore. Ya!! Anyway, in the office, there is this woman. I don’t know where she is from, but then I heard her speak in Mandarin. Yesterday, I thought that she was Singaporean; could it be that she is Singaporean Chinese? Well, I really don’t know.

Well, we really don’t have much to do today. During the morning, I was just doodling, writing, etc…. and literally tried my best not to fall asleep though I do welcome the thought of taking a nap for a while since not doing anything really made me feel very sleepy. I have even written the following: “This is one of those ultimately boring days when you don’t get to do anything at all, even just to check e-mail because the computer assigned to us is used by the company first, for now.” And then I ended up writing Joanne Yao’s Chinese name, and then drawing something, which was I was cutting with the scissors tool of my mini-Swiss Army Knife that I have just finished cleaning. (I do try to find things to do. Marivic and the other two were just huddled together, answering this find a word. Oh well… They were on one side, I was on the other. We are really worlds apart. I don’t want to be an outcast to them, but I just can’t get myself to be close to them, afraid that I might end up acting like they do. I mean I don’t hate them, but then a part of me is telling me that they are sort of “dumb”, not in the fullest sense(and not that I think too highly of myself), but that I just don’t want to be like them. I can already see that they are in a way “affecting” me already since sometimes I would have the usual “exclamation” or habit that they would say “Che” in a certain fashion; to think that I would be with them for the rest of the term, and the following terms. I just don’t want to be like them. I am doing my best to be not like them, but then at the cost of not getting to know them better, and being distanced from them. It’s just that I don’t think that I will be able to learn/to get a good trait from them, compared to the friends that I have, like Jo Yao and her friends, Drew and the gang, and other people that I really enjoy being with, that I am willing to be thought to be a part of and really be a proud part of. Oh well.

I am glad that I was able to borrow the laptop for now since I would be able to type this all down, and not to be not doing anything at all. They really don’t have much to ask us to do lately, so I have been asking them if they needed anything to be done, that they don’t hesitate to ask us. Right now, I am just typing, typing, typing. And probably I would work a little on my new webpage layout. (Oh, while I was working to work this morning, there was this fire drill at Glorietta1, I think, the one nearest park square 2. Anyway, there was nothing much to see. For me, it felt like they acted to slow that if were a real fire, that it would be have taken down Glorietta1 in a flash, but then being a firefighter is hard work, so I can’t be just badmouthing them like that.)

I have made minor changes to my new webpage layout. It seems that it will be kind of crude, but well, at least it would be something of my own, though we can also say that it is somewhat based on other people’s work as well. Hehe :)

I will probably try to check www.gutenberg.net; I read about it through Women’s Journal that this site contains free downloads of classic e-books, books written by Shakespeare, Dickens and such. If I do get to download it tonight, I will bring it over to work, if it fits a diskette or two. At least that would be something that I can do when there is nothing else to do. And I hope that I don’t forget to check out the pillow section again at Landmark since mama is asking me to look for the same type of pillow that she likes but then with a different casing or covering that is more like the covering of one of the pillows we have in one of our cars. I didn’t get to go there yesterday because my dad came to pick me up since they were in the Makati area visiting clients. :)

Even if I do try to write something not like what happened for the day, I do end up writing such still because I really am not doing anything, and the only things that I can talk about for the moment are what I am doing at the moment or had just done a while ago. I am not feeling creative or such, because I am not in a creative atmosphere. There is no challenge/tickle to my mind, nothing that would push me to think at all. Oh well.

I will just write emails that I will be sending to people.

Oh, I remembered my dream last night. I think my right knee was hurting in real life, so in my dream, it was hurting also. I think I was out with Joanne Yao then. We were eating at this restaurant but then I had to go somewhere and left her there for a while. We were in some sort of mall, and then when I was on my way back, I saw Papa, Mama, Gennet and Elbert with Kogane at this restaurant. And then I went back to Joanne. There was a time when my knee suddenly hurt and I was on my way to the CR. This woman helped me out. I can still walk, but then it did hurt. That’s it.

And I am planning or making a monthly makeshift calendar for the year or something like that, so I can jot down what I will be doing on the following dates, as reminders etc….

4pm. For the past hour, I have been just typing the Calendar thing, and formatting it as I wanted it to be or as I deemed it to be appropriate. While doing so, our officemate, Marco(also a graduate of DLSU) and I were chatting to each other. He asked about the book The Little Prince, and then asked about other things as well, about what I was doing and such.

4:23 pm. I have just finished filling out the calendar. :) I will check some more of the details once I get home, by checking my corkboard and the batch cd. :)

5:28 pm. I have finished including in the calendar the months January to May(since I started it at June, thinking that I would just be making it for this year, but then decided otherwise that I can make it for the whole year round. :)). Occasionally talking with Marco. Ate merienda. Just waiting for the clock to hit 6pm. :)
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June 3, 2003

I did nothing much today. I just checked out our project, and made little changes. After which I surfed the net, and checked e-mail accounts of mine. I then “designed” my webpage again, to find what I really wanted to show, though I feel to be somewhat a copycat, just going with the flow. Lunch was fine; it was still raining as it had for the past two days. Rain pouring hard, pouring strong, bringing winds that make the bone chill. As I stay in the office, I continued to read on, poems on love, of another’s questioning on how and why life is how it is already is. And I end up wanting to write again, one of my own, poems of what are, really from the depths of my mind, my heart, my soul.

[Isn’t this entry already a poem? :) ]

Oh, here is my fourth layout. If it is going to be in a way original, well, not really. Most of my other layout’s were made by or chosen by Drew. The first was definite by drew, the second one chosen by drew. The third I chose for myself. This fourth one, I designed myself, inspired by others’ work. :)

Yey, Cheryl already registered me for the Green and White yearbook registration thing. Thanks Che! :) I just have to ask about me being delayed by a month, and how it is going to affect this thing. (they did say that anybody who have 5 more terms or less before graduation. :)) and I am graduating next year, still having four terms left, including this term. :) Anyway, I did ask Cheryl to ask for me again if they do pass by the Green and white booth again, since she wasn’t able to ask about it today. I also made a point of e-mailing the guy who sent the e-mail regarding the G&W registration about this and how my being delayed by one month affect my yearbook: would I get a different yearbook, or would I get the same yearbook as those in the batch who would be graduating on time? Oh well, I just have to wait for the reply. :) I did “explain” my situation to the guy who e-mailed about this, though I feel that my e-mail was poorly constructed and somewhat confusing.

I think that I might be sounding more boring if I kept on “blogging” about what happens to me everyday, also with my countdown as well. I am very sorry; but then I was writing like so because I was so bored at work and the journal entry just reflected what was going through in my mind. :) I also found out that I haven’t been able to write a poem since the third term during our junior year, school year 2002-2003. I was able to check the site of Mark Paolo Ty, and I was able to read his poems. All poems had a part of him in them. Great poems, and I suddenly thought of this: “What stopped me from writing?” “Was it because I have no inspiration anymore? Or is it because I had nothing to hide? Or is it because I just feel happy, though I should be able to write even if I am happy? But then hey, sometimes, moods are the source of works of art, be it in literature. Probably I just needed to be in a certain “intense” state for it to be easier for me to write poems since the feeling is there, right there, present and within reach.” Probably, and I hope that I am right. :)

4:49pm

I did make some more changes to the upcoming “layout”. I really don’t know if I will be able to make something as original as you guys did. But I will do my best.

Oh, I wished I was able to see you guys this morning. I did drop by Gokongwei to hand over the Vandread 2nd Stage Vcds that Caleb wanted to borrow for a while. But anyway, when I arrived, I only saw Rev and another person. So, I just left the vcds with Rev and went down right away, since I have to go to work (if you call going to the office for work and you don’t do much at all, except “waste” some time). And my sister was with us this morning when we drove our brother to school since she had to run some errands for the office today, so I went up to G401 as fast as I could, and I went back down as fast as well.

47 minutes to go. And I do need to buy my mom pillows again. She said the last one that I bought was just the right size, but then, she wanted the pillow cover to be of the same type as one of the pillows we have in one of our cars. So I will be stopping by the Home improvement section of Landmark later.

I’ll add something more when I think up of something.

...talked with Jo yao. supposed to be, hindi naman matagal ang pag-uusapan, more or less tanong ko lang kasi tinatanong ni ad kung paano nya makukuha yung lavender na cd. but from there, napunta kami about dun sa green and white na registration, then yung practicum and how we were doing, up to dun sa f4 and then meteor garden na binebenta ni sansan ng worth 750, season 1 palang yun. ayun. :) jo told me to ask sansan kung may season2 na siya, yung 31 episodes, para mabenta nya. sabi niya why didn't i do the selling daw; sabi ko sinabi ko na kina marivic eh, tsaka i am not much of a salesperson and such. and the truth is, ayaw ko na na magulo pa yung oras ko,having to pick this up and pick that up and such. hirap din nun pero in a way worth it kung may tubo/profit ka. but anyway, sabi ni jo, if every may naipun daw siya from that, if she sells those, then lilibre daw niya ako. :) katuwa. :) she did tell me that she and Michelle will be going to glorietta tomorrow to buy something lunchtime kaya dun na rin daw sila kakain, and from 2-5pm, they will be having their Cobol training. :) makwento din nun. tumawag ako ng 850pm, usap kami up to 925pm. medyo mahina nga lang boses nya sa wireless phone. i told her nga na nag-mrt ako to and from work; pinaalalahan niya ako to be careful, and that i don't wear real jewelry. i told her na wala naman akong peke; sabi niya rich ka kasi eh. :0 anyway, sige na. :)
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June 2, 2003 Monday

I am late again today; I arrived at the office by 920am.

Last night, I forgot the first part of my dream when I suddenly woke up by 6:29am. I then went back to sleep and woke up a few more times after that, by 6:45am, by 7:01pm, until I really woke up by 7:41am. I was dreaming about being asked to do an artwork/graphics on my laptop by a company, sort of me being Kristin Davis. Ah, the first part was of me being sort of being at school or something like that, but something like I was in a mission, being some sort of spy or look-out. My dreams are still weird, but I have dreamt of this spy dream before….

Anyway, once at the office, I made the necessary changes to the program, a minor bug, and then after which I just check my mail. When my groupmates arrived, I let them use the computer. They left by 1130am, and I surfed the net again, checking the page of Pao. After that, I ate lunch and then went back looking through the pages of whose links are on Drew’s page. Anyway, when my groupmates arrived again, I let them used the computer. I was left to doodle, write down Chinese characters, Japanese characters and such…. I was bored, and sleepy, and I have this headache.

1:30 PM – After a week of being absent, Ruz came back to work. Ho hum… Anyway, it is her life, as long as nobody is affected by it negatively.

1:50 PM—They checked my work again, and if they don’t understand, they call me up and ask…. I dunno. A part of me feels irritated. But it is sort of a quickie go-away temper for me now, Thank God.

2 PM – My head starts to hurt again. Nothing to do. **Yawn** **Yiouch** Sannel, one of Unified’s employee, then told me and brought over the laptop. Well, I really did have much anymore to do, so I took it still, and started typing this journal; what else could I do? And I love writing anyway.

I will drop by school tomorrow, to submit our “weekly” status reports and our attendance sheet. I will also be bringing to g401 the vcds of Vandread 2nd stage since Caleb will be borrowing them.

I also plan to not go to work on June 6, so that I could get the business with my driver’s license over with, since I have been trying to find time for it during weekdays for the past two terms(3rd year 2nd term, and 3rd year third term). Oh, and my high school yearbook is ready for distribution this week (at last, it took four years about graduating from high school…), so I might drop over at Jubilee this Friday as well. :)

Since I am not doing anything, I am just trying to “design” a new layout, if you can call it one. :) It is 3:08 pm right now; I still got 2 hours and 52 minutes to go before 6pm. :)

It is now 4:23 pm. I am still designing new layout. :)

It is now 4:30pm. One hour and 30 minutes more. :) I guess I will just surf the net while they haven’t come back yet…. Oh, my groupmates went with our supervisor to attend a meeting at SMART; they left by 3:08pm. It should have only been just two of our groupmates, but then they wanted to go s, so our supervisor agreed. I just stayed back. But anyway, I cannot surf the net anymore; they have just arrived.

4:48pm; one hour and 12 minutes to go. :) I can’t wait to go home. :) I was going through the files on this laptop. I’ll probably play a game or two. My head still hurts, especially near the temples.

55 minutes to go.

I should really cut my fingernails already. I don’t really know if it looks hideous, but then I am sure that it is long enough. A part of me wants to, but then, a part of me things that long fingernails just take in more dirt. And it is much more easier to type and to work on things if you’re not thinking about how it would hurt if you break a nail.

I went home by 6pm, after which I was fetched by my sister at the North Avenue station. Then I watched tv up until 10:15pm.
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June 1, 2003 Sunday

Last night, dreamed that I was sort of in a shopping mall outside the country and that I and the rest of the family can’t get home due to heavy rains. It seems like we were in China or something like that. I just kept on walking in and out the mall. And then I woke up because we needed to accompany Elbert to the Jubilee Evangelical Church.

I know, I could have had finished the TzuChi translation due today, but I didn’t and just enjoyed my Saturday after driving my parents to the bus station since they would be going to Santiago at Isabela, then I went to gym, and then rested the whole afternoon by watching “I,my,me, Strawberry-eggs” with Elbert and Gennet. And then after a bath, we left to pick up Kat, Kerwin and Kevin since we would be watching Bruce Almighty at Greenbelt3.

Anyway, I did get to finish the translation today. :) I did get to work on it this week, I think during the 27th, so all I had to do was to polish the grammar and to find the meaning to some of the other words or characters. :)

Went to JEC with Elbert. After that, 9am, went to stop by Mcdo for take-out of breakfast. Once at home, we watched tv, then vcd of I, My, Me Strawberry and eggs. Then after that, ate lunch at the living room while watching “Fruit Basket”. Feeling drowsy by then. And then, my brother kept on watching, and by 1pm, I started on the translation for Tzu Chi that I have to finish and submit this very same day. Was done by 5pm something I guess. My sister ordered pizza from Don Henrico’s and we ate while we watched Smallville VCDs while my brother went to his room to finish watching Fruit Basket. By then, I was trying to upload my work to the Tzu Chi document platform on the net. It was hard to connect, and I had to always reconnect. After an hour or so, was able to connect and upload the file (what a slow process…), and then we ate dinner (oh, my sister’s friend Katrina came over with the Smallville vcds). Then we drove Katrina home; it was 9pm then. Then I just watched tv; I watched The Majestic at HBO last, and I slept by 1am.
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May 31, 2003

Last night, dreamt of going out for the holidays, and was supposed to be done packing because we were going to leave the hotel that day. They were already done, except for me, and I was hurrying up. I also brought by laptop with me. But with all the haste, I sort of dropped my laptop, and the operating system changed from the Windows98 Second Edition to windows XP. I mean, that is okay, but my main concern was the 12GB worth of files that might be lost. I woke up with a heart beating hard from that thought; if ever those files do get lost, (they do mean a lot to me) I just don’t know what I would do and how I would cope.

The last time I had my heart beat that hard was when one time just the previous third term this 2002-2003 schoolyear when the LRT was closed due to a nearby fire. I offered to drive Joanne Yao and Liz to the station, at first she was thinking but when I told her that I would drive her up to Monumento, she suddenly changed her faces expression and said no, as kind as she could so as to refuse, and then my heart beat hard, that it did hurt and I ended up stopping for a while and holding my chest. Liz saw me like so and asked if I was okay; I told her that it suddenly hurt.

We watched Bruce Almighty; nice movie. In a way, it is much better than How to Lose a Guy in 10 days. It has light comedy and seriousness in one; it sort of gives off or teaches in the story, on how God cannot give everything that we want because if he did, it wouldn’t really turn out for the better because he didn’t give it much thought; that God gives what he thinks is the best for us, knowing what the best for each one of us is. :)
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Continuation to May 30, 2003 entry...

I really must finish the Tzu-Chi Translation thing. since I have only tonight, and probably tomorrow night. Saturday morning might go to gym, then Sunday morning I will be going to church with Elbert. :)

1:15pm

I just got back from Greenbelt1. I ate my lunch by 1145am, after which I brushed my teeth and then got myself ready for the walk towards Greenbelt1. I left the building by 1210pm, walked for a while, and got back into the office by 1:15pm.

Anyway, while walking, I was thinking, "will I be able to locate the Mrs. Fields shop at Greenbelt1 (GB1)?” I only had the slightest idea of where it is: my sister said that it was in the area of GB1 near Delifrance (know I remember Delifrance since that was where we (Marivic, Farids, Ruzzel and I) were interviewed by Carlo and so we are now therefore working for our OJT hear at Unified Communications. So, anyway, I didn't know at which door I was to go in, but I just have to pick a door, and so I did. Luckily, the door that I entered into is just a straight path to, guess what, Mrs. Fields! :) I saw DeliFrance at my right and right ahead is Mrs. Fields. Yihee!!!! :) Once there, I placed our order. It was only supposed to be 4 cans only, but then the cans in which my mom previous orders were put in (she usually orders at the Katipunan branch, but then that branch is under renovation) are now obsolete. Therefore, I called my mom and she talked with the person-in-charge, and therefore ending up with an order of 6 cans, of which can hold 15 cookies (at first the person said that it can only contain 12, but then my mom insisted that I insist trying to put 12 cookies to see if there are some more space for at least three. Well, we did try, and the extra cookies can be fitted in without any trouble. Now, that's 15 cookies per tin box instead of just 12.), which is composed of 6 semi-sweet chocolate chip cookies, 3 chewy fudge cookie, 3 semi-sweet chocolate chip with pecan and 3 semi-sweet chocolate chip with walnut, that they will take to Isabela, and then we ordered a dozen of the semi-sweet chocolate chip cookies and another dozen of chewy fudge cookie for our own consumption (now, there is also a mini-story behind this. :) We were originally going to order 9 pieces of semi-sweet chocolate chip cookies and 9 pieces of chewy fudge cookies. But then of course, my mom being good with numbers and a patron of Mrs. Fields asked if she could be given a discount of 10%, as the Katipunan Branch usually gives to her with no trouble at all, since our order is a big 9 dozen. Oh, and by the way, the tin box in which the cookies will be put in, is worth 99 pesos each [and we needed 6 of those.]. So anyway, a dozen is worth 299. (You guys do the calculation if you want to. :) ) So, when the total was calculated, my mom asked for the usual discount; she was talking to me over the phone and I was just saying what she asked me to say. But then, the person-in-charge didn’t really give us any discount, telling us that the cookies, being already priced at 299 per dozen, is already discounted. My mom told her (they were talking to each other now through my cell phone) to call up the Katipunan branch to check. Well, when the Katipunan branch person did call back, the person said that the Katipunan branch said that they couldn’t give anymore discount, but that they would give us a free half-dozen of cookies instead. I called my mom again, and with this, since there is nothing more to bargain about, my mom said that the price would be okay already, even without the discount, since we would be getting 6 cookies free. Therefore, instead of just 9 of semi-sweet and 9 chewy fudge, we added 3 cookies respectively to each, therefore the outcome of 12 semi-sweet and 12 fudge. :) My mom really bargains hard. :) ). My mom’s final words, before we hang up, was that she would like to ask extra paper bags, that they cookies be freshly baked and that they be whole. With me having said this to the person-in-charge, I paid for the order, in full, and said that I will just pick it up later by 6pm, after work. Now, the problem is, “How am I suppose to bring them home with me if I am just going to commute, MRT? Now, I only have two hands, and I do have to carry them towards the station. My mom said that I should get home with the cookies, and that I go figure how I can carry all those. Oh well… That’s my only problem for now. I did ask the person-in-charge (oh, her name is Eden) to help me out with my mini- and still big problem; she said that they’ll check if there are still some more big paper bags in their storage room. I just hope that they do have them. Now, that was almost one solid hour of talking/bargaining/ordering or whatever you may call it. I arrived there by 1215pm; I left the place by 1:10pm, and arrived at the office by 1:15pm.

Right now, it is 2:04pm, and I have been typing this journal entry since the time I arrived, up until now. :) Still, of course, nothing to do. I did ask the guy Joey, who asked for some help yesterday, to just call me if he needed some help or anything. :) Three hours and 55 minutes left. :)
I had just finished spell-checking this document; right now, it is 2:21pm. Three hours and 40 minutes to go. :) Daph has just replied. :) I know have her new address: #12 Nuyda St. Corinthians (Corinthian Gardens?). Yes. :) I am thinking of giving her flowers, a card/letter, and of course a gift that I still have to find and drop it off at their place. Of course, I would really want to see her on her birthday. :) I still do have this headache, the same type as the one I had yesterday. And I have just checked the format of this all over, and it is now 230pm; 3 hours and 30 minutes to go. :)

I just played two games of FreeCell on the laptop. Out of three games, I won twice. :) 3 hours and 2 minutes to go. :)

Just got back from the washroom. 2 hours and 56 minutes to go before 6pm. And I still have this headache….

I have just won a game in Solitaire. Now, it is 3:28pm; two hours and 32 minutes left.

I was asked to do some matching of reports to its corresponding request forms. Sort of finish but am not sure. Now 4:20pm; we still have one hour and 40 minutes to go. :)

I need to ask Joey something, just to check. Their reports and forms are very hard to compile. You really have to read the descriptions to be able to know which report is related to which request form. Now 4:35pm; One hour and 25 minutes.

Anyway, I just some minor changes with the program. We left by 530pm. Everybody in the office was going out to eat at Dampa; I was also invited to go, but then I had to pick up the cookies and take them home, so I can’t. Once at the station, there was a long line just to buy the tickets, and then there was another long line to getting into the platform.

Once home, we ate dinner and watched tv. :) I am just glad to be able to rest. Right now, I am trying to start the translation again, which is due this coming Sunday. I really need to because I will be going to the gym tomorrow morning, then we will be going out to watch Bruce Almighty tomorrow night. Sunday morning, I will be going with Elbert to church. These things mean that I should be done with the translation by tomorrow afternoon.

Okay, I am going to watch Lizzie Mcguire now, and then start with the translation after that. :) Tatah! :)

Posted by: Grace / 6/10/2003 07:45:00 AM