Just My Thoughts: September 2005

Bad things...Good things..

This has been a very long and exhausting week for me. I was supposed to take my certification exam last monday but it was moved yesterday because there were no more slot for that day. The news really disappointed me because I'm tired of reviewing and memorizing the same old commands.

Then came tuesday, we were asked to setup two servers and install an operating system. We had difficulty configuring the machine at first because it didn't display anything onto the monitor. After figuring it out, we finally started installing the OS and put some patches in it. That's our first OT for this week.

The next day, we just continued what we had started and restored some of the data required for the servers. We had our lunch when the system started to restore the file system. When we came back, there's an error saying that there's no enough disk space. So we tried to create a raid from the remaining disks. After that we just continued restoring the data. This has become another OT for us. We went home with a piece of a relief believing that we expect no more error the next day. We really need to close the activity that day because we were scheduled to take the exam the next day afternoon.

To our surprise and disappointment, the machine can no longer reboot after the restoration, which made our problem complicated. We were pressured to solve the problem immediately but we knew to ourselves that we should be preparing for our exam instead. I called the main office to dispatch another engineer as our replacement. Our exam would be at 1pm, we left Quezon City at 10:45am, we still need to go to Makati main office to get the voucher and eat our lunch before going to the testing center. We had a long way to go, 20 minutes walk from the office to MRT station.

Then at MRT, we were told that there's an accident happened in Cubao station that won't let the train pass the railway. How I wish they've told it very soon so we won't be waiting for almost 30 minutes. When we got down, most passengers are looking for taxi. The taxi ride made me really dizzy that I almost want to vomit inside the car. Thank goodness I had a mint candy inside my bag. It was 12pm when we arrived in Makati office and we still have to eat our lunch. Since it's lunch time, the queue was long that took us 45 minutes to order our meal. We only have 15min before our exam so we decided to eat our lunch inside the taxi instead. We were very hungry but we couldn't finished our meal. We were very tensed, harassed and exhausted of what we had experienced that morning alone. We almost did'nt want to take the exam because of too many unfortunate things happened. It seemed that it's bad sign.

Solaris 10 SysAd certification is very hard. Not that I expected it to be. Far more difficult comparing with Solaris 8 SysAd 1. Nevertheless, I passed the exam. Hurray! Tho I aim for a high score, at least and the most important is I passed the exam with an average score. I may say that it's the only good thing that happened that day but it overcome all bad things. We finished the exam at 3:30pm and we still need to go back in Quezon City to continue what we had left that morning. Since there's no MRT, we took a bus. We arrived back at the office at 5:30...

That's it! A very exhausting day indeed.

PBB Views

At first Im not interested in PBB. No one among the housemates really interests me a lot. Cguro si Uma pde pa. Natutuwa ako sa kabadingan nya. Pero its not to the point na aabangan ko talga ang bawat episode ng PBB. Not until Sam came into the picture. Grabe ang gwapo talaga. Parang gusto ko na tuloy makisali sa bahay ni kuya. hehe
Ang pinagtataka ko lng bakit si sam ung pinili eh mayaman na yang taong yan. sya ung current model ng closeup d b? ung nasa bus? pero nevertheless, mabuti sya ung sinali. naeexcite tuloy akong panoorin ung big brother.
kanina nagcheck ako ng PBB forum. and guess what i saw in one of the forums. Si chx hinalikan (as is HALIKAN!) si Sam! Yuuck! Sam bat ka pumayag? Pde pa cgurong si Say or Cass kc they have the face and the body. Pdeng ipantapat sa kagandahang lalake mo. pero si chx? whaatah! sabi nga sa forum, si sadako un eh at ung iba sabi si Anton Diva un eh.hehe. At ito pa, pagkagising ni sam. Agad tinabihan ni chx feeling sila na daw dahil nagkahalikan naman sila kgabi. Unfortunately for chx, dineadma lng sya ni sam. Parang mukhang nagicing sa malaking pagkakamaling nagawa hehe.
Regarding JB, before Sam entered the big brother haus, gustong gusto ko na talga syang mapatalsik dahil sa sobrang yabang at animo bading sa pagbbackfight kay cass. natawa talga ako nung sabihin nya kay big brother ang dahilan kung bakit ayaw nya kay cass. sabihin ba namang "sa lahat kc ng ayoko ay binabackfight ako" haha! jb, speak for ur self. kaw ung madaldal jan na kung sinu-sino ung sinasabihan mo ng masama abt cass. buti na lng sinabi ni BB "eh bakit lagi nyo pinag-uusapan si cass pag wla sya?" SAPUL! Nice Big Brother. Well, nag-explain si jb pero wlang sense. halatang nasapul sya don ni BB. hehe
And since type ni Sam si Sey, at mukhang pinagtatambal ni BB si Say at Sam, gusto ko na tuloy magstay si JB for a while. Out na muna si maam racquel na halata din patay na patay kay Sam. hehe Nang sa gayon, makita natin ang reaction ni JB sa mabubuong relasyon ni Say at Sam. Grabe! Cant wait for that to happen.
Nabanggit ko na rin lng si racquel,maam baka ang ibig mong sabihin kay sam ay 'bedroom voice' ka at nde po 'sounds horny'. Minus!

Crush nga ba?

Uso pa ba ang magkacrush ngayon? Sa edad at estado ng buhay ko ngayon, magkakacrush pa ba ako? actually, nde ko sure kung crush nga un. basta medyo like ko lng sya. hehe
ooooopps! nakakaintriga ba? sikreto ko na lng kung sino un. kahit kulitin mo ko dad, no way kong irereveal kung sino un. haha! peace!

Team 4

katatapos lng ng meeting namin kaning umaga. finally nalaman ko na din kung saang group ako kabilang. tama ang hinala ko na sa govt agency ako iaassign. nung time na iniisip ko pa lng na mukhang doon nga ako, super deny talga ako. kc ibig sabihin non, doon ako mag-ooffice. d kc maganda ung office namin doon compared sa makati. mawawalan ako ng unlimited supply ng coffee. bwehehe. pero napag-isip-isip ko din, ok din naman don. kc madalas walng pasok sa gobyerno, ibig sabihin wla din kming pasok. haha! i'll have more time for my family.
at isa pa, naeexercise ako don sa kalalakad. layo kc ng nilalakad pagpunta at pag-uwi. bukod pa na magkahiwalay na bldg ung office namin sa data center nila. so kung may trabaho, pabalipat-lipat kmi ng mga bldgs. at least d2 libre workout. medyo tumataba na rin kasi ako eh. =)
tunog sour graping ba? nde naman cguro. nalulungkot lng akong isipin na d ako sa makati mag-oofice. d ko na makakabond ung mga girls don. pero ganon talaga, ito ang trabaho ko eh. honestly natutuwa ako sa trabaho ko ngayon. nakikita ko ang development ng career ko. mukhang tuluyang iniwan ko na ang programming. after a year or so, nakikita ko na ang sarili kong sa ibang company preferrably sa ibang bansa.
you go ghurl!

Solaris Zones/Container Expert daw?!

haha! natutuwa naman ako d2 sa boss ko at mga katrabaho ko. Tinatawag nilang akong Solaris Zones/Container expert. Bago kc sa solaris ang zone technology. Sa Solaris 10 lng merong zones at since trained ako sa sol10, sa akin inassign ni sir ang zoning.
kanina nagpunta na kmi isa naming client. inimport ako nung isang team para magconfigure ng zone. ansaya kasi successful naman ang ginawa ko. =)

New / Old Hairdo

Got a new hairdo. Actually balik lang ako sa dati kong gupit. Im one of the boys na, hehe. Akala ko mapapahaba ko na ulit ang buhok ko. Uso ang long black hair ngayon pero di kinaya ng powers ko ang tumatagal na morning routines ko everyday. Di pdeng mawala ang conditioner, kailangang maghair blower, at makailang beses na brush ng buhok bago pumasok sa office. Very time consuming talaga! Then one day bigla ko na lng naisip na enough na paghihirap ko. Magpapagupit na ulit ako, balik sa nakagawian kong hairdo, yung maiikli. Now, I really like my hair. It's wash and wear na. Feeling ko pa mas maganda ako ngayon. ahihihi.

SUN JAVA COURSES - after office hours

Hi guys! Bka lang interesado kyo. Currently, we are offering Sun Java Courses after office hours. Ngayon lng nangyari ito at hanggang Dec '05 lng ang schedule. Hmm.. maganda din ang naisip ng Sunphil dahil atleast ung mga employees ay pdeng magtrain after office hours or saturday ng Java, then eventually pde na rin silang magtake ng certification. Pantaas din ng career value un, da bah?
Kung interesado po comment lng po para maassist ko kyo sa pagreregister. =)
Ito nga pala ung schedules:
Fundamentals of Sun Java Programming (SL210)
No. Of Days: 5 days
Training Cost: P20,500
Weekdays
Time: 5:00 to 9:00pm
Schedules: Sept 5-9 | Sept 12-16 | Oct 3-7 | Oct 10-14 | Nov 7-11 | Nov 14-18
Saturdays
Time: 9:00am to 6:00pm or 8:00am to 5:00pm
Schedules: Sept 3,10,17,24,Oct 1 | Nov 12,19,26,Dec 3,10
Sun Java Programming (SL275)
No. Of Days: 5 days
Training Cost: P25,500
Weekdays
Time: 5:00 to 9:00pm
Schedules: Sept 19-23 | Sept 26-30 | Oct 17-21 | Oct 24-28 | Dec 5-9 | Dec 12-16
Saturdays
Time: 9:00am to 6:00pm or 8:00am to 5:00pm
Schedules: Oct 8,15,22,29, Nov 5

Other programs available every Saturday are as follows:
OO Application Analysis and Design Using UML
Sun Java Programming Workshop
Web Component Development
Developing Mobile Phone Applications with J2ME Technology
Developing J2EE Compliant Applications
Architecting and Designing J2EE Applications
For more details just post a comment. Thanks!

Sakit Kalimot

hindi ko ubod maintidihan kung bakit napakabilis kong makalimot. nde pa naman ako ganong katanda para maging malilimutin. 26 pa lang naman ako at dapat active pa ang brain ko sa paghahanap ng mga impormasyon. una naisip ko dahil lng ito sa anaesthesia nung nanganak ako. pero naman anong petsa na at bakit malilimutin pa rin ako? magddalawang taon na ang anak ko, wag nyong sabihing epekto pa rin ng anaesthesia ito. arrgh...
maraming tuloy akong sinisisi kung bakit humihina ang aking memorya. isa na dito ang pagiging malabo ng mata ko. ang pagkakaalam ko kc malaking tulong sa mabilis na pagmememorya ng isang bagay ay kung ito ay makikita mo o maririnig. and since si labo mata ako, hirap akong maaninag ang mga bagay bagay. near sighted po ako. inshort, kung ano lng ang mga malalapit sa kin ung lng ang maliwanag na nakikita ko, the rest blurred na. nakailang salamin na nga ba ako? d ko na matandaan. nakapagtry na din ako ng contact lens, kaya lng suko ako sa tagal kong maglagay sa mata. imagine, dutdutin mo daw ba mata mo para lng mailagay ung salamin na yon? tapos madalas pa natutuyuan kaya nagiging antukin tuloy ako sa trabaho. hayyy... dahil sa pagiging malabo ang mata, nababawasan ang aking kaalaman lalo na't involved ang mga impormasyon nakukuha lamang sa paningin.
palaisip akong tao. kaya madalas pag may problema kahit hanggang saan ako magpunta, iniisip ko pa rin sya. minsan, napag-isipan kong magpractice na d muna ako mag-isip. i wanted to clear my mind. hmm... feeling ko successful naman ako. kaya lng mukhang nagustuhan ng utak ko ung ginawa ko kya minsan ayaw na nyang tumanggap kahit anong pilit ko. ehehe
bilang solusyon bumili ako nga gamot, glutaphos. subok ko na ito nung college pa ako. promise! naipasa ko ung isang exam namin dahil d2. nawa talga magamot ako nito.
bakit ko ba biglang naisip tong topic na to? kc ang minus namin d2 sa ofc, nalimutan namin ung gagawin namin dapat nung friday. tumawag na ung boss namin d2 (buti d ako ang nakasagot, hehe) at tinanong kung bakit d namin nagawa ung binilin nya last week. ang sinagot na kasama ko nde hinabilin nung isa naming kasama na absent ngayon. hirap din maging absent eh. syo sinisisi ang mga pagkakamali ng iba. d ka naman makapagreact kc wla ka nga d2. well that's life. nde naman ako dapat maging guilty kc d naman ako ang nagsabi pero alam ko ksalanan talga namin. mamya balak kong bumili ng organizer para maisulat na lahat ng schedules ko. =)