Entry 46 - Passed the SCJP

I passed my SCJP certification today, yahoo!!!  Finally I can relax and not worry about not passing it.  I was actually not that confident that I could pass it eventhough I've been a Java developer for about 6 years now.  I was having a hard time memorizing all the intricacies of the language, as I mostly use an IDE that handles all these things for me.  The exam was for 3 hours but I finished it in about 1 and a-half hours.  I was thinking of reviewing the test items since I had a lot of time left but I decided not to.  I was thinking that if I did a rundown of the items, there were some items that I was not so sure and I may end up changing some of them when in fact they were already correct.  Well, I guess it was the correct move as I passed the exam, got 76% of the test questions right.  Not that high of a score but still far from the 58% passing grade.

Entry 45 - SCJP, Is It Worth It?

I've been reading around the internet on whether taking the SCJP is worth it?  Well for me it doesn't matter as I'm taking it as a company sponsored certification, so I don't have to pay for anything.  The question is, if I didn't have that sponsorship, would I take it, would it be worth it to take it?  From what I've read, people have mixed reactions to this question.  Some say that it isn't worth it, it's just a way for the vendor to earn money.  Other say that it's just a tool for landing a job.  Personally, I think it really is just a way of forcing yourself to learn the inner workings of Java.  To force yourself to learn the concepts behind Java.  For an experienced professional like me, I've been using Java for more than 6 years now, and from my reviews, there are still concepts that I thought I understood, but I really didn't.  Getting the certification is not really a gauge on whether you're a good developer or not.  It's just a way to see if you understand the concepts behind Java.  Additionally, I think the ideal person to take this is not really those that are new to Java but those who are experienced developers working on various Java projects already.

Entry 44 - Reviewing for the SCJP

In the company I'm currently working at, they are sponsoring certifications.  One of the certification they are offering is the Oracle Certified Java Programmer (1.6).  Since it's sponsored by the company, I decided to register for it, and I was lucky enough to be able to get one of the vouchers.  The voucher will be used as payment for the certification exam.  The voucher is only until the end of April, then it expires.  I decided not wait until the end of April so I registered for the exam on April 13.  I've been reviewing little by little for a couple of weeks now and I want to pick-up the pace of my reviews so I decided on the earlier exam date.  Hopefully I'll be able to successfully pass the certification exam, it'll be a lot of waste if I didn't.

Entry 43 - Table Tennis

Played some table tennis with an office mate a while ago.  I used to play table tennis a lot during my high school days.  I played almost everyday while waiting for my Mom to fetch me from school.  Last time I played was college for a PE class.  The satisfaction of playing was so-so, and I felt that it was just a moderate excercise.  I used to enjoy playing a lot, but this time, it just felt so-so, maybe I just need a sport that feels more tiring like basketball, badminton or tennis.

Entry 42 - Commute Tomorrow

I heard that there will be a transport strike tomorrow.  For my commute tomorrow, I'm expecting the worst, but I'm hoping for the best.

Entry 41 - Consistency is the Key

I've been able to excercise consistently for two weeks now.  Hopefully I'll be able to do this consistently, my initial goal is for a month.  In this way, I'll be able setup a routine that may help me in solving my inconsistency problem.

Entry 40 - Consistency

Well, my consistency is still a problem.  Some days I'm super motivated, some days I'm super lazy.  I believe that's my real problem now, consistency.  Consistency to finish what I started.  Consistency to keep on doing something that I set out to do, not just for a couple of moments.  I will try harder knowing that this is my problem.

Entry 39 - Value Averaging

I've been into stock trading for 2 years now and I haven't lost money but I haven't earned what I wanted.  Aside from that, there's always the stress of getting affected on the daily price movement of the stocks I have.  I don't want this stress, and I'm planning to experiment and use a different strategy.  Instead of timing the market, I will be trying out Value Averaging.  This is a new concept to me, but I've read that it should be somewhat similar to Cost Averaging.  I'm already doing Cost Averaging now, but I also want to try out Value Averaging.  I'll keep on doing Cost Averaging but I'll also try out Value Averaging.

Entry 38 - Why the Philippines Does Not Progress

My house is not that near to a main road so I have to ride a tricycle to get to where the buses are.  The tricycle needs to have 4 people before it travels to its destination.  This morning, I was the first one on the tricycle so I had to wait a couple of minutes before the tricycle was full.  While waiting, there was this person who was not really very familiar with the place and was asking some directions from the tricycle driver.  The tricycle driver looked as if he didn't even want to talk to the person.  He looked like he was annoyed and was answering as if the person asking for directions was really bothering him.  Since it was obvious that the tricycle driver didn't want to help, the person asking for directions decided to just ask another person.  When this person was no longer near the tricycle, the tricycle driver started mumbling about how the person was stupid.

This is why the Philippines hasn't progressed, its because of people like this.  People who are selfish, only thinking about themselves.  Even more, people who have "crab mentality", purposely dragging other people down so they can raise above them.  I don't know what the tricycle driver's problem was, but that wasn't really right and what he did was really annoying.  I know it's bad to wish ill of someone, but maybe he needs to encounter a similar situation, where he'll be the one asking for help, and he'll be ignored.  Maybe he was having a bad morning, but still, there's no excuse.  Maybe he was just raised that way, to be selfish, only thinking of himself.  This is the main problem of the Philippines, Filipinos who only think of themselves instead of sharing with each other.  Look at Japan, look how disciplined they are despite the tragedy that has befallen there country.  I can just imagine if that happened here in the Philippines, the chaos would be unimaginable.

Entry 37 - Back From Cebu

I'm back from my 5 day vacation and I must say, it was a very relaxing one.  We had planned an itenerary, but we were only able to follow it on our first day.  Our original plan was to go around Cebu City for our first two days, then go to Mactan Island and Bantayan Island for the rest of the trip.  That was the plan, but what happened was on our first day, we went around Cebu City, got to visit Sto. Nino Church and Magellan's Cross.  We also went to the Crown Regency Hotel, where the Edge Coaster and Skywalk was.  After that day, we suddenly decided we wanted to stay at Shangri-La Mactan resort on Mactan Island.  Initially, we planned on staying for only two nights.  We would stay one night, go to Bohol for one night, then stay another night at Shangri-La Mactan.  But we weren't really into getting to a lot of places, what we really wanted was just to relax and take it easy.  So in the end, we decided to book the rest of our stay on Shangri-La Mactan.  Three days, quite expensive but I feel it was worth it.  The rooms looked great, all the facilities you'd expect was there.  Swimming pools, health clubs, beach, even a Timezone arcade.  Breakfast buffet every morning.  I was always looking forward to the morning where I would be able to eat a hearty breakfast, and lots of fresh fruit too.  We only went out of the resort a couple of times, one to eat dinner at Sutukil (this was very disappointing experience) as well as visit the Lapu-Lapu shrine.  We also ate dinner at Hola Espana, they served great tasting pasta and pizza.  On our last day, we visited a market in Cebu (forgot the name) which sold lots and lots of dried squid and an assortment of dried fishes.  We also didn't enjoy that experience as the taxi ride was really long and the place smelled, the type that sticks to your clothes and hair.  But I guess you really can't have it all, as we were really having a great and relaxing time at the resort, maybe some stress was needed to balance it out.

That Shangri-La Mactan was really a wonderful place to stay at, just a little expensive, but I feel its worth it.  Felt really relaxed and rejuvenated, felt my skin became a little smoother from this vacation.  But now, it's back to reality, maybe I'll add vacations like this as one of my motivations.  Really work hard, be sucessful and earn money that I can use for these kinds of vacations.

Entry 36 - Packing for Cebu Vacation

I'll be going to Cebu for a vacation from March 10, 2011 to March 14, 2011.  We bought the tickets last year, when there was a promo for it.  It was so cheap that we decided to buy it, eventhough we weren't sure if we were going forward with it.  Looking at it now, it seems the vacation is too long for a Cebu trip.  People I know also say that 3 to 4 days is more than enough for a Cebu vacation.  For our case, it's 5 days.  We'll see if it really is too long.  I won't be able to write here for a couple of days.  I'll just make an entry when I get back from vacation.

Entry 35 - Happy Birthday Sis

It's my sister birthday today and we celebrated by eating out for dinner.  We ate at Mann Hann restaurant.  It's a chinese restaurant in Trinoma.  We ordered Yang Chow Fried Rice, Brocolli with Garlic, Sweet and Sour Pork, Steamed Fish Fillet, Seafood with Vegetable Soup, Siomai and Chicken Feat.  My other sister and my brother in law were also there as well as my very cute nephew.   I felt that I ate too much food and still feel a little bloated right now.

Entry 34 - Bought a Jansport Bag for My Sister

My sister's 14th birthday is tomorrow.  Me, my Mom and another sister decided we should buy her a new bag, since the bag she's using for school is already looking worn out.  I went to Eastwood Mall this afternoon, to the The Traveller Shop and bought a Jansport bag.  It was a little expensive, but since three of us was sharing the gift, we decided to go ahead with it.  Instead of giving the gift tomorrow on her birthday, we gave it to her tonight, so she could already use it tomorrow.  I also found out that she really wanted a Jansport bag, so it really made her happy to receive one for her birthday.  It also made us happy to see that she really likes out birthday gift to her.

Entry 33 - Failing This Project

The plan for this blog was to write an entry everyday.  This project was a means for me to "cure" my procrastination which has been troubling me for quite some time now.  I want to correct this problem because I feel I've lost a lot of chances due to this.

Well, I've somewhat failed on this mission, I haven't been able to consistently write an entry a day.  I'm not giving up on this though, this time around, I'm going to fight this and not just leave it unfinished as is the case for some of my projects.  For a change, I want to finish something I started.

Entry 32 - New Laptop

I bought a new laptop yesterday, it's an Asus N43J.  The Asus N43J wasn't actually part of my list of choices.  I already did a lot of research about which laptop I should buy, and Asus N43J wasn't in that list.  I didn't even know that the Asus N43J existed until yesterday.  My original choices were either the Dell XPS 15 or the HP Envy 14. I chose these two models as they had good performance, and they were not noisy and not prone to overheating.  I already tried looking for these models but these two models are not available anywhere here in the Philippines.  I already looked everywhere and gave a lot of time researching as to where I could possibly buy these here in the Philippines but I just couldn't find it.  Because of this, I had to change my plan.  My plan yesterday was to look around at SM Megamall's Cyberzone, check out what laptops were available in the market.  The specs I was looking for is at least an Intel CORE i5 as well as at least an AMD Radeon 5670 or GeForce GT 325m.  As I was looking around, I mostly saw some low end specs, and I only saw a couple of models that was near the specs I wanted.  I went to a couple of stores, looked around, and at one of the stores, I was given an Asus brochiere.  Asus was actually having a new years promo, the brochiere had a couple of models they were selling with some additional freebies.  I saw the Asus N43J, the specs were within what I wanted, but was a little above my price range.  Freebies included a 500GB USB3 external harddrive as well as a Logitech wireless mouse.  I also kinda liked the look of the laptop, aesthetically it looked good.  I was intrigued so I tried reading about this model through the internet, but I couldn't find much information as this was a farely new model.  I wasn't sure if I was going to buy this model, so I still looked around.  I got to this Lenovo store, and saw the Lenovo Y460.  I actually had read a lot about the Lenovo Y460 already, and one thing I didn't like about it was that it heated up more than other laptops.  The specs were within what I wanted, price range was actually nearer to what I was aiming at.  Freebies were also available, including a wireless mouse and two laptop bags (the bags actually looked good).  So now I had two choices, buy the Asus N43J which I didn't know a lot about or buy the Lenovo Y460 which I had read a lot about but had some negatives to it like the heat issue.  Well, it took me a while but I finally decided to go for the Asus N43J.  What made me decide?  One factor was that it was newer than the Lenovo, it had a Blue-Ray drive, and a USB 3.0 port.  The Lenovo didn't have this.  I was thinking, since I was willing to shell-out a somewhat large amount to buy a laptop, why not buy something that was more future proof.  I also thought that I was already overthinking, taking into consideration too much of the research.  I was thinking that I wanted the perfect notebook, considering performance, noise level and heat issues.  I didn't know any of these things about the Asus N43J but I decided to buy it anyway.  I made a risk, and hopefully it pays off, that the laptop I bought would live up to what I want it to be.

Entry 31 - Wasn't Able to Sleep Well Yesterday

My sister kept coughing yesterday evening.  She coughed and coughed none-stop, I didn't sleep well because of this.  And it looks like she's still coughing tonight again, might be another sleepless night.

Entry 30 - Don't Worry Too Much

I've always been a happy go luck guy, not worrying about things too much.  Lately though, I find myself worrying about things that I don't usually worry about.  I don't know, maybe it's my age, maybe I'm realizing that I'm no longer young and I'm worrying about my future.  I think I'm doing much worrying about my future.  Maybe I'm planning too much and want my future to be perfect making me worry more that what I'm currently doing may not lead to that future.  I need to change this mindset as this worrying puts unnecessary stress on me.

Entry 29 - Thinking About Buying a New Laptop

I've been experimenting with Android development, and my current laptop is having a hard time handling the load. The processor is an Intel Celeron and memory is 2gigs. It seems this is not enough, especially when I launch the emulator. My laptop's performance really takes a hit. I have a plan with regards to my laptor upgrade, but I may have to move this earlier.

Entry 28 - Using N82 for this Entry

I almost forgot to write an entry today. I'm already lying in my bed and my laptop's already shut down. I was thinking of just writing an entry tomorrow morning, but that would defeat the purpose of my project 365 blog. So now I'm writing this using Opera Mobile for Nokia N82. It's a little difficult, with the small screen and small keypad. I'll only probably do this again if there is no other choice.

Entry 27 - The Perfect is the Enemy of the Good

"The Perfect is the Enemy of the Good."  I heard this quote from a TWiT episode 286.  The quote is from Voltaire, and I got really interested with it, relating it with my venture into creating my first Android application.  My progress has been slow in developing my first Android application, and hearing that quote made me realize some reasons as to why this is.  The first thing that came into my mind is that I'm trying to hard to start off perfectly with my Android development, when I really should have been concentrating on just being able to produce some results.  I'm taking too much effort into finding the right way when I could just try to produce what I want to produce.  I could always just go back next time once I learn that some of my codes could have been coded better.  At least this way, I have faster output, not necessarily the best, but it's better than having no output at all.  I have big plans for this venture, and I've already wasted a lot of time.  When I find myself wasting time again on too much perfectionism, I will remember this quote and hopefully it will put me on the right track once again.

Entry 26 - Maganda Ang Araw Ko

Naging maganda ang araw ko.

Unang-una, sa awa ng diyos, yung singaw ko na 3 weeks ko ng iniinda ay gumaling na din.  Salamat talaga, isa ito sa mga pinakamahirap na nangyari sa akin, sa tindi nung sakit, hindi ako makapagsalita.  Kinailangan ko pa na hindi magsalita ng ilang araw para lang gumaling yun, kasi tuwing magsasalita ako, natatamaan siya, sumasakit at sa pakiramdam ko, lalo siyang hindi gumagaling.  Mukhang tama naman ang hinala ko kasi pagkatapos ko na hindi mashadong magsalita ng ilang araw, gumaling din siya.  Salamat talaga!

Pangalawa, naging ok ang trabaho ko, madami akong nagawa at medyo hindi ako nakaramdam ng katamaran.  Hindi din ako inantok mashado, kaya nakapagtuloy tuloy ako sa trabaho at naggawa ko yung mga kinailangan kong gawin.  Sana umpisa na ito ng paggiging masipag ko.  Sana matuloy-tuloy ko yung paggiging masipag at paggiging maayos ng aking trabaho.  Nakapagsign-up din ako sa isang training na maari kong maggamit sa hinaharap.  Hindi pa sigurado yung training, isang linggo siya, at hindi pa din sigurado kung saan siya.  Maaring sa McKinley siya, pero ok lang, kasi maggagamit ko naman yung training na yun.  Yung training kasi ay para sa Spring, isang open-source framework na madalas gamitin sa mga iba't-ibang projects ng iba't-ibang mga kompanya.  Madalas ito hanapin sa mga posisyon na hinahanap nila.

Pangatlo, naayos yung aquarium pump ko.  Binuksan at nilinis lang ni Papa yung pump, kaya umandar na siya ng maayos.  Akala ko kakailanganin ko pang bumili ng bago, buti na lang naayos.  Medyo may kamahalan din kasi yun at ayaw ko munang gumastos kasi may mga pinag-iipunan din ako.

Ayun, masaya ang araw ko.  Sana umpisa na ito ng mga magagandang bagay.  Na maging masipag na ako, bumalik ang paggiging masayahin ko, at ang paggiging kuntento sa mga bagay na meron ko.

Entry 25 - Busted Aquarium Filter

I was doing my weekly aquarium cleaning today.  I change the water at least once a week, and I clean the aquarium filter at least once every two weeks.  Today, I changed the water and was suppose to clean the aquarium filter also when I noticed that the pump was no longer running.  My aquarium needs the pump since not only does it help in cleaning the water, but it also circulates it, providing oxygen to the water.  Without the pump, the aquarium will run out of oxygen for my fishes.  I tried looking for my extra pump but couldn't find it.  The only one I found was the aquarium filter for a small 10 gallon aquarium.  My aquarium is a 50 gallon tank, so that 10 gallon filter won't be enough.  I just hope it helps for at least a couple of days, until I get to repair my old pump or be able ot buy a new one.

Entry 24 - Singaw Singaw

Hindi pa din gumagaling yung singaw ko.  Sobrang hirap magsalita, ang sakit, and feeling ko tuwing magsasalita ako, lalong hindi gumagaling yung singaw ko.  Kaya hindi muna ako pumasok ngayon para hindi talaga ako magsalita.  Pinatanong ko na din kay Mama sa doctor friend nila kung ano pwedeng magawa para masmapabilis ang paggaling.  May sinuggest lang na gamot yung doctor, spray type siya, apply 3 to 5 times a day.  Sa tingin ko, effective naman yung ginawa ko na hindi magsalita buong araw and yung gamot.  Malalaman ko lang tomorrow morning kung nag-improve nga talaga.

Entry 23 - Masakit Pa Din Ang Singaw Ko

Magpapacheck na ako sa dentist tomorrow, ang sakit pa din kasi nung singaw ko, ang tagal na.  Parang masama talaga yung pwesto niya eh, tumatama siya most especially pag-nagsasalita ako.  And kanina chineck ko, parang di na maganda yung itsura, parang may nana na.  Sana naman hindi ding ganong kagrabe, ang hirap kasi talaga.  And sana maayos na agad.

Entry 22 - Forgot To Make An Entry Yesterday

Failed on my project 365 blog, forgot to make an entry yesterday.  I was already lying down on my bed preparing to sleep when I remembered I haven't made an entry yet yesterday.  This is now officially a project 364 blog. :p

Entry 21 - Molecule Mad

Got this information from a friend of mine.  Go to http://translate.google.com/, translate "molecule mad" from English to Filipino, see what the result is.

Entry 20 - Singaw

Ang tagal na ng singaw ko, medyo panget yung pwesto niya.  Nandun siya sa may kanang bahagi, tumatama siya sa mga molars ko, kaya ang tagal niya gumaling.  Nahihirapan akong kumain, di ko naeenjoy mashado.  Nahihirapan din ako magsalit, kasi tumatama din siya pag nagsasalita ako.  Sana gumaling na agad, sobrang mahirap siya, ang sama ng pwesto.

Entry 19 - In A Hurry Again

I told myself that I wouldn't be in a hurry anymore, that this year I'll just try to relax.  But sometimes, I forget this, and still get into a rush.  Like just today, going home, without me noticing it, I was in a hurry to get to the FX going to Trinoma.  Then I was in a hurry to get into a bus.  This is stress for me, and I want to be relaxed.  I want to make myself be used to not being in a hurry.  It's still a work in progress, but I feel I'm getting there.  I just need to constantly remind myself unti it's second nature for me.

Entry 18 - Not Afraid, Excited

Lately, I've been worried on how my life would turn out in the future.  When I was going to start my new work at Accenture, I was worried on how it may turn out.  I was worried that it wasn't going to be the way I want it to be.  I'm worried that in the future I may not have a successful life, not be able to provide a comfortable living for my future family.  These are only some of my worries and it was really affecting how I lived my life from day to day.


My girlfriend showed me another way of thinking, instead of being afraid, I should be excited.  I should be excited on the possiblities.  I should be excited that my new work would really work out for me.  I should be excited about the possiblities that may happen in the future.  I like this idea, and it makes me look forward to the future.  It helps me enjoy my life more, makes me healthier, and gives me a more positive outlook on what may happen.  This is part of my philosophy now, be excited, not afraid.

Entry 17- Hopefully I Win the Lotto

I'm currently waiting for the Lotto draw which will happen at around 9pm.  I'm going to win the jackpot tonight!

Entry 16 - I Want to be an Expert in Java Web Development

I've been doing Java web development for more than 5.5 years already and I thought I knew a lot.  The truth though is totally different.  What I knew from my development work was how to code using the framework that was provided.  What's  behind the framework, that's where I have a lot to learn about.  I realized this during my time trying to look for work.  Some of the exams I took and the interviews I had showed me that I still had a lot of things to learn about.  One of my goals is to be an expert on this, someone who knows the ins and outs of Java web development.  How do I achieve this?  For a start, I have started reading some Java books and not just reading, but really understanding the Java technology.

Entry 15 - Android Development

I had always wanted to try out development for mobile devices so I decided to try out Android development.  The reason that I chose Android is because its API is based from Java, and I already have years of experience on Java development.

My first project is a Whack-a-Mole game, and my inspiration for this game is the Whack-a-Monty mini-game in New Super Mario Brothers for Nintendo DS.  I'm using the suggested tools by Google, which is using Eclipse.  The SDK from Google includes an emulator to be able to try out the application.  However, it seems that the emulator eats up a lot of CPU cycles and memory.  My laptop is on the low-end of the spectrum and the emulator does not run that smoothly on my machine.  Due to this, I'm thinking I may need to buy a new laptop so that development would be more efficient.  I'll maybe do that next time, for now, I just want to try to finish a small project.  If the project looks promising, then maybe I'll upgrade my machine.

Status:

• So far, I've only been able to create the starting screen of the application.
• I'm still planning on how the game will look.  I'll ask for some designs from my sister, as she is on the artistic side.

Entry 14 - No Entry 13

I wasn't able to write an entry yesterday and I just thought of an excuse just right now.  If ever I wrote an entry yesterday, it would have been Entry 13, and I remember that buildings don't usually have a 13th floor.  I think the reason for this is that 13 is considered unlucky, and most probably, nobody would be renting or buying a unit at the 13th floor.  So my excuse now is that an entry 13 may prove to be unlucky so there will be no official entry 13.  Instead, entry 14 will immediately be next after entry 12.

Entry 12 - Razor Ramon

Was just channel surfing a while ago and I stumbled upon Vintage WWE which featured characters from years past.  The match I initially saw was Razor Ramon against Savio Vega.  When I saw Razor Ramon, my first reaction was to think that he was fat, then I just realized that it wasn't the real Razor Ramon.  I remembered that the WWE tried to replace the original Razor Ramon, who bolted for WCW then, with another person.  Diesel was also there, impersonated by another person as well, since he also bolted for WCW.  After watching it, I decided to read some more in wikipedia, and I just found out that the fake Diesel eventually became Kane.

Entry 11 - Watch Problem

I just changed the battery of my Lacoste watch last January 8, 2011 but it already is stopping from time to time so I had it checked-up.  The repair shop checked it and is not certain yet if the battery is the problem or if it is a problem with the watch's mechanics.  They want to observe it for two weeks before giving an assessment and I agreed to it since I want to find out what really is causing the problem.  The watch is important to me because it was given to me by my girlfriend.

Entry 10 - Azaya Garden Resort

Azaya Garden Resort - Capas, Tarlac

Entry 9 - My Typical Work Day

Wake up at 6:00am.
Eat breakfast until 6:30am.
Take a bath and then leave the house at 7:00am.
Ride the tricycle to EDSA, ride a jeep or bus at 7:15am.
Arrive at Trinoma at 7:30am.
Ride an FX to Eastwood, arrive at Eastwood at 8:00am.
Eat a snack at 9:30am.
Eat lunch at 11:30am.
Eat another snack at 3:00pm.
Leave the office at 5:30pm.
Ride an FX to Trinoma, arrive at Trinoma at 6:15pm.
Ride a bus, arrive at MCU at 6:45pm.
Ride a tricycle, arrive home at 7:00pm.
Eat dinner, relax, and then take a bath at 8:15pm.
Chill out and relax, call my girlfriend at 9:30pm.
Sleep at 10:30pm.

Entry 8 - Restarting My Life

I had a pretty bad year last year, I lost focus and I lost the drive I had before to succeed.  The output was that for majority of the year, I wasn't productive, I didn't improve my knowledge, and I wasn't really that happy on how the year played out.

This new year, I want to restart my life by REALLY TRYING to fix some negative things about myself.  Here are four reminders that I give myself that I feel are the ones really causing problems.

1. Do not procrastinate!
2. Strive always for the best!  Do not settle for just the normal output, give it a little bit more to make my work outstanding.
3. Discipline!  Have a plan, and then stick to that plan, have the discipline to keep on doing it.
4. No Greed, and no envy!  Being jealous of others makes you dissatisfied about what you have.  Being greedy does the same thing.

These are my basic "resolutions" and I honestly think that if I am able to follow these reminders, I'll be able to improve myself.

Entry 7 - Finally Feeling Better

Finally felt better today, no more running nose, and just some coughing.  Was able to go out on a date with my girlfriend and we watched The Green Hornet starring Seth Rogen and Jay Chou.  I actually enjoyed it more than I expected.  Seth Rogen gets annoying after a while and Jay Chou for me did pretty well.  I wanted to watch it because I remember that Bruce Lee starred in the short lived Green Hornet television series.

Entry 6 - Feeling Worse

Just as my throat condition is improving, I suddenly come down with the cold.  Been taking Neozep every 3 to 4 hours to stop my running nose.

Entry 5 - Reading/Listening To Books While Commuting

My usual commute time going from my house to where I work usually takes around an hour and a half.  This is quite a long commute and I feel that I'm wasting that amount of time if I just sit and wait for my ride to arrive to the place I work.  Reading books while commuting is a no-no for me as I get dizzy from it.  I then decided to look for interesting podcasts I could listen to.  I stumbled upon TWiT, it's a panel type podcast that talks about technology news.  This is where I found out about Audible, a site where you can subscribe and be able to buy audio books.  This has been so useful to me, as I can now make productive use of my time while commuting.  Aside from that, it makes me feel that my commute time is shorter than the one and a half hour that it really is.  Just today, I finished reading The Fall, book two of The Strain Trilogy by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan.  I really enjoyed the book and I can't wait for the third part.  I'm also listening to the Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi series, and I just downloaded the latest book entitled Vortex.  Audible is not a free service, but I feel that it's basically the same as buying a book, but now it's just in an audio format.

Entry 4 - Still Feeling Sick

Yesterday, my throat started itching, I slept early yesterday hoping that the condition of my throat would improve.  I woke up this morning, and my throat was even worse.  I've been coughing all day long and it doesn't feel good.  Hopefully tomorrow my condition improves but if it worsens, I may have to take a sick leave from work tomorrow.  I don't want that to happen since I'm trying to avoid using my sick leave credits as there are incentives at work when sick leave credits are not used.

Entry 3 - Mukhang Magkakasakit Ako

Medyo makati yung lalamunan ko buong araw, feeling ko magkakasakit ako.  Matutulog ako ng maaga ngayon para di matuloy yung sakin ko.

Entry 2 - Forgettable 2010

I didn't have a particularly good year last 2010.  The start of 2010 for me was really bad, didn't have a good experience with IBM Solutions Delivery and I think that may have caused my whole year to be chaotic.  I didn't have any drive at all last year, I just wanted to bum around and do nothing.  It took almost the whole year before I was able to feel that I was really ready again to work.

Here's what basically happened last year...
January 2010, moved to IBM Solutions Delivery, stayed there for only 5 days.
January 2010 to February 2010, tried to look for another work.
March 2010 to June 2010, moved to OSRP, stayed there for only 3 months.  No problems with the work or company, but I felt that I wasn't really recovered yet from what I experienced in ISD.
June 2010 to November 2010, took a break.  Wasn't thinking about anything that much, just bummed around, did whatever I felt I wanted to do.

As can be seen, I wasn't doing anything for most of the year.  I basically wasted the year 2010 away.

Entry 1 - Another Project 365 Blog

My aim here is to help myself in "curing" my problem with procrastination.  During one of my classroom trainings in Accenture, the assisstant moderator mentioned that he took a picture a day and posted this into his photo blog.  The idea was to one day be able to look back at the year that passed and know what you did for a specific day regardless if it was an ordinary day or a special one.  I got inspired by his idea, and since I've been battling procrastination for the past 1 to 2 years, I thought maybe I could use his idea to help myself.  I was thinking, maybe if I did a routine, something I wouldn't miss at least once a day, it may help me gain back my discipline and be able to fix my problem with procrastinating.

I'll try my best to make a post everyday, but I won't be limiting myself into writing about a certain topic, I'll just be writing whatever comes into my mind.  Hopefully this practice helps me with my battle against procrastination.