Just a brief update about what’s going on with my life. Those of you who follow me on Plurk and other social networking sites may know that my nose has been giving me problems the past couple of days. Apparently, I’m down with a cold, so my nose is on a “marathon” run for one day, and stays blocked for the next. I SO miss BREATHING naturally through my nose. With a bit of luck and lot’s of prayers, I hope I’ll get over this cold soon.

Meanwhile, work has continued to pile, which is natural at this time of the year. That explains my lack of activity around here. As I take a quick break from coding to allow my brain juices to settle down and regenerate, I sneak over once in a while to check the stats, and in today’s case, post a quick update.

On the personal side, I’m still going through lots of discernment. Although I’ve made up with my bf, and he’s committed himself to save up for our future and stuff, I’m still trying to organize my own thoughts. Lots of prayers needed please! On a happy note, my dear dear god-brother has finally settled down and I now have a pretty pretty sister-in-law. They’re currently on their honeymoon trip in Japan and I’m looking forward to see photos from their vacation.

Well, that’s all I have for now. As I continue to juggle with a running-blocked-running nose (vicious) cycle, I have to get back to work. Meanwhile, have a Happy Advent and Merry Christmas in advance!

Tags: life, Personal

Your result for Are You a Jackie or a Marilyn? Or Someone Else? Mad Men-era Female Icon Quiz…

You Are an Ingrid!

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H/T: Jean from Catholic Fire

Tags: Personal, quiz

The good folks at Mystic Monk Coffee have come up with a limited edition Christmas Blend exclusively for the Christmas season of 2008. Just after I spent a bomb on my latest batch of coffee to last me until March 2009.

The Christmas blend is a delicious limited coffee for the 2008 Christmas only. It is a blend of 8 carefully roasted beans and the monks most sophisticated blend to date. It is only available until New Year’s Eve so get it now!

I wonder if any of my friends will be so sweet as to send me a bag of this delicious coffee. I’ll personally “canonize” you to be my very own guardian angel!

Of course, a Mystic Monk Gift Card of any denomination will be equally appreciated too!

Now you can purchase Mystic Monk Coffee Gift Cards for your friends and family and let them choose their favorite coffees! A gift that will never disappoint, these cards are perfect for all.

For more gift ideas this Christmas, do check out Mystic Monk Coffee’s brand new website!

Tags: Announcements, Christmas, coffee, Personal

If you follow me on Plurk, you probably know by now that I lost some photos I was planning to share with you when I tried to transfer them to my MicroSD card and then swapped the card from one device to another. Of course, silly me forgot to keep a backup of the pictures so this one’s gonna have to be text only.

Well, last night Mom and I went downtown again for grocery shopping and stuff. I received a couple of Gloria Jeans coffee vouchers last month, so we spent a lazy afternoon sipping on our large Irish Nut Crème with an extra shot of espresso.. Yummy!

After quickly gathering our groceries for the week, we stopped by at the food court at the mall. Mom ordered a Nasi Briyani, while I had Hakka Lei Cha (雷茶). For those who don’t know, I’m a Hakka Chinese, so I have a soft spot for Hakka cuisine. *sigh* If I had made a backup of the photos I took last night, I would be able to share them with you. Thankfully, I managed to find this. It’s EXACTLY what I had last night, and from the same stall too! Cool!

Well, that’s my little personal update/rant. Gotta get back to another week of what I call “corporate madness” again. Adios!

Tags: food, Personal, rant, Reviews

I was browsing through some of my old email and I found this rather meaningful little piece. Some of you may have read this before already, but there’s no harm in reading it another time  

Tech Support: Yes … how can I help you?

Customer: Well, after much consideration, I’ve decided to install LOVE. Can you guide me through the process?

Tech Support: Yes. I can help you. Are you ready to proceed?

Customer: Well, I’m not very technical, but I think I’m ready. What do I do first?

Tech Support: The first step is to open your HEART. Have you located your HEART?

Customer: Yes, but there are several other programs running now. Is it okay to install LOVE while they are running?

Tech Support: What programs are running?

Customer: Let’s see, I have PAST HURT, LOW SELF-ESTEEM, GRUDGE and RESENTMENT running right now.

Tech Support: No problem, LOVE will gradually erase PAST HURT from your current operating system. It may remain in your permanent memory but it will no longer disrupt other programs. LOVE will eventually override LOW SELF-ESTEEM with a module of its own called HIGH SELF-ESTEEM.  However, you have to completely turn off GRUDGE and RESENTMENT. Those programs prevent LOVE from being properly installed. Can you turn those off ?

Customer: I don’t know how to turn them off. Can you tell me how?

Tech Support: With pleasure. Go to your start menu and invoke FORGIVENESS. Do this as many times as necessary until GRUDGE and RESENTMENT have been completely erased.

Customer: Okay, done! LOVE has started installing itself. Is that normal?

Tech Support: Yes, but remember that you have only the base program. You need to begin connecting to other HEARTS in order to get the upgrades.

Customer: Oops! I have an error message already.  It says, “Error – Program not run on external components.”  What should I do?

Tech Support: Don’t worry. It means that the LOVE program is set up to run on INTERNAL HEARTS, but has not yet been run on your HEART. In non-technical terms, it simply means you have to LOVE yourself before you can LOVE others.

Customer: So, what should I do?

Tech Support: Pull down SELF-ACCEPTANCE; then click on the following files: FORGIVE-SELF;  REALIZE YOUR WORTH; and ACKNOWLEDGE your LIMITATIONS.

Customer: Okay, done.

Tech Support: Now, copy them to the “MY HEART” directory. The system will overwrite any conflicting files and begin patching faulty programming. Also, you need to delete VERBOSE SELF-CRITICISM from all directories and empty your Recycle Bin to make sure it is completely gone
and never comes back.

Customer: Got it. Hey! My HEART is filling up with new files. SMILE is playing on my monitor and PEACE and CONTENTMENT are copying themselves all over My HEART. Is this normal?

Tech Support: Sometimes. For others it takes awhile, but eventually everything gets it at the proper time. So LOVE is installed and running. One more thing before we hang up. LOVE is freeware.  Be sure to give it and its various modules to everyone you meet. They will in turn share it with others and return some cool modules back to you.

Customer: Thank you, God. ÜÜÜ

Tags: musings, Personal