After 6 months

Exactly 6 months ago was my first day at work. Working at Pacblue has been a huge blessing for me. Before working there, I was actively searching for a job for almost a year. It was very difficult for me to find a job because I graduated at the worst time... during the recession... fail. Every Tuesday at prayer meeting, I remember that my only prayer request was to find a job. Countless resumes and cover letters were sent out but I hardly got replies. What made it even more difficult was that the job position that I was looking for requires work experience which I didn't have. I was so frustrated and I had thoughts of giving up and to just work at my part-time job instead. Even in those tough times, family and friends have been constantly praying for me. I soon realized that no matter what happens, you just have to trust in the lord.

One day after I finished work at my part time job, I got a voicemail from Pacblue and that wanted to have an interview with me. I called them right away and set an appointment with them. Once I hung up the phone, I was so excited that I instantly forgot when the interview was. It was quite embarrassing but thankfully they still wanted me to come to the interview when I called them back to confirm the time. Lesson learnt: Write down the information from important phone calls.

During the past 6 months, I've made many new friendships with my coworkers. I think I am the youngest person there but many are around my age. I was put into a team and I love working with them. We have been a lot closer to the point of sharing about our personal lives and even about religion. When work gets tiring and rough with overtime or rare shifts on the weekend, I still feel it is a blessing from God to be employed. Now every Tuesday at prayer meeting, my prayer request is praising God for my job and for me to shed his light at work.

Some people say that I am now in a different life stage.. that may be true but I still have the mind of a 16 year old. =P

- Gilbert

Here is my computer where I do all my work such as surfing the net, going on youtube, facebook, msn, forums and playing flash games.

Years

5 years ago, I was in grade 11... an immature little kid.

5 years into the future, I am filled with dreams and uncertainty.

Present day, living each minute for your glory.

Feels like I'm losing you...

Sausage Fest

21

So old now. Lets have an awesome year with no regrets.

Bro

Mom and Dad

Last night I went out with my friends for some late food. While I was eating, my mom called me to take out the trash, clean up my messy room and not come home too late. This is the usual nagging I get whenever I’m out. To top it off, my mom always say “I love you” and asks me to say I love you back before we hang up. If I didn’t do it, she will pester me until I did. So I murmured I love you before I hung up. A friend overheard what I said and he thought I was so lucky that my parents say that to me because he said his parents never really say that to him. When I started to drive home, I thought about what my friend said and it really struck me. I broke down when I got home because I thought of all the things I have done that have disrespected my parents. It is sad that I needed someone to tell me that I am lucky to have such loving parents to really make me think of how poorly I treated my own parents. I felt like I took advantage of their love. I was so troubled last night that I couldn’t sleep well. I prayed and asked for forgiveness but afterwards, I felt like I shouldn’t just be apologizing to God but also to my parents. I wouldn’t be able to see them until dinner because I had work so I had some time to prepare myself to tell them how I felt. I am usually a person not to show my emotions especially to my parents so I felt it was a difficult task for me. I prepared and ran through what I was going to say to them at work. When I got home, dinner was ready and I went down to the kitchen. When I saw them, I just broke into tears. I couldn’t say anything that I had prepared. I felt so embarrassed and my parents were so puzzled. They kept asking me if something was wrong like if I got fired or got into a car crash. When I pulled myself together, I told them I have been a horrible son to them and I asked them to forgive me. When my mom heard that, she just smiled with tears and told me that she has the best son in the world and that no matter what I do, she would always love me.

God’s fifth commandment says to honor your father and your mother and I believe that we should never neglect and forget this rule. God has given us parents to teach and nurture us to become godly people of Christ. This commandment gives us the promise that our lives will go better for us if we obey it and ultimately have an improved relationship with God.

I really love my parents and I am just so thankful that god has blessed me with a wonderful mom and dad. … Thank you so much.

mom and dad. some silly pics we took when i just got my macbook

September

Friends are back at school and rain will be the primary forecast. Somehow, I feel like it is a start of a new year. I am starting new ministries, made closer friends and grew closer to you. I hope I am able to glorify you more this new year...

i surrender all to you

Dear God,

You are so good

Amen

Camp

Camp with my best friends in 4 days.. cant wait!

Hired!

Big thanks to my parents and all my friends for supporting and praying for me. Biggest thanks to God for blessing me with a new career. God is wonderful!

Jobs

Job hunting is so depressing. Many of the listings says that they require at least 2 or more years of experience. There goes 80% of potential jobs. When I find a suitable job listing and send in my cover letter with resume, 90% of the time I get no response. On top of that, there aren't many listings of what I have studied for. At least I got a job right now with decent pay but I don't enjoy it at all. I enjoyed what I studied and I would love to work at what I learned at school but this is going no where. Should I keep looking or maybe go back to school? God please help me.

Wolverine protecting my desktop computer

ROFL...

Shoes

So, another 2 pairs of shoes came in last week. This addiction is killing me. I don't need these shoes but I want them so bad and when I get them, I feel... happy. Fail... I tell myself that I must stop spending money on useless things but it is not working. I also have another 2 pairs that should be coming in next week. hahaha. Im crazy. Alright, no more spending money on shoes and apparel. I got to save up for my own place and my own car.

Aren't these just beautiful tho?





Beautiful? : Yes

How much? : Too much

Happy? : Yes

Regret? : A little

Not going to buy anymore? : Hopefully yes.

If I can't stop myself, Ima go talk to a shrink.. hahaha.

Gilly rules’s review of the HTC HD2

Let me start of by saying that this phone is just gorgeous. If you want a phone that no one else has and is over the top sexy, it’s the HTC HD2. The phone only offers Edge for data connection until the North American version is released. The phone is only available overseas but it comes unlocked and is sold at import retail cellular phone locations. I bought mine at cellworldco for just under 7 bills. Expensive? Yes. But worth it? We will find out.

Box Contents:

-Phone
-Headphones
-Manuals
-8GB micoSD
-Charger
-Leather pouch
-micro USB

One thing to note about the packaging of this phone is that the all the packaging for the headphones/charger/microusb is wrapped with cornstarch which apparently is fully recycle. Nice to see HTC putting in effort in “green” packaging.





Hardware:

The phone boasts a super ridiculous large 4.3in screen with incredible resolution. The screen is so big that it makes me think I am holding a PDA. The screen has a glass finish so it is very scratch resistant. Capacitive touch screen is also a bonus. I used to own a phone with a resistive touch screen (Nokia 5800) and it didn’t have the same responsive feedback as the capacitive. So the screen is huge but how about the thickness? With just 0.43 in thick, it will fit in your pocket without a huge bulge in your jeans. Props to HTC for making such an amazing screen and still keeping it in a thin factor. The weight of the phone is just right and it feels good in your hand. The phone also boasts a whopping CPU monster of 512mb of ROM, 448mb RAM and a 1GHZ processor. Lag? No such thing on this phone. Internal memory of the HTC is weak with just 128mb but my phone came with a 8gb microSD card. There is a 3.5mm headphone jack which means you can use any kind of headphones for music.



These 2 pictures taken from Engadget.

Software:

The phone is running on Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional. This is my first windows mobile phone and I am just truly disappointed with it. HTC did however put their own “skin” on top of the windows platform called the HTC SENSE. Sense is very smooth and attractive to the eyes. It is easy to navigate and has stunning animations. I would say that about 90% of the time you will be on the Sense platform. But 15% of the time, you will experience the dreadful outdated windows mobile platform. You will only experience this when you go into advanced settings and checking your email with the built in email client. The reason why I dislike the windows mobile platform is because it is really dated compared to the other platforms on the market. It just looks plain ugly. The transition from a very sleek and gorgeous skin on the Sense and then suddenly going to the windows mobile theme is really disappointing. Also, there are no special features with the platform. It is very basic and offers only simple options.


HTC SENSE skin


Gmail client with HTC SENSE


Once you open Gmail client, you see Windows Mobile


Advanced Settings with Windows Mobile skin.

Recently however, Microsoft just announced Windows 7 mobile and from what I saw, it looks amazing. HTC HD2 also has its own twitter, facebook, stocks, msn messenger and weather client built in the phone. However, if you want more applications, you are out of luck. The Apple iphone’s apple store destroys windows mobile’s marketplace. There is no good apps available for free on the marketplace and there are only about a couple hundred apps compared to iphone’s 1 million apps.


Facebook client


Twitter Client

Mutimedia:

There is a 5MP camera on the phone and it takes decent photos. Autofocus works great and you can choose where to focus. Video quality is good but not the greatest compared to other phones with a 5MP camera phones. HD2 comes with only one game which kind of fails. I am impressed with the phone’s music player. It is easy to navigate, has good sound quality and supports photo covers. Internet surfing on the HTC HD2 is where the big prize is. The 4.3in screen makes internet surfing on the phone astounding. You get to see so much more on a webpage and the phone supports multi tap for easier web surfing. Texting of the phone is comfortable. Since the screen is so large, the keyboard letters are bigger so it is easier to type. The phone supports XT9 which makes typing faster and it auto remembers the words that you type. HD2 uses the opera browser and webpages load up fairly quickly on a wifi network but not as fast compared to the Apple iphone. Opera also supports flash which is a huge bonus which automatically 1 up the Apple Iphone.


Opera Browser


Final Thoughts:

The HTC HD2 is an incredible phone. The hardware specs are off the charts and is defiantly one of the leaders in the mobile industry. Where it falls is the software. If only it has a symbian, android or even iphone operating system in it, I would love it to death. Windows 7 mobile is coming out and with this amazing hardware combined; HTC will be looking at a very bright future. I love the massive gorgeous screen and the sleek Sense skin but in the end, HTC HD2 < Apple Iphone.

- gillyrules

I am proud to be on the Canadian

Frick.... I need a real job.