Rubbish!

There was a mishap on my first Oracle movie night last friday at resort's world so I wasn't table to watch it earlier. I made it a point to watch it on saturday though. I was alone since my supposed date was busy with family matters.

Anyway, I think I'm the only one who didn't like it. I've read the book quite a number of times so I know the story pretty well and there are some stuff that wasn't included in the movie. But what I gripe the most is the people who haven't read the book squeaking on how good the movie is. Especially this acquaintance of mine who was like "OMFG part 1 was so cool". I asked her if she was able to even read the book. When she said no, I just lol'ed.

And now that the Hunger Games movie is on its way, I guess there will be a lot of posers sprouting soon.

Progress!

So, I've been doing this Strength training for 6 weeks. My squats have increased and I can almost squat my own body weight. Deadlifts have progressed as well. My shoulder press and bench press have progress, but not as much as Squats and Deadlifts. I've exchanged power cleans with rows because rows is easier to perform.

Anyway, yesterday, I've tried doing pull ups. Guess what? I did quite a number of sets with it. I was never able to do that before. I was just happy that I can do them now. I've decided to continue this routine as long as I can milk something from it. :)

One year after RD.

About 4 years ago, I found myself centered on a computer screen. I was starting to learn the ropes of the corporate world. Admittedly, it was not fun and I marked it as a tedious chore. As time progresses, I was able to digest that I'll be stuck working for other people for a long time since I was not born with the proverbial silver spoon on my mouth.

Eventually, I managed to like love work. I find it not a bit tedious even. I was able to learn a few technologies, and as a programmer, I reckon this bit was essential. Not because experience on these techs are essential to rake in the moolahs, but to progress as an individual.

I found new friends, I remember myself hanging out Friday nights to Saturday mornings on Baywalk just to pass the time. I even go out with them on weekends instead of resting or catching up with my other friends. I got to know other kinds of people as well. There's the occasional corporate freak += geek amalgamation, the complete asshole (you know who you are), the zombie guy who rarely talks and others.

In other words, the corporate world merged with my so-called social life. I was led to believe that those two entities don't mix together and I found myself misled. I might even go as far as calling the office my second home?

After last year, when most of my team were let go (i.e., banished from the land, ass kicked out, fired) due to (as far as I know) economic reasons, I found myself trying to get back to the corporate rat race. I was not (yet) bitter since they gave me means to start some business with the money they gave me (SLs, VLs, last pay, Christmas bonus etc). I just thought they gave me an early Christmas bonus.

After a month of the 'Great RD ass kick-out' I landed a job at OSRP. All I can say that things were never the same. I have some of my former RD friends there, so it was like RD. The environment is pretty much the same as RD minus the casual clothes. The people were like RD guys as well. I left after 6 months because of some asshole boss and that was it. I sometimes miss the 'one-ride-gets-you-to-RD' every time I commute to my new office (hell, that's one of the reason I lasted 3 years in RD), but I guess I can never look back.

After a few months, I landed a job with Oracle, a pretty big IT company. Biggest I worked for so far. I was surprised with the environment. Everything is documented, they require you to follow protocols and stuff, and some other amazing things. They even got robo-coffee vendo, free juice and movies and stuff. Lol.

Anyway, I came to realize something that a mentor friend of mine told me 5 years ago when I worked for ATP - something about being a leech; get everything you can from a company, grow wings and fly away. Grow wings, burn bridges and never look back. That was his corporate motto. Now it is mine too.

Week 5!

During work days, I always wake up at around 6AM to prepare my meal for the day. This, right here, would be the kitchen scenario everyday. I was able to do some grocery yesterday, so I'll be able to have complete meals. And oh yeah, today marks the fifth week of my routine. (Taking into note that I missed 2 days of workout last week, since I climbed a mountain. Well, I guess it counts as a workout too)

For the menu today, I will be having:

Breakfast: Peanutbutter Sandwich, Nuts, Milk + Whey.

Snack: Oatmeal cookies, some nuts, whole egg, water.

Lunch: Chicken Macaroni Salad, Juice.

Snack: Chicken Sandwich, Whey, Nuts, whole egg, whey. (Before workout)

Snack: Whey, nuts. (After workout)

Dinner: Salad, water.

Before going to sleep: Milk.

Wish me luck! :)

Gulugod.

Even with my injury, I still went with the IBM Blue Mountaineers for a fun climb at Mt. Gulugod-Baboy at Batangas. Bunch of cool people, really accommodating and the love what they do. I'll really climb with them again. :)

This week I'll continue with my Strength training since my back was fucked up last week and had to skip 2 workouts. :( Anyway, I hope I'll get back on track this week. My diet was also fucked up so I'll be clean starting today.

4

I took the plunge and bought my second iPhone (iPhone 4). I discovered that you can restore everything from your previous iPhone thru iTunes including pics, contacts, messages and even the wallpaper. Cool.

Anyway, as joy was coursing through my body like Christmas morning, I upgraded it to a later version with no available unlock yet, so yeah, I am totally screwed. I cannot even restore it (don't know why). I woke up at 5, prepared, grabbed the keys to the car and drove immediately to office (since we have faster connection here lol). The people at applei (Philippine's motley crew of Apple fanatics), helped me a lot and I was told that it's a 50% chance I'll get my phone to use Globe. So if things get hairy, I would have in my hands a 40k music player. Fuck. That is, until the Unlock is released.

I hope I can fix this. Damn.

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Update:

I was able to fix it. I thought I'll go to Greenhills and let the boss fire the poor woman on telling me wrong info.

Week 2: Done

Done with week 2 of SS. I can't believe my squats and deadlift has gone up steadily. I can almost squat my body weight. My current is like 110 pounds. Give me 2 weeks and I can squat more than that.

Anyway, this week, my training will be cut short because I have a climb this Saturday and I don't want to compromise the chances of my legs being too tired to climb, so I think I'll dumb down my training and lift a lighter weight this week. I can't believe how fast this is working, I can see muscles beginning to show especially on my legs. I am excited for this.

As for diet, well, it's pretty so-so. I think I screwed up the weekends because me and my friends went out last Friday and Saturday and I ate like a cow. Note that I am not doing cardio for this training, so that sucks pretty good. There's a new release for Combat and I didn't participate in it. Also, I make it a point not to weigh myself. :)

My notebook is not with me so I cannot post the stats here. And my form is still pretty off, once I get it nailed, I'll post exact stats. Good luck to me.