The Largest Nipa Hut

A magnificent creation by the Greatest Poet of Space Leandro Locsin

He interpreted the Bahay Kubo (Nipa Hut) into a massive structure built to represent a culture of Filipino and its Architecture.

Situated near the Manila Bay, its building approach accessed through the path similar to the waves of the shore. Massiveness and simplicity of the buildings component ir reflected in the facade.

A true representation of distinctive Filipino Architecture.

"Booksmarts or Streetsmarts?"

“Someone’s Capability is Immeasurable. It could not be Gauged by the Numbers”

In the industry where I’m involved—Construction and Management, skills are a priority. Especially in handling tasks and creating a sequence of work. There’s so much to learn and see. All you have to do is open your mind to all the opportunities and options.

There are two kinds of People. Those who are in theory—“the Booksmarts” and those who are specialized in experience and the actual--- “ the Streetsmarts”. It has always been an argument who is more capable. A contestant from the TV show “The Apprentice” once said that Books separate Man from Boys. But would that statement define the truth?

Many People could prove something in this scenario.

Michael Dell hasn’t finished his studies because of the small business he had in a small apartment. Eventually he became a Multimillionaire today and one of the top computer selling company.

Frank Lloyd Wright
A pioneer is a pioneer in architecture. He attended high school, but never graduated.

Bill Gates
Was a regular employee before. Today he is the architect of the software giant Microsoft.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
He created an influential 20th century architectural style, stated with extreme clarity and simplicity.He worked in his father's stone-carving shop.


These people serves as an inspiration to us that lack in education hinder success.

“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.”
--Mark Twain

Name Game

"Your Name is the Future"

So what’s in your name? Parents are giving the very best names for their children and sometimes the worst for some people who hate their names. Names could more likely to be an impression of what your future would be that’s why it must have a value. Here are some people who’ve proven that names must be really something that will explain your personality, give statement for outlook and oftentimes define the nature of your existence, your future work and even luck.

Donald Trump- DO-a strong implementation of leadership
TRUMP- may also means triumph


Oprah Winfrey- O- an expression when being amazed
Win-a sure winner

Bill Gates- He must be collecting bills since he hold the key of the Gates


The Walton’s- who’ve built walls of gold over the United States.

Well of course the Filipinos would also dig for the list.






Manny Pacquiao- Manny sounds like money! Pacquiao in Filipino means to buy more or grab them all. So he’s name would mean that he’s getting all the money. Aside from this meaning, it may also sound “manapak-yaw” which means to punch.








Same is true for Manny Villar. On the otherhand, Villar would mean Villas or houses of the aristocrat or the elite where Villar leads in the Industry in the Philippines.

Chasing What You've Chosen

Destiny. Is it a self proclaimed fact that you are compelled to pursue? Or a mere truth of responsibility? Whatever it means, I guess I have to admit that I’m engaged in the Industry I’ve chosen to take as far as my life goes. When I was at the terminal of high school entering college, I was really reluctant about the course I will be taking. Suddenly, it was Architecture. Why?Actually, it was the first on the course list (since it starts with A). Then as the years goes on in college, I woke up one day that I’m engaged with it and I gave passion through it. After so many trials I’ve worked with, there are times that I just wanted to turn back and raise the white flag. But in the end, I’m still pushed through the limits of my capacity. Moreover, Here I am still working with drawings, plans, talking with people engaged in construction.

Well of course I am having fun with my work. But will this be forever? I asked myself. I’m looking forward for a better niche and I find working abroad as an option.
I have so many plans. For myself, my family and the things that I love. I’m caught in the middle now. But I know in the end things will go my way. Coz everything perfectly fits for a cause. Perhaps sometimes you really have to know what it is.

Leaving on A Jet Plane

I fetched my brother to the airport this morning. Just a simple thought, this was the second time he was leaving for his work abroad. I wondered what’s in a man’s mind when he leaves his own country. A man trying to cope with a new environment, not his own. Far away from his comfort zone.

Last night I went home just to see everyone’s at home sleeping together in one roof for the very moment. It was really a sudden rush of emotion. It was like turning back time when we all are still young, playing, laughing, shouting, crying and teasing one another. Time really fly so fast. Here we are now, taking each other’s life by themselves. Trying to catch the challenges set by life. We’re on our way now. And from what I see now, I’m hopeful with fingers crossed that everything’s gonna be alright in the end.

To you bro, maybe one day you’ll see this. Though we do not talk that much, I know everything that we have to know. For the mean time, thank you and Goodluck and Godbless us. For what time will hold now will be cherished forever. See you back here.

The Curse in Construction

Construction must really have gone so far. More advanced technology as it steps towards the future. However, there are also side effects of the industrialization. For what a chainmail has brought me, It says that there are also parts of the construction industry that is quite alarming.

Thank You Mr. Jobs

My Favorite Gadget

More than a multimedia player, the Ipod and other similar devices have to offer much on my lifestyle. It serves as an earplug when you want to avoid hideous and annoying conversations. You can also use it to make damn talkshits to disturbed people. Last night, I’ve tried it and it made significant effects. Try for yourself.

The Old School

What’s good about old school? Let me find the ways. For me, it means doing ways in the conventional way (not talking about the trends.). I have been working with the old school. Which means their age are really twice (even thrice) my age. And I really find hard time coping with them. We have different interest (well of course, because of generation gap) I’m on the era of ipods and psp’s while they are still stuck in the middle of the Paleolithic era. I’m trying to teach some of them, but it’s really hard knowing that they still believe in the notion that the conventional way of say computations. It’s hard to teach something when you don’t believe into something that you use. Probably, they are still at the stage of denial. Denying to themselves that they are left behind of time. If only I could shout to them loudly, I will say “grow up old man!”. But I can’t, it’s not possible.

Being Grown Up

You're too young and you thought that you've learned everything

Life isn't that way

Just take the reality that you're a kid who knows nothing

Listen..

That's how life goes..

oftentimes you were told

because you're too young who knows nothing

Take my advice coz you're just a kid

and know the difference from what is right from wrong

I'm just a kid.

i know and i admit my limitations and the things i understand

But even though i stand this way,

i know that everyone has his right.

Even for a child
I just want to know the mistake of the reality

Let me learn things my own way

Open the mind to see colors of life

Set free and outstanding
You're too youngand still there are lot of things you have to know

I just want to know the mistake in the truth
You're just a kid and you thought that you already learned everything

Learning things on my own way

It's wrong to think that life is a pretty cool paradise

Two Words to Choke Upon

Given the fact that I am a newcomer in the industry of construction, I can give different meanings when I hear the word under construction. For what I am experiencing now that I’m outside the classroom, I can say that teacher or books hadn’t told anything yet. Not even a preview. Or maybe I was absent when lessons were taught. But Seriously, I should be ready for the real thing.

UNDER CONSTRUCTION- means a structure or establishment is renovated or being rectified or in the process of being established or developed.
Example: The road was closed because it is under construction.

UNDER CONSTRUCTION- means that something is considered under the category of construction.
Example: She belongs to the management while I belong under construction.

This Apartment Is Starving For An Argument

I’ve been renting a room for the past two months for my work. Perhaps I just want to try something else although I’m not experiencing great difficulties when I commute everyday considering the distance of my workplace to home. It’s not my first time to live this way because I lived in an apartment when I was in college for my thesis. Today, I made some computations for my daily expenses to gauge if it’s really worth the cost. Summing up the cost for renting a space from commuting everyday to home, there’s a pretty negligible difference. But the idea is that.

ADVANTAGE OF RENTING A SPACE:

YOU’RE JUST A RIDE AWAY TO OFFICE. You don’t have to hurry when you’re getting late for work.

DISADVANTAGE:
YOU’RE NOT AT HOME. Which means a lot of adjustments. You cannot do anything you want. What if there’s no water supply? You have to fall in line to take a bath in the morning when you’re renting a bed space.

YOU HAVE TO BUY EVERYTHING IN STORES OUTSIDE. Unless you can cook.

YOU HAVE TO BE INDEPENDENT. Coz mama’s not around to prepare your food or even wake you in the morning.

Thanks to the Man Who Created Virus

Computer viruses are now dominating the software and hardware industry. It’s inevitable and you really can’t escape from their existence once you face your computer. But come to think about it, Is it a curse or a gift? Everybody hates them for it offers a lot of interruptions and work failures. On the otherhand, the developer of these viruses have come to encourage programmers to develop systems to take actions from the harm. Because of the reaction, it has generated another branch in the computer industry and so forth jobs for millions of programmers in the world and boosts the I.T. industry. In the end, the third law of motion really counts for the scenario. So shall we blame the viruses? No one can definitely tell.

Words

Meron akong kasamang engineer (not quite sure about his authenticity) na may masamang pananalita. Kapag naririnig ko na binabanggit niya ang salitang Kwan, naiirita ako. Sa loob ng isang minuto, mababanggit niya ito ng 59 beses. Nakakainis dahil ipinampapalit niya ang Kwan sa salitang hindi niya masabi. Ibig sabihin, hindi niya talaga masabi ang gusto niyang sabihin nang malinaw. Maliban ditto, masama pa ang accent niya dahil pabalang ito. Yung tipong boss na nagmamay ari ng pagkatao mo..Sa aking palagay, hindi magandang salita ito dahil nangangahulugan ito ng pagiging vague. Hindi mo masabi ang nais mong sabihin dahil kwan.Yung kwan eh kwan. Kapag kwan ito, siguradong kwan na. Ewan. Nakakairita talaga.

“Be careful of the words that you use, they speak for yourself.”

The Great Escape

I thought that Graduation was the terminal of all the hardships and sleepless nights but then, the real world was even worst. When you're in school, you can drop your subject if you can't take it but in reality if you do the same, you'll lose your job and be unemployed if you fail to make an important submission especially if it comes with a real big deal. There's no turning back now because everything lies in front of me and there's no choice but to take it or take it. Everybody moves and grasp every moment. If you stop, you see every regret in the end. Every minute counts. Now i know how it feel when you're in school and you want to work and when you're working, you wanted to quit but quitting wasn't an option anymore.

Fish Out of Water

I'm missing home.I'm living my life independently as it seems and its really surprising how things come this way subsequently. It's just like yesterday when i woke up with a family to see in the morning. I wish i could go back home soon. And i wish that my home would be back like it was before..Soon.

Kill The Crab

I’ve been employed in a small company for almost one month. So far, I’ve been doing a lot of observations since I’m a newcomer and new to the real world. This is my first job and I don’t know when will it last. Honestly, there’s a lot of pressure I’ve encountered from the working environment, the people in the company and the nature of my work. Since I’m a rookie, I’ve been dominated with people who think they are in the position to dominate. Probably because of their age or maybe, their position. Or maybe they see me as a threat for their employment. Since I’m young, aggressive and hardworking and computer literate. Every little step I make, there will be an eye to see if there’s a room for mistake. Perhaps this is the environment of a company especially for a Filipino company. Maybe I’m too young to be defeated but I’m overwhelmed that they see me as a threat, cause it challenges me to improve what I have. In the end, only the best shall prevail.