Hayyy… May Grade 1 na ko. Ang bilis ng panahon :)
Posted: June 13th, 2011 | Author: Arnold | Filed under: All in a days work | View Comments
Good morning smiles! :)
Posted: June 10th, 2011 | Author: Arnold | Filed under: All in a days work | View Comments
Undeserved grace
Posted: June 2nd, 2011 | Author: Arnold | Filed under: All in a days work | View CommentsThank you for the undeserved grace. This weak, sinful man is loved and accepted, only because of Your unfathomable grace.
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Grace by Which I stand
Lord, the feelings are not the same,
I guess I'm older, I guess I've changed.
And how I wish it had been explained, that as you're growing you must remember,
That nothing lasts, except the grace of God, by which I stand, in Jesus.
I know that I would surely fall away, except for grace, by which I'm saved.
Lord, I remember that special way,
I vowed to serve you, when it was brand new.
But like Peter, I can't even watch and pray, one hour with you,
And I bet, I could deny you too.
But nothing lasts, except the grace of God, by which I stand, in Jesus.
I'm sure that my whole life would waste away, except for grace, by which I'm saved.
But nothing lasts, except the grace of God, by which I stand, in Jesus.
I know that I would surely fall away, except for grace, by which I'm saved
Meeting THE Arnold Gamboa
Posted: May 30th, 2011 | Author: Arnold | Filed under: All in a days work | View CommentsBefore reading below, read this first: I’m not THE Arnold Gamboa.
Facebook has done wonders — it has changed the way we interact and has brought high school classmates, old friends and even fans and celebrities together.
So, when fans of the 70s hit group Apat na Sikat member Arnold Gamboa started emailing me on Facebook and messaging me on Twitter thinking that I’m THE ONE, I started to look for the real guy on Facebook. And we eventually become Facebook “friends”.
Today, together with Joy and Josh, I finally met the guy who made me famous among my teachers growing up. Who made “name recall” a tool for my advantage.
I’m technically not a fan, he quit showbiz even before I started watching TV — my mom is, no wonder she named me after him.
But I am NOW! The guy is so friendly, so accommodating. So down to earth and humble, you’ll never trace any hint that he’s one of the few who dominated Philippine showbiz back in his time.
We encouraged him to go back to showbiz. Seriously, if you’ll see him in person, you’ll know that he’ll give Gabby Concepcion or Albert Martinez the run for their money. And with his fanbase still intact, I’m sure it’s going to be an easy ride up. Of course, it’s not an easy thing to do, I guess. He’s currently an executive at a prime hotel, who would want to exchange that with the ugly reality of showbiz tsismis. But then, once an actor, always an actor. So who knows! :D
Thanks, Kuya Not for your kindness and for accommodating us. Thanks for the breakfast. Sa uulitin. :D
Mama, these pictures are for you. Hehehe…
Why we’re sticking it out with Kohana (PHP) and not jumping ship to Ruby on Rails
Posted: May 26th, 2011 | Author: Arnold | Filed under: All in a days work | View Comments
I have to admit it — I have a "Ruby on Rails" envy. Ruby on Rails is like PHP 10 years ago. PHP was hot and the talk of the town back then. Now, every cool dudes I know are either iPhone developers or Ruby on Rails geeks. Ruby on Rails looked very sexy. Red hot sexy. Girl-in-2-piece-in-a-wine-commercial sexy. And us PHP guys? We looked old, slow, messy and uncool. I don't know if it's just bad press, but that's how they describe us these days.
We've made a living out of PHP for years. I've started a company that revolves around PHP. We've developed hundreds of websites in PHP.
And I'd say, we're sticking it out with PHP — at least in the next few years. Here's why.
1. It's a business move. We're basically an outsource consultant. While we're moving slowly to building our own products, we rely on clients paying our bills. Most clients still prefer PHP and we have to admit it, according to statistics 70% of websites are done in PHP. We'd rather just do the job than explain to the client why Ruby on Rails is hotter than PHP.
2. Kohana (PHP framework) IS our Ruby on Rails. They say that RoR makes you code faster, easier. But honestly, it's an overstatement if we will keep it against PHP. There's been a lot of frameworks for PHP these days. We're currently using Kohana 3 and so far we're loving it. It makes our job easy, simple and we've able to make web applications for clients for days for others that is coded in months using plain PHP. Writing a Ruby on Rails simple blog in 15 mins? I can write a Kohana blog in 5 mins :D Kidding aside, really, if fast coding is the argument, we don't have any problems with Kohana. It's flexible, too! Wants to see your database queries or use ORM to reduce your RoR envy? You choose. It comes with HMVC. Not just MVC… that's HMVC. How about another letter in front to make it sound sexier than RoR, eh!. ;)
Don't get me wrong. Given a free time, I'd like to see RoR in action in the future. And I still do envy the RoR dudes. Seriously. You're all cool and sexy. You're the future of the web. But hey, Kohana does the job, and does it right, too. So we'll stick with our good old mama for now.