At a Biker's Bar

Posted by randomwalk at 08:07 AM on August 5, 2005.

"My soul is wrapped in harsh repose,

Midnight descends in raven-colored clothes,

But soft... behold! A sunlight beam

Butting a swath of glimmering gleam.

My heart expands,

'tis grown a bulge in it,

Inspired by your beauty...

Effulgent."

 

- Spike 

Currently feeling: quixotic

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Craziest Joke

Posted by randomwalk at 09:20 AM on June 22, 2005.

I read this five years ago; never gets old.    

 

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There's this guy who's going to clean the windows of a mental asylum. A patient follows him shouts to him "I gotta secret, I gotta secret...", he ignores the patient. Again the patient follows him, but he ignores his cries. By the time he's nearly finished the building, he's really curious about what the patients secret is, so he decides to ask the patient. The patient pulls a matchbox out of his pocket, opens it and puts it on a table. Out crawls this little spider. The patient says "spider go left", and the spider walks to it's left a bit. Then he says "spider go right", the spider walks to its right a little bit. He says "spider turn around, walk forward then go right", and sure enough the spider turns around, walks forward, and then goes right a bit.

The window cleaner is amazed "Wow! He says, that's amazing!", "No, that's not my secret says the patient, watch". He picks up the spider in his hand and pulls all its legs off then puts it back on the table. "Spider go right", the spider doesn't move, "spider go Left", the spider doesn't move, "Spider turn around" again the spider doesn't move.

"There!" he says, "that's my secret, if you pull all a spiders legs off they go deaf...

Currently listening to: Hari ng Sablay -- Sugar Free
Currently feeling: bouncy

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Filipinos who made it big

Posted by randomwalk at 06:58 PM on June 16, 2005.

Below are two different stories of enterprising Filipinos who made it big in the world.

I hope you learn something from them.

 

http://www.fractalcow.com/rex/high.html

 

You must have speakers on your PC to really appreciate these kababayans...

Currently reading: The Sandman: Book of Dreams
Currently feeling: silly

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Having my way and then some

Posted by randomwalk at 01:12 PM on June 6, 2005.

THE board finally sat me down last Friday for my regularization. I expected it to be rough considering my request... but surprisingly though it was a none issue. I guess BPL set the tone when he kidded those in the panel, as I was sittng down, that we were done

Anyway, the interview went remarkably well. I had them laughing off their seats through out the Q&A. And even my quick stab at policy regarding contract of service personnel didn't change their mood... but as much as I wanted to put them on the spot some more, ms.jojie's short kick to my shin cut whatever fun I was about to have abruptly...

The long and short of it is that I'm now, unofficially, a regular employee! Yipee! 

That is barring the result of the psyche-exam (yes, they insist i take one again but was told that they've managed something out for me i.e. hindi ko na daw kailangan magbayad. yey! ) and ms.Fe's meeting with the Civil Service Commission (long story) I'll soon be part of SB's "Official Family".  *LOL*

Drinks on me!

Currently listening to: Lounger -- Dogs Die in Hot Cars
Currently feeling: relieved

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Tests

Posted by randomwalk at 09:01 AM on June 1, 2005.

I'm pretty sure I've not written about this before. It was seven months ago. A friend of mine recommended me to one of his bosses for a senior position in corporate affairs. I'd sent my CV through him, got an interview two days later, and was hired two weeks after... the rest, as commonly said, is written across time and space. This was how I would have preferred to remember things. Unfortunately, the tale does have a couple more details that I would not care remembering.

Here's the rest of it.

I had flunked my EQ exam and the only reason they were still getting me was because I aced their aptitude tests. In short they wanted me but were very wary of me! They even did plenty of background checking - going to such lenghts like interviewing my previous bosses; asking them to put into paper their faith and trust that I am capable of being sociable... they did this all without informing about the results of the test!

un-f@#k'n believable!

Yesterday, this thing reared its damned head again. I'm being regularized and the HR people insist that I retake it And, I'll have to spend for it this time.

Hanep noh!

So, I wrote to HR and requested that I not take the exam again. I was really going for funny but my friends said it's really not. O well...

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Dear Ms. Gatus 

This is regarding my request not to retake the BEREPS exam.

I am fully aware of how I faired in the test seven months ago. That based on the exam results; I am, despite having the mental faculty to do work, not suited to the Corporation’s social environment. And it was for this reason the Promotion and Selections Board (PSB) accepted my application with “strong reservation”.

Now for the past six months I have fulfilled my duties effectively and competently and have even at times exceeded what is expected of me. And based on my superiors’ assessment and their recommendation that I be regularized, I am guessing I have done good work. But I suppose that was never the issue. The issue ever since is will I fit in? Or more importantly how well can I relate with people?

Well, I have related and socialized with people very well. In such a short time I have not only formed relationships with people within CPO but have also managed to endear myself to those in other groups. One needs only to see how I am during lunch to understand this point. Thus it is unclear why I have to retake the exam.

If it’s because of deeply rooted concern about my personality, I would, without question, take the exam again. But I cannot for the life of me understand why I should pay for it.

If it’s because of policy, I ask you to reconsider. There is simply no value in asking me to take an exam which I have clearly shown to have misrepresented me. While the rationale for such a policy is very clear to me, I am still of the mind that rules should always encourage thinking, not discourage it.

I reiterate my request not to retake the BEREPS exam.

For your consideration.

- jet

Currently reading: The Fabric of the Cosmos by Brian Greene
Currently feeling: tired

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Giving in

Posted by randomwalk at 09:05 AM on May 17, 2005.

I'd mix feelings when I read this piece. 

I've been a fan of Andrew Wiles ever since Dr. Alba's class in Mathematical Statistics. I think he was discussing CLTs and its other variants. Anyway, Andrew Wiles' story is of a man who spent eight years of his life developing a proof for Fermat's Last Theorem. My fascination has always been with his journey more than the proof... his is the kind each one of us dream of taking.

Here's a link to an interview he gave in 2000:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/proof/wiles.html

Here's the one on Dr. Escultura's refutation:

UP Math prof proves Princeton man wrong
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2005/may/05/yehey/top_stories

/20050505top4.html

 

"All it takes is great desire;

everything else follows.

All you have to do is give in to those desires."

          -- Michael M. Alba Ph.D

 

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