Sep10

How Music Has Impacted my Growth as a Person

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How Music Has Impacted my Growth as a Person

I know writing sappy post titles is never done occasionally in this blog but I would say I’ll save it for this post.:-) For this entry I am about to showcase why music is important to my life. Do take note as well that this is part of the Audio-Technica M50 contest that’s currently running over at Unboxph.

Importance of Music to Me

Ever since my late elementary days, I have been fond of  listening to various types of music. Back on those days, I listen music heavily based on my father’s influence (i.e. Tom Jones, Air Suppy, etc.). Heck its not even just about listening to music, I also sing it a lot. We used to own a karaoke machine that give scores at the end of every songs. Every time we’re singing, its always about the competition.

As I progessed to my highschool/college life, it became a bit different. This was the era where music players like ipod started skyrocketing and taking over the traditional cd players and radios. Like every other teenager I owned one. I have a Sony Walkman phone in w/c at that time was really a hit (talk about phone + ipod in one). And from here, the fun starts with the transformation of music genres that I listen to as I grow up. Read the rest of this entry →

Aug26

First VL for the Year

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First VL for the Year

So I just took the entire next week as a VL which was immediately approved by Mr.Whitemanwhodoesntsleep. I was smart enough to acknowledge that there’s a long weekend next week  (Mon, Tue are holidays) so I took the last three days as a VL. When I sent the request, boss didn’t know yet about the holiday (I sent it last month) so I don’t think its my fault. ;-)

Plans for VL

My VL isn’t really a vacation but rather just focusing on other things. here we go:

  • SEO consulting/freelance for 2 clients which is very labor-intensive and needs time.
  • My own stuff (hint:melvinblog and all the craziness behind owning a flagship blog and doing some lame-ass product launch)
  • De-stressing (massage, spa, sex, pampering, playing, you name it).
  • Going to some place – Am planning to visit my relatives on some days.
  • Shopping – will plan to buy some new stuff (mostly needed ones). And then will see the budget and look if I can buy the ‘wants’.

I hope boss doesn’t bug me too much w/emails and stuff. I mean its a vacation right? not a ‘work from vacation’ kind of thing.

Talk soon!

Aug23

Earthquake In East Coast?

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Earthquake In East Coast?

Did you just feel the earthquake in the east coast? If you’re a member of one of those countries, then you certainly did feel it.  According to USGS, there’s been a 5.8 magnitude earthquake in Washington DC and obviously its not the only city affected by the Earthquake..

Am reading my Twitter timeline and the earthquake in east coast has been the latest buzz. Scary! Just keep safe everyone. Stay indoor and avoid that earthquake (I dunno how to).

Aug21

The Latter Part of the Year

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The Latter Part of the Year

The latter part of the year is usually the part where I get very busy.. Last year, it was because I just got started working then I had some projects plus, online marketing clients along the way.

This year is no different. I have a job, and then I tried reviving melvinblog.com by doing some crazy marketing shit on my part. I’m planning on having a product launch late this year. I also planned on doing some really good guides for newbs on how to do things and stuff like that. I sold lots of my web properties just to make sure I’m gonna focus on my blog as my SOLE project. Its also admitting myself that having lots of stuffs and thinking you can do all of them is nothing but a big JOKE. So yeah, melvinblog will take most of my spare time outside work.

On top of that, I have some SEO clients that are gonna be recurring at least up until the end of the year. I’m also being offered a job by my former Marketing boss although I’m still not sure if I’m gonna take it.

Overall, most of the shit have something to do with money and yes, its because I want to be responsible and be prepared for the future. There’s no harm in trying to accumulate as much money as possible, you know. ;-)

Jun23

Exactly My First Year Working For WorldPartner

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Exactly My First Year Working For WorldPartner

So yesterday (June 22 2011) was exactly my first year working for a company called WorldPartner (or SplitmediaLabs if you will). Its just fascinating how its so quick. It just seems like my first day was like a week ago and here I am now, on my first year.

I’d say I’m enjoying the ride so far for the most part. A lot has changed since I came in. I started out under the tutelage of John Tan w/c I believe has done a good job on me as far as being a good listener/follower/whatever. I worked initially under Mr.Cheerstrup and Mrs.Zhpr and they were both fantastic people.

Then I transferred to the XSplit room and met more awesome people and made new friends. Then I started working more directly under Mr.Maby and it was tough at first but then I got used to it. I also got a couple of raises for my compensation although it isnt really big at all, nothing significant.

A lot of people have resigned and/or fired since I came in and it makes me wonder, when’s my time? ;-)

Jun11

Some Improvements Won’t Harm, I Guess

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Some Improvements Won’t Harm, I Guess

Part of growing up is finding the flawed area of your personality (or character if you will) and improving them. I haven’t really done any sort of blog post about this ever but I’m on constant look on things to improve or that I should improve. Doesn’t necessarily mean I’m about to work on those though. ;-)

So here’s the list:

  • Cutting down on beers/alcoholic stuff – my story of drinking is kind of like unique. I was never alcoholic and i started drinking when I was like in 3rd year college and it was like twice or thrice a year. Long story short, I graduated, eventually got bored and that is where my obsession with drinking beer. Now not that I really have to NOT drink anymore or stop my every saturday session with myself but I guess its more about a).cutting down on the quantity (I’m fine with 2 bottles, now I want 4 or more) and b).stop trying to drink too fast to be sober. This is something that I’m not in control lately. I need to be sane enough to still be the same classy guy that could still do things correctly and not do weird things.  Well to sum it up, its about being a responsible drinker yet with lesser quantities if possible.
  • Not thinking too much of sad things – I’m not sad at all but I’m not a  natural happy-go lucky type of person I weigh more on things that depress me rather than ponder on the happy moments. Its a problem that’s common for introverted type of persons but its something that I have to  at least minimize.
  • Saving money, cutting down on expenses - This should be a top priority. Uhm, lately I have been spending money more than I usually do and the last month that I was able to save money was April. Now thats very very uncommon of me since I’m very frugal and do usually spend nothing on stuffs that I don’t need. A big part of it is due to my credit card, responsibilities as the eldest son and of course some small raise given in my job. As of this writing, my entire salary for the month of May has already been wiped out and July should be a fresh month to start with.
  • Better decision-making - I am very horrible with making decisions and usually I end up facing the negative consequences of those decisions. My decisions are mostly based 70% emotionally and only 30% intellectual so thats why. Obviously I have my own sets of weaknesses regarding this matter and those weaknesses expose my poor ability to make decisions.
  • Minimize laziness - I stopped doing consulting/client work last April and that has allowed me to maximize my rest and watch television and stuff. Now that has brought some bad effects in which I have become lazy a bit. There’s too many to explain but that should be another critical improvement.

So I’lll try to revisit those things someday and hopefully I could be able to work on these things and then make progress.

May31

ETBilu – The Twitter User You’re Unknowingly Following

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ETBilu – The Twitter User You’re Unknowingly Following

I don’t know but there’s a pretty good chance by now that you are following ETBilu on Twitter without you’re knowledge. I know, after I woke up I noticed that all of a sudden I’m following this guy that I don’t even know. I unfollowed him but shortly after arriving in office I noticed that I am following him again! wtf?

ETBilu twitter

105,000+ followers for this guy? seriously? What’s more surprising is the trend/growth that ETBilu is receiving. Look:

That’s about 25,000+% increase in growth!  I don’t know how it happens and its not really a big issue. However it could be a cause of concern too because the guy just seems to be legit (based on my own analysis of his profile) yet he’s getting that tremendous growth that even him might not be aware of.

I don’t know. Its up for Twitter to figure out but one thing I know that I did before getting this guy is use Tweetdeck on my desktop. So maybe Tweetdeck is the culprit of all of this? Hmmm.

P.S. This guy has a scary twitter profile (background, avatar) by the way!  #EtBilu #Et Bilu