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Please help :)

2009-03-31T02:48:00.000-07:00

I am reposting my friend's request regarding this:

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Need your help on my Survey on Social Network Systems

Hello Everyone.

As part of our research on Multi-agent Based Intelligent Social Networks, we are conducting a survey on Social Networking Systems and Technology.

The goal of this survey is to get information on your experience, preference and opinion on current social networks. We also want to know your knowledge on social network technology.
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The rest is about Social Networks like facebook,etc.. **

The survey takes about 2 to 4 minutes to answer.

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Please feel free to forward this survey invitation to those who might be interested.

Thank you very much for your support.

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bisaya na jud ko

2008-11-30T03:07:00.000-08:00

--written october 9, 2008---

back when MBA started, i remembered hating Cebu and cebuanos because of Cebu Lakers. cebuanos are so rude when Negros Slashers are playing in Cebu. So when it is the other way around, the coliseum would be all packed with supporters to watch the Negros Slashers and Cebu game. we would in turn, be the cruel people mocking Cebu players. eheh the coli would be closed even during practice games of Cebu Lakers because everyone hates them.

i would always comment then, law-ay ang mga cebuano(cebuanos are ugly) :D but that was only on basketball though. when it was 2 years before graduation, my friends and i were all set to work in manila. but after our tour to manila and cebu, we thought we liked cebu better. less pollution, less traffic, but still plenty of opportunities.

and just like a dream come true,my first ever job was in cebu. i was lucky to find one and start immediately after graduation and the company is really good. but this means sacrifice as well. i will be leaving home for the first time. and unfortunately, my college friends are not with me. i am with 4 other BOYs from our school. im the only girl that got accepted :( one is my classmate, but at that time we had a gap :p the other one is our schoolmate which is not really a close/good friend, and i do not know the other two. the only consolation i had that time was the salary, and the fact that two of my high school barkada were there. one was already working there, and the other one will be there for review. so at least i still got company.

learning the dialect was never easy. attending the orientation and listening to our company nurse talking about tambal, etc is one thing i could not forget. i would always turn to my seatmate and ask for the meaning of the word :D but one thing i really appreciated is that we started in the company in a group. one guy also knows ilonggo so he is our translator ;) all the girls in our batch would usually hang out. and our batch had a lot of laag(out of town, or just around cebu), making it fast for me to learn bisaya.

now after 4 years and 9 months of working in cebu i am saying na bisaya/cebuano na jud ko(i am really cebuano). or i got used to using the dialect i guess. even if i talk to ilonggo or tagalog(my officemate here now are all tagalog), sometimes i subconsciously use cebuano words. even when thinking, or praying, i would use bisaya instead of ilonggo. :) good thing i am using the word correctly. some words are still foreign to me, but when i talk, im glad that i sound bisaya rather than sounding ilonggo using bisaya words ;) some would even say that they thought im cebuano and not ilonggo :p

even when i am no longer in cebu, i still have friends who are cebuano. all my friends and housemates here and of course soi are all bisaya, so i think i will never stop using the dialect. the connection i had with cebu will always be there. home for me is bacolod and cebu.

even if there are still more cebuano words to learn, i am glad i learned some of it well and am using it correctly :)

a dose of massage

2006-02-09T17:08:00.000-08:00

waaahhh!!!! not again!!!

m squeezed =( fufufu ;(

no, no to 800am from mukaigawara again pls...

seeing the line while on the stairs going to platform 4, i am definitely sure that we're going to have our dose of massage...we even waited for the next train coz the line is so long..

i am so squeezed with this big, no, huge guy in front of me.. ;'(

it's a squeezing experience from kawasaki to oimachi..that is 3 stations of suffering..

=(

and from oimachi, twas a little better without that huge guy.. =p

there is this two girls who i think jst experienced getting on the train to tokyo that they are also laughing especially when there is this one guy who went out and just shoved her off out of his way without any politeness or respect or whatsoever..

and i can even hear them saying: "sugoi!"

i wonder what is so amazing about it :S

ok ra ko wlay masahe...sa cebu na lang k =p

ok ra pd k 730 mohawa...pra wlay masahe =p

huhuhu

feb 10 na!!!!!

15days..

=)

and they even manage to read inside the full packed train..tsk tsk...

sugoi! =p

blah blah blah...

2006-02-08T21:59:00.000-08:00

its 235pm and i am trying to focus on tracing the code and checking their javadocs..

there seems to be a pattern on all of these codes..but its getting routinary and boring...and yet, its taking up a lot of time translating the japanese comments to english...

its already february 9 and i think we've been here that long..well, i guess we really does...but still, its going to be 16 more days before we could finally go back to cebu...that is if we will not be extended...after the meeting a three weeks ago, and a discussion two weeks ago, we havent heard from them at all...lloyd said that they have been busy with the SI1 an SI2 testing at YRP for 05B..

no statement of work, no clear deliverables, no meetings, no progress at all...and i believe that we have been here for the turn over...it seems that the BT was of no use...we are not able to communicate with them coz they themselves are so super busy...

nyways, im trying to have a break ryt now...trying to wake myself up...i think everyday here has been a struggle....a struggle to wake up early in the morning...a struggle to catch up the train..a struggle not to get squeezed inside the train..(ironically, also a struggle to squeeze myself inside to get on the train and not wait for the next one coz actually, same scenario will be happening...it is all packed still...)...a struggle to chew and like these foods, which i cannot understand or speak their names or even know what is in it...a struggle to understand and interact with all these people...a struggle to stay awake all day(i wonder why i always feel sleepy here)...a struggle to wait for 9 or 10 pm to come so we can go home...and a struggle to wait for our trip to end here..

don't get me wrong...i am not saying that i dont like this trip..i am a person who loves to travel...we are glad to be in this trip together as a group, experience winter and snow, a not so hectic schedule that we can still go home by 7pm, no ot on saturdays and all, go to different attractions here and even be able to go shop and buy stuffs here...

its just that, maybe i dont like things that i do not have control of or when we cannot actually demand from them to make it clear to us what we are actually doing here and what deliverable they are expecting from us...
m just ranting here...nonsense stuffs...

but despite with all of these, i am actually begginning to appreciate this place...except i think with their overworkaholic attitudes...this place is nice, well-disciplined people, expensive yet i think, is just right for the compensation they are also giving to their people...which leads me to thinking on "what-if?"

no, maybe not now...not now when i still have a bond...not now when i still have a reason to stay...

ahahaha....and it all boils down to one person... =p

wished he is reading these too...coz all the while i am here or wherever or whatever i am actually doing, i would still be reminded or would still be thinking of him...

this is useless...this is nothing...this is just a result of my restlessness and sleepiness..but hey, all i have written are true ;)

911!!!!

2006-01-31T16:03:00.000-08:00

(why aren't they moving?!?!???)
february 1, 2006

every morning would really be a traumatic experience in riding trains...
from my previous posts, i think i never missed to mention how packed it is always, like twas already full, then arriving at Kawasaki station, only 5-6 people will go out, leaving the train still packed and then 15 more people would be going inside...and since Tamachi is 5 stations away from Kawasaki, the same thing happened in those 5 stops..

this morning is different though...not because its no longer packed but its sooooo packed that twas my first time that i felt like i am squeezed to death....i was just annoyed coz from Kawasaki to the first stop was ok...but from the 1st stop to the next stop, twas soooooooo irritating...people at my back went out on the first stop so we moved backwards. then there's this two guys at my back that holds on this rail something...when the people goes in, they keep on pushing...so i continued to move backwards...sadly, those two people at my back are not moving at all...much worst, they're resisting the push and i was soooo squeezed....edric was in front of me, and i know that within the trip we will be going through the domino effect again...good thing i can hold on to his jacket..i was really pissed off with those two guys coz i was really squeezed..they jst dnt simply maintaining their balance but they are actually pushing me too...tsk tsk...i dnt get why they are not moving and they keep on pushing?!?!??? is there another way from Kawasaki to Tamachi??? it really ruins my day...at that early!

nyways, on the 3rd stop, this one guy went out..since he is at the back, he again pushes all those people in front of him so he could go out...grabe!!! haller! does this people still have manners or this is jst natural here?!? then there's this couple who went in..i was facing sideways that time..no choice thats the only space left for me..tsk tsk...the guy is facing at the other side of the door...then when the train moves, and changes tracks, were on a domino effect again...and well, what could i do? i jst have to bow down, and close my eyes and stop breathing...he is so close to me that i felt like i have to bow down or i am going to be face to face(literally speaking) with him...and the smell...tsk tsk..thought perfumes are jst cheap here..i wonder why they're not using it...

hahay....got 24 more days of this...i really envy those who are seated..i wonder where they started riding that they were able to grab some seat...and can even sleep too...waahhh!!

and oh, btw, now i understand why they are used to sleeping or closing their eyes when inside the train...maybe they are used to this packed trains and they are jst closing their eyes instead of looking at all those faces right in front of them... and so even at any trains and at any destinations, they are still closing their eyes =p

now i get it =p

btw, m a little better now...thanks to all those people who even are not here beside me were able to listen to me and make me talk till i get tired and felt easier to deal with the pain...

=) (naa na smile =p)

"uy"

2006-01-26T16:32:00.000-08:00

(when the train changes tracks, then i woke up from my sleep)
January 26, 2006

every time we go to the office and go back to the hotel, we never stopped complaining bout how packed the train is(bumper to bumper =D) and how long our trip is...i make it to a point that i would at least take a nap or even jst rest my eyes when inside the train so i wont feel tired and sleepy due to lack of sleep and get bored when inside the train ;)

this morning is still the usual scene...packed train, bumper to bumper, no more holding on the rails inside the train for support when the train is moving, no more talking inside the train, domino effect like when the train is moving and one swayed to the left, everybody is swaying to the left, or to the right, or forward, or backward, and all...i tried resting my eyes for a while....i forgot that near the Shitte station, the train changes tracks and its moving that much...

most of the time, i would gain balance even m not holding on any rails or even when all those people at my back will be moving forward when the train moves, but this time, i was caught offguard...it was like a domino....people at my back moved forward, i was off balanced and moved forward too...ehehe...i felt like i was stumbling and i woke up from my nap =D

and when all people are jst calm and silent, due to shock, i was the only one who said "uy" =D ahaha...then juvy and i laughed =D ahahah....that time i really felt like i am falling..ehehe.... LOL

that was one hell of a sleeping experience =p

lesson learned: never sleep when the train is packed and when m not holding on to something(holding to juvy's jacket would do =D ), especially when its near the Shitte station and Kamata station =p

;)

and so i thought....

2006-01-20T23:30:00.000-08:00

(when i thought im all over it...then the MR arrived)
January 20, 2006

late as in late na k naka mata....we have to be early so we can go out early in the afternoon coz we are going to purchase our ticket for......DISNEYLAND!!!!

some bad news though...when miss noemi arrived, she told us that there's a forecast that there's going to be snow tom in tokyo..so there's a possibility of no train...which means: POSTPONE ang DISNEY :'(

huhuhu...nt sure whether id be excited of the snow or i should be disappointed coz we wont be pushed thru wid our disney plans..

waahhh!!! i thought im done with this!! MR for IRE?!!??? tsk tsk tsk.....was borrowed from EMS later in the afternoon coz there's and MR for EMS IO...of all modules, EMS IO pa jd! ehehehe...

salamat po program ;-)

2006-01-19T23:06:00.000-08:00

(copy and paste na kadaghan?? maka rayuma sa kamot..eheheh :D gamit na lng program ;) )
January 19, 2006

we really went home early last nyt...gibayaan na namo sila lloyd ug miss noemi..ehehe..sleepy naman si bing..ahaha...were happy that our PL does not want to render OT that much :D ehehee...btw, some good news, were going to DISNEY on saturday!!!! yipeee!!! :D :D :D :D we are planning to buy the ticket tonight pra maka discount using lloyds discount card ;)

while on the train last nyt, bing, steng and i are seating inline and there is this one old man who is standing in front of the three of us and he offered candy to me first, then to bing and steng...we did no accept the candy, so he took 2more, and gave us 3candies...bing took it so as not to insult him daw..

the code was still not given to us...i dnt knw when they will be done with it...so we jst continued our test data creation and SG file modifications...i continue my study on java...but jst got busy later in the afternoon coz we got to finish the test data and its lots and lots of work...

lloyd finally informed us that the code was given to him..he gave us the copy and we will be starting on it after we are done with the test data... :D

we wanted to go home early but we actually dnt think we can coz of the work load today...huhuhuh... :(

unsaon nalang ang disney :( we are planning to jst buy it tom lunch time or in the evening...hope we can ask mark lim to go with us so we can avail the discount...

nothing much for the day actually...found out something diay...m a little scared at first on what i am going to see but im glad it was something positive :D

pics were updated..check my flickr.

;)

btw, felt really tired today :( felt so exhausted with the travelling from hotel to office and back to hotel...everyday s jst 3hours of sleep for me..tsk tsk... :( still have 37 days to go...

Ctrl+F

2006-01-18T22:01:00.000-08:00

(thanks to find and replace all...)
January 18, 2006

woke up late..huhuhu...got less than an hour to prepare...was craving for maki last nyt when we passed by 7-11 so i decided to have it for lunch...when they went to this store to buy their lunch, i went to 7-11 to buy it...

twas so cold that morning...and its like its going to rain...we went to the office and continued our work..not much happened..

so bad...the sort of lead of the subcon group was absent..we thought we wont be in in the morning so the code will be given to us in the afternoon as promised..he was absent the whole day and the other subcons was not able to give it to us too...hmmm...m turned off with my so-called "crush" ahahah

there was this vitamins to eyes i mentioned on my previous entry here in the office but when i looked at him again, i think he's no longer cute :D ahaha...he is fat when he is facing front... =D

nyways, we were busy doing the SG files and test data again for the bug fix..felt sleepy in the afternoon but later, i uploaded our pics on flickr coz our "fans" in cebu are bugging us of our pics :D ehehe..joke! =p we will be sharing it with them once juvy has uploaded the pics from her cam too =D

i think we will be going home early today..its 922 in my clock while m writing this and we are just finishing little stuffs and were off :D were no longer going to wait for them to finish their codes today coz "Maestro" is busy going in and out of the smoking room...tsk tsk..minus pogi points for him....ahaha...

enough of him...ehehe...he is cute but this is jst nothing ;)

coffee and bubble bath

2006-01-17T16:31:00.000-08:00

(i choose to be...)

January 17, 2006

after arriving at the hotel by 1230 last nyt, and sleeping at around 2am, i woke up by 500am with a familiar sound from the tv...twas the charmed soundtrack....

yes, they are showing charmed at channel 11..it was the season 1 of charmed in nihongo...but, due to lack of sleep, i was able to sleep back for 45minutes and when i woke up, it was already the last part of the episode...the alarm clock was buzzing and a few minutes later was already my wake up call, i still lied down coz i still wanted to sleep, then 10minutes later, my cellphone alarmed...then bing called up for another wake up call..ahaha..

i prepared to go to bath, at by 730, we met at the lobby and headed to the office...as usual, the train is packed from kawasaki to tamachi....twas like, its already full when it arrives at kawasaki-eki, then 3people will go out and 10 or more people are going inside including us..tsk tsk...

we bought our lunch that morning so we dont have to go out by noon coz its very cold and there are also a lot of people in hurry buying their food and its taking us longer time to order coz we do not know the name of the food :D also, we wanted to check out the sale jst a few doors away from our office today....

by 12noon, we went to the store to check some stuffs..we thought there would be some make up for sale, but twas all toiletries...juvy and i bought toothbrush for use here at the office and we look for a bubble bath...we cant understand the label so when we went to the counter to pay for the toothbrush, i asked if they have the bubble bath..the girl showed me something that actually looked like one so we bought it...later on, we realized that twas actually jst a liquid soap and not a bubble bath..ehehe...anywys, we already paid for it so might as well use it ;)

we ate our lunch afterwards and continue working on the sg file and test data...bing, steng, juvy and i felt soooooo sleepy...bing and juvy went out to buy some coffee...i just stayed inside and continue working...as i was working on the test data, i really cant help my eyes from closing..ireally felt like i needed a coffee or something to wake me up...steng and i went to the cr, we talked and joke so we can laugh and we can wake up but it has no effect...there's a break from 515 to 530pm so we waited till that time so we can go out and buy some foods...i bought some coffee/mocha something from the vending machine..and was able to survive till 1045pm...

mr koseki arrived at lunch time and after he was done with several of his meetings, we were introduced to him together with the other members under him...

quoting jan wee, talking bout vitamins for the eyes, steng and i noticed this medyo cutie guy..and the good news, he is our groupmate :D ehehe..Master control whose name i forgot..ahaha...according to steng, he looks like arvin cando...ehehe...he has a nice built actually and there were some angle that he is cute...but he looks fat though..ehehe..ala lang... =p

nyways, we already had a meeting with the subcons who are doing the prototyping ryt now for 06a and he discussed the schedule..basically our work will be for 06b of EMS which will start on Feb6...so starting tom till feb 6, we will be doing documentation and debugging and understanding of the design...

after the meeting, we finished the SG files and the test data and went home...

btw, poor ricky, he was so busy he wasnt able to have his lunch and was not having dinner too that late..no meal from morning till 730..tsk tsk...its not ryt...he should be taking care of himself...well, no zangyo for him though... =)

and, another thing, ehehe...find out something from juvy :D was happy to hear it from her actually...ahaha...twas a relief..it really gave me a relief and ryt now i am at peace...thanks thanks so much juv...it meant a lot..as in :D ehehee...

hmmm....writing something out of topic already...but that was actually one of the best thing that happened to me today...and with a quote to remember:

"happiness is a choice; choose to be happy"

thanks au juvs... :D

First day at MK

2006-01-17T16:26:00.000-08:00

(enough of laag, time for work)
January 16, 2006

Lloyd met with us at Mukaigawara station by 730am...the train is so packed from the hotel to kawasaki even that early and was even packed from kawasaki to tamachi...Lloyd is giving us directions along the way as we had our almost 20minutes walk from the station to the office...

When we arrived at the office, there was not much people yet coz we really intended to be early for the first day...our managers and japanese counterparts are not around yet...Lloyd oriented us on the procedures inside the office..we were toured around the area for the pantry, the cr, the vending machines and the canteen and convenient store together with takezaki-san. Takezaki-san is another member of ANOS, i presume :) and she is the one helping us with the intstallation and pc set ups...

During morning, what we did is to set up our laptops...by 12 noon, we went out for lunch outside...we met Edna-san who is a cute lady who wants to learn english and introduced herself to us in English shyly :D kawaii! :D the store is some sort of fastfood that sells bento...we are not familiar with the name of the foods and how it is in there..ahaha..good thing Lloyd arrived in a while...he suggested we order the fried chicken....we head back to the office to eat our lunch there..the food was so delicious...twas a big meal but i was able to finish it...

lunch break is from 12-1, and we resumed with our set up after lunch...Juvy and Bing are having bug fix and we helped them with their configuration files....that took our whole afternoon until evening...by 830, we are already hungry and we all wanted to go home...we decided to just finish merging the files, and then we go home...we actually finished merging by 1100pm..ehehe...more like of YRP huh...no dinner until we go home and we can even go home later coz last train will be until 1230...tsk tsk...well at least, we can check our mails and connect to the jabber...ehehe..and it was 5 of us..with lloyd and miss noemi, so it was 7 of us...and we are always talking so its still fun...it seems like were the noisiest in the office :D ahaha...

we went out around 1100pm, then on the way to the station, we passed by matsuya so we decided to eat there :D had my favorite pork rice bowl :D missed it ;) but i wasnt able to finish it coz i was already full and was no longer hungry :(

we arrived at the hotel 1230am...but i actually slept past 1am..and i have to get up early tom..we have to meet at the lobby by 730...tsk tsk..have to get used to this....

btw, on the way to the office, we can see tokyo tower..and its jst so near the office..and also this known and big private schoold known as Keio School something..not sure of the name...gomen ne ;)

oh sunny day!!

2006-01-16T16:39:00.000-08:00

(twas sunny but the wind is still so cold...i wonder how could that be :D)
January 15, 2006(Sunday)

the plan for the day is to hear mass at kawasaki at 130. We will be meeting lloyd at kawasaki station by 1000am, stroll around the area, have lunch and then mass...

we met at the lobby at around 930am, and arrived at kawasaki station 10 minutes past 10am...lloydarrived several minutes later and he strolled us around the area...

kawasaki station is surruonded but lots and lots of malls, stores and botiques...we stopped first at le front..there was a gap store and we are so excited to check out the sale items...there was this bolero that was so nice...i really really wanted to buy it :D we keep on saying that we will pass by the station everyday so we can jst go back there anytime ;)

twas already 11am so we decided to have our lunch...lloyd will be treating us so its not "savings" mode for the choices of food ;) yipeee!!! wanna have ramen but there was this katsu resto and we agreed that we will be eating there... :D there was this lady meal that has strawberry for desert and me, steng and bing ordered it....when the food arrived, we were shocked...that was a complete, full meal!!!!! it already has a rice, the cabbage(lots and lots of it), chicken something, shrimp and another sort of chicken something with another something inside(:D), mizu soup, and sort of tofu with egg and meat and shrimp and the strawberry...ehehe...not much huh? :)

btw, the rice and the cabbage and the soup is unlimited...ehehe..but that was all enough...steng and lloyd had another round of soup and rice ;) after eating, we headed to the church which is 15-20 minutes walk away from the station or the mall we had the lunch..

on the way to the church, we have seen this store which obviously is filipino owned coz of the flag printed on its doors :D near the church was some sort of park where a lot of filipinos are selling bbq(for 250yen!!! that's 125 pesosess!!!), and some goto... :)

before 130 was a rosary and then the mass at 130...it really felt like home with all the filipinos around we can hear talking and the procession of sto ninos after the mass :D yes, we had our mini sinulog here :p

after the mass and the procession, we headed back to the mall..bing and steng went looking for a laptop bag that they can use everyday since they will be bringing their laptops to the office :) good thing i wasnt bringing one too..ehehe..but still itd be nice to have it in the hotel :p

the nicest part!!!! we passed by a store that sells earrings!! danglings if i may say!!! i am so happy!! i am so excited to look at all those earrings!! but i think, i will have to budget again..ahha..ive seen 4, no more than 4 nice earrings and i wanted to buy it!!! waahh!!!! i choosed the cheaper one but the nice one though ;) and i am so happy when i paid it...twas 20%less :D weeehehhhhhh!!!! :D :D :D :D

i went home so so so happy with what i bought ;) ehehe...530 and we are bound to go home...we just stopped by the bakery to buy something for our dinner ;)

had some picture picture of my earrings but it wasnt that clear :D btw, bing and steng also bought a pair...we will be wearing it tom for our first day at MK ;)

ja! :D

got a reason to buy this!!

2006-01-14T23:03:00.000-08:00

juvy will be meeting mark at aki today coz tom, mark will be rendering ot, so me and steng went with her there...i wanted to check out some stuff and so is steng..juvy also wanted to buy her cam now coz she wanted to use it during our laags :)

we left for aki at around 10am, and arrived there, with no hassles though we dont knw the direction much and around 1030 :D we will be meeting mark and his groupmate at Animate by 130...we strolled around the area checking out stuffs and comparing prices...we felt hungry so we decided to have our lunch..we are in "savings" mode so i told them we will jst eat either in matsuya or yoshinoya..the first one we passed by is matsuya so we checked out the place and is full...yoshinoya is even packed, even its 2nd level...there is this some sort of food court near the station so we checked it out...we felt even more hungry seeing the noodles so we decided to eat yakisoba at Bel Tempo...the food was quite ok..though not really that oishi..

after lunch, we looked around the area again, twas already raining, so we decide to buy an umbrella :D ehehe..was so happy coz its the transparent one that i like to have..ehehe....and its not that big nor small =p ahaha...we really had a reason to buy it except that we really wanted to have that kind of umbrella =D twas raining and we could get sick if we dont buy one =p ehehe...just justifying why i bought it for 200 yen :D

we went back to animate coz we tried locating it before the 130...we met them outside the store, and we head directly to pc success...twas the store they are recommending coz its offers the cheapest prices...after purchasing juvy's cam and steng's hard disk, we went to look around the area some more...it was really cold!!! even with mittens on, my hands are so numb and even with two socks and a stokings, m still shivering coz of cold, of rain and of wind...

we were able to go to the places we wanted to go to...100 yen shop and some other cheap stores..thanks to mark lim and frank who are our master for directions :) btw, we saw isoy and lejanson, our officemates who are on BT too at 100 yen shop..

we had yoshinoya for dinner, and we had 50yen off courtesy of mark lim :D thanks mark! =) twas jst 530 and there were no sun actually...twas already dark starting 330 that afternoon..we really thought that we lost track of time and twas already late but it was actually early...

we went home early since they are done with their shopping =) sunod na ko magbuy =D i actually bought a watch coz there's an ariel watch for just 1090 yen :D and i also found another little mermaid and pooh watch..

i wanted to buy it!!! waahh :(

smoke

2006-01-13T23:04:00.000-08:00

today is our first day in nihon...we will be staying at mukaigawara, that is in kawasaki city and will be staying in hotel taema..

i went to the airport with juvy and bing..i decided not to sleep so after washing some clothes and finished packing, i waited for 430 for juvy...we went directly to bing's bhaus and the to the airport...

530. we arrived at the airport, we're the first to arrive then next edric then steng.

545. the checkin counter is already open so we went inside to checkin

600. we are already on our way to the waiting lounge. the system is already strict and they are weighing hand carry luggages...mine's around 7kilos..jst ryt for the limit but we got some problem since bing's luggage is only a small trolley so she had 3 hand carries..the other one is already with juvy but still they wanted the other luggage to be checked in since its already 10kilos and she had another one luggage which contains her laptop..they were discussing and she was left talking to them...i went back to her after i left my bag to steng and juvy...they suggested that i will jst check in the luggage using my name so we dont have to pay for the excess..but i dnt get it coz all our accumulated luggages actually is jst enough and if that will be checked in, we still have to pay for an excess...then they said, we can actually jst separate some of the stuffs to the five of us so they will allow us..haller!!! :S oh well, they are crazy...they finally asked if how many of us are going together and i told them its five of us..and one of them said: "ahh, its ok" haha! what a relief! and they are #$(&!(# :S i was a little annoyed...it was jst ok diay and it took them so long to allow us to go in and they sounds like they are doing us a favor with their suggestions and the later on jst allow us! huh!?!!

700. we are waiting for 725 to board, made some final calls and text before turning off my fon..made some wake up call..ahihihhi =p sorry po sa istorbo =D

725. we started boarding

745. were already inside the plane, did some documentations..ahah..in short, pictures =p, will be posting some after ive uploaded it ;) the plane went early, 10mins before the sched, and was happy that they are showing just like heaven =D but, i was so sleepy that i felt asleep and missed the middle part =( turbulence were experienced during the flight but not really much :) good thing coz today is friday the 13th..ehehe

1255. twas announced that we are going to land on narita airport

230. after all the process at imigration, and purchasing of ticket for narita to mukaigawara, we headed to the eki and wait for our train...twas so cold...we started wearing our jackets, our caps and the mittens(thanks to our sponsors :D ehehe... thanks rose sa mittens gamit kaau ;) )

400. we are already at kawasaki station waiting for our train to mukaigawara..we are so excited to arrive at the hotel actually coz we really had a hard time going around the station and changing trains with all our luggages and the heavy jackets and the cold :D

500. we arrived at the mukaigawara station, edric and i decided to check if we are going on the ryt way before we went out of the station and pass 2 stairs with our luggages(the station does not have elevator and we have 100kilos of stuffs with us)...after long walks (with several stops coz our hands are all aching, and we keep on asking for the direction for the hotel coz it seems near in the sketch but we felt like were walking that long but we havent arrived yet), we finally arrived at the hotel and checked in...lloyd called up to check on us and said theyll be meeting with us at the hotel by 7pm...

530. im already inside my room which somehow feels scary to me..ehehe..dnt knw why..twas small actually and the cabinet(not sure if its really cabinet coz its like a small room with something for hanging of clothes and thats it)...i went down to call home and call someone informing of my arrival..twas really so cold and i did not stayed long on the line...

700. we waited for lloyd and miss noemi on the lobby coz we do not have something much to do on our room..ahihihi...

800. they both arrived and we decided to have dinner on the next station from where we stay...twas so cold but still we decided to walk...ehehe...i managed by the way to walk without my cap and mittens =p but my legs felt numb and so is my hand so its inside the pocket of my jacket the whole time ;)

1000. we already went home..

one thing i experienced, smoke out of my mouth everytime i talk...and we(juvy, me and steng), keeps on noticing it and laugh :D ehehehe....but guess what, jap girls are still in skirt..tsk tsk..with their beautiful trench coat and knee boots with high heels..tsk tsk..suya ko dah!

=p

again?!?

2006-01-12T21:00:00.000-08:00

tsk tsk tsk...see how lazy i am..i wasnt able to finish blogging my ikagetsu and here i am again starting my day0...dnt knw if i would be glad or not..ahah...joking! :p

i am happy and excited knowing that we were actually going on a BT. its because:
1. the whole group will be going
2. its gonna be winter and
3. hopefully we can experience snow
4. they say its not gonna be that too much work and that kapoy sa YRP
5. since its the start of the phase so hopefully not muct OT
6. this is a Java Proj, something ive bin looking forward for =P
7. DISNEYLAND and hoepfully DISNEY SEA :D
8. more laag and more or Nihon
9. another chance to buy another gadget(hmm...wat would be nice? =D)
10. opportunity to save..opportunity lang pro hopefully maka save
11. more reasons to be happy pa i think ;)

but,
1. ryt now i dnt wanna go with this kind of feeling
2. i dnt wanna go with in state
3. were not again going to spend more time together
4. and i guess, i dnt know =(
5. i dnt wanna go when lola is ill
6. and i feel like going home but i cant ;'(
7. ...

well, looking at the brighter side...i somehow seen the reason why i have to go..it myt ease this hurting..oppps...m blogging something not ryt for this blog...ahhaa..this should have been for the other blog..tsk tsk..seems ive been pre occupied with this feeling...waaahhhh!!!! 911!!!

exhausted with the meetings and preparations for the new project, i still continued preparing for the trip too...we just had our money, everything seems ready, i already packed..finished(somehow) the request for IRE, was able to talk to him...m ready to go i think =)

ja, till 2mrw =) i really wanted to blog this everyday =p

days na lang.... ;)

2005-08-27T05:42:00.000-07:00

Its a saturday and after almost a month of working so hard here in Japan, we are finally going to go home on the 30th...whew..such a relief...i was really tired..and i really missed Philippines..

our supervisor actually asked us if we really wanted to go home since she wanted to have us extended..what!! again!!?!! noh! ehehe..i am just acting..ahaha..but yes, id rather say, "its fine with me to go back again here" but not "yes it will be fine with me to stay longer"

y? coz i am really tired, i am really excited, and wla lang..i simply wanted to go home..i am not prepared to stay this long here and i no longer wanted to..

i like it here, but not with the so much OT, no dinner and no break kind of work..no internet, jst at the hotel..and my laptop is broke...tsk tsk tsk..too bad for me...

anyways, i asked for an early out this afternoon, and yeah, we went out early(that is for them :p ) i was hoping we could go home at around 530 in the evening but we actually went home 725pm, get on the 732pm bus, 749pm train and arrived at around 805pm...tsk tsk tsk..that was early..yeah early if i am going directly to the hotel but i am actually suppose to go to a shopping mall here in our area and buy something...for pasalubong of course..ahaha..nothing left for me but memories as what miong said..i mean for us :D

well, i am happy giving out something for people and buying something for them especially for my family..i have always felt responsible for them..

hmm..going out of topic..this is for another blog..ahah...

this is my only time for blogging since i am still not sleepy and tom is a sunday so i can stay late and wake up later too...ehehe..

this will be my time to blog..make up for the several weeks i wasnt able to..ehehe.. :)

this was taken several days ago..jst got nothn to do ;)

first weekend

2005-07-31T22:26:00.000-07:00

its a sunday and it is our first weekend here at the hotel...we were suppose to have a sleepover at one NEC people here n japan, but we decided not to..we do not know well the group we're going to stay with and we wanted to sleep longer on sunday...planned activity was to just explore the area near our hotel...we had a small map we got from the lobby and there were some shopping mall that we can visit...

edric and i decided to meet after lunch...we still have some foods and we wanted to sleep longer.....i woke up at around 9am...i planned on doing some laundry but decided to do it at night so i could wash the clothes i am going to wear dat day...dat has been my mentality..eheh..nyways, i turned on my laptop as i was about to have my breakfast..i checked on some mails..went online and met jaspher on the net...twas near lunch time when we come up wid d idea dat we're going to Akihabara(a place where most electronic devices are sold), we wanted to meet with him too at the same time...then we decided not to coz the place is far from our area and we're not yet dat good at riding trains...

past 1pm, edric and i decided to go out and check the place...our first stop is the Mikasa shopping plaza..the mall is jst near the train station...with the map, we went to the Mikasa shopping plaza...the place is not a really a mall but some sort of area with lots and lots of stores....they have cellphone shops, botique, grocery, the 100yen shop..and jst near Mikasa, is the Daie shoppers plaza...this time, its a big mall...they have this video shop with lots and lots of animes, and series for rent...the mall is nice..got to see lots of stuffs to buy..eheh..some were expensive and some were quite ok....from Daie shopping plaza, we decided to stroll around the area...i wanted to check out the park that can be seen on the map...it was not hard to locate the place...the park is just simple..nothing extraordinary or what...so we jst walked around the area...we were thirsty so we decided to stop by one convenient store...the store we went in happens to sell stuffs that can be found in the philippines..there's chippy and some noodles...i seldom see chips or junk foods in the stores that's why i really noticed the chippy being sold there...ehehe..we bought rice crackers and bottled tea...along the way, we've seen another mall, that was not in the map...we went inside and the place is complete too...from department stores, to grocery...inside the dept store, we decided to buy some pasalubong since we do not know when we will have time to go back to the place...the schedule is quite full for us...i bought toys for my niece, and some chopsticks and a small pillow for my sisters and friends...

we went to their grocery...i was hoping i could buy some foods for dinner there...then there's this bakery that sells pizza...we tried their pizza that has corn and potato as the toppings...bought some bread and some noodles...and if we will not be able to go to the shop that NEC people are buying chocolates, we decided to jst buy it on that mall..

tired from walking, we went back to the hotel...i decided to do my laundry so it will not pile up....it was quite early and i knw got nothing to do at my room except surf the net, well, no one to chat to on a sunday..tsk tsk...

i went down, inquired at the front desk where the laundry area is and get my clothes at the room and start my laundry...that was my first time to use the coin operated washing machine and dryer...the set up was, above the washer is the dryer..and the cover of the washer was lifted up covering the slot for coins...so what i did was, put all my clothes at the washer, pour some soap, and inserted coins...i mistakenly inserted the coins to the dryer slot...and i was so lost and i cannot understand why the washer is not starting yet...and why there is another noise...it turned out that i turned on the dryer...ehehe..and the washer is not turned on yet...finally i was able to see where the slot for the washer is and was able to start my laundry...

my room is in 3rd floor and so instead of going upstair while waiting for the 30 minutes washing to finish, i decided to jst wait at the lobby and surf....finally, i was able to finish washing and drying up my clothes...was also able to iron them and finally went to sleep...ehehe..

the sunday was quite good...its my 3rd day here and i am coping up well..i hope id be able to for the rest of the trip...well, got to sleep early...i should wake up early tom...

:)

YRP

2005-07-30T23:23:00.000-07:00

Yokosuka Research Park. It is known to be the popular place for IT people in Japan. That was our first time there and we are not familiar with the place or how to get there. We agreed with our japanese counterparts that they are going to meet us at the YRP-nobi station.

We were a little late, coz i woke up already 845am and were suppose to meet at 845am..we ended up taking the 925 or 935 train instead of the 915 coz we arrived late at the station...at the YRP-nobi station, we met sagawa-san and hasegawa-san..miss noemi is still not there. they called her up, and since she also woke up late, we headed directly to the bus stop and waited for the bus to YRP station..twas a saturday so most of them are in casual, while we are in our formal coz it will be our first day there.

the bus arrived, and since it was a weekend, its not that full...we are able to grab some seat...its just a 10minute ride, and on the 2nd stop, is the NTT Docomo building...since we still do not have our IDs, we passed by the basement(the security is in there and since its a saturday, the main reception is closed). we had a temporary ID, issuance will be on monday so we'll have the temporary one...

the security is tight. u nid to swipe in entering the main building, u nid to swipe in entering a room and different departments...the temporary id wont allow us to enter the room or the departments..so we had to be with them always in order not to be locked out ;)

the whole morning, we were toured around the building..where the pantry, smoking areas, toilets, massage room(yes they have that), exits, canteens and store....after that they introduced us to all the equipments inside the lab...we had lunch at 1pm(yes u heard me ryt, that's 1pm), since the canteen is closed, we went to this cafeteria at YRP...

OMG, i do not know what these foods are...taking their suggestion, we had katsu-curry(looks better than other foods), looks yummy too...but, twas spicy..i finished it though..poor me, m really am hungry...
back to the lab, we set up the equipments, so we can start testing...from 130pm(that was right after the lunch break), we worked directly until evening, no 3pm and 5pm breaks or dinner breaks...at last, at around 730pm, they decided to go home...so we went out, wait for the bus, and the train, and at yokosuka-chou, they went out with us and told us were having dinner :) again :)

hmmm...kinda like this :)

arrival

2005-07-29T23:45:00.000-07:00

1pm and we arrived at the narita airport...we followed the other people since we are not familiar of the place...we've seen our jap manager and we also followed him...he passed by the quarantine, then the embassy...at the embassy, we lined and waited for our turn..after the embassy, our jap manager met us and joined us..he helped us look for our baggage and checked out from the airport..
we purchased the ticket for narita express which will bring us to shinagawa and as to what mr shigeta said, from shinagawa we can take another train for yokosuka-chou where our hotel is...

the trip is for 2-3 hours..the train is nice, and it was peaceful..i was able to look at the view outside and see places in Japan...we had several stops, i think 2-3 stops, then we arrived at shinagawa..

shinagawa station is big and has lots of people...people come and go and are all in a hurry trying to catch up a train...or going out from the station...we just followed mr shigeta, with our luggages..ehehe...he was not familiar of the liner we are going to take so he first asked for some directions...we purchased again another ticket for keikyu line train and waited...inside the train, mr shigeta is teaching us how to ride and look at the map...he also told us that the train we are in will be the same one we will be riding everyday going to YRP...

around 4pm, we arrived at the yokosuka-station...i was so tired carrying the luggage, and we even took the stairs...ehehe..the luggage was so heavy that i felt like it will carry me down the stairs..ahahha...mr shigeta and all the other people are walking so fast and i am left behind coz my luggage is so heavy...

we stopped at one map at the station and we tried locating where the hotel is..the name of the hotel is Hotel yokosuka. it says that it is only a 5minute walk from the station..we went out from the station, and went our way to the hotel...we were a little lost coz we have been walking for 5minutes or more but we havent seen the hotel or any sign of it...we stopped and asked...there is one guy who helped us...and finally, after almost giving up coz my hands are aching, my shoulders are aching from carrying the laptop and my another bag(that i was about to tell edric if its ok if ill jst stop and wait for them to see the hotel...ahahah..), we are finally near the hotel...

it is near a hospital but not near the highway...we checked in, paid the bills, agreed to meet at the lobby at 7pm for dinner and went to our respective rooms...

my room is nice...i started unpacking, rested a little and took a shower to freshen up...it was almost 6pm coz we arrived at the hotel at around 530pm...quarter to 7 and i went down to the lobby, texted home that i am already in japan and waited for mr shigeta...he arrived several minutes after and we went out to look for a place to eat..

we decided to eat at Denny's...its a western style restaurant that serves steak and a little japanese foods, though the preparation and some other stuffs are still japanese.. :)

mr shigeta said that he will be treating us for a dinner..he asked us what do we want and i was a little shy to choose coz its his treat ;) i decided to have chicken and salad...tried something different this time..the food is served with either rice or bread and a corn soup...for drinks, i ordered milk tea with pearls or "sago" :)

the food was great and that was my first time talking to our jap manager..he is nice and we talked about what to do the next day since we will be going to YRP and report there..

when done eating we went back to the hotel...then minutes after, edric called me up and said mr shigeta wants to meet us at the lobby coz ms noemi and our jap counterparts are there...

i went down, and we are shocked coz we did not talk but instead they are going somewhere...that is for a dinner...ahahha...

we went to this place that is sort of a bar, with lots of teenagers drinking and smoking and are so noisy..ehehe...there i had my first taste of different japanese foods...they are the one who ordered except for drinks so we simply ate what is on the table...

first we had this sort of bean, baguio means that is what we are calling it...it is boiled yet it looked raw...it is eaten like peanuts...for drinks, i had a fruit juice...i dont really like the beans but out of respect i ate a little... :) then comes the different jap foods...some looked interesting, some looked weird, some looked tasty...i jst tried those that i am not scared of....ahahha...

they drunk...they had sake..and since were girls of course we are saved...had a little chat, with the help of miss noemi and mr shigeta and at around
11pm, they decided to went home coz they might miss the last train...

we went back to the hotel, continued unpacking and checked email....

that was it for the first day...ahaha...it was late so id rather sleep...

yasumi... ;)

nihon ga arimasu

2005-07-29T22:57:00.000-07:00

wrong grammar? ehehe...sorry, forgot my nihongo already....but well, been here and was able to learn some more..like, "dame", "yapari"...dnt knw if the spelling is correct..

anyways, i was really planning to blog all my japan experiences since day 1...but, my laptop crashed and was very busy so was able to start it just now :)

and i am still going to post all d places ive been to...with pix :D

especially abot blue fall!! was really proud of it ;) ahaha

2005-07-28T23:15:00.000-07:00

july 28, 2005
i was busy preparing stuffs for the upcoming trip...i was also busy preparing stuffs for the house since my sis is also leaving...
a couple of week ago, we received an email from our counterpart in Japan that they are inviting 1 or 2 of our group's member to go there for a Business trip to help them in their testing at the customer site..
we are busy and the confirmation was made a week before the said date..the invitation is from July 28 to August 31 but the testing schedule will be until August 21 only...that will be more or less 3 weeks at Japan.
it was settled then. Edric and I are going there on the 29th...we have been busy with the project and so with the preparation...release of source code, processing of visa, my DOST clearance, stuffs to bring especially formal clothes since we should be in business attire..
i went home early that day..which is very unusual since i would go home normally from 10pm(which is the earliest) to 2am ehehe...
it was raining dat nyt and since i was carrying lots of stuffs and had a laptop wid me, i took a taxi and went directly home...when i arrived home, my sis was also packing her stuffs..
we are both leaving..she is leaving cebu for good and i will be away for almost a month...we packed our things...settled several things and decided to go out...we went to metrobank atm and since i wanted to eat fries and she wanted to drink softdrinks, we went to mcdo..that was actually our dinner at around 1030 pm...
we went home after eating..i went out to meet someone dn at around 300am, i get a taxi for my sis, dn went home to prepare for my flyt at 745am...
edric and i agreed that we'll meet at 430am dn go directly to the airport..airport is about 30mins away from my bhaus...at 430 am, edric texted me...
i went out to meet them...he is wid his parents and i was a little shy..nyways, we went to the airport and wen we arrived, 545am, the checkin counter is not opening till 6am..we waited at one resto, his mom urged us to eat something...i was shy but afraid they myt be offended, so i jst ordered hot chocolate...
i was jst starting to have my hot choco when the check in counter opened, we said goodbyes and went inside...we checked in our luggage, paid terminal fee, pass through the embassy and waited to went inside the plane...
had the final text messages and calls and turned off my fon..715a and we were advised to go inside the plane...and at 745 am, we departed cebu for narita...