April 27, 2007

Exam Sa Isang Bank Kahapon, nag-exam ako sa isang banking company sa Makati. Darn, mas mahirap pa sa Mensa test 'yung exam. I swear. 'Yung IQ test medyo madali lang pero 'yung aptitude test, pang-mathematician yata. Kelangan mo kasing mag-formulate ng formula (duh) on the spot depende sa probem. Tapos 'yung mga flowchart, sobrang dami, ang co-complex pa. Ang ikli pa ng time limit. It's really a pain in the arse. Anyway, pagkatapos nu'ng unang IQ test, may pinasagutan sa amin na complete the sentence sheet. Bali putol 'yung thought tapos kami 'yung magdudugtong. Wala ako sa serious mode kaya ito 'yung iba kong sagot (italicized): My real ambition is to be a scientist ^_^ (yep, nilagay ko talaga 'yung ^_^ kasi naman bank 'yung ina-applyan ko tapos ang out-of-this-world nu'ng ambition ko) Delegation of what? (di ko talaga na-gets kung ano dapat kong idugtong d'yan) Don't try to not try (read it somewhere) Things like that. Gano'n 'yung pagsagot ko kasi alam ko naman na di na ako kikitain pa nu'ng HR representative na nagpasagot sa amin no'n. Parang, and so? kung ma-weirduhan s'ya sa mga pinagsasagot ko. I don't care. So ayon, after nu'ng IQ test, complete the sentence test, essay type test, aptitude test, personality type test at application form test (one of the hardest, agree?), umalis na ako sa room at nilapag ko 'yung application form at resume ko sa desk sa tapat n'ya. My neurons are so gaddamn tired. Dapat paalis na ako pero di pa daw puwede. Tinawag n'ya ako at tinanong kung ano ba 'yung ina-applyan ko na position. Sabi ko, anything IT-related pero preferably, programming. Then something she said startled me. Kunin ko daw sa room 'yung complete the sentence sheet ko (nakapatong sa table). What? Imagine how I felt as I slowly handed her the sheet. 'Yung first sentence pa naman do'n "My real ambition is to be a scientist ^_^" Di ko alam kung paano ako magre-react. Kung alam ko lang, sana ang inilagay ko, "My real ambition is to retire early, have my own business and donate tons of cash to charitable institutions." Shet. Thankfully, I was just imagining things. Hindi n'ya naman binasa sa harap ko. Kinuha n'ya lang at nilagay sa ilalim nu'ng resume. Ang sabi n'ya, balik daw ako kinabukasan for an IT test. Okay, that's it! Ayoko na mag-exam. Kung 'yung non-technical exam nga eh pang-mathematician, how much more 'yung technical? At isa pa, nakaka-turn-off din 'yung uniform. Kelangan naka-mini-skirt for 3 days a week. *shrugs* []

April 15, 2007

Subdomain Hosting Ngayon ko lang napag-isipan na mag-host ng subdomain (after 2 years). Halos lahat kasi ng may mga domain, nago-offer ng free subdomain hosting so, ba't di ko subukan di ba? I'm not that selfish. Kung interesado ka na magpa-subdomain hosting sa akin using this: [yourname].medotinside.info, just contact me. That is, kung okay lang sayo na may sangkatutak na "dot" sa subdomain mo ([yourname] dot medotinside dot info). If you think that's kinda sick, then just ignore my offer. Wag mo na akong tanungin kung ba't kasi nilagyan ko ng dot 'yung mismong name ng domain ko. I'm weird like that. Dahil sa mga sinabi ko, siguro walang magpapa-host. But hey, ilang (sub)domain names ba ang may tatlong dot? Puwede pang maging apat kung lalagyan mo din ng "dot" 'yung [yourname]. That would be cool, para kang gumagamit ng Morse code. Bet, Maluluha Ka Dito This is the most tear-inducing animation I've ever seen in my life. You're a heartless bastard pag di ka man lang na-touch. []

April 9, 2007

Are You Brave Enough to Deny the Holy Spirit? Ewan ko kung nabasa mo na pero there's this Blasphemy Challenge na nag-start last January. The challenge? Deny the Holy Spirit and risk eternal damnation. Cool but flawed. I mean, 'yung mga nagpa-participate atheists, ergo, wala talang risk, challenge or braveness involved since di naman sila naniniwala sa hell. The whole thing is a big oxymoron to me. Anyway, ito 'yung sabi ng isa sa mga respondents: "I've come to the conclusion that alongside the fact that there is no Santa Clause and there is no Easter bunny, there is also no God. So, without further ado, my name is Chandler and I deny the existence of the Holy Spirit." This is a real challenge to Chandler. Magbigay s'ya ng kahit sinong philosopher na nagsulat ng treatise tungkol sa existence/non-existence ni Santa Clause o kaya online forum thread na nag-s-spawn ng 100+ pages discussing the existence/non-existence of Easter bunnies. It's wrong to say that God is in the same ballpark as Santa or Easter bunnies since these things give no answer to the questions of origins or ontology. Informed atheists do not give pompous and lame *ss arguments like that. Pero pa'no naman 'tong founders ng no-challenge (who pride themselves as the Rational Response Squad)? Ito 'yung sabi ng isa: "It's actually OK to hate atheists. We are like the last group that people overwhelmingly agree that it's OK to hate us, because there's an absurd caricature of atheism out there." Caricaturing? Her-her. Actually, tumulong s'ya na i-caricature 'yung atheists as a bunch of uninformed, religion-hater, immature, blaspheming goths with this Blasphemy Challenge she co-founded. Ang totoo, may atheist na chinallenge si Brian Sapient (also a co-founder) sa isang debate on the "rationality" of theism, pero umatras s'ya. The atheists who took the challenge are such a bunch of jologs atheists to me (just like the jologs hip-hoppers or smokey-eyed emos). They could have raised awareness in other ways, but not through an insulting, juvenile (albeit funny) act like that. What a disservice to other atheists who engage in serious, scholarly and respectful debates on origins. Postscript: BTW, meron akong nakitang Challenge the Blasphemy (by theists and Christians). Methinks WWIII is in the offing. []

April 7, 2007

South Park Episode: Go God, Go! I have to say na parehong unfair sa evolutionists at religious 'yung episode so in a way, it is fair to both circles. Pero just a precaution, kung fundamentalist Christian or staunch fanatic ka ni Dawkins (most well-known atheist and religion-hater of our time), baka ma-offend ka. Well, it's South Park -- it equally offends everyone. (Matt Stone, South Park's co-creator once said: "I hate conservatives, but I really f*cking hate liberals." ) If you have a time to spare (20+ mins.), watch it, methinks it's worth it. Natawa lang talaga ako (also with the Nintendo Wii part). Haa-hahahaha! Postscript na may SPOILERS: 'Yung last part kung sa'n pinakita na atheists na lahat ng tao sa future, there are still division, aggression and war. It's just really naive for Mr. Dawkins to say that all wars and conflicts will stop if religion is eradicated. History says otherwise. Side Bar Changes May mga ginawa akong changes sa side bar. May widgets akong dinagdag so kelangan kong mag-alis ng mga di na importanteng content para di mukhang cluttered. Ito 'yung mga dinagdag ko (just pretend that you're interested): Shared blogs feed. Ito 'yung blogs ng iba na gusto kong i-share (dahil nagustuhan ko, nabasa ko or wala lang, it doesn't really matter). Google Reader na ang ginagamit ko ngayon para sa feeds. Mabilis kasi s'yang mag-update at walang nami-miss na website. (Pero active pa din 'yung Kinja account ko.) Flickr badge para sa random artworks LibraryThing widget para sa random books na nasa collection ko Feed Button para 'yung most commonly used feed readers, all-in-one button na lang Bagong Stat Counter kasi ayaw nang mag-appear nu'ng dati Pinost ko dito kasi baka helpful din para sa'yo. That's all for now. Postscript: In-edit ko 'tong post para sa mga dinagdag ko pang widget. Hrm, widgets, widgets -- a new catchy and cutesy name for java scripts. []

April 5, 2007

Rotten Grad I've finally graduated. Nu'ng nakasalubong ko 'yung iba kong classmates at mga ka-close nu'ng graduation, nag-wave lang ako at nagsabi ng ba-bye. Mabuti di naging emotional 'yung graduation. Magmu-mukha lang kasi akong tuod habang nagiiyakan at nagyayakapan 'yung classmates ko if ever gano'n. Tignan mo, graduate na ako pero "classmate" pa din turing ko sa karamihan sa kanila, not "friends." That's how my college social life sucked. Sa ngayon, wala akong ginagawa kundi manood ng mga downloaded evolutionism vs. creationism debates-slash-videos (just a thought: sa pagkakaalam ko, ang purpose ng / eh para di ka na mag-type ng pagkahaba-habang word na "or" so di ko alam kung ba't kailangan ulit pahabain, what's next? rock-ampersand-roll?), manood ng L-word na DVD (a lucking good series, I tell you), maglaro ng handheld games, mag-internet at matulog. In short, I'm currently a bum. Anyway, ang tina-target kong work sa ngayon, Java programmer. Hindi ako proficient pero sa lahat ng programming language, pinaka-kabisado ko 'yung syntax n'ya. Tsaka karamihan naman ng fresh graduates may training eh. Tapos nagse-self study din naman ako kahit papano ngayon. Pero sa totoo lang, di ko alam kung gusto ko ba talaga ng programming. I can't get the hang of looping or iteration, especially nested ones. All kinds of circular logic really annoy me. Basta, kelangan ko na mag-trabaho kasi wala na akong source of income. Ako na dapat ang magpro-provide para sa sarili ko. Args, the grim realization! Sana may mag-hire na sa akin para ma-train na akong mag-program nang sa gano'n, may magha-hire na sa akin. Did I say I hate looping? I take back what I've said. Hehe. Xing D St Nakakabilib talaga 'yung mga mama or ale na chicken lang 'yung pagtawid sa kalsada. Kahit na ang lapit na nu'ng kotse, natatantsa pa nila na puwede silang tumawid. Methinks it's a spatial talent. Well, on a different context, I'm too chicken to cross the road. (So, why did the chicken cross the road again if he's a chicken?) Actually, naka-develop na ako ng tactic (na di gano'ng original). Naghahanap ako ng kasabay at pume-puwesto lang ako safe side. Ang gagawin ko na lang ay intayin 'yung tao na nasa danger side na tumawid at i-a-align ko lang 'yung sarili ko sa kanya hanggang sa makatawid na kaming pareho. Easy eh? I don't even have to look at those gaddamn cars. They scare me anyway. Hee-hee. Pero di 'yon effective kapag two-way high-way kasi dalawang roads 'yung tatawirin ko: cars-coming-from-the-left road and cars-coming-from-the-right road. So kapag in-employ ko 'yung tactic ko, I'm dead pagdating sa pangalawa. I mean, kung ako 'yung pinaka-duwag sa unang road, ako 'yung nagiging leader pagdating sa second. The Bible is right on the money, many who are first will be last, and the last first. But being first is not exactly a good thing in this case. Nakakasira naman ng dignidad kung magtatago ako safe side bigla. They protected me while crossing the cars-coming-from-the-left road, I have to protect them this time. Hah! Seriously, I need "A Complete Guide to Idiots Crossing the Road" book. Please, inform me pag nakakita ka. Oh, wala bang gano'ng series? Bummer. Postscript: Dapat i-rephrase ng authors ng "A Complete Idiot's Guide" series 'yung title nila. Very demeaning and politically incorrect kasi, like, I'm not a complete idiot! I'm just an idiot, okay? Dapat ginawa nilang, "An Idiot's Complete Guide to [insert topic]" para walang confusion. []