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Blog Update:

If you have been paying close attention to my blog, you would've noticed there haven't been any updates lately. As a result, I decided to finally make one.
Nothing much has changed, except since my last blog, I got another and better internship (make that way better) than my previous one. I have the same type job working as a Jr. PHP/MySQL Developer for an Internet advertising company known as AzoogleAds. Although the only thing which sucks about my job is the long commute. Takes around 1.5 hours for me to get there by bus. On top of other good news, I finally got into U of Waterloo. Woooh! I just hope I can stay there with a decent enough average to remain in the Co-op program and have a decent enough financial backbone. Hope that OSAP doesn't screw me up. Hopefully, I can recover for my lazyness and apply to be a Resident Computer Consultant. Would also look good on my resume.


I have been using my trust Thinkpad 600E for a while and I think its time that I get an upgrade. I was thinking of switching to the Mac world after hearing positive things about OS X. Now that Apple suddenly introduced a plan to switch to Intel processors, I am not sure when would be the best time to purchase a Mac laptop. My goal was either get the 14" iBook or the 15" Powerbook. If I was to purchase one right now, I would go with the Powerbook since the iBooks have been using the same type of parts for the last three years. Maybe I should grab a Mac Mini or an iBook as soon as it gets updated. Currently, I have been dualbooting my Thinkpad with Windows XP Pro and Ubuntu 5.04. Usually I use the latter most of the time but I am currently using the former because Skype simply works better on it. Skype is just absolutely neat.

Stay tuned, there is yet another update to come which would be more on the technical side of things rather than my personal life. I see that blogs should have more technical content that provide insight, information and knowledge rather than personal crap such as "Oh, I saw this cute chick today. I wonder if she likes me."

Next update would be about Ruby since that is my new found interest.

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Anonymous said…
Congrats, dude.

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