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My Future Decided

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I PASSED THE CMSC 57 (Discrete Mathematical Structures in Computer Science II) FIRST LONG EXAMINATION! I did not expect that God really worked wonders when I prayed to Him to give me guidance for me to pass this exam which covered topics in Sum and Product Rule, Pigeonhole Principle, Inclusion-Exclusion Principle, Combinations, Permutations, and Probability. Although it's not a high score, but at least I got the passing mark. For you to know, I was one of, more or less, five passers of this exam, of all the 30 students who enrolled in this class. I mean, it's GOD'S GRACE ! I believe as I seek more of His Wisdom, I will gain more knowledge in this time when I return to where my academic weaknesses resided. The heart of the discerning acquires knowledge;        the ears of the wise seek it out. (Proverbs 18:15 NIV) KENNETH

Making Your Own Band

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Do you want your own band with your own album cover? It's simple and rockingly fun. The idea of this blog game/meme is from the blog of one of my college instructors, Mr. John Bengan . /* Start Copy Here */ To make your own band, follow the steps. 01. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Ra ndom The first article title on the page is the name of your band. 02. http://www.quotationspage.com/random.ph p3 The last four words of the very last quote is the title of your album. 03. http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesti ng/7days/ The third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover. 04. Use your graphics program of choice to throw them together, and post the result as a comment in this post. Also, pass it along in your own blog to make it more amusing. /* End copy here */  My band album cover: As I see it, I can be part of the movement of alternative rock bands who are corporate property investors themselves with music that speak to the business worl

L for LOVE

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Let me quote some lines of the essay Sapay Koma , written by Prof. Jhoanna Lynn B. Cruz , Humanities professor of UP Mindanao (who is now my current instructor for AH4 / HUM1: Adventures in Poetry, Fiction and Drama) The essay won the Third Prize in the Essay Category of the prestigious Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards in 2008. The full essay can be read in this link . ...Despite all the tragic relationships I had had with women, I still believed that it was worth fighting for the right of a woman to love another woman. What business did I have getting married to a very young man? And for all the wrong reasons. Must have been oxytocin overdose sponsored by the baby in my womb. Or a planetary alignment exerting mysterious forces on my consciousness. Or, gasp—Love!...  ...We didn’t get any gifts, except for a framed copy of 1 Corinthians 13: “Love is patient, love is kind… love does not keep a record of wrongs…” ... I once tried to convince my husband to just rent a gown and tuxedo a

The Best Place

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Hi friends in Jesus! See this picture? Dabawenyos will remember this very familiar hotel in Matina that has been closed years ago. In the so-near future, this place will be remember by Dabawenyos as the place where people serve God with joy . This old, cranky , creepy (not really) Venee's Hotel , an abandoned hotel in Matina Crossing, Davao City, will be the future site of the G12 Campus , the newest church center of the Lord of the Harvest Christian Community , my local church. God is really good that He given to this church the BEST PLACE for them. The church has signed the 5-year contract to the owners of the hotel for them to rent the place. However, there are plans that the church will soon purchase the place in this span of 5 years. Here, the church will have its worship center, lodging rooms (perfect for Encounter Weekend), offices, restaurant, and conference rooms. Yes, the BEST PLACE has come. Praise GOD! KENNETH

Freshmen = Potential

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It has been four weeks in UP Mindanao as a Junior. I can imagine myself that I have been building up my maturity as a student, as a citizen, and as a whole person. Now in this third year of my stay in UP Mindanao... what's next? I can clearly see the potential of the new breed of BS Computer Science freshmen. Most of them excel in Math and Science (one of them talks geek...really). Most of them are talented. Most of them are expressive. Most of them are, in most standards, are relatively handsome and pretty. :-) I believe that they can all pass MATH 17 (College Algebra and Trigonometry) like our batch did, I believe, because I can see personalities who are critical enough to think, and with Ma'am Mayang as their teacher, I could attest that they should have F.U.N. in learning Math. (You know, the F.U.N. of SpongeBob SquarePants. LOL) What's next for these freshmen? Let's see. KENNETH (photo credits: McMonde Meliton, Raphael Aguirre)

Six Unimportant Things

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RULES: 1. Link back to the person that tagged you. 2. Post these rules on your blog. 3. Share six unimportant things about yourself. 4. Tag six people at the end of your entry. // a tag from ate Tina . Six Unimportant Things About Moi 1. I love to check my Yahoo! e-mail once in a while. 2. I fell in love with Strunk and White, and Rosen. 3. I am mesmerised by my blog's new domain. 4. I wanted to munch on Blessing Cookies again in G12 Café. 5. I would like to play the Tower of Hanoi with 64 disks. 6. I love how horrible Half-Life zombies look like without those headcrabs. Tagging: Gagay , Renzy , Ferizia , Floraine , Tiara , Emjei See you! KENNETH

ASL Q&A: Pagsangkap

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Hello readers! Another ASL Q&A question from a reader named Lencius Medina Jr. : I am a one-year old christian but biologically, i am 47 year old. i am an engineer by profession but am currently busy in my walk with Christ. Would you by chance be able to share with me the open-source pdf format of Pastor Noel Akuino Jr Pagsangkap? Is it possible to have it both in English and Cebuano version? Thank you and God bless you. Thank you, Mr. Medina for asking me this question: The Cebuano version of Pagsangkap (officially published as a book) is not yet available for release since I have to get permission from Pastor Alkuino for me to produce the PDF version. I could only give you the English version since it is not yet published officially. Attached to my e-mail reply to you is a copy of "Pagsangkap" ("Equipping the Saints" is its official English title when it will be released as a book) in PDF format. I hope that he would share these wonderful lessons with

We Are the World

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Thanking Ate Gagay for the tag. I've been not posting memes since I had my summer vacation because I was too busy thinking about my junior year. /* Start Copy Here */ You do not have to be tagged to play along. The game is simple and so are the rules. 1. Copy from /*Start Copy Here*/ through /*End Copy Here*/ 2. Add your site(s) to the list. Just be sure to post at each site you add. 3. Tag as many bloggers as you like so the list keeps on growing. 4. Let me know your blog’s name and url by leaving me a comment HERE. I will add you to the master list. 5. Come back and copy the master list back to your site, often. This process will allow late-comers to get as much link benefit as the first ones in. We Are The World Bloggers Master List: 1. Emila Yusof 2. The Other Side of Emila 3. Mariuca 4. Mariuca’s Perfume Gallery 5. Meow Diaries 11. Unlisted One 7. Spiff, the Spaceman 8. My Sweet Escape 9. Nota Nurul 10. Life’s Tapestry 11. Spontaneous

ASL Keeps Getting Better!

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Hi friends, ASL keeps getting better and better with its proposed new domain for its version 3.1! From www.stellarboy.co.nr , to its new address: www.kennethporio.co.cc , bearing my name in the address! Watch out for further updates as I still set up this new address. KENNETH P.S. The www.stellarboy.co.nr domain will be redirected to my Wordpress blog A Stellar Life 4U .