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With the previous post I had because of my desperation of having a mobile PC, I'm considering the pros and cons: PROS: I can have a computer that I can work on wherever I go. I can have something to work on when I am in school. I can just tote it off from the bag and compute al pronto (if it will be a netbook or a smaller/lighter laptop). I can do my programming and typing tasks right there. I can surf the Internet at school without paying additional fees using computers at the IT Kiosk, the CSM Library, or the ILC/LRC. I can have a computer that runs on batteries so AC power will not be much a problem when I run it at home or at school. CONS: My family has a limited budget; we have to tap relatives. I have to suffer more luggage load (if ever it will be a full-sized laptop). My brother or sister might borrow it in case he will need it at school. I might still use our desktop in case it will not function as expected (if it will be a netbook). ...and the list grows. So, what ...

This year, I'll join my mom in celebrating the Simbang Gabi, a 9-day eucharistic activity before the start of Christmas. Yes, this is very hard for me personally since I've been on hiatus from the Lord of the Harvest (LTH) Christian Community since April, and I've been on a faith crisis since I left the leadership of LTH. Yes, I missed those days being with LTH, and I only meet my church fellows at school or whenever I bump with them. "Kumusta," one leader asked me, "dugay na ta wa' nagkita..." I kept silent of the reasons why I went off with attending services at LTH. I don't know if leaving LTH was a good reason. I don't know if leaving the G12 system was a good reason. I felt it was quite a very stupid decision to make since many have left G12 churches because the system is rigid and bureaucratic. My parents condemn Christian churches, because they allege them of getting too much from its members. But I don't think all of them ...

Hey there! After I attended the Mindanao Conference for I.T. Students 2010 last 03 December 2010 at the University of the Immaculate Conception - Bankerohan (happy fiesta!), I was briefed with what I will expect to get into after I finish my studies in my chosen degree program. Interestingly, I had the opportunity to use a social software that was shared by one of the speakers of the event. Eric Su , co-founder of the company that makes this particular service, shared to us about what do we have to do to ensure our survival as we pursue our careers. While doing that, he plugged-in the social service he is proud having - PicLyf . It's a photo-sharing service which lets you share, tag, and note photos and distribute it to social networking and blogging platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Plurk, Blogger and Wordpress. The home page tells you their strategy directly: It's fun, It's fast, It's better.  While many social services say so, people can't tell the d...

I desperately need a mobile PC. Why is that so? Since the start of the 2nd semester, I have been thinking of having a mobile PC with me aside from the age-old Pentium 4 desktop (but with Hyper-Threading Technology, mind you) we have at home, I need something I can bring for me to type codes, make papers, edit photos or videos, and somewhat kill my boredom while I'm in UPMin. With my current roster of major subjects (i.e. CMSC128 - Software Engineering, CMSC 130 - Logic Circuits [the one I'm repeating now], and CMSC 142 - Algorithm Design) with a dash of extra subjects (JAP 11 - Elementary Japanese 2, and ENG 10 - Writing Scientific Papers), I thought this will be a very demanding semester for me. Imagine - writing documentations, coding systems, simulating circuits, testing algorithms, memorizing grammars and formulating topics - that's a load of tasks I have to do every now and then. Aside from that, as I am currently with Himati, the official student publication, I ...

 Maria Ressa , outgoing ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs chief, was featured in a special episode of ANC's STORYLINE . The stories that shaped her, from her childhood, her education at Princeton University, her stint at the Probe Team, her career at CNN, and her leadership in ABS-CBN News. I watched this episode on ABS-CBN while I was staying in a relative's house in rural Panabo City. I tweeted that whole evening about the powerful messages Ressa has shared in that special. She is beyond compare when she relayed this statement, to quote: I am a journalist... I am also a Filipino. Another quote, relating to the August 28 hostage crisis: Women have more balls than men .  That's to relate women currently leading TV news organizations in the country, namely Maria Ressa in ABS-CBN, Jessica Soho of GMA and Luchi Cruz-Valdez in TV5. Enjoy watching the 3-part video on YouTube. Feature in this blog is the first part of the special. KENNETH

CNN's Christiane Amanpour on Maguindanao massacre, last November 24, 2009. She interviewed Maria Ressa, former ABS-CBN news chief and former CNN reporter, and Mustafa Haji Abdinur, Somalian journalist. What on earth spurred this massacre in southern Philippines?  -Christiane Amanpour Part 1: Part 2: KENNETH

November 16, 2004. I was back from school. From pissing off another classmate, and happy serving the Chinese department. I glued to the TV. Looking at very graphic scenes. My young mind wondered what it was. It was from a hacienda. Haciendas were a teleserye fantasy. Rich people live there. But no . I was wrong. The real people who live in these fields were peasants, struggling for living. Ang maralitang mamamayan. Nais makamtan ang kapayapaan. Laban sa mapanupil na kapitalista. Huwag kaming palayasin , hiyaw ng mga maralitang manggagawa, ngunit ang pamahalaa'y bingi sa kanilang sigaw. Gunshots. Bang. Bang! Stones. Klunk. Klunk! Blood and Gore. Splat. Splat! And death laughed at them. Twelve farmers. Two children. Drowned by their own blood. Good riddance to their lives, Gloria taunts them. But we will never bade goodbye to their struggles. It's still there, crying in anguish and pain. Where is katarungan? Saan na ba siya? She may be ...