My Not-So-Tragic Tragedy

But the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear him, on those whose hope is in his unfailing love, to deliver them from death and keep them alive in famine. We wait in hope for the LORD; He is our help and our shield. In him our hearts rejoice, for we trust in his holy name. May your unfailing love rest upon us, O LORD, even as we put our hope in you. - Psalm 33: 18 - 22 (NIV)

My problems with my car has never stopped since I had it repainted a year ago.  Come to think of it, I spent almost 100,000 on the endless repairs that the car has to undergo.  For the past 2 months, my car troubles have become frequent. I took the car for a check up last Saturday and scheduled it to be "overhauled" this coming Saturday.

What's the big deal Mrs. President?

This morning, I had a glimpse of this TVC flaunting the accomplishments of the outgoing Philippine President on infrastructure.  What irritated me was this line, "PGMA BUILT MORE INFRASTRUCTURE THAN THE PAST 3 PRESIDENTS COMBINED!".  What the heck!?! Of course, with today's technology, more roads, bridges and airports can be built, it only takes 2 months to build a house, and with the budget that's been pouring in these projects?!  This President is taking advantage of how little people know about MOORE'S LAW (Moore's law describes a long-term trend in the history of computing hardware, in which the number of transistors that can be placed inexpensively on an integrated circuit has doubled approximately every two years).  I, as an ENGINEER, am not falling for this crap.

Take for example, the ever useful cellular phone.  In 1998, my dad got me a subscription to a paging company, so I had a beeper/pager.  But in 1999, most of my classmates in college were already using cellular phones.  All of which had monotones and black and white displays but can send text messages.  Come year 2000, some mobile phones were already using polyphonic tones, still with black and white displays. In 2002, the cost of a Nokia 6600 (color display, VGA camera, MP3 player, polyphonic and WAV ringtones) was Php27000 in April, but went down to Php 24000 in May. The following year, a parade of mobile phones with a whole new set of features was launched and it never stopped.  Today, we are in the midst of 4th generation wireless technology.  Who would have thought (back in 1986, when we fought for our freedom with a bloodless revolution) that this poor country of ours will be this technologically advanced and was once hailed as the text capital of the world?! 

And so Mrs. President, what's the big deal?  You have the luxury of technology.  You have the luxury that the past 3 presidents didn't have. In the first place, it is your job to provide us with these infrastructure. Some of which were overpriced.  And guess what, the money you paid for these projects, did not come from your wallet, it came from every law-abiding, hard-working, tax-paying Filipinos.  So what's the big deal Mrs. President?! Waiting for a pat on the back?

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjBhlm7OPrs

(I posted this image because I want to see if my comment will be deleted.  It seems that the comments on this page are all positive.  Maybe he is a PGMA supporter.)

Here are realizable goals I've made for this year. I'll bookmark it to serve as a constant reminder that I have these goals to accomplish.

1. Conquer 170 by the end of January. Subtract 10 every month after. Until 130. (Of course everybody knows what I am talking about. HAHA!)
2. Make home improvements. As my brother put it: Make the house visitor - friendly. Accomplish before Angel comes home.
3. Be totally liquid. Accomplish before the year ends. Deduct 10 percent of net pay for savings.
4. Say goodbye to hoarseness. Finally take those lessons. Accomplish before 3rd Quarter of this year.

I do hope these are realizable goals. And I will take note of any progress in any one of my goals. (",)