Thursday, November 04, 2004
Smallville comment time:
For an episode featuring Mr.Myxpt Myptk Mxyzptlk (who I never really liked to begin with), last night's episode didn't make that much of an impression on me, at least, not as much as the blatant product placement shots of Old Spice Red Zone. What was up with that? Does Clark have super-powered BO or something?
In other news:
A few weeks ago, I stumbled upon this blog by someone named Chona, who is supposedly a domestic helper in the Philippines. The blog basically dealt with her day to day experiences while working for a rich family in Manila. Some of the funniest writing I've ever seen. So funny that I'm not surprised that the site received ~100,000 visits in less than three months. Por ejemplo...
So here's where I'm getting at. I just had a job interview today for a large cable/internet company. I was supposed to meet someone named, of all names, Chona. I think she was an HR lady. She wasn't one of the people that interviewed me but introduced me to the managers who did. I'm a little relieved she was not one of the interviewers since I could have been thinking of the Chona blog entries the entire time. The interview went okay for the most part. I think it could have been better, though. Darn you panel interviews with your barrage of questions from multiple people. I guess it's sort of like the busy work environment that they were warning me about.
I'm also expecting a call from a wedding videographer. He seems to be a little behind in his projects and needs some help with editing. Just do a couple of those a month, and that's a pretty good chunk of change for a side job.
The Origin of GirlGamer85:
So that Chona thing was not the first time I came across a "name prophecy incident" (for lack of a better term.) This reminds me of when I created the name GirlGamer85. It was an AOL Instant Messenger screen name I made up a few years ago to play a trick on my high school students at the time. I think it was for April Fool's but it went out of hand and continued further than that. So, GirlGamer85 was supposed to be a girl born in 1985 and loved to play video games... hence GirlGamer85. Since it was the year 2000, she was 14 or 15 at a time. She would never reveal her real name, though. There was one time when I was chatting with Josh that I was forced to make up a name. The first name that came to mind was Eunice. I searched some forum for a picture of an asian girl around that age in order to give some credibility to my claim. As far as I could tell, Josh bought it. Fast forward two days later: Pastor Jonathan referred me to one of his co-workers at FEBC. The co-worker needed some help creating a video for her church's big choir performance. Yes, the co-worker's name was Eunice, and that 1 1/2 hour video was my first major project.
Ok, I'm not sure what the point of that story was except a few people have asked me how the name came about. Everyone knows it's me so it already lost its surprise value. It ended up becoming my regular AIM screen name. Regarding the Relina incident from a few days ago, my cousin let me know that his secret's been blown as well. Now some of his friends call him Relina as a nickname. ^_^
For an episode featuring Mr.
In other news:
A few weeks ago, I stumbled upon this blog by someone named Chona, who is supposedly a domestic helper in the Philippines. The blog basically dealt with her day to day experiences while working for a rich family in Manila. Some of the funniest writing I've ever seen. So funny that I'm not surprised that the site received ~100,000 visits in less than three months. Por ejemplo...
Chona: i know how to cook. im all the round. i know how to cook menudo coz it is sir jeff's favorite food. =)A few days later, though, she stopped updating and deleted all of her previous entries. Aww. Luckily, I had some of the entries saved, but it is as if a big part of the internet is now missing. Well, maybe I'm exaggerating a little...
Chona: im not crush with sir jeff. heloh? he's pogi but im not crush with him. and its ok if i have a crush in him coz crush is paghanga only but im not crush with him. =)
So here's where I'm getting at. I just had a job interview today for a large cable/internet company. I was supposed to meet someone named, of all names, Chona. I think she was an HR lady. She wasn't one of the people that interviewed me but introduced me to the managers who did. I'm a little relieved she was not one of the interviewers since I could have been thinking of the Chona blog entries the entire time. The interview went okay for the most part. I think it could have been better, though. Darn you panel interviews with your barrage of questions from multiple people. I guess it's sort of like the busy work environment that they were warning me about.
I'm also expecting a call from a wedding videographer. He seems to be a little behind in his projects and needs some help with editing. Just do a couple of those a month, and that's a pretty good chunk of change for a side job.
The Origin of GirlGamer85:
So that Chona thing was not the first time I came across a "name prophecy incident" (for lack of a better term.) This reminds me of when I created the name GirlGamer85. It was an AOL Instant Messenger screen name I made up a few years ago to play a trick on my high school students at the time. I think it was for April Fool's but it went out of hand and continued further than that. So, GirlGamer85 was supposed to be a girl born in 1985 and loved to play video games... hence GirlGamer85. Since it was the year 2000, she was 14 or 15 at a time. She would never reveal her real name, though. There was one time when I was chatting with Josh that I was forced to make up a name. The first name that came to mind was Eunice. I searched some forum for a picture of an asian girl around that age in order to give some credibility to my claim. As far as I could tell, Josh bought it. Fast forward two days later: Pastor Jonathan referred me to one of his co-workers at FEBC. The co-worker needed some help creating a video for her church's big choir performance. Yes, the co-worker's name was Eunice, and that 1 1/2 hour video was my first major project.
Ok, I'm not sure what the point of that story was except a few people have asked me how the name came about. Everyone knows it's me so it already lost its surprise value. It ended up becoming my regular AIM screen name. Regarding the Relina incident from a few days ago, my cousin let me know that his secret's been blown as well. Now some of his friends call him Relina as a nickname. ^_^
