My cousin Third (yes, it’s his nickname) will be getting married tomorrow. And yes it’s going to be on a Monday.

Manic Monday song playing.

What?!? Yeah, I have learned from my brother that it’s going to be on a Monday and even if I wanted to go there I just cannot go. I am preparing a new set of training materials again and I should be finished before the week ends. If I will absent myself tomorrow, I won’t be able to finish it on time.

Congratulations to my cousin. =)

My Mom and my sister went on a shopping extravaganza at the Greenhills Shopping Center just this afternoon. I did not go with them for I have my own agenda for that day already. When my sister got home she started shouting at me (which is already her normal voice):

Ate!!! Ang daya mo!!! Masmadaming binili sayo si Mommy!!!

Of course this was a surprise for me. I was not really expecting that Mom would be getting something for me. She just got me four pieces of blouse where 3 of them have long sleeves. Then, she also got me a couple of shirts and a wallet (thanks for my wallet should have a forced retirment already). Nonetheless I was really thankful for that. =)

Chain letters spread through e-mails have become so popular that everybody hates it and most would still send it. It has been part of the cyberculture and even if one person would break the chain, the letters won’t go lost. You may even find it back on your very own Inbox. Thank God that the old-school chain letter (written on paper) has become extinct. Now, if you want to be really creative in sending chain letters and be effective at the same time, we should now use a little of marketing here.

First, there has to be promotions. Just put some testimonials that you have created. All should be positive testimonials and such testimonials should not be written in the Kitikitext age style. However, you may want to put some celebrities there since randomly named people would block your way in sending the message across from a person who’s really not into sending chain letters. Let’s say you want to make a supposed testimonial of Kris Aquino. Be sure you sound like her so that it would be more convincing.

Second, there has to be benefits. You should let the receiver know that he or she will get something in sending the chain letters to 20 people or so. Asking for the wish of the receiver is not going to work. They’ll just send your mail on the trash right away. You have to be very specific. In short, you have to know what’s the talk-of-the-town. Let’s say that they’ll receive a limited edition of Starbucks 2006 planner or an alarm clock that only alarms at 3am that sounds like a witch.

Third, establish the credibility of the chain letter. Compose your own letter that would seem to come from a high position of a certain company. Be sure to put the contact details of the person and do not forget to ask the receiver to also send the e-mail to that particular person.

Finally, be sure that it will be opened once received. You may easily establish it by putting in the subject heading: Do not read it or This is Crap. Subjects such as those would arouse intrigue amongst the receivers of the chain letter. Start writing your own chain letters now. You’ll be surprised you’ll get one that you made.

Yesterday was something old and funny. I had a hard time of thinking of what to give in something for old and funny. Meanwhile, here are my Kris Kringle gift ideas for those who are in the “kuripot mode”

1. compilation of Erap jokes
2. burned mp3s of Tito, Vic and Joey albums
3. used DVDs of funny movies or TV series
4. recorded videos of Bubble Gang’s MEV (Music English Version) in VHS tape
5. burned videos of hilarious videos found on the Internet
6. home recorded videos (using your cameraphone) of spoofs of certain commercials
7. used Archie comics and Pugad Baboy comics

I’ve seen from the Imago Mailing List that Aia de Leon (the vocalist of the band and guitarist as well) is taking up Capoeira lessons. You’ll notice it everytime they play Anino which is an upbeat track from their album Take Two. Capoeira is a form of martial arts that originated in Brazil. Capoiera is always played with music. It would not be Capoeira if there is no music since the tempo in the music sets the style of the game. Capoeira is not aimed in destroying the opponent. It’s something like more of showing off your skills.

To give you more idea of what’s Capoeira like, if you have played Tekken 3 and have used Eddie Gordo as the player (one of my favorites in Tekken), you might have noticed his moves involve a lot of acrobatic stunts (like breakdancing which evolved from Capoeira).

Make sure that you are from West Africa. If you’re really not from West Africa, just pretend to be someone from West Africa. Then, pretend to be from some bank with a high position in the Auditing and Accounting Section. Let them know that you are seeking some financial assistance and that you got their contact information on the American Embassy there. To make things more believable, just name some Mr. or Mrs. Cruz or Mendoza or any surname that is so common. Then, make up a story of a person who died in a plane crash and they were having a hard time looking for the relatives. Do not forget the mention of the amount deposited in the bank (something around 10++ Million USD) since the higher the amount, the more the person will be tempted to reply. Then, asked the supposed receiver (the supposed next of kin to the deceased even if he’s not related by 6 degrees or so) of this DIY Spamifized Letter his name and contact details (includes complete mailing address and phone number). Assure the person that the transaction is 100 percent risk free and that you’ll get a 30% of the stated amount which serves as the accomplice’s fee. Do not forget to tell him that this should remain as a top secret or you will send your goons armed with M-16’s to hunt him dead or alive. And please, do not use weird email addresses for you will be suspected as a spammer. Then, forget about the You Won the Lottery subject heading. A one-word subject will do (e.g. urgent, emergency, etc.).

A special ride of a tricycle price hike of 8 Pesos (from 23 Pesos to 31 Pesos) is something that makes me want to train for marathon after petroleum companies initiated a rollback. 31 pesos of a tricycle ride is already too much for me and for some as well. My 31 pesos could get me to Makati and back (that is excluding all the tricycle rides) to Bicutan. My 31 pesos could buy me at the most three cheese waffles (available at 10 pesos each) at the Landmark Terminal. The END is NEAR!!! Fear the ever increasing transportation costs for everything will rise up while all of us drown. I cannot blame the tricycle drivers or the operators. They are also human beings. They also need to survive. The system just sucks big time and I hate it.

Welcome to the real world! You now officially lose your allowance privileges. Work your ass off and feel the difference. Then, hope that you’ll come up across a time machine to go back as a student.

You might have noticed that I haven’t posted new Inventor Stuff lately. It’s because that I am currently studying AutoCAD Electrical 2006. AutoCAD Electrical 2006 is based from AutoCAD. It has the command line and the default color of the graphics window is black. They also have projects like that of in Autodesk Inventor. What makes AutoCAD Electrical a more challenging software to learn that Autodesk Inventor is that I have to go back to my notes way back in college so that I could fully appreciate the use of the software. In Autodesk Inventor, I can start my DIY projects right away. But in AutoCAD Electrical, I have to re-learn again what our teacher in Industrial Electronics taught us. Just last night I have taken down notes of things that I wanted to learn in AutoCAD Electrical. You see, I want to make something from scratch. I just learned most of the commands from the Hands On Test Drive. However, I still need the Official Training Courseware for AutoCAD Electrical from Autodesk since I failed in my attempt of searching User Groups of AutoCAD Electrical, and blogs focused on it as well.