Jann and Juvy's Church Wedding

This is their 2nd wedding. The first was held in Singapore last August 2011 and I was there too!
This wedding is more of the Filipino tradition; the groom in a tuxedo, the complete entourage (5 pairs of groom's men and bridesmaids), ring bearer, secondary sponsors, their parents, the ninongs and ninangs and of course the bride in white flowing gown, walking down the aisle.

For the newlyweds a long and prosperous life lived together with your future mini mes (children). You are perfect and compliment each other and I'm wishing for nothing but the best of what lies ahead.

Thanks for the invite and I may say the food and all the preparations, made your wedding day and the reception, a very successful event.

The Graduates

Congrats to my twin cousins (technically nephew and niece) Clyde and Cassandra for a job well done cruising through High School! Your family specially your parents are very proud of what you achieved and what you have become right now. Continue to be on the right path as you go to a wider arena in preparation for the real world. Enjoy life and take it easy, don't rush things.

In a few years you will become adults and I know that you will become responsible and good citizens of this country. As always all of us are so proud of you both.

NCR Shared Services

My team is NCR POS-I customization but because I was invited by Donna - whose boyfriend, Clyde, is a teammate of the 2 million winner - who donated 50k, and their team decided to have a beach outing - I was (along with Ariel and Mye) in a pseudo Shared Services team building/bonding!

It was a great weekend! The beach in Moalboal is just what I need to de-stress and just get away from the city buzz.

And what else do we do? Take a LOT of pictures of course.

March Madness 2012 Edition

Relaxing here in a darkened cold room with a big screen. The easy and affordable escape to life's burden.

Stressing out over a lot of things lately. Let me lay them out one by one, not according to any urgency or importance but to what comes to mind first.

Regression. I have this RFQ that is fairly easy to implement but a lot to consider into. I may say I learned a lot because of this development experience. For one, improvement on communication skills. It's because I have to contact by phone the POS developer that's in Australia. Not to mention that when you are developing something, there is a lot you'll learn from reading and familiarizing the codes. Which brings me to regression issues.

Hate it! And I think hate is still a kind word to describe how I really hate it! Im ok fixing bugs that I may have inadvertently introduced during the rfq development, but fixing already broken-a-long-time-ago-just-discovered-now bugs sucks big time! It stresses me out really. Im on day 3 firefighting these regression bugs, and there is still a full week ahead to wade through these fixes.

Ok thats what regression is about. But I have a secret. With all those hate and exclamation ended sentences lies joy. Yes joy as in happiness. In simple geek speak I kind of love what I do - Im doing. It just feels natural for me to face the computer all day and forget the world and just come back at 5pm when its time to go home. I may blab about work but I like my work. Period.

Which brings me to another thing that confuses me a great deal right now. I want to work in SG! Want, want, want it! If someone can guarantee me that I'll have a 100% work when Im there, I definitely am ready to leave all behind and fly there the soonest.

Now the problem. First is money. I have no savings! It's because of my bad purchasing decisions last year that Im debt ridden. Next is that I lost my diploma! It is an important requirement and I have to secure one. Im not yet on the move to gather the papers needed, ie; diploma, transcript, coe (from previous employers). I need to be on work leave to process them all. Sigh.

Speaking of job application, I already booked myself for a job fair this April 14. Im doing this to prepare myself for more interviews I may have to undergo in jumping ship so to speak.

So where am I now, you may ask? Im here in SM cinema 8 and waiting for The Hunger Games to start. Wait, the lights just went off, that's the queue.

2007 Snapshots

These are some of my posts recovered from Multiply.
All from 2007...how time really flies... sigh...

Panic Attack

This is one of those days where you feel so helpless and lost. What would I do? Where and most importantly whom will I ask? Im so lost, and clueless (ok not that clueless) as to what will happen as the deadline of this project nears.

So far, I've run step by step the scenario and I can see where the code goes - that's a good start actually. But the thing is I've debugged it a thousand times (ok not really a thousand times, you get my drift) and I get lost as to what to look for and where it goes crazy.

Today the functional specs document was reviewed. From the reaction I've gathered from the reviewers it seemed that they understood what I'm doing for this request. This request, looking at it from a high level perspective, seems easy enough. Basing from the requirements alone the feature needed are already working. Sadly, regression bugs appeared and that is what I'm currently fighting!

Two more weeks and I need to create a build for SIT and a prerelease for external testing. I know within that week is as busy as hell days (not that I know hell that much).

Tomorrow is a Thursday and with that the weekend. I must relax this 2-day weekend to clear my mind and get the job done by next week. If not I'll be the one whose going to be done.

Brain cells please cooperate, I need you now!