Joel Francisco
geek stories and photography misadventuresLiving in the Matrix
Pacquiao wins over Hatton! Replay link below!
It was indeed a very short fight…Hatton caught all of Manny’s major punches which brought him to the canvass sleeping….Roach again playing Nostradamus predicting the fight will not last till the 3rd Round!
Picture courtesy of HBO boxing. 
Watch the Pacquiao vs Hatton replay here!
http://www.pinoychannel.tv/watch/v-139459?title=Pacquiao%20VS%20Hatton%20round%201%20n%202
D90 or iMac, my birthay present?
Haven’t blogged about whats happening, time ticks like my speedometer when im going to work. I’ve been contemplating if i would buy a Nikon D90 or an iMac. Most probably i cannot buy this til late next year. I guess by that time the price should have plummeted to the ground. I still have a camera in any case, and an old laptop to work onto. But still i cannot stop the urge of buying a new toy.
My birthday is coming and i want a birthday present for myself. I wish i was a kid where every year of your life, your parents or siblings has at least something for you. Now its not like that, specially when your working far away from your family and friends.
a morning lamentation…
Is this signs of aging? Or is it normal to be lazy? Im getting lazier when it comes to blogging, forwarding emails, cleaning (room, kitchen, toilet), playing xbox, working, and a long list of todo's….. Or is it, time just flies too fast that you still wanted to do a lot of things when you get home from work and cannot execute because it's too late for you to do it you are already tired and sleepy. I'd like to buy tons of things that would satisfy the moment and make you happy for a bit of time, like gadgets, stuffs for my car or anything fancy. But none of them is really making you happy. Well for now I'll just blame it all to STRESS……damn you for making me blog this stuff! Wherever you came from, go back!
There are too many responsibilities that you want to leave but you cannot. And that is where your faith will be tested. And you will not leave those responsibilities because you are a responsible person…..well at least trying your best to be one is fair enough.
New Sub Category: Web Development Tips
I changed the PHP Basics category to Web Development tips so everything regarding web development, design, webserver configs etc. can be found here. Cheers!
myBlogSite down for a day
Well for unknown reasons, the site was down for a day and some few hours because of DNS Server failure. My hosting was able to solve the problem and we are back up again. I changed the google ads plugin, hoping i can generate $100 faster with adsense. Oh btw i am working right now as a web developer (again) yeah yeah back to good old php coding and some actionscripts i might say… Planning to get my xbox360 modded this week and buy some parts for the civic. that's all for now… Anyway 1 of my fave songs this week, Heartbreaker by Will.I.Am feat Chery Cole (and look how gorgeous cheryl cole is! she reminds me of ex- gf kate beckinsale 
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1st Wedding Anniversaryeoke!
To my fans out there, if ever there are some or at least im sure there is one…..sorry for i havent updated this site. It has been a while since I blogged and I guess every weekend will be a great sched to at least shoot an entry on my site.
Anyway I have been waiting a long time to post our 1st wedding anniversary pics which was held a day before our wedding date (June 27)…..eventhough we have had financial problems months before this very special day, but still my wife had managed to grace a small videoke party at home. I would like to thank first my wife for being there for me, my family, my kuya raffy for cooking most of the food, friends, relatives, brethrens and sisters from our Church and most of all to Our Almighty Father in Heaven.
Enjoy the pics!
Busy Bum Been Busy!
A lot of things happened during the past few weeks that I havent blogged:
- I have to review Joomla 1.5 for new sites shaping up.
- Canyon Woods – Middle East website is also on the queue.
- Hostingatbp.com gets a revamp thanks to Master Obi Wan Kenobi for Joomla Tutorials.
- Filipinicars.com is also happening where new/used cars are being updated in a bi-weekly basis.
- I am still jobless thanks to Dubai Ministry of Interior for their turtle-like approach on processing employment visas.
- I knew how to go to Burj Dubai – Downtown, passing by on all directions. (btw its a nice place, a community of villas, buildings madinat-jumeirah style)
- I have downloaded a couple of movies thanks to BitComet and Isohunt and FXG & AXXO. Please do not buy pirated movies ;)
- Started CCNA video tutorials at home.
- Kung Fu Panda rocked the whole week making me an avid customer of McDonald's for their Happy meals.
- Last best thing coming of next post……surely with pix!
Picasa Web Albums – Slideshow
Being a bum has its advantage. Reading every link in Picasa Web Albums and its new features was really cool. Imagine i dont have to use simpleviewer anymore just to show my pictures. Well i'd still use that for my hi res pics, if ever i will have a Nikon SLR. well anyway here is the sample of the Embed Slideshow link from Picasa.
If you dont have Picasa on your computer you should download it now! 
A very long and perspiring day…
I started early around 10:00am (yes this is a very early time for me :P) going to Dubai Outlet Mall, where Al Ahli Group mall management office is located. Joanne was with me so she can roam around the vast mall with few shops. AAG is one of our clients and I installed Forefront Security for exchange (As if it's very hard to install!?!? duhh.. im such a Loser ). We had some misunderstanding about what to install at first because why the heck would i drive around 30 kilometers just to install an application easier to install than WinZIP (Enter….next….next…next…finish)? hehehe…I thought we will install Forefront Client Security which is more tedious to install… Anyway i wasted like an hour installing the OS on their server, and stopped when i was searching for the SQL Server 2005, 32-Bit CD. Which they don't have. Then someone told me that they dont have the FF Client security CD as well, and all they need is the FF for exchange. OK…OK…my bad i assumed and asked the wrong person. Then around 12:30 Joanne and I ate lunch, after eating I finished my job there and we went to Ras Al Khor to window shop cars. Joanne got her license finally 2 weeks back…..mabrouk! We arrived there around 3:30 PM roam around in intense 42 degrees of heat. And stayed there til 7pm chatting with Tita Rosie, managing partner of Manila Cars in Aweer..
It was a really tiring day specially to Joanne who walked like 5-6 hours…..anyway here is her picture with her dream CRV:
Hope you decide carefully…..
And this is me on my dream cooper with a very fat face :
This picture was taken two weeks back with Kuya Raffy and I was also window shopping cars
Adele celebrates her 18th bday!
Belated happy birthday to the first of three roses in francisco clan. She celebrated with family and friends. I hope you enjoyed your small party at our 3 decade old house.
She's not selling bananas! Adele may you have more birthdays to come, study hard and pray to God always. UTANG MUNA! 
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