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The training started on a Wednesday so I spent a weekend in Lisbon. I was excited to explore the city but it rained so hard on Saturday morning… I was already dressed before 10AM so when the rain stopped at around 1:30PM, I grabbed my bag and quickly got out. The hotel was quite far [...]
Since I came here, I had some not so pleasant experiences with taxi drivers that I avoid taking a cab even if I am running late. It’s not one of those scary experiences though. It’s just that most of the drivers I had encounters were not so friendly. Some get mad because you hailed a [...]
Being in software development has its ups and downs. It is really stressful when you have to complete a task in an unreasonably short time. It gets boring when you’re not allowed to access the internet and yet you’re still waiting for the next task. It’s very frustrating when you can’t figure out why a [...]
I grew up in Mindanao. My hometown is not as crowded as Manila, far from it actually, but it has never been crime-free. There was a time when an “akyat-bahay gang” got away with various thefts in the neighborhood, and our sari-sari store was no exception. A teenager broke into our store and took away [...]
In my iGoogle screen, I still keep the weather forecasts of places that concerns me, including Osaka. I was very surprised to see Osaka getting up to -11C. At this time of the year? When I was there, even at the peak of winter, the temperature in Osaka didn’t drop below -3C. I scrolled down [...]
I take the bus daily to and from work. I like taking the bus because I have a higher chance of grabbing a seat than in the trains. But I seem to perform a balancing act each time I get on one. The driver only waits for a passenger to settle down if he/she is [...]
I often buy my toiletries at Watson’s because almost everything is cheaper there compared to the supermarket. Also, there are stuff I need that I can only find at Watson’s. Yesterday, as I was trying to decide which conditioner I should try this time, a saleslady, probably in her late 40′s, approached me. They call [...]
This mug was a gift to me and I’ve been using this one in the office for quite some time. This morning, while I was drinking coffee, a colleague stopped by my desk… Colleague: I like your mug. It is so cute. I thought it was sort of a 3D or something. And it is [...]
There have been a lot of changes in the Friendster layout lately. But what came up in my page a while ago had me L.O.L…
Let’s just keep this between us, OK? I’m really, really scared of getting on roller coasters and the like. During an educational trip when I was still in college, we went to the Enchanted Kingdom in the Philippines. I was about to be seated on the Space Shuttle but I backed out at the last [...]
I’ve just lost a coin inside the train and one of those train moments happened again this morning. Since there’s no tea, coffee or even water dispenser in the new company, I usually bring with me a bottle of tea I’ve prepared at home and a can of coffee. The ones in the vending machine [...]
I love the train stations here because they could be adjacent to department stores or sh?tengai (???). The Shin-Osaka station is one of my favorites. It’s neither close to a mall nor sh?tengai but the station building itself has many small shops and restaurants. I always drop by the Uniqlo shop and see if they [...]
