tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69681902008-07-24T14:53:11.453+10:00Aldrinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01495760318176071993noreply@blogger.comBlogger645125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6968190.post-3755039345547672822008-07-24T10:52:00.001+10:002008-07-24T11:26:17.276+10:00

The weather’s been cold, just like what it was since I arrived last Tuesday. The deafening silence, the foggy path to work and the unbearable cold just makes everything so sad. Work has been good to me. I can forget the good times that I shared with Athens, auntie, uncle and my cousins in Sydney. But as soon as I get a morsel of time alone with myself, I can’t help but get teary-eyed. I

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I just arrived from Sydney and it was such a wonderful experience getting everything on short notice; becoming a World Youth Day Volunteer and of course, meeting my girlfriend. Though we had plans of seeing each other this year which was put on hold for some unforeseen reasons months ago, we never thought that we could end up sooner plus on a far greater event. Before moving here in Oz, I told

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Feels so good. hehehe

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This is it. Few hours to go and I’ll be flying to Sydney. I have finally packed my things plus a few more like my external drive, my iPod, all the chargers, camera, ticket and identifications on my messenger bag tomorrow morning. I’ll be fetched by Uncle Rey by 12:30 pm and getting the flight at around 1:30 pm. My cousin Ricky and Athens will be picking me up at the airport and the party will

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Oh! Its iPhone launch today. Though I got a slot to get it, I chose not to secure this “Jesus Phone”. First, the iPhone is too pricey when bundled with call and data plans. With me on the Optus network, I just want to buy it outright, as I am practically around WiFi zones. I’ve been using the Zoo services on my Motorola L6 and not much to cover when I am mobile. You can actually get at

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I just can’t believe it. The World Youth Day 2008 had called me this morning as 2 more volunteer slots were available, one for catering and one for crowd marshall. Since my girlfriend is a crowd marshall for the event, I got the same slot to get things on the roll. I never thought they would get me as I’ve been calling them since last week and their hotline was disconnected. hmmmmm Well, this

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I woke up freezing this morning. The cold weather is getting worse and it hurts like a razor especially when the cold wind hits my face. The fog also made its return that I just have to pedal, slow enough to see things from a far. I also had to turn on my indicators to be visible from other motorist. I guess, I only have like 100 meter visibility this morning. I hope, tomorrow would be fine

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It’s freezing and getting to work on bike just makes things harder for me. I practically can’t feel my pinkies and shaking it off doesn’t do much justice. The cold wind and drizzle also did the whole experience worst. Anyway, everything went fine as the heater at the training room was good. Felt better as my hands were thawing. Hehehe. I could see my hands were slowly turning red from blue

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Yup! It’s officially my 1st year here in Australia. I could still remember the day when I arrived at Melbourne. It was 6 AM of July 6, 2007; Very cold and very gloomy. My first Aussie breakfast at Tullamarine Airport was just ok. Not much of a change. I just had a bottle of orange juice. hehehe The drive going to Geelong was a “crash course” to Australia. The roads, the driving culture,

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Being different is a struggle and having something different is a different story. Though discrimination has mellowed out in years here in Oz, there are a few who also remained in the past. They were so light years behind as they try to bully people like me with their perception that they are better than we do. That having their skin makes them feel superior to any race in this planet. In my

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I am going to Sydney next Saturday. My girlfriend would be a volunteer for the World Youth Day celebration and it’s kinda abrupt for me to decide to be one of them too. We never had the luxury of time in getting these choices as she was waiting for her visa to be approved and my schedule of leave, but so far, we are getting on track. Hopefully, I could get a slot as a volunteer so I could book

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I never thought I could finish the allotted 2 days of work in just 2 hours. I don’t know how they calculated it but I was able to nail it. I modified the rack so I could squeeze the proposed arrangement of the servers and fixed the wiring behind it (LAN Cable, KVM and power cables). I felt good as the client was extremely happy. The rest of the afternoon was spent on checking the Gaia system

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And it’s my final day for the week at the office as I will be reporting to the school tomorrow and on Friday. I’m in a way relieved as sitting on the chair for the rest of the day is not fun. Though I have made a system for checking and monitoring our clients, there’s so much more in interacting people and knowing that they are happy with what you’ve done to them than just staring at the screen

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I’ve been busy for days and the tasks are piling up. As soon as I get home, I feel so tired and I only got enough time to get online as I have to do some chores. As much as I would like to do the cooking, auntie just wants everything her way and having auntie on anything, she is just the slowest of the slow. How would you want your dinner served at 10 pm? That’s just not right. Anyway, I’ll

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I’m very glad that my cousin Kat knocked on my door at about 10.00 am this morning as it was just in time to watch Manny Pacquiao’s fight with Dangerous David Diaz. The bout was set at about 9.00 pm ET (at about 11.00 am AET) so I had some few minutes to prepare myself. I had already installed SopCast last Friday to watch it live but my friend; Nat-Nat from Ireland was kind enough to send me a

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It has been a ride since my last post as I was practically dragging myself to all of the things that I have to do. With that, I am happy that I have survived the 1st week of my new cycle. Going to work on bike, bus and foot was a success. Though the first week was really hard as the cold weather, strong winds, drizzles, body pains and even went home drunk, I have conquered them all. It was

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I’m glad that I’m doing well in this new cycle. No more body pains and I can pretty go back and forth to work with so much ease. I’m actually enjoying the ride and it feels so good being “free”. Chaining my bike at the train station is pretty funny. It’s like, among the bikes being chained at the bike posts, it’s only mine that is ugly. The rest were like $500 up. I remember my boss, asking

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I’m having body pains and it’s a bit hard keeping it on the go. Going to work and back just makes it harder for me. I know this would just be in a few days as I am still adjusting to this cycle. Very much like when I did the training for the tournament back home. I hope not to get sick as some of my friends got fever and flu. Getting all of the users’ queries this day has been a challenge. I

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After 6 months of being dropped and fetched from work, I have decided to get myself on bike, bus and foot. I know this day would come but I never expected it to be sooner. This has triggered me to decide last Saturday, after my instructor told me that I am going to have my driving exam on August 15. I was really disappointed as she told me before that I’ll have it on July. So, just to make

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It has been a busy 24 hours and I should say, I’m still on the roll. As much as I would want to continue, Geelong is too limited for me that I have to stay home and stare at the computer until I sleep. Yesterday, I went out earlier to catch the train to Melbourne for Kristen’s “birthday/going away party”. 5:34 pm was the train schedule so I have enough time to catch her party which would start

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In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him for then it costs nothing to be a patriot. – Mark Twain --- Yesterday, I wasn't able to hold myself from crying as it was really not nice being ridiculed. I used to "fight back" with some healthy discussions but I guess being remote from home has its drawbacks;

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While the sun was covered with dark clouds, I was struggling to let my sun shine out within me. For days, it has been an effort, grasping for some breathe of fresh air as the cold winter nights makes me miss home more. The deafening silence and the harsh reality that I am far from home are actually just sinking in. I’ve come to realize that even my cousins who are half Pinoys are practically

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It’s pretty cold this morning and I can hardly see the gate from my room. The fog just makes everything cold. My hands were like meat from the fridge. I can barely feel it that I just have to rub them to flow some blood to it. It was ridiculously cold. I can still remember the time when I arrived here. It was like the coldest in 3 years for Geelong. I used to say that I’ll enjoy the

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Last night was nasty. Daniel invited me to play Star Wars: Battlefront on his PS and made me dizzy. I felt like I puking it all out. I lost my appetite and been thinking about “white flower” for some rescue. I know, I am an 80s child where computer consoles were so old school and most of the time spent are in the outdoors. I remember playing Super Mario Bros., Karateka, Battle City, Twin

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Sometimes, "bad luck" is trailing behind you that even the simplest thing just irks you like hell. For years, I have developed some tolerance to whatever pressure and stupidity I have experienced that I always try to “transcend” just to get things clearer so I could be sane enough to react and be civil to whatever instance could that be. But sometimes, I wish I could just do what I’ve been

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