Author: PJ

  • Watch out, there’s a traitor in your workplace

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    How good are you at judging a person’s character, especially a co-worker’s? I believe I suck at it. I just found out recently that a former co-worker of mine was responsible for some pretty nasty, behind-the-scenes office maneuvering and politicking that eventually helped me decide to leave my job at one of the companies that…

  • Ginebra Gin Kings – PBA Philippine Cup champions

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    If you’re a Barangay Ginebra fan like me, then you’ll be absolutely delighted to know that the Barangay Ginebra Gin Kings bagged the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Philippine Cup last night via a thrilling, 96-94, come-from-behind victory over the San Miguel Beermen at the famed Araneta Coliseum. Ginebra fell behind 0-2 early in the series,…

  • Google loses copyright suit in Belgian court

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    Kimmie sent me an email that pointed out a fairly recent Business Week article about Google losing in a copyright infringement suit filed by a Belgian publisher and copyright group. Apparently, the Belgian publisher (Copiepresse) didn’t like the idea that some of their copyrighted titles and news articles appeared on the Belgian Google News or…

  • An Ash Wednesday story

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    Conne and I heard mass a while ago at Greenbelt Chapel, which is about a block away from my office. Today is “Ash Wednesday” by the way, an important day for Catholics. It marks the first day of Lent. And is the only day that Catholics actually get to boldly walk around bearing a symbol…

  • My baby’s first real word is — “daddy”

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    Have you ever wondered which word between “daddy” and “mommy” will a toddler be able to utter and pronounce earlier? I’ve heard somewhere that toddlers usually pronounce “daddy” earlier. And I believe that it’s true as evidenced by my 15-month-old toddler, CJ. Conne was able to write about the experience in her blog.

  • Happy birthday, Dad!

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    One of the reasons why this day is so special, aside from celebrating Chinese New Year, is because it’s my late father’s birthday.  My dad was a military officer and a Philippine Air Force fighter pilot. He was a member of the famed Philippine Air Force Blue Diamonds aerobatic team. He lost his life serving…

  • Google lifts its invitation-only gmail account restriction

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    I recently blogged about Google’s Google Book Project. Now get this, Google finally opened up Gmail to newcomers just a few hours ago. They finally decided to drop its ‘invitation-only’ restriction. Gmail, which is now the 3rd largest email hosting company, currently has approximately 60 million users. And with the existing 2.8GB (and growing) mailbox…

  • Once a Bosconian, Always a Bosconian

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    January 31st marks the 119th death anniversary of Saint John Bosco, the “Father and Teacher of Youth” and the founder of the Salesian Society otherwise known as the Salesians of Don Bosco. This day is special to me primarily because of my being a Bosconian, and proud of it. I’ve been one for the greater…

  • Office relocation – An IT guy’s perspective

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    DWH will be expanding its operations and will therefore be relocating its Philippine office in a couple of weeks. We’ve kept our hands quite busy with the office relocation project. We’ve currently leased two floors (3rd and 4th) from a building across the street from our current office location. And a lot of renovation activities…

  • How to avoid sore throat at work and be productive

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    Have you ever had any lingering sore throat problems? It’s possible that your workplace environment could be the culprit. One of the key issues a company has to tackle to help improve overall workforce health and productivity is to provide them with a workplace conducive for work. This equates to providing good work environment ergonomics…