Regrets
Bakit ba pati ako, binibigyan nyo ng malisya?
Ano ba ang kasalanan ko?!”
- Talong
“Hindi lahat ng malakas, super hero!”
- Putok
“Paano tayo makakabuo kung hindi ako papatong sa iyo?”
- Lego
“Halika, bigyan mo pa ako ng init. Kailangan kong pumutok para ako’y
iyong matikman at ika’y masarapan. Ayan na! Puputok na! Humanda ka!”
- Popcorn
“Kahit papaano, gusto ko din ng exposure!”
- Singit
“Hindi ko hinahangad na ipagmalaki mo na ako’y sa iyo. Ayoko lang
naman na sa harap ng maraming tao, ganun mo na lang ako itanggi!”
- Utot
“Hindi lahat ng hinog ay matamis!”
- Pigsa
“Kapag ang katawan mo’y nag-iinit, lagi na lang ako ang hinahanap mo.
Maya’t maya mo akong ginagamit at pinapagod.. Hindi ka na naawa!”
- Aircon
“You never even thank me for making you happy, then you throw me away
just like that. I hate you for using me, for making my life full of shit!”
- Tissue
“You can cry all you want, you could always blame me. You said, it
wasn’t fair that you just want life to be better. But remember, it’s all
your fault! You stabbed me with a knife!”
- Sibuyas
“Isubo mo ang kahabaan ko. Dilaan. Sipsipin. Paglaruan sa bibig mo.
Para lumabas ang katas ko na kinasabikan mo. Nag mamahal,”
- Ice Candy
“Panakip butas mo lang pala ako!”.
- Panty
“Pinapaikot mo lang ako! Nagsasawa na ako. Mabuti pang patayin mo na
lang ako”.
- Electric fan
“Hindi lahat na walang salawal ay bastos!”
- winnie d’ pooh
“Alam mo ba wala akong ibang hinangad kundi ang mapalapit sa iyo.
Pero patuloy ang pag-iwas mo”.
- ipis
“Hala! sige magpakasasa ka! Alam ko namang katawan ko lang ang habol mo.”
-hipon
“Ayoko na! Pag nagmamahal ako, lagi na lang maraming tao ang
nagagalit! Wala ba akong karapatang magmahal?!”
-Gasolina
“Sawang-sawa na ako, palagi na lang akong pinagpapasa- pasahan, pagod
na pagod na ako.”
- Bola
“Ginawa ko naman lahat para sumaya ka, mahirap ka ba talagang
makontento sa isa? Bakit palipat-lipat ka?
- TV
“Hindi lahat ng maasim may vitamin C”
-kili kili
“Pilitin mo man na alisin ako sa buhay mo, babalik at babalik ako!
-Libag
Anung kasalanan ko sa iyo, iniwan mo na lang akong duguan…”
-Sanitary Napkin
“Hwag mo na akong bilugin..”
-kulangot
“Bwisit na buhay ito! Araw-araw na lang, itlog! Umaga, tanghali,
gabi, itlog! Itlog! Itlog! Lagi na lang itlog!”
-Brief
“Sige, kalimutan mo ako para malaman ng iba ang baho mo!
-deodorant
POOR BOY FROM CAGAYAN MAKES IT BIG IN SILICON VALLEY
February 8, 2006, 7:00 pm
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Web/Tech MANILA, July 13, 2004 (STAR) By Willson Lee Flore - "When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge." – Albert Einstein
"Always remember that someone, somewhere is making a product that will make your product obsolete." – Georges Doriot
How can the Philippines leapfrog from being an exporter of labor, garments and bananas into a technology powerhouse that can outshine India as exporter of innovative new products and software? When will Philippine economic news shift from the usual foreign loans, new taxes, and high budget deficit to technological breakthroughs and the export world-class products?
A former poor boy from Cagayan province and now a Filipino technology tycoon in Silicon Valley recently granted us an exclusive interview in his Tallwood Venture Capital office building beside Wells Fargo Bank and near Stanford University. In 1997, Philippine-born Diosdado "Dado" Banatao was honored with the prestigious "Master Entrepreneur of the Year" award sponsored by the Ernst & Young global accounting giant, Inc. magazine and Merrill Lynch. Every year, Banatao funds Filipino-American scholars studying engineering or science courses in top schools all over the US. He also funds a special program that takes University of the Philippines professors to work with University of California in Berkeley professors for one year, hoping these UP professors can bring to the country newest ideas and technologies.
UP president Dr. Francisco "Dodong" Nemenzo said, "Dado Banatao is richer than Ayala." Though Banatao admitted that he owns two private jets and drives a Porsche sports car, and that he once earned and lost $350 million dollars in a single day at the US stock market, he requested that our interview focus more on economic issues rather than on his personal wealth.
A businessman who respects Dado Banatao is Ayala conglomerate CEO Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala who said, "Dado has a tremendous mind." He invited Banatao to be a director of Ayala-controlled Integrated Microelectronics Inc. (IMI). In 2000, Ayala Group invited Banatao to be a partner in its information technology and Internet businesses.
The soft-spoken Banatao is founder and managing director of Tallwood Venture Capital, which focuses on semiconductors and semiconductor-related technologies. As an engineer, he has developed several key semiconductor technologies and is today regarded as a Silicon Valley visionary. As an investor, he has a keen business sense of trends and opportunities involving technology solutions for computing and communications. He has a BS Electrical Engineering degree (cum laude) from the Mapua Institute of Technology in Manila and an MS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Stanford University. Last May, the University of California in Berkeley invited him to speak on what it takes to succeed in Silicon Valley.
When the world’s most powerful mainframe computer was the IBM 360, Banatao’s innovative new chip-set design produced 10 times more power at a thousandth of the cost. His other technological innovations include: developing the first single-chip; the 16-bit microprocessor-based calculator while working for Commodore International in ‘76; the first single-chip MicroVAX while working for Digital Equipment; the first 10-Mbit Ethernet CMOS with silicon coupler data-link control and trans-receiver chip; getting 3Com into the Ethernet PC add-in card business while at Seeq Technology in early ‘80s; the first system logic chip set for the PC-XT and the PC-AT while at Mostron in ‘84 and Chips & Technologies in ‘85); the first enhanced graphics adapter chip set while at Chips & Technologies in ‘85); pioneering local bus concept for PC while at S3 in 1989, and the first Windows accelerator chip while at S3 in ‘90.
Here are excerpts from our three-hour conversation with the Silicon Valley visionary:
PHILIPPINE STAR: Are the reports in the US media true that you earned and lost $350 million in a single day at the US stock market?
DADO BANATAO: (laughs) That’s what happens when one plays big. That’s all part of risk-taking in business. You just have to make sure that you’re still ahead. Since my companies Chips & Technologies and S-3 went public, I have continuously looked for new challenges, investing in multiple companies.
About 3,000 Filipinos leave the Philippines everyday. What is your opinion about what people describe as a brain drain?
I disagree when they say there’s a brain drain when top engineers, scientists or doctors leave the Philippines. It becomes a brain drain only if the economy or society you’re leaving is supporting and utilizing the brains that are leaving. The professionals leave because they are underutilized and not given full support to develop and flourish, so where’s the so-called brain drain? This is just a symptom of a greater problem. I recommend that our leaders treat the real disease, not the symptom.
Do you think the Philippine economy has the capital to finance new technology ventures, since we do not have your Silicon Valley or your huge US stock market?
I think the Philippines – the government and private sector – has the money, but not enough entrepreneurs are willing to fund risky new ventures in technology. More than the availability of money, the reason Silicon Valley here in northern California is the world leader in technology is because we’re willing to risk money here everyday on new ventures, new ideas. Also, please do not forget that Silicon Valley is not all about big money and glamour. I hope you remember the hard work we put in. When I started out, I was literally not sleeping every night due to working and thinking. It takes years to build a company; it’s not an overnight success; there are no shortcuts. In fact, it’s hard work that I usually emphasize hard work more than brains. Real success comes due to hard work.
But you are an engineering graduate of Mapua and you studied in Stanford, you had distinct advantages.
In the Philippines, success in business, technology or other fields depend more on hard work rather than on brains alone. In terms of absolute brilliance, I’m way below the curve. In fact here at Silicon Valley, I envy all the smart people. I really believe it is the effort and hard work that matter more than pure brilliance.
What is your answer to people who attribute much of success to luck – your moving from Mapua, becoming a Philippine Airlines pilot trainee in Boeing USA, which led you to Stanford and Silicon Valley success?
You make your own luck. I remember a guy once telling me about his pilot training at Philippine Airlines, that it was fun, so I applied there. Then Boeing in 1967 offered me a job in the Washington State in the US. Then I ended up in Stanford. Believe me, you have to make your own luck.
How do you assess the technology industry of the Philippines?
The Philippines has most of its capabilities in manufacturing. There are some design and software work. IMI and Ionics are doing some work on the system side. Unfortunately, I don’t know if there’s semiconductor chip design there in the Philippines. There’s big space in software. If there are any, they are small and not so innovative. China is much cheaper and very innovative in semiconductors, while India is leading all of Asia in software development. I hope the Philippines can become like India in the future. But if the current thinking process there is still the same – not a lot of risk-taking or investments in technology – then the Philippines will never get there. If there is no change in thinking, then it will absolutely never happen.
What are the numerous companies you are involved in right now here in Silicon Valley?
Before forming Tallwood Venture Capital, I was a venture partner at the Mayfield Fund. I co-founded three technology startups – S3 (SBLU), Chips & Technologies (INTC), and Mostron. I also held positions at National Semiconductor, Seeq Technologies, Intersil and Commodore International. Today, I am chairman of SiRF Technology (SIRF) and other Tallwood portfolio companies. I also served as chairman and led investments in Marvell Technology Group (MRVL), Acclaim Communications acquired by Level One (INTC), Newport Communications acquired by Broadcom (BRCM), Cyras Systems acquired by Ciena (CIEN), and Stream Machine acquired by Cirrus Logic (CRUS).
Is it true you grew up in a rural farming barrio in northern Luzon, where you used to walk treadbare along dirt roads to school?
Yes, I grew up in Malabbac barrio of Iguig municipality in Cagayan province. It is about an eight-hour drive from Manila, a sleepy little barrio. My late father was a small rice farmer. I came from a humble family. The whole town was a farming community and so simple.
Do you speak Ilocano or Ibanag?
My native dialect is Itawes, one of the two top dialects of Cagayan province. Yes, I also learned to speak Ibanag and Ilocano. You know, our provincial capital of Tuguegarao is actually half Itawes-speaking and half Ilocano-speaking in population.
Have you returned to your hometown and to your old school?
Yes, I’ve visited Iguig four times. I studied in Malabbac Elementary School, a small public school. In the 1990s, we built a computer center there. Today, it’s probably the only public elementary school in the Philippines that has 20 of the most modern computers on networks.
What do you recommend government should do to help students become world-class in technological skills?
It is important for the Philippine economy to be strong in technology. I hope government will emphasize better education in math and sciences, because now the Philippines is not very competitive in those fields.
What is your reaction to Philippine society looking up mostly to lawyers, politicians and showbiz stars, not to entrepreneurs and engineers?
It is tragic that in the Philippines, there’s so much glorification of other professions like law or politics – if you can call it a profession (laughs) – which I think is a huge mistake. Look at the China economic miracle. Look at India. They’re educating their kids to be good in math, the sciences and English. There’s a cultural difference. It is sad that the Philippines glorifies other things, but not engineering. In the Philippines in the last 20 years, a lot of kids of the elite were encouraged to study business management courses and MBAs here in the US, but when they went back, there was nothing for them to manage. They might not agree with my views, but I have my own on how the Philippines can improve. Look at the world’s most advanced economies. They’ve gone beyond agriculture. Their economies use a lot of the best technologies. A lot of their national incomes are derived from technologies. For the Philippines to advance economically, the country should be capable of creating a lot of technologies and globally competitive products. The Philippines has to go back to basics, make sure kids are being educated well in sciences and engineering. We cannot keep on blaming others. We Filipinos should change our educational emphasis, our cultural outlook.
How does it feel to be the only Filipino major player in Silicon Valley?
Actually, I have mixed feelings. Of course, I am proud that someone from the Philippines has made it here, but I really wish there were more Filipinos here in this level.
Were you named after the Pampanga politician Diosdado Macapagal?
No, (laughs) it’s just a coincidence that my first name is Diosdado.
Have you met President Gloria M. Arroyo? What did you talk about?
Yes, I met her during her visit here two or three years ago. She asked me if I could help and I said yes.
What is your advice to her on how to solve the many economic problems of the Philippines and how to turn around the whole situation?
Obviously, I’m the wrong person to ask advice from. I’m not a politician. My advice is to put the Philippines in a position where the country can really create globally competitive products.
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The ‘New Age’ Love Letter
September 7, 2005, 4:27 pm
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Science A. MODERN PROPOSAL
Dearest Ms Juliet,
I am very happy to inform you that I have fallen in love with you since the 15th of February. With reference to the meeting held between us on the 14th of February at 1500 hrs, I would like to present myself as a prospective lover. Our love affair would be on probation for a period of three months and depending on compatibility, would be made permanent. Of course, upon completion of probation, there will be continuous on the job training and performance appraisal schemes leading up to promotion from lover to spouse. The expenses incurred for coffee and entertainment would initially be shared equally between us. Later, based on your performance, I might take up a larger share of the expenses. However I am broadminded enough, to be taken care of, on your expense account. I request you to kindly respond within 30 days of receiving this letter, failing which, this offer would be cancelled without further notice and I shall be considering someone else. I would be happy, if you could forward this letter to your sister, if you do not wish to take up this offer. Thanking you in anticipation.
Yours sincerely,
Mr. Romeo
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B. MODERN REPLY TO MODERN PROPOSAL
Attn: Mr Romeo Dear Sir,
Please refer to your letter dated today. I am pleased to inform you that I hope to accept your proposal for romance. However, you should be informed that there are certain conditions of acceptance. Promotional prospects are to my satisfaction. However, please enlighten me as to your retirement benefits. Gratuity should be generous. I also need to be assured that there is sufficient security with regard to this commitment. If there is any chance at all of retrenchment or consequent disinterest on your part, then I should receive monetary compensation according to union standards. Due to the nature of my position, I am sure you will agree that an expense account should be arranged for my access in light of the ‘VIP’ I shall be entertaining. In addition, housing and transport allowances should be in order and nothing less than a luxury condo and a Jag are in order. Please also note that there should be no moonlighting restrictions placed on myself. If you are still interested in the relationship, please reply on an urgent basis as other prospective lovers have sent indications of interest. Please also note that my sister is happily employed.
Yours perhaps,
Juliet
Bill Gates In Hell
July 29, 2005, 5:25 pm
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Religion Bill Gates dies in a car accident. He finds himself in purgatory, being sized up by St. Peter.
"Well, Bill, I’m really confused on this call; I’m not sure whether to send you to Heaven or Hell. After all, you enormously helped society by putting a computer in almost every home in America, yet you also created that ghastly Windows 95. I’m going to do something I’ve never done before in your case; I’m going to let you decide where you want to go."
Bill replied, "well, what’s the difference between the two?"
St. Peter said, "I’m willing to let you visit both places briefly, if it will help your decision."
"Fine, but where should I go first?" "I’ll leave that up to you."
"Okay then," said Bill, "Let’s try Hell first." So Bill went to Hell. It was a beautiful, clean, sandy beach with clear waters and lots of bikini-clad women running around, playing in the water, laughing and frolicking about. The sun was shining; the temperature perfect. He was very pleased.
"This is great!" he told St. Peter. "If this is hell, I REALLY want to see heaven!" "Fine," said St. Peter, and off they went.
Heaven was a place high in the clouds, with angels drifting about, playing harps and singing. It was nice, but not as enticing as Hell. Bill thought for a quick minute, and rendered his decision. "Hmmm. I think I’d prefer Hell," he told St. Peter. "Fine," retorted St. Peter, "as you desire." So Bill Gates went to Hell.
Two weeks later, St. Peter decided to check on the late billionaire to see how he was doing in Hell. When he got there, he found Bill, shackled to a wall, screaming amongst hot flames in dark caves, being burned and tortured by demons. "How’s everything going?" he asked Bill. Bill responded, with his voice filled with anguish and disappointment, "this is awful! This is nothing like the Hell I visited two weeks ago! I can’t believe this is happening! What happened to that other place, with the beautiful beaches, the scantily-clad women playing in the water?!???
"That was a demo," replied St. Peter.
Another Bill Gates Meets Satan story
July 29, 2005, 12:20 am
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Web/Tech "Wiiiiilliam Gaaaates…"
"Oh, hi, Satan. What’s up downstairs?"
"It’s tiiiiime…"
"Yeah, but we’re still debugging Memphis, and Ballmer swears he’ll wipe out Adobe before lunch, and Melinda wants to change the tile in the third-floor kitchen again, and…"
"Sorry, Bill. I’ve given you too many extensions already, not to mention the Oracle8 launch event disaster, not to mention Steve Jobs’ head on a platter."
"Yeah, that was a good one. I think you enjoy this as much as I…"
"Regardless, a deal’s a deal. Your soul is mine, Bill Gates. And today is the day you pay your eternal debt to me."
"Now, let’s be reasonable here, Satan…"
"Reasonable?!? You want reasonable?!? You’re the richest man in the world! You’ve got a beautiful wife and daughter! Microsoft is the most powerful company on the planet! We’re even using NT to run hell’s WAN server! And frankly, it sucks. That’s one of the reasons I’ve come to collect. If you can’t get my network to run right, you’ll spend the afterlife writing Windows applications that run on doorbells…"
"What’s your alternative, Satan? Netware? AppleTalk? OS/2? You’re a funny guy for someone who breathes fire."
"Well, God is porting all his heaven-critical applications to Java…"
"Java?!? Stop it, Satan. You’re going to make me wet my pants again like that time you told me to buy Novell for $50 a share."
"Yes, Java, running on Sun servers, IBM plumbing and Oracle databases with thin clients accessing the apps via the web through Netscape Navigator."
"That’s not a solution, that’s one of those Grimm’s fairy tales that scare children to death. I have yet to see an NC actually being used to do anything except crash during demonstrations. Look, Java is a nice little language for animating web sites, but Shockwave after too many espressos isn’t going to displace Windows as an applications platform on hundreds of millions of PCs."
"Nevertheless, Java is the future of computing, and I’ll be damned if I’m going to give God a strategic technology advantage!"
"Satan, what if I told you I could kill off Java with a single word?"
"Interesting. Tell me more."
"Wait a minute. What’s in it for me?"
"I promise I won’t turn you into Larry Ellison’s bidet right this second."
"Okay, that works for me. Here’s the word…disable."
"Disable what?"
"Disable Java support in Internet Explorer."
"You mean Microsoft’s web browser won’t run Java anymore?"
"That’s right, brimstone breath. You want to run Java, give Netscape 50 bucks per seat and pray that IBM doesn’t buy the company to merge Communicator with Lotus Notes."
"The Department of Justice will…"
"Will what? Punish me because I won’t support a product my enemies want to use to destroy my company? Chevrolet dealers don’t have to sell Fords. Pepsi’s restaurants don’t have to offer Coke. Why does Microsoft have to support Java?"
"It’s an industry standard…"
"It’s an industry hallucination."
"There will be a public outcry…"
"From who? Network managers? MIS? The CIO? They’re up to their nosehairs in Cobol getting ready for January 1, 2000. To them, Java is still a cute word for coffee."
"What about all those spiffy applets on thousands of web sites?"
"Microsoft owns 100 percent of the Apple and Windows preload market for browsers, and our overall share has gone from zero to half in two years. It’s a safe bet most people will soon use IE for web access. If they come to a site that doesn’t work because of Java, they’ll simply jump to the next one. Trust me, developers will switch to ActiveX faster than you can say ‘Playstation.’"
"What about other platforms…"
"Like Intel has competition?"
"Interactive TV…"
"We call it WebTV in Redmond."
"Venture capitalists have invested billions…"
"To get a date with Kim Polese."
"Sun will write a plug-in…"
"Not without the hidden APIs."
"Of all my minions, you are my very favorite, Bill. You may stay."
"Thanks, Satan. Now, about that Exchange license agreement…"
Trip to Bangkok, Thailand
July 27, 2005, 2:00 am
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Web/Tech Nung huwebes, ika-20 ng enero 2005, niyakag ako ni Jeff Conocido sa kanilang bahay para magpatulong ilipat yung video mula sa handycam patungo sa kanyang compyuter. Para daw ma-edit nya, i-burn at ipadala sa kanyang mga kamag-anak sa ibang bansa. Ngunit ito’y hindi natupad, sa kadihilanang hindi ito naa-angkop sa compyuter na medyo may kalumaan na, bagamat ito’y may USB hindi parin ito sapat para makapaglipat ng video.
Ala sais imedya ng gabi (6:30pm), habang kami ay nag-uusap, may tumawag sa aking cell phone mula sa abroad at laking gulat ko nang ibalita ng isang babae, na ako daw ay nanalo ng Trip to Bangkok, Thailand para umatend ng "MTV Asia Awards 2005". Sumali daw kasi ako sa online voting contest. Tapos tinanong nya sakin kung meron akong passport at ang sabi ko wala pa pero madali lang kunin yun. Sabi niya tatlo kaming pinagpipilian mula sa Pilipinas, dalawa lang ang kelangan. Kaya siya ay aking sinabihan na tumawag na lang ulit kinabukasan para maayos ang lahat at dahil lowbat narin ako.
Kinabukasan, biyernes, puyat ako kasi di kagad nakatulog kakaisip kung ano gagawin ko. Nag-antay ako ng tawag hanngang 9:00am. Nagtext ako sa mga ka-barkada ko sa maynila at itinanong kung san ko pwedeng tawagan ang MTV Philippines, magbabaka-sakaling alam nila mga detalye tungkol sa contest. Eto ang binigay nila sa’king numero (02)8899251. Tumawag ako ng 9:30am, ngunit gwardia pa lang ang tao kasi sya ang sumagot sa telepono at sabi niya tumawag daw ako ng 10:00am sa Marketing Dept. Eh di tumawag ako, nung una palang nababastusan na ko sa frontliner/operator nila kasi mataas kagad ang boses niya at nagtatanong lang naman ako regarding dun sa contest. Kaya ang ginawa niya ay ipinasa ako kay Ms. Bebs (di sure kung tama pagkarinig ko) ng Marketing Dept. Nakausap ko naman yung tao at maayos siyang kausap, kinuha niya ang Name, Contact Numbers, at Home Address ko at tatawagan na lang daw niya ako kagad para i-verify sa Main office nila sa Singapore.
Pagkalipas ng ilang oras, wala pa ring tugon mula sa kanila. Kaya nagpasya ako na tumawag dun sa numero na nagrehistro sa cell phone ko. Ang number na ito ay overseas call mula sa Singapore, +6564207205. Ngunit isang answering machine ang sumagot sa akin, kaya ibinigay ko ang number ko at ang name ko at sinabi ko kung pwede silang tumawag ulit sa’kin kasi paubos na yung card ko pantawag.
Lumipas ang ilang araw, wala akong natanggap ni-isang tawag mula sa kanila. Nakakapanghinayang, sana kumuha kaagad ako ng passport. Nito lamang araw na ito ko nalaman na dapat pala, ang isang participant or winner ay mayroong nakahandang passport kung sakaling manalo. (TERMS & CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION)
Nawalan na rin ako ng pag-asa at alam ko rin na ibinigay na nila ito sa iba. Alam niyo, swerte ata ako sa mga online contest kasi 9 na ang napalunan kong cd at isa rito hindi na nakarating sa bahay (EMINEM CD). Yun lang libangan ko minsan, sumagot sa mga surveys na merong prize at iba’t-ibang online contest.
