KENNETH PORIO | the blog

It's been three years since I left Park 'N Shop - Victoria Plaza, my former workplace before I became a teacher. All those memories working at the mall surely gave me a liking of how has it been since it was purchased by NCCC. And with that, allow me to give a piece of memory from this humble place - it's famous jingle. For those who can't clearly remember the lyrics, here they are: Let's go and take the family To the plaza that has it all So easy at Victoria All is here for everyone Food, fashion, shops, games, and shows It's the place where your dreams come true So convenient at Victoria Victoria Plaza, the plaza for all! ---------------- This jingle was played on specific times during the business day: during the opening time (usually at 10:00 AM), 12:00 noon, 3:00 PM, 6:00 PM, and at closing time (normally at 8:00PM or at 12:00 midnight during a Midnight Sale). I used to inspect and maintain the supermarket and mall's CCTV and P...

Welcome to KennethPorio.com, my brand new official website! I am relaunching my old blog as my web portal for all things I do - from teaching, studying, ministry, freelancing, and so much more! I still have a lot of cleaning up to do on this website, so bear with me while I do improvements. I have a lot of plans on the way as I improve my online presence and help you with your needs - from vlogs, podcasts, and webinars. So, while you're at it, follow my social media accounts as well: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KennethPorioOfficial Twitter: https://twitter.com/kenneth_porio Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kenneth_porio YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/stellarboy0629  See you around!

From CNNObservations.com : After more than twenty-five years at CNN, eighteen of those as an International Correspondent, Christiane Amanpour is leaving CNN at the end of April to head to a post as host of This Week on ABC beginning in August. Amanpour joined CNN in 1983 as an entry-level assistant on the CNN international assignment desk at the network's World Headquarters in Atlanta, GA. She worked from there to become a correspondent in the New York bureau before becoming an International Correspondent in 1990. Her weekday interview program, Amanpour , on CNN International premiered in September 2009. In 2007, Amanpour earned the title of Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II for her "“highly distinguished, innovative contribution” to journalism. Since joining CNN, Amanpour has earned an inaugural Television Academy Honor, nine News and Documentary Emmys, four George Foster Peabody Awards,...

As ASL celebrates inspiration , we would like to hear from you in sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ, and how it has made you grow in character. If you got a testimony to share about being a Christian and you would want to share it to ASL, send me a comment on this post, or e-mail me at kenneth_porio2005@yahoo.com or send a post at MyConstellation through http://myconstellation.tumblr.com/submit and give your nickname, age, and location. (Your privacy will be mostly appreciated.) So, what's your testimony? KENNETH

What's your motto when you want news? "Be the First to Know"? or "Go Beyond Borders"? That's the question of many CNN International enthusiasts when CNNI rebranded last September 2009. CNN International is the channel for international audiences and is the sister network of US-based CNN Domestic, the channel mainly for US/Canada audiences. In an informal poll from CNNFan.org, a global forum on CNN enthusiasts, here were the results as of this writing: Do you prefer the old or new CNN International? Poll runs till December 8th, 2010, 2:49 am I definitely prefer the new one with the new primetime lineup.  17%  [ 4 ] I definitely prefer the old one.  70%  [ 16 ] No preference  13%  [ 3 ] Total votes : 23 Many prefer the CNN International ...

Sometimes I have to think it over... Sometimes I have to depend on my perception... Sometimes I have to confuse myself... But, in a time of desperation of fulfilling the vision, I HAVE TO MOVE ON! I have to go on with a persevering heart! I should never fail. I should never give up. MOVE ON! MOVE ON! KENNETH

This year 2009, ASL was in its version 3.0. This year of my stellar life was extraordinary for me as a casual blogger, as a UP student, as a family man, and as a Christian. The year of the LORD, two thousand and nine, was an extraordinary year - full of hopes, revelations, inspirations, failures, sorrows and meditations. Every experience of that year took me a leading that I should move on, never be bothered by these past experiences - for I have faith that in the future... I will succeed. Here are some random happenings of 2009: I am OFFICIALLY of LEGAL AGE.  ASL took a new transparent look for its version 3. Lord of the Harvest Christian Community was in its Year of Conquest.  My final days of my Second Year in UPMin were inspiring - finding hope in taking Mathematics in a very innovative way. Got the chance to hear prophetic messages from Prophet Roderick Tesalona Did some street evangelism along People's Park together with my fellow leaders. Completed the Fi...

I haven't posted anything new in the past 4 weeks since I have been busy doing school & ministry tasks. But let me announce you that my blog, A Stellar Life, will shift into its new look by the end of this year, ending the poor look it had during this year. Also, through its new look, this will take ASL into its Alpha stage of its version 4.0 as I will remove unnecessary widgets and put on new ones. I will still keep links to my fellow bloggers who followed me. Catch into this new look and I will hope that this will bring more viewers into this blog. I pray for it. :-) KENNETH

Life has never been so soothing when I got my cup of you, JAVA . Soothing. Relaxing. Enticing. Rich. Bittersweet. Oh, JAVA. How dark your essence is. How rich you can do for my everyday. Oh, JAVA. How could I never be wrong? When I met you, JAVA, I ever said to everyone: " Hello world! I finally took a cup of JAVA!" My dear, your Asian features enticed me. You can go public like the geishas of Kyoto. You can go private like the office women of Hong Kong. But for me, you are protected by me, my love, for you are like the dayang-dayang , a majestc princess of Indonesia. You also amazed me for your work seamlessly everywhere. You are beautiful in the great Windows of the mansions of Bill Gates . Steve Jobs craved for your alluring body, and he made you Apple-flavoured. Linus Torvalds and his chubby penguin Tux wanted to hug your ever-enduring cups. I met another named " C ", then she grew up and multiplied herself with classes. Now her daughter is known as "...

Many times I ignored God's little ting-a-ling when I am continuing to walk in His ways. The result: cursed, unfruitful, dry. But now, I could not take it anymore. I have to be in His shadow, under His covering so I can truly hope for a future that is in line with His ways. God is Good and I could not ever take it for granted. While I am persevering in the Vision, I am still chained over by my family's unbelief that I turned away from their ways. I didn't follow them in how they pray, I didn't follow them in how they worry about life. I wanted to cry out to God - why did You have to say I don't have to worry about anything when my family tends me to follow with their worries? Whenever I am spending time in the LORD, I come with revelations about my disciples, my life in school, my life in the ministry, but where is in my family ? I don't know why, but how come He hasn't showed it yet? Is my heart not yet right to receive the Word that He wants to share to...

Dear friends, I'm spending my 30 minutes on the Internet while the exams have not yet been starting this week. Hindi ako mapakali nang nawawalan ako ng pagkakataon makipagsaya sa aking mga naging kaibigan sa Simbahan. It seems I could not think of a way to make up with my lost opportunities of being one with my fellow leaders in the Church. It seems the LORD has tapping me to spend time with my family. I lost so much time with them when I am not around, being with school and with the ministry. Yes, I do believe in the 5 Priorities in Life: God, Self, Family, Ministry, Work/School . Sometimes, it breaks me to realize that I'm not enjoying the life that God wants me to have. It seems that things are too much tight for me right now. It seems a cloud of confusion has elevated in my mind. My mind has been functioning too hard that I could not concentrate on taking change in my heart, to set it to God's own will.   14 Wait on the LORD;        ...

I'm just so happy today that I received my very first 1.0 grade in my study in UP Mindanao! I got my 1.0 in AH4/HUM1 (Adventures in Fiction, Poetry and Drama), under the supervision of Prof. Jhoanna Lynn Cruz. In this course, my mind was tickled with the many literature works that Prof. Cruz has shared to us - short stories, novel excerpts, poems, plays, even a 1950s movie adaptation of a Japanese classic! We ended with a play production that went very successfully. So, I'm so blessed to have a 1.0; it's God's grace that worked. More to come! KENNETH

This is a preview of ASL Mobile Edition! on the iPhone. The widget below is a simulation of the iPhone having ASL ME! in the mobile browser. Get ASL ME! Log-on to http://astellarlife.mofuse.mobi/ on your mobile browser. KENNETH

From having you "be the first to know" , now CNN International makes you " go beyond borders" . Since 21 September 2009, CNN International got its new on-air look and feel, with its new tagline to "Go Beyond Borders". I don't know why I'm fond of CNN right now. CNN makes news more exciting for me. I don't know what I get from the CNN effect... KENNETH

Our AH4/HUM1 lineup of play productions, with plays written by BA English students for their CW130 (Playwriting) class, are still up and going. This is our final project for this term, under the supervision of our AH4/HUM1 instructor, Prof. Jhoanna Lynn Cruz. Trading Partners, a play by Kelly Marie Conlon (who recently won the EU Whiz competition and just came home from a European tour ), is about a couple who had a turmoiled marriage after the husband had affairs with a gay boss, while the wife, a dance instructor, had a relationship with one of her students. The cast, shown in the photo are: L-R seated: Jan Reynald Shane Coquilla (1-BSFT) as Kevin , the dance student; Kriza Faye Calumba (1-BSFT) as Marcia , the dance instructor/wife; Patrick Deo dela Cruz (1-BSFT) as Allan , the estranged husband; and (standing) Kenneth Porio [ME!] as Donnie, the gay boss and ex-lover of Allan. This is my first theater role since I left Colegio de San Ignacio, my Alma Mater, and my first tim...

Oh, well, I'm back to what I thought was my Waterloo topic in CMSC57 last year: Recurrence Relations and Generating Functions . As I don't want to fail again to look at that definition again that linear homogenous recurrence relations of degree d with constant coefficients (whew!) are of this form: and generating functions are of this form: , I skimmed through a few in the myriads of books on Discrete Math. I'm so happy that my family gave me a chance to hold a copy of Discrete Mathematics and its Applications by Kenneth Rosen, and it gave me hope in those previous topic discussed which were combinatorics and graph theory. My instructor, Prof. Vanessa Ramoran mostly uses Rosen in her discussions, which gave me some sort of relief. (Good thing the author's name is same as mine. LOL X-D) Rosen also has a preview of the topics relating to my future Computer Science courses: Logic Circuits and Boolean Algebra for CMSC130 and Automata Theory for CMSC141. I'm look...