Today is National Heroes’ Day in the Philippines and maybe it’s one of the few days when we at least think of our National Heroes and what they’ve done for our country. Sadly, there are those who think of this day as a holiday – no work, or no school, but hopefully, I am wrong. I hope we still remember and appreciate what they’ve done for our country, even just for today.

Who made them our national heroes? The people who have seen what they’ve done for the country.

But I suddenly thought, are all those who died or who are still alive who sacrificed something for their country were known or recorded? Is there someone from our history who has done something similar or even greater than those who we know as our national heroes? Is there someone at this moment who is sacrificing a lot for the love of his/her country and fellowmen?

Today, aside from our national heroes, I want to pay tribute to all the unsung heroes of our country. I think it is just right to also give them the same respect that we give to those we know.

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Before I started typing this blog entry, my computer at home had a “major major” slow down. Do I need another reformat or do I badly need an upgrade?

Anyway, the term “major major” came from Venus Raj’s answer in the Miss Universe 2010 pageant’s question and answer part. Filipinos worldwide were in a “major major” excitement as Venus was chosen as part of the Top 15, Top 10, and Top 5. But after the Q&A portion, there were several “major major” negative feedback on how Venus answered the question. They said that she shouldn’t have answered that, that she could have answered this, etc.

But come on, let’s think about it, isn’t being a 4th runner up a “major major” accomplishment already? Let’s focus on the positive side. And it’s good that at least we had a “major major” good news after a “major major” bad news last Monday during the hostage taking of some Hong Kong nationals. The Philippines was in a “major major” spotlight as international news organizations were covering the hostage taking. Unfortunately, the incident ended not the way we wanted it to.

The incident gained a “major major” negative feedback from a lot of people around the world on how the situation is handled. Even Filipinos were also in a “major major” disappointment. What’s worse is that it seems like those who are responsible for this are pointing  fingers to each other on who is to blame.

They said that this is the first “major major” problem that should be solved by PNoy. And many are expecting that this will cause a “major major” negative impact in our tourism.

Anyway, what’s up with me lately? I’m keeping myself busy at work since I really have a “major major” tasks to finish, which I also like because it makes me not think of some “major major” worries. Keeping myself busy also makes the day seem to be “major major” fast. I will also “major major” miss one of my good friends in the office, Julie, as she takes a new direction in her life. It feels sad but I want to be happy for her because I know she is about to take a brighter future.

But I think it’s hard to avoid thinking of our “major major” worries in life. No matter how hard you try not to, it will still cross your mind, to the point that sometimes it’s the first thing that comes to your mind when you wake up. But I am “major major” thankful for some books which help me how to handle such situations. I believe that God has reasons for everything.

This “major major” expression became a trend in Twitter last Monday. People started to add “major major” in everything they say. They said that this is the English translation of “bonngang bongga”. I am actually not planning to use this term as an expression as it is starting to irritate me. Let us just focus on the good things and learn how to stand up again from our mistakes.

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Simple lang ang nais iparating ni Mr. Alexander Lacson sa ikalwang bagay na ito. Lagi tayong humingi ng resibo sa lahat ng mga pagkakataong applicable ito. Bakit? Halimbawa sa bus, nagdududa ka ba kapag nagbayad ka tapos hindi ka bibigyan ng tiket ng kundoktor? Mapapaisip ka na maaari niyang bulsahin ang ibinayad mo dahil wala naman siyang pruweba dahil hindi ka niya binigyan ng tiket.

Yun ang sinasabi ni Mr. Lacson. Nagbabayad tayo ng tama pero kapag walang resibo, maaari itong hindi dumiresto sa BIR.

Ano naman ang implikasyon nito? Hindi naaabot ng BIR (Bureau of Internal Revenue) ang target na koleksyon nito para sa tax. Kaya nagkakaroon ng mga usapin na taasan ang singil ng tax. At kung nagkaganon nga, uutang pa ang Pilipinas sa ibang bansa upang matustusan ang pangangailangan nito. At maaaring mawalan ng sapat na budget ang ilan sa mga pinakamahalagang bagay na dapat pagtuunan ng pansin ng ating gobyerno.

Kung paano sisiguraduhin na magagastos ng tama ang mga nakolektang tax, ay ibang usapan na yon. Alam naman natin na lahat ng nagbabayad ng buwis ay umaasa na sana naman ay may patunguhan ang kanilang mga ibinabayad.

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First of all, I like to thank my office mates for giving me this idea. Actually, they want me to post this in Facebook, but I’ll be blogging about this first. Last August 13, our HR department planned to throw a surprise party for our company’s vice president. I find the idea very nice because it was actually a children’s party theme, where we invited someone from McDonald’s to host some parlor games. It was really fun! And to complete the ambiance of a children’s party complete, Grimace was also  there to celebrate with us.

I jokingly said to our HR manager that our VP should have a picture with Grimace, just like what I had in my 7th birthday party back in 1992. Surprisingly, even us adults really like to have a picture beside Grimace.

I am not a Grimace fan. But the feeling after I had a picture taken with Grimace after 18 years is really unexplainable. Many memories came back to me. It made me think how much I grew up. As you can see with the pictures, Grimace changed, and I changed too through the years.

Do you think Grimace and I are best friends forever?

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I got curious when I heard that the September 2010 issue (with Priscilla Meirelles on the cover) of FHM Philippines is in 3D. Well, not actually the whole magazine, but they have a section where they used anaglyph effect for the photos. What really made me interested is that I have started applying this effect here in my blog for few weeks now. Here is a recap of hose blog entries:

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• Introduction To 3D

Just like what I’ve posted in one of those entries, this 3D effect is not new to us anymore. This has already been used before. I think the reason why this is becoming a trend again because of the 3D technology in cinemas and televisions.

Anyway, this issue comes with a free 3D glasses. I got some screen shots of the latest issue’s major feature. If you are really interested to see how they did this, just buy a copy from a magazine stand near you.

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Welcome to “I Tweet My Mind” here in Rowjielogy where I’ll be getting some of my favorite tweets in my Twitter account and tell something about those tweets. I actually consider “tweeting” as the easiest and fastest way of expressing emotions or opinions at any given time. You just have to type in less than 140 characters about what you feel or want to say. Then just by a click of a button, your tweet can already read by the people in the world wide web. I don’t mean and want to sound controversial. I just want to express myself.

Before anything else, I just like to thank @gmanews for featuring my tweets on News On Q for two consecutive nights.

My tweet on adding tax on cigarettes: "Sa palagay ko mababawasan dahil ang pagyoyosi ay isa sa mga pinakamurang bisyo. Kung tataasan ang presyo nito, marami ang di bibili"

My tweet on legalizing divorce in the Philippines: "Hindi. Pag ginawa kasi itong legal, tila mawawala na ang kahalagahan at kahulugan ng "kasal"."

And now, to my tweets:

What’s your impression of an email or message with all letters in uppercase? Shouting right? I hope she knows it. 4:39 AM Aug 10th via mobile web

- I really hate reading instant messages being sent to me in all caps, and I know everyone else would also have the impression that the sender seems to be shouting at you. Not to mention, that she also includes triple exclamation marks sometimes.

QUOTE FOR THE DAY: You’d rather hate me for who I am rather than love me for who I am not.   8:57 AM Aug 10th via web

- I just thought about this quote last Monday night on my way home and I think I love it. I actually want to please everybody, but as the famous line goes, “we cannot please everybody”. I’d just prefer people not minding me if they don’t like me and not having them like me because I am pretending to be someone so they would like me.

So depressed. I don’t know if keeping myself busy at work or finding some time alone can help me make feel better.   Tuesday, August 10, 2010 9:16:37 PM via mobile web

- I usually want time alone whenever I feel depressed, but for the past few days, I wanted to keep myself busy so that my attention would be at work.

I don’t think putting your company info in the home page or dashboard of a marketing website will work. Wednesday, August 11, 2010 10:37:27 AM via web

- I actually read this from 40 Creative Marketing Ideas by 40 Agency, and I think I would agree to that. For example, you have a website for your products that you want to market. Do you think your readers would like reading your company profile in the site’s home page or dashboard? Definitely not. They would rather  see the products you are selling.

Sometimes, the passion goes away.  Wednesday, August 11, 2010 10:56:02 AM via web

- I think it’s normal that you lose interest sometimes in the things that you do.

Ano ang maganda at mabilis na gamot sa singaw? Huhu. Di ako makakain :’( Wednesday, August 11, 2010 4:32:34 PM via web

- Yeah, I have two mouth sores and I can’t eat properly. I have tried Bactidol and I think it is working fine.

Cloudy and rainy days make me feel lonely recently. #fb Thursday, August 12, 2010 8:29:43 AM via web

- Yup, I just hate rainy and cloudy days recently because the mood seems so gloomy.

I hope everything will be better soon. Just think positive Rowjie.   Thursday, August 12, 2010 7:38:28 PM via mobile web

- Yeah, positive thinking!

I think TV5′s LokomokoU is trying to pattern some parts of the show with Tropang Trumpo. Unfortunately, I find it corny. Thursday, August 12, 2010 9:25:34 PM via mobile web

- I think TV5 has still lot to prove before they say that they are the true comedy capital of the Philippines. I think GMA 7 has better comedy shows.

#Wordpress now has a #Twitter button. Nice nice nice! Friday, August 13, 2010 8:30:32 AM via web

- I know all my fellow WordPress.com users would love this new feature.

Prepare for a change in frequency.   about 2 hours ago via mobile web

- If you are thinking negatively lately, I think it’s time to have a change of frequency… turn it to positive thoughts!

And those are my favorite tweets of the week. You can follow me on twitter @rowjie. Thanks again to @gmanews. News On Q airs on QTV Channel 11 from Monday to Friday at 9:00 PM with Ivan Mayrina and Connie Sison.

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According to Wikipedia, fireflies in the song’s title also serve as a metaphor for the loss of childlike imagination and wonder in adulthood, and according to some people who posted their opinions in “Song Meanings” website, they think of the song as someone who doesn’t want to let go his/her childhood, and based on my interpretation of the song, I would agree with them.

Almost everybody would love to return to their childhood days… fewer worries… less responsibilities.

“I’d like to make myself believe that planet Earth turns slowly”, is maybe the most famous line in this song. Based on personal experience, I think I have that fear of facing some realities of life, that’s why I think I still don’t want to let go the child in me. I don’t want to see people getting old. But the earth is continuously turning and we have no choice but to go with the flow. It just depends on us how we are going to face these changes.

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Welcome again to Rowjiefully Yours and I got a lot of things to share in this edition. First of all, let’s have a little sound trip back into the memory lane with the song “So Little Time” by Arkarna.

Yeah, that was so 90′s. Hehe. But it’s actually a great song. Anyway, what’s with the title of this blog entry? I just realized that I really wanted to do a lot of things lately but it seems like I can’t find the time to do them. I actually got a lot of “shelved projects”. This also applies at work where it seems a day is not enough to finish everything you have planned or wanted to finish for that day, just like last Monday when I did not find the time to do what I have planned to do for that day. I honestly felt frustrated. It was a tiring day but I felt so unproductive.

K-Foods

Last week, my friends decided to eat again in Jong-ro (somewhere in Manila, only few steps away from Robinson’s Manila), an authentic Korean restaurant. Some of my friends have eaten there since last year and they invited us to eat there last January. We love the food there (though I don’t know how they are called, except for Kimchi). We have been there twice already when we returned there last week. Okay, I won’t write what we ate there. I’ll just post the pictures! Come on peepz, crave!

If they call it K-POP, why don't we call these as K-FOODS?

New Haircut

About two weeks ago, I decided to have a haircut. I actually didn’t like the outcome. The next day at work, many told me that my hair is nice and it suits me. I started liking my new hair style. And then after a week, someone asked me why I chose my new hairstyle. I suddenly hated my hair again.

It’s Time To Be A Little More Responsible

My mom is having her much awaited vacation that’s why me and my sister needs more effort to be responsible at home at the moment. I actually miss my mom, especially this morning when me and my sister went to the supermarket to buy foods that we will be eating in the next few days. I suddenly realized that it’s hard to think and plan of what food to cook for the family, especially if you are thinking about it for the week.

Fear of Flying

Yesterday,  I asked myself if I am already a matured person, or if I am still a little boy. If I look back into everything that happened to me since I was a student, I could say that “yes, I am already a grown up man”. I remember few years ago when both my parents went abroad, I felt that I was a little boy longing for my parents. I don’t know if I am just afraid of reality. Is this the reason some people might think of me as someone who is child at heart, or simply childish? Am I doing what a 25-year-old man should be doing or feeling?

They say that nothing is permanent in this life except for change, and we have to adjust to whatever changes that we might meet. Yup, easy to say but hard to do.

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I almost accepted a job before in a domestic airline as part of their marketing team. I was afraid of getting outside of my field (which is IT) that’s why I did not accept the job. But I was happy also because it was my sister who got a job in that airline where she stayed for several years. On the other hand, I got my first job in an outsourcing IT company.

In 2007, I needed to find a new job. I saw in a job site a job opening for a travel agency. It was actually more of  “just trying” to apply in the opening for a Web Developer. I was even the one who scheduled myself for an exam. I did not expect anything. I just did all I can in applying for the said position. Fortunately, they called me up and said that they will hire me. The decision to accept the job was not easy too. I had to choose between two job offers. But at the end, I decided to enter the travel industry.

Since my sister is already in the travel/airline industry, I had the feeling that the industry is not really new for me. Somehow I had an idea on how the people from this industry work. But I have to admit that I was really in a culture shock during my first few months at work that I almost backed out. Thanks to the people who told me to give myself a chance to adjust.

As the months passed by, I started to work and deal with the people who are called the travel consultants. Some may call them travel managers, reservation officers, etc. But what do these travel consultants do? They don’t just simply book the client’s airline bookings, they also make sure that they give the clients the lowest possible air fare. And the travel consultants must also be aware of flight schedule changes, or by the changes wanted by the clients.

Some of the worst scenarios that they might meet are: clients who are not able to catch their flights, clients who lost their baggage, clients who needs to be booked even there are no more available seats, and more possibilities that you could ever imagine. Their work also is not limited to booking flights. They also take in charge of the traveler’s travel documents,  transfers, hotels, etc. So I could say that their work is very dynamic. As I mentioned, they should also be alert of any changes. That’s why they also have to work sometimes on weekends and holidays.

People in a travel agency has specific roles to do which I also want to give credit. These people really have to work altogether.

As the months passed by I somehow learned the nature of their work little by little and they earned more respect from me. They work really hard to get a job well done. But most of all, I am thankful that I have found new friends from them. I am also thankful for the experience working in a travel agency, which also helped me grow as an individual.

Two thumbs up for all the travel consultants!

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Ang librong “12 Little Things Every Filipino Can Do To Help Our Country” ay libro ni Ginoong Alexander L. Lacson. Nabili ko ito noong nakaraang taon sa halagang Php 150.00. Simple lang ang libro. At kapag nakita mo ito, ay may ideya ka na agad kung ano ang nilalaman ng librong ito. Hindi ko binili ang librong ito dahil gusto kong magpakabayani. Narealize ko kasi na lahat tayo ay may kanya-kanyang responsibilidad kung gusto natin ng magandang pagbabago. May magagawa tayong lahat kahit sa maliliit na bagay lang. Malaki ang magagawa kung pagsasama-samahin lahat ang maliliit na aksyon na ito.

Para magkaroon ng personal touch, hihiramin ko lamang ang 12 bagay na sinasabi sa libro. Babasahin ko, at magbibigay ako ng sariling pananaw o opinyon. Hindi ako nagmamalinis dito dahil guilty rin naman ako sa maraming mga bagay-bagay. Pero panahon na para maging aware naman tayo at kumilos para sa ating bansa.

Una sa listahan ang pagsunod sa batas trapiko. Ang batas trapiko raw kasi ang pinakasimple at pinakamadaling sundin sa ating mga batas.

Mayroon tayong mga takdang lugar para sa tawiran. Pwedeng pedestrian lane, overpass, o underpass. Nais kong bigyang pansin ang mga tao na tumatawid malapit sa amin, at siguro’y nangyayari din sa maraming lugar. Sa tapat ng SM Bacoor ay may overpass at may pedestrian lane din. Hindi ko malaman kung bakit may mga tumatawid pa din sa maling lugar. Sige, exempted na ang mga matatanda at hindi makalakad. Marahil ito ay sa dahilang nasa high way nga ito at pahirapan talaga tumawid. Kung sasabihing tinatamad umakyat ng overpass, may pedestrian lane naman sa di kalayuan.

Sa mga pedestrian lanes naman sa Ayala Malls, may mga pedestrian lane kung nais mong lumipat ng malls. Hi-tech pa nga dahil may mga countdown timers pa ito para at least aware ang mga tao kung dapat na bang magmadali sa pagtawid. Minsan, may mga nakakasabay ako na kahit nakasignal na wag tumwaid, ay pilit pa rin silang tatawid. Okay lang sana kung wala namang sasakyan kasi ako minsan ginagawa ko din yun. Pero yung iba, papahintuin pa talaga nila ang mga sasakyan dahil sila ay tumatawid, kahit nakasignal na Go ang mga sasakyan. Ang sarap sabihan ng “Hello po, nakikita niyo po ba na hindi pa pwede tumawid?”. In short, parang ang kapal yata ng mga mukha.

Kung gusto mo makakita ng mga tao at mga sasakyan na sumusunod talaga sa batas trapiko, masasabi ko na maaari nilang tignan ang Ayala – may mga tamang babaan at sakayan. Pero di pa rin talaga at ito nakaligtas sa aking obserbasyon dahil may mga taong tumatalon sa mga railings. Mga manong, kaya nga po may railings kasi bawal.

Kung sa usaping mga mayayabang sa kalsada, lumang usapan na yan. At nais raw yan tugunan ni PNOY. Sinimulan niya ang bawal raw ang mga wang-wang.

Eh ano nga ba raw ang mapapala natin sa simpleng pagsunod sa mga batas trapiko? Kapag aware tayo at lagi natin itong inaapply sa ating buhay, makakagisnan na natin ito. Makikita ito ng iba at maaaring gayahin nila ang ginagawa mo. Lalo na ang mga bata. Higit sa ito ay tinuturo lamang sa eskwelahan, mas maganda pa din ang nakikita nilang ginagawa ito ng iba. At siyempre, mahiya din naman tayo sa mga foreigners. Magkakaroon kasi ito ng malaking impresyon sa kanila. Kumbaga, isang simpleng batas, pero malaki ang impact sa iba. At higit sa lahat, para rin sa kaligtasan natin ito. Iwas away pa.

Kaya sa susunod na mapapadpad tayo sa lansangan, try nating tumawid sa tamang tawiran. Isipin natin itong muli at sigurado, maganda ang mararamdaman natin.

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