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When I’m in interviews, I always cringe with the first question: What can you tell me/us about yourself?
Afterall, it is just a variation of the ultimate question that all of us ask ourselves: Who am I?
What a way to start this page.
So I will answer questions instead:
WHO ARE YOU?
My name is Arbet Wong Bernardo, I’m half-Chinese/half-Filipino, and I reside in the northern Metro Manila area.
HOW DO YOU LOOK LIKE?
WHAT DO YOU BLOG ABOUT?
Hmm…. recently I did a split of my main interests. When I started this blog, everything I discuss were posted here. But I saw the light, and found it would be better to split things up.
So, on this blog I post my thoughts about my country, the Philippines - its culture, society, and politics. The blog posts may stray from the locale from time to time.
WHEN DID YOU START BLOGGING?
I started this blog August 2005. But I was already blogging way before that, on free blog servers. I started in EasyJournal, and then on Blurty, and on LiveJournal. I had also tried the Friendster blog, but I hated it, so it is discontinued. My LiveJournal blog contains (aside from entries crossposted from here) personal notes, most of them friends-only, though.
I also blog at The Geeky Guide to Nearly Everything.
WHAT ARE YOUR EDUCATION CREDENTIALS?
I graduated with a computer science degree from AMA Computer College.
I wrote for the college paper. I started as Associate Editor then I resigned because I was working part time then. They made me at certain points in time Guest Editor and Senior Writer, writing a column titled X-Rated and Triple X-Rated (an X-Rated reboot).
In between school work and college paper duties, I was assistant coordinator for the varsity team (in charge of allowance liquidation), president of a student organization, and adviser to some other orgs.
WHAT ARE YOUR INTERESTS?
My weekends are usually spent on reading and re-reading books at home, playing PlayStation 2 and GameCube, watching WWE shows or news shows (movies very rarely), or visiting some friends. Or sleeping.
I am using WinAmp, and it usually plays J-pop/J-rock, anime-related music, and classical.
From time to time, you can see me at the mall, either alone or with friends. Rarely with someone, though.
WHAT CAN YOU TELL ABOUT YOUR WORK EXPERIENCES?
Right after graduation, I started teaching for a tech-voc school. After three years, worked for a network and Internet security software company as a technical writer for more than a year. Right now, I am a technical writer for an Internet communications software company.
During the last years in college, I worked part time for another tech-voc school. Was a volunteer teacher for a university’s open system in Tondo.
HOW CAN WE CONTACT YOU?
Drop me an email at arbet.bernardo at gmail dot com.
