Nest Hunting

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So… anyone know where I can get a good web design or DVD authoring job, and a cheap (below $500) room, in the Washington DC / Baltimore area? I’m browsing CraigsList even as I type this.

Kaanib flame part 3

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Good morning, everyone! The times become more momentous with every day. Plans are whirling about me and falling into place, and I can only waterski the waves as best as I can, with the Lord as my speedboat. Omnia mutantur, nos et mutamur in illis.

(By the way, these Ang Dating Daan people are hilarious. People who call me “impakto” are accusing me of “libel and slander?” *giggle*)

Imici

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I just gave Imici a spin, and found that I don’t like it too much. I was looking for a super-basic bare-bones IM application, but Imici is a bit TOO bare-bones for me. That, plus the nag screen that pops up when you exit the freeware app, tips the scales in favor of Trillian. So be it.

Index 47 with tables

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“Father forgive me, for I have sinned. My last confession was bzzz bzzz bzzz.”

“And what are thy sins, my child?”

“Father, I… I… I used HTML tables in a blog layout!!!”

“My child, thou dost realize that thou hast sinned the unforgivable sin. Thou hast travestied greatly.”

“No! No, Father! Absolve me! Please!”

“It is too late, my child. Go thou in peace, and Lord have mercy upon thy soul.”

NO, FATHER! NOOO!!!”

Kaanib flame part 2

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I’m really flattered that this guy even went to the trouble of searching my whole archive for posts against his cult. No wonder my hit count shot up yesterday. :)

Praise God! How wonderful it is, to see my own commentary on the Good News spread even to the far reaches of opposing beliefs’ message boards! Even when it is responded to with insults and name-calling, I will rejoice. Christ Himself told us, “Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad, for great is your reward in heaven…” – Matt 5:11-12

I’m not “Justyn,” guys. I’m just a man who saw their work, bought them a domain, and made a HTML template to help in their ministry. Not everyone who says something against Ang Dating Daan is necessarily a Berean contributor, you know.

Blessings to you in Christ!

NexC Rejection

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Dear Paulo,

Thank you for coming over for an in-depth interview. After careful deliberation, we have determined that your qualifications do not fully match the current requirements of the Chief Web Designer position. We wish you the best in your future endeavors and will keep your resume in our Candidates for future possibilities.

Best regards,

xxx xxxxxx

Another door closed. And yet I will rejoice. ;)

Index 47 can do

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That’s the best I can do for index47. It looks fine to me in IE5/Win at 800×600, though Opera5/Win breaks the whole thing beyond recognition. How does it look to you people of the world?

Electric – Electronic

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What’s the difference, I wonder, between something that is “electric,” and something that is “electronic”? I have an “electric” toaster, for example, but an “electronic” handheld organizer. E-mail is “electronic” mail, not “electric” mail.

In any of these cases it would be something of a verbal faux pas to get them mixed up, wouldn’t it?

Troubling Time

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It’s been a troubling time for me lately, this whirlwind month of planning and transition. As I prepare to mail my applications to schools in the US, I am beset with worries of financial insufficiency, a drought of local employment prospects, parental opposition, and simple apprehension over the impending jump.

The questions pile up: Will I have enough money to last in the US? Will I be able to get a job and find a place to stay? What if my cash runs out? Where will I go? What will I do?

And the pressing question of the moment: When should I go?

It’s been hard finding a new job. None of my main employment prospects has returned a positive response, and the cash supply will soon be running low. Friends and relatives have advised me to make the move now, and look for better opportunities in the States, but my parents at the same time warn me that the recession has made jobs scarce and I may have nothing to fall back on as compared to waiting here.

I’m aiming to depart before March is done, as soon as the last application is sent — but as I said, there are certain family members who don’t want me going yet.

Well, as I told my Mom over lunch today, I’ve only made it this far living on my own — three years! — because of the Lord’s gracious will, and if not for His grace I would have fallen flat on my face years ago. So, I have laid my future plans at His feet in submission to His will, and by His grace, I trust that He will make this jump possible.

As I was riding home today, a Bible verse printed on the side of a jeepney caught my attention:

Trust in the Lord, and lean not on thy own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He will set thy paths straight. – Proverbs 3:5-6

In all thy ways acknowledge Him! Oh, how those words cut to my very heart! What a faithless, sinful wretch I am, so undeserving! And yet in the midst of my unbelief, He steps in, with loving kindness, to comfort, to protect, and to guide. What a wondrous, wondrous Savior and Lord we have!

Why do I worry? Why do I fear? In all thy ways acknowledge Him! What better advice could I have received today than that?

My plans are as dust, my life but a vapor, but if the Lord wills it, I shall proceed, and submit to his guidance and will, with the trust that what happens is what He has planned, and what He has planned is always for the good of those who love Him.

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. – Matthew 6:33.