Pektus's Journals

so what's keeping me busy nowadays? well, i've been hooked into this MMORPG (massively multi-user online role playing game) titled Khan, which is a game developed by Miranae (khan.miranae.com) of course from Korea. Koreans are also to blame (i mean credit, i just used that word cause it's so addicting) for the development of MMORPG titles such as Ragnarok Online, MU Online, etc. I'm playing as a sorcerer (level 100+) and an assassin character (level 60+).

After months and months of waiting, my favorite browser was released in non beta stage.... i started using this browser when it was still called mozilla Phoenix, then mozilla Firebird and lastly to its final name mozilla firefox... kudos to the mozilla developers at mozdev.org for such a wonderful product.

got this from one of the mailing list i'm subscribed in... sorry, but it is in tagalog.

Heto ang KAPAYAPAAN na alam natin, noong wala pang KAUNLARAN...




Si Nanay ay nasa bahay pag-uwi namin galing sa paaralan;
Walang mga bakod at gate ang magkakapit-bahay, kung meron, gumamela lang;
10 sentimos o diyes lang ang baon: singko sa umaga, singko sa hapon;
Merong free ang mga patpat ng ice drop: buko man o munggo.
Mataas ang paggalang sa mga guro at ang tawag sa kanila ay Maestro/a:
Di binibili ang tubig, pwedeng maki-inom sa di mo kakilala.
Malaking bagay na ang pumunta sa ilog para mag-picnic, o kaya sa tumana;


Grabe na ang kaso pag napatawag ka sa principal's office o kaya malaking kahihiyan kapag bagsak ka sa exams;
Simple lang ang pangarap: makatapos, makapag-asawa, mapagtapos ang mga anak...
Pwedeng iwan ang sasakyan at ibilin sa hindi mo kakilala; wala namang lock ang mga jeep na Willy's noon.


Mayroon kaming mga laruan na gawa namin at hindi binili: trak-trakan (gawa sa rosebowl ang katawan at darigold na maliit ang mga gulong, "sketeng" (scooter) na bearing na maingay ang mga gulong at de-sinkong pako para sa preno; patining na pinitpit na tansan lang na may 2 butas sa gitna para suotan ng sinulid (pwede pang makipag-lagutan); sumpak, pilatok, boca-boca, borador, atbp.
Di nakikialam ang mga matanda sa mga laro ng mga bata: kasi laro nga iyon.


Maraming usong laro at maraming kasali: laste, gagamba, turumpo,tatsing ng lata, pera namin ay kaha ng Philip Morris, Malboro, Champion (kahon-kahon yon! May dagta ang dulo ng tinting na hawak mo para makahuli tutubi, nandadakma ka ng palakang tetot, pero ingat ka sa palakang saging dahil sa kulugo; Butas na ang sakong ng Spartan mong tsinelas - suot mo pa rin; Namumugalgal ang pundiya ng kansolsilyo mo kasi nakasalampak ka sa lupa.


Sa modernong buhay at sa lahat ng kasaganaan sa high technology... di
ba minsan nangarap ka na rin... mas masaya noong araw!


Sana pwedeng maibalik...


Takot tayo ngayon sa buhay. Kasi maraming napapatay, nakikidnap, maraming addict at masasamang loob... Noon takot lang tayo sa ating mga magulang at mga lolo at lola. Pero ngayon, alam na natin na mahal pala nila tayo kayat ayaw tayong mapahamak o mapariwara... Na una silang nasasaktan pag pinapalo nila tayo...


Balik tayo sa nakaraan kahit saglit... Bago magkaroon ng internet, computer, at cellphone. Noong wala pang mga drugs at malls. Bago pa nauso ang counter strike at mga game boys. Tayo noon... Doon...


Tinutukoy ko ang harang taga o tumbang preso kapag maliwanag ang
buwan; Ang pagtatakip mo ng mata pero nakasilip sa pagitan ng mga daliri pag nanonood ka ng nakakatakot sa "Mga Aninong Gumagalaw"


Unahan tayong sumagot sa Multiplication Table na kabisado natin,
kasi wala namang calculator. Abacus lang ang meron tayo...


Pag-akyat natin sa mga puno; pagkakabit ng kulambo; lundagan sa
kama; Pagtikwas o pagtitimba sa poso; pingga ang pang-igib ng lalake at may dikin naman ang ulo ng babae;


Inaasbaran ng mga suberbiyo ang usansiya; Nginig na tayo pag lumabas na ang yantok-mindoro o buntot-page.


Nai-sako ka rin ba? O kaya naglagay ka ba ng karton sa pwet para
hindi masakit ang tsinelas o sinturon?


Pamimili ng bato sa bigas; tinda-tindahan na puro dahon naman, bahay-bahayan na puro kahon; naglako ka ba ng ice-candy o pandesal noong araw?


Karera sa takbuhan hanggang maubos ang hininga; pagtawa hanggang
sumakit ang tiyan;


Meron pa bang himbabao, kulitis at pongapong? O kaya ng lukaok,
susuwi at espada?


Susmaryosep ang nadidinig mo pag nagpapaligo ng bata... Estigo
santo kapag nagmamano.


Mapagod sa kakalaro, minsan mapalo; matakot sa "berdugo" at sa
"kapre"; Tuwang-tuwa kami pag tinalo ang tinale ni itay kasi may tinola!


Yung crush mo?


Pag recess: mamimili ka sa garapon ng tinapay - alembong,
taeng-kabayo o biscocho?
Pwede ring ang sukli ay kending Vicks (meron pang libreng singsing) o
kaya nougat o karamel;
Kung gusto mo naman - pakumbo o kaya kariba, mas masaya kung inuyat;
Puriko ang mantika, at mauling na ang mukha at ubos na ang hininga
mo sa
ihip kasi mahirap magpa-rikit ng apoy.

Madami pa...

Masarap ang kamatis na piniga sa kamay at lumabas sa pagitan ng
daliri
para sa sawsawan, ang palutong pag
isawsaw sa sukang may siling labuyo, ang duhat kapag inalog sa asin,
ang
isa-sang isubo ang daliri kasi puno
na ng kanin...

Halo-halo: yelo, asukal at gatas lang ang sahog;

Sakang ang lakad mo at nakasaya ka kasi bagong tuli ka; o naghahanap
ka
ng chalk kasi tinagusan ang palda
mo sa eskwelahan.

Lipstick mo ay papel de hapon; Labaha ang gamit para sa
white-side-wall
na gupit;

Naglululon ka ng banig pagkagising; matigas na amirol ang mga punda
at
kumot; madumi ang manggas ng damit mo
kasi doon ka nagpapahid ng sipon, di ba?
Pwede rin sa laylayan...

May mga program kapag Lunes sa paaralan; May pakiling kang dala kung
Biyernes kasi magi-isis ka ng desk.

Di ba masaya? Naalala mo pa ba?
Wala nag sasaya at gaganda pa sa panahon na yon...
Masaya noon at masaya pa rin tayo ngayon habang ina-alaala iyon...

Di ba noon...

Ang mga desisyon ay ginagawa sa awit na "sino ba sa dalawang ito? Ito
ba
o ito?" Pag ayaw ang resulta
di ulitin: "sino ba sa dalawang ito? Ito ba o ito?"...

Awit muna: Penpen de Serapen, de kutsilyo, de almasen. How how the
carabao batuten...

Presidente ng klase ay ang pinakamagaling, hindi ang pinaka-mayaman;
Masaya na tayo basta sama-sama kahit
hati-hati sa kokonti; Nauubos ang oras natin sa pagku-kwentuhan, may
oras
tayo sa isat-isa;

Naaasar ka kapag marami kang sunog sa sungka; kapag buro ka sa
pitik-bulag o matagal ka ng taya sa holen.

Yung matatandang kapatid ang pinaka-ayaw natin pero sila ang
tinatawag
natin pag napapa-trouble tayo.

Di natutulog si Inay, nagbabantay pag may trangkaso tayo; meron
tayong
skyflakes at Royal sa tabi.

Kung naaalaala mo ito... nabuhay ka na sa KAPAYAPAAN!
Pustahan tayo nakangiti ka pa rin!
Nasa iyo ang susi... paki-buksan lang kaibigan...

It was my first time today in Mariveles, Bataan. We went via ferry (Mt. Samat express) from CCP complex to Orion, and we were fetched from Orion to Mariveles by service vehicle. Along the way to Mariveles, i noticed a different kilometer post on the right side of the road, reading kilometer 7, to which the driver said, "It’s 7 kilometers away from kilometer zero in Mariveles, where the dreaded death march started". Stories about those days ensued, while we were negotiating the bends and curves of the hill going down to Mariveles. I watched in awe to the scenery of the mountains surrounding this town, especially when they said that most of the fight that ensued between the Japanese and Filipino/American soldiers happened there. There was a dam built between the mountains, where the community gets their fresh supply, a wall like mountaintop, which I said the adventurous could climb, all in all, a good setting for the industries surrounded by this.
After thirty minutes or so, we arrived at the site of the Km Zero where they built a monument, and noticed the Philippine and American Flags waving to the winds. I just remembered that the government, by pulling out troops from Iraq, has put blemish to our relationship with the US. I don’t want to be political here, but what do you guys think? Lunch came and we’ve done our work, and we hurried up so we can get into the 3pm ferry. On the way back to the port of Orion, with a clear sky fronting Manila Bay, we had a sight of the buildings of Manila and Makati from afar.
The ferry ride going back went on smoothly, not noticing it was raining outside, because we were watching the UAAP basketball game between UE and NU. After arriving, I hurried back to the office to check on the servers, because my boss called me, informing that one of the servers have gone down. After fixing the server, I went to church and heard mass. After mass, I hurried back to my apartment, because it was time for F1 German Grand Prix. Well, who else won it, but Michael Schumacher. But it was Jenson Button, who is man of the race for me... imagine starting from 13th on the grid, to the 2nd step of the podium. Too bad for Kimi Raikonnen, crashing on the first turn with a rear wing failure at braking from 310 Km/hr.

it's hard to accept that my trusty 1 and half year old LiteOn 40x12x48 (which i managed to OC to 48x12x48, W/RW/R) is now officially dead... ok not really dead, but it's writing is somewhat faulty and unacceptable. My friend eric, last used it to burn his Shaman King series to Ritek CDRs, which i told him was one of the most reliable medias around. after he tried on watching some in his office, he told me that some of it was unreadable (actually all of those which was written here at home with my writer was defective), imagine 6% damaged and 1% unreadable blocks in a reliable media. and most of the shaman king (i think 15+ cds) were written here in my writer (i'm sorry eric, not my fault). at first, i thought of cleaning it and then test it again after. and after spending 2 hours of cleaning both my DVD ROM drive and the CD Writer, i wrote the Libranet GNU/Linux 2.8.1 Flagship Edition (Trial) version on two CD/RW. using the nero CD/DVD Speed, i tested it and found that almost 5% was defective. so i tried installing it after (more on this later), and it failed on installing the TCLx libs... :( oh my, what am i to do.... thankfully, even if the other packages failed during installation, the libranet linux was installed properly, albeit some programs were not installed. because if it was not properly installed, my computer is doomed! (well not actually, i have to reinstall my trusty debian woody all over again to be able to boot into Winblow$ 2000)..... giving it another chance, i tried to write once again the Disc 1 of Libranet now on my reliable,trusted and few RiData black CDRs, which by the way is not available nowadays (before, it cost PHP11.00/pc). i doubted my CDRW test, because as i found out, the CDRW media was slightly scratched. testing it again with the nero tool, that is when i gave out on it. too bad, after using it for 1 1/2 years, burning the Charmed/Alias/Smallville series, not counting the many data backups and installers, and the lolita's, jenny's, sky lopez's (Erwin's and Varian's, not mine!), mp3s, you name it. well, it still can be used as a CD-ROM drive.

now i have to save some money to get me one of those 52x24x52 or 8x32x24x32 (DVD+R -R DL) drives.. :( and also, wait till monday to reinstall Libranet GNU/Linux 2.8.1 on my PC... dang! icewm rocks! (X-Windows is functioning on my failed install!)

I woke up at 8:30AM today, late for gym as usual (a good sleep is hard to come by nowadays), expecting my girlfriend later in the afternoon. So I took a shower, put my gym things in my bag and got dressed, ready for workout. Before I hurried up to the gym, i took a glance at the engagement ring i got for my girlfriend, paused for a few minutes, and thought long and hard if and when i should give it to her.




So off to the gym I went. I didn't even remember telling her (or I forgot to text her) that I was going to the gym that day. After arriving in the gym, I changed my shirt, and spent 30 minutes in the threadmill while thinking of her and the ring. I have decided to give it to her later in the afternoon.

Finished my program at about 12noon, and while taking a shower, she called me on my mobile. She asked if i went to the gym (but of course, I forgot to tell her), and if I want to meet her in glorietta mall. Told her to just go straight to my apartment (yes, she have a keys) and i'll be going there after i picked up something in the mall. That something, was of course white tulips, which i planned of putting the ring inside the flower so as to give some element of surprise to her. Why tulips and why the color white? because it was her favorite flower, and i remembered her telling me and her mom, that she will marry whoever gave her 3 white tulips. Of course, i have given the same flower to her, but that was years ago. So I went, and searched for white tulips in the mall, asked the customer service station (even guards) where i can find flower shops. Holland tulips was the only one who have stocks of tulips, but even there, they have no white tulips. Even went to greenbelt and pasay road to search for those precious tulips. Damn, i should have planned this 2 days before, but even then she will know, 'cause she'll be asking me a lot of questions... Before i went to pasay road, i called her again on her mobile and ask her what she wants for lunch. so i bought our lunch, went to pasay road where there are 3 florist (all closed) in front of Coronado bowling alley. in my frustration, i rode the jeep, still looking at stores in pasay road where they may be selling flowers on a sunday. received a text from her that she's already in my apartment, so i text'd back that i was on my way. when i arrived at my apartment, i found her reading Harry Potter book V, and asked her to help me fix our lunch. so we had our lunch, and while eating, i asked her if she wants her surprise, but i told her that half i didn't get the half of it (the tulips). But she insisted, so after eating, i get the ring from my drawer, knelt down before her and asked "Will you marry me?", and she answered “Yes, I will marry you”. I can feel her excitement and happiness when i put it on her. still glazing, she asked me the details about the ring (amount, carat,etc., but of course, guys who give gifts don't want tell these things). After this, we fixed the table, asked her if she wants some food while watching the movie "13 going on 30". so off we went to mercury drugstore, then 7-11, picked up 2 cans of soda and pringles (sour cream and onion). and so we watched the movie, took a nap, and then went to church for the 6:30pm mass. we didn't bring an umbrella, and it rained minutes before the end of the mass. we were soaked, and i didn't know that on our street, when it rain this hard, the street is flooded. we went up to my apartment with my fiancee, i changed shirt and shorts, got the umbrellas, and off we went to her house in fairview. i went home at about 10pm, arrived at 11pm, put my clothes in the dryer (which i forgot to get before we went to mass), and slept. This is one fo the happiest days of my life. if you want to read her side of the story, click here.

whoaaa... 6 critical updates for windows 2000 was just released today... 3.8Mb is pain in the a**e to download via dialup... that is why i'm using more and more my mozilla firefox browser than the IE...

but why can't i update my win2k installation using a different browser? you see, IE has more bugs than the OS itself. a few ramblings can be found here and here

more details here