Monday, July 31, 2006
Belated happy birthday, blog!
I just realized that The Coven's blog is more than a year old. We started it on July 12, 2005.
May this blog last a long, long, long....time.
May this blog last a long, long, long....time.
It's St. Ignatius' day
Boy, has there been a dearth of entries in this blog. What's been happening to The Coven? Have we all lost the drive to write, like I seem to have the past few weeks.
As it is, I've been feeling restive (is that the right word?). I can't even get myself down to write entries in my blogs. So, here I am forcing myself to get something down, if only to update this blog a bit.
I had a craving for Behrouz food last Saturday, and thankfully, Terrie was around to head over there with me. It would've been a great meal, had there been hot sauce, C2, vegetable salad (they would've served us a salad of tomato and onion if we wanted it, but of course, I needed the cucumber). Still it was good to be with a great friend (o di ba, Te! :-D). Later on, we moved to Cafe Bréton for crepe (I'd almost forgotten how much I love Cafe Bréton's crepes) and coffee (for Te) and tea (for me). XC joined us later, and because he decided he didn't want crepe, but was craving something salthy, we moved again. We walked in the rain (Te and I under an umbrella, but XC was too macho to get under one...hmnn, he probably just didn't have one with him), and finally ended up in Cheesecake, etc. XC ordered nachos, which we later found out was not available. Instead of leaving though, Te and I had water, and XC had Sarsi (he thought the waitress was nice. Boy, I tell you, if I were a waitress, I would not want to wait on that guy. :-D) We talked about a lot of stuff before finally heading home.
I wasn't able to join Carrie and Te for their movie date yesterday (natuloy ba kayo, mga kapatid? Kwento naman.). As for my Sunday, it was pretty much just being with the family. We went to mass, and my darling son, during the giving of the peace, walked up to a lady and gave her a kiss on the cheek. Of course, we do not know who this woman is. But that's my Ben, friendly friendly friendly.
Well, it's nearly August (a few hours away), and that means in just a little over a week, I will be turning another year older. Do I feel older? Sometimes, I do feel more aches and pains than usual, but on the whole, I'm not bothered. When I'm playing with Ben I feel like a kid, and since he likes to play a lot, that means I get to feel like a kid a lot. Thank God for small mercies...so okay, he's more than just a small mercy. Still, at times, I sit and wonder how many more years I've got left...
Hay,hay,hay...for all you people that have any degree of separation to the Jesuits, Happy St. Ignatius' Day.
As it is, I've been feeling restive (is that the right word?). I can't even get myself down to write entries in my blogs. So, here I am forcing myself to get something down, if only to update this blog a bit.
I had a craving for Behrouz food last Saturday, and thankfully, Terrie was around to head over there with me. It would've been a great meal, had there been hot sauce, C2, vegetable salad (they would've served us a salad of tomato and onion if we wanted it, but of course, I needed the cucumber). Still it was good to be with a great friend (o di ba, Te! :-D). Later on, we moved to Cafe Bréton for crepe (I'd almost forgotten how much I love Cafe Bréton's crepes) and coffee (for Te) and tea (for me). XC joined us later, and because he decided he didn't want crepe, but was craving something salthy, we moved again. We walked in the rain (Te and I under an umbrella, but XC was too macho to get under one...hmnn, he probably just didn't have one with him), and finally ended up in Cheesecake, etc. XC ordered nachos, which we later found out was not available. Instead of leaving though, Te and I had water, and XC had Sarsi (he thought the waitress was nice. Boy, I tell you, if I were a waitress, I would not want to wait on that guy. :-D) We talked about a lot of stuff before finally heading home.
I wasn't able to join Carrie and Te for their movie date yesterday (natuloy ba kayo, mga kapatid? Kwento naman.). As for my Sunday, it was pretty much just being with the family. We went to mass, and my darling son, during the giving of the peace, walked up to a lady and gave her a kiss on the cheek. Of course, we do not know who this woman is. But that's my Ben, friendly friendly friendly.
Well, it's nearly August (a few hours away), and that means in just a little over a week, I will be turning another year older. Do I feel older? Sometimes, I do feel more aches and pains than usual, but on the whole, I'm not bothered. When I'm playing with Ben I feel like a kid, and since he likes to play a lot, that means I get to feel like a kid a lot. Thank God for small mercies...so okay, he's more than just a small mercy. Still, at times, I sit and wonder how many more years I've got left...
Hay,hay,hay...for all you people that have any degree of separation to the Jesuits, Happy St. Ignatius' Day.
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
Blog ni Mar
My nephew Jovin's blog just cracks me up so badly, I want to share it with you guys. So I've added a link to his blog in our links list. If only to laugh out loud, go visit.
Sunday, July 09, 2006
Yahoo!ed
Around a month or so ago, while I was waiting for a job to materialize and was thus, uhm, freelancing, I updated my Jobstreet account and started surfing online for work. Turned out that Yahoo! was looking for an editor, something that Jobstreet alerted me on a few days later. Thinking I had nothing to lose even if it was a longshot, I applied. To my surprise, I received an email a few days later from the recruitment department, telling me to answer two very short tests. The tests turned out to be tougher than I thought (see tests below) and I wasn't able to make the deadline.
A few days ago, to my surprise, the Yahoo! recruiter called me up and wanted me to take the test despite the fact that I didn't make the first deadline. So, pride on the line, I did. It was kinda flattering to be so singled out though I'm not really sure how fit I'd be for the company. But as Carrie said, "Hey, it's Yahoo!" and that's reason enough I guess.
Editor’s Test
Philippines
Task 1
For each of the following search queries, please find and rank five sites you would expect to see as the top five results of a Philippine search engine. For each web site, write a short title and description that will appear for that site.
Gerald Santos
Arroyo
Davao City
Task 2
Pick three fairly new or unheard-of web sites (at least one based in the Philippines) that you find fascinating, cool or cutting-edge and write a short description on why people should visit them and try them out. Use no more than 200 words to describe each web site.
Keep your style local, friendly and informal but grammatically acceptable. Write as if addressing the general public.
A few days ago, to my surprise, the Yahoo! recruiter called me up and wanted me to take the test despite the fact that I didn't make the first deadline. So, pride on the line, I did. It was kinda flattering to be so singled out though I'm not really sure how fit I'd be for the company. But as Carrie said, "Hey, it's Yahoo!" and that's reason enough I guess.
Editor’s Test
Philippines
Task 1
For each of the following search queries, please find and rank five sites you would expect to see as the top five results of a Philippine search engine. For each web site, write a short title and description that will appear for that site.
Gerald Santos
Arroyo
Davao City
Task 2
Pick three fairly new or unheard-of web sites (at least one based in the Philippines) that you find fascinating, cool or cutting-edge and write a short description on why people should visit them and try them out. Use no more than 200 words to describe each web site.
Keep your style local, friendly and informal but grammatically acceptable. Write as if addressing the general public.
