After weeks of waiting, and waiting... I finally got what I was waiting for, the new plates!! Woohoo it was a perfect birthday gift for me, right on time. I got it November 04, 2009 - so my dad gave me the go signal to use "IT" that same night! And went home using it the following day!
And... on top of that, yesterday, I had a big breakthrough with one of my stocks. I'm now up almost 20%. Been waiting for that sleeper to creep it's way up for two months. Patience is indeed a virtue. Quick stock trading doesn't seem to like me much. But this winner is definitely worth the wait.
too much work
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The past three weeks have been one of the most hectic weeks I've had for quite a while. For some reason, everything just came together like the perfect storm, as they say it. I have two projects, both on the same timeline. Aside from being a developer for both, I'm also doing the Assembly Testing for one of them. This should've been ok, except that the requirements for project #1 keep changing, plus the scope of the modules that I was supposed to assembly test is just increasing!! Holy crap!
Deadlines are coming up and I have no idea how I will be able to finish everything.
I was also stupid to take 2 days off (it was already scheduled beforehand) to celebrate my birthday. I really didn't do anything last Nov 5 and 6, but I just didn't want to work night shift for those two days which is why I decided to push through with my leaves. :) Now I have to scramble next week to finish up the things I need to do.
But hopefully, in a few weeks time, things will be better. Things will be much less hectic.
Deadlines are coming up and I have no idea how I will be able to finish everything.
I was also stupid to take 2 days off (it was already scheduled beforehand) to celebrate my birthday. I really didn't do anything last Nov 5 and 6, but I just didn't want to work night shift for those two days which is why I decided to push through with my leaves. :) Now I have to scramble next week to finish up the things I need to do.
But hopefully, in a few weeks time, things will be better. Things will be much less hectic.
just random thoughts
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It's Thanksgiving weekend in Canada but since we're working in Manila, we follow only Manila holidays - which means we're working here graveyard shift, but there's really no work in Canada. :) So I'm taking this time to catch up on some work.
I've been back in the Philippines for over a month now, and I feel like I haven't really done anything since I got back. I usually just work from home, and only go to the office once a week - so I tend to be too lazy to do anything else. I've been planning to go back to the Gym, but unfortunately, I still haven't done that as well.
I think I've only accomplished (soon anyway) one thing... I'm gonna be buying something that I've wanted for quite some time. It's probably my first big purchase post QL. It's in the works. And I believe it's something I'd need to pursue some of my other plans.
I've been back in the Philippines for over a month now, and I feel like I haven't really done anything since I got back. I usually just work from home, and only go to the office once a week - so I tend to be too lazy to do anything else. I've been planning to go back to the Gym, but unfortunately, I still haven't done that as well.
I think I've only accomplished (soon anyway) one thing... I'm gonna be buying something that I've wanted for quite some time. It's probably my first big purchase post QL. It's in the works. And I believe it's something I'd need to pursue some of my other plans.
Revitalize my blog
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After reading Leda's blog entry, I just realized that I haven't even blogged for almost a month now! It's time to revitalize my blog.
another grouse grind
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Did another round of grouse grind earlier. So far, for my 3.5 months stay here, I've done 6 total. 2 of them I didn't record in my grind timer.
My target before I go home is to have my time trimmed down to less than an hour. But based from how I did earlier? It's very very hard to improve 9 minutes! Doing grouse grind is like climbing stairs all the way up. Too hard. Too tiring.
Looking on the stats above, I can't believe I'm just in the middle of the thousands that go up. I'd like to think of it as - that only those that really want record their time, buy a grind timer. The rest don't use the grind timer.
My friend said that my time in doing grouse grind will roughly equate to my time when I do a 10km marathon - and it looks pretty accurate. I did my 10k last time at around the same time.
My target before I go home is to have my time trimmed down to less than an hour. But based from how I did earlier? It's very very hard to improve 9 minutes! Doing grouse grind is like climbing stairs all the way up. Too hard. Too tiring.
Looking on the stats above, I can't believe I'm just in the middle of the thousands that go up. I'd like to think of it as - that only those that really want record their time, buy a grind timer. The rest don't use the grind timer.
My friend said that my time in doing grouse grind will roughly equate to my time when I do a 10km marathon - and it looks pretty accurate. I did my 10k last time at around the same time.
Tried out the new Canada Line
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So my aunt and I joined the crowd and tried out the new Canada line which links downtown Vancouver to Richmond, and the Airport. It was the first day, so the trip from 1pm to 9pm was free. We went to King Edward / Cambie station, rode until Bridgeport, and back. We were supposed to go to Vancouver Airport, but apparently the line was so long that it'll take us around 2 hours to go back to the train, so we decided to just hop out at Bridgeport station, and hop back in going back to King Edward station.
It's really nice how they invest in something that will help everyone. Their 3 train lines pretty much go around Vancouver/Surrey/Richmond now. You can go from downtown Vancouver to Airport in just 30 minutes!
I wish Philippines would have better planning in terms of metro development and its public transit. That way, less traffic, less pollution, and more convenience for all.
It's really nice how they invest in something that will help everyone. Their 3 train lines pretty much go around Vancouver/Surrey/Richmond now. You can go from downtown Vancouver to Airport in just 30 minutes!
I wish Philippines would have better planning in terms of metro development and its public transit. That way, less traffic, less pollution, and more convenience for all.
Oregon Coast Vacation
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This is a way long overdue post regarding my trip two weeks back to Oregon.
Oregon is a big state and we decided to stay put at Lincoln City, to be near the Oregon Coast area. From Vancouver, we drove all the way down to Multnomah Falls (out of the way to Lincoln City) to check out this really nice tourist spot in Oregon. It was well worth the detour.
It's a better view from the top, though I wasn't able to take pictures there. The nice thing about this area is that it's maintained, very clean and vibrant. Because I remember the falls in Camiugin, would've been better to have it developed to attract more tourists.
Anyway, after Multnomah Falls, we made our way to Lincoln City. We drove by Interstate 8 (I think) and what a beautiful area that is. It's a scenic drive amongst farmlands, and vineyards. Wasn't able to take any pictures but it was truly beautiful. We drove there for around 2 hours before we finally reached Lincoln City. Would you believe, we departed Vancouver around 6:30 am, and after couple of stops and detours along the way (and getting lost), we finally arrived at the beach house we rented at just about 8 pm that same day.
For Day 2, we decided to drive down to Florance, along the coastal highway 101 to enjoy the scenic view as well. Who gets bored driving with a view like this along the way?
We wanted to check out Florence down south because it was famous for its sand dunes. I didn't expect that area to have that much sand! According to the driver during our sandland adventure, the sands are actually river sand, not because sand. And it spans thousands of miles. In fact, it's a haven for atv, 4 wheel drivers because you pretty much have a vast land of pure sand dunes.
From Florence, we made our way back up, passing by Sea Lions Caves first. I wanted to go in, but my companions didn't want to (well, preferred not to anyway). Too bad. But luckily, I got to see some sea lions for free at Newport City, which was our next stop. We were supposed to go to Ripley's Believe it Or Not, but did not as we ended up getting parking ticket - cost us 40$! We parked on an unloading/loading zone. Who knew that??
Driving back up to Lincoln City, we drove by Heceta Lighthouse but did not get to go as well cause well, we had to do quite a hike and most of the people I were with were not as willing (oh well)... but good thing we got to drop by Yaquina Lighthouse. Finally!
This is probably one of the best places I've seen during that trip (and coldest by far). I was wearing only shorts thinking that weather will be in the early 20s that day.
Anyway, after a long day 2, we finally got back to Lincoln City, where we prepared for the next day's shopping day plans.
Day 3 was just purposely setup as shopping day. It's nice to shop around Oregon because it's tax free! Meaning, what you see is what you get. I didn't buy much, just some stuff my mom wanted me to get for her to give away as Christmas presents. So not much this day.
Day 4 is the last of our 4 day vacation. We departed early morning and decided to drive by north thru coastal highway just to see the scenic coast line, and drive by small towns along the way. And good thing we used this route cause I was able to finally make it to Tillamook Cheese Factory. These guys didn't even want to come here in the first place! But we ended up spending an hour there. It's basically a cheese factory, and they've set it up in such a way that you can do a self tour and see part of the assembly line of cheese making.
That was our last stop, but we stumbled upon a Cosco branch where one of our friends needed to buy something. And guess what, while there, I ended up buying the netbook I've been looking for! Well, it's for my mom. Gift from me and my brother. I was suppose to get one during our shopping day, but no stock left at the place we went to.
There's too much detail for this vacation. But all in all, it was a blast and I truly enjoyed it.
Oregon is a big state and we decided to stay put at Lincoln City, to be near the Oregon Coast area. From Vancouver, we drove all the way down to Multnomah Falls (out of the way to Lincoln City) to check out this really nice tourist spot in Oregon. It was well worth the detour.
It's a better view from the top, though I wasn't able to take pictures there. The nice thing about this area is that it's maintained, very clean and vibrant. Because I remember the falls in Camiugin, would've been better to have it developed to attract more tourists.
Anyway, after Multnomah Falls, we made our way to Lincoln City. We drove by Interstate 8 (I think) and what a beautiful area that is. It's a scenic drive amongst farmlands, and vineyards. Wasn't able to take any pictures but it was truly beautiful. We drove there for around 2 hours before we finally reached Lincoln City. Would you believe, we departed Vancouver around 6:30 am, and after couple of stops and detours along the way (and getting lost), we finally arrived at the beach house we rented at just about 8 pm that same day.
For Day 2, we decided to drive down to Florance, along the coastal highway 101 to enjoy the scenic view as well. Who gets bored driving with a view like this along the way?
We wanted to check out Florence down south because it was famous for its sand dunes. I didn't expect that area to have that much sand! According to the driver during our sandland adventure, the sands are actually river sand, not because sand. And it spans thousands of miles. In fact, it's a haven for atv, 4 wheel drivers because you pretty much have a vast land of pure sand dunes.
From Florence, we made our way back up, passing by Sea Lions Caves first. I wanted to go in, but my companions didn't want to (well, preferred not to anyway). Too bad. But luckily, I got to see some sea lions for free at Newport City, which was our next stop. We were supposed to go to Ripley's Believe it Or Not, but did not as we ended up getting parking ticket - cost us 40$! We parked on an unloading/loading zone. Who knew that??
Driving back up to Lincoln City, we drove by Heceta Lighthouse but did not get to go as well cause well, we had to do quite a hike and most of the people I were with were not as willing (oh well)... but good thing we got to drop by Yaquina Lighthouse. Finally!
This is probably one of the best places I've seen during that trip (and coldest by far). I was wearing only shorts thinking that weather will be in the early 20s that day.
Anyway, after a long day 2, we finally got back to Lincoln City, where we prepared for the next day's shopping day plans.
Day 3 was just purposely setup as shopping day. It's nice to shop around Oregon because it's tax free! Meaning, what you see is what you get. I didn't buy much, just some stuff my mom wanted me to get for her to give away as Christmas presents. So not much this day.
Day 4 is the last of our 4 day vacation. We departed early morning and decided to drive by north thru coastal highway just to see the scenic coast line, and drive by small towns along the way. And good thing we used this route cause I was able to finally make it to Tillamook Cheese Factory. These guys didn't even want to come here in the first place! But we ended up spending an hour there. It's basically a cheese factory, and they've set it up in such a way that you can do a self tour and see part of the assembly line of cheese making.
That was our last stop, but we stumbled upon a Cosco branch where one of our friends needed to buy something. And guess what, while there, I ended up buying the netbook I've been looking for! Well, it's for my mom. Gift from me and my brother. I was suppose to get one during our shopping day, but no stock left at the place we went to.
There's too much detail for this vacation. But all in all, it was a blast and I truly enjoyed it.
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