emmy lou's site

emmy lou's site http://orangemochaz.multiply.com/ mon voyage par le mirage des feuilles ardent-colorées... Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:08:15 -0000 Fri, 1 Aug 2008 08:03:00 -0000 emmy lou's site http://images.orangemochaz.multiply.com/logo http://orangemochaz.multiply.com 100 100 what's opc? <a href="http://orangemochaz.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SJLJGwoKCCYAAD0ZQS41"><img class="alignmiddleb" src="http://images.orangemochaz.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SJLJGwoKCCYAAD0ZQS41/IMG-7216.jpg?et=TiyOHjxfp9NEp7qqYJHljw&nmid=0" border="0"></a>Here's a tribute to one of the pillars fo automation: OPC. What is it? I didn't know until I had the training. If you're into process control and automation, you'd definitely learn a lot on DCOM and comms in process control. Check this <a href="http://www.opcti.com/">site</a>. If not, don't bother unless you plan to automate the lighting around your house or teach your garage door to auto-detect you everytime you get in the driveway... We had this whole week of training with Randy Kondor from the OPC training institute. OPC is a good topic for conversation (and so was Canada... where Randy came from... and I specifically remember his discussion on pine beetles which bury in pine trees and their environmental effect caused by the temperature no longer reaching -40 degrees. Yes, even global warming has an effect in Canada!). It's amazing how I got to write this far without even giving you an answer. What then is OPC? Open Process Connectivity, OLE for Process Control, or simply OPC... If it's hard to explain to m... http://orangemochaz.multiply.com/journal/item/7/whats_opc Fri, 1 Aug 2008 08:03:00 -0000 Manghimayong pag-abot sa Cebu Cebu during the rainy days is not bad at all. It will easily complement one's "emo" perspective. The dining experience: - Best cheescake found at Madeleine, Waterfront. Order it at the lobby because it's cheaper than if you order it from the restaurant. - A lot of houses have been converted to cozy restaurants. Most notable are Casa Verde and Moon Cafe. Try the baby back ribs at Case Verde - P148. Sulit! - Inato is the Cebuano's version of Bacolod's inasal. Best place to get it is Jo's chicken inato. - A full plate of baked oysters topped with garlic, cheese and butter costs only P80 at AA's. Also try the spicy fried squid. Lami na barato pa! - Bigby's has the most artsy places and a varied collection of classy dishes to match. We tried the Japanese Zen salad and baby back ribs. Perting lami-a. Tinuod! They have branches at Gaisano and Ayala Mall. Their first branch in Manila is coming soon at Mall of Asia. Places to visit: Tops - actually named Top on their billboard, over... http://orangemochaz.multiply.com/photos/album/6/Manghimayong_pag-abot_sa_Cebu Mon, 23 Jun 2008 03:01:20 -0000 Cathy, the cleavage, and smeared mascara <a href="http://orangemochaz.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SCgopAoKCCYAADV3xN41"><img class="alignmiddleb" src="http://images.orangemochaz.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SCgopAoKCCYAADV3xN41/Cathy_Ardo3.JPG?et=GiD0fu024lfYBqUtazlwyg&nmid=" border="0"></a>The mascara would smear, I told myself and so I held my breath, the edges of my smile shaking, and kept back the tears struggling to run down my cheeks. That was the inner battle I fought as I watched one of my closest friends walk down the aisle. Cathy was my playmate and our neighbor back in my elementary days. She had gone through a mitral valve problem last December and she needs heart surgery to get her heart back in shape. I guess all the minuses and pluses in life finally do add up and here we were on such a happy and lovely day, her wedding. I looked around. The best man was crying and so was the maid of honor. The tears of joy were contagious. And for that very reason, I had refused to cry. Baka mahawa sa pag-iyak. True enough, as Cathy walked down the aisle and looked at me, I held my smile in place and gave her the signal to smile herself. I will never know the exact feeling she had at that very moment but she looked like she was in a trance - ... http://orangemochaz.multiply.com/journal/item/6/Cathy_the_cleavage_and_smeared_mascara Mon, 12 May 2008 10:50:00 -0000 Orangemochaz Search Engine my own search engine http://orangemochaz.multiply.com/links/item/4/Orangemochaz_Search_Engine Wed, 7 May 2008 06:45:06 -0000 Our cartero named Boyet Our cartero is named Boyet. Only a few people probably know their cartero nowadays In fact, only a few have the reason to do so. I was waiting for a registered mail from the SSS. A registered mail from SSS would mean that the mailman could not just so easily leave your letter in your drop box. Somebody had to be at your house to receive it and a signature was needed for formality.T he mailman was not someone who should so easily give up and was required to come back for at least three tries. During the first try, our mailman was able to arrive at our house and thank God my housemate was there. But then, the presence of a receiver and the signature was unfortunately not enough. At least my SSS ID or a authorization letter was needed as the final hurdle to completing the task. So I didn't get my letter. And so I wrote the authorization letter and handed it over to Phoebe, my housemate. On the mailman's second try, Phoebe was not around and instead, Oy2, another housemate was there. ... http://orangemochaz.multiply.com/journal/item/5/Our_cartero_named_Boyet Sat, 8 Mar 2008 11:01:00 -0000 Puerto Princesa Frontier Trivia in a Blink: >Honda Bay takes it's name from the Kuyunin (Palawan tribal group) term "Hunda". Most visited islands are Starfish, Pandan and Snake Island. Snorkel and see a school of talakitok. >Underneath St Paul Mountain runs the well-reknowned Underground River. best time to go here would be Jan to March when the poo-poo of the bats doesn't stink. >Sabang is where the banka going to the Underground River comes from. Have lunch at Rosario's facing the open beach. Try binakol soup with buko strips. >Best coffee in Puerto Princesa is served in Itoy's. This is owned by the current vice-mayor. Try their Kape ni Itoy (Cafe Latte). >Best restaurant to try is Ka Lui's. Special - Cuttlefish Sisig. >Dining extravaganza: Kinabuch's, Balinsasayaw, Bilao't Palayok (best mango shake!) >Mangoes are not allowed to be brought out of Palawan. There are insects which burrow in the seed. They are trying to contain this problem. >It costs only P30 to take a picture holding a crocodile in ... http://orangemochaz.multiply.com/photos/album/5/Puerto_Princesa_Frontier Tue, 5 Feb 2008 10:27:43 -0000 nationalism vs. individualism (a late linggo ng wika) <IMG class=alignright src="http://images.orangemochaz.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/Rwmx2QoKCqAAAAaLfCA1/images.jpg?et=mUYCLTnaSqzQK4JgqsIoCw" border=0>there I was dumbfounded by what the taxi driver had said. he said that my friend should learn to speak Tagalog as well as she speaks English. my initial thought was defensiveness... that was my friend you were talking about! he hasn't even heard my friend speak in Tagalog. yet his words suddenly made me re-think my lingua. how was I supposed to react? i... a not-so-young Visayan trying to make a living in a Tagalog-dominated city? i will have to admit that my Tagalog vocabulary would probably be limited to that of a third grade student's currently studying here in Luzon (in a Tagalog-speaking region especially). does that make me less of a Filipino? *note: I specifically am going to use "Tagalog" instead of the more adaptable "Filipino" because the cab driver started it...  of course, the driver did not stop there and continued ranting about the way a Miriam Defensor-Santiago so poorly spoke and subtly murdered the national language. "Yung kwan" and "sa amon"..... http://orangemochaz.multiply.com/journal/item/4/nationalism_vs._individualism_a_late_linggo_ng_wika Mon, 8 Oct 2007 02:23:00 -0000 The Backyard Experiments One lazy summer afternoon, Emmy had nothing much else to do. As she sorted through her things, her eyes finally settled on a piece of metal barely noticeable beneath a small heap of clips and clothes. "Hey, my camera!" she said and she set off to wander in and around the house. The vivid colors splashed across their backyard beckoned, the pull betwwen lens and subject growing stronger... Ok, enough of the storyline and back to reality. Never would I have thought that the perfect subjects were just right under my nose in our backyard. There is one blurred picture here though - the caterpillar. It was such a chubby little thing but the light just wouldn't let me capture it sitting snugly against the dwarf calachuchi (with pink flowers) shrub and eating its heart out. :) *All pictures best viewed http://orangemochaz.multiply.com/photos/album/4/The_Backyard_Experiments Fri, 28 Sep 2007 05:41:53 -0000 AltaVista - Babel Fish Translation translate to your heart's content. but not for Filipino. haha! this site really comes in handy...even in my job. I'm just a pseudo Francophone but I know a little or "un http://orangemochaz.multiply.com/links/item/3/AltaVista_-_Babel_Fish_Translation Thu, 27 Sep 2007 08:08:31 -0000 Welcome to Woophy Each photographer has a different story... through different lenses from around the http://orangemochaz.multiply.com/links/item/2/Welcome_to_Woophy Mon, 24 Sep 2007 01:48:09 -0000 a summer odyssey i lost my goggles in clearwater, pampanga. but the P700 worth was nothing compared to the experience i had as the socials commiitte raked through north and south of metro manila just to find the perfect spot for the company summer outing. we ended up choosing clearwater because of the gazillion things one could do there - kayak, boating, fishing, swimming, bicycling, mini-golf and our favorites - to relax, sleep and EAT. But if we were given the freedom to choose, Playa in Calatagan would be paradise! Laid back jazz-reggae music, glaring white sand which makes you squint and eventually doze off, gourmet food served underneath the serenity of a shaded hut plus a sassy atmosphere... However, one would need membership and that would cost not lower than a million pesos. Here are a few trivia: - several TV shows have made their set at Clearwater pretending it's a place somewhere in the US (must be the lake-and-dock effect just like in Dawson's creek) - the coconut tree in Munting Bu... http://orangemochaz.multiply.com/photos/album/3/a_summer_odyssey Thu, 20 Sep 2007 00:45:50 -0000 the little red riding ribbon party my very first christmas party at FRSI. year 2005. i came in a minnie mouse costume not in a little red riding ribbon http://orangemochaz.multiply.com/photos/album/2/the_little_red_riding_ribbon_party Wed, 19 Sep 2007 03:24:45 -0000 the zahir song <IMG class=alignleft src="http://images.orangemochaz.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/RvjNQAoKCqAAAE8WpMg1/B000024F2G.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg?et=vyIYoDfB4tMiKHf%2C07QFbQ" border=0>what is a zahir? i guess you wouldn't so easily find the answer in a dictionary but if to stop you from clicking on that search button and reading on instead, i might as well tell you what it is. it is an object with the power to create an obsession. and what is the zahir song? i crown bon jovi's "In these arms" as the ultimate zahir song. the lyrics are perfectly cantabile, moulded into one smooth flow and totally maxes out into a forte of passion, fiery emotions in the chorus. it just makes you want to scream out those words along with jon (bon jovi). is the zahir good or bad? i don't want to launch into an essay of pros and cons but i guess it would be great to have passion for something. Meanwhile, it would be definitely be a different thing if you throw your life crazily away for such an obsession. well anyway, i wouldn't want to end the story without having finally admit that, despite all my hip, cool and up-to-date song... http://orangemochaz.multiply.com/journal/item/3/the_zahir_song Fri, 7 Sep 2007 09:33:00 -0000 fear factor if i were asked the very same question that sushmita sen and charlene gonzales were asked during that miss universe evening more than a decade ago, "what is the essence of a woman?", i would have had a medically correct answer -- her ovaries. i realized this just when I've had the largest fear for my life so far. both my ovaries have problems. my right ovary has endometrioma and my right ovary has fibroma. just before you  hit google to find out what these are, hope you finish reading thorugh this first. i'm having them operated on next month. i still don't have a schedule for operation but it sure scares me. i've had thoughts about my little egg cells screaming "mommy" to me just before they get removed. morbid but there is no use dismissing all these thoughts. sometimes, i wish that i'd wake up one day and the 7cm bulge on the lower right of my abdomen would be gone miraculously. somewhat sad but having to go through this ordeal semi-alone makes me believe that only inner streng... http://orangemochaz.multiply.com/journal/item/2/fear_factor Sat, 7 Jul 2007 12:16:00 -0000 ethereal smile <IMG class=alignright src="http://images.orangemochaz.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/RwxBmQoKCqAAAAIKg9Y1/images.jpg?et=c9f%2CWHWv%2CBH9vbSjoBxCFw" border=0>what is a perfect smile? i know that everyone would always think of monalisa's smile but nowadays is that really what draws people to look at a person for so long trying to guess the complex thoughts running through a woman's mind? imagine miss universe contestants giving that half-baked, half-human stretching of their thin lips. everyone would think it would more likely be unsure emotions clouded with half-baked confidence. but then again is it a smile which defines whether a gal's totally hot? i flip through celebrity magazines and here's what i found out. angelina has her pouting lips. jennifer lopez has her smoky eyes. toni gonzaga has her long legs and flowing hair. madonna has her semi-masculine physique or is it the tooth gap that does it? i look at myself and think about a single asset that makes me sexy... <pondering...>... perhaps i could give that monalisa smile a shot. it's a tough decision but it's the cheapest way to go. http://orangemochaz.multiply.com/journal/item/1/ethereal_smile Sat, 7 Jul 2007 11:38:28 -0000 tales from puerto galera a year ago, i had an unusual trip to the famed island. tired of the usual white beach tirade of gimiks, my officemates and I tried a different destination - this time La Laguna. we touched shore at sabang, finally believed that it was hard core red light district and started the 15min walk (well it would take longer if you came with a photo-hungry group) to La Laguna. The tree-lined shot was taken in one of the narrow footpaths we trekked along. Upon arriving at La Laguna, it was definitely peaceful. the rush of wind blowing through your hair and streaks of sunlight peeping through as you look up the coconut trees. But it was too quiet and it did not exactly match our mood for excitement and new thrills. So there we ended up hiring a banka going to white beach (again!) at P600... which is almost as expensive as the trip from batangas pier. Back at white beach, there was a mixture of familiarity, tranquility and excitement... all to our group's taste. The mamang taho shot was take... http://orangemochaz.multiply.com/photos/album/1/tales_from_puerto_galera Thu, 15 Feb 2007 06:40:24 -0000