Quotes

"There's daggers in men's smiles."

- Macbeth, II, 3

"Men should either be treated generously or destroyed, because they take revenge for slight injures - for heavy ones they cannot."

- Niccolò Machiavelli

"Since love and fear can hardly coexist together, if we must choose between them, it is far safer to be feared than loved."

- Niccolò Machiavelli

Saturday, August 2, 2008

The Bind and the Release

What was then was life so dim
That past carried memories so grim
But now you're here, I see a light
Your presence now gives me renewed sight

Back before, I was so blind
Falling into a foolish bind
I regret answering their enthralling call
For those two creatures caused me to fall

From your light I find release
For your light gives me inner peace
I no longer need to struggle for I've found a Goddess
Divinity which has no likeness

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

A Tribute to the Goddess

A tribute to the Goddess, this I offer
For she has blessed me with her presence time after another
She would be as the moon up so high
Shining bright in the night time sky
Her beauty grows each time I stare
As such as what divinity would bear
Tot the divine, none cane compare
To this divine, Words I share
The only light up above
to this Goddess i offer my love

Monday, June 9, 2008

Relentless Flame

Burning Fire, Burning Flame
Seeking strength from its name
Warmth of flame, Warmth of fire
Help fulfill one's desire

seven parts put in rhyme
sometimes six, sometimes nine
What is unsaid, now be said
and now prepare for the path of dread

Consuming Fire, Consuming Flame
your intentions please proclaim
I may know what is to come
but I don't know what must be undone

Intric assignment

JOB LISTINGS

Associate Programmer/ Senior Programmer
http://ph.jobstreet.com/jobs/2008/6/c/20/1877259.htm?fr=J

Application Development Supervisor/Sr Programmer
http://ph.jobstreet.com/jobs/2008/6/r/20/1877266.htm?fr=J

Nintendo DS Game Programmer
http://ph.jobstreet.com/jobs/2008/6/default/20/1876959.htm?fr=J

Web Developers
http://ph.jobstreet.com/jobs/2008/6/default/20/1877023.htm?fr=J

Software Developer II
http://ph.jobstreet.com/jobs/2008/6/default/20/1877011.htm?fr=J

Software Developer 1
http://ph.jobstreet.com/jobs/2008/6/default/20/1877004.htm?fr=J

System Administrator
http://ph.jobstreet.com/jobs/2008/6/default/20/1876429.htm?fr=J

IT Consultant
http://ph.jobstreet.com/jobs/2008/6/default/20/1876182.htm?fr=J

JAVA DEVELOPER
http://www.jobsdb.com.ph/PH/EN/Job.asp?R=JDBP057681599

Network Analyst
http://ph.jobstreet.com/jobs/2008/6/d/20/1875852.htm?fr=J

CDR Analyst
http://ph.jobstreet.com/jobs/2008/6/d/20/1875847.htm?fr=J

Data Entry Clerk
http://ph.jobstreet.com/jobs/2008/6/default/20/1875640.htm?fr=J

Global Beta Support Analyst - Project-based
http://ph.jobstreet.com/jobs/2008/6/t/20/1875628.htm?fr=J

Web Developer
http://ph.jobstreet.com/jobs/2008/5/default/20/1865477.htm?fr=J

Technical Marketing Writer
http://siva-sg.jobstreet.com/_ads/ph/jobs/2008/2/t/20/1754784.htm?fr=J

Antispam Research Engineer
http://siva-sg.jobstreet.com/_ads/ph/jobs/2008/2/t/20/1779230.htm?fr=J

Marketing Assistant
http://www.jobsdb.com.ph/PH/EN/Job.asp?R=JDBP057702299

Systems Analyst
http://ph.jobstreet.com/jobs/2008/5/default/20/1868235.htm?fr=J

Software Development Engineer
http://ph.jobstreet.com/jobs/2008/6/default/20/1874752.htm?fr=J

SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE SUPERVISOR
http://ph.jobstreet.com/jobs/2008/6/default/20/1875126.htm?fr=J

Graphic artist
http://www.jobsdb.com.ph/PH/EN/Job.asp?R=JDBP059775299

Graphic Designer/ Artist
http://www.jobsdb.com.ph/PH/EN/Job.asp?R=JDBP059773599

Software Engineers
http://www.jobsdb.com.ph/PH/EN/Job.asp?R=JDBP059771399

E-Witness Administrator / Reports Programmer / Programmer Analyst
http://www.jobsdb.com.ph/PH/EN/Job.asp?R=JDBP059762999

SYSTEMS ANALYST
http://www.jobsdb.com.ph/PH/EN/Job.asp?R=JDBP057681699




(click the graphs for a larger view)

Technical Skills



Non Technical Skills



Responsibilities




a. What are the technical skills being demanded of ICTM Professionals
today?
  • I noticed in the job listings that Java, C/C++ and Visual basic are some of the common requirements need to apply. I consider these three as the tools in building something, building something significant. In some other jobs you also need to have knowledge on Microsoft Office applications like Microsoft Excel. I see Microsoft Office applications as a means to keep things in order. Knowledge in HTML is also a plus in some jobs. You do need to make your business known and what better way to make people know it exists by putting it in the Internet, the world's greatest source of information. Maybe I can say that these are the technical skills demanded from ICTM professionals today.

b. What are the non-technical skills that I need to develop now?
  • I really need to develop interpersonal and communication skills. Without these I won't be able to survive in my profession. I'm a type of person who keeps to myself and relies only on my own ability, disregarding others but then I'm not completely anti-social because usually I give help to others. The flaw here is that I gain nothing in return but then I continue to be a kind person which when the time comes when I have to work for a living, I need to totally eliminate this kindness. In this dog eat dog world I shouldn't waste my time helping others. Maybe today it would be significant but then in the outside world there are a number of people who would try to take advantage of you. In the past I have been made a fool of. It is because I lack these skills. As a minor, the consequences of this loss isn't that great but in the future, in the outside world, the consequences could be grave and it may even cause me to fall into an endless abyss where I could never recover from. These two skills shall be my sword and shield to help me fight in the battle of life.
c. How do I plan to develop these skills myself?
  • I need to expose myself more to people. Its been a habit of mine to expect the worst from other people. I probably inherited it or got it from my mother. Maybe chains of distrust run in my blood. Sometimes I also anticipate too much from a person, leading to disappointment after. Its only now that I'm exposed to people unlike in the past but I don't think this is enough. I need to expose myself more. I have this certain view of the world that now I'm beginning to doubt. I need to understand this actual world I live in, not the fantasy, conservative world that I grew up in. I'm starting to believe that conservative minded people cannot survive anymore in this world. "Be good and you shall be given merit" I now see this as false. Nice guys would always finish last no matter how you look at it. What I see now is you should take every opportunity that comes to you, don't ever hesitate because you think it is wrong. I see ICTM as some kind of computer related entrepreneurship and as an entrepreneur I should take all the chances that come by my path.

Sunday, June 1, 2008

1st Week of Classes

I think there are things I need to answer first before I continue on with my blog

Where else I can maximize Google and its apps for my work in INTRICT?
  • I could use the google calendar to arrange a consultation with my teacher in INRTICT that is if he is free on that time. If he's not available, I could always use Gtalk to send messages to him and with its archive, I could search for the past conversations we had for future reference if I can't recall something that must be recalled. There is also an app where you could edit a document simultaneously with someone else online. This could help me with some requirements in this course.
What are other online applications out there that similarly support my activities as a student?
  • The calendar is a useful tool. It helps me organize my plans for the week. I also receive reminders by SMS from Google. Google itself is a search engine. I guess if I need some research done, Google would always be there
What exactly do I mean about productivity? How is productivity related to technology?
  • In economics, productivity is the ratio of the quantity and quality of units produced to the labor per unit of time. Productivity is related to technology in a way that technology improves productivity and sometimes what is produced also improves technology. They are like the sun and moon, two things taken together like day and night.
What can I suggest to my parents to also improve their productivity?
  • A person's productivity is determined by their lifestyle. If more time is allocated for improving one's self to improve their efficiency in their work then I can say this is productive. I could suggest my parents to learn what is needed to be learned in terms of business so that their productivity would be improved.


Okay so here comes my blog. The first week of classes is somehow alright. Its nothing like highchool. I don't have a school bus anymore so everyday I go to hell which is also known as the MRT. Its always too crowded. I have to wake up early just to beat rush hour and just find a good book to read in the dlsu library while I wait an hour or two for my first class to start. Unlike in highschool, I get to have a break that lasts and hour or two instead of the recess and lunch I used to have which lasted only for thirty minutes. I also have to move from room to room, building to building just to get to another class unlike before where I stay in one room and sleep through two classes without a care in the world. Another thing that is new is that now I have lady classmates. For twelve years I studied in an exclusive school for boys, la Salle Greenhills. Classes were more chaotic since we were all boys. I would consider that as another hell but I consider the mrt as a deeper HELL.

My schedule is quite fine. I'm not that loaded with units unlike my other friends who belong to other courses. I have only two periods on Mondays and Wednesdays and about four on Tuesdays and Thursdays. There are two subjects that appear to be a threat. Its INTRPRG and CSSALGE. I plan to focus one these two. I won't allow myself to suffer the disgrace of a low grade. If I could get a four on these two, I'll take all the chances that happen to pass by me. Ranked bellow these two is INTRICT. In this subject, there is something that bothers me. I don't have a concrete idea on how things would work. In the two threats that I mentioned earlier, all I have to do is to take down all the notes I could get, study some books, memorize and understand the lesson. In INTRICT I don't have a clue. Its just so vague. I just hope in due time things would be clearer. That leaves FILKOMU, SCIENVB, PERSEF1 and FWSPORT. I guess SCIENVB would come next in rank. It is about environmental biology. We had an assignment where we had to read something, "the tragedy of the commons," and write a reaction paper about it. The article was so long. I would consider this another hell but then MRT is the worst(damn MRT). I used a piece of yellow pad to write my report and I filled that piece of paper with writing back to back.About FILKOMU, I always had hated Filipino as a subject. Right now we havn't done anything difficult YET. We usually have group works here and so far this subject is tolerable. PERSEF1 is fun, its just like visiting your guidance councilor but you go with forty one other people. Haha thats fun right? I don't think so. If only I could get FWSPORT more than once a week. We have Taekwondo for our physical ed. I never tried taekwondo before but I tried karate although I only got promoted once. So far this is the only subject where I am willing to go to even if I have this subject everyday.

Besides college stuff I do have another concern but it is not something I am ready to express openly. I just want to say that there is something but I'm not telling you =P

Saturday, May 31, 2008

The Unsaid

As days pass by something goes unsaid
Words silenced from another's ear
Held back by the tongue
A sentiment for someone so dear

These words are hidden for a reason
For the time is not yet right
It is too early for one to conclude
For this person to be my moon in the night

There exists another reason
It is the fear of the past
But then I must go on
For the die has been cast

Some things remain unsure
Some things remain shrouded
But one thing is true
I am not misguided

In time it would reveal itself
What is certain shall show
and once it comes to me
To it I shall go