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April 29, 2006

My First Podcast!!!

Filed under: Uncategorized — peachy @ 5:17 pm

i was so scared when this would be published…. learn from experience. learn from experience. learn from experience.

judge for yourself! :)

please be gentle…. it’s my first time… :)

Women Power

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what started as a heavy day for me turned out to be pleasant after all. first, the whole ninja team gathered and i met interesting people including geraldine of gtz and all of a sudden paolo coelho’s words kept vibrating inside my head. (that or the beer).

THE FORCES OF THE UNIVERSE CONSPIRE TO HELP YOU ACHIEVE YOUR PERSONAL LEGEND

and i look forward to working with this gal!

joel, here comes hope! :)

another woman i met, claudia, a romanian/canadian who literally lives on a yacht – i even asked her when do those legs turn into fins :) – is a skipper (“driver” of the yacht/boat)… and she tells me she doesnt know how to swim! and i look forward to our backpacking into the highlands soon!

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photo by vei2

April 25, 2006

When Forces of the Universe Conspire

Filed under: Uncategorized — peachy @ 2:52 pm

To realize one’s destiny is a person’s only obligation.

- The Alchemist by Paolo Coelho

Someone told me year 2006 is a pivotal year for me.

A month ago, I wouldn’t have believed in it. But working with Pandora Squared, i’d say it indeed is.

So where the heck do I fit in with these bunch of passionate geeks who knows what they’re doing and what they know in life?

And how is Pandora Squared affecting my life? I am a single mom with three children. I was a high school scholar and got in in one of the toughest courses in the state university. Irresponsibility, however, and maybe a little of naivety as well, got me pregnant. And the usual thing happened, stopped going to school, got married, had children and got separated. I decided not to finish my studies anymore because I realized it really wasn’t my passion. Computers and internet were. But raising three small children didn’t provide me the luxury of choosing a job that I love. My career objectives were set aside and I lived my life one day at a time.

Then came web 2.0. As the internet evolved into a functional platform that everybody can use, web 2.0 and its applications also changed my life and rekindled my passion for the internet.

And meeting pandorasquared opened the box and presented the last thing that was left in the box.

HOPE.

And that hope gave me the will to decide to go where my heart is and follow my destiny.

One of my first assignment for the company was to organize a training. And that training was a milestone for me and for the company as well. Working together as a team has provided us a glimpse of our inner self and has shown us the path to our destiny.

I want to touch lives the way technology or web 2.0 did mine.

I want to touch lives the way Pandora Squared touched mine.

And this personal vision is the same vision that Pandora Squared believes in passionately.

ENABLING, EMPOWERING AND ENRICHING LIVES.

Enablement through technology – Prometheus Fire.

Empowerment through training and education.

Enriching lives through Humanity 2.0.

Guided through the sea of digital information by the Navigator.

If you are passionate about your work, you will be determined to succeed in it. Skills or the lack of it does not matter. Skills are enhanced by one’s passion. And this is a continuous learning process for me. Sometimes my passion makes me impulsive. And I get the flak. But as they say, you learn your lessons from your mistakes.

And as long as you never forget that to realize one’s destiny is a person’s only obligation.

April 23, 2006

ENABLING, EMPOWERING AND ENRICHING

Filed under: Uncategorized — peachy @ 11:51 am

yup. we’re done.

pandora squared is done with talking about web 2.0.

we have now started on DOING things.

i guess as trainors, the greatest reward would be seeing our participants’ awesome ideas turn into a reality. and that is where our nurturing process continues. to see to it that their efforts will not just go to waste.

so what has the great web 2.0 has to offer to developing nations? we have started enabling and empowering some local developers and now comes the greatest challenge.

ENRICHING LIVES.

we have spent the past three days brainstorming on the company’s action plan and refining it to become relevant to our country’s current situation. as a company specializing in social softwares, our greatest challenge now is how to enrich the lives of individuals and/or societies.


digital information is already at its critical mass, or about to reach it, and somehow, social softwares must be able to integrate all these for it to become relevant and have an impact to an individual or a community.

as joel yuvienco puts it, it all boils down to knowledge management of folk knowledge. understanding an individual’s or a society’s inner self will guide us in our path to creating a social software for enriching lives.

social development through social software.

reaching out to humanity as real people.

we’re not yahoo who claims to help new orleans’ residents rebuild their lives by making websites with yahoo buttons on it.

April 22, 2006

Beyond the Web 2.0 Hype

Filed under: Uncategorized — peachy @ 5:15 pm

the past week has been a whirlwind of activities. but i’d say it was also the most productive and enlightening week on my part. and a milestone for Pandora Squared.

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for a company operating on two different continents, simply getting work done is a big challenge. yes we have all the technology that enables such operations or businesses to function but it does not provide team building exercises amongst the members of the company. having everybody in Manila, Philippines for the Web 2.0 Training Workshop provided the opportunity for Pandora Squared to gather the team together and work as a team – in person.

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i believe no technology can ever replace the kind of relationship or bond forged with human interaction. nothwithstanding the training activities, we also had the opportunity to bond in a personal level that gave each of us insights about our team mates.

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and coming from the philippines and being the only female among these geeks – meeting them in person added human value to names and faces i’ve been working with over the net. and no social software can provide that.

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stop the hype. stop talking about web 2.0. beyond web 2.0 is humanity 2.0.

April 21, 2006

humanity 2.0

Filed under: Uncategorized — peachy @ 7:23 pm

yes… it sounds like cliche… but if there’s onething i learned today and the past two days.. its that no technology or social software can ever replace the value of human interaction

April 17, 2006

MY FIRST WEB 2.0 TRAINING WORKSHOP

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its the first day of pandora squared’s web 2.0 training workshop here in manila and although we’re sponsoring and facilitating this event, i am just so so so so excited!!!

its this kind of feeling of anticipation when you were young and its just several hours away til christmas… and you just cannot wait to open your presents and see what santa gave you… or this kind of excitement of preparing yourself on your first date you know you are sleeping with the guy? and much more!

i told you before im not a techie person. tell me about syntax and tags and everything… ill just stare blankly at you… lets rather talk about sex….

BUT i love anything techie… i can live in front of a pc for days (as long as its internet connected of course)…

so now, im in a training… and web 2.0 never fails to amaze me… we are covering the training live… online… vidcast… whew… another term for me… its on www.pandorasquared.com…. so stay connected and see what we’re doing!

and join us on the 19th at 630 in the evening! party time! web 2.0 style!!!

April 15, 2006

ALESSANDRA’S FIRST SCHOOL DANCE

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this is my daughter’s dance presentation from their recognition at their school…. i didnt have ny digicam with me then or video cam for that matter so i used celphone to capture my baby girl’s first dance presentation… i guess im not the only one who loves dancing huh? :)

April 14, 2006

DAYS OF SERENITY

Filed under: Uncategorized — peachy @ 5:52 pm

seems like ages since i posted here. and to think my last post was like so-so. anyways. its 2am. and good friday came and went. and vacation is about to end without me enjoying it to the fullest yet!

first and foremost, my babies are in baguio. im all alone with my cousin… and i have to stay here since we will be preparing for a training on monday. so…

so in the spirit of calling this MY personal blog, i am going to tell you how i spent the lenten break. and since im with my kenny g and instrumental playlist, you have to bear with me. im in a mood for romance, dear.

1. i watched pride and prejudice. with keira knightley and matthew macfadyen.

if these kind of movies were made when i was in high school i think i would have topped our lit(erature) subject then. for one, 17 looonngggg years after i was required to do a book report on it did i truly appreciate jane austen’s pride and prejudice. im not gonna tell you the whole story, just click the link, you’ll appreciate it better -

this is a story about two people whose feelings for each other were clouded by the circumstances under which they met. and their first impressions of each other.

but i am just so in love with mr. darcy… his brooding character… his shyness which was commonly mistaken as arrogance… ohh… in filipino terms, we call it makalaglag panty! … but my favorite line

you have bewitched me, body and soul, and i love… i love… i love you. i wish never to be parted from you from this day on. (sigh!)


and when mr. darcy asked for lizzie’s hands from her father, everybody was shocked because they thought they disliked each other… and lizzie told her father she doesn’t dislike him… its just he and i are so similar… we are both stubborn… (another sigh!)

isn’t it just romantic… to see mr. darcy walking towards you, disheveled, not having slept the night thinking of you… (another sigh!)

my experience has thought me to compartmentalize my emotions – like ive learned not to become emotionally attached when sleeping with a guy… its different from feeling the sex while doing it. but the only time i tried committing myself again, poof! my sanity evaporated! – that’s why i am back to no strings attached mode. burned twice already. that was why my relationship with this attached, yes married, guy lasted, cause we never expected anything from each other. just sex. but he’s out of my life now. if i will play around, id rather play around with unattached men. na-karma ako with the guy after him, single and i committed but poof! wrong. we weren’t in love. AND watching pride and prejudice thought me that while i may be like this for now, just enjoying life and dating men, since i haven’t met the man that would sweep me off my feet… i will eventually meet the man who will tell me i bewitched him, body and soul… (sigh!)

and i haven’t been in love, i realize it now… but i am not rushing… falling in love isn’t part of my personal legend right now so be it.. maktub (meaning “it is written” in arabic)… time will come…. lizzie’s best friend, charlotte, married a pastor because she WAS NOT GETTING ANY YOUNGER AND SHE WAS BECOMING A BURDEN TO HER PARENTS… i pity her. people shouldnt get married for those kinds of reasons. i realize now that only love, being in love (not loving) is the only reason i will settle down. romance is something that comes along. you do not go onlooking for it. (sigh!) this movie has made me feel good today. and i believe, someone is there to sweep me off my feet, when, who, where, only time will tell. and i have all of it…

2. i waxed. like i did it myself. i was scared. like when you’re in a salon, you’re already nervous right? so i tried experimenting on my own, and since i was also pretty tight on the budget right now, i might do it myself. unless youve been to a professional, DO NOT do it on your own. in the bikini area, at least. but on the armpits. go ahead. experiment with that. i, however, waxed my bikini area. it wasn’t as good as my waxer in piandre but id say for a beginner its pretty good. in fact, i was loving it i was near to having a brazilian. so i stopped. so for those who wants to try home waxing, try epilin. its available at watsons.

3. i drank 60ml of castor oil. eeeewww! okay. you might be wondering why the heck did i do it? one thing. vanity. nothing more. i wanted to have a flat tummy since i couldnt get rid of my bilbil from having three children… (DO NOT TELL ME TO EXERCISE) i am lazy…. so i choose not to… i dance though… thats my exercise for my belly area… salsa, hip swinging thing, i havent gone to starting my bellydancing yet… hmmmm…. so anyways… my nursing student cousin recommended castor oil for a super fast enema …. hey, do not try this… i was advised by someone i trust… so DO NOT DO THIS WITHOUT CONSULTATING A DOCTOR…

4. i watched MUNICH.


this i watched for eric bana alone. nothing more. i loved him in troy. more than brad pitt actually. i just cannot understand the palestinian, israeli and arab, and spy thing. i didnt want to think seriously although i did get the point of the movie. dont get me wrong. i just dont want to delve deep into the principles of these groups that make them kill each other. besides, the munich massacre was the year i was born. a group of israeli athletes were taken hostaged and later on massacred in cold blood. so i just found out about it now.

but ill concentrate on eric bana. especially when he and his wife were making love. whew. it just turns me on when a man (and i) perspire while doing sex. maybe the glistening skin… sliding sensually against each others skin… the damp hair brushed back…. then add a couple of candles lighted… an incense burning…. and a soft sexy sax music in the background….

the first bed scene was when his wife was 7 months pregnant. the director was good at it though, he was able to make the scene sexy… with big tummy and all… and eric bana’s naked profile against his wife’s butt.. hmmm… sexy huh?

i remember the time with my ex-husband… i was eight months pregnant then… im still wondering (and amazed) how i didnt have contractions when i came…

5. i tinkered with my blog. since i was feeling mushy mushy and a little bit horny then after seeing pride and prejudice and munich, well… now you know why my background is this great body shot… i just couldnt remember the site i got it from… so please…. if YOU are the owner of this shot, please email me to properly acknowledge you… eventually, maybe later this year, i will also make a point i have at least ONE artistic nude shot.. everybody should have one, i think… dont you? i mean, come on, dont tell me you didnt wish, not even once, when seeing a great piece of nude art, that you wished it was you? i did. many times. so… eventually. i will have mine.

6. now, im suposed to go back to working on our company sites and post something. but i just couldnt. ive decided to take a break and have some time to myself. and i think the castor oil is working already. i have this funny feeling… im going out for a smoke… when i get back… then i will work.

but i will leave you something to feast on…. as i will later on… :)

sigh!!! isnt the male species a delight to behold?

April 11, 2006

children’s right for a better life

Filed under: Uncategorized — peachy @ 5:37 pm

i was on my way home when the cab i was riding stopped on a red light. looking out the window, i saw these two street children arguing, in front of their possibly drunk father, and shouting at each other, the sister threw something at her brother and after a while was contrite and apologized.


the reproductive health bill has been questoined again and again by the church and civic organizations since it’s immoral, it condones pre-marital sex, etc etc and whole sanctimonious spiel. i sometimes wonder what is the church thinking or what do they have against promoting safe sex? in this day and age, parents are lucky if their high school kids graduate virgin. i myself, as early as know, always tell my kids about safe sex. and they’re only 10 and 12 yrs old. and i will make sure they will know how to use condom and pills. it is not that i condone sex among the youth but let’s face it. our culture has changed and so are our teens. and to convince yourself that it hasn’t, you are just fooling yourself. high school girls are getting pregnant for santa’s sake!

as the saying goes, if you can’t beat them, join them. and join them by telling the youth about safe sex and its consequences if abused. i for one, despite the fact that i was a biology student, got pregnant during my college year because i didn’t know then about pills and stuff. but i am not regretting that time because it made me what i am today. and i thank God somehow i am able to provide for my children.

but what about the children like the ones in the picture? they did not choose the life they are in. so which is more immoral? promoting safe sex or letting children live in the streets?

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