Riding The Wave

Last week I finally received my invite to try Google Wave, thanks Kelay, and was trying it out but it seems slow in updating the wave. Even marking a message as seen takes a while. I was expecting it to be fast just like the ones in the video of the product launch, maybe its in the connection or something, I don't know.

A New Cat is Out of The Bag... And Its Cheap

Apple's website announces the release of it's newest operating system, Snow Leopard... Shipping it with new Macs starting September 2009... old Leopard users can upgrade for only $29 USD.

Wish MS will offer a competitive price on their Vista to Windows 7 upgrade...

Sutured

Sutured - The process of joining two surfaces or edges together along a line by or as if by sewing. (http://www.thefreedictionary.com).

Just got stitched last Friday... hit by an opponents elbow during a friendly basketball game. Wasn't a big deal, I went to VRPMC emergency to have it taped up, but eventually the doctors there want it sutured (2 out of 3 wanted it stitched-up).

Got an earful from Daisy... worst, the following day got an earful from Nanay Donna...

Lesson learned??? Look out for wayward elbows... Playing again on Thursday....

Freelancing

Sometime ago, I was asked by a friend if I can do a freelance training on XSLT, the pay was good so I said why not. This experience led to another freelance job, XML conversion of some law documents.

Being involved in many XML conversion and design projects in my current job, I finally convinced myself to advertise my skills and accept jobs, aside from acquaintances, as a freelancer.

So anyone has some XML conversion jobs that they want to outsource, they can get in-touch with me through this blog or mail me a jeff dot sese at gmail dot com

Deon's Recognition Day

Been a while...

Last week my eldest finally graduated from pre-school, at the local Barangay Child Learning Center. A month before, their teacher told us that Deon would be one of the top 4 students in her class, the class was divided into 2 groups, ages 5 and up and 4 year olds, and Deon is part of the later group. The teacher would not tell us Deon's actual placing in the the top 4, telling is its a surprise. That's a month of suspense for you...

As a parent, you would love to see your child get the top honors making you proud and all, but it never really mattered to me as long as Deon learns what she has to learn and go forward to the next step. Unfortunately, Deon only got the second spot, the award given was "Most Creative" with the top being "Most Outstanding". But she did go home with the most medals... 3 in all... "Miss Daycare", the one who usually wins in school competitions; "Top 2", top 20 students got a medal and "Most Creative".

Before, I made an agreement with Deon that I would buy her a bike if she was the top of the class, so I had to explain to her that she won't be getting it because she was only second. But I promised her that I would get the bike a birthday gift instead... and that made her smile.

Next stop would be Prep... schools won't accept Deon in Grade 1 because she's only turning 5 this August.

I'll be posting pics of the recognition day on my next post...

Update: Here's the pics...