I have been busy on some thing lately(plus I need to do a lot of chores). Hence it was only now that I was able to blog again.

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Last week my boss talked to me again. We talked about the same topic. This time, to convince me that it is better to be a business analyst, he told me that technical people rarely get (really)big salaries. And I should really think about it since later I would have a have a family. He also told me that later on I would also want to drive a BMW and having a big salary(by moving to management) will solve that.

I do agree that there is a limit to the salaries of technical people but life is not all about money. If I want to earn money might as well establish my own business rather than doing something that I do not like to do and something that I am not good at.

Right now I would rather do what I want to do.

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When I was still in high school most of the girls would always say that they want someone “nice.” They usually end up with someone not that nice. This blog entry explains what they meant by someone nice.

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Before the Harry Potter Book 7 launch there was this scanned leak of the book. Many were angry. Some even planned to have a media blackout until they get to read the book.

I was thinking that if the reason people do not want spoilers is because knowing in advance spoils the experience of knowing by themselves what would happen, then why would pregnant women want  to know what will be the sex of their child? Ultrasound are spoilers right? Well of course it would be hard to buy the things that the child needs if you would only know if the child is a boy or girl after he/she is delivered. But if hypothetically that you have a  set of clothes, playpens etc and is ready whether it is a boy or a girl would you still want to know in advance? Or would you rather be surprised?

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Programmers should be trusted. If your brain surgeon told you the operation you need takes five hours, would you pressure him to do it in three?

-Scott Berkun

How many time sheets do you fill-up?

I fill-up three. At least I am supposed to fill-up three. One time sheet for charging the business(weekly), the other is for our team leader to track our progress(weekly) and another for our manager(daily).

The newest time sheet that i need to fill-up is the one for our manager. I dutifully did my obligation up to Tuesday. Starting Wednesday I started to forget about it.

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The contracts of my officemates are ending this month. Two of them extended but only one for the long term. The sad part is that the officemates who will remain are the non-slackers. When we had lunch today both of them are late(for lunch) because of work.

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I think I am cursed with officemates who never eat on time. When I was in UP I need to tell my student assistants that its lunch time at 11:30am. They take a very long time to say goodbye to their BFs. By 12 they are done saying goodbye.

In the former company I worked for, I needed to drag some of my lunchmates because they are workaholic. Now I do the same. It takes a lot of cajoling before they rise to their seat. The only reason I do not complain that much is that I eat very slow and I don’t like eating alone.

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Speaking of being alone, I learned that my co-worker in another part of the word is quitting. The problem is that we are only two designers on this group of modules that we are working on. A month ago, my only teammate who is in the same physical office as me, left.

I think I am a good teammate. Everyone who works with me finds a better opportunity.

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I watched PBB Season 2 Finale last night in Jerome’s house. I needed to get the instant noodles that I asked him to buy for me when he got home and there is also free dinner since some other people are watching it at their house, plus I wanted to know why many people do not like Wendy.

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After Heroes, the series that got me interested was Jekyll. It is loosely based on Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. The protagonist, Dr. Tom Jackman, is a direct descendant of Dr. Jekyll. He does not need to drink anything to transform to Mr. Hyde.