Crimson Heavens

The article regarding the last day of ITP-K web-design workshop came out of the newspaper yesterday. Of course, my name was there and this time, I’m included in the group picture.

Pardon my make-up…I know I look ghoulish (BWAHAHAHA!).

As I mentioned in previous blogposts, I’m very proud of our student’s accomplishments (which might not be something really huge for some people but they really did their best). And I’m really happy that they really did pay attention and learned something from our nonsensical (okay fine, not really nonsensical) babbles for 6 days and they are able to make a website without using Dreamweaver or Frontpage. To my students: YOU ARE JUST ALL FRIGGIN’LY KEWL! YOU RULE! Not that they’re reading my blog anyway…I doubt any of them and even my co-members knew about the existence of this blog.

As for me, well I’ll be back to that usual wake-up-late-loll-in-bed-with-hubby Saturday mornings. CUDDLE-NUMMINESS GALORE!

Anayway, thank you ITP-K for giving me a chance to help out other Filipinos! Mabuhay po!

Gloomy weather for All Souls Day…I feel that the weather suited itself to the occasion…Like ‘em rainy days and funerals in the movies…

Anyway, it started raining here in Kuwait, which only means one thing…winter will come in a few days. I like rainy days…They remind me of Philippines, actually. And, it is at these times that it is best to rummage through some old things, reminisce, have warm buttered toast and coffee and cuddle with the loved one…But then of course I won’t be able to do all those except during weekends (BOO!).

As for winter, well I hate it as much as I hate summer over here. No snow…just strong gusts of icy cold wind…and me in my usual penguin look (I’m short okay? So wearing layered winter clothes makes me look like a penguin). NOT NICE! (Which actually makes me seriously think about this Hydroxycut-thingie…). Work load also tends to really reach up to my neck during winter. Why? Because summer AND Ramadan are over, those company employees/employers are catching up with the piled up work they just ignored during those two seasons and it means more project approvals for our company.

Well, it is a good thing that the ITP-K web-design course is over, I’ll get my slow Saturday morning back. Not that I hated it, it really does feel nice in the end when you know your helping people and they are very grateful of teaching ‘em stuff. It was their project presentation + “mini-graduation ceremony” yesterday and I’m really proud of them. I mean, they really did well considering that they NEVER knew how to create websites before the course…All they really need now is practice! So… CONGRATULATIONS ITP-K WEBDESIGN CLASS 2008! (I am still waiting for the newspaper article to come out…har har har!)

It was supposed to be the last day of the ITP-K Web Design workshop yesterday but we still have to come next Saturday for the group project presentation and closing ceremony. I was really not in the mood to do my part of the lectures because I had no sleep (NO NOT EVEN A TINSY-WINSY NAP) but then I had to do it…I tried to sleep in the taxi on our way there but I couldn’t.

Hubby, as usual, accompanied me and he took a lot of pictures. Actually he’s been taking a whole lot of pictures lately but he had no time to get them printed out. We’ll probably buy an all-in-one printer so we can print the pictures he had taken and will be taking later on. Right now, we have to focus on saving for our much-awaited vacation.

Anyway, all went fine, but ’til now I feel very sleepy and I cannot concentrate. I have to upload the pics and some of the websites that our attendees did…Gah! I’m really lazy. Plus today I rushed on finishing the integration between an old client’s website with the old CMS we were using (coz they told me that they are not going to transfer to a new one) and after I’ve done the whole thing, our boss told me to scrap the one I made and integrate the site to the new CMS…WTF! I worked one friggin week for that shit! Talk about major pain…

1. It’s not exactly about me…just about the workshop we were conducting.

2. My name is there just cause I’m the lecturer of the 2nd half of the workshop (Days 4-6)

3. I’m not in the picture…COZ THEY FRIGGIN PUT THE PICTURE OF THE DAY WHEN I WAS ABSENT…PFFFFT!

In-laws and I went to the 8-o’clock morning mass last Friday and roamed for a while in the city. We had to go to the sports-shop near the church to see if they have those nice self-colored t-shirts for hubby since he’ll be needing some to wear underneath (it’s his trademark…ha!). Anyway, the store is not that big, but they sell sports wear, exercise equipment, and sports equipment. We came back home at about 11:30am and I had to go and prepare a nice Friday lunch for the whole family. I made sarsyadong fish fillet separately for mom since she likes it a lot and it’s one of the few dishes she can eat, as well as mixed fried rice and spicy hot prawns (my own recipe kinda) for the rest of us. I finished cooking by almost 3 pm (quite late for lunch, but we usually eat at 2pm so it’s okay) coz I had to clean ‘em prawns and do the dicin’ and slicin’. We didn’t go out at night, but I had to prepare for the Web Design Workshop that was to be held the day after.

Saturday started off with the first session of the Web Design Workshop that I had mentioned in an earlier post. Hubby and I arrived at the venue at 8:40am (we usually wake up at 10am during Saturdays) and left place at about 1:20pm. We actually were able to take our afternoon nap but, we decided to go to Farwaniya in the evening just like that. We roamed like crazy ’til 12am and took the opportunity to go to that branch of Alghanim Electronics to see something to get for hubby’s 20kd gift certificate. We browsed for a specific HDMI cable which can connect his PC with older TV model’s that do not have HDMI slots but I don’t think something like that does exist. Poor hubby. Anyway, we came home and finished dinner at 1am (!!!).

I’m still feeling groggy. I hate the fact that I had to go to work today…I just want to sleep…Bah!