Nov 1, 2009
Miguel Cotto Pro Stats
Name: Miguel Angel Cotto
Nickname: "Junito"
Birthday: October 29, 1980
Birthplace: Caguas, Puerto Rico
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Miguel Cotto Professional Career Statistics:
2009
Jun 13 Joshua Clottey WBO Welterweight T W SD 12
Feb 21 Michael Jennings Vacant WBO Welter T W TKO 5
2008
Jul 26 Antonio Margarito WBA Welterweight T L TKO 11
Apr 12 Alfonso Gomez WBA Welterweight T W RTD 5
2007
Nov 10 Shane Mosley WBA Welterweight T W UD 12
Jun 9 Zab Judah WBA Welterweight T W TKO 11
Mar 3 Oklay Urkal WBA Welterweight T W TKO 11
2006
Dec 2 Carlos Quintana Vacant WBA Welter T W
Jun 10 Paul Malignaggi WBO L Welter Title W UD 12
Mar 4 Gianluca Branco WBO L Welter Title W TKO 6
2005
Sep 24 Ricardo Torres WBO L Welterweight T W KO 7
Jun 11 Mohamad Abdulaev WBO L Welterweight T W TKO 9
Feb 26 DeMarcus Corley WBO L Welterweight T W TKO 5
2004
Dec 11 Randall Bailey WBO L Welterweight T W TKO 6
Sept 11 Kelson Pinto Vacant WBO LW Title W TKO 6
May 8 Lovemore N'Dou WBC Intn'l LWelter T IBF LWelter T Eliminaor W UD 12
Feb 28 Victoriano Sosa WBC Int'l L Welter T W TKO 4
2003
Dec 6 Carlos Maussa WBC Int'l L Welter T W TKO 8
Sept 13 Demetrio Ceballos WBC Int'l L Welter T W TKO 7
June 28 Rocky Martinez WBC Int'l L Welter T Vac WBO NABO LWelt T W KO 2
Apr 19 Joel Perez W KO 4
Feb 1 Cesar Bazan Vac WBC Int'l LWelt T W TKO 11
2002
Nov 22 Ubaldo Hernandez W KO 7
Sept 14 John Brown W UD 10
July 30 Carlos Ramirez W KO 3
June 22 Justin Juuko W TKO 5
May 3 Juan Angel Macias W TKO 7
Mar 1 Sammy Sparkman W TKO 2
Jan 11 Joshua Smith W TKO 2
2001
July 28 Arturo Rodriguez W KO 2
July 1 Rudolfo Lunsford W TKO 4
May 20 Martin Ramirez W UD 4
Apr 28 Waklimi Young W UD 4
Mar 30 Jacob Godinez W TKO 2
Feb 23 Jason Doucent W TKO 1
Manny Pacquiao Pro Stats
Name: Manny Pacquiao
Nickname: "Pac-Man"
Birthday: December 12, 1978
Birthplace: General Santos City, Philippines
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Manny Pacquiao Professional Career Record:
2009
May 2 Ricky Hatton IBO Light Welterweight Title W KO 2
2008
Dec 6 Oscar De La Hoya W TKO 8
Jun 28 David Diaz WBC Lightweight Title W TKO 9
Mar 15 Juan Manuel Marquez WBC Super F Title W SD 12
2007
Oct 6 Marco Antonio Barrera WBC Int'l Super F Title W UD 12
Apr 14 Jorge Solis WBC Int'l Super F Title W KO 8
2006
Nov 18 Erik Morales WBC Int'l Super F Title W KO 3
Jul 2 Oscar Larios WBC Int'l Super F Title W UD 12
Jan 21 Erik Morales WBC Int'l Super F Title W TKO 10
2005
Sep 10 Hector Velazquez Vacant WBC Int'l Super Featherweight Title W TKO 6
Mar 19 Erik Morales Vacant WBC Int'l Vacant IBA Super Featherweight Titles L UD 12
2004
Dec 11 Fahsan Por Thawatchai IBF Featherweight Eliminator W TKO 4
May 8 Juan Manuel Marquez WBA/IBF FW Title D DC 12
2003
Nov 16 Marco Antonio Barrera W TKO 11
July 26 Emmanuel Lucero IBF Super Bantam Title W TKO 3
Mar 15 Serikzhan Yeshmangbetov W TKO 5
2002
Oct 26 Fahprakorb Rakkiatgym IBF Super Bantam Title W KO 1
June 8 Jorge Eliecer Julio IBF Super Bantam Title W TKO 2
2001
Nov 10 Agapito Sanchez WBO/IBF Super Bantam Title D TD 6
June 23 Lehlohonolo Ledwaba IBF Super Bantam Title W TKO 6
Apr 28 Wethya Sakmuangklang WBC Int'l Super Bantam Title W TKO 6
Feb 24 Tetsutora Senrima WBC Int'l Super Bantam Title W TKO 5
2000
Oct 14 Nedal Hussein WBC Int'l Super Bantam Title W TKO 10
June 28 Seung-Kon Chae WBC Int'l Super Bantam Title W TKO 1
Mar 4 Arnel Barotillo WBC Int'l Super Bantam Title W KO 4
1999
Dec 18 Reynante Jamili WBC Int'l Super Bantam Title W TKO 2
Sept 17 Medgoen Singsurat WBC Flyweight Title L KO 3
Apr 24 Gabriel Mira WBC Flyweight Title W TKO 4
Feb 20 Todd Makelin W TKO 3
1998
Dec 4 Chatchai Sasakul WBC Flyweight Title W KO 8
May 18 Shin Terao W TKO 1
1997
Dec 6 Panomdij Or Yuthanakorn W KO 1
Sept 13 Melvin Magramo W DC 10
June 26 Chokchai Chockvivat W KO 5
May 30 Ariel Austria W TKO 6
Apr 24 Wook-Ki Lee W KO 1
Mar 8 Mike Luna W KO 1
1996
Dec 28 Sung-Yul Lee W TKO 2
July 27 Ippo Gala W TKO 2
June 15 Bert Batiller W TKO 4
May 20 Jun Medina W TKO 4
Apr 27 Marlon Carillo W DC 10
Feb 9 Rustico Torrecampo L KO 3
Jan 13 Lito Torrejos W TKO 5
1995
Dec 9 Rolando Tuyugon W DC 10
Nov 11 Rodulfo Fernandez W TKO 3
Oct 21 Renato Mendones W TKO 2
Oct 7 Lolito Laroa W DC 8
Sept 16 Arman Rocil W KO 3
Aug 3 Flash Simbajon W DC 6
July 1 Dele Decierto W TKO 2
May 1 Rocky Palma W DC 6
Mar 18 Pinoy Montejo W DC 4
Jan 22 Edmund Ignacio W DC 4
Oct 26, 2009
Helpless
Amidst all the sound preparation, due diligence and forecasting - times nowadays are as cunning as a thief in a moonless night!
Often times coming seemingly out of nowhere, and exploiting you when you're at your most vulnerable.
You cannot help but feel the sheer incompetence when these things catch you off-guard. Its a feeling that I know a lot of folks would never want to experience again; not with the current economy anyway.
I was brought-in in my new organization in the midst of the merger activities from its latest major acquisition last year.
Throughout the year, I've been responsible at orchestrating mainly, merger related efforts and initiatives, and if I can say so my self, have been doing a relatively good job with it.
Until I came across this one project, which, is not really related with the merger program line-up, but is somehow intertwined. I say "somehow" not for lack of understanding, but because even at this point, the project's sponsors can't even tell me this much at this time.
So began what I thought was a routine run of implementing a 3rd partly integration of the latest logistics and administrative solution offering that the firm is just dying to get their hands-on. Little did I know that the project, not unlike it's name, is totally "out-of-track" and is just an accident waiting to happen.
I'm not sure how the problem began; perhaps it has something to do with the vendor not having proper documentation such as performance characteristics, whitepaper, logical/business diagram, or the fact that the vendor themselves doesn't seem to understand the internal workings of their product, but even at the very beginning, I know that the project is destined for rough waters.
The problem took little time to escalate to a technologists worst nightmare. Obviously, I could've done things a little differently now that I knew more what the outcome would be, but the fact that it feels like the firm is taking what is supposed to be something that would only take a single response (like performance characteristics or the application's heat maps...) is not a good tell-tale sign that things is just bound to be in chaos.
Very soon, I felt that the project needed to re-direct its efforts to drive out the gaps, which was supposed to be filled-out by the vendor in the first place. It's not an easy task trying to figure out something that the entire firm, save from a handful of folks from the vendor knows something about.
Clearly, my concern is that, with the end-of-year evaluation looming at the horizon - the dilemma of this one project whose gone berserk will overshadow my other works and would give a negative impression with the PMO in general.
As mentioned before, I was not the type who would re-tell whatever success I have with my other endeavors. I'm the type of person who'll not sound a beep at something, unless I'm having problems that require upper management's action.
I know this is a poor example of a person whose main line of work is to effectively manage impressions, but that just the way I was when I started with the firm.
Now, I'm struggling to set the record straight. And the fact that the firms 2010 book-of-work line up shows less than a quarter from 2009 troubles me a lot. This means that the firm might be looking at letting people go, because 2010 work demand is comparably smaller than during the merger year.
I'm concerned that with this one project, my future with this firm hangs on a "very thin thread".
Indeed, its a sad fact, being helpless. I know that I might be exaggerating with my worries, but you can't help but wonder "what-if scenarios" especially with my circumstances.
Sigh, I just wish this week is over (I'm expecting my quarterly evaluation meeting with the firms top guys by end of the week), cause worrying this much is an exhausting thing to do.
Often times coming seemingly out of nowhere, and exploiting you when you're at your most vulnerable.
You cannot help but feel the sheer incompetence when these things catch you off-guard. Its a feeling that I know a lot of folks would never want to experience again; not with the current economy anyway.
I was brought-in in my new organization in the midst of the merger activities from its latest major acquisition last year.
Throughout the year, I've been responsible at orchestrating mainly, merger related efforts and initiatives, and if I can say so my self, have been doing a relatively good job with it.
Until I came across this one project, which, is not really related with the merger program line-up, but is somehow intertwined. I say "somehow" not for lack of understanding, but because even at this point, the project's sponsors can't even tell me this much at this time.
So began what I thought was a routine run of implementing a 3rd partly integration of the latest logistics and administrative solution offering that the firm is just dying to get their hands-on. Little did I know that the project, not unlike it's name, is totally "out-of-track" and is just an accident waiting to happen.
I'm not sure how the problem began; perhaps it has something to do with the vendor not having proper documentation such as performance characteristics, whitepaper, logical/business diagram, or the fact that the vendor themselves doesn't seem to understand the internal workings of their product, but even at the very beginning, I know that the project is destined for rough waters.
The problem took little time to escalate to a technologists worst nightmare. Obviously, I could've done things a little differently now that I knew more what the outcome would be, but the fact that it feels like the firm is taking what is supposed to be something that would only take a single response (like performance characteristics or the application's heat maps...) is not a good tell-tale sign that things is just bound to be in chaos.
Very soon, I felt that the project needed to re-direct its efforts to drive out the gaps, which was supposed to be filled-out by the vendor in the first place. It's not an easy task trying to figure out something that the entire firm, save from a handful of folks from the vendor knows something about.
Clearly, my concern is that, with the end-of-year evaluation looming at the horizon - the dilemma of this one project whose gone berserk will overshadow my other works and would give a negative impression with the PMO in general.
As mentioned before, I was not the type who would re-tell whatever success I have with my other endeavors. I'm the type of person who'll not sound a beep at something, unless I'm having problems that require upper management's action.
I know this is a poor example of a person whose main line of work is to effectively manage impressions, but that just the way I was when I started with the firm.
Now, I'm struggling to set the record straight. And the fact that the firms 2010 book-of-work line up shows less than a quarter from 2009 troubles me a lot. This means that the firm might be looking at letting people go, because 2010 work demand is comparably smaller than during the merger year.
I'm concerned that with this one project, my future with this firm hangs on a "very thin thread".
Indeed, its a sad fact, being helpless. I know that I might be exaggerating with my worries, but you can't help but wonder "what-if scenarios" especially with my circumstances.
Sigh, I just wish this week is over (I'm expecting my quarterly evaluation meeting with the firms top guys by end of the week), cause worrying this much is an exhausting thing to do.
Oct 9, 2009
Whats the last thing you think before going to sleep?
What's the last thing you think of before pulling the shutters down?I know this is a bit of a naive question, and obviously its really none of my business to ask... and no, I am not nosey...
I just wanted to know what most of us, whose amongst the corporate slave category, thinks of before drifting to "snoozeville"...
I guess you could say, I'm curious to know if you folks have the same train-of-thought...
Mine goes like this (not necessarily in the same order each time)
. . . .
What was the last problem/issue I encountered at work today? >>> How can I have handled it better? >>> What the fuck! I need to call out a meeting for that issue, I bet shit's gonna hit the fan by end of the week... >>> I wonder what's gonna be for breakfast when I get up? >>> Did I forgot any errands? >>> Airconditioner needs to be checked or serviced/not cooling the room properly... >>> Shit! I did forget some errands! Better hope the wife doesn't remember by tomorrow >>> Who was that girl on that movie? The one about the blonde chick with the chin? >>> (5-10 minutes goes by) >>> Reese Witherspoon? >>> Oh yeah, thats her! >>> Wait a minute, why the fuck do I always forget her name? >>> Christ, the electric bill is going to be out soon, wonder how much it is for this month? >>> I really need to schedule the airconditioner, maybe tone-down a couple of hours worth of using it per day... >>> Ha! It's too much of a bother, but I guess I'd talk to the wife about it tomorrow.... >>> Wow, pillows are getting extra comfy right now, need to pull the sheets over, cool air finally settling in.... >>> Think I forgot to say my prayers, crap I'm too lazy to do it now... I'll say two prayers later when I wake up... >>> ZZzzzzz....
Need an overhaul
Do you ever have those days where you feel locked-out? Caught like a deer on a headlight over meetings? Feeling like your running around with your head cut-off? Or maybe just felt inadequately out of control?Sure, its probably caused by sheer exhaustion, or frustration with the daily runnings at work - but then again these could just be a factor amongst a combination of things...
I seriously think there should be some sort of study out there... and a statistic of how many of us, mortals are affected by this condition... just so we can go to the authorities and declare a pandemic or something...
Tried combing the web for self-help advises, but nothing so far seems to work... well, not in my case anyway.
I probably need to get a vacation anytime soon... a very looooonnngggg vacation!
I'm feeling claustrophobic with my current working scenario right now.
All the issues, deadlines, and more issues are like, starting to take its toll on me...
Dealing with frustrations at work is tricky...
I know, cause I must have tried every piece of advise I could get my hands on...
So here's three of the "best advices" I can find out there, and what it did for me:
Positive Thinking
The problem is, that when you go with the "positive" thinking crap - its just a short-term "fix"...
I mean sure, it does get you off for a day or two, but once you get back to reality, its like you never really went anywhere... so you end up being more miserable cause all you've proven was you can actually fool yourself... Delusion is not something anyone should welcome, I bet persistent practice of this method would either land you in a mental institute, or seriously shift your sense of reality...
Analyzing the root-cause
Sorting or analysing the cause of the issue is obviously more stressful work for most of us - something which I'm sure you don't want more of in the first place... So that piece-o'-crap advise didn't work either...
Meditation
Dealing with the problem by subscribing to "distractingly gay-ish" activities like yoga. meditation, or some other similar shit, only gives you more clarity of mind, in effect, "amplifies" your initial sentiments and frustrations since you can focus and analyze better....
I've tried that one, and look where I am right now?
. . . . .
Seriously, I feel like I need a complete overhaul these days....
Sep 1, 2009
Substancial Void
I was brought into a world, where there is absolutely no other substitute for success but being successful - a logic which, for some time looked perfectly right... after all, everything just seems to fit together... successful students tends to be the ones reaping the fruits of their efforts year after year (with merits, scholarships, etc), likewise, successful workers, tends to be the ones promoted first and with it... that synonymous leg-up on their pay amongst other gray stuff...
Success seems to be the single driving force that is only limited by how persevering and how committed a person is. Which for me, unfortunately, has also become the yard stick on which I measure happiness with... Success = happiness --- this was my 'desiderata', my mantra...
But now, reflecting on what I've really learned from the school of life... Success doesn't necessarily meant that you'll be happy... that success will not always guarantee that what's waiting for you at the end is something that you would like....
Of course, this could just be another mindless rant coming from an already tired, sleep-deprived, often times eccentric individual such as myself... but pause for a while and let the your mind do the talking for once... I just want you to basically ask yourself, if, from all your success right now, are you in any position that you can truly say that your either happy or content? Or did your previous success just leave you, hungrier for the next success niche?
True enough, I bet a lot of you would be candidly claiming that you are 'content' and 'happy' with where you are right now.... if so, then this post did not do shit... to you at least... so just bugger off!!!
If your answer is the same as mine, well, I want to share with you with a recent realization ---
Success seems to be the single driving force that is only limited by how persevering and how committed a person is. Which for me, unfortunately, has also become the yard stick on which I measure happiness with... Success = happiness --- this was my 'desiderata', my mantra...
But now, reflecting on what I've really learned from the school of life... Success doesn't necessarily meant that you'll be happy... that success will not always guarantee that what's waiting for you at the end is something that you would like....
Of course, this could just be another mindless rant coming from an already tired, sleep-deprived, often times eccentric individual such as myself... but pause for a while and let the your mind do the talking for once... I just want you to basically ask yourself, if, from all your success right now, are you in any position that you can truly say that your either happy or content? Or did your previous success just leave you, hungrier for the next success niche?
True enough, I bet a lot of you would be candidly claiming that you are 'content' and 'happy' with where you are right now.... if so, then this post did not do shit... to you at least... so just bugger off!!!
If your answer is the same as mine, well, I want to share with you with a recent realization ---
Try to reflect at what your recent success meant for you... and tell yourself whether its made a 'true' positive impact to you and your familysuccess is not about achieving.. it is about looking back and validating
yourself for a job well done... It's not about hoping for a positive reward...
its about what you think your efforts have meant to yourself and to those around
you...
Aug 17, 2009
How risky is managing risks?
Risk Management seems second nature to most of the folks whose worked dedicatedly in technology.
Unfortunately, the reality is, no one really tells you anything about it in college, until you worked on your first project or coordinated your first end-to-end development, integration or deployment.
Initially your college built-in mentality is to whine, procrastinate, and frown at the idea because what you originally thought as something straight forward (ei. develop scripts/solution then deploy), now has to undergo rigorous process engagements, sometimes on several verticals, all in the name of "due diligence" or worst yet - "industry best practices". You quickly loose any sense of security once you realize that your technical designs or development codes will have to undergo several layers of testing, validation, reviews, even before you get a chance to present it to a board or committee for approval.
All of which boils down to this = more frigging work for you, bub!
Slowly, but surely, you warm up to the idea. Not only because you've accepted this as a part of your professional life, but also because you appreciate the security that these once bothersome processes and risk control measures now offer.
Enter Risk Management 101- tadah!
At it's basic form, Risk Management is really a collection of process groups and best practices in the industry aimed at, well... managing risks. (duh!)
Curiously, the process of risk management, doesn't just matter or start when the problematic engineer comes breaking your door down with a problem - most of the time, there are no dramatic one-liners like, "Houston, we have a problem" sort of a deal.
Because of the degree of financial impact, coupled by that ever-present obiquitous dilema on optimizing operations and efficiencies; risk management now is expected to be part of every business (or technology) undertaking - part of the mythical "initiation check lists".
Deductive reasoning (and common sense...) will tell you that managing "risks" would have a better chances if it was identified at the very earliest point in the endeavor, allowing you to have enough time to put together logical convergent planning around remediating or managing the said risk.
Running into risks and issues for every project or undertaking is a statistical certainty. That is why, it is essential to put up control measures, trackers, indicators, and mitigation and remediation plans to detect them early, and provide acceptable terms on how to deal with it, even before the "risk" materializes.
Project Management practices, hopes to address this key item, and several project management professionals have already put in countless hours and text, priceless advise to attempt to better recognize, process, and mitigate risk
Because of the fact that each and every project or endeavor comes with its own unique challenges and "personality", no single individual out there can truly say, they will have a comprehensive account of the format on the process of Risk Management that they can simply grab and refer to whenever they encounter any risk associated dilema.
From most of the materials out there, together with my set of experiences in project managing, I've put together a practical set of advises/recommendations, that you need to understand to be better equipped at managing risks.
Please feel free to put whatever you feel needed to be included on the list:
(1) Understand the requirement(s) per the task at hand - This is a crucial first step, which most "seasoned" professionals sometimes feel they're just "too good" for. Accepting that all projects/tasks are unique means that no amount of experience/tenure can ever truly say that an individual has all that he needs to know about anything to cover "all bases". Once you understand this fact, you can proceed to the next step.
(2) Set a regular review process with your team/groups to discuss and identify potential "risk -centers" constantly evaluating its relevance - Only after fully understanding the requirements will you be truly inclined to sit down and identify the unique risks and risk-centers associated for a particular endeavor. By creating an avenue to review and discuss these items with your group or team, will you be able to better identify (and sometimes...) understand what the entire "risk picture" would look like. Leveraging on your team with specific skill sets and rich experiences would mean that you are not only covering the risk under your set of expertise, but also, catching essential risk items that your team will most likely have more understanding of.
(3) Keep a risk register log and follow up on remediation requirements and delegation of tasks - by investing time and resources to your risk review meetings, the logical steps is to track and address key questions like, what are the remediation plans/steps for the identified risks? and who will be accountable for creating a remediation plan? In doing so, you will be at a better position to understand the impacts of these risks and obviously, would be more empowered at addressing and assessing them according to an over-all go forward approach
(4) Follow up and communicate to management these risks - In order to better align the objectives of each undertaking, you need to communicate all associated risks, especially ones that would have financial, or operational impacts to management. This could easily be accomplished if you've been keeping my 3rd advise above.
(5) Delegate the risk, or assign it to any particular invidual or group for remediation - This means that once you've identified the risk, drawn up a form of remediation plan, you need to assign the risk item to the individual better suited to address the said item.
Unfortunately, the reality is, no one really tells you anything about it in college, until you worked on your first project or coordinated your first end-to-end development, integration or deployment.
Initially your college built-in mentality is to whine, procrastinate, and frown at the idea because what you originally thought as something straight forward (ei. develop scripts/solution then deploy), now has to undergo rigorous process engagements, sometimes on several verticals, all in the name of "due diligence" or worst yet - "industry best practices". You quickly loose any sense of security once you realize that your technical designs or development codes will have to undergo several layers of testing, validation, reviews, even before you get a chance to present it to a board or committee for approval.
All of which boils down to this = more frigging work for you, bub!
Slowly, but surely, you warm up to the idea. Not only because you've accepted this as a part of your professional life, but also because you appreciate the security that these once bothersome processes and risk control measures now offer.
Enter Risk Management 101- tadah!
At it's basic form, Risk Management is really a collection of process groups and best practices in the industry aimed at, well... managing risks. (duh!)
Curiously, the process of risk management, doesn't just matter or start when the problematic engineer comes breaking your door down with a problem - most of the time, there are no dramatic one-liners like, "Houston, we have a problem" sort of a deal.
Because of the degree of financial impact, coupled by that ever-present obiquitous dilema on optimizing operations and efficiencies; risk management now is expected to be part of every business (or technology) undertaking - part of the mythical "initiation check lists".
Deductive reasoning (and common sense...) will tell you that managing "risks" would have a better chances if it was identified at the very earliest point in the endeavor, allowing you to have enough time to put together logical convergent planning around remediating or managing the said risk.
Running into risks and issues for every project or undertaking is a statistical certainty. That is why, it is essential to put up control measures, trackers, indicators, and mitigation and remediation plans to detect them early, and provide acceptable terms on how to deal with it, even before the "risk" materializes.
Project Management practices, hopes to address this key item, and several project management professionals have already put in countless hours and text, priceless advise to attempt to better recognize, process, and mitigate risk
Because of the fact that each and every project or endeavor comes with its own unique challenges and "personality", no single individual out there can truly say, they will have a comprehensive account of the format on the process of Risk Management that they can simply grab and refer to whenever they encounter any risk associated dilema.
From most of the materials out there, together with my set of experiences in project managing, I've put together a practical set of advises/recommendations, that you need to understand to be better equipped at managing risks.
Please feel free to put whatever you feel needed to be included on the list:
(1) Understand the requirement(s) per the task at hand - This is a crucial first step, which most "seasoned" professionals sometimes feel they're just "too good" for. Accepting that all projects/tasks are unique means that no amount of experience/tenure can ever truly say that an individual has all that he needs to know about anything to cover "all bases". Once you understand this fact, you can proceed to the next step.
(2) Set a regular review process with your team/groups to discuss and identify potential "risk -centers" constantly evaluating its relevance - Only after fully understanding the requirements will you be truly inclined to sit down and identify the unique risks and risk-centers associated for a particular endeavor. By creating an avenue to review and discuss these items with your group or team, will you be able to better identify (and sometimes...) understand what the entire "risk picture" would look like. Leveraging on your team with specific skill sets and rich experiences would mean that you are not only covering the risk under your set of expertise, but also, catching essential risk items that your team will most likely have more understanding of.
(3) Keep a risk register log and follow up on remediation requirements and delegation of tasks - by investing time and resources to your risk review meetings, the logical steps is to track and address key questions like, what are the remediation plans/steps for the identified risks? and who will be accountable for creating a remediation plan? In doing so, you will be at a better position to understand the impacts of these risks and obviously, would be more empowered at addressing and assessing them according to an over-all go forward approach
(4) Follow up and communicate to management these risks - In order to better align the objectives of each undertaking, you need to communicate all associated risks, especially ones that would have financial, or operational impacts to management. This could easily be accomplished if you've been keeping my 3rd advise above.
(5) Delegate the risk, or assign it to any particular invidual or group for remediation - This means that once you've identified the risk, drawn up a form of remediation plan, you need to assign the risk item to the individual better suited to address the said item.
Jul 29, 2009
G-Spot horror story
The plot
There was a heated discussion amongst my colleagues in the office one day, about the existence of the male g-spot.
Obviously, there was really no clear point on the discussion, it was all just some perverted way (by someone) to past the time over lunch break....
The guys even suggested that there was a wiki document out there, detailing the actual location of the male erogenous zone.. I obviously have to see it for myself, although, I flatly (or shall I shall I say, disgustedly...) dismissed that such an article does not (or should not) exist at all, let alone be documented in Wiki...
Homophobes be warned
So, just for argument's sake, I did go into Wikipedia and hit the search button for the text criteria "male g-spot" which landed me here, nothing really new there....
Then I thought that since I was out on the web anyway, I'd try hitting a search on google for the same text, and came across this rather disturbing forum entry, from an obviously "happy" guy giving a "blow by blow" instruction about "stimulating" the supposed male g-spot...
All I can say was, "what the god-damn fuck!?!!?!", while read the first few lines hitting ALT-F4 after about 3.75 seconds into the article....
Unfortunately though, I'm a fast reader, and basically got a "lot" of unwanted information off with those 3.75 seconds I now, regrettably spent reading that shit of an article...
My life, I can now say, will be forever scarred at this point... I'd probably end up old and broke paying for therapy with the traumatic experience...
The damage, in my case, will be irreversible...
*AAAAARRRRRGGGGHHHH!!!!!!
For what it's worth, I want to leave you, kind readers with this trivia, in a futile attempt, wash off all that filth you most definitely would be needing Doctor Phil's therapy from later on....
There was a heated discussion amongst my colleagues in the office one day, about the existence of the male g-spot.
Obviously, there was really no clear point on the discussion, it was all just some perverted way (by someone) to past the time over lunch break....
The guys even suggested that there was a wiki document out there, detailing the actual location of the male erogenous zone.. I obviously have to see it for myself, although, I flatly (or shall I shall I say, disgustedly...) dismissed that such an article does not (or should not) exist at all, let alone be documented in Wiki...
Homophobes be warned
So, just for argument's sake, I did go into Wikipedia and hit the search button for the text criteria "male g-spot" which landed me here, nothing really new there....
Then I thought that since I was out on the web anyway, I'd try hitting a search on google for the same text, and came across this rather disturbing forum entry, from an obviously "happy" guy giving a "blow by blow" instruction about "stimulating" the supposed male g-spot...
All I can say was, "what the god-damn fuck!?!!?!", while read the first few lines hitting ALT-F4 after about 3.75 seconds into the article....
Unfortunately though, I'm a fast reader, and basically got a "lot" of unwanted information off with those 3.75 seconds I now, regrettably spent reading that shit of an article...
My life, I can now say, will be forever scarred at this point... I'd probably end up old and broke paying for therapy with the traumatic experience...
The damage, in my case, will be irreversible...
*AAAAARRRRRGGGGHHHH!!!!!!
For what it's worth, I want to leave you, kind readers with this trivia, in a futile attempt, wash off all that filth you most definitely would be needing Doctor Phil's therapy from later on....
Trivia: Can you find where this "hottie's" g-spot is?
Vicious cycle
I always try to put some sort of explanation to any shit that happens... After all, shit does happen, right?
Sure, I also, mostly, jump to conclusions, initially, but then, my more "mature" side always kicks in, which would then start me off on the process of logically assessing the situation, culminating with me drawing up either a scientifically conclusion, or form of assumption based on deductive reasoning...
Coming back to my point (and I promise I do have one this time!)... If there's one thing that I dislike about myself is the fact that I often times go against what I preach... I mean, I am calm, logical, and reasonable when it come to addressing matters affecting other people.
But, when shit comes my way... I turn completely opposite!
Be that as it may, I am sort of a reactive Eddie, never really backing down on any point, until all the fumes past, and I'm all by my self...
Often, I would find myself disengaged after a conflicting event, just reviewing what I would've done better at that time. In the end, I'd formulate some sort of resolution, and start telling myself that "this is what I'm going to do next time this shit happens again..."
Next shit happens, guess what? Same routine... I'd be bitching, biting, exaggerating, mostly because I either:
a) don't care about no damn resolution
b) Just really not understanding the point of being logical at that time
c) I'm almost always right anyway, so why bother analyzing the shit?
Which obviously brings me back to where I started with this... So, I want to put the question out there and ask - "Is this thing normal?"
I mean, if there is any shrink out there who could give me free advise, I urge you, for the love of god, help me resolve this already cause its getting too damn old!
Sure, I also, mostly, jump to conclusions, initially, but then, my more "mature" side always kicks in, which would then start me off on the process of logically assessing the situation, culminating with me drawing up either a scientifically conclusion, or form of assumption based on deductive reasoning...
Coming back to my point (and I promise I do have one this time!)... If there's one thing that I dislike about myself is the fact that I often times go against what I preach... I mean, I am calm, logical, and reasonable when it come to addressing matters affecting other people.
But, when shit comes my way... I turn completely opposite!
Be that as it may, I am sort of a reactive Eddie, never really backing down on any point, until all the fumes past, and I'm all by my self...
Often, I would find myself disengaged after a conflicting event, just reviewing what I would've done better at that time. In the end, I'd formulate some sort of resolution, and start telling myself that "this is what I'm going to do next time this shit happens again..."
Next shit happens, guess what? Same routine... I'd be bitching, biting, exaggerating, mostly because I either:
a) don't care about no damn resolution
b) Just really not understanding the point of being logical at that time
c) I'm almost always right anyway, so why bother analyzing the shit?
Which obviously brings me back to where I started with this... So, I want to put the question out there and ask - "Is this thing normal?"
I mean, if there is any shrink out there who could give me free advise, I urge you, for the love of god, help me resolve this already cause its getting too damn old!
Jul 23, 2009
Those were the days, my friend....
Once, I dreamed of being an influencial, tech-savvy corporate warrior... A suave, tech-talking, smooth-walking, semantics-playing, regression-testing, keyboard-punching, monitor-staring, network-architecting, name-calling, bluetooth-wearing techno-freak!
But now though, I couldn't care for anything else, except to live a normal life, sleeping on normal hours, doing normal inane things, like talking about, nonsense, sometimes whimsical topic items.
Having a conversation over coffee on something quaint like flipping pancakes, boiling an egg, re-arranging the furniture, driving the car until you run out of gas, walking for hours in the rain, cracking my knuckles until it hurts, waving goodbye while sitting on the curb of a busy street, flying a kite, whistling a tune, tossing in bed, playing with my kids, drinking off the milk carton, scooping sand then flailing it to the ocean, reading a good book, polishing my shoe, scrubbing the floor, surfing the boob-tube, reading a comic book, stacking up boxes, watching the sunset, cursing across empty space, getting a hi-five, giving a hi-five, counting the hours, or just planning the next stupid grocery lists...
You know, simple shit like that...
Sigh... I wish life could be as it once was....
Oh, well - back to reality D... Crap! I needed those infrastructure designs an hour ago... wtf is this guy doing?!?! I swear risk architects are the biggest frigging drama queens you'd ever work with!!!
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