Heathrow jam

not to brag, but my band sounds a lot better than this band. and just take a look at the dilapidated room ceiling. you know how much is the rental for this place/studio? 40£ for 4 hrs. wow, that's about 4000 pesos back in manila. here's more, the band had to bring their own instruments, drum set,amps, guitars, lest, they pay extra 5£ per instrument. nothing's cheap here in london.

but i look like i'm havin a good time, right? oh yes, i did. the cute and young chick beside me is the daughter of my friend here in london. she's gonna sing a dido song 'white flag', this coming saturday(dec.17)in a filipino community christmas party. i'd say this 'dalagingding' just needs more exposure and she could be the next 'xfactor' here in london. and what am i doing here? i'm supposed to be doing back-up vocals and sing the calling's 'where ever you will go'.

I got promoted.

wow, what a week!. i'm not sure if i'm supposed to post this but can't help it. monday, dec. 6, 2005, my brit boss approached me and asked me if i can have a chat with him. then he blurted it out, 'are you interested in leading the manila infra team as manager? say that again boss? anyway, to make the story short. i accepted the position and will be officially leading the manila infrastructure team. just like that, huh?

i know i'm going to do a lot of adjustments. drastic change. after 7 years of lotus notes apps development, i know i'm going to miss it. my primary role now woud be to manage several lotus notes/domino projects, deal with co-workers/developers/systems admins. people and communication skills would really come in handy. but i think i'm getting the hang of it already. i'm loving it. i still have a lot to learn. i'm learning and i'll just have to take it one step at a time.

Home Alone...

it's my third week here in cambridge and i'm alone in this quite and cozy victorian flat. but i'm makin noise by playing my favorite mp3 collections. oh yeah, i wanna be sedated. its the title of the song that's playing right now. ramones. you know who ramones is? now i'm talking to myself. this ain't right...

my 3 pinoy officemates are in london right now. they attended a company sponsored java training/seminar or something. i don't really envy them. geek stuff again? what do i want right now? i wanna watch a live concert. heck, what i really want is to play and jam with a band. i miss that. i miss my band in manila. i miss manila. i miss my family, my wife, my kids.

i'm excited to go home. i'm happy with the outcome of my project deployment here. my boss is happy and the users are happy. i guess, that's what matters most. making your boss happy. right guys? right.