stop and stretch…

think on this: know your priorities, be responsible for it and just enjoy doing all of it…

i repeat: enjoy!!!

i’m having a great 2 weeks ^_^

thanks for the gift irc…

ms1 exam tomorrow

redbox + swimming on wed..

alvin’s birthday on sunday..

^____^v

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’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!

it’s been a long while since I last posted here(almost one month! *gasp*)… It seems I had no time to even think of blogging.. Yes, this semester has been busy. Busy because of the bondacious combination of IRC  and academic work!  Mid-November, Me, Jet and Xinia decided to become apprentices  under the Core Group (Monitoring the Environment of Coral Reefs)… The apprenticeship had more work than expected. The group needed to deploy 3 systems (one for each type of waterproof casing). One system composes of the surface logger(includes GSM module) and underwater Temperature anf Light Sensors (2 slaves and 1 master). We had 2 overnights in the lab to prepare the systems on time. Thankfully,  the deployment was a success. Yey! The training was very fulfilling since this was my first time to program the slimboard (of course, thanks to kuya gino for the sample code.. hehe.. ) .

As for the academic work, CoE115 Machine Problem was the main problem. We needed to make the hardware for the uC+debugger  and after which interface a 16×2 LCD. Fortunately, Alvin was my partner which made everything easier fo both of us. Apparently, we work very well together…

The working hardware video will soon be uploaded…

The Engineering Week happenings deserve another post next time.. I’m still waiting for the videos to arrive…

*it’s freezing cold here*

at this moment, I am shifting away from my comfort zone to a place where it is now the real thing. I am simply stating that I am an Engineering student and Engineers do more than computations, they look for answers. My 3 years of college were easier than i expected it to be. I am not proud of what I have done up to this point except that I am very lucky to have enlisted to considerate professors.  Somehow all practical exams that intended to challenge engineering instinct skipped me. So basically, to stay alive in my course is to study concepts and concepts alone. But now, a different challenge is in front of me, something that I couldn’t face with only a pen and paper. This is the Mini Project I have expected to encounter ever since I’ve stepped in the University. I am excited and scared of how I will perform but as I have said this is the one big step that I have been waiting for to fully prove that I am suit for my course.

Our mini-project would be a turbidity meter with LCD,GSM,MMC interface.Turbidity meter measures the cloudiness or amount of particles dissolved in water. The device will involve measuring the amount of light that passed through the volume of water. The instensity of light would be inversely proportional to the Turbidity. This project would be beneficial and marketable since commercialized turbidity meters reach thousand of dollars (i think).

Here’s the link of the past thesis regarding our project.

I will be focusing on the GSM part where there is programming to do. Ideally, the recorded values will be sent to the Owner via SMS. But other options may be considered like Calling the owner with recorded voice message (cool huh?). What’s bothering me is the GSM module available would cost 3000 pesos which I think will not accompany the budget that was given to us.  In addition, the manual for the gsm module is almost 300 pages.

As of now, I don’t know anything.

more power to me. ^_^

last Sunday i have received a message concerning my laboratory application on instrumentation, robotics and controls (IRC) laboratory… and to my surprise, i have been accepted! I was overwhelmed by the message but also shocked for my co-applicants. Some applicants unexpectedly did not make it.. some, i believe, have better status than some who were accepted…  i feel the loss..

well, this is a start…

some things to look forward to would be laboratory cleaning, slimboard workshop and z8 encore workshop… i hope i could stay up with the pressure.. my technical skills is in the lowest as of now,but  i’m excited to see how much i would learn from the training… i hope my dedication would be enough to make me someone great…