Days of My Life

Looks like I’ll have go in for another battery replacement as I’ve found out yesterday that the DBS implant in my right chest plate is dead.  My condition has been getting progressively worse, I believe, for the last two weeks. I’ve an appointment on Tuesday for a scheduled adjustment, so I’ll wait until then.  It’s not something like a pacemaker anyway.

We’ve planned two trips in July and August, one of them will be for over a week.  So it’s good that it died now while I’m home. It was due anyhow.

UPDATE: It was a false alarm.  It was the battery of the controller that was weak; as for my condition, I’ve no idea.  Instead of surgery, I had a setting adjustment: pulse width was lowered even more.

Ever since I joined Facebook, I’ve been reunited with over thirty friends — mostly from my high school. I was surprised that half of them are still unmarried. I’m two years older than most of them, so they are around 32. It’s true that people get married late these days. Too bad for me… they are mostly females — if you know what I mean.

Anyway, I’m hooked to Texas Hold ‘Em Poker which is what I used to spend most of my time playing. Currently, I rank 6 (Pro 100k). I’m getting a little tired of it now that I’ve exceeded 100k, though.

Well, I apologize for not keeping in touch. I don’t think I’ll blog regularly as I did before.

I went in today to see my VR counselor and to sign my IEP, so I’m now officially looking for a new job. By next week, a job developer would contract me to set up an interview which will basically be about what I’m interested in, what my skills are, etc. That person would use various sources to find me a suitable job and would also accompany me to job interviews to negotiate reasonable accommodations at the workplace.

Well, wish me luck! I’d be competing with over 1 million unemployed job seekers…

By the way, Happy New Year!

Instead of believing in Heaven and Hell like a good Catholic should, I believe in karma and reincarnation as they do in Buddhism. Instead of believing in the Bible, I’ve more faith in science and historical evidences/facts. But I do believe in God… whichever form God may be in. And I believe that all religions have some truths in what they teach. I chose Catholicism because of that; they don’t belittle other religions. Besides, Catholicism and Buddhism are similar in many ways — especially in that they respect all religions. Continue reading ‘My Thoughts on Afterlife’ »

I don’t know when it happened, but my PageRank jumped to 4 from 0.  This domain is only around 2 months old, so I guess the contents helped.  I’ve also sponsored a few contests with EntreCard credits which earned me lots of backlinks.  This increase means that I can get back into PayPerPost thing again. Continue reading ‘Google PageRank Increase’ »

In the last 3 months, the ol’ man must have spent over $2,000 for himself alone — albeit 90% of it was medical expenses. Continue reading ‘Insouciant Spending’ »

I agree with Turnip that EntreCard is failing to be an effective advertising service.  No one, myself included, clicks the advertisement on their widget anymore since we can just use our inbox to drop for credits.  As for the traffic, it’s mostly from the same people over and over again… so what’s the point? Continue reading ‘EntreCard Dropping is Becoming a Chore’ »

I’ve been browsing several job sites, such as Monster.com, for DBA positions, and most of the requirements are way over my head.  Some of the technologies they listed are things that I haven’t even heard of before, and I just don’t have enough experience in the field I studied for in school. Continue reading ‘Feeling Inadequate in Life’ »

I attended an VR orientation today which was basically about what they do, what to bring, etc.  They have 6 counselors at their branch, and each of them has around 100 clients.  Long story short, I’ve to wait more than a month just to get assigned to one… and who knows how booked they will be thereafter.

In the mean time, of course, I’ll be submitting my resume all over.

Why does my life have to be so freakin’ difficult!?  I never thought I’d have to go through this all over again.