Archive for October, 2008

1,441 days inside Intel

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

It's been almost three years I've been working with Intel. From the start, I deliberately chose to *not* blog about anything Intel mostly because I didn't want to even get close to any confidentiality issues. But in this phase, my crossroads, I find it timely to reflect upon my years in ...

I went under the knife

Saturday, October 25th, 2008

Hello everybody! How are you? Ako, I’m great! As always :-) . I took a leave from work yesterday. Because yesterday, I went through a surgery that knocked me out for a couple of hours. I found out about my medical condition through a series of medical examinations in connection with my ...

The Truth I Fight

Tuesday, October 14th, 2008

I am reading the first chapter of Steve Pavlina’s book “Personal Development for Smart People” where he speaks of the first fundamental principle of personal growth: Truth. If I were to sum up the chapter, I’d state in my own words that the more readily we accept the truth, the better ...

Who wants? Personal Development for Smart People!

Monday, October 13th, 2008

I got an awesome surprise via postal mail today. It was an amazon.com package. At first, I wasn’t sure if it was really for me. I couldn’t recall making a recent order. When I opened the package, I was like a little boy finding a toy robot in a birthday gift ...