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Archive for July, 2007
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Mama Mia
Posted by jgavan101 on July 26th, 2007
Mama has been complaining of pain on her throat and a possible lump. She has felt it for quite a while but thought it was managable. Tatam, my sister, adviced her to have it checked with a doctor which she did last week. The doctor’s advice was to have a biopsy.
Suddenly, mama told us she [...]
Job Hunting Blues – Out of this World Questions
Posted by jgavan101 on July 23rd, 2007
The tough part in the job hunting process is the interview stage. There are common interview questions where you can easily formulate and prepare a witty answer. However, some interviewers are even more well prepared that they can knock you off with questions you can never imagine being asked. Here are a few interview questions [...]
Ambigram – Paulo
Posted by jgavan101 on July 20th, 2007
After a long while, I managed to pull off one ambigam. This is a request from Paulo. I still have a list of request in my inbox but can’t find the time to make them. Some request are quite challenging.
I still used an English font for this ambigram. It worked pretty well for this name. [...]
My Road to Riches – Engineer Role Models
Posted by jgavan101 on July 19th, 2007
I have been contemplating on what business to start and own someday. After reading the book Go Negosyo by Joey Concepcion, I was inspired by the success of some individuals who made it big. From simple start ups to successful franchises, they can really tell you anyone can make it big.
I was greatly inspired by [...]
Are you excited with Harry Potter 7? Download here.
Posted by jgavan101 on July 18th, 2007
I am not a Harry Potter fan. I haven’t read any Harry Potter books and only watched the 1st Harry Potter movie. Thus, I am not excited with the last installment of the Harry Potter series because definitely I won’t appreciate the ending.
But I have ebooks of the series from 1-6. Never bothered to read them [...]
Piggybank Sponsors My Shopping Spree
Posted by jgavan101 on July 17th, 2007
After three years, I decided to open up my piggy bank last weekend. I’m proud of it since it’s my first time to save this amount using a piggy bank. Every weekend, if there is something left from my budget, I place it in my pigybank. I only placed 100 pesos paper bills or higher so [...]
Meatless Mondays
Posted by jgavan101 on July 15th, 2007
It starts officially today.
I have been planning to lessen eating meat. I used to prepare vegetable salads at home and in the office. I also used to prepare oatmeal. But lately, I haven’t. Sometimes I get lazy to prepare and sometimes I just got sick and tired of eating them.
I know having less to zero [...]
Cellphones makes me stupid
Posted by jgavan101 on July 15th, 2007
I read an article in the newspaper today that cellphones makes you poor in memorizing things. The article even challenges you if you can still remember your landline number. I don’t have a landline today but I can still remember my landline number when I were in high school. I bet some of my high [...]
Exciting things for the week
Posted by jgavan101 on July 13th, 2007
This week is almost coming to an end but it leaves a lot of excitement. Whatever happens next could change my directions in life. And what makes it more exciting is the “next” might be sooner than I think.
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My adviser asked me to submit a technical paper for the DLSU-Osaka University Research Workshop. The workshop [...]
