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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.

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

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.

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If you search this movie on imdb, it says there that this movie has been released year 2007 yet it had its hit this year. From the country where I live in, I think the reason behind why they didn’t show this right after releasing because it has undergone strict evaluations because as I have heard on my friends it is really scary and most in the internet says it creeps the hell out of people. I have also noticed that when I key it in to google, the search engine doesn’t return any suggestion at all, and suffice it to say that most file hosting sites are deleting this movie on their disks.Well, judging on the summary and some clips, it really is scary and even if they say I’ve got the guts to last watching gruesome and horrifying movies, I would say that it might really be very disturbing. In fact I only watched the first couple of minutes and I stopped it. I won’t continue it unless I have someone beside me, not a paranormal element hopefully. S-)
Anyway, these are just based on my opinions and are not actually facts, but mind you there is really something about this movie I might add.
The movie file is not hosted on my host and I will not be held responsible for any issues that might arise. I say just enjoy the film and don’t get yourself into a state of absolute insanity…

I started playing with this bizarre game Last year, October 12, 2008. I wasn’t really minding the date so I had to search my email for the email verification when I signed up for this. Well, it’s been a year now since I started wasting my time hooking up with this game. It was on server alpha where I embarked on a unrealistic voyage and started my career as an emperor of my own little town. When I first saw this, I really said to myself “Is is this even worth playing. I mean, just look at it, no animations, so dull, no action and totally a piece of crap.” Little did I know that it was an online strategy game, which I was so blind I had no idea what it was. I have tried my very best to understand the game but I just got so puzzled on how it works that I’ve even came to the point of quitting it, and I did. But because my classmates keep  babbling about how nice it was, I gave it another shot. And whooops! I got the it right and I finally knew what I had to do with this game. So, I read and practiced my way to the game building my formidable little army and started destroying another souls day by killing his soldiers and stealing his resources for good, or the other way around..hahaha xD

It was not fun at all until I saw my military reports go on red alert, indicating an incoming attack. Oh I swear to got I got real nervous as if it was happening in reality. And that’s where the addiction started! I have lost many battles, lost hundreds of men, got looted with thousands of resources, got Absolute crisis and scarcity of food. It was when the seed of revenge was planted. I honed my skill, wielded a the best fighters and entered into “addict mode.” Sure I did victorious moments together with my allies and friend, I even liked insulting and messing up with the loosers..hehehe. Everything got so exciting when I got promoted as the DBZ or Dabawockeez(forgive me if the spelling is incorrect) where I made connections and treaties with other alliances, arranged acceptance of new applicants, etc. It was a nice but very exhausting role. So on and on the game gone.

It was all going good when suddenly I got banned and my account was gone for good. Yep, sad but I admit I deserve it. Who does not do dirty stuff around there?huh? Don’t act all innocent, I know every strategy you know. Multiple accounts…and there’s more… X

But, destiny smiled upon me after that horrible day [...there was a brownout while I was writing this...and some parts were deleted I can't retain them xD] because the new server Beta was opened up which allowed my to level up my addiction into obsession. So, I made friends with new people and one player really gave me techniques, strategies and additional knowledge on surviving the game. I was oline almost all time of the day and keep refreshing my browser if in case I get attacked. I was sitting the whole day in front of my PC and wasted my time spying, attacking, and of course defending my colonies. Since I was the Diplomat, I was responsible for Declaring Wars and stuff that made me pretty busy. This went on and on until that very day that the course of history was changed, and it was when the damn thesis started bugging me off. So each day, my interest in playing deteriorated but still I find times to take peak and do my thing a little. There were also times when I couldn’t stop and get back to “addict mode” I rarely got the chances. So, everything went so complicated, new version released, some players quitting, alliance changed, and etc diminished my interest.

At the moment, I still have my beta and gamma account, I signed up for delta but I didn’t pursued it. I grew tired and weary of the game. I’m just maintaining them now just for the sake of not getting my towns erased from the Ikariam.ph World. It’s been days already since I logged in.hehehe

SO, that’s the story of my Ikariam days…(*_*)

Gotta take a rest now buddies, we got a field trip in Cebu City tomorrow! weeeeeh! Vacation mode activated. ^_^

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Fear runs deeper…Distraught, confused, and half-wild with fear, Sarah Carter emerges alone from the Appalachian cave system where she encountered unspeakable terrors. Unable to plausibly explain to the authorities what happened - or why she’s covered in her friends’ blood - Sarah is forced back to the subterranean depths to help locate her five missing companions. As the rescue party drives deeper into uncharted caverns, nightmarish visions of the recent past begin to haunt Sarah and she starts to realize the full horror and futility of the mission. Subjected to the suspicion and mistrust of the group and confronted once more by the inbred, feral and savagely ruthless Crawlers, Sarah must draw on all her inner reserves of strength and courage in a desperate final struggle for deliverance and redemption.

I am dying to see this! The best horror thriller movie I have watched so far!

Sandara, the Pambansang Krung-krung has glittered in the Philippine showbiz for quite long time and appeared in many television shows, movies, modeling and etc showing her unique personality and angelic face with a different attitude. Her popularity suddenly waned and she slowly vanished. She tried to get back and redeem her fame but she ended up unsuccessful and decided to  return to her home country. Destiny smiled upon Sandara when she made it to a Girl Group, now renowned as 2NE1 and sparked her way to success. She has returned and has proved herself worthy of the people’s praise as she dances and sings hip-hop music. What’s great with her is that she still knows how to speak tagalog and even sung “In or out” in one of their shows in Korea. Many speculations have been raised whether she will put herself again in the Philippine showbiz as her growing fans are excited for her comeback.

The picture above shows a different Dara, totally cute and beautiful. In fact, I am now a fan of her and I’m starting to like her, just so you know I was not pleased with her image years ago. Who would have thought the krung-krung would actually park back to showbiz and ring the alarm?

-xoxo-

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Youtube has been deleting the videos regarding this incident. Luckily, I found one. Let me share it to you guys. See how explicitly Kanye West humiliated The famous country song artist Taylor Swift, stealing away her glorious moment and leaving her and the audience shocked. Kanye made a statement saying “Beyonce has one of the best videos of all time” and it seemed that he wasn’t contented and repeated it. Beyonce and Taylor are both splendid artists, yet they belong to different music genre and got different style and attitude. Its very inappropriate and unprofessional to shout it out in public. Doing that to a fine woman in front of many people just makes him an icon of abomination of the music industry. What a jerk! I feel sorry for Taylor. I hope she doesn’t take it so bad and just let the freak be. As with Beyonce, I hope she’ll do something with that… ^_^

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Well Beyonce did something actually, after she received an award, she called Taylor to join with her to have the moment. Well, that’s nice… ^_^

Well, education plays a really vital role in the lives of humankind. It allows us to become a better creature through enhanced thinking by learning in what we see around us. But can you really see the world vivid enough? If you yourself or you got kids that needs optical attention, then better spend your last cent to products you can trust and you’ll surely like. As we may be aware of, cheap eye wears have already buzzed the market, and one of the most favorite are the $ 8 Rx eyeglasses. If you have seen few of them somewhere, then you must have seen Zenni Optical on TV!!! Speaking of prescription eye wears, you might not want to be called a “four eyed” person, and that is where fashion comes in. Say High Five to Zenni Optical because they’ll got wonderful designs that suits you. And when you get to wear ‘em, you just can’t help saying there is more to the world than what meets the eye.

Yesterday, me and other two classmates went to smash n drop to make a reservation for two badminton courts. As we were inquiring about their schedule, to our surprise, the only vacant time was on a freakin early morning at 7am-9am. The first thing that popped on my mind was, are we gonna  be able to wake up early? Will the others agree with the idea and won’t back out? Well, we sure did took the reservation and informed the others. So we recruited other possible companions and we got two of them.

So the morning came in. I had a short sleep, still have heavy eyes but the alarm clock on my cellphone won’t keep buzzing me, because technically that’s what is for - to get your ass up on time! So I prepared my things, took a bath, ate my breakfast, sipped my milo etcetera etcetera and packed up. It’s 30 minutes before 7 and I left home early and a bit excited. So I got to the place and I was assuming that my colleagues were already there. As I get the door knob and push, it won’t open. So there I was standing in front of the door waiting for the establishment to open and for my classmates to arrive. Just so you know, I was the first early bird there because we made a pact that whoever comes in late will pay for the shuttlecock.

I’ve waited few more minutes and suddenly the smash n drop man asked if I’ll play and go inside. He opened the door but I didn’t get inside because I want somebody to get in there first, and so there was some middle aged ladies who came, well good for them they come in at their set time. So few minutes passed and Karlo Sobiaco suddenly stepped out from his car. We went inside and warmed up and John Egon Asuncion arrived. The next one who came in was Abdul Abzkan, one of the new player followed by the labeled late comer Charlemagne Panes.  We played in two courts simultaneously and suddenly Sharellyn Enriquez who showed interest and enthusiasm to play when she was informed stepped foot on the premises together with her cousin. So the game was on with the seven of us. Brylle Cambronero who was present the other week didn;t make it and so was Keith who said he had some injuries in his feet he couldn’t join. Anyway, Abz did good for his first time playing, so was Sharellyn. but not her cousin. Little by little have her opponents knew that she’s into tennis and that explains her expertise in whipping off the racket with unusual strength for a woman. I can say taht for a varsity tennis player like her, she got a strong arm and athletic body that can keep up with the Charlemagne and the others.

It was couple of hours playing badminton and as usual, we head off to the mall to cool down. We bought some drink and strolled around. They went with me in the CD-R King Gaisano South to buy  a UTP cable for my router to PC connection and a DVD-R. We had some talk and tripped Sharellyn with some text messages involving Brylle. After more than an hour we decided to go home but I suddenly got the feeling that there were some miscalculations done by that CD-R King girl who seemed to be infected with Ah1n1 because she keeps coughing and coughing. Of course who Am I to judge?I’m not from the department of health..hehehe. So I had my business dealt and we headed home separately and bid good bye to each other.

I’m enjoying doing this every Saturday and I hope this goes on regular. I wanna practice more, improve my skills and of course sweat off and get pumpin! Hmm.. Next week again!

Few days ago, we were designated to our groups and asked to do a reporting this day. We were assigned to go for the Spanish Colonial Era of the Philippine literature, a freaking long and detailed topic. I had my contribution research written down in an index card and handed it over to Bernil Jane Salarda who’s gonna do her thing. I’ve also politely asked Mavis Joy Ibanez to prepare a visual aid for the presentation. So this day came. We had so many things to deal with and the subject was quite neglected and the tasks that was supposed to be done was incomplete and taken for granted.

When the first reporter was finished, we were next, but our representative bernil wasn’t around. She was with our another mentor to discuss some matters regarding our schedule in our ethics class. So, to my surprise, I was brutally and harassedly forced to do the presentation which I was not supposed to. I was babbling and pretending to be paniced to buy some time but hell our teacher raised her voice saying “I” give you all 65 if nobody goes in front and report.” Oh my God! So with my groupmates staring and yellin at me, I brought myself into the front and started to do what I must. I started off just fine when suddenly our teacher asked me a question and I was not able to answer it because I tought I did not know. She started counting numbers so that my other colleagues would help me out but nobody did :(. All of a sudden Bern appeared out of nowhere and was lucky to answer the question. Well, to clear things out, I have mentioned the explanation right before I started talking inf front and maybe our teacher was not aware or listening because of the freakin noise and disturbances.

Bern carried on the reporting with the powerpoint presentation that we do not own and tried her best to explain the ideas in there. It ended with the conclusion of our teacher asking us whether to repeat and refine our presentation next meeting or just pittifully accept a grade of 65. So we chose the obvious and the reporting resumed to the next group.

I’m absolutely not blaming anybody and I’m just fine with what happened. Things like that happen and its part of learning not only academically but as a person, allowing you to grow.

I’m planning to have a nice long and early rest this night because tomorrow is another day of fun at Smash n Drop with my classmates, we’ll be playing badminton again! Wanna join and feel my wrath?hahaha.. joke

Konohninja, signing off…