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My Own Essential Apps

April 29, 2011 / posted in Gadgets, Games, Life, Work / No Comments

I’ve had an iPod Touch since 2009. I don’t buy a lot of apps except those needed for work/research. But I did buy some select apps that I use on a regular basis. If I were to choose my top 3 apps for my device, these would be my picks:

On my iPod Touch (iOS)

iBear Money
This app is an really useful expense tracker app. I bought this app on sale at $4.99, if I remember correctly. It’s quite handy for tracking all of my income and expenditures. It has a lot of nifty features like reports and charts. It’s also a bit easy to know what you’re looking for because of all the icons that you can use for every category.

The only downside of iBear Money is the cluttered interface. And there’s just too many layers of information before you can get to where you want to go. I guess that’s what you get for a comprehensive expense tracker software. But nonetheless, I was happy with this app.

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How a Dream Came True

March 18, 2011 / posted in Games, Life, Work / No Comments

Back in 1997, on a hot sunny afternoon in school, me and my friend were talking about an awesome game called Diablo.

Alan: Dude, ang ganda ng Diablo!
Carl: Syempre, Blizzard yan eh.
Alan: Hmm. Tingin mo, possible tayong makagawa ng game in the future?
Carl: Sige, mangarap ka lang.
Alan: Aba, malay mo.

Nine years later, I became a game designer.

That’s the great thing about dreams; the ones that you want the most tend to become reality.

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Me and My Strong Imagination

February 5, 2011 / posted in Life / No Comments

This is kind of an embarrassing moment, but a testament to how strong my imagination is ever since I was a child. You are free to laugh, it’s okay, I don’t mind. :)

So anyway, this happened way (really way) back when I was still in kindergarten. We were in class and the teacher was discussing something in front. I had a crush back then (oh shut up, don’t judge me) and she was sitting approximately two columns to my right and one row forward, and I can see her clearly. I looked at her while I leaned on my table with my left arm. Needless to say, a few seconds later, I started daydreaming. »Read More

New Year, New Hope, New Challenges

January 8, 2011 / posted in Gadgets, Games, Life, Work / No Comments

Goodbye 2010! Hello 2011! Yeah I know, this post is already a week late, but then again this blog wouldn’t be Idlectic if my posts were on time. Anyway, we have again survived another year of ups and downs. We laughed, we cried, we felt pain, we caused pain, we triumphed, we failed, we have undergone the perennial phase of change. I can cram a lot of new year quotes and phrases but that would be monotonous. And I might find it too boring to write and boring to read. So I won’t. Instead, I’ll write about 2010 from my point of view, and my perception of 2011; It’s probably more boring but I’m going to write it anyway.

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Remembering Engr. Alfredo Garcia

December 30, 2010 / posted in Life / No Comments

I was really close to my grandfather. I looked up to him since I was a kid, and I remember telling my cousins that I wanted to be as successful as him when I grow up. He was financially well-off, but was never selfish nor greedy; his siblings, sons, and even colleagues would vouch for him on that account, and I can say I can vouch for him too. He wasn’t much of a disciplinarian, he always wanted to see his grandchildren happy, and he made us happy. He also tried to instill in us the sense of responsibility he practiced, specially when we got older, old enough to understand such values.

Alfredo Garcia

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My 1 Week Diet

May 24, 2010 / posted in Life / 9 Comments

I’ve tried dieting in the past but most of the time my efforts were in vain because I either find myself too busy or too lazy to commit to a strict regimen. I did a month of dieting back in January and the results were acceptable to say the least. It was only a cut-rice-intake diet and it wasn’t something I could consistently sustain. But now, since I have all the time in the world to do whatever I want, I decided to give it another try. Fortunately this time, I wasn’t alone. My dad was willing to participate in my little week-long experiment.

Enter the GM Diet (General Motors Diet). It was a diet cooked up (no pun intended) by General Motors for their employees way back in 1985. It’s supposed to help one lose 10-17 lbs. after 7 days. The results were tempting so I jumped on the idea that maybe I could lose 10-17 lbs. myself.

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Welcome to Idlectic

May 11, 2010 / posted in Life / No Comments

Hi, welcome to Idlectic!

This is my personal blog. It’s my third attempt at blogging; the first two being HamsterGamer and Gamepulsive – the former dead, the latter dying. I will post stuff about my life in general, my work, the games I play, and the gadgets I fancy, and probably anything that makes me tick. Hopefully I can keep blogging long enough this time to archive a year’s worth of posts, perhaps even more.

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