Psalm 23

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.  He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.  Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever. 

Gestalt Prayer

I do my thing and you do your thing.

I am not in this world to live up to your expectations,

And you are not in this world to live up to mine.

You are you, and I am I,

And if by chance we find each other, it's beautiful.

If not, it can't be helped.

 Fritz Perls (1893-1970)
Gestalt Therapy pioneer

link:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gestalt_prayer
      http://www.sapphyr.net/largegems/gestaltprayer.htm

Footprints in the Sand

One night a man had a dream,

He dreamed he was walking along
the beach with the LORD.
Across the sky flashed
scenes from his life.

For each scene he noticed
two sets of footprints in the sand,
One belonging to him and
the other to the LORD.

When the last scene flashed before him,
he looked back at the footprints in the sand.
He notice many times in his life there was
only one set of footprints.

He also noticed that it happened to be at
the very lowest and saddest times in his life.
This really bothered him and
he questioned the LORD about it.

"LORD, you said once I decided to follow You,

You'd walk with me all the way.
But I have noticed that during the most
troublesome times in my life,
there is only ONE set of footprints.
I don't understand why
when I needed You the most
You would leave me."

The LORD replied:

"My son, my precious child,
I love you and I would never leave you.
During your times of trial and suffering,
When you see only one set of footprints,
It was then that I carried you."

Author - Mary Stevenson Zangare

One Solitary Way

Here is a man who was born in an obscure village, the child of a peasant woman.  He grew up in another village.  He worked in a carpenter shop until He was thirty.  Then for three years He was an itinerant preacher.

He never owned a home.  He never wrote a book.  He never held an office.  He never had a family. He never went to college.  He never put His foot inside a big city.  He never traveled two hundred miles from the place He was born.  He never did one of the things that usually accompany greatness.  He had no credentials but Himself.

While still a young man, the tide of popular opinion turned against him.  His friends ran away.  One of them denied Him.  He was turned over to His enemies.  He went through the mockery of a trial.  He was nailed upon a cross between two thieves. While He was dying, His executioners gambled for the only piece of property He had on earth – His coat.  When He was dead, He was laid in a borrowed grave through the pity of a friend.

Nineteen long centuries have come and gone, and today He is a centerpiece of the human race and leader of the column of progress.

I am far within the mark when I say that all the armies that ever marched, all the navys that were ever built; all the parliaments that ever sat and all the kings that ever reigned, put together, have not affected the life of man upon this earth as  powerfully as has that ONE SOLITARY LIFE!

links:

http://www.changinglivesonline.org/solitary-life.html

http://www.anointedlinks.com/one_solitary_life.html

http://my.homewithgod.com/mkcathy/inspirational/onelife.html

another link for pocket pc

Pocket Pc Tweaks    http://www.pocketpctweaks.com/

Pocket PC Screens  http://www.pocketpctweaks.com/

Link to Windows XP Embedded Team

Windows XP Embedded Team

not to be missed site.  for study --->http://blogs.msdn.com/embedded/default.aspx

Me and My Pocket PC

Just to keep me remember these sites for my Pocket PC and for you too if you are interested!

Airfagev.com - Genuinely Filipino forum form Smartphone and Pocket PC

PocketPC Freewares - as the name suggests.. mostly free

I'll add more.. later

Stay hungry! Stay foolish

THE ANT PHILOSOPHY

THE ANT PHILOSOPHY by Jim Rohn

Over the years I've been teaching children about a simple but powerful concept - the ant philosophy. I think everybody should study ants.  They have an amazing four-part philosophy, and here is the first part:

Ants never quit. That's a good philosophy. If they're headed somewhere and you try to stop them; they'll look for another way. They'll climb over, they'll climb under, and they’ll climb around. They keep looking for another way. What a neat philosophy, to never quit looking for a way to get where you're supposed to go.

Second, ants think winter all summer
. That's an important perspective. You can't be so naive as to think summer will last forever. So ants are gathering in their winter food in the middle of summer. An ancient story says, "Don't build your house on the sand in the summer." Why do we need that advice? Because it is important to be realistic. In the summer, you've got to think storm. You've got to think rocks as you enjoy the sand and sun. Think ahead.

The third part of the ant philosophy is that ants think summer all winter. That is so important. During the winter, ants remind themselves, "This won't last long; we'll soon be out of here." And the first warm day, the ants are out. If it turns cold again, they'll dive back down, but then they come out the first warm day. They can't wait to get out.

And here's the last part of the ant philosophy. How much will an Ant gather during the summer to prepare for the winter? All that he possibly can. What an incredible philosophy, the "all-that-you-possibly-can" philosophy.

Wow, what a great seminar to attend - the ant seminar. Never give
up, look ahead, stay positive and do all you can.

The Serenity Prayer

God, grant me the serenity
To accept the things I cannot change,
The courage to change the things I can
And the wisdom to know the difference.

Living one day at a time,
Enjoying one moment at a time,
Accepting hardship as the pathway to peace.
Taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it.
Trusting that He will make all things right if I surrender to His will.
That I may be reasonably happy in this life,
And supremely happy with Him forever in the next.
Amen.

"Work Knowledge Base" concept

Earlier this morning while working in the field, it came to my mind an idea to create "Work Knowledge Base" a database that would contain information on requirements, defects, status, and others of the site/location or scope of work to be done.  The database will be build up with information according to the previous  works done by the engineer, foreman, technicians, etc.  the database will preferably be residing in a server. Once the person goes to the field to do his tasks, he can  take a report from the knowledge base and print a hardcopy report of the requirements, defects, status...etc.  the report can also be in a file uploaded to a mobile pda. I think this application would be a great help to the  user especailly if the user has plenty of site to visits regularly.  With the massive information that comes everyday, we lost track of the information that needs to be attend firstly... and when we come bck the next time to work on the same project... we just realized that an important  job, part of the requirement to be done has not been finished....With the envisioned "Work Knowledge Base", productivity would be increased... This project willbe  designed and developed using VB.NET.  This will be one of my projects while learning the  VB.NET platform..

Our Differences Bind Us Together

The word “DIFFERENCE” is defined as an “instance of disparity or unlikeness, a degree or amount by which things differ” it also mean “unlikeness, variation, or discrepancy”. On the other hand, the word “BIND” could mean “to ties, to secure, to hold or restrain, to compel, obligate, or unite”. Bind is something of a force that makes two or more things stick together.

First and foremost, allow me to pop-up the question “What and Who MAN is”? After the extinction of the great dinosaurs, the HUMAN specie came out so prominently from the evolution tree. Why did MAN come out ahead of other species in such a slow yet harsh and vicious process of natural selection we call evolution? It is because MAN is a supreme opportunist of all the animals. For the opportunist, the going may always be tough but HE will be able to adapt rapidly for any quick change act that the environment decides to put on.

Man being a thinking animal, is an individualist, who is aware of his weakness and strengths. His greatest skill is by using his strengths efficiently and finding ways to use his weakness to his advantage. Man’s greatest discovery is not his tools. His greatest discovery is his understanding that with cooperation and combination of their skills, with another individual, their weaknesses are reduced and their strengths and skills are increased. Thus, we have survived and become masters in spite of our individualism and competitiveness because we are aware that when we work in group we achieve more in our goals and pursuits.

However, not all the time MAN works cooperatively with other members of his specie. As earlier presented, man is an individual and an opportunistic who often work cooperatively with another individual in order to assert his own agenda, be it for self or for the good of the many. That is why we see in the recorded history the various rise and fall of many empires, kingdom, conquerors, and others. These are all workings of Man.

In the documentaries on animal behavior featured on Discovery and National Geographics Channels, we observed that animals fight among themselves for one of two very good reasons: either to establish their dominance in a social hierarchy, or to establish their territorial rights over a particular piece of ground. Some species are purely hierarchical with no fix territories. Some are purely territorial with no hierarchial problems. We Humans have it in both ways; we have hierarchies on our territories and have to contend both form of aggression.

In the macroscopic point of view, we see a world today no less different than what I have just described why animals fight. Our technology may have increased exponentially; we have very fast computers, powerful telescopes, and others. But we do always retain our individualistic tendencies. The world today has so much chaos, tribal wars, religious wars, internal conflicts, terrorism, economic wars , etc.

In the present situation of our country, we observed so much political power play and display of arrogance in the politicians and leaders of our government. It shows the opportunistic tendencies of those individuals. I would say that once in a while, we Filipinos can demonstrate an act of unity in some occasions. It was in the People Power Revolution of EDSA in 1986 that we showed to the world that in spite of the situation and the various degrees of differences in the Filipinos, we can be united for a BETTER CHANGE. We were so successful at that time. But we were not able to sustain the change… almost 20 years after that… now we are still squabbling… the dreamed CHANGE is still elusive.

The coming privatization of our company could be both a threat and an opportunity for each one of us. It is an impending change in our environment. But like the opportunistic MAN who is able to adapt rapidly for any quick and radical change in the environment, we will work together to achieve more in our goals and pursuits.

Before I end this rhetoric, I would like to emphasize that in this competition we called survival. It is necessary that we infuse morals and values in all our undertaking. In this way we become different from the animals that I have so often described earlier. With values and morality, we HUMANS become human.

Speech during flag ceremony, Sept 2005

PACMAN rules!

Man look at his form!

I have been a follower of Manny Pacquiao since 1995...back to the "Boxing at the Park" days. As early as that, he has already been predicted as one of the most promising Filipino boxer....With extraordinary focus and determination he has transformed himself from a simple baker to become Philippine's "National Treasure" in the field of sports...Mabuhay ka Manny!

So guys, if you want to go to know more about Pacman, just click the link below

P A C L A N D

Here, you will find tons and tons of information about PacMan

Salazar Coat-of-Arms

Salazar

Salazar Coat-of-Arms is often a red field with 13 gold stars. It is sometimes topped with a helmet.

There are about 5 variations to the Salazar coat of arms.Generally speaking the older the family the simpler the arms are, and you cant get much simpler than the Salazars. After the 14th Century all branches of the family usually employed the 13 gold stars on their armorials. In France the stars were used but interspersed with 'feuilles de nenuphar',that is to say water lilies. The whole of the tomb of the Salazars in Sens cathedral is smothered in Lillies and stars.
Hector de Salazar, Baron of St Just was the son of Juan de Salazar and Marguerite de la Tremoille. You can still see the site of their chateau at St Just near Troyes in France. In the cathedral at Sens about 50 miles from the chateau is a fabulous tomb which still exists to this day. Here you can see 2 kneeling marble statues of Juan & Marguerite. Just ask for the tomb of the Salazars---Le tombeau des Salazars.

The family is so ancient that The first book found written by a Salazar (There are over 300!) dates from 1476 and is titled 'The history of the Salazar family!' The Val de Salazar or valley of the Salazars in Navarra is where all branches of the family originated.Hector de Salazar is buried under the nave in the church of St Just.

Colour is gaules, (red) and there are 13 stars disposed as 3 + 3 + 3 +1

Children - Kahlil Gibran “The Prophet”

Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you,
And though they are with you, yet they belong not to you.
You may give them your love but not your thoughts.
For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you.
For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.
You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.
The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite, and He bends you with His might that His arrows may go swift and far.
Let your bending in the archer's hand be for gladness;
For even as he loves the arrow that flies, so He loves also the bow that is stable.

Wala lang!

"Our love is like the misty rain that falls softly -

but floods the river."

African proverb

"Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward together in the same direction." Antoine de Saint-Exupery - Wind, Sand, and Stars

Don't complain!

I complained because
I have no shoes …

…Until I meet a man
Who has no feet.

Curriculum Vitae

Allan Troy N. Salazar
Process Geochemist

Date of Birth : 23 October 1972
Nationality : Filipino
Languages : English, Pilipino, Vizayan (Cebuano)
Civil Status : Separated
Address : Judyville Subdivision, Sibulan, Negros Oriental. Philippines
Email : troysalazar@gmail.com

Areas of Expertise : Geothermal Geochemistry, Stable Isotope Geochemistry, Geochemical Reservoir and Process Computer-assisted simulation, Database Design and Development

Education
2000 Diploma in Geothermal Energy Technology
Geothermal Institute, University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand

1989 - 1994 Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering
University of San Carlos
Cebu City, Philippines


Licensure Examinations
1996 Passed, Professional Regulation Commission
Chemical Engineering Licensure Examination
License Number 0021087


1993 Passed, Sub-Professional Civil Service Examination


Professional Affiliation
Philippine Institute of Chemical Engineers (PIChE)
University of San Carlos - Chemical Engineering Society (USC-ChES)
University of San Carlos Alumni Association, Cebu City
University of Auckland Alumni Association, New Zealand


Professional Experience

2004 to Present Process Geochemist, TFT-1 Field Operation Corrdinator
SNGP, PNOC-EDC
Ticala, Valencia

1996 to 2004 Process Geochemist
LGPF, PNOC-EDC
Tongonan, Ormoc City

1994 to 1996 Reservoir Geochemist
LGPF, Philippine National Oil Company – Energy Development Corp
(PNOC-EDC)


Training, Seminars, and Conferences Attended

February, 1995 Training on Silica
PNOC-EDC
Orange Place, Katipunan, Quezon City

March 20-31, 1995 Short Course on the Application of Water-Rock Interaction
in Understanding Specific Mineral-Soultion Equilibria at
Geothermal Reservoir and Production Conditions
PNOC-EDC
Dumaguete City, Philippines

Aug 30 to Sept 1, 1995 Pakikitungo Seminar
PNOC-EDC
Hotel Don Felipe, Ormoc City

April 5 – 7, 1995 Effective Oral Communication Program
PNOC-EDC
ERDC Training Center, Diliman Quezon City

November 13 – 17, 1995 Short Course on Acid Fluids and Application of Sulfur-34
Isotope in Geothermics
PNOC-EDC
Habitat Hotel, Dumaguete City

June 12 – 13, 1996 Short Course on Geothermal Gas Chemistry
PNOC-EDC
Leyte Geothermal Power Project, LEYTE

Sept 23 – 25, 1996 Workshop on Applications of Stable Isotope Techniques in Geothermics
and PHREEQC, A Computer Program for Geochemical Calculation
PNOC-EDC
Leyte Geothermal Power Project, LEYTE.

Sept 27, 1996 Introduction to Loss Control and the International Safety Rating System
PNOC-EDC
Don Felipe Hotel , Ormoc City

June 19 – 21, 1996 Workshop in Kepner-Tregoe Program on Problem Solving and
Decision Making (KT-PSDM)
PNOC-EDC
Cebu Midtown Hotel, Cebu City

August 5 – 8, 1997 Workshop in Kepner-Tregoe Program on Analytic Trouble Shooting (KT-ATS)
PNOC-EDC
La Nivel Hotel, Cebu City

Sept 9 – 11, 1997 Self Management Course
PNOC-EDC
Manila Galleria Suites, Ortigas Center, Pasig City

May 21, 1997 Instrumentation Product Seminar
Parker Hannifin Singapore
LGPF Complex, LEYTE

March 6 – 7, 1997 18th Annual PNOC-EDC Geothermal Conference
Hoter Intercontinental Manila, Makati City.

October 4 – 15, 1999 Regional Training Course on Geothermal Reservoir and
Environmental Management Techniques
IAEA, PNOC-EDC, LGPF
Leyte Geothermal Production Field.


Feb 28 – Nov 10, 2000 Diploma Course in Geothermal Energy Technology
New Zealand MFAT, PNOC-EDC
Geothermal Institute, University of Auckland, NZ.

October 2000 25th Annual New Zealand Geothermal Conference
University of Auckland
New Zealand

March 12-17, 2001 22nd Annual PNOC-EDC Geothermal Conference
Hotel Intercon, Makati City, Philippines


November 21 -23, 2001 RBI Phase 3 Corrosion monitoring Workshop Training
MPT New Zealand, PNOC-EDC
Dumaguete City

November 19 – 22, 2002 Workshop on Project Management (KT-PM)
PNOC-EDC
Cebu Plaza Hotel, Cebu City

September 26, 2003 Safety Valve and Fitting Seminar
Manila Fluid System Components Inc
LGPF Complex

February 5, 2004 Seminar on Stainless Steel Metallurgy and Corrosion of Metals
Sandvik Materials Technology
PNOC-EDC PNPC Complex, Makati City

June 15 – 17, 2004 Management Safety Training (MST) Course
PNOC-EDC
Cebu Midtown Hotel, Cebu City

March 9 – 10, 2005 26th Annual PNOC-EDC Geothermal Conference
Hoter Intercontinental Manila, Makati City.


Publications

Salazar, A.T.N.,Villa, R.R., Jr. and Alcober, E.H. 1997. Predicting FCDS and Power Plant chemistry of the different power plants in the Leyte Geothermal Power Project. Proceedings of the 18th PNOC-EDC Geothermal Conference, 189 – 198.

Macambac, R.V., Salazar, A.T.N., Villa, R.R., Alcober, E.H., Magdadaro, M.C. and Hirtz, P. 1998. Field-wide Applications of Chemical Tracers for Mass flow Measurements in Philippine Geothermal Fields. Proceedings of the 19th Annual PNOC-EDC Geothermal Conference, 153 – 161.

Salazar, A.T.N. 2000. Comparative Computer Modeling of Geothermal Power Plant Fluid Chemistry, Leyte Geothermal Production Field, Philippines. Diploma Project Report No. GEOTHERM. 2000.21. Geothermal Institute, University of Auckland

Salazar, A.T.N 2001. Comparative Computer Modelling of Geothermal Power Plant Fluid Chemistry, Leyte Geothermal Production Field, Philippines. Proceedings of the 22nd PNOC-EDC Geothermal Conference.

Salazar, A.T.N., Alcober, E.H., and Gonzalez, R.C. 2005. On-Demand Simulation of Energy and Chemistry Balance of the 700 MW Greater Tongonan Geothermal Field. Proceedings of the 26th PNOC-EDC Geothermal Conference, 95 – 100.

Alyssa Emmanuelle's 6th Birthday Poster

'Twas six years ago I celebrated the birth of Alyssa Emmanuelle. I was very happy at that time coz she was born healthy and normal... at the same time I was also very sad coz two days after that on (Feb 9th 2000) I left her for New Zealand to pursue my diploma course in Geothermal Institute, University of Auckland. I didnt really witnessed the growth of Alyssa during the next 10 months of her life. I reunited with her only later on the October of 2000.

This simple poster for her birthday, i did in Photoshop, is my celebration for her coming into this world and the remembrance of my pain and struggle and sacrifices in NZ.

the yort

Eye of the God

Nice isnt it? It's called the Eye of the God

Personal Gmail Account for Public Use!

I am creating a gmail email account for the repository of files that i want to share. the email address is repository.ATNS@gmail.com. the password for this account is "tr0ysalazar" (it's number "0"). this email account will contain the files that i am going to store and share to colleagues, friends and relatives. i'v decided to use gmail over the other provider because of its simplicity, larger storage capacity, and being fast (no ads).

One thing! please don't mess with the files and please don't delete anything. Even if i share the password, i still have the full ownership of the email address.

If the files have helped you or you have downloaded from it, a thank you email in my troysalazar@gmail.com would be enough to compensate for my effort.

thank you very much!

the yort

Folding@Home Team: Folding_Geoscie

Donate your idle CPU time by joining Folding@home distributed computing project currently undertaken by Stanford University. The objective of folding@home is to "understand protein folding, misfolding, and related diseases". Your participation could be the key to understanding Alzhiemer's Disease, Cancer, Parkinson's...etc. Folding@Home address is http://folding.stanford.edu/

If you want to participate, you can join my Folding@home team "Folding_Geoscie". My team ID number is "48239". The ID number can be set at the configuration menu. Please participate!

Order out of Chaos

to make something out of something is invention....

to make something out of nothing is creation ....

that is why the step from Zero to One belongs to GOD!