Settling down

Finally had a little time in my hands, ergo some updates. One week down. Queen city of the South. Torrential rains. I couldn’t be any more bushed than I currently am right now. Moving residence is definitely top in my list for most strenuous activities one can go through. It’s very prolonged; and the chores you thought you’d never do again, like wiring the aircon (Aside: among other things, and did I just forget about the aircon frame that we hacked??), well…you end up doing them anyway. It’s by God’s grace that I haven’t felt the flu creeping in yet. Maybe it’ll never get the chance to.

Special thanks go to my in-laws, who went with us and carried some of our hand-carried items, to Papa Jun, who’s always ready to pick us up from the port whenever we’re in the area, (Aside: guess what, we’re settling down here, but I still hope he’d keep doing this until I get a car to do this myself…soon.) and to my parents and brother, who lent us a few (and very important) items to get us by while I pay off the fridge and aircon.

Papa’s out of practice. It’s funny because it seemed like we changed roles already; him assisting me. I’m thankful he stayed up late just to make sure we finished wiring the darn thing. It was so stiffling hot and we needed some cooling so we’d get to sleep already.

Anyway, I’m up to my neck with work already. It’s just one project for now, but I’m still trying to adjust to a predominantly Windoze environment. I got a go-ahead from the boss, so I’m going GNU\Linux over the weekend. Bliss!

Movin’ on

By the end of the month, I will be moving to the Queen City of the South, with my family in tow. I’m just glad that those guys at the new company were willing to wait for me. I was sure they understood the situation; I have established base in CDO and am currently employed. I was the one who was getting uprooted, so it was just proper that they agreed to waiting. Yes, I’ve tendered my resignation, and although a couple of times last week when I felt like I kicking myself in the ass, (I was starting to feel like some sort of sacrificial lamb), I remember the reasons _why_ my wife and I decided to take the plunge.

As a direct result of my sudden resignation, manpower and work load concerns that we’ve been raising for years are finally being addressed. I just feel like the fall guy here, because I _know_ that if this pushes through, remuneration for my colleagues is ensured, on the basis of supervisory work load, and I can’t have any of it.

However, I’m happy that all these are happening, for three reasons. First, I will be able to _focus_ on web programming, a passion if I may call it. My wife sees this in me. She knows it’s the one thing that keeps me up till the wee hours of the morning, and I’d still be able to do what needs to get done in the house, or spend time with her and our daughter without spacing out. Second, I wouldn’t want anything less than give my colleagues their happiness. They deserve greater things in life. Incoming!!! Lastly, and most importantly, we get to live on our own; just myself, my wife, and our daughter. To God be the glory!

Savvy Google Calendar

I’m such a sucker for office and collaborative solutions, and Google Calendar got me biting, hook-line-and-sinker. For convenience, most of my email accounts auto-forward to Gmail. All I need is Firefox, greasemonkey, a couple of favorite extensions, and I can be productive anyplace where there’s an internet connection. I still have to explore most of Google Calendar’s features; and at the moment, I’m already wondering if it would interface with Gmail. (Spoke too soon. Open a conversation and whichever is currently focused on can be added as an event. Just click on “More actions…” and then “Create Event”. Rock on!!!)