When my siblings and I were kids, we usually have pine for our Christmas tree. Yes, real pine. Not the plastic stuff so common these days. Sometime, James and I would even accompany our dad harvest the tree. It was tiring but in retrospect, that in itself was a great experience. Once set-up inside our house, the scent was absolutely Christmas-ey and it livens and truly completes the Christmas experience. On our first year as a married couple, we got one, a Douglas Fir, because Michelle said she never had a Christmas with one. And besides, it just seemed fitting for the honeymoon period. This year, with Jeanne very curious, inquisitive, and full of wonder, we decided to get another one. Her excitement as we were setting up the tree was an absolute joy to see. Makes it totally worth it.
About a week after submission, PSMonitor has been approved for sale at THE App Store. Yay!
PSMonitor lets you monitor the Philippine stock market activity real-time and on the go (requires a WiFi or data connection).
- Real-time updates from the stock exchange
- Simple and intuitive interface
- Flick up and down the list of stocks
- View stock symbols, prices, and price changes at a glance
- View details such as symbol, name, last price, previous close, change for the day, %change, trade volume, and trade value.
By purchasing PSMonitor you get all of the above plus:
- Refresh button for refreshing data on demand
- All Stocks tab for viewing actively traded stocks by symbol
- My Stocks tab for storing your portfolio or watch list of stocks
- Add stocks along with quantity and buy price to My Stocks
- Edit stock quantity and buy price
- Delete stock from My Stocks
- View your stocks’ position value, and profit/loss for the day at a glance
- View additional details such as your position, position value, profit/loss for the day, profit/loss to date, and buy price.
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Michelle and I tried surfing again after three long years. The operative word, at least for me, is tried. Almost as soon as we got to Crystal Beach, I excitedly rented a board, strapped it on, walked into the water. The fact that the waves were higher than I’ve ever seen them in Crystal Beach didnt’ faze me. I climbed onto the surfboard, paddled to the surfing line, scanned for waves, paddled, and caught a wave, then… nothing. I couldn’t pop up!!! I tried again and again but my arms just wouldn’t work! My upper body strength, the little there was, have completely evaporated :( Definitely need to do them push-ups again. Michelle fared way better later that afternoon: She was able to pop-up and actually ride some waves.
Got my first speeding ticket at NLEX :( Michelle, Jeanne, and I along with Gretchen are on the way to Michelle’s company team-building activity at Crystal Beach, Zambales when I got tagged, probably while overtaking. Oh well. I guess the driving experience is not complete without getting one.
UPDATE: Learned that Kiko, one of Michelle’s officemates, also got tagged. What are the odds of that?
It’s ironic when some companies try to espouse supposed work-life balance when the best thing a company can do for work-life balance would be to make you work 8 hours tops.
Consider a company where you end up spending 10 hours per day for work and work-related stuff (including team-building activities):
6 hours – sleep
1 hour – prepare for work
1 hour – go to work
10 hours – work
1 coffee breaks + lunch
1 hour – go home
4 hours – remainder
4 hours, 4 measly hours for your family, your kids, your friends, yourself. How is that balance?