My Symbol - North

After some realization I have finally found my symbol and I believe that it is very important that I did so at this point and time.  When all things around me seems to have gone astray, I needed something that would hold me and keep my wits.  And so I have found the symbol that signifies my North.

I believe it is important that we keep in mind always of our own North.  The things that keep us forward in life.  The path that we choose to take to live the life we have.  It is important that we know what composes our North and what our North does for us. 

These are the things that inspire us, that makes us grow, that we believe in.  The things that would propel us forward to the path that we need to take.  A reminder that there is something ahead only if we pursue and persevere.  At the back of our north would be all the mistakes and learning that we have gone through.  All the things that made us who we are.  And on the front of our North would be all the things that we aspire to be and where we are headed.  These are the things that pull us towards our goals and aspirations.

My North is my family and the future that awaits us.  What I do know would affect the kind of future that I am to give to them.  And so I must carefully use my symbol and make sure that like a pointer in a compass it would lead me to the right direction.  Like the hand of a clock it would tell the right time. 

Everytime that I would now look at my symbol I would always be reminded to look North. Remember my North.  Don’t forget to step forward and proceed. This is my symbol, my North.

Not Everybody Happy with IOS 7

Now that you people have been trying the candy inspired IOS version which is new from Apple, you’d get to choose whether you would like to continue with IOS 7 or revert back to IOS 6.x.  You can download the firmware image on the link HERE.

Before you downgrade your device, better back it up with iTunes.  Also take note that if you are a Windows user, you would need to have a 7-zip extractor to extract the IPSW file (Image File) that you would be downloading and using for your downgrade.

As a quick reference to your downgrade, the tasks you would need would be to:

1) Backup your device using i-Tunes.

2) Download the appropriate IOS 6.x image file for your device.

3) Extract the image file with 7-zip.

4) Open your itunes, and click+shift on the restore button.

5) Choose the extracted firmware file

6) Dowgrade your device back to IOS 6.

Mornings are Different

Some mornings I would just wake up happy and refreshed, nut not this morning.  This morning I bring with me the weight of the news last night.  IT is not hard to accept the news that my youngest sibling has Stage IIB Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.  It seems that now a days, I get to experience a lot of flashbacks about the experiences that I had with my brother.

It is encouraging to know that his oncologist is optimistic about the treatment, and that there is a good chance of getting cured.  I do pray that his immune system would be able to take the treatment that my brother would be able to take this.

I Will Write Because I can

Today like any other day I have decided to start off doing something new.  With this that I have decided to do, a thing that I believe would improve myself considerably.

I have proven recently that it is possible for me to reinvent myself.  So I have decided that my reinvention has not stopped yet and that I should continually change if I were o succeed in life. 

I have gone tired of waiting for things to happen, and I should start to grab my life by the collar and point myself to the right direction.  I have been stagnant and I have waited, and all this waiting has led me to nothing. 

So this is my day today.  Today is change.

Panata Iglesia Manila 2011

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Holy week this year, I have decided to do my own take on Visita Iglesia and decided to walk my way to the Churches.  A way of showing my “panata” (devotion, vow or oath) to my religion.  Having been a permanent resident of the City of Manila, I discovered that there are a number of old Churches (Iglesia) that was built within the City.  And having done an initial check and plotting out my route, I have come up to twenty one (21) churches all in all. 

I have yet to confirm the fact  (and would definitely write about it) that all these 21 churches are more than a hundred years old. And throughout the whole undertaking, I do plan to document it so that it would be possible for me to do the same next year. 

My jump-off point would be the corner of Qurino Ave. and Pedro-Gil (which would be practical for me) and I have plotted my whole route below. (screen captures via Google maps)

Church 1

Santa Ana Church – From Qurino – Pedro Gil Intersection go straight to Herran to Pedro Gil to the direction of Sta. Ana.

Chruch 2

Sto Nino De Pandacan Parish - From Santa Ana Church go back to Dr. ML Carreon St. (before Tejeron) then go straight crossing Tomas Claudio St., after Tomas Claudio is Jesus – Laura St. Go straight to Jesus St. And you will reach the Church before the PNB Pandacan station.

Chruch 3

St. Michael and Archangels Parish (Malacanang Parish) – From Pandacan Church, go straight Jesus to Qurino – Nagtahan, go straight to Nagtahan and turn at Dr. Jose P. Laurel Sr. Street (before Legarda St.) Go straight to Laurel Sr. St. to St. Michael.

Church 4

San Sebastian Basilica – From St. Michael go to N. Padilla St. to J. Nepumuceno. Go straight crossing Legarda (Tanduay Compound) straight up to San Sebastian

Church 5

Abbey of Our Lady of Montserrat – From San Sebastian go towards Legarda via Bilibid Viejo, then turn towards Mendiola. Inside San Beda College would be the Abbey.

Churches 6 – 8

St. Anthony Church

St. Anthony of Padua Shrine

Shrine of Our Lady of Loreto Parish

- From the Abbey of Our Lady of Montserrat, take Mediola towards Legarda, From Legarda Turn to M. Earnshaw (crossing a Mc Donald’s and Chowking in Manrique St.

Church 9

UST Stanisimo Rosario Parish (UST Parish) – From Our Lady of Loreto, take Sulican St. and Turn at Galicia St. from Galicia St. go straight to Espana Boulevard. From Espana Take P. Noval St. to UST grounds and Gonzales Drive to the UST Parish

Church 10

Sto. Nino Church (Tondo Church) – From UST Parish, Go towards Quezon Boulevard (either via P. Noval – Dapitan or J. Barlin, go towards CM. Recto, (see Isettann Recto in the Corner) from CM Recto will be the long straight walk towards the direction of Tondo. (passing by Gregorio Del Pilar School – Prime block Mall, Bonifacio Monument, Benisons Shopping Center and Soth Star Drug. Until reaching Juan Luna St. Go Straight Juan Luna till you reach L.Chacon St., Turn to L. Chacon to reach Tondo Church.

Church 11

Minor Basilica of St. Lorenzo Ruiz (Binondo Church) – From Tondo Church go back to Juan Luna or take Ylaya St. rossing CM Recto. Go straight towards Juan Luna Fire Station towards Divisoria - Binondo. Until you reach Plaza Lorenzo Ruiz.

Church 12

Sta. Cruz Church – From Binondo Chruch, walk straight through Ongpin until you reach Carriedo Fountain, across the fountain is Sta. Cruz Church.

Church 13

Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene (Quiapo Church) – From Sta. Cruz Church, take Carriedo St. Until you reach Quiapo Church

Church 14

Manila Cathedral Basilica – From Quiapo Church, take Quezon Blvd - Quezon Bridge towards Liwasang Bonifacio, cross to Padre Burgos St. To reach Anda St., from Anda go straight into Intramuros compound then turn at General Luna St. to Manila Cathedral

Church 15

San Agustin Church – From Manila Cathedral, just walk a few blocks down General Luna St. towards Real and Sta. Potencia Sts.

Church 16

St. Vincent de Paul Parish Church – From San Agustin Church go straight Gen. Luna to Cross Padre Burgos via Maria Y. Orosa. Travel across Luneta and Cross Taft Avenue towards the entrance of Adamson University where the Church is located.

Church 17

St. Pancratius Chapel (Paco Park) – From St. Vincent de Paul, take San Marcelino St. Crossing United Nations. Once you reach the intersection of San Marcelino, General Luna, Padre Faura and Belen, you have reached Paco Park.

Church 18

Iglesia de Nuestra de Guia (Ermita Church) – From Paco Park, take Padre Faura straight all the way to Mabini or Marcelo H. Del Pilar. From either street walk towards UN Ave. Turn to Flores St. before reaching UN.

Church 19

Our Lady of Remedies Parish (Malate Church) – From Ermita Church, walk straight either via Mabini or MH del. Pilar Sts. Crossing Pedro Gil, towards Remedios.

Church 20

St. Anthony of Padua Parish – from Malate Church take San Andres St. crossing Qurino and Taft Ave. Towards Singalong. The church is in the St. Anthony school Complex.

Church 21

San Fernando de Dilao – From St. Anthony of Padua take Angel Linao St. Crossing Qurino and Pedro Gil towards the Paco Market. From Pedro Gil Turn to Paz St.

What makes this journey different is the fact that, more than half of these churches I have not been to.  Similarly all the paths and roads that is planned in the route are mostly based from Google Maps.  Similarly I plan to document the trip through some gear that I would be bringing along (good luck to me carrying all these stuff). 

But the ultimate kicker here is that when I told my dear mom yesterday of what I planned to do, she persistently wants to join me.  I haven’t the slightest clue if it would be the walking that would act as my penitence or being with my mom (joking “a bit” of course ).  Anyways we start off at 12MN of the 22nd of April 2011.  Pray for our undertaking as we pray and believe at the little good left in this world!

Testing Out A New Media

Technology is such a wonderful thing as ot aims to better our lives by making things easier and more accessible. I have recently acquired my first Apple device (IP4s) and I could honestly say I now am wondering why I put off getting one for the longest time. Now I know what all the hype is about.

I have currently armed my new tool with the basic applications that I have been using in the past. And I am happy to note that I have been adjusting well in using these tools in this new platform. I have been telling my wife that Apple really made products which were "elegantly simple". And I hope and pray that though they just lost a stalwart, they do good on Steve Jobs legacy and continue creating the products that they have been making all these time.

Now that I an armed with this new medium, I do expect that I'd be able to share more of my thoughts and continue what I have started thee months ago. I do target to improve on how I write and what I write. And to be able to share a piece of my mind to the world.

An Unofficial Brotherhood

Our team went through one of our hell days today. We had an engineer on sick leave, one who started maternity leave (though she later confirmed that it was a false alarm). One of our team leads went on emergency leave, an engineer on vacation leave, and I had two engineers deployed in a provincial assignment. And this was on top of 5 of our customers all of a sudden reporting problems, two high priority projects and only three deployable engineers.

In cases such as these it is really important for you to clear your mind and focus. For each activity that is lined up for us, we had the presence of mind to evaluate the tasks we were to take. To plan ahead and see what implications we would face if we chose one step over the other. And in the end we were ticking off the problems one by one and even had contingencies to spare.

I am very proud of my team for what they had accomplished today. They had acted unselfishly and proved that each one can depend on each other. It is wonderful to note that we have developed an unspoken bond with each other. A brotherhood tested by time and pressures of work. My brothers ... I thank you.

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