july 1, 2009 — i heard a heart breaking, never expected, life-changing news… my friend is sick.. i’m at a loss.  I can’t do anything about it but pray… these times I realize the uncertainty of our future, the unfairness of life, and the importance of every single moment spent with the ones you love…. i hope my feelings reaches her even if we are far from each other..

be strong, be positive, and look forward happily….

you are loved by many.. fight..

my 2 month old camera got broken

I failed taking responsibility of getting our allowance because of I woke up late

I almost blew the org recognition

I am stressed…

I am bothered by the future happenings on our thesis

I have lots to do but unable to think properly

I am losing my confidence

I am still the same old me… helpless… gullible… a loser…

waaaaaaaaaaaaah

i’ll start picking up the pieces and build myself right…

i can do it! more power to me and to alvin and to my eee-mates..

hi! long time no post, I completely forgot I have a blog… haha… It’s the 1st week of June and start of classes was moved to June 16… I have 8 days before this school year starts! But before going into superior acad mode, I have to recall everything that happened during my wild summer experience!

Things I was addicted to:

1. Facebook Apps!

- Restaurant City! i now have a nice big restaurant (I am now in Level 23)…^_^ The game is really really simple but very addictive. Trading ingredients with friends,  I enjoy designing the place and myself, completing the recipes and competing with each other is indeed very addictive

- Pet Society.  This is like a bigger version of tamagotchi… you have a pet that you feed, clean and play with… although everything about pet society looks cute, it’s very hard to obtain money to buy stuff, hence my addiction is set to a minimal amout just so I could maintain an acceptable rank with my friends…

-Know-it-all plus other quizzes in fb. I have answered a number of crazy and educational quizzes in fb! ^__^v

2. MyBrute

- i got a lot of brutes: poporin would be my first and my best brute (now in level 8). baby-rin would be in 2nd…. while the others(pretty_rin, crazy-rin, sebet_95) are sadly ignored… Fight my Brute!!!!!

3. American Idol Season 8

This season must be my most anticipated one in American Idol! I downloaded all the songs of Danny Gokey and Kris Allen and some of Matt Giraud’s. I liked the results since I don’t like Adam’s style of music at all! 

places I went:

1. PI 100 Banahaw Field Trip

- I crossed 3 caves… I jumped 10m high to a body of water… I sat at the roof of the jeepney… I walked a lot… I fell a lot of times too… I had scratches on my legs… I smiled at the cameras… I ate a lot… I slept less than 3 hours… I had fun…

 

2. Subic Highland

- This is the continuation of the SME camp where me and xinia came along to deploy our first drifter! Kuya Marky, Ate Grace, Ate Tin and Kuya Cris were also there! Although the drifter was not working properly (GPS and GSM module sucked big time!), we still had a lot of fun swimming, eating, and just hanging around the beach and in our room… How i wished i was able to play the swing..

 

3. Talent Show somewhere in Laguna

- Have no pics here… Enjoyed the show… A lot had amazing talents and I am happy to see them become new members of ERG… there was 40+ new mems!!! As usual, I struggled learning to swim…

4. SM Bowling

- with kat s, mic, manu, jet, aro, and aaron… my 2nd time to bowl(tenpin)… I got a nice score… Thanks Aaron for the treat!!!

5. ABE “where good friends dine”

- Bonding with my empcot buddies…  it’s an expensive Filipino resto with unlimited rice…

6. Somewhere in Alabang

- We had a Graduation Tribute for our co-scholars in YuSung! First time I experience eating many many Korean Food!!! Thanks mr. chung!!! and congrats to kuya gary, ate leian, ate megan, kuya roy, kuya joshua and kuya jason!

7. IECEP sem planning…

- at Roz’s…. I Love the food! Enjoyed it even if I had less than 3 hrs of sleep… go IECEP!!!

8. Somewhere in Katipunan to play RockBand and SM the Block to watch Angels and Demons

- Watched with Xin, Roz, Franz, Kuya Andrew, Kuya Earl, Kuya Robin and kuya PJ… First time to play RockBand… I don’t know the songs they were playing except for paramore but I just went with the flow… 

Some stuff that happened:

1.  Bought a new camera!!!

- a Canon A480 worth 8k inclusing the case, screen protector and memory card… The camera is user friendly and takes nice pics… It’s simple and is just what I need… Thanks alvin for helping me look for a cam!!!

2. Gossip Girl, Chuck and Heroes Finale

- Finished their season… I have nothing to watch anymore!!! I have to wait til August 31 for the GG’s 3rd season!!! waahhh.. one shout for blair and chuck!!!!  ^_^

3. Had a great PI100 class! Sir Siao is really nice… I learned a lot about Rizal… I did a lot of reflecting….I got a 1.25…

4. I watched a movie in the cinema thrice this summer: X-Men, Startrek (both with alvin) and Angels and Demons…. All 3 were great but decreased my money big time…

 

There you go, I had a crazy summer! That was my last summer as an undergraduate and I feel that I made the most of it… now I have to get ready for the big thing, THESIS year!!! God Bless to me and to my eee-mates!!!

I haven’t posted for awhile due to exposure of my blog… as of now it is set on private to cool down my peers until they eventually forget about it…. Hopefully I would move to the domain that alvin gave to me…

it’s the 2nd week of February….

Events pop up one after the other: ERG Cup, EEE days, UP Fair and Valentine’s Day…  

Exams come and go too: ECE151, CoE115, ECE113, ECE157 and ECE117….

And some other activities is bothering me: MADC!!!!

but the saddest part is I’m pretty empty… alvin is uber busy… but I can’t blame him, he is loaded every week!  

 

cute nagisa.. x(

I’m also depressed of the events that are turning out in Clannad After Story… Yes, Nagisa already died and I cried so so much…. Episode 16 and 17 was a heart breaker!!!!!!

 

Anyhoo, I hope this week will be okey… Pre-Valentine’s Syndrome is setting in me… Maybe because I’m scared of what might happen… although I shouldn’t expect much from his busy schedule, I can’t help myself…. How silly of me…

BTW. CoE115’s 3rd Machine Problem is communicating with the GSM Module via UART of the z8 Encore! uC…. The thought is very difficult to grasp…. I can’t seem to fit it in the code… But after this, we would have built a working cellphone without the games, video, camera and voice applications.. Haha!!!

Last week was Molave week.. sadly, I didn’t participate much except watching Mutya ng Molave (funny.. )

And last saturday it was Nikki’s Birthday treat in Eastwood…. I have to say, the food was very purifying… go Vietnamese food Spring Rolls and Yummy noodles! I also love the ice cream… i heart dairy queen!

 

 

CR picture!yummy food

 

with the jester

I was uninspired to make anything in inkscape these past months… but just now I’ve stumbled upon a great amazing youtube video of making icon persons !!! It was wonderful example on using shadows, gradients and shiny tecniques! wow, wow, wow!!! I wanna do one! Amazing how the artist properly designed the clothes and hair! what a talent! waaahhhh!!! I’m so happy to have seen this!!!

I’ve been busy playing Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness Episode 2 (I downloaded it today and may finish it tomorrow )… I’ve put our CoE115 Machine Problem on hold since I think were ahead of many.. we’re done on the alphanumeric stage of the keypad.. numlock and capslock to go… IRC work is piling up which includes finishing our long overdue turbimeter and some Core work which involves testing the GPS module while travelling… Our first trial for the GPS test was a waste since we made a mistake in creating a new file.. aww shucks.. 1 hour of walking and testing gone gone gone.. haha.. I haven’t gone to the Jobfair because of lack of time and company… Hopefully tomorrow I can go for a visit… ece 151 exam on Jan26 which happens to be the submission of Coe115 mp2….1st week of February would be the coe115 exam… also, the ece117 project proposal(which can be equated to half a thesis in terms of load) is due last week of january… there… more strength to me and to my eee-mates! let’s go eee!

Hurray for this game!!! This comic-based rpg game is worth the christmas break! I’ve always wanted a game like this one… It was very entertaining story with amusing characters and villains! I don’t know much about Penny Arcade but this game really caught my attention… The graphics are okei and the gameplay is very time-based… so timing and fast decisions are very important keys to the game. The enemies also have their weaknesses and strenghts that  must be understood to put their attributes to our advantage. It was a fast game but I am not sure what time I finished it.. It was also easy.. I could defeat the boss countless times! sadly I didn’t complete the upgrade case since I am 100parts short for Gabe’s Level 3 Knuckles… Yey! I’m so happy I finished another game!

The Picture Higher than this one above me is my character which I will pretty much continue using for the next episode..

Next is a screenshot during my battle with the final boss…

Last is a trailer for the next episode which is already available… I am very excited to play again, but… I have academic work again… *control myself*

 

 

 

 

Hello 2009!

haha… I was really bum this vacation.. I finished honey and clover I and II then completed the first season of Chuck …  Then I thought what to do next??? Obviously, I’m looking for options so I won’t go studying!!!

Checking the top PC games of 2008 gave same results which is World of Goo created by 2D Boy… Good thing It’s not some first person shooting game that requires a lot of memory space. It’s actually a simple game of applying the knowledge of physics or maybe just common sense to strategically use  “goo” balls to complete a certain task. Bloggers were right about it being addictive! It was a very unique game which had a simple user interface with amusing graphics…

I finished all the chapters of the game but it doesn’t end there… I’m still on the goal of obtaining Obsessive Completion Distinction (OCD) Flag to every level… Furthermore I’m still on that goal of building the highest Tower of Goo I can possibly make!

Hurray for World of Goo!!!

^_^

Happy new year!

Happy Birthday Niki!

Juts few hours away before Christmas so might as well make my wishlist!

in no particular order…

1. iPOD Touch

2. Wacom Tablet (even Bamboo Fun edition is good enough for me!)

3. Nintendo DS

4. Big Big Toad (from Super Mario) Stuff Toy

5. A new printer (black ink doesn’t work on mine anymore!!!)

6.Sketchbook

7. Durable Headphones (I have three headphones broken)

8. Shakugan no Shana/Clannad Figurine

9. IC extractor (seriously…)

10. A decent toolbox

11. Upgrade my laptop’s memory to 2 Gigs

12. Happy time with my little sister

13. 2009 Planner

14. New Shoes… ^__^ one that I will choose!!!

15. UP  jacket

Merry Christmas Everybody!!!!

I have been playing crack attack for almost a year now. The first time I tried it was during the engineering week  2007 where it was considered a mini-game called Crackeng’g handled by UP ACM.  With little time to familiarize the game I was able to go pass by the elimination round with scores around 80 but was far from the two other contenders. Their scores ranged from 800 to 1000+. It looked like they have been playing all their life.  I was amazed. Ever since, Crack Attack became my natural time waster. Reflexive games come and go but Crack Attack was different. Crack Attack is a simple game where blocks of the same color are put together to eliminate them. This game needs speed to battle time and skill to obtain consecutive bonus points. So far my highest score was around 1200 (not extreme).

Here’s a video of how it is being played:

This Engineering Week 2008, ACM again handled Crackeng’g and to my dissappointment my 1 year experience was put into waste. Oh I had a higher rank than last time but apparently there are three super players of the same organization that was unreachable gatting the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place. x_X

*sigh*

Although I improved, I guess everybody improved with me.

I have always wanted to win one for my organization. Well, I have one year left.  This is my last chance. AJA!