Think About It

I have encountered a thread from BlogCatalog which somewhat intrigue me. The thread was made by Arnold/Reachout, here it is:

"what ifs" and "if only"

How many times have you heard these words spoken by a friend or family member or uttered them from your own lips? The "what ifs" and "if only" can plague a person's psyche, focusing them on the rearview of regret rather than the possibilities of tomorrow.

Now, think about it. Its very simple but very real. Thanks Arnold.

DOLE-XI's Animation Contest

Calling all the Techy Artists and Animators from all around Region XI. Here's comes a treat for you all, sponsored by DOLE XI. Pull out all of your artistic talents and skills and get ready to fight. Fight for the Php 20, 000.00 first price. The contest is all about animation with regards to the theme "Tayo na! Trabaho na!". Here are the other attributes regarding the contest:

1. MECHANICS

1. The contest is open to all amateur and professional 2D and 3D animators. The animation has a minimum of 24 frames per second.
   

2. All entries must be at least 3-minutes short story animation and centered on the theme: "Tayo na! Trabaho na!".
   

3. All animation entries must be an original production and must not constitute an infringement of copyright or an invasion of the rights of any third party.

4. Each entry must not have been previously used in any medium in the Philippines or abroad, must not have been shown in public, and must not have won in any similar competition prior to its submission to the contest.

5. DOLE logo must be included in the output. The material is available at the DOLE website www.dole11.net.

B. REQUIREMENTS

1. Duly filled up APPLICATION FORM (available online @ website or at DOLE-X1 office, LDL Bldg. Bangoy St. Davao City or simply click on the link).

2. Submit CD output and raw fire in any of these formats: EXE (Flash), AVI, MOV, MPEG.

3. Participants are allowed only one entry with a synopsis of the story.

4. Last day for submission of entries & entry form is on May 29, 2009 @ DOLE-X1 office LDL Bldg. Bangoy St. Davao City, 5:00 P.M.

C. SELECTION OF WINNERS

1. Selection of the 10 finalists will be on June 1, 2009.

2. The top 3 winners will be determined by a panel of judges from the computer animation and film/video/advertising & high ranking officials of DOLE-X1 based on the following criteria:

• RELEVANCE TO THE THEME- 20%

(Must be able to capture the essence of the theme)

• OVER-ALL IMPACT – 10%

(Effect of the output)

• PROFESSIONALISM/DIFFICULTY/CREATIVITY – 60%

(Clever, well thought-out, smart, ingenuous concept or idea)

• ORIGINALITY – 10%

(Cites all works and sources. The more originally created, the more points will be awarded.)

3. The top 10 entries will be shown on June 12, 2009 during celebration of Independence Day in a venue which will be determined by DOLE XI. Winners will be proclaimed on the same date.

4. The decision of the panel of judges is final and irrevocable. In the event of a tie, the judges will select the entrant who received the highest score for its “originality”.

5. Winning entrants give permission , irrevocable and in perpetuity, to reproduce, copy, re-edit/polish, publish, broadcast or otherwise use the entry in any media whatsoever including, without limitation for any and all DOLE-XI advertising, promotions and other purposes of trade.

6. Winning entrants also agree to polish or re-edit the entry, in coordination with DOLE-XI, for a specific period of time.

UP for GRABS:

First Prize - P 20,000.00 cash

Second Prize - P 10,000.00 cash

Third Prize - P 5,000.00 cash

4^th to 10^th place winner - P 2,000.00 cash

Plaques of Recognition

-Best Graphic Animation

-DOLE Employees' Choice

-Most promising Animation

For details and inquiries, please contact DOLE-XI, Davao City @ telephone no. 227-4872 or 226-2481 at LDL Bldg., Bangoy St. Davao City or visit www.dole11.net or visit the nearest DOLE Provincial Office in your area.

Contact person: Joy Cordero/ Hannah Badilles/ JM Paspe

Yii Framework

There are many frameworks around the globe today that makes us of the PHP scripting language. Among the many frameworks, there are few which really stand up and make its mark to the market and to the industry. These frameworks have been making the lives and works of the web developers more easy and convenient while adding more and more capabilities in web development.

Yii Framework is among the many PHP based frameworks that is slowly making its way to the market. With its young exposure, there are many challenges it provide. But then, it also never fails to exhibit it wonderful features that makes the development easier.

According to www.yiiframework.com, "Yii is a high-performance component-based PHP framework for developing large-scale Web applications. Yii enables maximum reusability in Web programming and can significantly accelerate the development process. The name Yii (pronounced as Yee or [ji:]) stands for easy, efficient and extensible."

So, if you have time and you want venture to a new framework for development, try Yii Framework. Build applications and help the community with the problems and through tutorials. By this means, the progress of the developer will increase as the framework's capabilities also increase..
Yii Men!..

The Great Philosophers

Morata, Tello, Cane, Andrin, Lee, Castillo and Malibiran are the new great Philosophers of Institute of Computing.

Basically, they are crowned as Great Philosophers for they just finished their major subject for the semester. And that subject was Humanities 2 or Philosophy under the supervision of Prof. Maria Ana Moñus Padilla.

These new philosophers believe that "If its Friday, Ma'am is away! Walay klasi!"

Consequence

March 03, 2009, i was cleared of my INC in the CS Research Methods. This is the subject that precedes my Elective 2 subject and may be the reason why i cannot march this April. Here's the scenario:

I was cleared 04-03-09..
After that, i continued the development of my system..
After a week, i checked on my reference for the information regarding disaster related reports which i receive from RCY. The thing is I have overlooked some information that lead my system to a design which i called "fictional"..
After that event, i revised my design and also worked on the system..
Them when think i was ready to let my instructor see the system, i hesitated. Basically because i still don't have an adviser. So i looked for one..
I approached Sir Dan and luckily he said yes, but the thing again is that i only have a week left..
I gave him my documentation and hoping that it will immediately be returned to me with comments and etc, but then, my adviser is somewhat very busy..
Until the end of the weekdays came, still my papers were not returned to me..
Then, the next Monday to that is TODAY! Today is my instructor's schedule for submitting our grade to the registrar, and as he said as a reply on my mail, "the deadline of submission of grades was last march 13, 2009 and i defied that order to give chance to all ... but tomorrow, i will submit my grades .. those who submitted their subject requirements will receive their corresponding grades, others will receive INC" (RSG 2009)..

Wow..I can really say that my hopes are now slowly leveling down. Weeks of sleepless nights can end up with nothing, oh my. Again, the thing is i can finish my research/elective 2 this semester but then i will not be able to march. What's the sense of my effort? hahay.. But then again, i have no one to blame, no one but me.. Me again..

March, Will I March?

Hahay.. I'm running out of time for my requirements. My hopes are still high but the other circumstances come in the way. I have two major obstacles left to dwell with. First is the continuation of my research which is the elective 2. Basically, I my INC research was just complied this month and i just have found an ADVISER for my study. My system which entitled EVACUATION CENTER INFORMATION REPOSITORY, was not yet check by my OVERALL ADVISER, Sir RANDY S. GAMBOA. The bigger thing about it is that March 23, 2009 will be the date Sir Gamboa will submit grades for all of his subject loads for this semester. If i cannot make it on that day, oh my.. i really don't know. I hope Sir will still let me continue even i was not yet check and just to let me MARCH this MARCH..huhuhu..

Again, my hopes are still high about marching. But there is still another thing. Sir ROBERTO CANDA will still want me to take the pre-final of final examination for my other INC..huhuhu.. I hope the LORD will touch his kind heart and let me proceed..huhuhuhuh...

But the again, my hopes are still very high.. POSITIVE MAXXXX!
Even with those obstacles, my boat is still moving forward. And i believe i can still make it with the help of some MERCY from the hands of my obstacle master..hehehe..

I know i can still do it..And i will not stop!..POSITIVE MAXX!! I hope I can MARCH!..I Will anyway, somewhere!..

Naruto 435 Leak

The following item are said to be the Naruto 435.

Pein: Mission Accomplished.
*Nagato: Pein needs to recover bodies
Pa Frog: Only a little more...Hang on Naruto-Chan!
*Genjutsu Duet!*
Tendou Pein: Not this time...Shinra Tensei
*between both Ma and Pa Frog*
*Ma and Pa are blown away, knocked unconcious*
*Naruto appears in front of Kyuubi's Cage*
Kyuubi: You're weak...pathetic...
*Outside Naruto's Mind*
Ko: Hinata-Sama! Don't Go!
*Hinata closes Ko's Chakra points*
Hinata: I'm very sorry Ko, forgive me.
*Hinata rushes to the battlefield*
Tendou Pein: Preparations are made, it's finally time.
Tendou Pein: !?
*Hinata attempts to use 64-Palm Strike*
Tendou Pein: You must be the Nine Tailed Fox's woman..To charge directly in front of God so
ecklessly.
*Tendou Pein stabs Hinata through the center of the chest with a black rod*
*Naruto regains conciousness, only to see Hinata stabbed*
Naruto: *thinks* HINATA! Wh-
Tendou Pein: Your woman is dead, you will meet with her shortly.
*Naruto's chakra is sapped even more, rendering him unconcious once more.*
*Naruto's Mind*
*Naruto is crying*
Naruto: Fox, it seems I have no choice.
Kyuubi: Fool...I knew..You are weak without me!
Naruto: ENOUGH!...Fox, You will obey me...or Die.


How exciting..

Family Trials

The end of 2008 and the start of 2009 are among the very hard times to our family. In this spawn of time, we experienced a very tragic and life threatening situations. Our trials have come very rapidly that it overlaps with each other.

To start with, in my birthplace at Kalamansig, Sultan Kudarat, my relatives are caught in an armed conflict between the rebels and the arm forces of the Philippines. We are so worried about their situation for they always inform us via SMS that the gunfires are drawing nearer. Due to the increasing economic crisis not only in the Philippines, the companies which my father worked have also experience this hard time. He was forced to leave his position and in the 19th of December my father was unemployed. Aside from that, last December 26, 2008, my cousin was rushed into the hospital and eventually died because of seizure. The whole Murillo and Lee clan was shocked with the news that they’ve heard. Who would have thought that a good 26 year old, family loving, and very funny man would just passed away in just an instant. After the death of my cousin, there was an emergency from Kalamansig which is about my grandfather which is the father of my mother. He was said to be rushed to the hospital because he’s vomit is accompanied with blood. The only thing we can do is to provide financial support for his hospitalization. While my grandfather was in the provincial hospital at the Kalamansig, the armed conflict ignites again. At the second night of his stay at the hospital, the electricity source of the town was bombed by the rebels and the whole town including the hospital was covered in darkness. Because of that, my relatives decided to prematurely discharge my grandfather from the hospital for the reason that the medical staffs and doctors have evacuated for they have felt that the shootings are near the area. Luckily, my grandfather survived the situation and have recovered, and eventually returned to his drinking habit. And after the burial of my cousin, just a week after that, here comes a very big trial for my own family. And the main reason is me. I was admitted to the hospital due to severe abdominal pain, vomiting and LBM. After a day of observation and series of test, my doctor told me that I have amoeba in my system that is why I have LBM. The other thing is that the severe pain was caused by appendicitis which was diagnosed by my surgeon which was also referred by my other doctor. My appendix was said to be ruptured so the surgery cost higher than the usual and the time of hospitalization is longer because of amoeba treatment. Aside from that, we do not have enough money to pay for all the bills, so we borrowed money from my fathers company and other relatives. The other thing is that the medical assistance which is the Philhealth of my father was not fully paid by the company he is employed. So my father rushed to go back home from Zamboanga to Davao city to fix the problem we are facing, mainly financially.

I was away from my regular routine for 8 days due to my condition, and I don’t know when will I recover fully but still I am grateful. I am very grateful for all the help, sympathy and every possible thing that come to us, to our family. Even though we are now having so many debts because of me, I am still thankful. Thankful because God still made our family safe and united despite the problems we have. Even in the midst of our trials, we just stayed faithful that our Lord up high will help us in any possible way.

Thanks everyone.

Sweat: Men's Ticket for Attracting Women

"Why use colognes when you have your built-in love potion"

There are many research studies that were published that helped us clarify many wonderful and amazing things. Among the head turning research that i came about was with regards men's sweat and its shocking capabilities.

According to the research study at the University of California, Berkeley that is published on Journal of Neuroscience, there is a compound that is found in male sweat and other bodily secretions that can change mood, physiological arousal, brain activation and sexual arousal in women. The said compound is called androstadienone. It is a derivative of testosterone Which plays a very big role in making our life more spicy and interesting, and it is said that it can also be found in saliva and semen. Cortisol, which helps restore homeostasis after stress was also increased when women smelled men's sweats. There are also results like improved mood, higher sexual arousal, increased blood pressure, heartbeat rate and breathing when sweats are smelled.

This study really emphasizes some of the similarities of humans with animals, with regards to secretions, smells and opposite attractions. We can also imagine the power of our Creator on how He plan our whole body. Where in every possible detail is useful and relevant. Even the sweats which we consider waste of our body has its own hidden purpose just to make more out of our lives.

Red Wine for Heart Care

There many medicines that people created in order to give care for our hearts. Among the very popular technique to give care to our heart is to have a healthy diet and exercise. But as time pass by, there are many studies that resulted to the manufacturing of artificial drugs to care for our hearts. But there are many researchers and health specialist said that wine, which is an alcohol drink has a very good effect to our health especially with our heart.

According to Wikipedia, Resveratrol is found in the skin of red grapes and is constituent in red wine. Because of resveratrol, some studies indicated that red wine do increase the formation of good cholesterol and decrease bad ones. Thus, drinking red wine can help us for caring our hearts, especially those with heart diseases.

But as what everybody always said, "Too Much is Bad for your Health". So just drink moderately and responsively.