Happy New Year everyone! 2009 is a great year but 2010 will be greater!

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Yup! I am going back to Texas!

The company will be sending me back to Texas for some work stuff. Am not that excited like I was before. I don't know why. Probably because I am going there not in a per diem travel? Or probably because I've been there and nothing will be new? Or probably I will again miss our wedding anniversary?

In any case, this is something I can't say 'No' to. Look at the bright side. At least I can travel again. And I can see all the hot women at Narita Airport.

No worries. I will be blogging everything.

(Smile)

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Today, I found something that made me think...Is it that important?

Me: Importante ang ano?!

Ako: Ano pa eh di ang sweldo?

Me: Hindi ko alam, importante nga ba?

Ako: Oo naman di ba? Masarap kaya madaming pera. Bakit kuntento ka na ba meron ka ngayon?

Me: Medyo. Hindi naman lahat ng kasiyahan nakukuha ng pera di ba? Basta masaya pamilya mo, ikaw, mga kaibigan mo. Ayos na yun di ba? Basta nakaka-survive kayo araw-araw.

Ako: Whooo!! Plastik ka! Di ba nga minsan tamang tama lang ang sweldo mo? Minsan pa nga kulang. Minsan nga hindi na kayo nakakabili ng kung anong gusto niyo dahil sapat lang para sa pagkain at iba pa? Tapos sasabihin mo OK lang?! Sira ka ba?

Me: Oo, minsan nasasabi ko 'yan. Pero naiisip ko naman na ayos lang. Ganun naman talaga di ba? Meron naman nakalaan sa iyo pagdating ng panahon. Hindi lahat ng bagay dito sa mundo masarap. Oo minsan nakakatikim ka ng ginhawa. Siyempre minsan dapat makatikim ka rin ng hirap. I'm sure meron din naman darating para sa iyo. Kelangan mo lang talagang maghintay. Lakipan mo ng panalangin at tiwala sa Ama, sigurado ibibigay Niya ang dapat para sa iyo. You just have to TRUST and WAIT.

Ako: Wuusshhuu!!

Me: I found the below article. This could give you a different perspective or something.

Work is love made visible

By Kahlil Gibran

About 80% of people are unhappy at work, and 20% are happy. Our culture has separated work from passion, and taught us to prefer a higher paycheck to higher happiness. That mistake costs us our souls. The goal of career development is to uncover one's gifts and passions, and to link them to the practical needs of the world. We call that "being in the right place," "finding a good fit," or "making the best use of one's talents."

In What Color Is Your Parachute? my mentor, Dick Bolles, quotes Fred Buechner, who writes, "There are all different kinds of voices calling you to all different kinds of work . . . (and) the place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world's deep hunger meet." [2001 Edition, page 57.]

High compensation and high happiness are not incompatible. It's not that we shouldn't seek money, and lots of it; many of our clients do. But we should first seek to love, or at least to like, what we're doing. That's the realization of our highest calling.

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Biomekanika gave me this samsung website where it showcases their new smart phone - Samsung Omnia. As what the site says, you can win the phone by just playing the game. The game is like the "Typing Maniac" app from facebook where you type the words as it falls down the screen. To qualify for the promo, you will need to register first. Provide your e-mail address and other information.

Now, here's what the site got my "doubt-radar" got a blimp. The promo, I think,  is a scam wherein they could use the information when you registered. Here are some of the things that I noticed:

1. You can not beat the highest score. On the right side of the website shows a list of "top 15". They are what you call the fastest typer in the world. As you can see at the screenshot above, they achieved 400,000+ points! Amazing isn't it?! The reason? Read the next item.


2. The speed of the words falling down is not humanly possible. Even if you're still in level 3-5, the speed of the words falling is fast. In these levels you're still at around 60-80,000 points. Why not try level 10, you say?! Well, imagine watching the words falling just like in matrix movie.


3. There is no validation when you register. If this promo is real, there should be some sort of validation of any kind when you register. I tried to register bogus information and still the site accepts it.


4. There is no link that goes to Samsung's website. I wonder why there is no any link in this site that will connect to the Samsung main website or to the omnia phone web page? If they are committed to this, shouldn't they put some sort of links to Samsung's main website?


5. Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) NCR Permit does not belong to Samsung. Notice the DTI permit number (2705) located on the lower right of the page? Well, I checked the permit number in DTI and guess what? IT IS ALREADY EXPIRED AND DOES NOT BELONG TO SAMSUNG. It belongs to a certain TIME LIFE INTERNATIONAL (PHILS.), INC and the promo name?! TIME HSBC SOLO MAIL!

Is this there marketing strategy or just plain phishing?

UPDATE:

I tried to search who owns the Samsungomnia.com.ph domain through whois search. The domain is owned by Havoc Digital, Inc. The same company who created Manny Villar's Akala Mo Website.

Kudos to Microsoft! Free antivirus is now available! http://3.ly/55v

Are you tired of all the bull*hit that is happening to our government? Are you one of those who blame the President because all of this?

Well, someone made a website to "release" your stress. This is funny! Lol!

Thanks Rico!

Glad that our proxy is working. I miss digsby. But what's this news? http://snipr.com/qcar2

Wazzup! Let's be funky!!

Want to turn your boring photos to a cool and funky one? Here 's your chance. BeFunky.com lets you turn any of your photo to a cool and hip image.

You can apply effect such as Cartoonizer, Warholizer, Sketch, and many more.

Checkit out!

Dell is getting into mobile phones?

Considering Dell's reputation as a laptop and desktop tycoon, it is surprising that they will also venture into mobile phones. Then there's the competition with iPhone of Apple and Zune of Microsoft.

I wonder if they could make a differnce in the market.

Tingnan natin...

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Ever wonder what you look like if you were an anime or a manga?

Computer Science students of University of St. Andrews in United Kingdom developed a Face Transformation program as part of thier face of the future project that will transform any of your uploaded image into an anime or any other face transformation gaya ng "Ape Man" o kaya "Drunkard"? Lol!

Ayos din naman ang ginawa nila although kung minsan hindi maganda ang output lalo na kung wala kang picture na matino. Hehe. Pero OK na rin.

Try it out!

(WTF is in my forehead?)