i passed 70-315!!!

finally, after days, weeks and months of preparation... I passed the Microsoft Certification Exam 70-315! (Developing and Implementing Web Applications with Microsoft Visual C# .NET and Microsoft Visual Studio .NET) =)

all the hard work finally paid off, and it feels like a fishbone has been removed from my throat =P two exams to go for the MCAD certification... Go! Go! Go!

i wonder what happened

there is this quote somewhere which goes like this "some people make things happen, some watch things happen, and some wonder what has happened". i really think i fall in the "watch things happen" but tonight... i wonder what has happened.

lately, ive been regularly going to the gym every tuesdays and thursdays... i feel a lot more energetic.. and surely i lost some weight. Some people notice this and some people don't, but that's not the topic here so... :P

yesterday (tuesday), i was not able to go to the gym because i had to go somewhere else. So today i though i might as well do some jogging and push ups to make up for that... then this strange feeling happened... i can't do even 10 pushups!

before i started going to the gym... i used to be able to do around 20 easily.. no sweat (yabang mode =P) so i'm wondering... what has happened. :( any ideas anyone?

perhaps im working on a different muscle while im in the gym??? anyways.. i wonder...

an irritating and funny encounter (edit: rethinking, i think what i thought was disgusting)

i usually sleep at the public transport and today is not an exception, the traffic was so bad i was so sleepy yawns... suddenly this "kid" (this adult should grow up!) comes in... takes his nokia 6XXX series (symbian phone) and plays a game at full volume! trying to get attention! everyone's sleeping man! be considerate!

irritated, i started thinking of what if's in my mind... and here's something interesting i'd make up...

what if this "kid" comes in... takes his nokia 6XXX series (symbian phone) and plays a game at full volume, trying to get everyones attention. Suddenly I get my N70 and play a porn movie in full volume! then everyone starts looking at me...
the "kid" will surely die while playing galaga or whatever lame shoot em up he's got on his phone...
the old man beside me will surely be excited to see something in action... although he might get a heart problem in a while.. lolz...
the lady in front of me will probably be trying to cast out some devil spirit from me as i saw her praying while the "kid" was just playing a game...
as for the other passengers... i dunno! hahaha

wow now that's some imagination i got there... anyways. stay happy!

start of something new

i went shopping today, that's what most girls do when their down... but honestly it works! lolz. bought this tri-fold wallet which i saw a few days back... i never bought it because my wallet was still usable, but since i am a bit down... what the hell! lets buy this wallet! hahaha (just bought one thing though... don't want to be carried away spending lots of money which i should not spend!)

went food trippin the rest of the day... with my parents (its one thing they like... food, that's why look at my size! =P) thankfully, they stopped eating and my diet was not destroyed! hahahaha (been goin' to the gym lately... lost 4 lbs!)

Currently i'm listening to this song (singing with it... you should hear me sing =P), and really looking forward for the "start of something new"

Living in my own world
Didn't understand
That anything can happen
When you take a chance
I never believed in
What I couldn't see
I never opened my heart
To all the possibilities
I know that something has changed
Never felt this way
And right here tonight

This could be the start
Of something new
It feels so right
To be here with you
And now looking in your eyes
I feel in my heart
The start of something new

Now who'd of ever thought that
We'd both be here tonight
And the world looks so much brighter
With you by my side
I know that something has changed
Never felt this way
I know it for real

This could be the start
Of something new
It feels so right
To be here with you
And now looking in your eyes
I feel in my heart
The start of something new

I never knew that it could happen
Till it happened to me
I didn't know it before
But now it's easy to see

It's a start
Of something new
It feels so right
To be here with you
And now looking in your eyes
I feel in my heart

That it's the start
Of something new
It feels so right
To be here with you
And now looking in your eyes
I feel in my heart
The start of something new
Start of something new

we're still friends

today, the girl I was courting (or perhaps i have not even started =D) tells me that "friendship is all i can offer you....." ouch, i really liked her... loved her... and it ended just like that... anyways i think that love could never be a one sided thing... so let's leave it to that..... =D

after all these happenings, i could only say its nice to have friends, through out the whole process (or whatever you call this courtship thingy) there were friends who showed their concern and helped me in a lot of ways. I sincerely thank you guys for bein' there (yieeee cheesy naman nito lolz).

Best of all we're still friends.... (with her, you know the girl im courting... =D)

P.S. one thing i'll try to remember "if you have good intentions and not doing anything wrong, go ahead and do it" =D

i so love this song now...

i have not been posting any lately.. just droppin by and copy and pasting the lyrics of "what hurts the most" by rascal flatts... i so love this song...

I can take the rain
On the roof of this empty house
That don’t bother me
I can take a few tears now and then
And I just let ‘em out
I’m not
afraid to cry every once in a while
Even though goin’ on with you gone still
upsets me
There are days every now and again
I pretend I’m okay
But
that’s not what gets me

Chorus

What hurts the most
Was being
so close
And havin’ so much to say
And watchin’ you walk away
And
never knowin’
What could’ve been
And not seein’ that lovin’ you
Is
what I was tryin’ to do

It’s hard to deal with the pain
Of losin’
you everywhere I go
But I’m doin’ it
It’s hard to force that smile
When I see our old friends and I’m alone
Still harder gettin’ up,
gettin’ dressed, livin’ with this regret
But I know if I could do it over
I would trade, give away
All the words that I saved in my heart
That
I left unspoken

Not seein’ that lovin’ you
That’s what I was trying
to do
Oooo, Oooo, Oooo –

View the official website linked to this page... place where i got the lyrics Ü

ciao for now... Ü

finally a rebound

It was in the last few minutes of the game, we had a reasonable lead in the game. Suddenly they let me in the court... tallest guy in the team... the biggest guy... BUT... I don't know how to play basketball ! =P

The other team went to the penalty line and I stand as one of the rebounders... then a miracle happened, I got the ball!!! lolz Maybe it was because they were all tired nobody wanted to get the ball so I was able to get it... at least I finally made a rebound =D

P.S. ... ive wrote this a month back.. just forgot to post it :D my my... well here you are.. did not update it anymore... cause its like soooo old a post :D

ban Da Vinci Code??

I sometimes can't understand why there is all this fuzz about "the Da Vinci Code". All different groups are calling for it to be banned, it was even set as an adults only film here in the Philippines.

Anyways, i've seen one unique reason why it is to be banned =P , please see clipping below... =D dunno where it came from though...

cute since 1982

I was joking around with some friends the other day when I changed my status to "cute since 1982", they started changing theirs to "loverboy since 1983", "Romantic since 1981" and a friend of mine even suggested I could change it to "adorable since 1982" or even "funny since 1982". (Thank you.. i never thought i made such a good impressiong =P)

Anyways, after that I wondered if I really was cute since 1982 =P and so I started rummaging through some old pics. Guess what, i really was cute =P (till now =P). I've always thought my mommy dears and auntie were just toying with me when they said I was the cutest little boy ... and look what happened to you now... (still cute I presume =P)

I loved the pic i've posted here, it was kinda funny... me holding flowers at that age.

P.S. The title should have been "will you be my special someone" but I thought it might be too cheesy. So I went with cute since 1982, I am cute right?... this is my blog so just agree with me ok? =P

i still can't believe he ran

I still can't believe he ran... maybe he was in a hurry... maybe he thought it was a competition... maybe i misunderstood him... but it sure was funny...

I was walking along Ayala Avenue this morning, the sun was shining and i'm late for work (again =P). Walking briskly down the underpass i saw a guy who was walking as fast as I was... shuffling my feet even quicker down the stairs, I managed to close the gap between us. both of us were walking briskly along side each other now, we moved from side to side to overtake other people... and at the end of the tunnel I swiftly made a right turn... marginally getting ahead of him, then the unexpected happened... HE RAN!!! lolz he actually ran just to get ahead of me =P

Still yawning, I let him be, there wasn't any trophies to be won, no competition. Perhaps the situation made him felt he were in a race... but I still can't believe he ran. =P

My Birthday!

Today is my birthday. Nothing special really happened... just got back from my vacation... and started working again =D Just wanted to drop by so you'd greet me a happy birthday =P

Hong Kong Disneyland!

I'm finally gonna get to meet donald duck in person!!!!! (my favorite disney character). The sun was scorching hot and oh boy how I wish I brought some sunblock with me =P

Getting off our bus from the parking lot, we had to walk around 15 minutes just to get to the main entrance of Disneyland (it's big huh =P), Our "tour guide" started distributing the tickets, which were cute... i choose the one with donald on it (of course =P)

Disneyland was like a city on itself, a magical city where you could get on all the cutesy rides (pooh!!!), some exciting (the thrilling "space mountain") and of course the 3d theater (starring Donald Duck =P).

There is a garden where all Disney characters await to take pictures with you (I only lined up for Donald... my parents, and sisters won't wait on the line :| ). My companions would rather go shopping on the souvenir shops scattered all around the place (all though i would say they really never bought anything in there =P)

At the end of the day, there was the fireworks presentation and we went back to our bus...

A whole month without posts

I haven't been updating my blog for about a month now, and seriously... i'm sorry, its really a shame my blog name is "something i did today" when i'm updating once a month =P.

Have been very busy lately, kinda busy... yes i think i was busy =P. As a summary, I have been for the last month:

• tinkering with my new phone.
  Yes, finally i have bought a new phone to replace my old, handy dandy, trusted nokia 6210. I've been using the phone for around 3-4 years now and i'd say it was well worth its money. If it was not for its broken power switch, its messy lcd, handful of scratches, and a 10% success rate of sending a text message i would not have changed it yet =P btw i replaced it with an N70 =D maybe ill write a review about it next time.
  


• writing articles =D
  I have been doing some writing gigs, small sidelines just for a change. The pay is not that big... but if you are interested... you may want to visit "www.seriousscribbles.com" =D and look for Jien


• Looking for a mall space
  Looking for a mall space for a franchise, May be you could recommend one ? =D... me and some of my friends have been planning to franchise this ... better keep my mouth shut first =D... for no reason =D ...


• watching movies, dvds and television
  Yeah, yeah. watched all sorts of film. Munich, Fearless, CSI, etc. I have also tried the Lazy boy Cinemas in Gateway Mall =D cozy... very nice place... with double the normal theater rate :|

Valentines Day !

Valentine's day... for a brief history... click on the link =D tired of copy and pasting. As I walked into the office today... there is one common sight, flowers =D people go home early to be with their family... some have dates... some don't =D

Today for the first time in my life, I did sent someone flowers =P ... details of it ... I won't tell ... =P don't even bother askin'

At night I watched the beautiful full moon. The moon was round, very round indeed. It was beautiful how it provided light to the dark sky. Even though sometimes it was covered by the darkness, it would still resurface shining brightly than ever.

I had a date with some kids at our penthouse. After staring at the moon alone, I saw some kids playing chinese chess so I decided to join them... as an audience. However after a few minutes, the other kid insisted on me playing for him, being an obedient guy I took the offer and showed them how this game is played =P

It's nice to play with kids... they ask the most unsual questions... they don't wanna admit lose... they run around chasing each other without any problems... nothing to think of... Plus ther are real real cute !!!

Well that's how my valentine went, how did yours go ? =D

No time for love ?

My first time to one (Defensive !!! =P). Frankly I have no idea what a valentine's party would be... some say there'd be games... some say it's speed dating, some say it's another thing... with all the contradicting information I got... why not just go and see for myself =D

"No time for love ?" We arrived at the place, registered and have some food... and another round... and another one... there was a lot of food because only a few registered for the event... maybe everyone already had their own dates ? =D

After dinner, we had some games... they were:
1. Find your other half heart. At the registration booth we were given a piece of half heart... then a few more afterwards =P The objective of the game is be one of the first to find your partner, I did not bother to look, I had like 5 half hearts =D
2. Trip to Jerusalem. Modified version, instead of people sitting on chairs, the guys were asked to put wine bottles between their legs and the ladies would put their fingers inside the bottles once the music stops. I didn't join either
3. Suck and blow... Two groups were created and lined up according to the number we've drawn ("we" because I did join this game =P). The objective was to pass the cards using the mouth only (it looks as if you are kissing when passing the cards). I was in between a guy and a gurl... at times the cards blow off and you'd almost kiss the other person =D
4. Search for a partner The grand finale, A guy and a gurl gets blindfolded while 3 applicants say fiery words to get the searchers attention. =P

after the games, the floor was opened for dances and I still had with me a huge stack of drink stubs. I went home after =D Now I know what a valentine's party is !