Coredump

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My, oh, my. Look how he’s grown.

Happy birthday, anak!

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• Work: Gone Unix-hardcore. Our team currently leads Unix training for other infra teams. Shell/Perl scripting occupies a large part of the, er, curriculum. I’m “re-learning” Perl. I’m also amazed as to how open source is being leveraged here. I lurve open source.
• Family: Prior to a change of shift sked, I go on an extended off-shift period of four days. Like, wow! What better way to start that four-day weekend than to slooowly fry in my own oil (not a nice imagery there) here at the airport. Hooray. Love the company, though, as always.
• Others: I still haven’t gotten around to reading Good Omens. Haven’t watched Harry Potter, too. (Why bother? I heard it’s not as good as the book, anyway.) And, I haven’t been online in a while. Smart 3G’s a big bummer. Been getting lots of connection errors lately. Hope it stabilise soon.

I get a feeling that work is taking over part of my life. Sort of.

I got invited to be a godfather to a friend’s daughter. Too bad I couldn’t make it because my work sked required me to be at the office this Sunday. Bummer. My sked’s not as flexible as I thought: a regular eight-hour shift (no breaks), five days a week, for a total of 80 productive hours weekly. It’s not so bad, once you get used to it. Well, I haven’t — not just yet.

It has its perks, though. For one, I get to go home to the province during weekdays. Last Friday, I brought Gab to school — my first time there. He showed me around, and gave me a tour of the place. Since his class is for three hours, I walked around the nearby mall and ran a few errands in between. After school, off to a fastfood store we went. QT with my eldest son:

For another, I can now spend more time with the little one. I brought home infant cereals and a dish set. Julian just turned five months, so maybe it’s a little bit too early for him to try those. Hey, I’m an excited tatay here. Here’s his routine: he wakes up at around five AM, and plays around in his crib. In our subconscious, semi-sleepy state, Peng and I can hear the tinkle of his toys and him crawling around in the bassinet.

By six, he gets a bit more insistent and demands for attention — it’s time for his milk, and a change of nappies. We usually do not make him wear diapers during the day, so he goes commando most often. I then carry him and go outside for some little bit of sunshine. He particularly loves the garden with lots of green all around. It’s time for his nap at seven — the first of several for the day. At nine AM, he wakes up:

It’s time for a bath by 10 PM:

He plays a bit with his kuya, while we prepare for school. Gab goes to school by 12 noon, so we don’t get to see Julian until around four in the afternoon. By then, he’s back to sleep and usually wakes up at six, when his Mom gets home from work.

Life is so good. If only I could get more of it, instead of just two days in a week.

‘Nuff said.

Happy Fathers’ Day!