pinkpillows

dear NUMB3RS, You will be missed..

pinkpillows — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:41:23 +0000

As has been reported around the net.. last week’s episode was the last episode for NUMB3RS. huhuhu.. I am extremely sad. I wish they didn’t have to end.

Normally, “happily ever after”s make me smile.. but this one just made me sad. Really sad. Their finale was a very good one.. I mean, I’ve been waiting for a very, very long time for Amita and Charlie’s “happily ever after”.. and I really thought I’d be happy when I’d finally get to see it happen.. this just kind of sealed the ‘rumor’ that it’s ending. (Until now, I still have my fingers crossed that the network will re-think their bad bad choice).

Anyhoo.. Thankyou thankyou for the great math lessons you’ve thought us. hahaha! I didn’t understand 95% of it.. but still.. it was a very, very, very good show! Numb3rs, you will be greatly missed.

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pinkpillows — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:44:27 +0000

Nyummm nyummm!

Lately, this kind of oranges are Php5.00/each..

Before, it was like at 20.00

Did you notice that they’re sweeter when they’re cold?

I did it! I did it! I really, really did it!

pinkpillows — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:47:49 +0000

*Happy dance!!!

Weeee!! I solved it.. I solved it.. I really, really solved it! But in the grand scheme of life.. it was really just a small thing.. but let me just bask in my moment of success for a little bit hehehe! Besides, this was one of those things that I have no idea how to solve. *happy *happy *happy.. So it’s a really HUGE moment for me.

I didn’t solve any crime actually.. I’m not that adventurous in real life. hehe.. I just solved this little mystery. “The mystery of the XCart’s weird minicart”. See, I have to change the UI.. and suddenly.. little miss minicart won’t cooperate. humf! I was sooo frustrated yesterday when after all that I’ve tried.. it still stood there unmoving. Aarggh!

So, let me just tell you boys and girls.. hehehe! what happened to the ‘ladies and gentlemen’? I feel a little bit superior.. I promise it will pass in a couple of minutes I’d like to share what I did (just in case I might hit another brick wall in the future.. or someone else can’t seem to break down our beloved brick wall)..

1. If you’re as lazy as I am, try the process of elimination. I’m sure you know how to do that If not, watch Bones! hehehe..

2. If the process of elimination came up empty.. you might have to get your hands dirty.. and do the old “trace the code” thing. I know that’s what I did –and I’m happy I learned a bit of XCarts brilliant-but-meany ways

3. When the task at hand is tooo much for you.. try writing it down. Try to think of what’s required. Sooner or later, you’ll find out that it’s not really that humongous.

I’d like to leave you all with this silly little slogan I just came up with: “Try and try until it runs…”

{hahaha! I am sooo funny }

Numb3rs

pinkpillows — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:59:31 +0000

I have been reading that Numb3rs is going away.. :’( I am really going to miss feeling smart like Charlie and Amita. But I am sooo going to miss Liz Warner and Nikki Betancourt too. Girls don’t like to be the “princess in distress” all the time.. sometimes, we’d want to be like Liz and Nikki — FBI Agents. They’re both really, really tough! And I soooo love their costumes too! I mean, have you seen Liz’ shoes? hehehe..

IMAGE SOURCE: http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/numb3rs/photos/191696#80102

On behalf of mypinkpillows.com (hehehe.. I know it’s just me on mypinkpillows.. I just wanted to say “on behalf of”) .. hehe.. nweyz.. On behalf of mypinkpillows.com @Liz and @Nikki.. We’ll really, really, realllllly miss you! Thankyou for making Numb3rs great! We hope to see you in the future.. (hmmm.. I wonder where? Psych? not Bones.. OTH (if you want drama).. hihi)

I can’t take it anymore!!

pinkpillows — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:31:35 +0000

you see… our usually silent neighbor has this noise on.. the problem with the noise is not that it’s loud. it’s just bothering me because it sounds really creepy (like it’s being played on a mono phone).. arrggh!

UPDATE:

Another set of neighbors has decided to annoy me! They’re making this noise like they’re digging something. Aarrrggh!! Don’t they know I’m trying to work. Aaarggh..

Meee

pinkpillows — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:18:20 +0000

Yesterday, I noticed that my blog was a bit dry.. I decided that what it needed is a new picture. Hehehehe!

But nothing seemed good enough on my computer.

Then during my Seminary Class’ seatwork time.. I sat on the floor.. and took pictures of myself.. I honestly didn’t plan on posting it here hehehe! It was just this natural thing I do when I don’t have to do anything –take self portraits.

Now you see how I love pink!

As for my lovely eye bags.. blame it on Bones and Numb3rs..

Thankyou 911

pinkpillows — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:07:16 +0000

Yesterday, I asked my Seminary students to look for people who render service. We’ll be using that to discuss “Charity” this afternoon. I gave them examples like their parents and their teachers.

This morning, while I was at Yahoo!’s website.. I saw this news item about a 7 year old hero who saved his family. As I was listening to the call the boy made to 911.. all I felt was the fear the boy experienced. He was really, really shaken. Yet, he took his sister to the bathroom and called 911. The attackers left without harming them or taking anything from them when they found out that the boy called 911.

That boy certainly is a hero.

I am thankful for all the people who work for 911. They’re really, really selfless. I know they change lives.

Last Sunday…

pinkpillows — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:32:34 +0000

Lessons in life…
Last Sunday, on our way to church.. we had to stop on a red light near the pharmacy. I noticed a dog being placed in the cooler. Just so that we’re clear.. I don’t like dogs. But I don’t believe that we should be cruel to them. Lesson #1, do not place your dogs in a cooler! How in the world are they going to breath there?

I voiced out my opinion to my family.. which in turn made them look at the family. My mother observed that they were likely going to the beach and were buying sunblock at the pharmacy. Lesson #2 ladies and gentlemen.. when it’s this HOT.. do not go out and burn yourself.

The moral of the story is.. if it’s Sunday.. do not go to the beach. Go to church

“Never forget that you are a child of God”

pinkpillows — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:24:16 +0000

There is also in our society a sad tendency among many of us to belittle ourselves. Other persons may appear to us to be sure of themselves, but the fact is that most of us have some feelings of inferiority. The important thing is not to talk to yourself about it. All of us cannot be tall, dark, and handsome. All of us cannot be trim of figure or have a beautiful face. The important thing is to make the best of all that we have.

Don’t waste your time feeling sorry for yourself. Don’t belittle yourself. Never forget that you are a child of God. You have a divine birthright. Something of the very nature of God is within you.

-President Gordon B. Hinckley

FROM: http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?hideNav=1&locale=0&sourceId=f2ed0e46d0bdb010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&vgnextoid=f318118dd536c010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD

CSS

pinkpillows — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:03:06 +0000

I didn’t learn CSS in school but it’s one of my favorite tasks to work with. A lot of my co-workers don’t like working with the UI so I normally get that very exciting task . (It can get frustrating at times [read: IE7] but still.. )

Anyhoo.. today, I am working on a new project that I’m really excited about. There’s this template system that really frustrated me almost 3 years ago. And today, we’re using it again. Yip yip.. I am actually excited to re-learn those stuff..

So, here’s a rundown of the stuff I learned for our “Web Developer’s Diary” series:
1. Be excited about learning new stuff. Let’s face it.. we went into a career that is going to change and update itself every single second. And that isn’t a bad thing. If you’re a web developer.. expect to learn new stuff along the way. If you’re a recent graduate.. please know that not everything you’ve learned in school will make it to your “day to day work” lives..

and

2. “Minimum is the new Max”. haha! I just came up with that line. What I’m trying to say is.. if you’ll be working on the UI.. do not clutter your html page with lots and lots and lots elements when you can achieve the same effect with few elements. Remember that template system I was talking about? Its’ css file is as big as 94,000 .. I removed unnecessary stuff and shrinked it to 80,000 .. not much right? hehe.. but if I get a $ for each byte I saved I can so buy that car I’ve been wanting.. hahaha! The point is ladies and gentlemen.. “keep it short”. There’s a handful of articles talking about shorthand css.. and believe it or not.. those are really, really useful!

I’ll go ahead and give you few examples:
1. 0px can also be just 0
2. #FFFFFF can also be just #FFF
3. spaces between the : and { can also be removed

hehe.. those are the only stuff I can think of at the moment.. but it saved me 14,000 bytes.. it might save you a lot too..

’til our next chika!