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Something unimaginable happened, I’m drained-out of all my once-thought-bottomless energy. Judging by the way I’ve spent the previous week, I’m really not very surprised. I am physically, mentally and emotionally drained, oh yes, financially too! LOL. For almost everyday in one week, we held a farewell party for my butterfly, all with a different set of friends. Boy, does she have a lot of friends!

Yesterday was the end of my wait. The hangman finally opened the hatch, it was time for me to part ways with my partner for more than five years (technically, without the break-ups)

(INTERMISSION)

SHE JUST CALLED!!! THEY ARRIVED AT MELBOURNE AIRPORT SAFELY! THEY HAD ABIT OF PROBLEM AT THE CUSTOMS THOUGH BECAUSE OF SOME TAMARIND SEEDS. LOL!

Back to my mourning…

I woke up at around 6:30 with barely 3 hours of sleep thanks to a last day get together with her GAMMA friends (HS tropa). Why do I have to wake up that early? I made an earlier commitment with my tita and her school. I promised to cover her Lingo ng Wika program. Chai was also invited by my tita to judge the preschoolers’ presentation but it wasn’t until the 10:30 session. She had to leave ASAP because of some last-minute crying sessions with some visitors. Meanwhile, I stayed there to finish what I’ve promised to do. As soon as the event was over, I headed back home to take a shower and burn her a CD of all our pictures.

EGAD! I left the CD in the jeep! Too bad I had no time left to make another one. It was already 2:30 and I need to help her wrap things up. Saddened by the thought that this was gonna be the last day we’ll be spending together, she couldn’t help but cry. I hugged her tight and promised her everything to console her but I just couldn’t cry even if I wanted to. The thought of her leaving still hasn’t sink in. I felt really bad because I couldn’t show her how sad I feel.

An hour later, we were off to Golden Haven for a final visit to their grandfather. We took a few shots for posterity and left for the Centennial Airport. The moment we stepped off the car, they were all crying. I still couldn’t get it, why am I not crying? Don’t I love her enough? Am I just faking it? GOD DAMN IT! What’s wrong Andro?!

The moment she turned her back at me a funny sensation filled my heart. It was pumping like crazy. I was shaking. My face crinkling-up, eyes watery… there it goes. I was crying so hard I had hiccups. There she goes, walking out of my life… There goes the person I love the most.

There were still a lot of things that happened that day before she flew out of the Philippines but I’ll continue it some other time. I’ll tell you one thing though, I cried myself to sleep last night…

missing school work

Andro T. Cuevas
HUBEHOR – EF
Prof. Debbie Nacu

Article on leadership: Steve Jobs’ Magic Kingdom
How Apple’s demanding visionary will shake up Disney and the world of entertainment.

Leadership. As defined by The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, it is to guide or direct in a course; to direct the performance or activities.

Whenever I hear the word “leadership”, the first thing that comes to my mind is a manager or an entrepreneur. Their job is to make sure that everyone working under them does the right thing everytime (or at least most of the time). The proof of a good leader is a successful venture much like that being experienced by Apple today.

Great Business comes from great products. Apple today is one of the hottest techie companies thanks to iPod and iTunes, the tandem that redefined coolness. They are so popular, they have become an icon for the electronics age. Apple focused on simplicity and convergence of technology unlike hi-tech Microsoft or plain, old, boring Dell. In three years span, their market value ballooned from $7 to $74 today. Apple however wouldn’t have risen to success if it wasn’t for Steve Jobs’ ingenious ways. In 1997, Apple was at rock-bottom having poor sales because of poor products. It all changed when they re-hired Jobs who took-over the company, transforming it to a quality-over-quantity company that made Bill Gates and Mike Dell a run for their money.

The secret, knowing what the market wants and releasing the product when it would be a hit. All his movements were very timely from the release of iMac to the current success of iPods. He knew that music should be portable and music players should match what you’re wearing. iPods today have been both a necessity and accessory for the young and the young-at-heart.

In terms of competency, Steve makes sure that he gets the best person for the right job and position. Efficiency is the key. He prefers to have a small team with the most brilliant minds than have a huge team with mediocre members. He even personally calls promising talents and other prodigies of different fields.

The same quality-over-quantity thing applies to the products they develop. He axed a dozen products being manufactured by the company and focused on just four. This way, he made sure that every product would be recognized best-in-class. Jobs never stooped to a level that made them manufacture products of inferior quality such as lower-end products just to boost sales or to expand to other technologies where Apple wouldn’t be the leader. He has this saying “I’m as proud of what we don’t do as much as I am of what we do.” It’s actually true. Why would you focus on things you know you are not capable of doing? Steve would rather devote his attention, as well as money, to his area of expertise.

Ironically, he ventured to animation industry via PIXAR, an all-digital animation studio famous for blockbusters like Toy Story, Finding Nemo and The Incredibles. In short, it also became a huge success applying the same principles he used for Apple. Just recently, PIXAR and animation giant Disney became partners making Steve Jobs a majority share holder of Disney. In there, he established good relationship with the other executives gaining most of their trust.

With every bond he makes, he capitalizes. Since Disney is the owner of Network titan ABC and the world-wide leader in sports: ESPN, he used this links to further expand the scope of his iTunes. It now allows the download of Disney classics, ABC TV series (such as Desperate Housewives and Lost ) and ESPN clippings aside from the music downloads. Steve Jobs really had his eyes focused on Apple being the center of every living room, replacing the TV, radio, CD player and other appliances. (hmmm… do I see iRef or iStove in the near future?)

The qualities of a good leader does not end with making good relationship with other businesses, choosing the right people for the right job or focusing on continuous product development. A good leader is a working leader. Steve Jobs started out his empire with himself doing all the pencil-pushing and bolt-tightening, He assembled his own computer and conceptualized his own products. Having a leader that has all this skills would surely bring out the best in everyone. Looks may be deceiving but the hardly shaven, denim-wearing computer geek is actually a very good and successful multi-billionaire leader; certainly the core of this juicy Apple. Who wouldn’t want to be like him?

protection? more of stupidity

have you ever wondered kung bakit katulad ng germicidal soap commercials (see SAFEGUARD), pare-pareho lang din yung mga commercials ng napkins? wala lang. here's the usual plot:

1. a group of girls having fun, andun pa yung crush nya when suddenly... JAHE! heavyflow!

2. period-struck girl now feels uncomfortable kasi baka natagusan siya

3. bigla nyang maiisip na may state-of-the-art napkin na pala na mala-diapers kung humigop ng dugo at the same time, keeping it in the center of the pad! (simply brillant!)

4. one month later, gumala nanaman sila, andun nanaman yung crush nya at siyempre, dahil one month later nga (assuming na regular siya) edi siyempre red alert nanaman nung araw na yuon! (DUH!)

5. pero dahil naka-napkin na siya, ayun, nagg-suot pa siya ng white pants sa sobrang confidence nya na hindi siya tatagusan.

6. nilapitan nya yung crush nya at pina-amoy pa ang puwitan nya dahil alam nya na kahit anong singhot ang gawin ni lalaki, di na maaamoy yung malansang dugo sa NEW and ADVANCED napkin nya with FLOWGUARD, WINGS at SLIM DESIGN.

7. ayun, POOF! success, naka-score na si babae. too bad malalaman din ni mr. pogi yung tinatago nyang sikreto pag nag-yaya siya. *winkwink*


pero, let's look at this scenario. bakit ba kailangan mag-puting pants ang babae pag meron siya?! pwede ba, sa lahat ng babaeng nakakabasa nito, POST A COMMENT. sino sa inyo yung matapang enough na gawin yun? talaga bang may nakakagawa nun? kung oo, ano yung brand na ginagamit niyo? tell me please, i'm really curious.

life's extension

well, life goes on. chai's flight that was originally scheduled for today was moved to a later date, on the 25th. it's so hard to live your day normally knowing that your mate is about to leave you. you couldn't make advance plans, trips and other activities. haaaaay... i just couldn't get it out of my head. the thought of her leaving makes me weak inside. adds up to the ever-so-stressful life i'm living.

everything is uncertain though. her visa (as well as her brother's) are still pending because of the dependency issues (fyi: they are both working). maybe she'll be accepted, maybe not but what is certain is that once she passes the migration people, her leaving me is as sure as day follows night.

waiting is the worst! it's like hearing from the grim reaper himself that you will die any time within the year. you tend to get paranoid. everywhere you go, you would look at all directions scouting for a runaway train or a falling safe (i sure hope i hav my uber small umbrella once that happens).

i hope you guys know what i'm feeling right now. this is really hard for us. chai has really made a mark in my heart that wouldn't be erased for decades, forever. i really love her but the though of her leaving me makes me very vulnerable. i don't know what to do whether to follow her or to wait for her to come back here. but even though she returns here after 2 years or until she gets her australian citizenship the fact is she would then be an aussie (hmm.. i remembered my post about MIGRATION), and she would be based there maybe in melbourne. life is a lot better there than it would ever be here. i don't want to be selfish separating her from her family and her eden. now, i'm just taking it a day at a time. cherishing every moment left with my shine. when that time comes, i would wait for her like a loyal dog. (sigh)

i don't know if i could take it, im badly missing her right now (just 7 days without seeing her) pathetic...

hiatus

yep, im back after two gruelling weeks of thesis. i spent the whole time at my friend's house assembling the prototype and doing the progam for the robot's behavior; and my god, am i tired?! i haven't got the time to check the net the whole week so obviously my mail was teeming with spam and other junk (with an exception to a few email like the one i posted a while ago)

it wasn't only my brain that was put on the skillet during the past days, my body wasn't spared from the stress. Practically no sleep, tired from the MWF gymdays, here i am barely able to walk straight. (blame it on the barbell squats) the good thing is we are past the 60% completion of the thesis. all we need to do is the stupid map-generating program (which is lot harder than you would expect). aside from that, i am actualy seeing results, good results from my work-outs. i'm winning back my washboards and gaining that ever-so-elusive pecs i'm dying to have. all i'm asking for is to achieve the BRUCE LEE look. HOOO HAAAAA!
and yup, i also dropped-by chai's house before i go home. 'twas our 27th month together! (maybe the last monthsary we'll be spending together... HUHUHU) i love you so much yummy... could you stay a little longer?

EXACTLY!

i am indeed "THE" LIBRA MAN
-commented by chai

LIBRA MAN
A man who has no balance like his Zodiac symbol. He is not the gentle, cool , calm and charming guy like what you see. He has another dark side of aggression, stubborn and he likes to start an argument the most. Sometimes he can be so depress and unstable. Up and down like he is trying to balance himself most of the time.

To many people, he is a friendly guy and always smile even when he is mad or up set. His voice always gentle and calm. he always set and comb his hair as if he comes out from a shampoo advertisement. Mostly Libra men are good looking, even the ugly one is charming. When he smiles, it is so bright that the whole world is smiling with him too.

When he is in a balance mood, he is the type of person you want to be with. In other unbalancing mood, he likes to make people argue about something and watching it with fascination and fun. He will wait to be the one who compromise and clear thing up. He likes to be in a conflicting conversation.

Libra man is lazy by nature. After his tired day at work, he likes to sit still and just look out of the window or read quietly. He likes to be in his own world. After recharging his battery, he will be very energetic again and may even take you out that night.

Libra man normally will not do any shocking or abnormal things to be noticed. He likes to be conformed with his crowd, but if you watch him carefully, you will see the different. If he wear a shirt, it will have to be a zipper front instead of buttons, or a special tie bar. There is always something in him that he will not allow totally conformity to take him over.

A straight forward , no non-sense guy. He is careful and delicate in details. He will spent extra time to doing it right, than comes back to correct them later. He hates people who boost, or exaggerate. He does not like over dressed woman or make herself a center of an attention.

He loves to read. He loves poems and loves art. When he works he can work like crazy, but after work he can turn on romantic jazzy music and treat you so gently. He loves to give people advice and normally give a good advice. If you fall for him, you will stay like being trapped in a spider web. If you want to break up with him, he will persuade you a zillion ways to stay and you can not stop him anyway. After he persuade you to stay, or after a big fight, he will be so sweet to you as if he has never hurt your feeling before ever. --- so true!!!!!

He will has his own way to win a girl love and affection. Once she says yes, he will lay back and wonder if he should go on or if he should back out. In his teen, he changed many girl friends because he can not clearly separate loving a friend and loving a girl friend. ***** hmmmmmmmp!!!! *****He will check and re-cheek if his match is suitable and compatible with him.

Even he is a romantic man, he can hardly understand the emotion of the one he loves. He is a generous guy even he sets his life so systematically. He never knows when he makes you unhappy. He never knows how he up set you. He will never know what he said wrong. If he is your lover, be prepare for this. --- so true!!!!!

A not so pretty girl with no brain is not his type of woman. If you are not pretty enough, he will not mind talking to you but he does not care to get to know you. Any girls, pretty or ugly can ask for his help, he will be happy to help. He hates to argue by yelling at each other, so you tend to see he argue with his girl friend seriously but try at best to be very quiet.

He likes to have a girl friend by getting to know each other like a friend first. If you want him, you have to like the same thing he does. He prefers a pretty and gentle woman than a smart and ugly woman. You have to understand his mood especially he can has many different moods. He is a private person, so when he needs to be alone better let him be.