Custom Currency Converter

Travelling to another place with a different currency than yours? Want to know how much the cost exactly is based on the exchange rate used when you bought the new currency or your bank's current rate? Custom Currency Converter is the app for you!

Custom Currency Converter is a currency exchange app that you can use to convert between two currencies using your custom exchange rate. It is my second app that is developed with 100% Jetpack Compose.

You can download the Android app at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tigcal.apps.cent. Let us know what you think of it and your feedback/suggestions.

Half Marathon at BMO Vancouver Marathon 2025

After trying the 8k at the BMO Vancouver Marathon 2024, I went back to running a half marathon at the BMO Vancouver Marathon 2025.

I finished the 21.1 km run in 2:11:47, which is a little faster than the last time I ran there (2023). It is a little slower than what I got last year at Vancouver Half Marathon 2024 but comparing the same route means I improve a bit this time.

The record for the run according to the Strava app was 21.62 km in 2:11:48 . It also said I got a few best efforts: Half Marathn (02:08:38) and 20k (2:01:34).

It's good to be back and the postcard with personal results is a great souvenir. I'm hoping I can run again next year.

Top 4 for 2024

Here are the top 4 highlights of this year for me, in no particular order.

New App: MP2 Calculator

I released a new app called MP2 Calculator on Android and on the web (https://mp2calc.sweldongpinoy.com). MP2 Calculator is an app for computing how much your MP2 (Modified Pag-IBIG 2) savings may grow based on actual dividend rates. I have built the MP2 Calculator Android app using Kotlin and Jetpack Compose and the app is now my first to be developed using 100% Jetpack Compose.

Fastest Half Marathon, First 8k

I ran my best (so far) half marathon at the Vancouver Half Marathon 2024 with a record of 2:10:52. It was a few minutes faster than the previous record I had, which was at the same race last year.

I also ran my first 8k at BMO Vancouver Marathon 2024.

Play Store Listing Certificate

After the previous certificate expired this year, I took again Google Play Academy’s Play Store Listing Certificate.

Work in Progress

I have been working on an app with a startup based in France which we have released publicly this year. My co-authors and I am also working on the third edition of our book How to Build Android Apps with Kotlin, which should be available soon on Packt and on Amazon.

I also released updates to my apps and projects, including the 2025 changes for Sweldong Pinoy and Budget Pinoy and toll fee increases for Toll Pinas.