A favorite author and blogger's mention of cheap fountain pens available at National Bookstore made me look instantaneously to my newly bought journal and want one. Hadn't it been midnight, I would've gotten up and gone to the nearest shopping mall to buy myself one. That's me with another obsessive-compulsiveness attack. Yes, it is self-diagnosed … Continue reading Obsessive-Compulsiveness Attack
Author: markbadiola
I am an IT generalist focusing on digital engineering management and technology consulting. I am also a storyteller, illustrator, project teams super glue, and the office pantry’s resident counsellor. Nice to meet you!
I pay the rent and cable service and my sister takes care of the electric and water bills. We give extras to our mom for the groceries. That's our agreement at home. It's the first of September; another month has passed. I went to the nearby mall this afternoon to withdraw some cash for the … Continue reading We All Got Special Talents
It's 15:52 – I find it a lot more convenient nowadays to tell time in that format – and the apartment looks all sort of homely for a writer. I don't really mean it in a very nice way. I mean it like how you appreciate going home to your dirty room. But referring to … Continue reading My only Plan to Happiness
I've been quite busy lately. Working on a maintenance project with a pretty passive client, that's something new. Most of the time it's me who find ways to keep myself busy in the office. That involves sending emails to my client inquiring about certain things they need to get fixed; and also to my superiors … Continue reading Train the Trainers Program
Update 22 Aug 2020: Fixed the link to the source code. you can download the codes for this tutorial here. it has been quite a long while since i last posted a tutorial. fortunately i was able to come up with another one despite the busy schedule. and to continue from what we've left here, … Continue reading Advanced Sprite Animation Using Pygame in Python2.7
Originally posted here. No, I'm not here to re-sell the career choosing drama. I'm here to talk about the situation that the statement suggests. Well this may be partly because I've nothing to do at the moment, partly because I (or perhaps we) seem to always encounter the same thing, and partly because I'm experiencing … Continue reading The last time I thought of what I want, I ended up working for what I need.
it has been quite a long while since i last posted a game tutorial. well i did not in any way intended this blog to be one, but the only project i'm dealing with right now has to be confidential so there's no way it's going out here in my blog. i'm also currently taking … Continue reading Flood-it! Game in Python 2.7 with Pygame
it has been quite awhile since i last posted something. well although i could say that a number of things came up, i cannot say that they ate most of my time so as to prevent me from posting anything. truth is i could have posted a few lines but held myself back at the … Continue reading when a program throws an exception, the problem is not always in the code
i love get-togethers. i love seeing my friends after long uneventful months at work. i have quite a small circle of friends and i don’t get to go out a lot, that’s probably one of the greatest reasons why. i want to stay in touch and know what’s happening in their lives. not that i … Continue reading On Being a Poor Host
I remember back in high school, I must have had taken everybody by surprise whenever they would ask me about my plans for college because the truth was, I had none. While all my classmates and friends were getting agitated about their applications in various colleges and universities I could not even think of one … Continue reading Everything’s a Surprise
i. am. mark. 