Pisay

I just watched a video on my friend's Facebook page. It was about Philippine Science High School. The video shows random students with random questions. Some questions are striking, but some are funny like...

Bababa ba?

Lumilipad ba si Jollibee?

I think the video is about curiosity and promoting the school.

Well as the video ends, application date for Pisay was shown. Then, I remembered back in those days where I am searching a school for high school. Philippine Science High School was one of my choices. I managed to passed the first exam but unfortunately not in the second screening.

Before, it was nothing to me. I did not know about Pisay back then until I reached college.

"Sayang at di ako naka pasa sa Pisay." That always came up in my mind whenever I know a student from Pisay. They always excel in class. They know what to do. They are bright students. I admire those students from Pisay. They are very good.

First honor DL!

Yeees! Gagraduate na ako. At sa stay ko, naka kuha ako ng dalawang second honor Dean's Lister. Akala ko yun na lang dahil patapos na ako. Pero yun pala...

BOOM! Hello first honor Dean's Lister.

Akala ko hindi abot. Kasi nung lumabas ang grades ay may 2.0 akong grade sa isang subject. Hindi ko ineexpect ang ganung grade. Kaya pumunta pa ako ng grade consultation day. Tiningnan ko ang ang breakdown ng grades kaso di ko nagawang mapataas ito. So okay na ako sa grades ko at tanggap ko na.

Pero kinabukasan, tiningnan ko ulit ang grades ko. Tumaas ng 1.0 ang grade ko dun sa subject na yun. Mula 2.0 ay naging 3.0. Yun pala ay may maling computation ang teacher namin. Ang laki ng tinaas. At ang saya!!

Oo nga pala. Hindi lang yun ang tumaas. May isa parin akong subject na tumaas mula 3.0 naging 3.5. Pwede na!!

Swerte.

Ayun, first honor DL ako sa last term ko sa DLSU! :)

Thank you text.

I received a text yesterday that made me smile. Look!

It is a text from a tutee that I and Excel helped in her COMPRO1 and BASICON course.

I really appreciate this small things. This thank you text is really appreciated. :)

Updating my resume

Hello. I'm spending this night updating my resume for tomorrow career chuva orientation.

It's so hard for me to update my resume, I do not know why but it takes a lot of time.

Honestly, I do not believe on resume that is printed on paper then submitted to a company. As for my course, I think resumes are inappropriate.

Computer Science students or graduates must have a website that contains their contact information. Achievements, portfolio and projects can also be added to it. To view my website, just click the link in the header.

Sooo, this is just a short and slightly meaningless post. Conserve trees, don't print your resume. They are not needed. I really feel that companies will not read it.

Coupon deck of McDo

Nung tayo ay bata pa, meron tayong Pokemon o kaya naman Yu-Gi-Oh cards. Marami tayo nito at nakakabuo ng isang deck. Meron din namang tinatawag na deck of cards para makapaglaro ng Tongits, Pusoy Dos at marami pang iba.

Pero kanina, kakaibang deck ang aming nahawakan. Naglalakad lang kami sa labas ng McDo DLSU, nang makita namin na may nagpapamigay ng coupon para sa mga discounts sa McDo.

Syempre, nanghingi kami.

At binigyan naman kami, binigyan naman kami nito...

O, deck of coupons sa McDo. Gusto mo? Malaki rin ang matitipid sa double cheeseburger plus Coke Float.

Syempre, sa dami, pinag hati hatian namin. Hinati namin sa apat ang coupons na para bang nag lalaro ng baraha.

Sooo, sino gusto kumain sa McDo? Discount ko gamitin niyo!

May dadalhin ka na ba sa pasukan?

Frosh tips ba ulit? Gusto mo malaman ang mga dapat dalhin sa pasukan? May picture ang Santugon kung ano dapat ang dalhin sa pasukan kapag frosh ka.

Hindi naman ganun karami ang sinasabi nilang kailangan dalhin. Sa katunayan, ayon sa naaalala ko, yan din ang mga dala ko nung frosh ako.

Importante ba silang lahat? Oo.

Kailangan ba silang lahat? Oo.

Pero kailangan ba silang lahat sa first day? Hindi.

Para sa akin, ang index cards at pictures ay hindi pa muna kailangan sa first day. Dahil sa first day palang manghihingi at magsasabi ang mga teachers kung kailangan. Pero dahil frosh ka, ready ka.

Ako, ano nga ba ang dadalhin ko sa first day of my last term?

Ballpen at notebook lang. Nakalagay sa bag ko na gamit ko na muka pa nung grade 5 ako. Yung ibang kailangan? Manghingi nalang sa katabi. That's what friends are for.

Sa katunayan, ang laman ng bag mo ay "inversely proportional" sa tagal ng stay mo sa school. Habang tumatagal, kumokonti ang laman ng bag mo.

Pero malamang, darating sa buhay mo na ang libro mo ay hindi na kasya sa bag mo. Hello TC7!

Sundin niyo ang payo ng Santugon, walang mawawala sa inyo.

Uso ang frosh tips ah

Next week na pasukan. May mga frosh na naman na gagala gala, mag iipon ipon sa hallway at haharang sa daan. Yes, yan ang ilan sa mga bad impression sa mga frosh. Kahit ano pa gawin mo, hindi mo maitatago sa iba na frosh ka. Siguro, maitatago mo sa kapwa mo frosh pero sa upper batches, malamang obvious kayo. Bago mukha niyo eh.

Naging frosh din naman ako, kaya nagawa at naranasan ko na rin yang mga yan. Been there, done that. At dahil nga tapos na ako sa pagiging frosh, sa katunayan ay tatlong taon na ang nakalipas noong naging frosh ako, may mga tips din naman akong maibibigay. Ang mga tips ko ay para sa mga incoming CCS lalong lalo na ang mga ComSci froshies ngunit pwede rin naman sigurong magamit ng mga ibang colleges.

Madali lang ang ABC, kahit nursery kabisado ito. Pero sa CCS, iba ang ibig sabihin nito. Ang ABC ay Algebra, BASICON, COMPRO1. Ingat ingat lang. Delikado sila. Wala akong masyadong sasabihin tungkol dito, ayaw ko manakot. Ang masasabi ko lang, abangan niyo sila.

Ang mga teacher niyo na nakalagay sa EAF, kadalasan ay mga pawang kasinungalingan lang.

Magpasikat agad? Wag. Mag lay low muna kayo ala ninja. Bakit? Ikaw ang magiging tanungan ng assignments lalong lalo na sa programming. Gusto mo bang maexperience sa YM ang...

"Classmate! Ano mali dito sa code ko?

printf("Hello World!")"

Yan ang madalas mangyayari sayo pag nagmadali kang mag pasikat na para kang nasa Showtime. Hindi ko naman sinasabing wag ka tumulong, pero kasi pag paulit ulit mo nalang na sinasabi na wala kasing semicolon sa end ng statement niya, diba nakakaasar na?

Magagaling ang mga nerds, pero hindi gaano, at hindi lahat sa kanila ay matalino. Kadalasan, wala sa mukha ang talino. Minsan, ang makulit sa klase, ang kasamahan mo sa pag hanap ng chicks, o kainuman mo sa GP ay ang tunay na mag eExcel sa inyong batch. Trust me on this.

Hindi lahat ng nag aaral, pumapasa. At hindi rin lahat ng hindi nag aaral ay bumabagsak. Kaya minsan, mas mabuti naring hindi mag aral.

Di na kailangang lumayo pa. Nasa Gox na ang lahat, malapit sa Agno, may lobby o study area na minsan ay mainit, may computer lab, at may GAPA (Gox All Purpose Area) na dating GEA (Gox Eating Area).

Pwedeng gawin halos lahat sa GAPA, kaya nga tinawag na all purpose area eh. Pwede dun kumain, tumambay, mag kwentuhan, mag ingay, mag laptop (wala nga lang WiFi), o mag PDI kung di kayo nahihiya (wag lang papahuli sa DO).

Di mo na kailangan mag suot ng bonggang bongga pag CCS ka. Halos lahat ng tao dun ay simple lang. Kadalasan nga, ang bongga mag damit ay hindi talaga para sa CCS.

Sumama sa tamang barkada, isa ito sa susi mo sa tagumpay. Ito mahirap, dahil hindi porke't nag doDotA araw araw ang mga kasama mo, o umiinom sa GP, kahit nga nag kacut sila ng class ay masamang barkada na sila. Suriin mo nalang mabuti at kilalanin ang sarili.

Para sa akin, wag muna masyadong idedicate ang sarili mo sa mga orgs. Dadami ang free time mo pag hindi ka na frosh.

Santugon o Tapat ka man, parehas lang yan. Hindi ako member ng dalawa na yan pero sa tingin ko parang pamilya ang turingan nila sa isa't isa. Medyo busy at kakainisan nga lang sa panahon ng election, pero okay sila.

Ang mga yan ay ilan sa mga naisip kong tips, iupdate ko ito pag may naalala pa ako. Opinion ko lang naman ang mga ito. Pero kung may tanong, reklamo o komento ba sa mga nasabi ko? May comment box naman sa baba.

Excited ka na ba pumasok? Kita kita tayo sa pasukan.

A feature for convenience.

During this weekend, I became an "on-call" web developer of my own application. I recently updated the DLSU GPA Calculator that I made a term ago. In the first update, I removed the capability to compute the Cumulative Grade Point Average because of the design overhaul. Yes, in the first two updates, only the Term GPA can be computed.

I exchange a feature for convenience. I can say that the application is now easier to use than before.

For the first release, there is only a drop down box of units that the user can select. 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0 are the units that can only be selected. But then, I received a comment that there exist a 4.0 unit course. I updated it as soon as I can and added 4.0 in the drop down box of units. It became the update two of the application.

The next day, I again read a comment that states that there is a 1.5 unit course, for thesis. Even though we are doing our thesis, I do not know that a 1.5 unit thesis course exists. Our thesis is 2.0 worth of units. And because of it, I remove the drop down box for selecting the units. I changed it into a text field, again. And that is the update three.

Thanks to that update three of the application, it can again compute for the CGPA. To do it, just enter the accumulated units for that term in the unit column and the TGPA in the grade column. The application will take the rest to compute for your CGPA.

And here's the final application after three updates.

DLSU GPA Calculator 2

The grades will be released and for sure, there will be a lot of students that will compute their grade. Unfortunate for some, they still do not know how to compute their GPA. But fortunate to them, their is a DLSU GPA Calculator that can do it for them.

The calculator is an application in Facebook and learn more about it here. As said before, the calculator can also compute the CGPA of the student.

Yes, it is so awesome like that.

To try it, just go to http://apps.facebook.com/dlsu_gpacalc/ and compute your grades!

Or, just like its application page here.

Well, the application interface is different than before. As a matter of fact, I think that it is now easier to use. I just re-tweaked the code yesterday.

Any comments about the app? Just type it below.

Are you graduating? YES!

Yes. I recently enrolled for our last term! And after many times encountering the question and answering "no" to it in our online enrollment.

The question...

"Are you graduating at the end of the term that you are enrolling for?"

is now answered as "yes"!

OH YEAH!

DLSU Term GPA Calculator

Ever heard of a certain Facebook application that can compute your GPA? It just spreads in Facebook for a little while during the release of grades.

Ohwell, I am proud to say that I am the one responsible for that application. At first I just want to create a program to compute the GPA of DLSU students. I once attempted to code it on Java but that time, I am so lazy that I discontinue it.

I then got bored, and code it again. Now, through Javascript. I integrate it to Facebook for it to be easily accessible to anyone.

It is just a simple GPA calculator. But yes, it can also compute CGPA. Just follow the same instructions, treat your term GPAs as individual grades and their respective units.

It is a cool and helpful application. You can also share your GPA through Facebook by using this application.

You can go to the application through here.

And like this application here.

Help us by answering this survey.

Can you help us by answering this survey? It is about the posts in your Facebook wall.

It is a Facebook application and you can go to there through here.

Presenting Lasalista Girls!

A song about Lasallian girls based on the Katy Perry's song. It is like "California Girls" but "Lasalista"!

Hear it here...

Great job guys! Thumbs up for this song.

And 41 school weeks left till we graduate.

Yes! We only have 41 school weeks left until we graduate. It is because a term is composed of 14 weeks, and we only have three terms left. So 14 * 3 = 42. And the 1st week just ended, therefore we only have 41. Say YEY to that!

They say counting the numbers before it happens is bad. But hey, I am just excited about it.

We only have three terms and a summer.

Three terms of pure academic related stuffs and a summer of mainly thesis works.

We need ten terms for us to graduate.

And we are more than halfway. Seven terms just passed and it feels like yesterday is our high school graduation.

50 units and PERSEF3 to go!!!

Good luck to us.

Check you grades via text!

YES YOU CAN! Just text...

"DLSU GRADE *your ID number*"

Example: DLSU GRADE 108*****

Then send it to 2333.

It works like magic. But wait... 2.50 pesos per text. :|

Edit your grades in MLS!

Have you ever wanted to see a term where your grades are all 4.0 like the image above? Yes, it is statistically and humanly possible. But there is a fact that only the so called "IMBA" student can do it, kahit pamigay term ay mahirap maka-straight 4.0.

So for some DLSU students out there, you still can see an all 4.0 grades in your MyLaSalle account. How?

1. Go to you MLS account.
2. View you grades by clicking the View Grades link.
3. Delete the URL in the address bar.
4. Paste this in your address bar. "javascript:document.body.contentEditable='true'; document.designMode='on'; void 0"
5. Edit you grades!

HAHAHAHAHA. See? Just a note, you can just edit it for your viewing pleasure. No changes will affect you real grades. It will not affect your grades in your transcript. HAHAHAHA. YOU WISH!

But still, seeing an all 4.0 in your grades can be very nice. It can be a very good joke too...

By the way, the grades above are my own edited grades. Cool huh? And it's not photoshopped.

PS. I just saw this cool trick roaming in the Internet.

Lasalyano ako! Ikaw?

The picture says it all.

Lasalyano Ako. Ikaw?

Jenny from Taft

If you know a student studying in DLSU, CSB or even St. Scho, try to ask if he/she knows Jenny. More likely than not, they will answer "Yes". And there is again a big percentage that the Jenny they know is not just any Jenny like Jenirose, Jennifer and Jennylicious. They know "Jenny from Taft".

Any student in that area knows Jenny. And that's a fact.

Jenny is...

"an ordinary man who lived an extraordinary life."

- from one of his Facebook fan page.

For me, I describe him... Yes, it's a HIM, he's a man. I describe him as a person that asks for alms and roams around Taft especially the DLSU and CSB area.

Why so special? Because he is not just an ordinary person, he can be considered as a hero. He earns respect and trust from the Taft people in his more than 14 years stay in that area (based from our conversation with him). He also helps students around and a fan page in Facebook is created just for the testimonials about it.

Here is an example:

"my first year in DLSU a friend of mine lost her phone somewhere in taft area... we told jenny... this was in the morning, by afternoon he returned it to my friend... i think hawak nya mga snatchers in taft... LAKAS..."

He is really a good person, if he asks for alms, even how much you give, or even you did not give, he will not curse or grudge you, unlike most of the beggars. Instead, he will talk to you comfortably like a friend. He sometimes ask for left over foods in the fast food chains across Taft. He is the only beggar I know that can freely enter stores and ask some water. I also heard that food chain managers can ask Jenny to pay the water / electric bills for them. And with it, I think Jenny's everyday lunch is free, sometimes a slice or two at Yellowcab. Yes, a beggar eating a Yellowcab pizza.

There is also a rumor that Jenny is a rich guy that owns a condo units in one of those building in DLSU. Why? Students gave him alms, ranging from a peso to I think even 20 pesos or more. Come to think of it, if he asks for alms to all the student he sees, and because students trust him, they will give him some money. How much will he gain everyday with that? And take note, free lunch.

When this school year starts, everybody is searching for Jenny. And news has come to us, Jenny from Taft is dead.

But even though he's dead, his legacy is still alive for the Lasallians (or Taft people). As a matter of fact, some Lasallians requested Maalaala Mo Kaya to feature Jenny in the show.

I hope that request will be granted so that Jenny can be a very good example not just in Taft, but also around the world.

"Pogi, pengeng piso."

East Gate.

Tuwing pumapasok ako sa La Salle, di ako dumadaan sa main gate o ang South Gate. Dun ako, kagaya ng karamihan sa CCS sa isang gate dumadaan. Tinawag itong East Gate ni Excel. Di ko malaman kung bakit, pero East Gate narin ang tawag ko dito.

Ang East Gate

Ang East Gate ay yung gate na katabing katabi lang ng South Gate, at ang gate bago mag Conservatory.

Nag simula akong dumaan dito nung second year na ako. Di pa ako dumadaan sa East Gate noong frosh pa ako, sa kadahilanan na sasabihin ko mamaya. Di nag tagal ay natuto din ako at dumaan sa shortcut na ito.

East Gate - ang shortcut na gate.

Napakalaking ginhawa ang naidulot nito sa akin, dahil nga ito ay shortcut, napabilis ang pag punta ko sa Gokongwei. Ang hirap pa mag scan ng ID sa South Gate. Dito na rin ako dumadaan pauwi at ganun din ang dahilan.

Ang daan na ito ay hamak na mas mabilis kaysa ang daan sa South Gate.

Pero minsan, pag magkakasama kaming magkakaibigan, pinipili namin dumaan sa long way.

Ang mga dahilan.

Para malaman ang nangyayari sa DLSU

Ang Gox ay nasa labas ng DLSU. Ang mga pangyayari sa La Salle ay madalas ginaganap sa Central Plaza. Pag hindi kami dumaan dito, para bang wala na kaming balita sa La Salle. Hindi na namin alam ang mga nangyayari.

Para makakita ng mga magagandang babae

Masakit man aminin, ang Gox ay kulang na kulang sa mga magagandang babae. At wala kaming magawa kundi tumingin nalang sa ibang college. Kaya ayun, dumadaan kami sa long cut para tumingin ng magagandang babae na nakatambay at naglalakad sa SJ Walk. At ito rin ang dahilan ko noong frosh pa ako.

Para sa Ampitheater

Minsan, kapag ginagabi kami, mas pinipili na namin dumaan sa long way. Bakit? Dahil sa Ampitheater. Ang Ampitheater ay isa sa pinakamasarap na tambayan sa La Salle basta hindi mainit. Kaya ayos dun kapag gabi. Pero hindi kami dumaan dun para lang tumambay sa Ampi. Hindi yun ang sadya namin, kundi ang mga tao na nakatambay dun. Lalo na yung mga lovers dun. Diba ang saya tingnan sa malayo ng dalawang taong nag mamahalan? Ang saya lang.

Ang East Gate way ay isang shortcut na daan para sa mga manggagaling sa may McDo at may klase o papunta sa Gokongwei Building, Sports Complex, at Andrew Hall. Pwede rin itong shortcut para pumunta sa Velasco at Miguel.

Maraming daan sa La Salle, pero hindi naman ito ganun karami tulad ng mga daan sa UP, Ateneo, o UST. Kaya hindi mahirap madiskubre ang pinakamagandang daan para mapabilis sa iyong pupuntahan.

Mas gusto ko ang daan na ito kaysa dumaan sa labas ng La Salle.

Ikot ikot. Ang La Salle ay maganda.

At bakasyon na... NAT!

Pagkatapos ng mga exams...

OPERSYS (Operating System) na mahirap. Pero hindi ako kinakabahan dito, after kong makakuha ng matataas na score sa dalawa naming DepEx at isang magandang MP.

NETWORK (Networking). Ms. Ana Pedro is the best! Para sa akin, ang exams namin dito ay tama lang. May mga alam akong sagutan, at may mga hindi rin ako alam. May mga sure akong tama, at meron din namang mga hula. LOLOLOL at subnetting.

WEBDEVE (Web Application Development). Sabi ni Excel mahirap. Pero para sa akin, ang dali dali nitong test na ito. <%--At ito ay isang comment ko lamang.--%> Dirediretso ako sa pag sagot at nalito lang sa mga factory, templates, etc. etc.

At yan ang aking exams para sa term na ito. Pero wait... There's more... May INTRNLP Finals pa pala kami. Hindi pa siya pinapasa nung Wednesday dahil sa napakahirap hirap na buggy program. As in mahirap siya. Kaya iniba nalang ang aming finals at ito ay due na on Monday.

Papasok pa ako sa Monday. Hindi ko pa bakasyon. :(

Ay... Oo nga pala...

WALA AKONG BAKASYON.

May OJT pa pala ako. OJT na sa kasalukuyan ay wala pa.

Kapagod pero masayang term...

Okay na siguro 'to. Gagawin ko pa ang aming entry for the Imagine Cup round 2. Yey!

At... Third year na ako sa pasukan!