Diminishing the Slice

The Philippines ranks second to the last after Indonesia in terms of the average annual salary of IT professionals. That is if the ZDNet Asia IT Salary Benchmark Survey 2008 is to be believed.
Early this month, ZDNet Asia released an online article summarizing the results of the survey. There the Philippines ranked 6th among 7 [...]

The Intellectual Pinnacle

Or at least what the majority thinks…
More than a month ago, I wrote of my participation in a Foreign Policy survey regarding the world’s top intellectuals of this age. Upon checking FP last week again, the results were in and 2 of those I voted made it, (Chomsky and Gore.) Yup the pretty obvious ones [...]

Back with a Vengeance!

Or so I hope…
So on a stormy day which never had the place where I am see the sun, it was such a welcome to have one of the good things back. To think I was earnestly waiting for a regular doze of rain to freshen the ambience in our humble abode.
Just earlier this day, [...]

Waiting for the Rain

I’ve been thankful when June came in. Far more than marking another milestone in my daughter’s education, it was supposed to be a welcome reprieve from the blistering summer. To a family who had to forgo getting an aircon, it was definitely worth anticipating.
The wait had to extend to half a month though as the [...]

Before Going on Further

From where I am, Father’s Day passed just like an ordinary day–if a mad dash to get some school work done in advance qualifies as ordinary that is. I guess it gets harder to find time to do everything you need and want to do as you grow old. Yup I’m not denying it anymore. [...]

Counting Sheep

So after the blackout around midnight got me sweltering from where I was catching sleep, I’m left wide awake and thinking about a lot of things. A lot because I’d go nuts not to list them down as todo’s, (yup the order has to be important.)
Not that I’m harboring OCish tendencies this time but the [...]