I had a chance to browse through a book we gave our workmate as a birthday gift entitled The Man's Book: The Indispensable Guide for the Modern Man by Thomas Fink. I managed to notice the section on beard types. Fink's source for the beards was the Yale University November Beard Club and it doesn't mention the year of release. More...

This is another one of these experiences that I didn't dream of before. Video conefence training is an example of how the world is becoming smaller. As Thomas Friedman would say it the technologies, like the Internet and fiber optics that serves as the foundation for video conferencing, makes the world flatter. More...

Here I am taking a nap during lunch. Thirty minutes is needed to recharge myself for the last four hours of my work day. More...

After nine years of service, Ernesto "Ton" Areopagita has left the Informatics team of Asian Development Bank (ADB) . I must say that nine years in Informatics is an achievement itself. I cannot imagine staying in a division or a work area for nine years. I will get bored to death with a constant like that. More...

This is an email I got from a former student of mine. It's really an encouragement for me. Quoting her email:

Hello again Sir JOn!
i'm back!
i've finished my C. Prog Project already...
how will we pass it to you poh?
through email?
if its through Email sir...