Monday, June 23, 2008

Firefox vs IE

I was talking with a friend earlier about how I prefer IE to Firefox. She said it had a lot of features that was useful but I still opt to use IE because it's simpler. But then again Firefox seems to be in everyone's computers. I even have one on my laptop. I don't use it but that's beside the point.


Sunday, June 22, 2008

Typhoon Frank

I'm stuck in the office while Typhoon Frank hits Makati. I'm not sure how big this typhoon is but I got soaked after walking for just 3 seconds. My clothes are soaked and I'm hungry.

Thursday, June 19, 2008

Oakleys for sale

I'm selling my Oakley Square Wire 2.0. I'm planning to buy Ray-Ban's. Leave a comment with your offer.

Do you want to work in a call center?

If you want to work in eTelecare, I can refer you. Just send me an SMS message at 09176248932.

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

What's with Accenture?

Last month, my friends and I were treated to breakfast at Il Ponticello. True Faith was also playing on stage singing their songs and some covers. The whole event was free and was sponsored by Accenture. To top the whole morning off, my friend won an 8GB iPod touch in the raflle.

This morning, I boarded a jeepney with my fare in hand ready to pay. The barker said there was no need to pay as the ride was free and it was sponsored by Accenture.

I can’t help but be cynical with Accenture’s philanthropy. What do they get in return?

Sunday, June 15, 2008

Worst Analogies Ever Written

I frown upon Copy-and-Paste Blogging. But this one is way too funny not to copy. This email has been with me since 2005 but I still crack up every time I read it. Enjoy.

 

Worst Analogies Ever Written

·        Worst Analogies Ever Written in a High School Essay Contest

·        Her date was pleasant enough, but she knew that if her life was a movie this guy would be buried in the credits as something like "Second Tall Man."

·        Long separated by cruel fate, the star-crossed lovers raced across the grassy field toward each other like two freight trains, one having left Cleveland at 6:36 p.m. traveling at 55 mph, the other from Topeka at 4:19 p.m. at a speed of 35 mph.

·        The politician was gone but unnoticed, like the period after the Dr. on a Dr Pepper can.

·        They lived in a typical suburban neighborhood with picket fences that resembled Nancy Kerrigan's teeth.

·        John and Mary had never met. They were like two hummingbirds who had also never met.

·        The thunder was ominous-sounding, much like the sound of a thin sheet of metal being shaken backstage during the storm scene in a play.

·        His thoughts tumbled in his head, making and breaking alliances like underpants in a dryer without Cling Free.

·        The red brick wall was the color of a brick-red Crayola crayon.

·        He spoke with the wisdom that can only come from experience, like a guy who went blind because he looked at a solar eclipse without one of those boxes with a pinhole in it and now goes around the country speaking at high schools about the dangers of looking at a solar eclipse without one of those boxes with a pinhole in it.

·        She caught your eye like one of those pointy hook latches that used to dangle from screen doors and would fly up whenever you banged the door open again.

·        The little boat gently drifted across the pond exactly the way a bowling ball wouldn't.

·        McBride fell 12 stories, hitting the pavement like a Hefty Bag filled with vegetable soup.

·        From the attic came an unearthly howl. The whole scene had an eerie, surreal quality, like when you're on vacation in another city and "Jeopardy" comes on at 7 p.m. instead of 7:30.

·        Her hair glistened in the rain like nose hair after a sneeze.

·        Her eyes were like two brown circles with big black dots in the center.

·        Bob was as perplexed as a hacker who means to access T:flw.quid55328.com\aaakk/ch@ung but gets T:\flw.quidaaakk/ch@ung by mistake.

·        Her vocabulary was as bad as, like, whatever.

·        He was as tall as a six-foot-three-inch tree.

Monday, June 09, 2008

Back to School

One thing I hate about living in front of Ateneo is the traffic situation caused by the number of vehicles bringing kids to work. Year after year, the number of students increases exponentially. It’s crazy!

However, work has taught me never to complain about anything without offering a possible solution. So these are my recommendations on how to decrease the traffic.

  • Ateneo should put a cap on the number of students being accepted. – It degrades the quality of education, and students don’t even know their own batchmates.
  • Kick-out undeserving Ateneans.
  • There should be a limit on the number of cars per student given car pass stickers. (I’m not sure if there is)
  • Bring back the GOCO buses. – These are big buses which can accommodate 40 students.
  • Bring back the MMTC buses. – These are PUBs who are stationed inside the Ateneo.
  • Prohibit HS students from bringing their own vehicles.
  • Provide a shuttle from drop-off points to Ateneo and vice-versa.
  • Add more dormitories. – Students and buildings increase but their ratio to in-campus dormitories decrease.
  • Open Gate 1.
  • Teach students how to walk to school. – For South-bound vehicles, they can be drop off the students at the overpass in front of Jollibee and they can walk. There really is no need to take a U-Turn just to enter the school.
  • Take those annoying tricycles out.

Wednesday, June 04, 2008

Pirates of the Caribbean (The Curse of The Black Pearl)

After numerous viewings of Pirates of the Caribbean - The Curse of The Black Pearl, I've started to notice some inconsistencies. This scene stands out more than the others. It's when Captain Barbossa is in the cave in the island. (I don't know how to spell the name of the island so I'm not even going to try) Barbossa is giving a speech to his crew about how they will lift the curse by spilling Elizabeth Swann's blood. Barbossa was under the moonlight the whole scene but he still remained to be in his human form. He didn't transform like they always do when hit by moonlight.

It is understandable that because this is one of the major scenes it's ideal to be showing the actual actor instead of a CG image but it would've been better if Barbossa was in the shade somehow so as not to conflict with the premise of the story.