There are still things that arent intermixable.  Just like oil and water, work colleagues and personal colleagues are meant to be separate.  Why?

1. If work colleagues find out from your social network about the stuff that you do, or the personal comments you make, you will be in deep shit.  Maybe not directly and get dooced, but somehow work colleagues will now see you in a different way.

2. If personal acquaintances enforces themselves to be a product or service supplier to your employer, dont even think about it.  It just like deciding to drink a bottle of poison.  You will be in trouble for conflict of interest.

The solution is simple.  Just Say NO.

Scenario 1

Work colleague: Hey can you add me in your Friendster/facebook/multiply?

You: NO. We meet everyday, we see and talk to each other everyday so whats the point of seeing you still on my personal space after work?

Scenario 2

Personal Friend: Hey, can you set me up for a meeting with your purchasing manager?  I have stuff that your office definitely needs, and you’ll get discounts?

You: NO. Your profit from that sale will not be able to support me if I get fired for conflict of interest.  If you are my friend, you’d have kept this in mind

So there you go.  Oil and Water dont mix.  Dont even try to do the same at work.  As for my work colleagues?  My apologies, but your accounts will be disconnected from my social networks in the next few days.  Some things written are sometimes not meant to be read by some people.

Cant believe it was almost a year since i last posted a blog entry. Just goes to show how busy this year has been for me. Its a very trying year, the next one wont be any different. Good luck to us all.

A simple lookback to the people, places, and events that had made a great impact on me for the past year.

The Year that Was

I have to admit, I may be everywhere on the written web, but as far as virtual worlds go, Im still not born yet. My friends, they’re there already. They have like a couple of level 60 characters in World of Warcraft. My GF has already jumped into Second life (am I not giving her the good life in the real life?).

So, having realized this, I decided to read up on whats the virtual worlds are, and what they can offer. So far, it looks very exciting. Im even surprised that there are business (as corporate citizen) jumping into the virtual worlds too.

So, for those of you who, like me, still havent jumped on the virtual world bandwagon, the slidecast below can be a good source of info. Roo Reynolds has presented a whole set of the best virtual worlds, what it is, and what you can expect from each.

Go ahead, click on it.

After a very long hiatus, I’m back to writing blogs.

Please bear with me as I try to re-arrange this site, and adding some new nifty features courtesy of some online photo gallery. I have below the slideshow of Clubmazda3’s photoshoot.

At first I thought its wasnt gonna push through because of the early morning rain. I myself even have reservations about going to the place since a. my car is a mess, and b. its too early in the morning, and c. dang energy drink arranged a major marathon that sealed off the route to the venue. But when I got the sms message from Liz that rain or shine, the event is pushing through, I went ahead.

Of course, like in all my trips and events, i have to drop by and fetch my GF, and this time she’s accompanied by our favorite dog, Gorby.

I was so surprised to see that there were already more than a dozen CMZ3 members at the venue, so after a quick breakfast at Mcdo, we went ahead and shot. At first we were disorganized, with each photog shooting left and right. After about an hour of unsupervised shooting, we reorganized and had a more decent composition, and even a “ramp” sequence so to speak.

I cant wait for our first “clean” and night time photo shoot. I bet that’ll be even more fun than this one.

So many times have i sat down in a conference room, or in a major trade show, only to feel so bored, i’d feel like dying.  Im pretty sure you’ve gone thru the same.

Here’s a nice presentation that will explain this.  Your officemates and vendors should see this first if you want them to make a presentation – just so that it will be clear what your expectations would be like in terms of quality of and effectiveness of the delivery.

I recently joined a very worthwhile group and cause.  Its spread out in several websites, but I usually go to their more

www.waypoints.ph ;

Mapmaker forum

GPS Roadguide: Dedicated to the free mapping community of the Philippines

I like to ask you guys to join them to contribute to the already impressive fully routable GPS road map of the Philippines.  So if you have a GPS device and travel a lot, save those travel tracks and send them over to the group who will compile everything in each build of the map.

Kudos to LRGALVEZ, JAN, and EPPGARCIA for putting up the site, forum and for developing the map. You dont need to have a GPS device to appreciate their work. Even your desktop can run the files.  You just have to be resourceful enough to find the way to get it.  Cant figure out what im saying?  well head on down to the links to learn more. And as a teaser, here are some image links to some screen caps.

It is highly suggested that to take advantage of this map project, you get yourself a Garmin GPS Device, like the one I have on my dash (dont mind my personal best moving average speed)

UPDATE:

I got the note from the comment below, and they tweaked the whole system. Now my grade rating has improved to a “B+”. Cool. I’m just a few provinces away from getting an “A”

My Lakbayan grade is B+!

How much of the Philippines have you visited? Find out atLakbayan!

Created by Eugene Villar.

I took a test of how much of the Philippines I’ve visited. Wow, I didnt realize I still have much space to cover. I really do have to thank my former employers in the Agri Industry for giving me the chance to travel this much.

My, how I miss travelling. I wish I could start rolling out again to the places I’ve visited and liked before, and to new ones that I havent been to.

My Lakbayan grade is B-!

How much of the Philippines have you visited? Find out at Lakbayan!

Created by Eugene Villar.

Man, this is a freaky item.  Its far from being astroboy, and very far from being a real boy.  What freaked me out was that the Japs can make something freaky, and in fact, kinda copied something from real life.  My close acquaintances will surely recognize that face on the lower section, 2nd from the left.  One name, folks, just one name if you can name the person i’m referring to.

I never got to learn to play the piano, the classical way. Im just an ouido. It can impress the newbies, but for those with the discerning ears for music, it will never be good enough.

So imagine how I felt like when I watched Fiel’s dear friend from high school playing excellent classical pieces, and re-arranged local favorites. I was stunned at her skill, and realized how far away they are from me.

Now at home, we have an upright piano, and a Yamaha keyboard. It seems its been ages since I last played on either. Well, at least there is now a song that I will have to master to impress Fiel and her family, and I really like to play that one song.

“The Last Time” by Eric Benet. Now, where can I find a MIDI file that I can print off as a piano piece? I hope you readers can help me find one.

Tantin