Today is "Edsa"-Day, the People Power Anniversary to celebrate the revolution and restoration of the country's democracy and the fall of dictator Ferdinand Marcos in 1986. It's sad to see that the country is still fighting with the legacy of what Marcos caused in terms of inequality, corruption, economic crisis, and religious unrest. Marcos was exiled to Hawai where he died 3 years later, but his family, e.g. son Bongbong Marcos (a senator...), former first lady Imelda (with a collection of over 7.500 shoes) and a grandson are still around. The grandson, some people who know him from school, told us how he tweeted about finding a real Picasso in the basement (which got confiscated a few days later). Due to the death of the SAF44 in Mindanao and the continuing inequality, there were lots of demonstrations going on today.
As it was a "working" holiday though (big announcements in the paper so that no one mistakes it for a "real" holiday), we joined our PPT presentations rather than the PPA demonstrations.
As it was a "working" holiday though (big announcements in the paper so that no one mistakes it for a "real" holiday), we joined our PPT presentations rather than the PPA demonstrations.
Not dropping it!
Finished the rework of our process overview; more Powerpoints - but looking good now, and the file sharing recommendation:
After analyzing a number of tools, Dropbox turned out to be our favorite. From feature perspective all were pretty close, some even better in terms of user authorization, collaboration, file versioning. But Dropbox seems to be the easiest and most flexible tool in terms of working across platforms and being compatible with thousands of apps. And, most importantly, the clients knows and uses it already -> low learning curve. So we started working with it today, collaborating, downloading, sharing, moving our file structure over to test things out, dropping something here and there, testing it out. We'll keep you updated on how they like our recommendation!
Jaw-dropping:
Lunch with Bambi, José and Ging in the basement brought with it (apart from a really nice Bangus = Milkfish) the surprising fact that Ging is buying 20 kg rice every week. That's why she needs such a container to store it:
Remy took up the challenge and surprised up with real Indian veggie samosas for Merienda and some home-made lemonade. They are really spoiling us - completely and utterly.
Dropping us at the corner of Ayala Triangle Park after work
Drops of Jupiter?
Simon and I were actually happy that there were no drops of Jupiter. Decided to take a different route along Jupiter Street next to the Manila South Cemetery (hoping it would be less crowded there). It was less crowded but the smell of the nearby creek wasn't too nice and the neighborhood was giving us the creeps (just a bit).
Dropping some quotes
I thought they fit well - both on People Power Day and for the Social Sabbatical:
Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean.
(Ryunosuke Satoro, Japanese writer)
We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.
(Mother Teresa)
And because Filipinos love this sport:
The invention of basketball was not an accident. It was developed to meet a need. Those boys simply would not play 'Drop the Handkerchief.'
James Naismith, invented basketball in 1861 - didn't know a Canadian invented it...)
Last but not least:
By all means, let's be open-minded. But not so open-minded that our brains drop out.
(Richard Dawkins, evolutionary biologist and writer)
Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean.
(Ryunosuke Satoro, Japanese writer)
We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.
(Mother Teresa)
And because Filipinos love this sport:
The invention of basketball was not an accident. It was developed to meet a need. Those boys simply would not play 'Drop the Handkerchief.'
James Naismith, invented basketball in 1861 - didn't know a Canadian invented it...)
Last but not least:
By all means, let's be open-minded. But not so open-minded that our brains drop out.
(Richard Dawkins, evolutionary biologist and writer)