Ever since I started working as an IT professional, i have bought numerous personal digital assistants. I started with Palm M105 (2001). I was already happy with it during that time. Its one of the most affordable PDA at that time. Pocket pc is still unpopular and Mp3 players too. But I was thinking that if PDA could allow users to view pictures, listen to mp3 and watch movies, that would be very good. Palm is cheaper that time and I got mine for only PHP 7,500.00. Good models will cost you about PHP 25,000 during those times which i find it impractical as compared to its features.

The downside of palm m105 is it uses 2 AAA batteries. If the batteries went dead, so is your data. So I make sure i sync my data regularly.

After almost a year, i decided to sell it and buy pocket pc instead. I bought Compaq iPaq 3630(2002). The screen is big and this time it has colored screen. Now i can view pictures, listen to mp3 and watch movies. The problem is the memory. It only has 32MB memory. The model that i bought isn’t expandable so I’m always getting frustrated which mp3 to put everyday. During those times, Compaq iPaq costs about PHP 20,000 to PHP 40,000.

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Four months have passed and my baby has began muttering sounds. His first word is “mama”. We were very happy to hear that from him. Today saying mama is already part of his daily activities.

His next word is “mame”. His grandmother was so happy after hearing him say mame (mommy). Note: it has been our family culture to call our grandmother and grandfather how our parents call them. We call our mother “mami” thats why we teach our son and daughter to call them mami too.

I hope he could call me “papa” soon.

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Today, a lot of people spend their money on crazy things.  They buy toys, cool gadgets, not so productive tools, or anything that entertains people.  Though I do not say it’s bad, actually I find it good as long as you don’t over do it.  Spending isn’t bad at all but spending too much and most especially beyond your means, is very bad.  I know how it feels to overspend because, I’m guilty of it too.  But now, I realized how important it is to control your outgoing cash flow.

Q.  Where should I spend my money?

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Election day is very near and I notice that a lot of politicians are spending huge amounts of money on advertisements on TV, radio, prints and even on the internet. Take a look at your facebook account? Who’s in there? That’s either Manny Villar, who claims he can stop the poverty in the Philippines (“Si Manny Villar, ang magtatapos ng ating kahirapan…”), or Gibo Teodoro, who just want to fly his airplane (joke) (“Ready for take-off na tayo…”). On TV you’ll see two more politicians, Last night, I viewed Lito Lapid’s political ad (“The man and his horse…”) and Rey Langit’s “Kasanga mo ang langit…” ad. Erap even has his own ad (“pag may Erap may ginhawa…”). Noynoy Aquino will not loose to them so on his new ad he claims that he’s not going to steal. (“Hindi ako magnanakaw…”). But the question is, who’s the right person to vote? Well, that question is very subjective. So I’m trying to compile my ideal qualities of a good political leader.