SP2 and Power of 10 coming?

Saw the teaser on the second season of Survivor Philippines on TV this weekend. At last, there is some kind of confirmation about it. And while waiting for the drama to build up locally, for the meantime, there will be Survivor Toncantins coming this month. Cool. That means I might regret going out on a weekend this coming days.

Also read somewhere that the gameshow “Power of 10″ will have it’s local version to be produced by GMA. This I got to see. The US version shown on Q was one of my must-watch shows on Q. As usual though, I have doubts if GMA will do good on the franchise. Hope they can choose a good host for this.

(edit 15-May-2009) I was disappointed with the Power of 10 pilot episode. It was paced so sloooooooooooow. The show was less than exciting because of so many spiels and gaps in between questions. I am not expecting for it to pick up in the coming episodes so I think the show’s going to be a big disaster. The 10M prize won’t help it make draw more viewers if it stays the way it was handled so far. And I thought Michael V would have been a better choice for the host.

Smart Telecom is a thief!

My P400.00 ++ prepaid load was lost just that!!! Simply amazing! I never called and even rarely SMSed for the period I have the amount loaded barely a month ago, and now I may not even use it for the Christmas season.

Hear that sound again

As everyone should have known by now, Eraserheads – probably the most popular and the most influential band among Pinoys who has spent their teenage and early twenty years on the nineties – is having a reunion concert on August 30. And as part of the crowd who feels that every song from the band has been their official soundtrack of their high school and college life, I can’t help myself but to feel eager and excited with the incoming reunion. Although the news says that it would only be a one-night only affair and it would only last for about 45 minutes, for someone who have waited for almost ten years for this to happen, the news is surely is something to get thrilled about. That is really big deal for the E-heads fan out there.

I wonder how the event will come out. Will it equal the expectations of those who have eagerly waited for this event to happen? Or will it even surpass these expectations? Will there be a follow-up of this event – say an album or even just a single from the guys? No matter how will it materialize though, I believe it will be a landmark event in the music scene – something to be talked about before and after the event.

I might not be on the event and I don’t expect the guys will come out for TV guestings and appearances in the coming days to promote the event as they don’t need it with the hype that it already generated. But I hope I could see and hear from them again soon not on records but on live performances. That would surely be something to look forward to and I have this certainty in my heart that it will happen. It is just waiting for the right time to come just like the reunion concert that’s going to happen next month.

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For five years now working in Ortigas, I always pass on the walkway between The Podium and the Banco de Oro main office to and from the office. There is nothing much to tell about it but lately though, I have taken notice something out there that has been negligible to many due to the fast pace way of life within the area. It should not be hard to notice it since you might not hear it somewhere else in the Ortigas Center. On the second thought, that can also be the reason why it is negligible as you don’t expect to hear it on the city hence you ignore it. Now every time I pass on the place, I always try to make sure I will have to hear that sound. It’s the sound that reminds me that amidst the rush of everyone, one should still try to find a way to slow down a bit every thing that life is offering free. The sound seems to transport me from the metropolitan existence to an easy suburban living. It’s been there all along only I never bothered to detect it.

So have you heard that sound of a cricket before?

wait ’til you get a boss

i have never realized this until i have read it in a weblog yesterday and then received a forwarded mail today. it was already late to anticipate said event.

yesterday, wednesday april 5th at 2 minutes after 3 seconds after 1:00 am in the morning, the time and date was: 01:02:03 04/05/06. cool.

since i missed that one (i was sleeping then, most of us did), i am now looking forward to june 6, that is tuesday. just guess the time i am anticipating into. interesting but scary, isn't it?

alt + 164

yesterday in the pantry as i am waiting for my turn to wash my spoon and fork used during lunch, i am listening to discussion in one table regarding the mrt (along edsa)'s implementation of the scheme on the segregation of women, children, disabled etc reserving the first car exclusively for their use. they think it is about time this is implemented citing incidents (so many incidents others of which i have also witnessed) that men become so rude nowadays forgetting their manners that they (men) should give way to them (women) in alighting to the car and giving them seats once inside.

while there i wanted to argue with them and try to defend myself as a passenger to tell them that i think being in a mass transportation like mrt, you should be ready to face the consequenses of this daily adventure. everyone is on a rush so you should not assume and think that men would give way for you because you are of the weaker sex (i suppose you don't want to be called that way,either). while i think that there are really men (and even women) who acts rude and impolite to others, the key is not really segragating them but to have discipline in all of us, to practice courtesy at all times – not only for the men – but also for the women.

i never did argue with them anymore since i may be construed defending men in general, but one of them did this for me when she asked, "i thought you want equality with men?" i have not heard the reactions anymore since i am already going out of the pantry.

besides, i think there is really nothing wrong with the scheme. i think it is good it is implemented for the protection of both men and women. for women, at least they don't have to wrestle with men anymore. and for men, it would minimize the misunderstood notion of them being ungentleman.

the only thing i see that is wrong in the scheme is that i can no longer have a chance to ride the mrt seeing the view the railways in front of you. in any ride, it is always great to see the view up front.

haler or cuesheian

i hate thinking of a title appropriate for everything i write as with thinking of a subject in an office email. so to make this thing i am doing rather different from the normal, i have decided to title my entries with something that is not related to the entry itself. and i am starting it right now.

ps: i have to say i am for cueshe minus jay j though. many think that hale is a lot better than them, i think so, too. still, i find it odd to like the cueshe sound better than that of hale (or orange and lemons)

my top 3 are the bottom 3

can't help it but already seen the results on the net and it really frustrates me to know that the bottom three this week are my three bets for the title (although i think that CHRIS can get it.) what's really more frustrating is that my bottom three didn't even made it there. ah well, i am not trying to impose what i want. i just want to see who i want to see in the show and i don't think it will happen. with the way voting is going, i might see - i hope not - another of my favorite bow out next week.

although still frustrated, i hope to catch lisa for the last time in her rendition of "because of you" which i failed to see last night.

with the way things are going here in the office though, i might be stuck here again trying to reconcile endlessly different figures from different sources dealing with same transactions.

the virgo employee profile

This one is a part of the file forwarded by officemate. It tries to analyse an employee in their signs. I was planning to publish the whole one but it’s too long. I might just have it posted somewhere other than here. (Nobody’s interested anyways.)
 
In bold letter is the article and in italics are my reflections whether I share the same sentiment having born in the said sign or not.
 
 
In the right situations Virgos love to work. They make ideal employees, happily working late into the night to make sure everything is perfect and in order. If you are looking for an employee who doesn’t mind starting from rock bottom in the most entry-level position at the company, hire a Virgo.
 

One statement made the almost true statement false. Although I want everything done before I go home, there is no way I enjoy staying in the office for extended hours. It’s good for an overtime work at least once or twice a week, but more than that, it’s a hell already. It’s for the persons who don’t realize they need life.
I find the last statements somehow negative in connotation. Starting from rock bottom is a given thing for any employee.
 
They’ll have no complaints about the position being beneath them. They are CONTENT with basic, honest hard work. Their contentment isn’t always apparent, however.

Given the right opportunities though, everyone want progress in the field they’re into. While I have to be contented with what I have knowing some persons I don’t know aspire with what I already have, I know there are more persons out there earning more than mine but have the same job description as I have.
 
They love to complain and worry. They are quick to criticize the way things are done around the office and are the first ones to grumble disapprovingly at what they consider to be extravagance or laziness. They are blunt and honest and don’t mince words over what they feel just isn’t right.
 
This is I say something that is very opposite of who I am. While I complain a lot, I do it in a very subtle manner. People around might even think I love everything I am doing since I am not showing any hint of disappointment in what I do.
 
Usually, this will be brought on by someone doing a half-baked job or not being considerate of other co-workers. 

True in a way, maybe something I don’t realise. But I am still doing what I have got to do. Selfish as I am, I don’t care if my teammate fails as long as I have done my part. It’s only frustrating that everything is viewed in a synergy.
 
You’ll want to constantly reassure them, but this will do little to quell their anxieties. They actually enjoy worrying, and there is little you can do about it. Just give them a detail – oriented project and let them work alone on it. You won’t have to supervise a Virgo worker. They’ll check all the facts before getting started and catch their own errors when they are done.

This one makes me proud of whom I am. I hate supervision to some extent. I want to work in a very independent manner. Just give me exactly what you want to happen and I’ll give you just that. While it is for me to decide if I can give three steps more of what is expected, I’d rather not since it might be construed as bypassing other’s authority.
 
To keep a Virgo employee happy, you should also make sure their environment is orderly and calm. You should also provide small gestures of appreciation. They don’t need extravagance; just let them know you appreciate them in small ways that won’t embarrass them. They will probably just shrug their shoulders and say, “It’s no big deal.” But deep down inside they need these little reassurances.

First off, somehow I love monotony for some time until I get restless with it. Give me challenges that I could work into but never let me stay there for long. And yes, I want to see signs of my progress, not only gestures (though it really helps a lot for me to gain confidence) but also social and professional recognition. One way to show this is an increased figure in a pay slip.

Overall, I say that that I can identify myself under the said sign. I am represented but not really shot bull’s eye. Close but not quite.

And let be it. I am contented but not really satisfied with it that I need still some reinventions.

and then there were eleven…

i wanted to catch the the first eliminations replay last thursday but the work load i have prevented me to leave the office earlier (as usual). although i no longer expected to catch it since it was already rather late in the evening when i was home, i was surprised when i opened the television and see ryan seacrest in the screen. lucky for me, i don’t have to wait the next morning to know who got the first finals elimination. (i don’t surf the net before i watch for the element of surprise when i plan to watch it.) what is more surprising for me was that seacrest is with my favorite male contestant and asking if the judges were surprise to see ace in the bottom three. and i thought he was one of the heavy favorites in the competition and now the first to go? wow, another constantine scenario happening. but wait, ace was only first of the contestants in the bottom three! it was a sigh of relief for me.

although ace was safe and was not eliminated that night, i was still a little unhappy with the results with having him and lisa in the bottom three. these are the two of the guys i don’t expect to be there standing and yet they are there. seeing none of the guys i thought to be at the bottom really surprised me but i understand. that’s how it goes in any reality show. it just sucks when one of the goes contestants goes out the show leaving behind some of their worse counterparts.

anyway, i predict “idol this year won’t be the one that deserves the title most”.

looks i will be right. i just hope not.

am i lost?

for years now, i feel i am. when almost around you doesn’t share the same opinion as yours, who doesn’t?

for many of the political issues concerning our country, i am always been the only member of the family who has different perspective regarding these. i was for the ouster of Erap then. and now, i believe that GMA should only step down if there is a better alternative the opposition can offer. otherwise, if oppositions rule, we are still be in danger, worse than where we are now. but my family think the very opposite of everything i believe. i feel sick everytime i hear their arguments, things i feel there is shallow basis bounded by too much emotions. but i just can’t argue against them. as i said, i am always alone and i have no chance of winning an arguments when numbers rule and you are ganged-up.

because of this, i sometimes feel there has to be something wrong with my reasons. i feel i have lost some of my idealisms and now holding on to something that is wrong in the perspective of others. i fail to relate myself to their feelings and see what they see. and that make me feel lost at times.

but i believe that my reasons are backed-up by basis for holding on to. i don’t go to majority if i don’t feel like it. i believe majority sometimes sucks and only there to confuse. 

that said, i still don’t belive i should change. life’s a learning process. while i can be the “black sheep” of the family, no matter what happens to me, i know they’ll understand me. or me understand them. sooner or later.

for now, let everything be.

till i find the right path. or them finding it.