September 29th, 2008 They did it again. The same fast food joint almost shortchanged me for the third time (that I know). They did it before twice, shortchanging me about 20 centavos. Good thing I noticed while I was still inside the store and I was able to go back to the counter and ask for the missing [...]
September 23rd, 2008 Val mentioned SPIT to me quite a long time ago but I never got to watch it until tonight with Chei. SPIT does improvisational theater or improv. Basically, they do an impromptu show often involving the audience along the way. It’s hard to describe or imagine but it’s pretty enjoyable. It’s a welcome deviation from [...]
September 22nd, 2008 Chei and I have been planning to cook a pack of tortellini we bought at Santi’s a few weeks back. Tonight, we finally cooked it and topped it with ragu based on Mario Batali’s recipe. 1 pack tortellini 5 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 3 tablespoons butter 1 carrot, finely diced 1 medium onion, diced 1 [...]
September 20th, 2008 It’s my first month with a new company. Although there are vast differences, e.g. the previous company is a BPO while the new one is a consulting company, there are also certain parallels. I guess companies really are in essence very similar, they just vary in scale and scope. For example, on the IT side, [...]
September 7th, 2008 With the upward trend of fuel prices, people are finally seriously looking at diesel which used to be less expensive than gasoline (not anymore) and lasts farther than gasoline. But there are limited choices for diesel in the market. At the car segment there was only the Ford Focus TDCI and a bunch of Hyundais [...]
September 3rd, 2008 Google has released the beta of Chrome, their own browser. Chrome joins the ongoing free-for-all browser war between Firefox (my personal favorite), Internet Explorer (the current leader by virtue of its being pre-installed along with windows), Opera, and some other smaller players. Looks like this is going to be a pretty exciting next few months. [...]