Battle of Power Points!

So, the question of the day is:

Who designed the best Power Point?

The answer to this question will determine if Corona will be convicted or acquitted. 

Carpio-Morales has her own Power Point, Corona has his own and now, Drilon is presenting his own Power Point. Ahh... Philippine politics at its best! If only there can be a laboratory balance or weighing scale that can be used to measure facts and reasons...

LSS: The Spirit Carries On

If I die tomorrow / I'd be all right / Because I believe /

That after we're gone / The spirit carries on

I finally got my Samsung phone once again. I brought it to Samsung's service center due to some concerns in the internal memory. Luckily, the damage to be repaired is still covered by the 1-year warranty period. I was told that the mother board was replaced with a brand new one, and it could have cost me about 9,000. Whew!

So, yesterday, I was so excited creating my playlists again. I'm done with 2 playlists. Later tonight, I'll make another 2 playlists (I want to make a playlist for every situation I can possibly imagine -- driving, traveling, working, and yeah, even painting leather, hehehe).

Oh yeah, I am so busy these days. :-D

Running

I've been dreaming for a few times now about one single activity that could mean so many things at all: RUNNING.

Last night was the most recent of a series of dreams about running. I was a priest and I was running so hard that when i woke up, I almost cannot breath due to exhaustion. Almost half a day later, and up to now, I feel so tired. My problem is, I am not sure if I was running after or running away from something. Or both, not necessarily in that order.

Could I be running because I want to escape something from my reality? Could I be running because I am chasing something unreachable?

Whatever it is, I am really tired. Seriously.

Any dream interpreters out there? Do you think I need to see a shrink?

(We can perhaps eliminate the possibility of me running simply because I want to be featured in some ageless male review.)

Random thoughts on what happened to Corona

I really have no idea what happened, but I really did not turn the TV off from 1PM to about 6PM. I was watching the Impeachment Trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona. Some thoughts:

• There's something wrong about how Corona made his opening statement. If you watched it, you know what I mean.
• Corona's fate might be sealed by a battle of Power Point presentations
• Enrile is a good statesman.
• Tomorrow is going to be more exciting -- whether Corona will be there or not, it will be.

So, tomorrow, work-at-home mode again. Hehehe.

(If only we have an audio cabinet where I can attach my laptop at work, I'd monitor the trial there.)

Did I take the wrong side?

As of 3:35 pm

Anyone watching CJ's opening statement now is probably asking: What is the relevance of all these?!

D#@m. I know I am actually wasting my time watching this (and I just said this is the moment of truth) but I really am interested how this day for Corona will end. Argh!

Right this very moment, I think I could be a better Chief Justice than Renato Corona!

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As of 4:19 pm

It looks like in the end, Chief Justice Renato Corona's fate will be sealed by whoever made a better Power Point presentations. 

And after the opening statement of the Chief Justice, I think he felt so weak that he has to leave the stand without being dismissed. Uh-oh. I didn't see any personnel in doctor or nurse uniforms but it's clear it was a medical situation.

Pagbabalik

A couple of former officemates are going back to our previous company... that super-secret BPO company. I can only assume they received a good offer from our former employer. I am happy for them.

Another former colleague asked me what would it take me to go back to my former work. I jokingly mentioned the following:

• 200% increase in basic salary
• freedom to wear whatever I want (i.e., dressdown always, basketball shorts and cargo pants included)
• freedom to work wherever I want (telecommuting setup)
• MBA, iPhone 4S, unlimited data plan, representation and communication allowance (perhaps stuffed animals dogs and other toys for the street kids in our place? :-) )
• and annual increase in salary

I know the above list is actually not impossible for some people, but NOT from this former company of mine. Modesty aside, I was offered most of these perks a while back. But I only mentioned these because I wanted to say I have no interest in going back to work with them – not because it is them, but because I am contented with what I am doing now.

I was actually surprised with this realization. :-)

Are you a Gaga fan?

American pop singer and songwriter Lady Gaga poses before the media upon her arrival in a hotel Saturday in Manila's financial district of Makati. Lady Gaga* will hold two concerts on May 21 and 22 in the country as part of her Asian tour. - Inquirer.net

According to a news report from Inquirer, "Up to 40,000 fans in the Catholic-majority nation paid as much as P15,840 ($370) each to watch the US singer." If this were true, then, that concert made, at the very least, PHP633,600,000 in one night! I said at least because I am sure they earned a significant amount as well from sponsors. Whew!

I guess this is why pop icons can really afford extravagant lifestyles!

*Lady Gaga can wear medical uniforms in cocktail parties and make a million fans follow the trend!