Snaps…

Well hello thar! I know it’s kind of surprising but yes, I am back today coz it seems I can’t sleep with all these thoughts about my recent vacation clogging my brains and all. So I might as well pollute yours.

Me and my girlfriend just came back from my beloved hometown Lucban, Quezon. It was a trip filled with utter nostalgia; one that is so big it will not fit on this speck of bloggy-thoughts that I want to share today. So let’s just start with the picture above.

Beautiful isn’t it?

For the benefit of those who don’t have the slightest idea what the picture is, it’s the enormous image Jesus Christ from the infamous “Grotto” founded by my equally infamous kababayan Fr. Joey Faller, settle on top of a hill outside the town. Now what’s so special about this one anyway?

We are on a vacation… My girlfriend forgot to bring her digital camera…

We shrugged the idea off our heads when we learned about the said matter while we were perched inside a humid “colorum” van being pulled over by a couple of hungry LTO officials since as we all know, my GF’s brother is the Unit Head of Central C 2C Fatima; who had just happened to celebrate their CLP baptism last Saturday.

So as we stared outside the craggy van and lamented on how uniformed men lose their dignity, we just laughed on our dumb luck and just thanked the Lord that her brother will have a camera to use on his Unit’s special Saturday.

So why am I talking about that picture again?

Armed with only our mobile phones, we snapped through 4 suns and 3 moons worth of pictures like there was no tomorrow. But alas, as you could actually imagine, the quality of our short-legged megapixel phone cams ranged from bad to insanely hideous.

I know it’s not really a genuine possibility to get good quality pictures from half-charged mobile phones but this was one of those rare occasions where me and my girlfriend actually went together on a long vacation; and was actually sane enough to plan on going to numerous places all marked by a once-in-a-lifetime chance of us to be actually free for more than 2 days aside from Christmas.

So there I was, literally cursing my breath away is I finally finished climbing 300 or so steps up to the statue of “Bro” himself. I was actually swearing on top of my lungs that I would really force myself into buying an SLR this coming Holiday as I eased myself at the very feet of the lofty statue.

As I gasped and wheezed on that very spot (thanks to quite a few extra servings or rice under my belt…), I then impulsively whipped out my trusty Motorola from my pocket and flipped it open like Jackie Chan flicking out a cigarette lighter; As I did the other day and the day before that. I just held it up high and snapped randomly on the first thing that ever touched its handicapped lens…

…and on that moment,

God gave me a really serious photograph…

What the hell was I thinking… lol…

I am a man full of doubts, that’s a fact. I may be a happy-go-lucky person who seems to not really care about almost everything but I do have doubts. There I was lamenting on such a handicap as not having what I want and there and then, God actually gave me what I wanted to have.

Me and my girlfriend ended up enjoying the whole menagerie of events after that; still full of mishaps and sorts of stuffs which is worthy of yet another story.

No more excuses on this blog for me. Let’s just say we’ll just do this one again, one miracle at a time…

Kuting, Upuan, at isang pang isip-batang Laruan…

I had a blast… period…

The past year was of course a good one but I really had my own share of problems; and I highly doubt it’s gonna end early this year. But enough about that, personal na yun eh…

Ay syet… nag-tagalog bigla…

Matagal akong nawala yep, and it’s for a good reason; nag-karoon ng mga aberya sa buhay, mga projects kailangang tapusin, mga deadlines na kailangang habulin… mga bagay na naging dahilan kung bakit natuto na akong mag-laba ng gabi kesa sa umaga (salamat mahal kong washing machine… *yakap*). Pero ang pinakamatinding nangyare saken ngayon eh nawala ako sa SFC…

Yep, naglaho akong parang bula…

Siguro nagtataka kayo kung bakit nagsusulat pa rin ako ngayon nitong year-ender ko dito sa yahoo groups natin kasi ako na rin yung nag-sabi na wala na ako sa grupong nagbubuklod sa atin. As far as I’m concerned, ako rin eh nagugulumihanan sa sarili ko; o baka naman nilalamig lang ako.

Noong una eh hindi ko rin napansin na parang lumamig ang gabi natin dito sa maynila. Parang abnormal kasi na ang isang polluted na lungsod na katulad ng sa atin eh bigla na lang magpo-produce ng isang napakalamig na simoy na usually eh mararanasan lang natin sa ating mga probinsya. Hindi ko na tuloy maalala kung kailan yung nagsisisigaw ako sa kalye habang nagba-bike sa madaling araw dahil sa sobrang lameg.

May mga pangyayaring ganito na hindi natin maipaliwanag kung bakit hangga’t walang nagsasabi. napansin ko na lang na wala na palang masyadong activities sa SFC, at kung meron man eh may dadating na asungot sa schedule ko na pupwersa sa akin na bumitaw at gumawa ng ibang bagay.

At ngayon nga eh hindi na natin napansin natapos na ang taon…

Honestly, kung paguusapan natin yung part kung bakit nga ba ako nagsusulat pa rin ngayon eh hindi ko rin alam. Naka-upo ako ngayon sa harap ng computer ko habang pinapanood ang pusa namin na pilit inaabot yung kahon ng tikoy na nasa ibabaw ng lamesa, nakikita ang sunod-sunod na e-mail galing sa Bobong Pinoy groups na hindi ko naman binabasa, at tila isang batang praning na naka-tingin sa bagong biling remote controlled na laruan na nakapatong sa ibabaw ng lamesang nasa harapan ko.

Bugso ng damdamin? hinde… chance para mag-dahilan? ewan ko; siguro nga eh nabibigla lang din ako…

Pero ang layunin ko naman from the start eh isulat ang mga karanasan ng isang ordinary SFC member na katulad ng ibang tao na nag-tataglay ng maruming diwa na nag-lalakbay sa kung saan-saan lupalop na mismong kukote lang natin ang may alam.

2009 na ngayon, nadagdagan na naman ng kulubot yung mga mukha natin, yung iba eh mawawala na sa kalendaryo, may mapo-promote, at meron ding mag-eemote. Lahat naman eh nangyayari ng biglaan eh, kaya nakaka-excite ang buhay…

Come to think of it, almost 2 years na din pala akong nagsusulat dito… madaming criticisms, madaming comments, syempre may mga naasar pero expected na yun… Tuloy ang ligaya…

Bring it on 2009…

Arangkada…

ZOOOOOM!!!

Aaminin ko na po na kaskasero ako, so natural lang na magustuhan ko yung mga rides na mabibilis ang andar! Eto yung checklist ko sa mga nagustuhan kong mga sasakyan ever since:

1. Cyclone Loop (Star City)
2. Go Kart Racetrack (Enchanted Kingdom)
3. Patok Jeeps (yung byaheng Stop n’ Shop)
4. EDSA Buses (preferrably yung papuntang Sapang Palay)
5. Yung bisikleta ko syempre (lalo na pag late ako nagising at kelangan kong makapunta sa office namin sa Makati in under 10 minutes…)

Ilang beses ko na sinabi yung sarap ng pag-daloy ng Adrenaline rush sa katawan mo lalo na pag muntik ka ng masagi ng isa pang rumaragasang sasakyan na muntik mo nang ikamatay (joke)… Pero yun nga lang, sa bilis ng pangyayari sa mga buhay-buhay eh para bang lagi na lang tayong may nakakalimutan…

Kaninang madaling araw eh nakasakay na naman ako at enjoy na enjoy sa rumaragasang pag-hagibis ng Bus na sinasakyan ko sa EDSA kasi kasalukuyan akong nag-commute papasok sa office dahil sa isang obvious naman na dahilan (nadisgrasya ulit ako at sira na naman yung bike ko… hehe…). Isa sa mga kinaaasaran ko sa mga bus na ito eh yung tipong pag-para mo para bumaba sa destinasyon mo eh 100 yards (minimum) yung layo ng ititigil nila kasi hindi mo daw sinabi ng maayos na bababa ka.

Kamote diba?

Usually eh ganoon ang nangyayare sa akin pag bababa ako ng Buendia cor EDSA. Napipilitan akong i-exercise yung mga muscles ko sa paa na kakagising pa lang para lang mag-compensate sa kundoktor na ako pa ang sinisi dahil hindi naman daw ako pumara. Pero ang ikinagulat ko talaga sa bus na nasakyan ko ngayon eh ibang-iba kasi yung kundoktor eh nagpa-alala na kaagad na merong bababa ng buendia kahit na nasa Ayala Avenue pa lang kami…

Asteeeg…

Actually, napansin ko na nung nasa Evalngelista pa lang kami na laging nagpapasalamat yung mga pasahero sa kundoktor na iyon bago sila bumaba. Nung ako mismo yung bumaba sa destinasyon ko, dun ko lang nalaman kung bakit. Pati tuloy ako eh napa- “Thanks po!” sa kanya.

Thanks Giving pala ngayon. Alam ko malayong malayo yung storya ko sa tema ng okasyon ngayon at syempre, hindi rin naman talaga tayo nag-cecelebrate ng Thanks Giving. Pero alam ko na yung maliit na pasasalamat na binibigay ng mga pasaherong bumababa sa Bus na iyon ang isa sa mga dahilan kung bakit naeengganyo yung kundoktor na galingan pa lalo ang serbisyo nya. Yun ang kapangyarihan ng “Pasasalamat”

Nawawala na nga ba ang pagpapasalamat sa atin ngayong halos lahat eh sobrang busy na at halos ang lahat ay kumakaripas na sa kanilang mga destinasyon?

Maikli lang naman yun diba?

Kamsahameda~ (thank you in Korean…)

ZOOOOOM!!!

Random thoughts… 11-25-08

I’m sitting in front my computer again, and again I’m having this irritating phenomenon called a writers block. I’m done with the first half of the book by the way, and that’s hooray for me.

After skirmishing through the last of my blog posts a few days back, I realized that I really do suck when it comes to the grammatical sense on how I write. Of course it’s not usually the case when it comes to blogs because it IS a free speck on the web but in any case, why call myself a writer when indeed my works suck?

I am recently having a slump at work due to the fact that this economic crisis is just around the corner and that it actually caused me to lose my beloved office table which was the biggest one that I ever had ever since I started working on offices way back 2k5. And the rest of it resting at the brink of destruction if our company happens to lose its footing as well…

Going back to the community,I’m also considered as an MIA member since there are no such text messages about such activities that are supposed to be circulating around this time. I just hope everybody is safe enough to tango again next year…

And yes now I am sitting in front of my computer again; and this is the type of crap that comes out of my mind whenever I do so…

Excess Baggage…

Tuwang-tuwa ako ngayong mga naka-raang araw kasi natatapos ko na ng matiwasay lahat ng daily tasks ko sa office na walang inuuwi kahit isang homework o kung anu pa mang trabaho na dapat naman talaga eh sa opisina lang ginagawa.Ang sarap ng feeling na solve na ang lahat ng mga posibleng problema sa trabaho; walang ka stress-stress. Pero ang mahirap nga lang sa bago kong accomplishment ngayon eh pagdating ko sa bahay eh uupo lang ako sa tapat ng computer ko tapos toink… walang gagawin…

Hanggang ngayon eh naaasar pa rin ako sa blog ko, baket? Kasi sobrang kinakain nya yung oras ko dahil kailangan ko pa ng mga maaayos na lay-out, kailangan ko pang gumawa ng maayos na header, at kailangan ko pang punuin ng mga sulat na may kabuluhan kahit papaano para naman masabi naman ng mga titingin sa webpage ko na hindi naman nasayang yung effort nila na i-click yung link ng Blog ko. Alam ko nasabi ko na ito noon, ayoko kasi yung napipilitan ako na gawin yung isang bagay na parang hindi ko naman gusto; yun kasi yung feeling ko sa blog ko kasi parang pinipilit lang ako ng natural na agos ng inpormasyon ng internet para ayusin yung pagkaka-salansan ng kalokohan ko.

Sa unang buwan ng pag-air ng blog ko eh marami ang pumuna; ibang kasama sa SFC, manager ko sa office, mga kaibigan ko, at syempre yung mga critics. Halo-halong reaction eh, siguro eh wala nga sa itsura ng isang katulad kong tamad ang mag-maintain ng isang blog. May mga kaibigan na nag-offer ng domain, mga kakilalang editor na nag criticize, grabe, hindi ko na tuloy alam ang gagawin ko kung itutuloy ko pa ba ito o hindi.

Last week, habang nagbabasa ng mga email eh saktong may lumabas na message galing sa incumbent Chapter Head namin; si bro Jason. Nung una eh hindi ko nakilala pero nung nabasa ko yung message eh naalala ko lang na sya nga pala yun. (nasanay kasi ako sa isang taong mahaba ang baba na mahilig kumain ng saging…) Sa signature nya eh nakalagay ang mga usual messages ng mga taong matyagang gumawa ng signature at nandoon din yung link ng “Deviant Art” page nya. Ewan ko kung ano yung pumasok sa ilong ko, pero ni-click ko yung link na yun; at dun bumalaga sa aking mga mata ang sample ng makulay na mundong ginagalawan nya…. Pre-Nup pics!

Hindi kasal ang topic ko ngayon wag kayo mag-alala; ang sakin lang eh parang nakita ko ang isang parte ng buhay ng isang kapwa mananampalataya at kung papaano nya napapa-ikot sa mga kamay nya ang mga gawaing obviously eh kumakain ng malaking porsyento ng oras nya. Samantalang ako eto na nagrereklamo eh ni hindi ko kailangang tumayo sa upuan ko para gawin yung sa akin. There and then eh naalala ko yung isa sa mga pangaral sakin ni kuya Donnie, yung editor ko na prof sa Lasalle; “Writing is a gift that not all people have”. Kumbaga eh kanya-kanyang regalo lang yan eh; nasa satin na lang yun kung gagamitin natin.

Gamitin… Hay…

Gusto kong mag-sulat pero sa sobrang engrossed ko sa mga bagay na sineseryoso ko eh hindi ko napansin na ako na mismo yung nagsasarado sa pintuan ng mga pangarap ko; na i-aapak ko na lang pala yung paa ko sa loob at ipapatong iyon sa unang hakbang ng hagdan eh kinakatamaran ko na…

Na ako mismo yung humahara sa pag-usad ng sarili ko…

Yep, late yung write-up ko ngayon pero natauhan ako. Kahit na hindi sya malinaw, o mukhang kabaliwan na naman yung message eh present ako. Kahit na sabihin ng mga critics na mali ang grammar ko eh di go; nagsisimula pa lang ang laban ko…

Salamat aking kritiko… binuhay mo ang sarili mo…

Key Flavors…

Yes, like most of you people reading this right now, most likely you’re expecting another entry that is subjective to nosebleeds. Fear not, because after the first blog post here in my teki-teki section, my friends already gave you a favor and stopped me before the cannibals do. In return, I then promised them that I would write in a friendlier manner; not like a scholarly nerd who is doing an experimental thesis to compliment his new theory in Particle Acceleration…

Don’t ask me about the last one, I sure hell don’t know that as well…

Anyway, as a person who like to dis-assemble and re-assemble PC’s as a pastime, surely I have my own share of adventures with it; so maybe that’s what I will be focusing on right now. No more blood loss… lol…

Talk to the Hand…

A few days ago, my hands were literally aching after a days of typing non-stop evaluations and articles and playing ridiculous games like NBA 2k9 and Devil May Cry 4 (I usually do this during breaks to preserve my sanity when writing something) and the only culprit I could think of is my clunky CDRKing keyboard.

Don’t get me wrong, but low quality keyboards usually give out that “Bang for the Buck” impression that people like me; brand-blind and all, really love. It’s just that I hate having the ever painful “Carpal Tunnel Syndrome” especially since my work mostly revolves around computers; for the love of God…

The Keyboard is one of the contraptions that normal, technologically savvy people use every day. I know time will come that we can just order our computer around verbally (seriously, my computer accepts voice commands) but since you can’t just yell around in your house while happily chatting with people, or let’s say blurt out your top-secret computer password while you’re in the same room as your equally perverted brother, I’d go manual anytime.

Brief history…

Contrary to popular belief, there are a few keyboard layout designs out in the market. The first one to break out though, was the “QWERTY” keyboard by a man named Christopher Sholes back in 1967. It was originally designed for the first set of Remington typewriters released around the same year.

The aim for such a design is to let the hands alternate while typing English words. A lot of people disagree with this thought because it has already been proven that it was a bit biased with the left hand; although a hundred years later, it became more convenient for right handed people because of the conception of computers and the invention of the mouse.

There are also other keyboard layouts which have been developed over the years in the quest to fix the flaws of the original QWERTY design.

In the quest to take away subjected left-hand stress of the QWERTY layout, the Dvorak was born. But it failed as a typewriter norm due to the fact that even though it was a little unfriendly to the hands, it was friendlier to the machine. Dvorak typewriters were a bit prone to machine jam, so it was not followed as avidly as the latter.

The AZERTY on the other hand, was developed in contrast to the English-biased form of the QWERTY. Countries such as Belgium and France started using this design during the 1980’s and they still do today; as it is friendlier to use with their own language.

A Hunting We Will Go!

Seriously, if you don’t know Carpal Tunnel Syndrome yet, you should try to Google it; it really is the nightmare of chatters these days. As for me, I’m hunting for a good keyboard that does that is light on my hands. I trip to the local PC store in Greenbelt showed me a lot of choices; flashy backlit keys, integrated USB hubs from different names like Genius, Logitech and A4tech; all for the sake of being unique while retaining its functionality. I just picked up a simple Logitech that has keys that are light to the touch; at least now I can relieve myself from stress.

Yeah, I know you guys can’t make out what I’m trying to say on this entry but the hell with it. I want to make an entry about keyboards because they are so neglected these days; until your hands start to ache like mine. I’m still warming up on writing again because of a year-long slump; just help me out by minding the cheeky subjects okay?

Kamsahameda~

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Teki post #2: Home-Grown PSP…

I was chatting with my friend Mick during the wee hours of the morning and was asking him about topics to discuss on my teki post since I was not in the mood to think of one on my own. He actually wanted me to write a topic about something about his much adored PSP. I gave in any way since I am having the usual weekend slump.

Frankly speaking, the ever delectable PSP is one of the gadgets that I have really been avoiding ever since it was unveiled way back in E3 2004. Not that I am sick and tired of Sony doing beautiful things such as the almighty “Bravia” and the oh so glorified Play Station 3; the darn thing is just so flexible in any possible way that I might not be able to anything but just glue my greasy nose in front of it doing “God Knows What” (‘Echhi’ Mp4 anyone?) eventually turning my life into the path of addiction once again.

Surfing the web, playing games, playing MP3’s and yes, watching porno; to me, this is much more useful to me than buying myself a more, work-oriented laptop. But among the hundreds of things that you can do with it, I always wanted to question why oh why did Sony make a “Prodigal Son” that is capable of freeing itself from the loving arms of its creators.

The Firmest of the Firm…

To anyone who owns a PSP and knows how to play Gameboy games on it, I’m pretty sure you already know what I’m talking about. I did say that I don’t own a PSP but it doesn’t really mean that I won’t help my cousins crack theirs. Ah the endless possibilities that a single handheld device could do…

I know I’m not explaining much to the people, who think I’m talking in Ancient Chinese language here but technically, giving your beloved PSP some ‘Homebrew’ lovin’ will make it do all sorts of stuff; like playing downloaded games. I mean who else plays PSP games using UMD anyway?

Home-cooked goodness…

The word “Homebrew” is a terminology which is pretty much applied to video games using gaming platforms that can be coined as “User-Programmable”. To all of the gaming platforms that were ever released, with respect to the early Super Nintendo Entertainment System and the first generation Play Station, the PSP is the most flexible one yet.

It all started one fateful day when the world was still in awe on the little contraption that the bored PSP owners who got tired of playing on those official “UMD” (Universal Media Disc) cartridges found a way to rummage through the contents of the game itself; due to a small hole that some game developers left off on their games. This incident paved the way for persistent hackers to crack the very technology that the platform itself is running on; bending its rules to accept their own, in a really fun and productive sort of way.

Sony actually released their own set of updates to prevent the use of modified firmware that defy that of their own, but homebrew modifications like that of “Illuminati” and “Dark AleX” really showed Sony how ‘open’ their platform really is. I don’t know what went wrong here but I’m not complaining.

And the Battle Continues…

I did not write this one here to explain to you the joys of having a PSP and how to unlock its hidden possibilities. Sony already has too much problems about firmware revisions sprawled over the web and writing another guide about it just isn’t my cup of tea. If you wanna learn more about cracking your shiny new PSP over there, Mr. Google is your friend; not me.

Piracy is everyone’s best friend and a developer’s worst enemy; that goes even for games nowadays. Not everyone who can afford a PSP can afford its menagerie of “Official” games; I mean like most internet buffs here always say why buy it when you can download for free? Touché’…

The mere fact that such a simple device would pose a threat to the market share of such a big powerhouse like Sony just shows how persistent end users can be. I’m not saying that Sony created a defective product; even the ever adorable Nintendo DS has its own share of mishaps with the Homebrew crowd. People nowadays are just hard customers I think; not easily satisfied and always wanting more than they are offered to.

(photo taken from www.islandgazette.net)

Tae ng Kabayo sa ilalim ng Semento…

Ang sarap ng simoy ng hangin, yung amoy ng bagong putol na damo. Badtrip lang kasi medyo malapit ako sa tae ng kabayo pero ayus lang; pagod ako ang trip kong humilata at magpa-gulong gulong sa damuhan.

Papalayo sa tae ng kabayo syempre…

Ganyan ang isa sa mga trip ko noon nung nakatira pa ako sa bahay ng lola ko sa Lucban, Quezon. Nakakatawang isipin na yung parents ko eh pareho palang taga roon ang angkan eh dito pa sa Pasay nagka-kilala. Kaya ako ngayon, pwersadong mag-tapos ng elementary sa lugar na yun. Ang bagal ng buhay ko nun pare, at makapal ang tagalog accent kow. Sa sobrang sarap at ginhawa ng buhay ko eh wala na akong paki-alam kung meron mang tae nang kabayo mga dalawang dipa mula sa damuhang hinihigaan ko.

Nung mga bata pa tayo, ayaw na ayaw nating matulog pag tanghali diba? Tapos ngayon kulang na lang eh ipag-novena natin na sana eh tulog tayo at least 12 hours a day. Ako noon, sa bagal ng andar ng pamumuhay sa isang probinsya, kain tulog ako men. Pero hindi pako mataba noon kasi sa sobrang liit ng bayan ng Lucban eh ni hindi ko kailangang mag-tricycle kasi ultimo bahay ng classmate ko sa kabilang subdivision sa kabilang panig ng bayan eh kaya kong lakarin. Hindi rin kasi ako nag-mamadali eh…

Siguro dahil na rin sa nakagawian kong iyon kaya ako naging “Easy-Going” sa buhay. Magkaron man ng problema eh okay lang, may bukas pa at pagkatapos noon ay ilan pang araw para tapusin ng matiwasay ang problema. Kumbaga ngiti muna para kyut…

Sa ngayon eh fast-paced na ang buhay ko. Gising ng 3am tapos check ng kung anu-anong bagay tapos pasok sa office ng 4am. At sa loob ng halos siyam na oras eh tatambay ako doon at maghihintay ng mg schedule ng estudyante ko habang sumisilip ng patago sa website na minamanmanan ko. Tapos pagdating ng mga 3pm eh uuwi ako tapos pipiliting mag-laro ng video games (naglalaro kasi ako ngayon ng mga Role-Playing Game kasi kailangan ko ng inspirasyon kung babalakin ko pang tapusin yung dyaskeng libro ko) tapos eh aattend ng kung anu mang meeting sa simbahan o sa kaibigan o sa kung saan pa man o kaya naman eh magkukulong sa bahay at magsusulat ng katarantaduhang tulad ng nasa tapat ngayon ng naglalangis na ilong mo…

Minsan nagugulat na lang ako kasi para bang hindi ako pwedeng hindi titingin sa celepono ko para bilangan ang bawat minutong dadating para lang hindi ako ma-late sa susunod na gagawin ko. At take-note, hindi po ako isang executive ng isang malaking kumpanya; isa lang akong simpleng kumag na nagpupumilit humanap ng isang maginhawang lungga sa pusod ng isang maalikabok na lugar na tinatawag nating “Maynila”…

Tuwing pasko eh may reunion kami sa province kaya may pagkakataon akong bumalik sa damuhang kinalakihan ko. badtrip nga lang kasi, after 12 years ng pag-tira ko dito sa manila eh puro bahay na yung tambay place ko; yung lugar na puro tae ng kabayo, sementado na…

Lam ko nostalgic ulit ang topic ko ngayon, pero dumating kasi ako sa point ng buhay ko na waw, ang laki ko na nga pala talaga. Hindi nako pwedeng bumalik pa sa mga bagay na gusto kong gawin kasi pwersado nakong iwanan sila. Parang last month lang eh umatend ako ng Ragnarok World Championship para sa website ng isa pang taong mas matanda pa saken pero halos lahat ng kasama namin dun eh tumataginting na “Kuya” na ang tawag saken.

Sa totoo lang, ang hirap umusad lalo na pag natitira satin yung feeling na “parang along the way eh may naiwan tayo”. Juskopo, sigurado hindi lang ako yung may ganitong feeling. Kahit sino kasing tao eh hindi pa rin nagiging kuntento sa kung anu mang ginagawa nila kahit sa oras na ito.

Teka nga, bakit ba senti na naman ang topic ko? Alam ko tae ng Kabayo ang kinukwento ko eh…

Tekky Post #1: Brief Introduction to CPU Multi-processing

Well I did say that I’ll be going mainstream so as much as I hate it, please do mind the very cranky English. As I’ve promised, I will do some ‘techie’ articles for MasterDiwa.com forums just to enlighten everybody on the things that are happening in and out of the technological stuffs nowadays. Take note that I am not really that much of a geek or something; and I am no pro whatsoever. All accounts being stated here are fruits of thorough research and years of experience on getting my hands grimed with PC parts starting from my “Socket A” Cyrix M-200 pc to my currently overclocked “socket AM2” Athlon X2.

So without further ado, the first thing that I want to discuss this week is all about “CPU Multi-Processing”.

The Need for Speed…

Before, if you were as young as me, people would often brag about with their neighbors or classmates or anyone who understands anything about computers on how fast their computer are and on how far they have managed to overclock it to kingdom come. Back in those days, around the time of the much heralded Intel Pentium 3 vs. AMD Athlon rivalry, everyone was on the lookout on who would go past the 1 Gigahertz processing-speed mark first; and when they did (all the way to Intel Pentium 4 Extreme 3Ghz), every geek and the world was happy.

But all that brawn would hit a wall eventually, because these babies were HOT; in a not so Paris Hilton kind of way. By the time everyone was running blazing fast computers playing games like the first generation “Need for Speed” and “WarCraft 3”, engineers were already smashing their heads together on how to make the already hot and crispy “CPU Processors” faster without making them hotter than hell. So they needed to come up with a better solution before everyone gets toasty…

Two Heads are Better than One…

Contrary to popular belief, the first one who unveiled the first true Dual-Core design was neither Intel nor AMD; it was IBM’s “POWER4 PowerPC” architecture. The said processor was specially optimized for server usage and was the very same design that was slapped in the then very powerful “Power Mac G5” way back in the year 2000.

The idea behind such architecture was not to speed everything by brawn; they found a better way by making two actual processors work side-by-side as one single CPU. Thus making things work faster and cooler without sacrificing heat and other technological issues.

Macintosh power Mac users actually had a 5-year advantage against PC users because it was just on April 2005 when AMD released their own server-based Dual-Core “Opteron” with Intel releasing their own “Xeon” variants a few months later. Support for home-based PC operating systems (your beloved windows) was also a bit late because “Windows XP” was the first of its kind to support multi-processing technology for the current Intel “Pentium 4 Extreme” and AMD “Athlon 64 X2” processors during that time.

And the legacy continues…

The trend is still followed nowadays, as Quad-Core processors (four CPU’s) are already a norm to workstations and some personal computers. Intel takes the step ahead as it finally unveils to the public its Octo-Core (eight CPU’s) pioneer christened under the name “Nehalem”; which again is a sight to behold for almost all people who knows anything about computers. AMD’s current “Phenom” line-up however is currently offering power-saving Triple-Core variants for those who are eco-friendly in mind.

Technology these days is so fast that we were able to achieve what people before attained in a lifetime. Thanks to such technology, computers were no longer Cabinet-Sized contraptions that need a decent power-plant to function. Today, it all boils down to something so small it can fit into your hand; and on how many “workers” it has inside.

Limang Minutong Dahilan…

Hello guys! I’m baaack!

lol…

Yeah I know I’ve been out for a long time again and that some of you are waiting for those geeky messages that I usually type here that usually ends up as yet another reason to commit ungodly sins. Well, sort of…

I’ve just been too busy lately juggling some personal problems and other not so personal matters and I will discuss them little by little on the weeks to come. The last 2 weeks has been a bit terrible due to the fact that I had to sacrifice a few things to make ends meet and to keep up with my other responsibilities. Thank God I’m finished with them so I can safely say that we’re back on our natural programming. ..

But just a short explanation on why I’m babbling in English now: http://patatasx. wordpress. com/

Yep, after nearly a year of being hogged into doing it; I finally put up my own blog. (masaya ka na madel? >:))

In this blog I will integrate some of the things that I write for the 3 major nuisances that I have on my personal literary life. First off is of course my write-ups here in our yahoo groups, the other is the English articles that I will continue doing for my Korean company and last is the Geeky Articles I am planning to write for the Gaming website / forums that I help manage: http://www.masterdiwa.com/forum/

Ah yes, if you could just see me twitching in front of my computer screen just to cook of for the design of this atrociously colored blog. Oh yeah, a lot of people are already asking me why I chose the stupid name; It was the name of my old blog in Friendster and I thought I’d just use it as a sign of homage to where it all started: http://hotpatatasin abox.blog. friendster. com/

And so with that, take care guys and I hope to see you you again soon!

(Hay sa wakas pwede na ulit mag-tagalog. .. Kung bakit kasi kelangan pang international pa yung dating eh… God Bless ^-^V)