Paalam Tita Cory



Noong ika 5 ng Agosto taong 2009 ay naihatid na sa huling hantungan ang babaeng nagbalik ng demokrasya sa Pilipinas, ang dating Pangulong Corazon C. Aquino. Namatay siya sa sakit na Colon Cancer noong Agosto 1, 2009 sa edad na 73. Si Tita Cory ang maybahay ng isa pang bayani ng pilipinas na namatay sa pagtatanggol sa demokrasya at paglaban sa diktaturyang rehimen ni Pangulong Marcos, si Sen. Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr. na pinatay sa isang asasinasyon noong Agosto 21,1983 sa Manila International Airport habang pababa sa sinasakyang eroplano.

Sa nasaksihan ko sa ginawang seremonya ng paglilibing ay talagang nangilabot ako sa dami ng taong dumalo at naghatid kay Tita Cory sa kanyang huling hantungan. Humigit kumulang sa 300,000 katao ang dumalo,mayaman man o mahirap lahat pantay pantay sa pagkakataong ito,ang makapagbigay ng respeto at pasasalamat sa hindi matatawarang kontribusyon ni Tita Cory sa ating bansa. Kahit nung ilipat ang kanyang labi mula sa De La Salle Greenhills patungo sa Manila Cathedral ay sinabayan din ng libu-libo katao. Inabot ng 9 na oras ang naging biyahe ng labi ng pangulo mula sa Manila Cathedral patungo sa Manila Memorial Park sa Paranaque dahil na rin sa kapal ng taong nakihatid kay Tita Cory. Ayon sa aking mga magulang at sa mga taong nakasaksi sa libing ni Sen. Ninoy Aquino, parehong pareho daw ang naging sitwasyon sa libing ni Tita Cory, mula sa trak na pinaglagyan ng kabaong na napapalibutan ng dilaw na bulaklak, mga confetti na inihuhulog mula sa mga helicopter at sa itaas ng mga gusali hanggang sa kapal ng tao na tiniis ang ulan at araw, pagod at gutom na ginagawa ang “laban sign” na syang naging simbolo noong EDSA revolution at pagpapatugtog ng mga awiting Magkaisa at Handog ng Pilipino sa Mundo. Sabi nga ng ilan parang nagbalik ang diwa ng EDSA. Maaring hindi pa ako pinapanganak noong inilibing si Ninoy at noong matagumpay na naibalik ang demokrasya sa Pilipinas at sa mga Pilipino, ngunit ang nasaksihan ko sa libing ni Tita Cory ay masasabi kong isang mahalagang kabanata ng kasaysayan na dapat naming masaksihan.

Marahil ito ang tamang panahon upang pasalamatan ko si Tita Cory para sa naging konrtribusyon niya sa ating bansa. Marahil kung hindi siya naglakas loob na tumayo at lumaban sa rehimeng Marcos, hindi sa ganito ang aking kinalakihang bansa, isang bansa na malaya at ang taung bayan ang pinakamakapangyarihan. Malaya mong naipapahayag ang iyong mga hinaing at makakagalaw ka ng walang takot. Bilang kauna unahang babaeng Pangulo ng Pilipinas at lider sa Asya, pinatunayan niya pantay pantay ang lahat, babae man o lalaki. Inalay niya ang kanyang buhay sa pagbibigay ng serbisyo sa bayan at sa kanyang kapwa. Hanggang sa huli ay patuloy siyang lumaban para sa demokrasya at sa katotohanan. Ako ay isang batang walang malay noong si Tita Cory bilang pangulo subalit alam ko na ang kanyang administrasyon ay isa sa pinakamagaling at walang kurapsyon o anumang bahid ng nakawan. Pinakita niya ang kanyang paigiging matatag at pagmamahal sa demokrasya at Pilipino ng hindi sya natinag sa 7 kudeta laban sa kanyang administrasyon.

Maraming salamat Tita Cory at tunay po kayong bayani ng makabagong panahon. Hinding hindi naming malilimutan ang iyong naging kontribusyon sa bansa at iingatan namin ang pamanang iniwan nyo ni Sen. Ninoy sa mga kabataang Pilipino, ang pagmamahal sa demokrasya.

Weird Dream


About 3 or 4 days ago I had a dream that seems to be very weird but somehow made me think that it has something to say about the things that will happen in my life soon. The persons and the things involved were somehow part of my life right now. But what makes it very weird but meaningful was that they were interconnected in a way that it shouldn’t be. The plot of my dream goes something like this:

One afternoon, I was in a mall waiting for my friends specifically the “Ban of Brothers” to have some mall hopping. As I waiting for them, my “special someone” came into where I was standing and gave me a book. The book was the “PhilNITS reviewer” which was given to me during my review sessions before the PhilNITS exam last October 2008. As I received the book from her, she quickly leave without saying a single word. I read some pages of the book when my “Ban of Brothers” friends arrived. After that we started our mall hopping. As we walked inside the mall, I saw my “special someone” with another guy inside the restaurant. My “Ban of Brothers” friends didn’t knew about her so they knew nothing in my dream. But surpringsingly, I had no reaction from what I saw, and decided to leave together with my friends ,and after that I suddenly woke up…

What does this dream meant for me? Does it denotes something about my future? Honestly its just a dream but up to know, I was still thinking about it. I’m just amazed of how the flow of events and characters were interconnected. First, I am currently preparing for the upcoming PhilNITS examination this October and I am using that book almost everyday for my review. Second, why would my “special someone” gave me that book? She was in no relation on that book or in the exam since she was an Engineering student. Third, my “Ban of Brothers” friends. I haven’t been joining them for the past months in their activities like mall hopping, bowling and playing “DOTA”. Fourth, my “special someone was with another guy” and my “no reaction” effect when I saw them.

PhilNITS+Ban of Brothers+Special Someone+Broken = career in the future?


The way I interpreted it was that, my special someone will be my inspiration in the exam but she will make me broken to become more motivated to pass the exam. Also I should keep in touch with my “Ban of Brothers” friends as they will be part of my success in the future.

I’m hoping that my interpretations will be true. But still it was just one of those funny things that a dream can create. My future still depends on how hard will I work for it.


Thoughts on the Final SONA of PGMA

July 27, 2009 is the set date for the 9th and constitutionally the last State of the Nation Address of Pres. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. She had delivered 9 State of the Nation Addresses since she took oath as the President of the Republic of the Philippines last January 2001. During that time when she first delivered her very first SONA, my interests and views of any political and social issues were not that intimate and very strong as of now (I was only in grade six when the historic EDSA II happened). As what I have heard from my father and have read in the articles, the contents of SONA of our president were projects that have and will be implemented particularly in the fields of education, health and welfare, poverty, employment, infrastructures, agriculture and the economic growth. This has been the common denominator of the 8 times she had delivered her speech right in front of the joint House of Representatives and the Senate. All of what she said in each and every SONA were very promising and for the benefit of all Filipinos.

There are also some unforgettable moments during the SONA like the 3 kids from Payatas who wrote their wishes in a toy boat made of paper(bangkang papel) and then released it at the Pasig River and the walk-out of some opposition legislators who can’t take the lies that the president was saying (that’s according to them). Another was that for every achievement that the president said was responded by a standing ovation for those who are in the plenary specially her allies.

Amidst the 8 SONA's she had delivered in the past, there is only one question that was easily formulated in my mind; where are those achievements and promises that Pres. Arroyo mentioned in her SONA? Why can’t we visibly see the effects of those solutions to the real problem we are facing specially in poverty and education? In the 8 SONA’s, there will always be mentioned such as improvement in the quality of education, additional classrooms, 1:1 ratio of books, less drop-outs in public schools. Where can we find it? Name a school that has all this stuffs? In the rural areas, elementary students walked for 7 kilometers and even cross 26 rivers just to learn. Is that what they called accessible education? What about those who are living below the poverty line? Does their number decreases? According to them yes! But look around and you can find the answers. What about the crisis here in Mindanao? They had proudly said in the media that there were no more Abu Sayaff in Mindanao, but what happened to Ces Drilon, and the 3 Red Cross Volunteers? Why they were kidnapped?It’s been 8 long years and Mindanao was still as dangerous as it is before. What about the corruption that plagued this administration? What about the ZTE/NBN deal, the Hello Garci issue, the fertilizer fund scam, the C-5 road extension project? Were we given a satisfactory explanation from our government? We are talking of billions of pesos in those projects and let me remind that those were taxpayers’ money. What about those who were involved in this scandal, were they properly interrogated? What about the extrajudicial killings? Were they given justice? These are the questions that for the past 9 years, no acceptable answers were given. I believe that these issues and scandals will soon be forgotten as she steps down in position, that if she will step down.

What makes this last SONA more interesting is that the House of Representatives will open their last session under the term of Pres. Arroyo. Take note that before they recessed their sessions a month ago, they magically approved H.R 1109 convening the House of Representatives as a constituent Assembly even without the participation of the Senate. Now everyone specially those who are in the opposition, political and law experts and every single vigilant Filipino are waiting and watching if the House of Representatives will now convene as a Constituent Assembly and start to amend the constitution and eventually change the form of government into a parliamentary. Every one of us knew that convening the congress right after the SONA is illegal and unconstitutional, but what else is new? Remember that the content of HR 1109 was also illegal and unconstitutional. It was clearly said in the 1987 constitution that the House of Congress cannot convene themselves as a constituent assembly without the participation of the senate and the senate didn’t even attempted to discuss con-ass and cha-cha in their sessions. So we must expect the unexpected in the SONA later. Rallies by the opposition and some church leaders were already prepared to counterpart the SONA of Pres. Arroyo. The opposition always insisting that the real SONA were the rallies and noise barrage in the streets and not on the paper and in the 4 corners of the House of Representatives.

Let me clear myself that I am not a pro or an anti Arroyo, what am I is a pro government. I go for those in which the majority will benefit. I stand and fight in whatever means I can in actions that will completely destroy the future of our country. Yes I agree that the Arroyo administration has done its best in providing solutions to the problems they inherit from the previous administration.
It’s time for us youth to stand up and fight for the future of our country. We must learn a lesson from this administration as the future leaders in our country. It’s time to make a difference and I’m starting it RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW!- AKO ANG SIMULA!............................

Reviving the Blog (Research Update 1)

It's been a while since I had posted a topic in this blog because of no good topic to write and also I am only online once a week. It is not like our school days where we need to update our blogs as required by Dr. Gamboa at least once a week. The past months was really different. The blogosphere where I belong together with my classmates were not as crowded,busy and as informative as before although there are some that are continuously writing nice posts in their blogs. Honestly I really missed blogging that's why I'm starting to revive this blog once again.

After months of posts recession in this blog, I thought of a nice post to start with and I came up having a post with my pending research topic.

I admit that this topic was the hot topic in our blogosphere where everybody in the class were busy updating about their research proposals, consulting each other about the process. I haven't posted any upodate on my research during that time because I am really confused with the topic that I had proposed and also it was very difficult and time consuming for me to learn new concepts in network simulation. I also asked advice from our dean and then he frankly said to me that the topic is too difficult and very time consuming to develop especially for an inexperienced student like me. With this reasons I decided to look for another research topic that is relevant but can be completed within the alloted time. That's why no updates were posted during that span of time. But now that I had the topic already and I am starting to have the proposal for the research topic so it is time for me to do what I haven't done in the past. For my first update is the title of my topic which I believe will be very applicable to our univesity.

"Level of Awareness of Virtual Learning Environments and the Utilization Level of USEP VLE among USEP students"

This will going to be the title of my new research topic. It is more simple than the first one but I think it is also relevant.

The thing that motivates me to conduct this research was that USEP has not gone online learning yet. The new paradigm of learning nowadays is the combination of distance learning and face to face discussion that we commonly known as "blended learning". Although there are some instructors that are using online resources (blogs,e-mails,forums etc.) to support face-to-face discussions,but still the level of awareness and the proficiency of USEP students are not yet determined. The study could also help the university in the future if they will also offer online courses.

My next update would be the objectives and the significance of this study.


At Last...

At last, after waiting for almost a year, my computer was finally repaired. I had a hard time deciding whether to just change the defective component which is the motherboard or to buy a new set of hardware components (motherboard, processor and memory card).



I thought of replacing only the motherboard first, but upon my canvass in some of computer stores here in davao city, yes it was quite cheap than purchasing a new set of hardware (2,900 for motherboard socket 478 for intel in PC Gate G-Mall) but the problem was that aside from it is second hand, it has also no warranty. So I didn't take the risk of just wasting my money buying for a second hand motherboard, I decided to just buy a new set of hardware. Just yesterday, I had the money to buy the new set of hardware and finally repair my computer (thanks to my aunt in japan for giving me the money). I had done the installation of the components but I disassembled my unit and to re-assemble it again. Thanks to my acquired skills in PC assembly and basic troubleshooting during my On-the-Job Training days and I don't need to bring my bulky unit into the computer shop rather I did it at home. My computer right now is fully functioning. Finally I could continue my pending research.

By the way, I purchased the hardware at RASI Computers along Roxas Ave. This is where I took my OJT. They offered very low prices but quality computer peripherals and computer troubleshooting services. So for those who want to buy new computer set and hardware components, visit RASI Computers along Roxas Avenue.

ASUS P5GC-MX/1333 for only 2,500
Intel Dual Core Processor 2.5 GHz for only 3350
Kington 1Gb DDR2 memory for only 750

I only spent 6600 for these good quality hardware.


Start Blogging Again

It's been a while since I wrote the last entry on my blog. It's been almost 2 months I believe. But now, I'm back and I'm ready to update my blog once again. So watch out for my posts...

A Prayer to the Kidnap Victims

This prayer is for the 3 International Committee of the Red Cross volunteers who were kidnapped by the Abussayaf Rebel Group last January 2009 in Sulu. The rebel groups has setted deadline for the government to pull out all the army troups in Sulu. The deadline is set today (March 31, 2009) at 2 p.m. If not 1 hostage will be beheaded by the rebels. Please offer a prayer for the 3 hostages as they will be safe and will be released by the rebel.

A prayer for the kidnap victims:

In the name of the father, and of the son and of the holy spirit, Amen.

Heavenly Father, creator of the heavens and the earth, we praised your name up high.

Father, our 3 brothers and sister are on a very difficult situation right now as they are on the hands of the rebel and the deadline for the beheading of one of them has come to an end.

Father, we ask you to please protect them as they fight for their survival. Give them the strength, the courage and the hope so they will have the all the force they need to survive.

Father guide them so they could return home safely with their families and friends.

Father, please enlightened the minds of the rebel groups who kidnapped the ICRC workers so they will realize what they are doing are wrong and against your law. Touch their heart Father so no beheading will happen and no more crisis will happen in the future.

Father, bless our government and all the leaders who are on to this battle; the President, the military, Sec. Ronaldo Puno of the DILG so they could do the best move the leads to the safety of everybody. Give them wisdom as they continue to overcome this struggle.

Father, bless the relatives and friends of the 3 victims so they have the strength and the hope for the survival of the kidnap victims.

Father, we lift this situation into YOUR hands. We know that you will never let this crisis happen.

We ask this through Christ our Lord Amen.

Please say this prayer with 1 Our Father, 3 Hail Marys and 3 Glory Be

Our prayers for the safety of the 3 victims are needed. Please pray for their safety.






Tuldok

by Asin

Ang tuldok ay may salaysay at may kahulugan
Na dapat mapansin at maintindihan
Kahit sino ka man ay dapat malaman
Na dito sa mundo ikaw ay tuldok lang


Kahit na ang araw sa kalangitan
Siya ay tuldok lamang sa kalawakan
Lahat ng bagay ay tuldok ang pinanggalingan
At kung masdang mabuti, tuldok ang uuwian


Tingnan mong mabuti ang 'sang katauhan
Maraming nag-aaway, tuldok lang ang dahilan
Sa aking nakita, ako'y natawa lang
'Pagkat ang nangyayari'y malaking kahibangan


Kaya wala kang dapat na ipagmayabang
Na ikaw ay mautak at maraming alam
Dahil kung susuriin at ating iisipin
Katulad ng lahat, ikaw ay tuldok rin

lyrics by allthelyric.

This song goes to everybody who feels and believe too much with themselves, those who has a strong feeling that they are very good above anybody. The song is very inspirational so everybody must always remember that he/she is always a particle in this world just as everybody.



Congratz to Batch 2009

My warmest congratulations to the graduates of batch 2009 specially to the graduates from the University of Southeastern Philippines and from the Institute of Computing department. "Welcome to the world of jobless" hahaha. But for sure for this is not true for all of you since you are among the elites in this country. You are competent enough to face the real world. The real battle has started it's up to all of you to face the challenge.

One again congratz and good luck to the wonderful and successful career.

Congratz to these new Information Technologists and Computer Scientists.

1. Andrin Rendell (triple celebration = paburger sa philnits + graduation party + despedida party)

2. Malibiran James (the philosopher, hehehe)

3. Buladaco Mark Van (graduate naka, pwede naka maligo)

4. Matildo Angelo (asa ka inig human japan or australia?)

5. Raganas April Rose (beler!, Penong's, Penong's)

6. Abrenica Charmaine Joy (Tuo naka ug milagro!)

7. Abadilla Regina (congrats!)

8. Bustamante Glayra (summer na! A beach party will do hehehe)

9. Galinato Agnes (no comment)

10. Bernaldo Miah (no comment)

11. Galua Norma (Welcome to the "real world")

12. Sante Kalile (hahay, ni grad najud ang tigulang na beler)

13.Galgao Clenemae (minyo na!)


Lastly, sa tanan ban of brothers na wala pa ka graduate:

1. Richard Mark Daliba (kol, asikaso nata ug research, cge mangud ka ug pangraket)

2. Eric Ibasco (face detection algo jud ka? basig manigulang naka diri hehehe)

3. John Wilson Lee ( hapit najud john hehehe)

4. Nate Jordan Castillo ( atong system kay guba ang admin,gipangita naka ni sir val)

5. Ronald Morata ( you will always be the most beler)


Congratulations to all the Graduates of the Batch 2009........


World Earth Hour Day

This day is said to be one of the most memorable day in history as the whole world will take part of a step in defeating climate change and global warming. This event which is known as The Earth Hour "is one of the initiatives of world leaders to combat the worsening problem of climate change by switching off lights and other appliances to conserve energy by 60 minutes (8:30 to 9:30 P.M.) This could lessen the greenhouse gases and human being can conserve millions of energy by this initiative.





I'm calling to my fellow students and filipino people to please support the EarthHour Campaign.