Saturday, June 11, 2011

Business... /?

At work, a few days ago. I received an email from someone asking me to clarify statements I've made about him to another colleague. Just for the uninitiated, I was told that this "guy", agent from another floor was emailing and trying to get close with agent B, who's from our operations area. I gave a friendly reminder of this guy's reputation, aptly backed up by one of this "guy's" friends. Now, he's crying that it's all business.

I didn't mince words and replied straight to the point on what I said, how I said and how his friend also reacted in agreement to what I said. I didn't get another reply. I managed to bump into this guy without any incident in the elevator. Amazing. He can't say a word to me because he knows I'm right.

As it turns out, it's partly business, but partly personal. I mean, who asks people they want to do business with if they can accompany them home? Or to be constantly emailing, random items that DOES NOT RELATE TO THE BABY BACK BULLSHIT EXCUSE THAT HE'S USING WHICH IS... BUSINESS. Would this guy do the same to another random "guy" or "girl" who does not have the same physical traits as this girl Agent B? I think not. It has happened before. He knows it, the world around us knows it, and he's upset he's being called out on it.

No names are left here, but people can put two and two together.

Wednesday, June 08, 2011

The Evolution in Flash Drive pricing

Way, way back when I was in college, I wrote about a 64GB flash drive being made available. At the time, it seemed like a world of portable storage, but the price made it prohibitive. How prohibitive, you might ask? It's more expensive than a computer, that's for sure. Check that post [which goes back about 5 years here.

I went to a tech store, Newegg.com who sell similar products from the same manufacturer and see the huge change in prices from then to now. See the current price of the same sized flash drive from the same manufacturer
here.

Now if only Solid State Drives start dropping in price soon, so that I can start affording them.

Monday, June 06, 2011

Vamos! Rafael Nadal wins his 6th French Open championship

Rafa Nadal has done it again! He has risen to the occasion and proved the doubters wrong once more. For the 6th time, he has won the French Open. With Novak Djokovic steamrolling through the competition and threatening to snatch away the number one ranking, Rafa came up big and won this Final.

The first set was tight with Roger coming up with an early lead 4-1, but Nadal managed to win 5 games in a row to steal away the first set at 7-5. The second set was more of the same, and it looked like he was on his way to his 6th slam in Paris, but Roger managed to win the third set. However, it is only a minor chink in the armor of Rafa as he dominated the fourth, winning it 6-1 and seeing him fall to the ground as the match was declared over.

With this win, Rafael Nadal remains in number one. Had he lost today, or had Novak Djokovic managed to beat the Fed, he would have been number one come Monday when the rankings get updated. Instead, Rafa would retain top billing in the men's rankings. It is an astounding record knowing that the top man in tennis has been either Roger Federer or Rafael Nadal since February of 2004.

Winning this year's French Open championships has upped Nadal's record to 45-1 in this Grand Slam tournament.

Thursday, June 02, 2011

GSP's next fight is set to be a barn burner

Coming from the official UFC site itself, Strikeforce Welterweight Champion Nick Diaz would be the next in line to challenge George St. Pierre's welterweight reign of terror. It is slated for UFC 137, which is set to take place on October 29 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas.

What was first to be thought as an impossibility due to Diaz' current standing as Strikeforce Welterweight champion, details have been ironed out which allowed him to be back in the Octagon. Diaz is seen by many as the one to challenge GSP's skills with his excellent combination of boxing and jiu-jitsu. But then again, could he really stop GSP's takedowns and ground and pound? We'll have 3+ months to debate on that.

At the very least, it shows that UFC and Dana White are committed to bringing the best fights possible on the table, which is a sharp contrast to what boxing has been having the past few years [or even the past decade, if you will].

Source: http://www.ufc.com/news/ufc-137-fight-card-updates

Thursday, May 26, 2011

UFC 129 Main Event Scorecards: Which rounds did GSP lose?

One of the takeaways from the main event of UFC 129, was the fact that two of the three judges gave two rounds to welterweight challenger, Jake Shields. It has raised some questions to some as to how rounds are scored. Zuffa has officially released the judges' scorecards from that bout. This effectively ends George St. Piehttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifrre's run of consecutive rounds won at 33. Still, an amazing feat, but after watching the bout, I didn't really see how he could have lost those two rounds. But that's just me.

Scorecard's here:



Credit for the scorecard goes to MMAWeekly

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Loser.

Weeks One and Seven are officially done for me. If the scales are right, I'm losing weight. That's a good sign for me, shouldn't it? I just am not feeling said weight loss. I still look fat and people are not acknowledging that indeed I'm losing weight [hello, I'm number two in one of the races].

One point that has constantly been drilled to my head is that I need to work out and go to the gym, and do these workouts. From Muay Thai, to Wrestling and Boxing, there has been no shortage of advice and sometimes criticism because of me opting to stick with jogging and slight dieting [I'll get into this later], rather than going turbo and doing all these things.

Firstly, I'm tired as heck by the time my shifts end everyday. Handling 20 people is tough, especially when more than 80% seem like needy kids in constant need of attention. Then again, that's the challenge of handling new hires. No complaints, except maybe when I'm really angry and tired [or maybe sometimes frustrated] at all these people calling out AT THE SAME TIME EVEN THOUGH ITS PRETTY CLEAR IM ATTENDING TO SOMEONE ELSE AT THE MOMENT! Whew, that was a relief. The day does not end there, because as soon as everyone's gone, I still have to do other things while waiting for ze girlfriend. I normally get home at around noontime everyday, and considering I have work in 10 hours or less during my workdays, working out is not an actual option right there.

Secondly, I know myself. I cheat my diet quite a bit [hence the term slight dieting]. My first two weeks of diet were, to say the least, challenging. These days however, I give in to a lot of stuff, and it still shows I'm able to lose weight. I eat rice, though, admittedly, I try to stick to a specific amount. I still eat burgers when I feel like it. I mean, for all the stress I go through at work, it's my way of rewarding myself and pampering myself. Also, my girlfriend seems to feel a bit guilty watching me eat kamote, and all these vegetables without any rice, and she ends up wanting me to eat normally anyway. READ: I'm losing weight despite not having a full workout schedule AND not a strict diet. No diet pills here, too.

Lastly, it's a long way to the finish line. Why run when I can take things slowly at my pace, enjoy what I'm doing, and achieve similar results? I'm not mocking those who dedicate themselves to working out, because that's definitely something that works for them. It's just that, I don't want to have to constantly hear from folks that I'm not trying to do what is best for me in these types of things. I'll get there, but at my own pace. I'll work out when I feel like it, no forcing needed.

Days off are on the way. I hope to get something done productive in between.

Thursday, March 10, 2011

Facebook Tip: How to block specific friends from reading a specific Facebook status update

Facebook, despite what you might be hearing around the Internet, actually has good privacy controls. You can control exactly who can see what on your profile.

One lesser-known feature, however, is that you can control who can read each and every one of your status updates. You've probably seen the padblock below the status update box, but if you click it, and then Customize, you can block specific people from reading your update!

Maybe you're not quite ready to unfriend someone, or perhaps you're simply trying to arrange a surprise birthday party for one of your friends -- either way, it's a great little feature.

Now, if only that feature is available for posts made in friends' pages, then it'd be nifty as well. Alas, we can't have it all.