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Originally uploaded by iandexter . My, oh, my. Look how he's grown. Happy birthday, anak!

Originally uploaded by iandexter .

Got a surprise when I opened my mailbox (something that I rarely do nowadays): I got a free Remember the Milk Pro account . The RTM staff was kind enough to give me a gift account, because of my, eherm, "contribution" to their online translation efforts. See, it pays to be nice. ;) So, thank you, RTM . Just one thing: I don't know what the Pro account leverages over the free one, but it sure is cool having one, free or paid.

I had dinner with our manager and some colleagues from work at Cafe Ysabel , which, in my opinion, is San Juan's only redeeming value (aside from Greenhills Shopping Center, that is). Heh. Joke. It was my first time to be there, so I was a bit intimidated. But the ambiance (don't worry, it doesn't cost that much) was cozy, what with the yellow gas-lantern-like lights and the antique feel of the place. (But it really is an ancestral house, with authentic antique pieces everywhere -- reminds me of the post-war {the second great one} house of my dad's relative in Bulacan.) I ordered Paella Sulipeña, "classic saffron rice with seafood and mixed meats", and was overwhelmed by the assault of scents and tastes that went with the dish. Heck, even their entree of Chef's pate and cracker had me filled. I know, I'd make a bad food reviewer, but, hey, loved the food, loved the place, will come back, budget permitting.

At work, I do a lot of directory traversal: going from one location to another within the whole (global) filesystem structure. So, to conveniently go back to a previous directory, I use pushd and popd , aside from the usual cd : $ pwd /home/iandexter $ pushd /etc/sysconfig $ pwd /etc/sysconfig $ popd $ pwd /home/iandexter You can even echo $DIRSTACK to list the current directories in the stack, and push multiple directories.

Way too long for a road trip back to Manila. The national highway in Bulacan is flooded so the bus had to take the route through Tarlac, and Pampanga. We emerged from the San Simon exit to the North Luzon express way just a while back. Thank goodness for 3G.

Work: Gone Unix-hardcore. Our team currently leads Unix training for other infra teams. Shell/Perl scripting occupies a large part of the, er, curriculum. I'm "re-learning" Perl. I'm also amazed as to how open source is being leveraged here. I lurve open source. Family: Prior to a change of shift sked, I go on an extended off-shift period of four days. Like, wow! What better way to start that four-day weekend than to slooowly fry in my own oil (not a nice imagery there) here at the airport. Hooray. Love the company, though, as always. Others: I still haven't gotten around to reading Good Omens . Haven't watched Harry Potter , too. (Why bother? I heard it's not as good as the book, anyway.) And, I haven't been online in a while. Smart 3G's a big bummer. Been getting lots of connection errors lately. Hope it stabilise soon.