Month: October 2006

An Information Technology department is often associated with being a cost center due to the nature of its operations. IT departments are, as a result, often delegated as support or service units to the company’s economic drivers, the business units. For this reason, most IT managers and executives often find themselves hard-pressed when it comes…

We had a great family reunion in Subic over the weekend. We finally had the chance to meet my mom’s fiance, Dan, or as the kids call him, Popsie. Dan arrived from the US Friday evening of the 20th. It’s too bad we weren’t able to bring out the welcome banners and ticker tape parade…

I really missed blogging. It’s mainly because I’ve been kept busy with my new job. So how is it? Well, here’s a story I would like to share. I was driving home with Conne one night after a long day’s work. We were both toxic-silent the first few minutes of the ride when all of…

My scheduled traffic court hearing got canceled today apparently due to the current political situation over at Makati City Hall, where the adjudication office is located. It’s too bad because I was really eager to get the whole thing over with. As a side note, Makati Mayor Binay is in a lot of heat, which…

When it rains, it pours. I had a week’s worth of rotten luck with our car, “Puti”. Incident 1: Date: Friday, October 6, 7:00PM. Violation: Blocking the Buendia-Ayala pedestrian lane. End Result: Traffic Violation Ticket plus my driver’s license got confiscated. I have filed a complaint with the Makati City Adjudication Office and a hearing…

The recent typhoon that hit the Philippines last September 29th, dubbed Typhoon “Milenyo”, was a learning experience. It was, to recent memory, one of the worst natural disasters that I have experienced, although it still couldn’t compare to my 1991 Mount Pinatubo eruption experience. The weather started out pleasantly on the day the typhoon was…