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Entries from November 2006

fishing expedition

November 15th, 2006 · 14 Comments

bored & not knowing what to do, sumama ako sa tropa na mangisda.
i don’t have a rod & reel, wala na rin akong interes na mangisda, for me i used to do it to earn a living (and hated it!) that’s why i can’t comprehend how people enjoy it as a hobby. when i [...]

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Tags: Buhay Saudi · Friends · Leisure · Personal · Pinoy sa Ibayong Dagat

digging a well with a spoon

November 14th, 2006 · 4 Comments

No photographer is as good as the simplest camera. ~ Edward Steichen
demn! i miss my slr camera! shooting with my point & shoot camera is like digging a well with a spoon!
the problem with a low-end point & shoot camera is you can’t set it to manual setting, you can’t set [...]

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Tags: Photography · Wish ko lang

instant atm

November 13th, 2006 · 11 Comments

sweldo na naman! mukhang wala na namang matitira sa aking pinagpawisan!
after work, dumerecho ako sa bangko para ipadala ang ransom money1, since meron pang natira, i thought of opening an atm account. pang-ilang atm account ko na ba ito? tuwing umuuwi ako palaging bago ang atm card ko.
oras ng dasal nung dumating [...]

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Tags: Buhay Saudi · Money Matters · Pinoy sa Ibayong Dagat

groggy

November 9th, 2006 · 3 Comments

ang sama ng pakiramdam ko kahapon paglabas ng opisina, matindi na naman kasi ang emission ng ammonia (NH3) galing sa kalapit naming planta. umaga pa lang amoy na talaga, the plant is producing a fertilizer called ammonium nitrate(NH4NO3).

malapit lang ang planta sa amin, while waiting for the bus, talagang langhap kong lahat ng amoy, [...]

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Tags: Buhay Saudi · Corporate Slavery · Health & Wellness · Pinoy sa Ibayong Dagat · WTF

site update lang ng konti

November 8th, 2006 · 1 Comment

napagtripan kong ayusin ang theme ng isa ko pang photoblog, i would like to call it: lights, camera in action, base ito sa Day Dream ni Jim Whimpey. mejo may kahirapan dahil wordpress 1.5 ang gamit ng blogsome while daydream was based on wordpress 2.0.+. anyways, ok naman ang resulta, bisitahin n’yo naman [...]

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Tags: Photography · Site Update · Wordpress

maala-ala mo kaya?

November 6th, 2006 · 10 Comments

matagal ng nakapaskil ang sign na iyan sa may pintuan ng kwarto namin, kungbaga, final reminder bago kami lumabas ng bahay patungong opisina.
maaga talaga akong gumising, 6:50 ~ 7:00 ang bus namin pero 5:30 pa lang gising na ko, ayaw ko kasi ng nagmamadali. kanina, i thought everything is in place, iqama nasa wallet, [...]

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Tags: Buhay Saudi · Laff Time · Pinoy sa Ibayong Dagat

se7en

November 5th, 2006 · 5 Comments

aba akalain mo nga naman, pitong taon na pala simula nang una akong dumapo sa lugar na ito. di naman po ibig sabihin ay pitong taon na rin akong hindi umuuwi, i’ve calculated my actual stay here, a total of 1,839 days (a little over 5 years) na akong tumira dito.

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Tags: Blast from the past · Buhay Saudi · Personal · Pinoy sa Ibayong Dagat

baran

November 4th, 2006 · No Comments

yesterday i had a chance seeing an iranian film entitled baran, that dvd was lying there for a long time & nobody’s watching it. it is a film by majid majidi, it is entirely in farsi with english sub-title (of course). the plot of the story is simple, a young boys effort to [...]

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Tags: Buhay Saudi · Corporate Slavery · Daily Rants · Leisure · Pinoy sa Ibayong Dagat · WTF

from daily to weekend

November 2nd, 2006 · 4 Comments

forgive me but i tried.
i tried to keep up with my exercise routine (brisk walking) but with my work schedule, i can’t keep up with it (lame xcuse). i work from 7:30am to 6pm, 10 gruelling hours of dealing with complains etc. etc.
so why not do it after work? ok, let us assume [...]

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Tags: Buhay Saudi · Health & Wellness · Pinoy sa Ibayong Dagat