#MyDayInBCD

The year is about to end and yes it was one challenging and full of adventure 2018. Who would thought that after 10 years I'm still here working in a university, something I didn't even plan to pursue but probably it was a decision that I took and never regretted. Starting from an engineering background which is also the first job I took at a semiconductor manufacturing company for so many years and later going back to college and shifted into programming. To look back, the Singapore trip with my colleagues is one for the books, it was a fun filled adventure going around Singapore, visiting Google Singapore office and Expedia, the food and meeting our former students and workmates who are now based there. Last May, I was fortunate to be given a chance to visit Google at Mountain View, CA and attended the  GDG Leaders Summit and Google I/O 2018. Meeting my co-leads from the my own country and the rest of the world is an experience one would appreciate a lot, basically lea...

It's been awhile since the last time a post was made in this place, got a little busy (making excuses here) at work and life as well. So many things have happened in the past year since then and yeah I'm here again. So, it's the end of another school year and tomorrow is the graduation day of the 2nd to tha last batch of pre-K12 BSIT students in our university. Next school year we will welcome the 1st batch of K12 finishers into the university, hoping that many will take information technology program. Last week, we took a few days off to Singapore taking the opportunity to visit Google Asia Pacific Office, Expedia and see the IT Show 2018 in Suntec. It was a fun filled activity for the members of the faculty who joined the trip, the experience was amazing and memorable. We opted to stay in Bed & Dreams Inn in Clarke Quay it's a backpacker place and was surprised how good the place for budget travellers. The location is just perfect and close to great places to visi...

Year 2016 is about to end and it was one good year for me should I say. So many great things happened the entire year, the adventures and those life teaching moments. I'm ready for next year but first it's Christmas celebration and I am so thankful for all the blessings in my life right now, it may not be perfect but looking back it is way better than before. I feel sorry for the bad things that happened along the way but surely lessons were learned and hope not to make the same mistakes again in the future. I haven't went shopping yet for presents, thinking of getting a few stuff for the family not sure though what to get for them, perhaps I'll go for some window shopping first. It's the holiday break and I'm spending it by working on a mobile application for a certain client scheduled to be launched early February next year, hope to hit that target. Smile. :)

"A part of you has grown in me. And so you see, it's you and me together forever and never apart, maybe in distance, but never in heart."

After a much heated campaigns the election fever are almost finally over. Pending the final canvassing of votes by the congress the people have chosen a new leader to rule the country for the next 6 years. The presumptive president is a mayor from a city down south of the Philippines known for his iron fisted style of government. What makes this election interesting is the process on how people now choose their leaders. Traditionally, we oath to go for people with great experience, plans, smart and proper character and attitude someone we normally call 'honorable'. This election changed that idea, people now go for leaders with real simple plans to solve recurring problems in the society, strong work portfolio to showcase their capability to govern and implement real solutions. Good luck to the newly elected president, I wish you well in your quest to change this country into something everyone wish it should be. Peace!

It's the last day of the year 2015. Taking time to look back on so many things I witnessed and encountered this year, a mix of adventure, exciting, fun, stressful and heart breaking days meant to happen as a way to learn more things in life and at the end made us stronger than ever and much more wiser. If we pause for a while and try to understand the real meaning of life it is somewhat hard to really understand everything, the purpose, the way it must be lived, the destinations and the endings. With different perspective or views we can't really agree in all points on how it should be done. Each of us lives in a unique world, every day comes as a blessing to all of us and how we spend it will depend on our own individual likings. But as we open our lives to other people we tend to align our days with them which creates a new unique experience for us. No matter how we celebrate life the main goal for me is to be happy with everything, life is not an easy ride and it is a good ...