mySpot | Understanding Facial Gestures

Ever since I started watching the series "Lie to Me", I've been so interested in the art of reading facial expression and body language.

I think it's nice to know what people really wants to say even without saying a word. I've learned so many things from that series and I don't even know whether its true or not however it's effective.

I've tried reading some of my friends and we just make fun of it... There was one case when I was asking my friend something and she keeps on denying it. I told her, "hey! i know when you're lying"... when she says something, she was trying to distract me from by touching her hair, adjusting her clothes (i think it was called "distractors"), however it was just for fun.. after i told her she was lying we just laughed at each other...

But sometimes, knowing what someone really doesn't want to say isn't that good. There's no surprise or excitement or something else... well, i still like doing it...

Last night, i took an online exam on reading facial gestures and i almost got perfect scores.. and soon i will (what i wanted to be) a human lie detector... just like a deception expert... cool huh???

well, this might not interest you but thanks anyway for reading... till here! ciao :D

mySpot | Seasons of Change

"Thank you!"

I've been saying these words since this early morning. It's not my birthday, or something, but I really do feel thankful today. It's seems like something has change or if not, soon it will come.

My office PC broke down.... and it has something to do with the corrupted OS. Too bad i just moved most of my files to that pc which includes important files, personal stuffs like pics and mp3s, some documents and other things. However, they were still able to recover most of it. I'm so thankful.

I know this is not much good for a story. There are few other things too but i really don't know how to put them on words. But anyway, thanks for reading. Till next time!

Thank you!

mySpot | cold 'Ber' months...

It's been quite some time since I last posted an entry on my blog. I might have been too busy with some other stuffs or I just don't know what to post.

A lot of things happened during those times... and some of them are quite memorable... Well, no need to refresh those memories...

I smell CHHHHRRRIIISSSTMMMAAASSSS.....

The month of September usually triggers the spirit of Christmas... everyone starts to get excited... early preparations, the usual stuff.. but on the next two months it would kinda stay low, and the excitement comes back again on the 2nd week of November.

We are also expecting cold nights again and the extended rainy season so we must bring our jackets or umbrellas most of the time and take vitamins to protect ourselves.

About the news, I don't want to talk about it.. 'coz everyone is already talking about it.. Let's just leave it up to the serious guys...

I'm still busy... at work, at home, at everything.. I don't even have time for myself... I think i need to change my lifestyle a little bit just to lessen the stress on everything.. hmm.. where do i start????

Anyway, I'll keep you updated again (hopefully) and i wish i could have some time to change my layout.. (i still owe my friend her blog's new layout request.. tsk tsk...)

till here.... bye!

mySpot | The LRT Ticketing Error daw...

I really don't understand the logic of the ticketing system of the LRT.
I had this experience that almost led me being trapped inside the station and the staff won't let me out, but not too serious.

I don't usually take LRT but I do buy Stored Value cards just in case i need to take one. One time, I'm on my way to Makati so i have to take the LRT from the office in Manila. When I came to the station, I inserted my ticket to the gate then I entered. I was hoping to get into the train as early as possible but unfortunately it was too crowded and the interval of the passing trains was so long compared to the usual time intervals... I wasn't able to take the 4 trains who passed by because it was already full and the station is getting crowded more.

After an hour of waiting for nothing, i then decided to take the taxi instead but when I was to go out of the station, the machines won't accept my ticket/card anymore. It displays an error or something so i have to report to the booth. I told the woman in the booth that I'll just go out because my card isn't working. Then she told me to wait longer but I cant because I'm gonna be late to where I am going.

The lady explained that if I leave without using the ticket, the process will be reversed so next time I use the ticket, I will be unable to get out again. But still, she let me out.

After a few days, some colleagues told me that the system will reset the next day so the reverse thing won't happen to me so i tried again to take the LRT. Too bad I cant enter the station because the machine won't accept my card and it displays the same error last time i used it. I went to the ticketing booth to ask for assistance.

The LRT staff told me that I didn't use the card when I went out the last time I used it (I was surprised it knows the date and time when was the last time I used it). Well just to avoid any problems I gave him 15 Pesos and he took my card and did something to it. When I inserted it to the machine it was accepted. Too bad the station was once again so crowded that I have to take the bus. When I was about to go out and inserted the card into the machine, I was expecting it the same error but no it didn't. It accepted my card and charged my another 9 Pesos.

Duh! What was wrong with the system. It was supposed to be just as easy as that... No reversed thing... Anyway, I'm not sure if I'm gonna take the train again but I'll keep the ticket just in case I'll be using it in the future.

Random Thoughts | 2010 Presidentiables on Pinoy Big Brother

Wala lang.. Just a thought.. What if the candidates running for presidency in the 2010 elections joins Pinoy Big Brother... and since double up edition, let's include the vice-presidential candidates for House A and House B respectively.

Let's see who will be nominated and evicted and who will be a part of the big 4 (or 5). What do you think would happen to them? Let say, they will stay there for a couple of weeks, with lot's of cameras around and the people will see what they are doing on those times while they are inside.

Then there will be nomination rounds, and eviction nights where the nominated person could be saved from text votes... Who do you think would win???

Random Thoughts | "Hello, World!" Programming 101

"Hello, world!"... One of the first few things i learned when i was starting to study the basics of programming.

According to Wikipedia, a "hello world" program is a program that displays the phrase "hello, world" to a display device. This phrase has been used widely in programming books for examples and other things.

But not is not the reason why i wrote this post.

When I was young, I wanted to be a doctor. But since i really don't like to see blood and other stuff, i changed my mind. When I was in elementary, I really didn't mind what I wanted to be one... Maybe I guess I was too busy playing around not thinking of the future for me. Though I wanted to be a superhero but when it comes to reality, i really don't have an idea.

When I was in high school, i wanted to be a teacher... but that was a bad idea for me, because i wanted to take revenge on what my teachers did to me. difficult exams, on-the-spot recitations when i had no idea at all about the topic, and many more... but still i did enjoyed my high school life on extra curricular activities... i did became a celebrity during that time...

And before I entered college, i wanted to take a course that doesn't have math subjects... I do like math... It's the subject that doesn't like me... :D So I tried to list down the courses that has math the least... Unfortunately, I don't know what happened that now, I am a programmer. I took Information Technology. Well, at least not Computer Science... :D

Now that I am working (i'm still young.. I'm a newbie.. a year-old newbie at work), I need to study again some programming things, because I need to learn new things... That's why they always say "learning never stops"... So I have/must learn a new language to survive in the race... not "language" as like Chinese or Japanese, a programming language...

So "Hello World", welcome back... And "Stress", here I come... Lolz

Random Thoughts | December Déjà vu - Double 22

Every Month End, I make sure that my calendar is already displaying the next month so when I look at it on the next month, its ready.

This time, I forgot to do it... And while my co-worker was checking some dates from my calendar, he was surprised to see this double 22... Funny, because one of my favorite numbers is 22...

This is definitely an error with the makers of this calendar... It could be a typographical error or something else...

But if you widen your imagination, this could mean something else... It could be a sign or should I play the lottery with this numbers...

Or... this might have to do with the winter solstice... Its the time when the night is longer on which this night might extend for more than 24 hours and skip 23 of December.

Random Thoughts | Random Things on a Sunny Sunday

It's Christmas
My mom and I just finished setting up the Christmas Tree this morning and we just learned a new technique in making the Christmas Tree looked like the Christmas Trees in the mall using our old decorations and the Christmas Lights are still working...

Talk of the Town
Everywhere I go today, from local tv news to internet news, and even to the streets outside, people are just talking the same topic. Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto's boxing fight where, once again, Pacman make the Filipinos happy and proud. Though I'm not a big fan, all I can say is congratulations... (same tone with wowowee's congratulations girl)

Almost an accident
I was on my way to home from SM when this happened. I was riding a jeepney and i'm seated on left side at the back of the driver's seat. I was listening to the Pacquiao conversation of the driver and the two other passengers at the front when from far away, a boy ,pushing a wooden cart with 5 gallons of water, tried to cross the street and he was almost on the middle of the road. The driver didn't slow down but rather swerved slightly to right and when the vehicle was almost near the boy. the boy pushed the turned the cart back to the right side of the street going to the direction of the jeep. The driver quickly turned the jeep and luckily, it didn't hit the kid but all the passengers where shocked at what happened and I can't even describe it properly... Anyway, thank God we're all safe.

mySpot | Mother Confessor vs Dr. Lightman

Who is better in terms of knowing the truth? Is it the Mother Confessor Kahlan Amnell or Dr. Cal Lightman???

If you are not familiar with the two, Mother Confessor is one of the lead cast in the series Legend of the seeker, and Dr Cal is the deception expert/scientist from the series Lie to Me, both running on it's second season.

Both of them has the ability to know is someone is telling the truth. They also have their own ways of knowing which one is saying the truth. But which one of them is better???

mySpot | The Vegie Encounter

I'm not really a big fan of vegetables but today, I did something new which I don't know if I'm gonna do it again or not.

We are quite very busy in the office this month, and since the Christmas is fast approaching, we are early planning the events for the Christmas Party 'coz I'm one of the committees... And one of our major events is a competition for the next top model.

Actually, the idea just popped in while I was thinking for some ideas for the events and I thought, 'hey, why don't we have something like this next top model search or something...'

So we sent invitations (within the team where sub-teams will compete) and luckily some got interested and joined.

Lunch Table | Season Finale

After 10 months on my second team on my first job, a new road to success once again was added to my path. Looking on the bright side, this will be another level up for me but on the other side, i'll miss the people i was with during these 10 months.

During my first few days on the 7th floor was so hard. It was so quiet. It was different from my previous team. But as time pass by, i observed, and suddenly, i learned.

Well, I'm gonna miss the fun during our lunch times, breakfast, and meryenda on this table. All the stories from Rey which made us lol (laugh out loud) to the highest level. The political issues discussed and many other topics.

Sabi nga Donnie at ni Wy, hindi na ako perfect.. Kasi sa lunch table na un, lahat perfect... It's like there is a giant glass surrounding that table in the pantry, and when you are inside, you are perfect.

While we were on the pantry this afternoon, I just heard nothing else except for 'spongebob'. At si sir gary pa ung nagsabi nun... hehehe...

Well, I guess this would be my last episode for my series post 'Lunch Table'. I hope i would enjoy this new journey that I would take.

To my MIS Team... (until now, i really still don't know what that MIS thing means..) Thank you!

Waaahh.. mamimiss ko ung personal electric fan ko... :D

mySpot | Baby It's Cold Outside

Waking up before the sun rise, (well technically 4 in the morning) is one of the things I've been doing in from Monday to Friday just to avoid the traffic on my way to work. Crazy, you might say, but I don't have any choice.

But these coming months, days or weeks, it's not bad to wake up early because when you go outside, you'll feel the coldness of the wind blows. It feels just like Christmas.

And what's best about the cold winds is that you can also listen to a Christmas song thru your ipod or phone and it feels so good. Empty streets with only street lights, (kulang na lang snow). everything would be perfect.

But looking on what's happening right now, the reality is far more important to think of better than something else. I just wish and pray that everything will just be fine. It might not be the same way as it is before, but it could be something better. Till here. Ciao!

mySpot | Monday... Back to school...

After a long period of no classes after the typhoon, the classes are now back again. Hmmm.. Although I'm not a student anymore which means I have to go to work. But the thing is, if the students are back to their classes, this means heavy traffic for me because there are lot's of schools on my way to work. And my travel time is once again extended which means I have only 4 - 5 hours left to sleep.

But this is not a good way to start the week so let us just smile and let us all say 'Thank God I'm still alive today!'. Possitivity always brings out good things in you... I know...

Well, what do have today??? Aside from a deadline from my tasks, today is Monday and Monday is Pancit Canton Day.. Yey.. And I'm excited to watch the next episode of the Big Bang Theory. And what else.. hmmm.. I still don't have a twitter account.. Why??? I don't know.. I don't think it's neccessary.. Lolz :D

So. That's all for this post. Let us all embrace this day with happiness and a big smile on our face. Till here. Ciao!

mySpot | Who wants to become the next president?

With the upcoming 2010 elections next year, many of the current popular politicians and the never-heard politicians are aspiring to become 'the one', dreaming to sit on the highest chair and live on a palace, you can even ride your own plane and travel around the world and befriend all the world leaders.

Just like one senator said on an interview about what she thinks on the number of the presidential aspirants who wants to run next year, "The more, the merrier". Well... She's right.. The more, the merrier... There is nothing wrong of having the ambition of becoming a president. But the question is, Do you have what it takes to be one???

Everyone wants to be a president even in small things. When I was young, I dreamed of becoming a president. When I was still a student, I once became the Class President. When I was in college, I wanted to become the President of our organization but I didn't win because someone else was better than me so then i wanted to be the next president. And the dream didn't stop and until now, I still wanted to become a president.

But when you are already in the position, can you handle the pressure? Because when you are in the position of such, the dream fades away and the reality is starting to sink in. Sure it easy to handle a group of 10-20 person. It could be easy to lead a small organization. But the whole country??? I don' think so. Maybe they could.

Everyone wants to become the next president. Well, one thing for sure, we could trust them all. They are all deserving to be trusted, i think so. But it is up to them whether they would use our trust in good ways or the other.

According to the constitution, "no person may be elected President unless he is a natural-born citizen of the Philippines, a registered voter, able to read and write, at least forty years of age on the day of the election, and a resident of the Philippines for at least ten years immediately preceding such election." But with the current trend, I guess we should add "no person may be elected unless he is rich and famous, or has was a celebrity in the past few years"

What if we change the way it should be. Those who wants to become a president shall not become one, and those who doesn't want to become a president becomes the one. I know someone who is just a simple person and a follower of God who became a great leader not only once but changed the way the country goes where she wasn't dreaming of becoming a president at all.

Being a president requires a lot of strength and effort from within. With this recent calamit, the one should know what to do. One should be careful in all actions because all eyes are upon you. Every mistakes are counted rather than the good things that you do. With all these I realize now I don't want to become one. I just need to be myself and help choose someone who is better and someone who deserves to sit on the chair and live on the big palace. Let us all find that one.

mySpot | Drawing the drawing

There are times when the things that I want in my life becomes blur. (naks! hanep sa intro)

Ok... Drawing, for me, is a skill or an ability which is not on my list of talents. I'm not that artistic in drawing or sketching. I even can't perfect a straight line without using any ruler or draw a perfect circle without tracing the coin.

But sometimes, (just like Aang on his avatar state), I can draw simple things which I consider abstract (para wala ng kumontra)...

One time, I was looking at my notebook while holding a pencil, when suddenly I thought of drawing my own hand while holding the pencil... It was very difficult... But then I started from few single strokes then taddan! instant hand holding a pencil... then i put a real pencil to make it more weird... hmmm.. weird???.. that wasn't the word i was thinking... Anyway.. here it is... something like a small child can do better than me.. :D

Random Thoughts | Adobo Photoshop

We were having breakfast at the lunch table when we talked something about cooking.

I want to learn how to cook different types of pasta because I always love eating spaghetti :D yum yum yum...

So going back to cooking, what if the food you want to cook did not went well?... Hmmm.. Rey and Jhing thought of having the adobo photoshop (if it would exist) which would make your food look good or even better.. Lolz on this one.. :D

If the taste didn't went well then just use your creativity on the presentation... At least it would look good. Till here! Ciao.

mySpot | Yes Man, No Man

Sometimes, the decisions we make in life greatly affects what we are right now.

I remember this Movie I have watched few months ago ,Yes Man, starring Jim Carrey, where he is a person who always

say's no. Then he attended this meeting about saying 'Yes' all the time which changed him and his life.

After watching the movie, I thought of trying to do the same. By saying yes without any hesitation. After doing it, I

realized that it's not that bad to say 'Yes' all the time. When someone asked of somethings, I answer them possitively

without even thinking what could be the effect to me.

Yes.. Yes.. Yes.. The positivity towards things brought a good effect to me. Until I realized everything changed. The lifestyle, the persons you always go with... everything.. it changed...

It's nice to meet new persons, do new things, but sometimes, there comes a time where you want to go back... you want to be the same person you were before. you want to do the things you always did before... you realize you're not happy anymore.

Sometimes, you wish you could go back time and say 'no'. Things would might not change but for sake of happiness, go. sometimes you wish you didn't do those things or the opposite thing...

But I guess in the end, what we have done couldn't be changed anymore. What we have said couldn't be taken back. Maybe i guess what we need to do is enjoy every bit of what you have right now... And when the time comes when you feel you are no longer happy, find a way.. because the path that you take never stops.. it only goes through a rough road to test how strong you are...

Random Thoughts | Something from the newspaper

"Nagbigti, dahil walang panghapunan" (Suicide because of having nothing for dinner) (sorry mejo magulo ung english translation)

I went to Trident Grocery early this morning hoping to find a bread. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to find this specific bread so instead, i bought some crackers and mini cheesecakes. Then i ran in to the donut store a bought a few munchkins.

While I was on my way back to the office, I saw some news paper tabloid with its headline "Nagbigti, dahil walang panghapunan". (I'm not sure if that's the exact phrase but the meaning is the same)

After seeing that headline, it came to my mind again that some people are so poor that they can't have their own dinner, while others are having fun enjoying an extravagant super expensive dinner that the cost could almost feed so many hungry families.

I don't think they need to take suicide because of this, instead, they should go to the office of the president and tell something about it. But that is not the point (kasi magagalit na naman si vj if he would read this). They should work. And one thing, they should not make so many children. Mahirap na nga, anak pa ng anak tapos sino ang sisihin nila?? tsk tsk tsk..

Sometimes it's hard to blame who's the cause of this... Pasaway kasi eh... Ok. Let's if that person died, who will feed his/her children. What will happen to them. They might become poor and the children will wander on the streets and become street children.

I wish we have something like 'cooperation'. Family Planning should be re-iterated to them until they learn, until 'We' learn. Tsk tsk tsk.. Enough of this. Just sharing some random thoughts from what I saw on the street this morning. Till here. Ciao!

mySpot | Kris Aquino should also be in a money

After the death of late president Cory Aquino, there was an issue regarding on putting her with Ninoy on the 500 Philippine Peso bill. The BSP (Banko Sentral ng Pilipinas) supports this proposal as the design for the new-generation currency notes.

But the creative mind of the people didn't stop only from this. After Kris Aquino's "final heroic speech" during the last mass for her mom, Cory, people had the idea of Kris entering the world of politics. So if Kris Aquino becomes the third female of the President, I guess she should also have a version of the 500 Pesos... Maybe for limited edition only.. or the 3 of them could all be together... But these things are just some thoughts of people.

The idea of having Kris' portrait on 500 Peso bill is not that bad. She is the Philippine's Game Show Host Queen, where lot's of people won large amounts of money. I think she also helped charitable institutions and she is also a public icon. Kris Aquino might be a very controversial woman but deep inside her lives a very wonderful person.

This is an idea I just want to share... It's just some random thoughts while thinking on the different side of things.