This is my attempt at keeping track of two things I want/need to improve on: Databases (Oracle specifically) and ...cooking.
So far, for 2 years I've been a "DBA". In double quotes, because compared to what I've read from other people's experience, what I do/I've done has barely scratched the surface of what a DBA really does. This is my attempt to track my learning, a place to dump all the notes floating around my laptop, and just maybe help out others who encounter obscure error messages whose solution may not yet be found in the deep sea of sites on Google.
Sure a whole lot of things here are going to be noobish, in fact I wouldn't be surprised if everything here will turn out noobish, but I guess that's what this first post/disclaimer is for. And if you do stumble upon this humble haven and feel the need to correct/educate me, you are more than welcome, in fact encouraged, to do so.
I remember as a kid we had a cookbook at home, the Woman's Weekly Chinese Cooking Class Cookbook. We still have it, but it's with the Ottawa Chapter of the family though. I would always be enticed by the bright colorful pictures of food, getting hungry just looking at them and would always want to try them out. I would ask my parents if we could cook it, but like most parents, would always give me a "parent" answer. I remember I asked if we could make some siopao (steam pork buns) and they said no because it was the rainy season. Makes perfect sense.
Most of my attempts at cooking were I guess thwarted by the then-current rulers of the kitchen, I was however able to sneak in a meal or two to cook, but the opportunities were scant.
When I was on the foothills of college and on the precipice of choosing my path of the future, I wanted to/considered entering the world of culinary arts. An idea however which was almost immediately shot down by my parents who said "Ang tali-talino mo tapos mag iihaw-ihaw ka lang?" Which when translated into English roughly means that why would I waste my "intelligence" just to become a sidewalk bbq vendor. I might be wrong, but I'm pretty sure that a high percentage of sidewalk bbq vendors didn't graduate from a culinary institute.
It was only till now, where by force of necessity that we had to fend for our gastronomic selves, ie. no one their to cook for us, that I am able to take the helm of the kitchen.
Now that I can realize the possibilities, this will be a chronicle of my foolhardy attempts. And like I mentioned above, everything about this part will be noobish. So please feel free to put me in my place if anything is amiss, any advice will be greatly appreciated.
Now that that tl;dr piece is finished, off we go! Time to procrastinate!
So far, for 2 years I've been a "DBA". In double quotes, because compared to what I've read from other people's experience, what I do/I've done has barely scratched the surface of what a DBA really does. This is my attempt to track my learning, a place to dump all the notes floating around my laptop, and just maybe help out others who encounter obscure error messages whose solution may not yet be found in the deep sea of sites on Google.
Sure a whole lot of things here are going to be noobish, in fact I wouldn't be surprised if everything here will turn out noobish, but I guess that's what this first post/disclaimer is for. And if you do stumble upon this humble haven and feel the need to correct/educate me, you are more than welcome, in fact encouraged, to do so.
I remember as a kid we had a cookbook at home, the Woman's Weekly Chinese Cooking Class Cookbook. We still have it, but it's with the Ottawa Chapter of the family though. I would always be enticed by the bright colorful pictures of food, getting hungry just looking at them and would always want to try them out. I would ask my parents if we could cook it, but like most parents, would always give me a "parent" answer. I remember I asked if we could make some siopao (steam pork buns) and they said no because it was the rainy season. Makes perfect sense.
Most of my attempts at cooking were I guess thwarted by the then-current rulers of the kitchen, I was however able to sneak in a meal or two to cook, but the opportunities were scant.
When I was on the foothills of college and on the precipice of choosing my path of the future, I wanted to/considered entering the world of culinary arts. An idea however which was almost immediately shot down by my parents who said "Ang tali-talino mo tapos mag iihaw-ihaw ka lang?" Which when translated into English roughly means that why would I waste my "intelligence" just to become a sidewalk bbq vendor. I might be wrong, but I'm pretty sure that a high percentage of sidewalk bbq vendors didn't graduate from a culinary institute.
It was only till now, where by force of necessity that we had to fend for our gastronomic selves, ie. no one their to cook for us, that I am able to take the helm of the kitchen.
Now that I can realize the possibilities, this will be a chronicle of my foolhardy attempts. And like I mentioned above, everything about this part will be noobish. So please feel free to put me in my place if anything is amiss, any advice will be greatly appreciated.
Now that that tl;dr piece is finished, off we go! Time to procrastinate!
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