New Horizons

The tarmac was drenched and the skies were overcast with dark cumulonimbus clouds. It has been raining for a while now, but I couldn't care less. I was so busy eating my exorbitantly expensive hotdog that the rest of the Centennial Terminal was out of focus. To tell the truth, I forgot to bring my glasses so the entire world was a blur. Missed a lot of girl-spotting opportunities there, sigh....

It was cold. Even though there was a lot of gloom in the outside air due to the sporadic yet intense showers, the airport staff never thought of turning the airconditioning down. My feet were freezing. I never thought it would be this cold so I came to the airport dressed in my usual jeans, t-shirt and flip-flops. Big mistake.

I had my MP3 player turned to full volume to mask out the buzz of the other passengers who are also waiting for their respective planes to arrive and take them to wherever destination they're off to. As for me, its vacation time and I'm going back home to Iloilo City. It has almost been three hours since I arrived and checked in to the airport, and since then I've walked the entire length of the terminal thrice, bought myself a big hotdog, chewed on two big gum balls, drunk a can of diet coke, bought and read a tech and tuner mag, and listened to dozes of punk, and hip-hop songs. Who knew that waiting for one damn airplane can be so much fun?

A few more minutes passed and the boarding call finally came. I saw Abcd, and we boarded together. Our seats were spaced far apart though, so we only talked while walking towards the plane. I found my seat: row 6, seat A. That's the window seat I purposely requested when I checked in. The check-in clerk, who was also a Mapuan, obliged with much enthusiasm when he found out that we came to the same school.

After all checks were made, the rusty, old, and noisy Air Philippines 737 was given the clearance to taxi. The taxiways were kind of bumpy. Well, what do you expect? It's a big plane with tiny wheels, and its windy outside; a few bumps are inevitable. The big bird alligned itself with the runway and throttled-up its engines. The moment we were off the ground, I slowly closed my eyes and fell alseep. Ahhhh... there's nothing like flying towards a secure and fulfilled future.

So this is how it feels like to be the new features editor...

Thanks a lot guys.. I promise to do my best. :D

I'm Out of Coins

This picture should say a thousand words...



...di akin ang top score! T_T

Two is a Prime Number

I watched Stealth pala last saturday sa HBO. Ayus nga pala siya. Medyo sad kasi *spoiler warning* EDI, ang artificial intelligence na stealth fighter, sacrificed himslef sa end ng movie. D, wala ako sa mood para gumawa ng movie review ngayon. Pero being an action movie about planes, Five stars sana yun para sa akin. Hehe. May part lang sa end na gusto ko i-quote.

"You and me, we are two"

tapos hindi ko na maalala kung ang next part... basta it kinda goes like... "and two is a prime number. two is beautiful." elighten me nalang kung ano talaga ang actual quote.

Sinabi yun ng bida sa girl niya. Pero bakit hindi nalang niya sinunod ang cliche na "you and me, we are one?"

Well, medyo mas astic nga yun eh, we are two. Gusto kung dagdagan... *warning, geeky stuff ahead*

"You and me, we are two and two is a prime number, it is indivivisble by any number other than 1 and itself."

What I mean is kung "kayo na"... you should not let anything affect you, and na kayo lang din ang makaka-decide para sa realtionship niyo.

Kaya lang hindi naman to applicable sa life ko. Kasi 1 lang ako... prime number din... and indivisible. Haay... wala lang... just being a hopeless romantic again... seing the world through rose-tinded glasses. Hehe...

Pero dont worry, happy ako ngayon... natuwa lang ako sa movie. Yeeeee... ;D

Itadakimasu!!!

We all want to be well rounded human beings. But too much rounding and you lose your edge.

Sorry nalang sa mga fans ko at hindi ako naka post ng bagong entries these past few days. Hell week kasi namin dito sa Mapua. Usually ang hell week ay ang week bago ang final exams. Ito ang week kung saan pasahan na ng lahat na projects, portfolios, prototypes, machine problems, plates at kung ano pa na kailangan ipasa. Ito rin ang week kung saan sabay sabay binibigay ang mga last na long tests, pre-final exams, take home exams, oral profficiency exams, removal exams, special exams at lahat nalang na exam maliban sa physical exam. (Sa buong life ko hindi ko pa yata naranasan yun.) Hehe.

Sa wakas! Tapos na rin ang hell week. Hehe. So pwede na ako mag blog ulit kasi wala naman ako magawa. Dapat nag-aaral ako ngayon pero dahil may quote: "reviewer" na kami para sa exam bukas, no need to study na. Hehe. Asa!

Dalawa lang naman ngayon ang mga major stuff na kailangan ipasa. Prototype sa electronics at prototype sa logic circuits. Napasa na namin ang sa tronix. 98 ang grade namin kaya lang may minus 3 kasi hindi namin na include ang recibo sa documentation. Pero ok lang, hindi ako nagrerecalamo kasi kung nagkataon na alam namin na kailangan pala ang recibo sa documentation, eh di nalaman sana ni maam na nag kit lang kami. Baka mas mababa sa 95 ang makukuha namin. Pero hindi rin, maganda talaga project namin. One hundred watt audio amplifier pala siya. May 6 1/2 inch na speaker. Laki! Waw! Hehe... mga 3500 ang total na gastos namin. Pero sa tingin ko worth naman yun. Maganda pa ang packaging, natuwa nga si maam. Parang pang I-Mac kasi gumamit kami ng styrofoam na ball na hinati sa gitna para sa speaker, at styrofoam at glass para sa amplifier. Gamit ko nga ngayon ang speaker sa PC ko eh... extra subwoofer. Ayus ang tunog. Nararamdaman mo talaga ang bass! Hehe...

Ang prototype naman anmin sa logic ay calculator. Ang hirap gawin. Pero kinaya ng genius na kagrupo ko. Grabe ang hirap ng part ko... taga bili ng wires. Hehe. Defense namin next week, so gagawa pa kami ng documentation. Kami na daw bahala. Yeah! gudluck samin.

Andami ko rin ginawa maliban sa mga sariling project ko:

Lahat na drills ni kuya Ace sa C++2
Lahat na practical exam ni kuya Ace sa C++2

Prang nag take 2 lang ako sa C++. kaya lang this time may bayad na 100 per program = Nyahaha! >.<

Ginawa ko rin ang Flash para sa dalawang report ni Ian sa Mechanical Systems. Pang Civil Engineering na subject yun ha. Hehe... at pinag-aaralan nila ang mga escalators, elevators, ventalation systems, sprinkler systems etc. Interesting topics for a tech geek like me. Hehe. Masaya nga maging CE. Every sunday pumupunta sila sa mga major malls like glorietta at pinag-aaralan ang mga elevators at escalators nila. Nagpapadala talaga sila ng letter sa management para may tour guide. Wala lang, ginawa ko lang simulations ng mga things mentioned above.

Tinulungan ko rin si Ryan sa algebra project niya. Ang problema ko lang dun is alam ko na agad ang sagot sa mga problems na binigay pero hindi ko alam ano ang process. Thanks to my super smart calculator, hindi na ako marunong mag algebra. Pero alam ko kaagad ang sagot. After a few trails and errors, ma figure out ko rin ang process. Hehe.

Tinulungan ko rin pala sina Reign sa prototype nila sa logic. Super Saya! Kahit taga balat lang ako ng wires. At least na experience ko rin paano gumawa ng logic prototype. Sa prototype kasi namin wla akong ginawa eh. Mas naka exert pa ako ng effort dito. Kahit andaming problema we never gave up. And tinanggap na ng teacher nila so medyo sure na na pasado sila. Yey! :D

Ahahahahaha... ang saya ko ngayon. Fulfilling na marami akong natulungan na tao this term. Maybe I'll get my just rewards someday. Pero ok na rin kahit wala. Ang saya saya ko naman ngayon. :D Yey! Yey! Yey!

Malayo na naman sa topic ang title ko no? Hehe... as usual.

Wala lang, kasi kanina after going to church... kumain kami ng foster family ko sa isang mamahaling korean restaurant. Feeling kim sam sun (I dunno the spelling... walang reclamo,ok?) hehe. Puro Kim beit. Kung wiet, Hai, kung hei fat choi! Ni hao nga! ASNdhAKLsddAskldnajksdhk.... naiinis ako kasi hindi ko ma pronouce ang mga food. Basta masarap! Hahahahahaha! Puro maanghang. Tpos chopsticks lang ang binigay ng waiter. So medyo challenge sa akin. Pero marunong din ako. Kahit peanuts kaya ko nang i-chopsticks. Yeah! Ang Itadakimasu pala ay isang japanese term na sinasabi nila bago kumain. Parang, kain tayo or bon appetite... wala lang. Argh! gutom na naman ako!!!!!!!!! Bakit Japanese, eh sa Korean resto naman kami kumain? Well, wala lang. Kasi all non-filipino asians all look alike. Diba? Tayo lang naman ang mukhang tisoyon, arabo, bombay, amerikano, kastila, negro, mongoloid, koreano, at hapon. Parang lahat na lahi sa buong mundo meron dito sa Pilipinas. Hehe.

Isang joke pala na nabasa ko sa cell ni Reign kasi sira ang cellphone ko at pinahiram niya ako ng phone niya.

Ano ang sinasabi ng mga intsik kung gusto nila makita ang mga nanay nila?

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haha... SHOMAI MAMI !!!

Hahaha... conrnicks!!! Pero nakakatawa.

Uy reign salamat pala sa cell... dont worry, hindi ko na rin mababasa ang ibang messages kasi hindi ko na talaga mabuksan ang isang cell ko. Haay, sayang! Hehe...

Sige... wala lang... another happy blog! Sorry, wala muna drama ngayon! Hehe... at least I still get at least 5 views a day kahit na wala akong bagong entry. Sana nag enjoy kayo sa Pacman... hehehehehehe... mga pakulo talaga ni Ean para lang tumaas ang view count. Hehe.

Gudluck and Godbless sa finals! Thanks for a fun hellweek!

Red Balloons

99 dreams I have had.
In every one a red balloon.
It's all over and I'm standing pretty.
In this dust that was a city.
If I could find a souvenier.
Just to prove the world was here.
And here is a red balloon
I think of you and let it go.

Haay... wala lang... one of my fave songs... to listen and view some lyrics: I posted an entry in our message boards... more interesting stuff there...

click here

haay...

Im enjoying the last days of the term... although I dont like the fact that I am. (how profound! Haha... I wanted this term to end so much. Now that the end is near, I'll do anything to make the best of it.

Im not in the mood to write right now, I just want to express myself.

Kanina, when I arrived, I just burried my head sa pillow and... :'(

Why?!?!?!?!!?!?!?

More good memories to remember... more good times to miss.

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99 dreams I have had.
In every one a red balloon
And here is a red balloon
I think of you and let it go... ... ... TT_TT

Ean is Busy...

Ean is too busy to post anything today. For the meantime, enjoy this legendary classic... limited time lang yan...

Note to self: post about the baha and about prototype making and about cars...

Yan may preview na kayo kung ano ang next...

Enjoy the game!!!

Your a Rock Star

Im glad that I wore my "Your a Rockstar!" pink spongebob shirt today. Its magic of changing a predictably stressfull day into a fun and downright enjoyable experience never seems to fade. If I'm not mistaken, I wore this shirt about five times already. (The first time was during the EE-ECE-CoE outing *sigh, memories) During each of those times - I had fun no matter what the world throws at me.

Just this morning, we had our prototype check at Quiapo because it does nothing more than just sit there and glow. Its suppose to be and audio amplifier but it has become one big circuit for an LED flashlight. The guy at store where we bought the kit says that he that each of the kits he sells are guaranteed to work. If it does not, he'll fix it for free! Its not working... so he'll fix it. Haha.... one problem down.

The admat seatwork which was scheduled today has been cancelled due to some unknown circumsatnces. Hmmm... in-te-resting.

Sir Damian walked into our Logic Class with the usual smirk in his face today; and with his chin up and his trademark maangas attitude, he said "oh, bat ang tahimik niyo? Walang QUIS!" Anak ng baka! Buti nalang hindi ako nag-aral! Haha! Thirdo problem down...

During the break nanood lang kami ng NCAA Cheerdance cCompetition sa Builder Office. We got third, but I dont care! Whats important is that willing na rin at last ang friends ko mag stay with me sa office. Parang picnic na naman! Spag and lasagnia! Mmmmm...

From left to right, Hisham:Bombay or Arabo? Basta muslim yan! Pero mabait, our daily source of the New Testament (yung parang OT na mainit-init pa), Gretchen: Yeee... pareho kami naka pink! Well because sinadya ko! Kahapon pareho din kami na naka yellow! Pero kahapon nauna ako. Hehe... house mate ko to for two days... make that maid. Taga-hugas ng plato, taga-linis ng PCB, taga-double check ng circuit, taga kuha ng tubig, taga bili ng pagkain, etc etc. Hehe. Weee.. pero enjoy talaga. I learned a new skill! Haha... pero secret yun! I know something you dont know! Nanananana! Tonix: siya ang pinakamalaki sa amin. Haha! Yun lang... Excluding hisham; miss ko na kayo mga housemates ko! Mag isa na naman ako mamaya na matutulog! Waaa...

Oo nga pala, dalawang araw kami gumawa ng prototype dito sa condo. Pero lets leave that for now. Ibang post nalang yun or else magiging super haba na naman ito. Enjoy!!! Nakakamiss...

Sa strength gumawa lang kami ng bonus points para as sheering diagram. At least nagtutulungan kami ni cam chen at tonix. Ang iba diyan walang paki. Pero ok lang yun.

Wala si sir sa tronix. Yeah.

Umulan ng malakas pero buti nalang may extra payong sa builder. Kasama ko sina Cepres Pauwi. Sabi ni marvin sa kanya... "Ang malas naman ng term na to... dahil lang sa pag-ibig." Op op! Wag mag react, si marvin ang nagsabi nun! Hehe...

Halatang tinatamad ako mag blog ngayon no? Ganyan talaga kapag happy ako. Is it because of the shirt? Or pychological lang talaga na nagkakaroon ako ng positive attitude kung suot ko itong shirt na andaming good memories attached?

Or baka hindi ko lang naalala ang mga bad things na nangyayari. Feeling ko nga nagkakaroon na ako ng split personality. One second ang ganda nga ngiti ko, the next hindi na ako nagsasalita. Well, wala lang. I dont want ot say anything. Basta... hindi ko na pipigilan ang bad Ean kung gusto niyang lumabas.

Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil. Yun!

Another worthless post... pagod, antok, gutom,and uhaw na kasi ako. Sge, next time nalang ang mga magandang post.

Haay miss ko na housemates ko...

Balak ko sana mag english din katulad ng mga ka builder ko... kaya lang parang hindi ko na kaya. Kung noon mas fluent ako sa english... ngayon hindi na. Amf!!!

Sabi ng FHM, an average person has a vocabulary of 5000 - 6000 words. Hmmm... ilang words kaya ang alam ko? Hehe... (ang yabang no?)

Sge tama na... wala na akong masabi na may sense... I just want to write para maalala ko ang araw na to incase kailangan ko ng "happy place" sa future. You know, the happy things you thing about when the world feels like hell. Good memories para ma cancel out ang bad. Just incase lang... pero sana sa future wala nang bad experiences.

Enough said....

sge na...

bye...

ayaw pa oh...

haay...

sge na...

bye na nga...

last na to...

bye...

haay....

nakakamiss...

Bukang Liwayway

Nasusubaybayan ko ngayon ang bukang liwayway. I am witnessing the sunrise. Ohayou!!!! Hehe... ang saya naman. Gumagawa kami ng prototype ngayon. At biglang hindi na uminit ang aming soldering iron! Sign na siguro yan na kailangan na namin matulog. Haay, at least naka 1/2 na kami. Sana gumana to!!! Help! Sge sleep muna kami. :D

Itsumo anata no koto wo omotte imasu

If you constantly read my blog like your favorite soap... you might know what the title means. Anyways... it's in japanese. Once again thanks to sushi!!! Hehe...

Antagal naman matunaw ng ferric chloride ang PCB ko. And since wala akong magawa ngayon kasi nakababad pa sa nasabing solution ang project namin... well ito... I'll waste some time for blogging nalang.

Bakit kaya nagbabago na rin ng lay-out ang mga tao? Oi Reign! Ganda ng layout mo!!! Hmm... gawa mo ba yan? Hehehehehe... jokeness!!! Sir Namre! Nice banner... matinding competition na to!!! Hehehe... Nainggit ako tuloy. Gusto ko na baguhin ang lay-out ko. Pero at the same time gusto ko kasing witty at ma-impact ang mga post ko like sir Ninong. Pagkatopos ng mga prototype at finals, pramis... you're going to see a new Regatta.

1139 na... magagawa ko pa kaya ang power supply ng project namin bago ako tuluyang antukin? Sana lang hindi ako tatamarin.

Oo... I wanna talk... (para kay someone who said "I'm just here, ha! if you need someone to talk to... please... kahit sino.")

Kaya lang I dont think na para sa akin yun... kahit na sinabi niya na "kahit sino". I guess there will be no more talks from now on. Kasi... kasi... kasi... >.<

W8 lang, check ko muna PCB ko... ... ...

Ok... mga 15 minutes pa siguro. Haay. Saan na ba ako? Yeah balik sa pagdradrama. Hindi ko na pala kailangan mag drama pa. Wala na eh... tama si ate yunisee when she said "hopeless romantic." Its hopeless! I rest my case.

Sge tama nang drama... sinasaktan ko lang sarili ko. :'(

Wait lang, ano ba ang gusto niyo makita sa blog ko? Bakit andami ko nang audience ngayon? Dahil ba madrama ako? Dahil lang ba sa magandang flash banner ko? Or dahil natutuwa kayo sa mga post ko? Entertaining ba xa? Funny? Witty? Informative? Hehe... konteng feedback naman diyan... cause as ninong said... Blogging is not simply to let out one's feelings... one could do that in a piece of paper if he likes. There's a reason na online 'to for all to see.. its not only that na mahilig talaga ako amg share... gusto ko rin na may makuha ako sa inyo... hmmm...

Pero thanks a lot for the dozens of views per day. It feels good na people would go out of their way to see kung kamusta na si Ean. Mga chismosa! Hehe...

Deretso Deretso lang... Go! Natuwa lang kami kanina sa Pspice lab namin. May bagong expression na naman! Hehe... and joker talaga to si Hisham kahit paano... kuhang kuha pa naman ang bisaya na accent. Noovershadow na ang aking role as joker ng tropa. Hindi na rin sila natutuwa sa antics ko... well... what can we do. Seryoso nalang nga ako... kung seryoso kasi ako natatawa nalang sila bigla sa akin kahit d ko alam kung ano ginawa ko. Kung infrared sila, nasa ultraviolet ako. Ang layo nga wavelengths. One time nga nag joke si sir Damian, ako lang ang tumawa sa tropa... imaj! Tinitigan pa nila ako at tinanong kung bakit daw ako natawa. Hmmm... pero ok lang yan. At least kahit papaano nag eenjoy na ako ngayon kung kasama sila. Well... yun nga. Deretso! Deretso Go!!!

Sge na nga, sasabihin ko na ang meaning ng title... baka kasi sabihin niyo na fan ako ng Dice and K9... hindi no! Noon lang yun bai! Hehe...

Itsumo anata no koto wo omotte imasu - I always think of you, according to ate yunisee. (by now dapat sanay ka na na tinatawag kita na ate. hehe... no more angry dragons...) Miss ko na ang logbook. Hehe...

I try not to... so that I dont lose my breath every five minutes.

oyasumi nasai!!!

A Single Flower

Wala lang... busy ako ngayon sa pagsusulat ng lab report pero I got tired so I checked out our message boards again. (Graviton Boards sa links ko) Hmmm... medyo napapadalas na nga ngayon ang pag post ko sa boards so its affecting my blogging time. Hehe...

Im currently downloading iTunes because... wala lang... trip. Its 35 Mb so mga 2 hours sa 56 kbps connection.

Maybe this is one of my brainless posts again... wala lang... gusto ko lang mag post...

I just learned the meaning of the opening song to Bleach's pilot episodes... Ichirin no Hana. It means "A a single flower*." I wonder which one means single and which one means flower. Ate yunisee.. can you help me on this. Hehe...

Medyo matagal ko na alam ang title ng song pero ngayon ko lang nalaman ang meaning...

More Japanese words and their meanings here... <---

Wala lang...

Take the pebble from my hand, young grasshoper
probably by seth, but I'm not sure..

[Added Sept 6, 2006 1:04 am]
*some mystery person said that Ichirin no Hana means Lone Flower... I'll take his word for it 'cause I have no way of finding out who has the true meaning. (The Original meaning was provided by Noel, and I cant say that he's really a dependable source.) Anyways, both basically mean the same thing... so no problem there. Just so you know.

[Added Sept 6, 2006 11:57 am]

Sushi said mas tama ang "Single Flower." Hehe. Single Flower it is then. Thnxyu! :)

Cloak and Dagger

Wala lang... meaning stealth tactics..

Nag post ako ng bagong entry... kaya lang hindi dito sa blog ko... hanapin niyo nalang sa links ko... hehe...

tulong na rin yan sa mga nangangailangan ng traffic... if you know what i mean...

kailangan niyo lang ng rigid determination para mabasa ang latest post ko...

weeee...

Hug them, kiss them, and tell tham that you love them. Dont miss the chances that life is giving you to spend with the people you love. There are no rewinds.

Adam Sandler, from Click

Two weeks... and counting... :`(