Labor Day Week

Wow, and what a week it was!

It all started on Sunday, the 3rd, where I met up with an old college friend visiting from D.C. We then headed to Vancouver, WA. to celebreate Labor Day - Guam Fiesta style! It was held at a farm where people from all over the state (both Washington and Oregon) came together, brought in their favorite Island dish, socialzied, and of course, danced the cha-cha! It was great, the people were great, and the food was AWSOME! I haven't eaten such good Island food in years - I was stuffed!

After the Guam Fiesta, we headed East to the Columbia Gorge where we watched the sunset - it was beautiful site (and the company was great too =).

We headed back after sunset and met with another friend to play cosmic bowling. It was my first time going cosmic bowling - it was different, but really nothing special. We had a lot of fun, though, and that's what counts. It has been a while since I last bowled, but I think I did pretty well - I'm still working on my spinning/curving bowl. The other ladies did pretty good too.

Later that night, we met up with my other friends to karaoke! We all had a great time, but we didn't stay too long, because we had to wake up early for the next day's adventure.

For Labor Day, we went on a day hike at Silver Falls, located East of Salem. The falls were nice, but it wasn't as runny as it was during Spring (you can see it in my other pics from the last time I went to Silver Falls). What made the trip special, though, was the company - I had such a wonderful time there with some of my closest friends.

You can check out the pictures in my album.

Olallie Lake and Potato Butte

Over the weekend, my buddies and I went backpacking around the Olallie Lake area and camped for a night on top of Potato Butte.

Even though we didn't hike for many miles, it was tough because of the steep trails we had to take to get to the top of the Butte, which was 5200 ft. high. It got even tougher the next day when we went up another mountain (forgot the name), which was easily 6000 plus ft. high. It was a tough climb but was definitely worth it - the view was amazing!

I posted pics from our adventure in my album.

Redesigned PuguaSoft Site (Again)!

You probably made it to my blog space via my project site - PuguaSoft.com. So you probably already noticed the whole new redesigned site. I didn't like the look and feel of the skins provided by the old site running on MediaWiki so I decided to switch to Joomla! Not only does it look much better, but there are TONS more features in Joomla! that MediaWiki doesn't have. Joomla! is also alot more extensible. So don't be susprised if you notice new and cool things being added to PuguaSoft in the coming future.

Updated Site and Photo Album

If you haven't already noticed, PuguaSoft (finally) has a (decent) web site to call home. The main design and layout is there, powered by MediaWiki, but there's still improvements to be made. So expect some changes in the coming future.

I've also updated my photo album (FINALLY)! It's been almost a year since I last posted pictures about some of the stuff that I've done. Alot has happened the past year, so be sure to check back when I post some more new pics.

PuguaSoft Projects Go Live

Wow, it's been a long time since I last posted something up here. Well, there's a copule good reason why.

First, my parents came up from Cali to vist me for a while. A couple cousins and relatives also flew from Guam and was in the area for a while. So I've been busy spending time with the family, going out, and traveling. We spent a few days up in Seattle and Vancouver, B.C.. It was great - B.C. is beautiful, and the womem there are even more gorgeous! I have lots of pictures and even some video that I'll try to post up whenever I have some free time (and that will be some time).

The other reason why I've haven't posted in a while is because I've been busy working on a couple projects for PuguaSoft. The first two projects released under PuguaSoft are targeted at other software developers and programmers.

The PuguaSoft Commons Project is a collection of open source Java libraries that are used (and will be used) by other PuguaSoft projects and products. The Commons currently consist of the Net, Security, and Utils packages, each of which contains various functions for their respective fields.

My second project (it's actually the first one, but I split the Commons into a separate project), is the JiraBuddy project. It's a Jira plug-in for the Eclipse IDE. Unlike current Jira plug-ins out there, I'm not trying to replecate the whole Jira application inside Eclipse. Rather, I'm adding a bunch of new, cool, and convenient utilites and functions for developers using both Eclipse and Jira - one of which is the Hover feature. The Hover feature enables developers to add Jira keys/issues in Java code and then, if they place their mouse over the Jira key/issue, the summary of the issue will be displayed in a hover textbox. Cool!

There are a couple more features I'd like to add to the JiraBuddy plug-in, but I could always use more ideas. If there's anything you want added, removed, or improved, just send an email to development@jirabuddy.puguasoft.com