Monday, December 29, 2008



2008

It's gonna be 2009 in a few days and as I ponder 2008 was a great great year for me. Now with new challenges and career opportunities this January I'm so very thankful that God blessed all my hard work the past year.

To reward myself I got a few gifts for myself this Christmas, first I bought an HP laptop, then a Nintendo DS Lite (Onyx Black) with 2Gig EDGE Flashcart (for my kids as well) and a collector's item Final Fantasy X Original PS2 DVD (from TipidPC). I'm a Final Fantasy Series Fan so I bought it ^_^, the original price is PHP 2,500++ butI got it for a bargain of PHP500 and in mint condition.



These will keep me busy until JAN 5 along with the Boxed set of HOUSE MD (Season 1-4) that I bought for my marathon tv series run. ^_^

Thanks 2008, Here I come 2009!

Thursday, December 25, 2008

Merry Christmas!!!

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a joyous New Year!!!!

Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Despedidas and Promotion BlowOuts

Candid, Vhan, Keith and Lester treated us for lunch for their despedida and promotion(Lester) at Harbor Bay View Bistro at MOA last Dec 19. It was a cool get together with old PS friends as well as new ones.we even get to have a picture with Sitti the Bossa Nova Singer who to our surprise was also in the bistro.


Lester who never knew Sitti became an instant fan :P

Friday, December 19, 2008

The Next Challenge

So the news is out, I officially tendered my resignation last Dec 01 and on terminal leave since Dec 16. I'm moving to a new endeavor which will provide me more opportunities for career growth. The great thing about it is I'm going to work with my former team from Peoplesupport which coincidentally got accepted as well. I actually have several offers but most noted are Macquarie's offer and a certain BPO in Ortigas as Incident Manager. It was a tough choice and I chose to be where my former team will also be; the Australian Based Global Financial Company Macquarie.

I will officially start on January 5, 2009 ; Macquarie was very happy with us joining the pioneer global I.T. team that they invited us to the blessing of their newly added floor office in 6750 Makati to augment their growing space needs and at the same time to their Christmas party in Hard Rock Makati last DEC 12, even though we haven't started working yet :P.

The whole gang was there and here's some pics of the event.


With Gary (VP for Philippine Site)

At Hard Rock Makati with Arie and Randy (new Guy from Etelecare)

The whole gang from Peoplesupport, from Helpdesk to Server and Network Guys)

6750 Office, champagne toast! Dec 12

Thursday, December 04, 2008

What I've learned from CHUCK

Never thought I'd be actually learning something new from Chuck Episode 09 . Officially, Pluto is no longer a planet. It sucks that I only learned about it today but it was already decided 2 years ago.

Heck, now the stuff they're teaching my kids on science must be updated..or else I have to let them watch CHUCK.

So Pluto is now demoted to a dwarf planet or a name of a dog.

Thursday, November 27, 2008

College Nostalgia

I went to Mapua Intramuros last week to get a copy of my Transcript of Records (yes, its been there for ages) and it was a bit nostalgic. Well the Intramuros will give you that nostalgic feel but it seems that Mapua hasn't changed at all since I last went there around 10 plus years ago.

Before going there, i dropped at the Letran part of Intramuros so I can enjoy a good walk to Mapua. A lot has changed and I can smell the atmosphere of my college days in the air reminding me how good it was getting back to school.

At Mapua, I did notice some improvements on the school building. A lot new but most of the things stayed the same. I even went a tour again around campus and the halls seems to be the same way they felt ten years ago, but a lot quiter.

It was fun going back..and its nice that i will be going back here to pickup the TOR 4 weeks from now. I wish I can go back to school and study again.

Monday, November 17, 2008

Console Gaming

So ok, I bought a PS2 SPCH 5000 model (FAT one since I plan to put in a HDD on it) last Saturday from my fave site TipidPC.com for only 4k++. Good deal since the seller was luckily a batchmate of mine in High School and lived a few blocks away from my house. So I got a good deal on some extra controllers , nice warranty and he threw in a few games for me.



I played PS2 games on my "younger" years but mostly with friends since I don't own one. Now that my kids are growing, I bought one for them and *ehem* for me as well. It's a battle for NDSLite and PS2, but I guess PS2 has more titles to choose from right now so I opted for PS2 and maybe buy NDSLite this Christmas.

Now I can finally play GOW 1 and 2 and FFX to XII during weeknights and weekends. So my PSP will be temporarily parked until Final Fantasy Dissidia is released for PSP this December.

Monday, November 03, 2008

CHINA TRIP MOVED

Well got the news last Friday that my China trip will be moved to FEB 2009 since there is a global recession that we need to weather thru. It's ok for me since there are a lot of things I need to do this November (personal) that having this trip moved is a blessing.

I think they will hold the CHINA IT Meeting a few day before the Annual AsiaPac IT Meeting this Feb 2009.

Anyways November and December will simply breeze thru due to the holidays. Hmm i wonder how many days left till Christmas....

Saturday, October 18, 2008

From DARK ALEX ; PSP CFW 5.0

Major update for the Homebrew community , Yay! Here it is.

Changes:

- 4.01 to 5.00

- Bug fix: when changing speed in xmb, and the psp turned the brightness to 0 automatically the speed was reset to 222 again.

Mirror1: http://rapidshare.com/files/154847567/5.00M33.rar
Mirror2: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=WJ4RUYK0

5.00 ofw: http://rapidshare.com/files/154173870/500.PBP

I'm downloading the updates now..:D

Saturday, October 11, 2008

OctoberFest : My version

No, its not a concert nor a party but more of treat for myself. This month I treated myself with a few nice things from the annual bonus I received in the office. The bonus was nice and hoping to get way more next year (hell yeah!).

For starters, my wife and I bought a new Philips home theater to match her newly bought TV rack. We were suppose to buy a new component which ended up to a Home Theater since we watch DVDs more often than listen to music, besides the salesman gave us a 2 thousand pesos discount if we get a home theater. So we did, and I was happy.


Next is I bought 2 PSP UMDs from my fave TIPIDPC.COM, Legend of Heroes 1 and Spectral Souls. I always wanted to have UMDs, its way cooler than having downloaded games on your memory stick. I already finished Legend of Heroes 3, so I bought the 1st installment of the game.



Lastly, I treated myself for a Full body massage, which i don't often had the chance to do.

So far so good, oh btw i was in night shift this week, and tonight was my last night but i was not able to go to work...the erratic sleep took a toll on me since monday...well at least i'll be spending a long weekend.

Nice October.

Wednesday, October 01, 2008

Happy 1st Year Anniversary Brady Helpdesk team!

WOOOOOTTTTT!!!

Sunday, September 28, 2008

The Office Heroes Gossip.


So its the last stretch of my TV series slash anime weekend marathon month and I finally watched the first 2 episodes of Heroes Season 3, half way to Season 2 of The Office (very funny!), episode 5 of Prison Break Season 4, and the first 3 episodes of True Blood. So far I find True Blood a bit boring but i had to endure the 3 episodes because my wife wants to watch it.

Anyways in between those series, I happen to finish Star Wars: The Force Unleashed PSP game. My take on it, the gameplay is like God of War, but i liked GOW better. The story telling was too short and I find it not too interesting, and this was supposed to be the prequel story to the movie. Anyways its a 3/5 for me, coz I like the way I throw people and stuff in the air using the "Force"...... that maybe the only part i enjoyed in the game.

And lastly I am also watching Gossip Girl season 1 with my wife and i never imagined that i actually enjoyed watching this chick flick series. It's like Beverly Hills 90210, narrated by a third person point of view.

You know you love me...XOXO.

Sunday, September 21, 2008

Anime and US TV series month.

Its been a busy August for me last month and and its still is mid of Sept. I wish I can push OCT 1st already when our new Helpdesk guy comes in so I can have some help in the afternoon helpdesk coverage. I've been juggling a lot of reponsibilities lately (US, AsiPac, Manila, helpdesk management and personal projects, and even time for my family) that i don't have time to follow my daily and weekly dose of anime, mangga and tv series viewing sessions.

So what i promised last week is to spend some time doing marathon runs of the tv series and anime i missed watching. So far I finished (some in progres) :Prison Break season 3 (watchin season 4 right now),The Office Season 1, Chuck season 1, Initian D 1st to 4th Stage (in progress), Terminator: Sarah Connor chronicles (in progress) and the list goes on....waiting for Heroes Season 3 and Chuck season 2.

And hey, Naruto Shippuuden is now back on the mannga story line,geez they spend 25 filler episodes before they went back to the main story. Just watched Ep 75, so to those waiting for the filler episodes to end, better start watching now.

Oh btw, Candid recommended for me to watch Gossip Girl, and I go uhhmmm is this really for male audience enjoyment as well?

Well maybe my wife will appreciate it.

Thursday, September 18, 2008

Heroes Season 3

It airs on Monday Sept 22, Torrent Wooot! :D

Monday, September 01, 2008

Happy Birthday Honey

Belated na actually. Grabe matanda ka na, este tau pla. Pa burger ka naman! :P

Monday, August 25, 2008

Sound Check

Since the start of the year, i bought a lot of earphones for my daily music use, unfortunately most of them only lasts around 2-3 months. I don't know whats wrong but the durabality is pretty bad. I've tried brands like Philips, A4tech, Logitech etc but all of them stops working after a couple of months.

So I ended up needing a new earphones for my PSP so I went to SM North Edsa to by a new set. I ended up at Apple Center where they are (luckily) selling cheap Sennheiser earphones. I bought the Sennheiser MX-250 series for only 500 bucks.
I hope ths brand lasts a little bit longer or else, i'll opt for Skull Candy headphones.

Saturday, August 23, 2008

3 decades, 3 birthdays

Why the title? Well it's my 30th birthday today., and my daughter's 4th brthday as well as my sister's birthday today.

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

More PSP Storage.

Just bought a new Wester Digital 160Gig HardDrive from TipidPC.com last Sunday and I was very happy because I got it very cheap for a brand new hard drive. I was able to haggle it down to P1,550 from the seller. I always like this site, transactions are good , fast and sellers offer very cheap prices.


I also bought my PSP from one of the Shops listed in this site last March. I've been a member of TipidPC since 2004 and I'm glad the site is still up and going strong.

TipidPC.com highly recommended.



Sunday, August 17, 2008

Teamhgg English Patch v2.4, Coming In Hot!

For Monster Hunter Portable 2G fans get it here:

Here it is, get it while it’s hot:
http://teamhgg.org/PapimeruPSPv2.4.zip
And the language file for those of you who already have the patcher:
http://teamhgg.org/updates/Englishv2.4.zip

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Its been a year

Officially, this is my 1st year anniversary in Brady Corporation. I never noticed the year passed by so fast. We'll this is because I'm actually enjoying my stay here and looking forward for more years to come.

Btw I just received note that my Business Trip to China this year will be on Nov 17 to 19, too bad I wasn't able to come during the Olympics.

Friday, August 08, 2008

Death Note 3 "L: Changed the World"...but i was not moved.






The first 2 installments of DeathNote were superb, straight out of the manga. the 3rd installment was quite not what i hoped it would be. The braintwisting scenes from the first 2 movies were not really present on this one, and it actually made "L" more mobile (trying hard action hero), which made me think he looks silly jumping and running around.



I'd rather have them portray L as a genius problem solver than trying to be a super agent. It couldve been made better story wise, but nevertheless I was able to watch it until the end w/o turning my DVD off and just go bacl playing my PSP.



BTW, I like KIRA by just 1% more than L :D

Thursday, August 07, 2008

ChingLish


Will I find some of these on my trip to China this November?

OK back off buddy, I'm protecting this garden from YOU!

Sunday, August 03, 2008

SmartBro Speedy service

Never thought internet installations can be this fast. I applied thursday afternoon at SMART Wireless center at SM Valenzuela for SMARTBRO Unlimited Internet to replace my Globe Wireless (useless) and got the thing installed friday morning! Now that's good service!

So far, im liking the speed.

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Crab Meat


Finally I killed Shen Gao Ren Elder Urgent Quest! This time I used an hammer than my usual Long Sword collection (I use LS almost 99% on all my quests). I used my Blango Armor Set for Quake resistance and my Anvil Hammer. Killed it with 4 mins to spare.




Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Late for the game.

I forgot to mention that I was supposed to join the CounterStrike tournament in our Office's Indoor Olypics, but I was late (as i have expected). The tounament started 6:30AM and I woke up 6:45AM, and it take a little over an hour travel time to the office. So i decided not to go. I felt to bad since this is the first time i'll be participating in a company event/activity but wasted my chance. If ONLY they were to schedule it a little later that day, I may have able to make it.

BTW, the White Team (Admin and Support Team w/c I belong) lost anyway. We'll as if things will be different if I played ...tee hee.
What type of nerd are you?

Got this from Kookie who I never thought maintained a blog :P



What Be Your Nerd Type?
Your Result: Gamer/Computer Nerd

You enjoy the visual stimulants of a video game, chatting on AIM, or reading online comics. Most of these types of nerds are considered dirty who lack hygeine, of course they always end up being the ones who make a crapload of money. And don't worry, that's just a stereotype; I'm not calling you dirty. ^_~

Drama Nerd
Anime Nerd
Science/Math Nerd
Social Nerd
Literature Nerd
Musician
Artistic Nerd
What Be Your Nerd Type?
Quizzes for MySpace

Friday, July 11, 2008

Slaying Rathian and Rathalos Urgent Quest



Slaying these 2 is far easier that slaying a Tigrex.

Thursday, July 03, 2008

Meet my Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G Character


I named it after my daughter. Im still at Hunter Rank 2 when I moved from MHF2 to MHP2G (english patched). I'm using a Rathian Armor Set with Black Katana MK II. I have Poison Negated Skills, Heath +30 and AutoTracker (very handy!)




This one on my Felyne Kitchen:

I already have one of my officemates play the agem as well so we can have Adhoc Sessions during breaks :D
Got a screenshot PSP plugin that works on 4.01M33-2.


Here's a sample shot of my XMB


Monday, June 30, 2008

Naruto Ultimate Ninja Heroes 2 for PSP released

So its the sequel to the PSP console fighting game and i liked it so much. It has more characters and more game features, although i find it easier to finish than the previous installment. I managed to clear 100 Floors of Mugenjo ,30 floors of Hidden Mugenjo and Finishing heroes mode which unlocks all characters (3rd Hokage, Itachi, Kisame to name a few) in a day.


Check it out! its worth playing!

http://narutoheroes2.namcobandaigames.com/


4.01 M33-2 Custom PSP Firmware Released!

At last DarkAlex and M33 Team finally released a new CFW 4.01 update! Get it here : http://forums.exophase.com/showthread.php?t=7669 . I already updated mine ^_^

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Wifi Weee!

I just noticed today that they have free WiFi hotspot at Pancake House at Starmall, Shaw. Luckily I brought my PSP with me during my break and went ahead and connected to download new Quests and updates for Monster Hunter Freeedom 2 for PSP :D. (i even checked my email on my PSP he he)

I cant wait for the office to install our extranet wifi connection :P

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Monster slayer


After finshing Crisis Core and Legends of Heroes III, im now stuck with Monster Hunter Freedoms 2 for PSP. The graphics is awesome and a treat for micro-managers of equipment and items.

This will take a a looonngg while to finish, but im not complaining :)

Thursday, April 17, 2008

Crisis Core, remarkable story!

Finally, i finished Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII for PSP last night. The story was sooo sad even my kids (6 and 3 years old) were sad watching the ending scene. We we're FFVII fans by the way. Great Story and highly recommended. I just love this series.

Thursday, April 03, 2008

Brady Philippines Direct Marketing Anniversary

We celebrated the center's first year anniversary last night, though i was not able to finish the event since its way too late for me , it was quite fun to see us achieve a year of success in Manila.

Happy Anniversary Brady Manila!

Monday, March 17, 2008

My New toy! Playstation Portable Ceramic White with Black Horns Entertainment Kit




Bwhahahahaha!!!

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Brady Singapore, 1 Kaki Bukit Cresent, Singapore





Me , Benz and Chalaempol of Brady IT Thailand @ White Dog Cafe, Singapore

Menu At White Dog Cafe @Vivo City Mall, Singapore




Monday, March 10, 2008


Wanton Noodles @ Changi Boardwalk Resto Singapore




Wednesday, March 05, 2008



Changi Beach Club Front Gate Garden,shot on my mobile fone.

Changi Beach Club @Singapore Feb 24, 2008. APAC IT Leaders Meeting Day 0.

Thursday, February 14, 2008

Hapi Balentayms :P

Monday, February 11, 2008

You Are a Total Brainiac

You're amazingly brilliant. Some would even say genius.
You're curious, thoughtful, analytical, and confident.

You take on difficult subjects because you want to... not because you have to.
No field of knowledge is too complicated or intimidating for you.

You've got the brains to do anything you want.
It's possible you end up doing everything you want.

Friday, February 08, 2008

Kong Hei Fat Choi!

(give me some tikoy ! :p)


Wednesday, February 06, 2008

My Final Fanstasy

OK, I'm a late bloomer. I just finished FFVII and now playing FFVIII for the PC. All I can say is, damn "Why did I played this game just now?" I played dome FF games for the SNES before and some on emulator but never really tried the PSX versions(Thats because I dont own a PSX! damn).





So now ok, this will occupy my free time for a while while I save up for my PSP. And guess what is teh first game i'll play on my PSP? Of course Final Fantasy!


Crisis Core : Final Fanstay VII - the pre-quel to the hall of famer game Final Fantasy VII (I love this game). This time, the main character is Zack, Cloud's senior who he looks up aside from Sepiroth on FFVII.The game comes out in March so just in time for my new upcoming PSP :P tee hee.





Tuesday, February 05, 2008

PSP, Number 1 on my Want to Buy List.



Yep, im saving up for this little toy and i'm dying to have one before summer, so I can pack it when i go to the beach. I hope i get a good price for it when I go to Singapore this Feb 24-28, otherwise i may end up buying it here (which is good if im going to use the warranty).


Thursday, January 24, 2008


Changi Beach Club, Singapore


Here is where I will stay during the Brady APAC IT Leaders meeting on Feb 24 - 28, 08 to present the IT Helpdesk Strategies for Fiscal '08.




Wednesday, January 02, 2008

Happy New Year!