:: Absolute Insanity ::

Well, I have been very busy these past weeks working with our thesis. It has been very stressful, with all the sleepless nights, endless worries and unending revisions and additions on our system. It was like a fragmented loop of unease and despair where you always feel like giving up and you feel like you are a zombie with a spirit floating in the air… Oh hell I swear I do not want any of that to happen again, ever again..hehehe.

Truth be told, it was really a nightmare and I am very grateful that I’m finally getting out of it. Just imagine countless sleepless nights, some misunderstandings with your groupmates, dynamic schedules and all the pressures we have endured. I can really say now that earning a Bachelor’s Degree is not easy!

Well, I just thought I’d share my experience. We almost had one of our panels replaced (thank God it did not happen) because he had some errands he needed to attend but since he committed that he will be present, our instructor and the other two panels agreed to start the defense whether or not the other one will arrive. The agreement was that if the two panels reached the same verdict, then it will be the final verdict, otherwise it will depend on the last one panel. Fortunately, he arrived just about 30 minutes after we started off. But before we started, there was a brownout and our panels left the room! Charlemagne Panes, one of my team members screamed like a girl (hahaha) and it was so dark and it lasted for few minutes. We really thought the defense will be postponed but thank God the power kicked back on and our panels went back to the room. So we immediately started the session, I presented the powerpoint slides and performed a demo of our system. After that, we were bombarded with all the questions and challenges that tested our knowledge and awareness regarding our document and system. When they examined the system, I was really shocked when an error occurred and the panels were very kin to it. I humbly asked them to give us time to debug but they had an indirect answer, so I asked again and politely requested to show them a previous working version of that particular module, and they let me. But, they were very particular to make sure that it should work, otherwise, we should expect the worst. I tested that version few hours ago and I was 90% confident that it will work, and it really did! Yehey! hehehe. So they continued interrogating each one of us until finally they got satisfied. We were told to leave the room for a while as they deliberated. After few minutes, we were told to go back inside and as I entered the room, one of our panelists smiled at me and says “Ok na…” and there I really felt happy but I still wanted to hear it from the Chairperson. So we made it! Accepted with minor revision. We really felt glorious and very happy with the result! Thank you very much Lord for lifting up our burdens and giving us the blessing. Please see the Acknowledgment page in our documentation for the credits xD.

Frankly speaking, I kind of enjoyed our final defense compared to our Proposal Defense. I don’t know but I had a good feeling and it was like I was in a very good mood and condition to present, and so were the panels. I hope all the 4th year UIC BSIT4 and CS4 will make it through and march on the graduation day!

Fight with all your might! Good luck and God Bless to us all!

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Thesis Title: Inventory Management System With Reorder Triggered SMS Alert

Proponents: Jay Edward Dayday, Mohammad Masulot, Charlemagne Panes, Jan Benedict Pilapil

Defended last February 16, 2010 at Dark Room 308 Third Floor Main Campus, University of the Immaculate Conception (UIC) at 5:30pm.

Philippines is once again facing another challenge that will change the course of history as the election is fast approaching. A new system of voting is to be implemented in this coming election, yet million of registered and qualified voters are not computer literate and has little or no background or knowledge in using and even worse operating it. It has been perceived as the answer to eliminate the discrepancies from counting of votes to the proclamation of the victors. But, doom may be hand on hand with this glory.
Many speculations continue to arise as the government tries to instill into us that cheating is impossible with this method. However, many Filipinos are afraid and hesitant with this system. I, myself is not hundred percent confident of its efficiency and freedom from malicious interventions from the politicians. As I have read from a writer’s article on the web, I agree with his idea that implementing this system would not be as effectve as the government says. As an Information Technology student, I am aware of the securities measures that they might equip with the machines and all the other devices that will be used, but I believe in the notion that he who controls the technology, controls the votes. I believe that the new system is still vulnerable for cheating. And because it is computerized the whole process will be fastened, but so as cheating. Sticking to the manual voting system would very inconvenient because of several reasons, but it is harder and more risky to manipulate in contrary to the new one. I think that the intention for the transition of the voting system is for betterment, but I know that those dirty politicians will manipulate and deceive the Filipinos at all cost and the automation is not a hindrance for them, even an opportunity.

If I could turn back time, I would see to it that I’ll start to the point where I was just a kid crazy over watching Jetman, Fiveman, Power Rangers and the like with matching snaku and regent cake  commercial. Oh God I could still remember how I would go berserk or plea to my father not to change the channel. It’s real funny and when I come to think of those memories, I just laugh and it makes me feel like I want to live those days again. Well, what can I say, childhood is absolutely where I want to spend eternity, just playing games and enjoying life as if nothing else matters. Bad days and hurt feelings are simply wiped away with a lollipop. Hahahahaha xD

These past days kept reminding me of how wonderful it is to live in childhood stage. I know I sound strange, but its really true, I bet it crossed your mind several times… Yet, We gotta face reality, go on with our lives and live it the best way we can. We have a lot of growing up to do and we gotta do it on our own…

Politics here is but a messy contest
Where people in it brags their bestest
Yet we all know it is just a test
Of who’s the wisest and who’s the richest.

Politicians fake a smile in their face
And strike a pose with a catchy phrase
It’s such a shame and a big disgrace
That the tricky one holds the aces

Televisions showing different faces
Radios broadcasting different voices
They swear to solve the country’s crisis
To try and win the vote of masses

Stare your rivals with a sinister eye
Sugarcoat yourself with a plausible lie
The Filipino people exclaims in sigh
The throne is yours, don’t dare be shy!

Many get killed during the process
But few are those who were served with justice
Is it really fair to take it like this?
Or is it just the way it is?

P.S. I made this poem for our Life And Works of Rizal Subject

Whew! It’s a cold rainy day here in Davao City! The weather is so deceiving, I thought it’s still early in the morning. We just had our overnyt outing at waterworld together with my classmates. It was fun and I was so full with the foods! Damn I almost puked at the pool!…hehehe I didn’t have enough sleep the other night sorting out things for the outing and last night as well on account of card games and chores. ^_^ Well, I really had fun and I am happy I was able to pull off the almost impossible plan for the Christmas outing. Thank you very much for all those who attended it especially the Sponsors Karlo Jesus Sobiaco and Joseph Rey Sator, the class A people and their friends or rather special someones with the special participation of Sir Exander Barrios and Madam Jasmin Frigillano. Thanks also to Hyzel Rendon for assisting me in planning and for the tasteful and delicious dinner, to John Egon Asuncion for helping out, Patrick John Yap for the procurement of goods and to everybody. It’s sad to say that we were not complete because some have already left the city for their respective vacations and important errands, it could have been merrier with you! Anyway, I’m not gonna dig in the details, just ask around because I’m in a hurry here. Hehehe

Because the outing was all that’s left for me to stay here in the city, I’m heading home to my hometown Makilala this night to celebrate Christmas and New Year with my family. I wish you a wonderful yuletide season and I pray that God will give us all the blessings we need to stay happy and joyful. May we have a fruitful year end and a great start of another year! Good bye everyone! See you next year!

-ciao-

Today, a very important event in Mindanao took place as Mindanao Conference of Information Technology Students was held at Holy Cross of Davao College. Different activities were carried out in celebration for the said event, and one was the Mindanao Wide IT Quiz. This day marks one of the greatest days in my student life because I was one of the participants of the quiz bowl, together with Mr. Christoper Pelayo who represented our school University of the Immaculate Conception. Different schools from Mindanao have gathered together to celebrate the event and there were about 19 participating schools namely AdDU, UM Main, USEP, UIC, HCDC (host), STI Davao, STI Digos, UP Mindanao, SPAC, Notdre Dame of Kidapawan College, Notre Dame of Midsayap College, DMMA, Brokenshire College, SPAMAST, MSU and others.

I am happy to say that we placed 2^nd runner up from the competition and ranked 3^rd out of the 19 participating schools. The competition concluded with USEP’s victory having a total score of 41 with their outstanding performance on all rounds, followed by Ateneo de Davao University with a total score of 36. We placed next to them with a total score of 34 and I think it was either UP Mindanao or STI Davao tailing behind us.

The questions were solely based from the Philippine National IT Standards or PhilNITS exam and were provided by Sir Aloysius Torres of PhilNITS Center Davao. We have undergone review for this certification exam along with other participants from other schools which gave us the advantage. We also did a quick review the other couple of nights and this morning which really helped so much. The quiz comprised 3 rounds, each with different levels of difficulty from Easy, Average and Difficult. The easy round was composed of 10 questions with 1 point each, the 2^nd round also with 10 questions with 2 points each and the difficult round composed of 5 questions with 3 points each. We managed to answer 9 out of 10 questions one the first round, with one question, which, only us got the correct answer. We took the lead on the easy round together with USEP with scores 9. We unfortunately misinterpreted one question about system availability in relation with RASIS and we somehow regretted.

We started fine on the average round and answered the first question correctly, but suddenly, things started to go bad. It was on the average round where everything went into uncertainty as me and my teammate got confused with the questions and ran out of time to carefully analyze them. Anyway we managed to score half of the total scores from the round, while USEP led followed by ADdu, UP Mindanao and STI Davao. Our anxiety and remorse were intensified as we had our supposedly final answers replaced by a wrong one after swift deliberations which turned out to be incorrect, not to mention that my teammate was troubled in account to the call of nature or jingle bell time (if you know what I mean).He drank a liter of water before the competition started to ease the tense which unluckily brought him into a uncomfortable condition. We didn’t lose hope in that round as we saw a chance to get to the top 5 because the score intervals were not really that far, except of course for the leading team who were 10 points ahead of us, getting a perfect score in that round.

As the final round approaches, my teammate still couldn’t chill as he tried to suppress with all his might the distressing force of nature xD . We finally had a glimpse of hope as we answered the questions correctly and eventually reached higher ranks. We managed to redeem ourselves on the difficult round and were the only team who perfected all the difficult questions. As the tabulators were about to announce the final scores, I called up one of the watchers for the second time (called her up from the average round) to acquire permission for Chris to go wee wee…hehehe. So, the results were proclaimed and we were happy about it. I really did enjoy the event, all the nerve-breaking questions and all the thrilling and exciting competition. Well, we did our best and everything went just fine for us.

One of the highlights of the activities in the afternoon part was the presentation of Student Researches which also gave way for Ronald Borla, Joseph Rey Sator and Sean Lester Benitez to showcase their Open Jive Entry system the Multi Website Management using XML-RPC with special mention and image display of PIXELS 4(yes, P4 was in the big screen!) in the demo. The activity ended with awarding of winners and distribution of certificates.

I would like to thank Mr. Exander Barrios for choosing me as the representative of the event and for motivating us, Ms. Sheena Rhea Maranguit our coach for facilitating and accommodating our needs, Sir Roy Manseras for the lucky prediction (Lolz xD), our class A family for the early cheers and prayers and for everybody especially the lower year students Lara Cada for guiding me in the venue, Therese, Jona, James Guardian (a former UICian now at HCDC), Meloraine Vicedo (thanks mel :D), Molly Nuera, and everybody who supported us. Thank you very very much! It was an honor to be part of the event and it was our pleasure to have your support.

Our country today has just been harassed by the chain of storms that left countless people in despair and harshly taken away huge number of lives. Throughout the catastrophe set off by the mother nature, we were gathered as one to rebuild what was lost and helped the victims of the calamity through prayers and donations. Yet, Philippines is now again facing another storm, not brought about by nature but that of beastly and vicious creatures. The misfortunes brought by those natural disasters were tolerable as no one ever wanted it and was beyond human ability, but the horrible and inhumane killing in Maguindanao is very disturbing and unforgivable. The undesirable episode of our country’s history has been once again scarred. And nothing can seem to diffuse the global indignation to our country caused by the recent massacre made by barbaric people.

Many of us would ask, was it a work of a human? It definitely is, but those who have already lost sanity and turned into fiends. The insecurity for probable defeat in political rivalry clouded up the rational thinking of the suspects and urged them to carry out an inevitable killing spree. As the media speaks of the incident, the victims suffered unbearable torments before they were killed, indicating evil desires and plotted actions. It does not only depict flaws in national security and government but also implies dissolution of a unified people, shattered and spoiled by dirty politics .Now that it has come to the point where national government is speculated to be evasive on its judicious involvement to this case because the president herself is politically indebted with the accused perpetuators, a question has been running back and forth inside mine and the majority’s heads, “Will justice be served?” Well, we are yet to witness what will be the outcome of this case.

Given the fact that the President owes the accused Ampatuans, it will be difficult for her to put them behind bars and give them the punishments they deserved. But if she really is the president that possesses the power beyond those who she is indebted, one that stands for what is in accordance to the law, and one that shows fairness and justice, then the accused if proven guilty must face what there is to be faced, and that is equal punishment and not one with special treatment.

As far as I am aware, the government is doing what it should, and I just hope that justice for the bereaved family and the dishonored country shall be achieved in no time, with no deceitful covers and delays. It was never worthy to annihilate innocent people and those who have the rights to establish democracy in politics. If ever things will turn out to the extent on how worse they can be, well I believe that the dominion of the unjust has now power over divine intervention.

Sample Code:

import java.util.Scanner; //Never forget to import this library or else you’ll get an error!

public class Main {

static Scanner console = new Scanner(System.in);

public static void main(String[] args) {
int number;
System.out.print(”Enter a number: “);
number = console.nextInt(); //dependent on datatype
System.out.println(”The number you entered was: ” +number);

}
}

Are you feeling the Christmas season now? I bet you so do! There are Christmas trees, lights and lantern already set up in the houses and cute kids caroling. Well, it really is the time now to show our love and share what we have with the world. And as we celebrate this yuletide season, let us spread the spirit of selflessness. And with that, it is our tradition to give gifts to those we love and to those who needs love.

Christmas gift shopping as we are all aware can be done in the internet, right? So why rush to the stores and fall in an unending line? Well, I can suggest you a very nice present that you and the lucky person will love. How about a fantastic Holiday Fun Eyeglasses just like above? It’s wonderful and neat right? That seemed to belonged on my wish list now. Did you know it just one of the $8 Prescription Zenni Glasses? Now how affordable is that? You may check out their New Arrivals to see a wide range you can select from. They are nice, aren’t they? I’m sure the person who’s getting one would love it!

A pet is like a precious gift
the coolest pal you get
They dance with you to make you smile
and for you will run a mile

See them roll and fetch the ball
and jump right through the wall
their eyes are twirling round and round
and making cute and funny sound

Its fun to see them flip a wing or make a fancy crawl
climb so fast but cant get down on a tree so tall

They reach and lick your little toe
and give your lip a kiss
pray for all the angels to keep safe your every pet
just be sure to care for them to have them at their best
they’re good and they will do everything to be the greatest pet you met

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This poem is actually my original composition. I did not intend to write any but the situation calls for it. It was on our world literature class when Ma’am Dupa of UIC tasked us to compose our own original poem with any topic we liked. So what popped in my mind was to have the theme about pets. I was not really on the mood but somehow I managed to write few lines. I continued it home and finally I finished it. Ad by the way, the poem has the melody of Christmas Alphabet, since it was part of the task - compose a poem and sing it in a Christmas song tune. Me together with my colleagues Hyzel Rendon, Harris Masulot, Jan Benedict Pilapil and Jonel Pineda performed it in front of the class. You can sing it too with accompaniment to hit the timing.

This article is a response to Ms. Maribeth Q. Galindos’ Rizal versus Bonifacio, Is It Fair To Compare?

The idea of comparing two different personalities that also have similarities in some ways appears to be an inevitable action of people today especially us Filipinos. The issue is in fact somehow interesting and for some people worth debating. In my perception as a Filipino student who happens to have no total awareness of every detail of their lives, it is not appropriate to do a comparison of two very important heroes of our nation. The title was not given to Rizal because of his wealth nor has it not been given to Bonifacio because of his financial status. They both deserve the merit of a hero who sacrifices his life for liberty and freedom. We all know they both died with glory, and end that marks true patriotism and courage.

It is not the things Rizal had that Bonifacio lived without determined his being the National Hero. They have done works that most of us can’t even think of doing. They are undoubtedly the heroes of our country and deserve to have reputations beyond the others. The likes of them are worthy to be given recognition. There has to be reasons for the selection of who qualifies for the title. My point is, evaluation must have been performed, consultations, and deep assessment…etc were done before reaching the verdict. The title is not something that can be decided to be given to a hero overnight, it had undergone proper and legal processes.

It is better not to mind the issue that much, maybe dissolve the pros and antis groups and unite in facing the current problems our country is facing. They are both heroes with exemplary works, and so we must also make a hero out of ourselves in our own little ways.

Just few minutes ago, I was deleting my files to free up some space on my computer’s hard disk because it’s getting to much populated and I’m afraid I won’t be able to save important files later. So to prevent that from happening and to save time from the dilemma of deciding which files to delete, the movies that I have already watched were on the top of my list. So on and on I went erasing them until I unintentionally deleted one that I thought I’ve already seen. It was the Revolutionary Road, a film casting Kate Winslet & Leanoardo de Caprio, which I thought was Reservation Road, a very wonderful movie of drama genre. You see, I was deceived by the titles so I did a mistake. I went crazy when I realized that I deleted two movies both with “Road” in their titles. So when I came to my senses, I thought of using a recovery software to bring back my lost unwatched movie.

I have already downloaded and used many recovery software before but unfortunately they didn’t meet my standards (Lol), and so I remembered that somebody told me about Pandora Recovery Software which I downloaded before but Haven’t used it. So, I gave it a shot and it was amazing. Just few steps like selection of drive ad inputting keywords and voila! my movie is back. See the pictures below

Click here to download this software.

It really is fast, easy and FREE to use so give it a try. Now, I’ll be able to sit back and watch Revolutionary Road…