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Thank You!

This will be a post in progress. Should have posted this last August 24 but things, emotions, events (pede rin Properties, Methods, Events) got in the way.

Thank you po Buddha, Bathala, Bro, G, Great1. Time to say gracias. Lots to be thankful for. Even if I still want more, thanks for everything you have sent my way. Thank you for many more coming this way. Whatever, whenever, whomever, howsoever.

Thank you po sa A. Lalo na sa alcohol. Kasama nyo po ba jan ung inventor ng alcohol? Pakisabi po sa kanya tenchu.

Thank you po sa B. Lalo na sa beer. Thank you po sa beer day. Ok lang din po kahit hard. Sa totohanan, sa hard po ako nagsimula, kasi konti lang sobrang pera ko sa allowance na pang-HS noon. Kaya nung college lang ako nakasimula sa beer. Ung mga book allowance ko sa scholarship, nagiging beer allowance minsan. Eh, madalas pala.

Thank you po sa C. Thank you sa apellido ko, gustung-gusto ko kahit nung small-town tot pa lang ako. Parang may-ari ng Rice Mill. Thank you din kay Cora, ang ganda ng mata nya. Thank you kay Candelaria.

Thank you po sa D. Thank you for the dragon, for Dilung. Thank you for giving me a pet dragon who I can tease from time to time. Hindi ko naman po masobrahan at baka bugahan ako ng apoy. Kaya madalas bitin ako sa pag-tease. Pero ok na ok na po un. Tenchu po.

Thank you po sa E. Thank you po for Everyone, and for Everything. For Eternity.

Thank you po sa F. Kay Fe. Dalawa po sila. Same ang facial shape.

Thank you po sa G. Thank you po sa Gracia. Thank you for Grace, who taught me how to reply to stupid questions. I came across her at a wet market, greeted her and asked what she was doing. “I'm buying drugs,” she replied.

Thank you po sa H. Thank you po sa hard. Sa totohanan, sa hard po ako nagsimula, kasi konti lang sobrang pera ko sa allowance na pang-HS noon. Kaya nung college lang ako nakasimula sa beer. Ung mga book allowance ko sa scholarship, nagiging alcohol allowance madalas. Ehe, inamin na.

Thank you po sa I. For the inspiration. Este, plural po. Thank you po sa kanila.

Thank you po sa J. Thank you po at J ang sumunod sa H,I, J. Pangit po pag V ang sumunod. Thank you po sa Joy. Marami po akong mga nagsisimula sa J, top of the list po si Janet. Hanggang ngayon. Hindi ko lang ipinapaalam sa kanya baka lumaki ang ulo. Thank you po lalong lalo na sa pinakabago kong J—my everything po cya. Thank you po sa Joy.

Thank you po sa K. Magaling po itong partner. Ng O. Ever faithful, ever reliable, laging nakadikit.

Thank you po sa L. Thank you po sa Ligaya. Kahit konti lang ligaya ko. Wala pa nga yata. Isa lang natatandaan kong Ligaya, pinsan ko pa. Wala, wala nga akong Ligaya. Pero meron akong Aida, meron akong Lorna, meron akong Fe. Marami akong mga nagsisimula sa J, top of the list si Janet. Thank you po, ok po kahit hindi nyo ako binigyan ng Ligaya. Ok na po ung isang pangalan ko.

Thank you po sa M. Thank you po sa mga mahirap ligawan, sa mga matagal sumagot, sa mga malambing pero suplada ang dating. Thank you po at tamad akong Manligaw, hindi ako naging babaero.

Thank you po sa N. Thank u p sa Negra, sa Cerveza Negra. Thank you din po sa Nanay ko.

Thank you po sa O. The ever faithful, ever-reliable partner of K.

Thank you po sa P. Thank you po sa Pacencia. Nakatikim na po kau nyon? Matigas po, pero pinagpapasensyahan ko na lang. Salamat po. Alam ko na matagal na nyo na rin akong pinagpapasensyahan.

Thank you po sa Q. Hindi po ako nagku-quickie. Ever. Hindi nyo po ako pinadalhan. Salamat po doon. Thank you po for that.

Thank you po sa R. Sa Romeo, sa Ronnie.

Thank you po sa S. Thank you for Susan, from whom I learned how bittersweet and deep a 'crush' can feel like. I never recovered from her, she still strikes a longing whenever I think of her. No other 'crush' does that. Ai, not true yata. Basta, thank you for Susan, she was special. Thank you for my sight. Madami pa din maganda kahit lumalabo na mata. Hindi po kaya maganda lang dahil malabo na mata?

Thank you po sa T. Thank you po sa Time, Thanks for the few true friends around. Isa na lang po yata natira.

Thank you po sa U. Mabuti po at U ang sumunod sa S at T. Pangit pag D. Tench u po.

Thank you po sa V. For Veronica, the one with the eyeglasses, whom I also called Roni.

Thank you po sa W. Thank you po sa Water, my home element. Thank you for whiskey, lalo na.

Thank you po sa X. The great unknown.

Thank you po sa Y. The other unknown variables pag kulang ang X. Mabigat na puzzle na po pag meron xy, Pero minsan nagpapa-solve pa po kau ng merong z. Salamat po sa mga puzzles and problems. Kahit po mas madami na ilang ulit ung hindi ko ma-solve. Cge lang. Ganyan po kau, eh.

Thank you po sa Z. Thank you for Zoe, and for Zea. And for Zephyr/Zefira who never came to be. Or hasn't yet.

Thank you po sa 1, 2, 3, ….. hanggang eternity. Hindi po namin kayang ubusin ang numbers. Meron pong limit ang lahat ng nandito.

Thank you po sa Aleph1 (aleph one). After infinity, when we have used up all the numbers, and all the possible combinations of numbers and letters, we know where to start anew.

Countdown

9 Jul 5
nine..
(i should have done this in 2009,
or had i known you then, in 1999)
nine days to your natal anniversary--
i'll try to write at least a word a day.
aqui es la primera, una oracion cada dia,
hasta la novena (parang poon sa simbahan):
d'you know that the turkish word nine
means grandmother, lola?
lah, lol!


8 Jul 6
My number, shaped like a snake,
represents the whole Chinese universe.
My number, laid down, becomes lemniscate,
infinity, intertwined --
no cutting-the-cord ritual can sever.
Magic
Eternal
Buddha's Eight-fold Path.
The Eight Immortals
He Xiangu
Cao Guojiu
Tieguai Li
Lan Caihe
Lu Dongbin
Han Xiang Zi
Shang Guo Lao
Han Zhonli.
He Xiangu = Immortal Woman He = Gugu.


7 Jul 7
siete dias mas


6 Jul 8
you can't always get what you want
no you can't
but if you try, sometimes,
you get what you need -- Rolling Stones
i got u not the way i want you,
but i think i need you around.
glad to have you around me, dude!
[not the way i want you = i'd rather have you, were i able,
as my momma, or lola, instead, lol!]


5 Jul 9
malapit na,
malapit na....


4 Jul 10
one day less


3 Jul 11
hapit na


2 Jul 12
only two more days


1 Jul 13
delivered today for the grand day tomorrow:
Going Irish. A pair of giant Guinness stouts.
Kaya mo yan?
Swim in it, hahaha!




0 Jul 14
Yehey! Tos!
NOTE: Some things are not meant to be yours.
The grasscutter's victims are real.
Gone when it was time to pick 'em.
[SIGH!]
Anyway, toast, Gugu!
Or in Irish:
May you die in bed at 99, shot by a jealous spouse.

Reduced Alcohol Intake

Their Mistake

R. Feynman: "You have no responsibility to live up to what other people think you ought to accomplish. I have no responsibility to be like they expect me to be: it is their mistake, not my failing."

A life well lived, a mind well used, there are no single definitions for these. Things we cannot shortcut nor bend to the expectations of others. The adventure of becoming ourselves--mind transferred is mind transformed.

VFP and OpenOffice

* OpenOffice.org automation
* Sample from http://udk.openoffice.org/common/
* man/tutorial/office_automation.html
* Translated to VFP code
* Ted Roche, 30 Dec 2001

LOCAL loOfcMgr, loDesktop, loDocument, args(1), ;
loCoreReflection, loPropertyValue, loText,;
loCursor

* Create the Service Manger and Desktop
loOfcMgr = CreateObject(;
"com.sun.star.ServiceManager")
loDesktop = loOfcMgr.createInstance(;
"com.sun.star.frame.Desktop")

* The args array is an array of "PropertyValue"
* objects - create by invoking OO.o reflection
loCoreReflection = loOfcMgr.createInstance( ; "com.sun.star.reflection.CoreReflection" )
loPropertyValue = CREATEOBJECT("Empty")
loCoreReflection.forName( ;
"com.sun.star.beans.PropertyValue"). ;
createobject(@loPropertyValue)
args[1] = loPropertyValue
args[1].name = "ReadOnly"
args[1].value = .F.

* Tell VFP to pass arrays to the loDesktop object
* as zero-based, by reference
COMARRAY(loDesktop,10)

* Open a new empty writer document
loDocument = loDesktop.loadComponentFromURL(;
"private:factory/swriter","_blank", 0, @args)

* Insert sample Text
loText=loDocument.getText() && Create text object

* Create a cursor object (position pointer)
loCursor= loText.createTextCursor()
loText.insertString(loCursor, ;
"The first line in the created text document."+;
CHR(10) + "Fox Rocks!", .F.)

NEW INHALER

I found this one in the facebook then it made me smile and realize that it could be useful in the blog of snake,I'm sure he'll laugh at this. Dude you'll never gonna hang out somewhere else, you can easily use this anywhere, anytime, aside from that its handy, like your salbutamol. :)

IT and Snake's Rose

Thanks for the IT people of nfpc, this rose lived through the attacks of the aphids and the fungi. Now Snake has a ready place to slither and cling to.

Baguio City

This used to be Chanum Street when I was in high school. This used to be my hang-out. Who changed the Ifugao alphabet?

Happy Year of the Tiger! Panagbenga Festival 2010.

Navotas City Terminal

7:30 p.m. You can hear marching bands practicing their routines. You can even glimmer them in the distance. The terminal is like a people's park. Looking from where i drink. Eating fresh crabs and fish cooked in simple dishes.

Chicago White

Bonding through food at Sbarro. The family nourishes both the body and the spirit.


I described the food, the location, and the serving sizes to Chy. That made her suddenly hungry. I showed the pictures to her later. She suddenly got hungry again.

regedit

This locks registry editing when value is set to 1 (DWORD value):

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\DisableRegistryTools for the current user.

Set it to 1 to disable regedit

usb

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\UsbStor

Disable - 4
Enable - 3

Mabagal

Mabagal computer ni Gugu. Nawawala pa minsan ang 'Net. Madamot kc. Pati ung pw niya pinalitan. Di na ko makadekwat ng pics. Mabagal computer kaya di niya ma-reciv itong padala. I-display q n lng dito. Wag lng sana dapuan ng langaw.

Almond for Alvin

I don't like almonds. Rather, i can't like them anymore. So i'll keep them one by one in my trunk as they come.

Thanks for giving me the almond-free portion of the last chocolate block.

Nokia's Cloud: Ovi

I had a nightmarish dream so i got out of bed and started writing. Here was the dream: I had just enjoyed a can of beer (or maybe two) and was returning to my work table. Funny, i had to climb stairs to get there, and it looked like a school, with lots of people coming through. I noticed you passed me by, so i shouted after you, "Hey, where did you go?" You ignored my question, so i shouted again, "Wait up, i asked you a question!"

You stopped, came to me, and began scolding me. "Lasing ka na naman, ano!"

"No, i'm not. It was just one can."

Somehow there was an exchange of accusing words. I felt guilty as charged, even if it was just one fu..ing can. I accused you of ignoring me, ksp that i was. And i felt bad with what i said. Then wham! i woke up.

Moping time is up. Time to blog.

Ovi. Nokia's site. Here are what you get:

Whopping 10G online file storage that's always synchronized with your desktop. To have the files automatically synchronized you have to install their OviFilesPCConnector (a 15.2 MB file). I did that on my home desktop, and intended to later install the same on my office desktop and my notebook. From your desktop (or from your phone) you can go to files.ovi.com and upload, download, or share your files. I tried to upload a load of Foxpro ebooks.

Free e-mail account that you can get on your phone. I didn't register a phone number yet.

Back-up your contact list. If i lose my phone I don't lose my contacts, they are stored online.

Will write some more later.

Fun

Time for some coding fun.
Had always been busy, so busy. So busy moping. Ngek.