Awesome crowd and codelab sessions at Google I/O Extended Manila
July's Google I/O Extended Manila is rocking awesome with more than a hundred participants and oozing technology sharing sessions.
GDG DevFest Philippines Dinner!
Awesome food and friends dinner after the GDG DevFest Event last October 17.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Monday, August 10, 2009
Sunday, July 5, 2009
iLOVE my Timex 1440 Sports Digital Watch
Sunday, July 5, 2009
What can i ask for? one of my iLOVE items i am featuring here in my personal blog is my new Timex 1440 Sports Digital Watch. This is my sister's gift to me from Dubai. Thanks, Dada. :)
So why should i rave about it? Hmmnn..it affords me an alarm clock, timer and a 24-hour format to include among other things.
The 1440 is a feature-laden sports watch ideal for the weekend warrior. With a chromed stainless-steel case and metallic pink resin bezel, the watch looks as though it could handle both the long runs on the weekends, and the long barbecues afterward. Features on this sports watch include timer, dual time zone function, timer, day-date-month calendar, and a white resin quick-drying strap. The watch is water resistant to 165 feet (50 meters) and is backed by a 1-year manufacturer’s warranty.
i prefer cyclone white. :D will remind me always that i have a nurse sister.
hehehhe! beat that. i love u sis!
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Join the 4th GK1MB Bayani Challenge 2009!
Thursday, March 12, 2009
I would like to invite those who have passion for Volunteerism and Bayanihan to the upcoming 4th GK1MB Bayani Challenge 2009. This is your chance to put some meaning in your life and meet new wonderful friends from all over the Philippines and other foreign countries as well. If you want to join as a group or as an individual and would like to get more information, kindly send me an email at grace[dot]sojor[at]gmail[dot]com or yolynne [at] gmail [dot] com. You can call Gawad Kalinga Zamboanga office at 991-4745 / my office at 9912365 / Yolynne's office at 992-7269. See you there!
Buzz us at the following IMs if it would be easier.
YM: yolynne.rm
GoogleTalk: yolynne
YM: vaporlock_grace
GoogleTalk:gracesojor
God Bless!
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We would like to invite you to the 4th GK1MB Bayani Challenge 2009: Only for the Brave, a 5-day test to prove our courage, endurance and love for country. This year’s GK1MB Bayani Challenge will be held in Zamboanga City and Sulu.
The GK1MB Bayani Challenge is not about adventure. It is challenging ourselves to go beyond our comfort zones so we can make a difference in the lives of others. This year, we hope to bring people of different faiths and backgrounds together from all over the world to make a statement that we are all brothers and sisters. Let us not be defined by our fears and apprehensions but rather let us focus on what we hope to achieve – a better Philippines, a future full of hope.
This year’s theme Only for the Brave is a question for everyone: “Are you brave enough to love?” and your presence will surely build the friendship that will pave the way for peace. Join us in this journey of building a nation and be part of history.
4th GK1MB Bayani Challenge 2009: Only for the Brave
Mechanics:
Each team should bring and provide the following:
a. Transportation to and from the GK site (information and maps shall be provided)
b. Food for the duration of the build (no meals will be provided)
c. Cooking and Eating Utensils
d. Tents for sleeping
e. Clothes, toiletries, raincoat or jacket, and necessary medicines per individual.
f. First aid kit per group
g. Documentation (digital camera and/or video camera)
h. Tools for construction: [Minimum number of the ff]
i. One (1) Pick or Piko (for excavation)
ii. One (1) Bareta (for excavation)
iii. Three (3) Shovel or Pala (for excavation)
iv. Two (2) Kutsara (for masonry work)
v. One (1) Meter steel tape
vi. One (1) Pair hand gloves (for each member)
vii. Hard hats
viii. Three (3) Paint roller, paint brush and tray
ix. One (1) Leveling tool or leveling hose
x. Three (3) Wood float (for plastering)
xi. Three (3) Finishing Trowel (for plastering)
xii. Three (3) Pail (for concrete mix)
xiii. One (1) Set Gardening Tools (landscaping)
xiv. Optional: Electric drill with bits (for roofing & jalousie installation)
xv. One (1) Hammer
xvi. One (1) Saw (for carpentry)
Monday, March 9, 2009
I’ve Signed Up to Switch Off : Earth Hour 2009
Monday, March 9, 2009
So here it is, i officially got myself in the beat for this upcoming Earth Hour 2009.
I am so excited that a very good friend of mine is coming home from Australia this March 28th. I asked him to buy me an Earth Hour 2009 shirt from there. Hope he can look one for me. yippeee!
More than anything else, i am glad that this brilliant idea of switching off lights for an hour is paving way into the mainstream. I wonder how call centers can
cope up if invited to join in.. hmmnn..i know for certain every minute counts gain or lost. Anyhow, there is something special that i look forward to this event. One thing, it sure does gives me a nostalgic pull into my high school days back at the science high..when our teachers would ask us to group up and prepare to battle in a debate over serious issues to include the existence of nuclear power plants in the Philippines and in the world.. and protection of the ozone layer was never left out at a time when 'global warming' was not yet seriously coined.
What's different from making a stand today is that we are a decade away from our mere debates.We have substantially neglected over time these concerns and i feel like this blast - an inconvenient truth penetrated the whole ecosystem and ruptured the balance that afforded us liberty from cancer and huge ecological imbalance.
One hour is a big commitment that i can give in the mid life that i continually live.
Join me and let us be aware of our earth's needs!
P.S.
How should i love thee, earth?
I will invite my students to bring in umbrellas too. - so that we can together open those as gesture of our commitment to preserve life on earth :)
Let me hear what u have in mind other than switching off.
ciao for now.
I am so excited that a very good friend of mine is coming home from Australia this March 28th. I asked him to buy me an Earth Hour 2009 shirt from there. Hope he can look one for me. yippeee!
More than anything else, i am glad that this brilliant idea of switching off lights for an hour is paving way into the mainstream. I wonder how call centers can
cope up if invited to join in.. hmmnn..i know for certain every minute counts gain or lost. Anyhow, there is something special that i look forward to this event. One thing, it sure does gives me a nostalgic pull into my high school days back at the science high..when our teachers would ask us to group up and prepare to battle in a debate over serious issues to include the existence of nuclear power plants in the Philippines and in the world.. and protection of the ozone layer was never left out at a time when 'global warming' was not yet seriously coined.What's different from making a stand today is that we are a decade away from our mere debates.We have substantially neglected over time these concerns and i feel like this blast - an inconvenient truth penetrated the whole ecosystem and ruptured the balance that afforded us liberty from cancer and huge ecological imbalance.
One hour is a big commitment that i can give in the mid life that i continually live.
Join me and let us be aware of our earth's needs!
P.S.
How should i love thee, earth?
I will invite my students to bring in umbrellas too. - so that we can together open those as gesture of our commitment to preserve life on earth :)
Let me hear what u have in mind other than switching off.
ciao for now.
11th Philippine Society of Info Tech Educators, Inc. National Convention held at Dipolog City!
thank you so much for supporting the 11th Philippine Society of Info Tech Educators, Inc. National Convention held at Dipolog City! thanks to Harvey and DMC Family. My congratulations to all Officers and Volunteers! :D We made it! :D
Team PSITE IX at Dakak Beach Resort :D
Beyond borders. That’s exactly what I have in mind right now. This is the Team PSITE IX (others were on their way from the cottages) at an early hour for breakfast at the Dakak Beach Resort last Saturday. We bonded in one with the leadership of our ever energetic PSITE IX President Harvey Anthony Dalmacio..glad we were able to put things together beyond borders and time hahahah! The local committee slept like only two hours. Yep. We are looking forward to the second time around. Thank you everyone for supporting this event.
Earth Hour 2009
On Saturday, March 28, 2009, at 8:30 pm, COMTECH INSTITUTE will be taking part in what promises to be an amazing an inspiring event in the flight against climate change—Earth Hour, sponsored by the World Wildlife Fund.
By simply turning off all non-essential lighting for one hour at our locations and facilities across Philippines/world, we will join tens of millions of concerned citizens and corporations throughout the world in calling for action to save our planet for future generations.
More than 50 million people in 370 cities around the world took part in Earth Hour 2008. The lights went out at Sydney’s Opera House, Rome’s Coliseum, the Empire State Building and the Golden Gate Bridge. Even the Google homepage went dark for the day. Many major corporations took part including HP, Coca-Cola, and Morgan Stanley.
This year, Earth Hour promises to be even bigger. In Philippines, many cities have already pledged to participate including Zamboanga City…with more signing up daily. They will join international cities such as Beijing, Cape Town, Copenhagen, Edinburgh, Helsinki, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Las Angeles, London, Manila, Mexico City, Moscow, New York, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, Rome, and Toronto.
To get a better sense of the magnitude and inspiring nature the event, please take a moment to watch WWF’s video about Earth Hour 2009 at
I invite all of you to share your ideas for ways that we can reduce our environmental footprint.
We’re excited about Earth Hour and hope you are too. Don’t forget—March 28th at 8:30 pm, switch off.
Monday, February 9, 2009
Corel 2009 Asia-Pacific International Digital Art Competition.
Monday, February 9, 2009
Discover the freedom to create your way in the Corel 2009 Asia-Pacific International Digital Art Competition.
From now until the end of May 2009, share your designs with the world and grab a chance to Win Great Prizes. Grand prize valued at US$12,000! Find out more and submit your entries at http://www.corel.com/apac-contest
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Twenty New Stuff, New Expenses, New Reasons, New Excuses, New Experiences, New People, New Choices for 2008
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
12:16 PM
1. My faith brought me closer to God.
2. My boss gave me a gift – Living Water 2008. I don’t know whether she thinks I needed it or not but I sure did thank her for it. However I told her I prefer Daily Bread. (*winks*)
Ooopppsss!! I hope I didn’t offend her. She once told me I am so frank even though I rarely open my mouth to give my opinion out loud. Ok, she knows me better than that. I am certain though that I speak with a lot sense more than people imagine and most times they come strangely surprised with my thoughts. I don’t fret about this as a lot of them agree. harharhar!)
3. My sister flew to Dubai. (I contemplated of flying there too. She wants me to be there with her.)
4. I traveled three times to Dipolog by mid year. One with Fay. The other one with Ma’am Beth and the third one – me alone bound for a Dakak overnight stay. Dipolog is one place I have been coming to and fro since 2006 and this is my most visited city.
5. Two of my best buddies flew abroad earlier this year – (APRIL) Toffe –Melbourne, Australia – as .NET programmer, (MARCH or APRIL?) Rose Ivy – Sapporo, Japan – for her two-year Japanese Language Studies – for their call center / and pursue nursing course as well.
6. Kaye flew to USA to be with her Joe Roy Tinney. (congratulations! Yippee! He’s really nice, Kaye. Thanks for the dinner and the zamboanga visit.)
7. My friend Faye gave me a brown jacket. –yep, thanks!
8. I bought a Lee beige-color jacket as a souvenir from Gaisano Mall back in Gensan City. Trivia: My jacket and sweaters are the most expensive items I have for clothes. I don’t spend much on clothes as I do with a few gadgets.
9. I bought a pink Puma sock. (first time selecting pink)
10. My doted 3-year-old dog – smart, playful named DOUGLAS was found dead on the road early morning. We suspected someone hit him in the head or that he has been intentionally run over while on the road. Poor Douglas! How can people be so cruel?!! Di ko magets?! The truth is, I didn’t see his dead body. It’s gone when I looked for it. I was on travel and when I got back - our neighbor told me of what happened to my dog. His unexpected death never crossed my mind. I really adore that dog because like some other infant child whom I fancy and find joy teaching how to give me a tongue/spread their tongue out, that dog really was SMART when I say he was. He was born in front of our doorstep from some askal in the neighborhood which fancied giving birth in our doorstep! I adopted and fed him so to speak. Gwapo,maganda ang built at matalinong aso.I have been patient to teach him new tricks. Douglas would silently walk with me when I go outside the street to buy a bottle of coke until I return to the living room. Douglas would wait for me on the street at night and when the tricycle stops – he never fails to be alerted of my arrival and playfully jumps up to welcome me and walks with me to our house. That doggy-doggy..i miss u Douglas! I really do! Thank you for the company and for making my dream come true – to finally have a dog in you. We’re not allowed to have a dog as a pet when we were kids.
11. I’ve decided to buy a new aquarium next year. My brother sold his aquarium before. I love aquatic fishes. I’m fulfilling that dream. Hope that the fishes won’t die soon and sooner. Stick with me for awhile, oki, and will teach u how to blow bubbles! Heheheh! I would definitely delight on that one.
12. My T-shirt/ Tops collection swooped higher this year–
- I received two complimentary shirts as Secretariat Member to the 1st Mindanao TVET Conference
- I paid for the Particles blouse – the print I really adore – light blue Rocks! Printed is the glittered text – Rocker!
- I received a complimentary Netbeans T-shirt handed to me by RJ after joining as a speaker on the Software Freedom Day 2008. Thanks RJ and netbeans too.
- I won a GenSan Durian Shirt Package during 2nd Mindanao Bloggers Summit
- My FOSS for SMEs Training of Trainors Shirt– Antipolo City
- My Philippines Shirt
- My Pipho Eyeball Shirt –Pinoy Photography Org * Mall of Asia
- Netbeans sent me fresh from Czech Republic - a black long-sleeved curvaceous top which I won after joining their 10th Netbeans Anniversary Decathlon. Sure as hell, my friends adore it.
- Harharhar! We visited Orange and Bronze – a software development firm in Makati –with me were Mam Yolynne and Sir RJ. Mam Yolynne needed to see her first cousin who works at Orange and Bronze Software Lab. She brought Alavar crabs for her and family. My, my…twas first time to have observed a software development environment like that – so comfortable a place to work :) Thanks Mam @chelle for the Orange and Bronze T-shirt and the very geeky mug you handed to us each. You are such a very friendly and hospitable person. Your geek programmers rock too! Thanks too Mam Yolynne..you’ve been such an Ate to us ni RJ :)
13. Reunited with long time friend – Ms. Rosilie Lim back in 2MBS, based in gensan as I write this.
14. I and mama traveled together from zamboanga to general santos city when I decided to attend the 2nd Mindanao Bloggers Summit after acquiring a slot from the limited participants of 100. We stayed there for 3 nights and 4 days @ Family Country Hotel. The event was held at the nearby Family Country Convention Center. It was so exciting sort of an eyeball and very enriching too. Putting myself in the crowd and living life fully is a blueprint for me nowadays. It helps you know when you need to get up from your seat and travel. Nakakapag-isip and unwind. Thanks to my sis for sponsoring hotel expenses. Mama really did enjoy the trip.
15. Reunited with the NUMA NUMA song! :) online.
16. New Gadgets |Kodak Digicam 7.2 MP| White color Card Reader (Fay lost my red one, she replaced it with this) | New Bluetooth Dongle (which I gave away this month..huhuhu!will miss it) | USB Infrared receiver | Cdr-king MP3 Player
| Kingston Flash Disk (thank you Inwent Germany) | Webcam | Blood Glucose Monitor
17. First visit to the Gawad Kalinga (Tulungatung) with the Zamboanga Peninsula Bloggers. It is such a wonderful undertaking and the good intentions behind the concept of homes for the poor are laudable and exemplary. Congratulations to the humble movers of this cause.
To my surprise I found out that one of the heads there is related to me by affinity. He is the first cousin of my uncle – which is a first cousin too of my mom. Gets? I’ve heard about him before as there are only few relatives in the city. That was my first time to finally meet him. The whole day was great and a lot of fun shared with young persons with me. Thanks guys, sa uulitin! Hehehe!
18. I sponsored the COMTECH Pinoy Fear Factor Competition! Yehey! Fun! Fun! Fun! Dami sumali! :) :) :) Triple fun when you get to organize that sort.
19. I received a handful of packages from online correspondence – research stuff, free CDs and advocacy stuff. I am looking forward for more this year and online competitions as well.
20. New Choice: To fall in love more! :) It brings out the best in you.
Happy New Year to All! Happy new year to me!
2. My boss gave me a gift – Living Water 2008. I don’t know whether she thinks I needed it or not but I sure did thank her for it. However I told her I prefer Daily Bread. (*winks*)
Ooopppsss!! I hope I didn’t offend her. She once told me I am so frank even though I rarely open my mouth to give my opinion out loud. Ok, she knows me better than that. I am certain though that I speak with a lot sense more than people imagine and most times they come strangely surprised with my thoughts. I don’t fret about this as a lot of them agree. harharhar!)
3. My sister flew to Dubai. (I contemplated of flying there too. She wants me to be there with her.)
4. I traveled three times to Dipolog by mid year. One with Fay. The other one with Ma’am Beth and the third one – me alone bound for a Dakak overnight stay. Dipolog is one place I have been coming to and fro since 2006 and this is my most visited city.
5. Two of my best buddies flew abroad earlier this year – (APRIL) Toffe –Melbourne, Australia – as .NET programmer, (MARCH or APRIL?) Rose Ivy – Sapporo, Japan – for her two-year Japanese Language Studies – for their call center / and pursue nursing course as well.
6. Kaye flew to USA to be with her Joe Roy Tinney. (congratulations! Yippee! He’s really nice, Kaye. Thanks for the dinner and the zamboanga visit.)
7. My friend Faye gave me a brown jacket. –yep, thanks!
8. I bought a Lee beige-color jacket as a souvenir from Gaisano Mall back in Gensan City. Trivia: My jacket and sweaters are the most expensive items I have for clothes. I don’t spend much on clothes as I do with a few gadgets.
9. I bought a pink Puma sock. (first time selecting pink)
10. My doted 3-year-old dog – smart, playful named DOUGLAS was found dead on the road early morning. We suspected someone hit him in the head or that he has been intentionally run over while on the road. Poor Douglas! How can people be so cruel?!! Di ko magets?! The truth is, I didn’t see his dead body. It’s gone when I looked for it. I was on travel and when I got back - our neighbor told me of what happened to my dog. His unexpected death never crossed my mind. I really adore that dog because like some other infant child whom I fancy and find joy teaching how to give me a tongue/spread their tongue out, that dog really was SMART when I say he was. He was born in front of our doorstep from some askal in the neighborhood which fancied giving birth in our doorstep! I adopted and fed him so to speak. Gwapo,maganda ang built at matalinong aso.I have been patient to teach him new tricks. Douglas would silently walk with me when I go outside the street to buy a bottle of coke until I return to the living room. Douglas would wait for me on the street at night and when the tricycle stops – he never fails to be alerted of my arrival and playfully jumps up to welcome me and walks with me to our house. That doggy-doggy..i miss u Douglas! I really do! Thank you for the company and for making my dream come true – to finally have a dog in you. We’re not allowed to have a dog as a pet when we were kids.
11. I’ve decided to buy a new aquarium next year. My brother sold his aquarium before. I love aquatic fishes. I’m fulfilling that dream. Hope that the fishes won’t die soon and sooner. Stick with me for awhile, oki, and will teach u how to blow bubbles! Heheheh! I would definitely delight on that one.
12. My T-shirt/ Tops collection swooped higher this year–
- I received two complimentary shirts as Secretariat Member to the 1st Mindanao TVET Conference
- I paid for the Particles blouse – the print I really adore – light blue Rocks! Printed is the glittered text – Rocker!
- I received a complimentary Netbeans T-shirt handed to me by RJ after joining as a speaker on the Software Freedom Day 2008. Thanks RJ and netbeans too.
- I won a GenSan Durian Shirt Package during 2nd Mindanao Bloggers Summit
- My FOSS for SMEs Training of Trainors Shirt– Antipolo City
- My Philippines Shirt
- My Pipho Eyeball Shirt –Pinoy Photography Org * Mall of Asia
- Netbeans sent me fresh from Czech Republic - a black long-sleeved curvaceous top which I won after joining their 10th Netbeans Anniversary Decathlon. Sure as hell, my friends adore it.
- Harharhar! We visited Orange and Bronze – a software development firm in Makati –with me were Mam Yolynne and Sir RJ. Mam Yolynne needed to see her first cousin who works at Orange and Bronze Software Lab. She brought Alavar crabs for her and family. My, my…twas first time to have observed a software development environment like that – so comfortable a place to work :) Thanks Mam @chelle for the Orange and Bronze T-shirt and the very geeky mug you handed to us each. You are such a very friendly and hospitable person. Your geek programmers rock too! Thanks too Mam Yolynne..you’ve been such an Ate to us ni RJ :)
13. Reunited with long time friend – Ms. Rosilie Lim back in 2MBS, based in gensan as I write this.
14. I and mama traveled together from zamboanga to general santos city when I decided to attend the 2nd Mindanao Bloggers Summit after acquiring a slot from the limited participants of 100. We stayed there for 3 nights and 4 days @ Family Country Hotel. The event was held at the nearby Family Country Convention Center. It was so exciting sort of an eyeball and very enriching too. Putting myself in the crowd and living life fully is a blueprint for me nowadays. It helps you know when you need to get up from your seat and travel. Nakakapag-isip and unwind. Thanks to my sis for sponsoring hotel expenses. Mama really did enjoy the trip.
15. Reunited with the NUMA NUMA song! :) online.
16. New Gadgets |Kodak Digicam 7.2 MP| White color Card Reader (Fay lost my red one, she replaced it with this) | New Bluetooth Dongle (which I gave away this month..huhuhu!will miss it) | USB Infrared receiver | Cdr-king MP3 Player
| Kingston Flash Disk (thank you Inwent Germany) | Webcam | Blood Glucose Monitor
17. First visit to the Gawad Kalinga (Tulungatung) with the Zamboanga Peninsula Bloggers. It is such a wonderful undertaking and the good intentions behind the concept of homes for the poor are laudable and exemplary. Congratulations to the humble movers of this cause.
To my surprise I found out that one of the heads there is related to me by affinity. He is the first cousin of my uncle – which is a first cousin too of my mom. Gets? I’ve heard about him before as there are only few relatives in the city. That was my first time to finally meet him. The whole day was great and a lot of fun shared with young persons with me. Thanks guys, sa uulitin! Hehehe!
18. I sponsored the COMTECH Pinoy Fear Factor Competition! Yehey! Fun! Fun! Fun! Dami sumali! :) :) :) Triple fun when you get to organize that sort.
19. I received a handful of packages from online correspondence – research stuff, free CDs and advocacy stuff. I am looking forward for more this year and online competitions as well.
20. New Choice: To fall in love more! :) It brings out the best in you.
Happy New Year to All! Happy new year to me!
New Beginning
How was your 2008??
It must have been a twin of ice and fire when both extremes of the opposite poles reverberated and I think I survived it well – yep, that’s my 2008. I experienced a lot of the unexpected.
But look, seven days after the whole year just ended and I am still ready to hop and abound. I have gathered a lot of inspiration online and from the real world as well. There is time for everything they say. But making it your time is the challenge. I’d like to dwell on the thought that unless a life that starts off with good intentions – the possibilities are endless.
Anyway, there is this amusement I wear in my face this very moment thinking as I woke up hours ago and had the surge to pull a knack online. This is one of the many blessings I am enjoying this year – my unlimited internet connectivity. Thank God!
The frequent summons from YouTube leaves me ecstatic while Madonna and Justin Timberlake are both giving me the itch to nail it around in 4 minutes – to save the world. Wow! How on earth must I get started?
What comes around to my mind this very early in the morning includes a few and this – imagination with action in life must prevail. I must admit, I am one of those many who is most times entangled in my own creative imagination – void of putting in space and literacy to multiply that imagination into higher grounds serving the community foremost. Well, not the lack of literacy but it is inaction in totality. I guess most of us do have that tendency. ;-)
Now, stop awhile. What I am starting this year comes out of more than a predicament that I’d like to acknowledge and overcome. To write out loud, I am personally a shy person. Yep, that’s true. This is giving me quite a turn these days and being in the crowd most of the time demands a lot from me. Now I wonder, don’t I deserve to give the crowd back something?
Hahahha! So let’s make good memories! ;-) Hop in with me and my camera! Will rock this year more than great!
And seriously, if you think you are shy still? Think about it. It’s your life at stake. If you know you have something to make a difference – come out of your shell. Walk the talk. Ride the boat. Scratch your own itch. Be creative!
