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May 29 Thou Shalt Not Kill"Thou shalt not kill", as we all know, is one of the ten commandments of God. This has been stated in Exodus 20:13 and has been reiterated in Matthew 5:21,
21Ye have heard that it was said of them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: However, atheists claim that God himself is guilty of this law. God killed people during the Great Flood, He killed during the destruction of cities such as Sodom and Gomorrah, and there are a lot of events in the Bible that God had to kill people. But atheists are mistaken because they took "though shalt not kill" literally. I'm not familiar with the Hebrew translations and stuff, but from what I understand, the sixth commandment means "Do not put anyone to death without cause." To better understand the 6th commandment, please visit Biblestudy.org. Anyway, it is true that God killed people, but I still believe that He did it because He had a cause. Godandscience.org answers the question, Thou Shalt Not Kill: Does God violate His own commandment? Though this law seems easy to abide But what makes man choose to kill or not to preserve life? Well I need not discuss all the 7 deadly sins. But there's one thing that almost everybody loves so much that sometimes they tend to love it more then Jesus. Money, money, money. According to a recent article in Planet Ark, plantation workers chose to kill endangered orangutans (note: hands cut off and slashed to death with machetes, and others with bullets through their foreheads) rather than putting up a fence or a snare to prevent these apes from stealing their crops just because they said it is cheaper to kill them. This clearly shows how man chose money over the will of God. To end, you may ask yourself, "Is killing a mosquito or a cockroach disobeying God's commandment?" Well answer first why those pests are there in the first place. May 23 Sincere Love is Humble
Pride refers to a strong sense of self-respect, a refusal to be humiliated as well as joy in the accomplishments of oneself or a person, group, or object that one identifies with. In Christianity, pride (also vanity or arrogance) is the essentially competitive and excessive belief in one's own abilities that interferes with the individual's recognition of the grace of God, or the worth which God sees in others; for example, Psalm 10 verse 4:
Kinds of Pride
I know that most people think that I am very proud of myself. I think so too. I also know that I am proud of my achievements, my intellect, my country, and my race; but I have learned that these are things that are just borrowed from God. So instead of being proud of myself, I would be proud of my God. Now you might think that it would still fall under spiritual pride (which in my opinion is the worst kind of pride). But being proud of Jesus does not fall under this kind. Spiritual pride refers to people who believes that they are better than others because of their religion or spirituality. As an example, "I am better than you because I am Christian and you are not." Or, "Why would I listen to someone who doesn't even believe in God." Some Christians, unfortunately, act this way. And this causes negative impression to all Christians. Although I believe their intention is to glorify God, but the way they do it, for me, is wrong. Jesus calls this type of people as hypocrites. Manifestations of Pride
Have time to think and contemplate. Are you free from pride? I did, but I'm not free from all my pride yet. But I'm working on it. God bless! May 13 Omniscience of GodLast month, I shared about the omnipresence of God (GODISNOWHERE); He is always with us anytime, anyplace. Today let me share with you about the omniscience of God I just learned in today's service in Christ Christian Fellowship (CCF). Psalm 139:1-6 describes how omniscient God is: 1O lord, thou hast searched me, and known me. From the passage above, we can say that God is omniscient because:
God Knows Everything Perfectly 23this Man, delivered over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you nailed to a cross by the hands of godless men and put Him to death. (Acts 2:23) Predetermined. Foreknowledge. These words indicate that God also knows the future. He knows everything that will happen. He lives in the past, in the present, and in the future. I know it is probably stupid to mix science with faith, but I can't help but wonder about Einstein's time theory. He said, "There is no difference between the past and the future in the 4-dimensional space-time-world. The present is only an illusion." Time is an illusion. I am not an expert on that topic, but from what I understand, 1 second here is not the same as 1 second in space. Even on sci-fi movies or novels, we can say that 1 second in space is probably a day or more in Earth. Since God is omnipresent, He can be in a very very far off place - too far in space that is too unimaginable by man. So God's second there can probably see the past, present, and future here on Earth. Anyway, I'm already mixing science here, but Einstein's theory is just an interesting thing to think about. Although one could argue that if God knows everything, why did He give man his own will? Well I believe that God does not make mistakes. He knows that man's will can choose to go against His will, but He took the risk because He loves us too much that He wants to mold us and He wants us to learn how to love Him as compared to creating puppets that will love Him just because He wanted to. God Knows You Intimately Have you ever experienced someone betraying you? Or have you judged someone because of their immoralities or sins that you never expected them to do? Back in college, I had a friend who I get along with very easy. We both like sports, we both like eating, we both like studying, we both like talking about girls, and we even both like to serve or give something back to our community so we both ran for student council. Unfortunately, he wasn't the friend I expected in work - he prioritized his girlfriend more, he rarely attends our meetings, and he leaves me (and my co-representatives) in the middle of a project. It got so out of hand, that we ended up fighting and say, "If only I knew he was like that, I wouldn't have asked him to run for council (since I invited him to run as well when I decided to run)." But God knows our thoughts, God knows our ways, God knows everything about us, but He would never utter the same thing I said to my old friend, or something similar. God loves us despite our sins. He knows us and He loves us. Again, one can argue that if God knows us, why does He makes us suffer? Well, most sufferings are man-made. So it is not correct to blame God for it. I used to blame God when my dad lost his job back in January 2006 (and he never got one ever since) and left our family in hunger and in poverty for 3-4 months. Now that I look back to it, it was my Dad's fault; and I have to thank God for molding me into a person I am now, enabling me to win awards with cash incentives and providing me a superb job that pays me well to support my whole family. God Knows What's Best for You God knows the future and we don't. So He knows what's best for us, and we don't. We are blinded, most of the time, by the things we want (like money, power, or short-term goals) and that usually becomes our measure of saying that something is good for us. We don't even know ourselves completely to know what is really good for us. Right now, I am ill with varicocele and I don't know what to do. I'll keep to myself what God's trying to say to me, but I know this helped me get to know Him more, and it also helped me to become a better person for me and for everyone else. I also know that He has plans for my future. 23Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: 24And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. (Psalm 139:23-24) May 12 Laughter is the Best MedicineFor the past 3 weeks, I've been a gloomy Geo. I couldn't eat well, I couldn't work out, I couldn't go out much, and I couldn't relax I do appreciate the simple hi's, hello's and how are you's may it be online or face-to-face; but I just love when they make me laugh. After all, laughter is the best medicine. Ok, although there is a neurophysiology behind laughter, it still won't cure my varicocele. But at least it does make me feel good and makes me forget about the pain I'm having constantly. I have to thank my  This is just a warped face of Mela Sogono taken by Carlos Lasa Hilarious. That picture always makes me Laugh.Out.Loud. I even saved it in my phone so I can always look at it and laugh at it. I also saved the Facewarp application in my Nokia N70 to take more warped faces of my friends.  May 10 The Balls to Check Your BallsTwo weeks ago while working out, I was bothered by a dull ache on my testicles. So after working out, I did a self-examination in the shower to check if I feel hard bumps on my balls. I don't really know how to do it, but I thought it was somehow similar to Sariling Salat sa Suso advertisement back when I was a kid. Basic check: are there any hard bumps? NONE.
But after a few days, I was still feeling that dull ache and it was really getting bothersome. I had no choice but to go to our clinic. It was really embarassing at first (since our Doctor is a girl), but I had to do it. Based from the description I told her, she thought it was hernia; also because I work out without wearing a supporter. But she advised me to go see a specialist - a urologist.
So I went to Makati Medical Center to see Dr. Stephen Nazareth.
So what is it? Varicocele is an abnormal enlargement of the veins in the scrotum draining the testicles (Wikipedia). To make me feel not so bad:
Although they don't happen to every guy, varicoceles are fairly common. They appear in about 15% of guys between 15 and 25 years old, and they mostly occur during puberty. (Teenshealth) Guess I'm part of the 15%... and unfortunately, there is no way to prevent a varicocele; it usually needs no special treatment. So I just need to endure the dull aches that I might be having once in a while. Poor me.... And for those of you who are wondering, I still have the ability to impregnate. Though some experts believe that varicocele might damage the testicle or decrease sperm production. But if that's the case, I can go for a surgery. Oh noes! May 06 Geo's Dog DayThe Philippines Animal Welfare Society's Kids and Critters Summer Camp (for kids with dogs!) was held today, 06 May 2007, in Eastwood City, Libis. Registration started around 2:30 PM where doglovers from all over Manila gathered and boasted their pet's beauty and skills.
The event officially started 3:45PM. It started off with a round of introduction of the dogs and their owners. There were a lot of dogs with different sizes, different colors, and of course, different breeds. There were hairy shitzus, lean spitzs, German shnauzers, cute poodles, and other breeds that I don't even know. My personal favorite among all the dogs in the event, was the rare Shiba Ino. It is a brown-orange dog that looks like a wolf. I would like to have a Shiba Ino someday.
 It was then followed with a series of sessions. The first one taught the kids how to make balloon poodle hats. The second one talked about how to properly walk your dog. So when walking your dog, you should control it; not the dog controlling you. Some tips when walking your dog:
After the walking the dog session, the participants paraded on the stage demonstrating how they walk their dogs. Fortunately, 80% of the participants were able to control their dogs.
The third session was an arts and crafts session. The kids get to sew (yes, even the little boys got to sew) their mats. They decorated it for their cute doggies doggie bowl.
The fourth session was a cooking session. They were taught how to make "pawcakes" - a doggie version of the famous pancakes. You cook it like a pancake, but the difference is on the ingredients. The secret ingredient, aside from dog food, is crumbled eggshells. Eggshells contain a lot of calcium and your dog needs this to balance phosphorous that dogs get by eating meat most of the time. Eggshells also help clean your dog's teeth. Oh, and don't forget to put the toppings on your pawcakes - liver with raw eggs.
"Paw"cake The fifth and last session was about taking care of your dog's health. Dr. Ed, the veterinarian, taught the kids how to check if their dog is obese. You can check if your dog is fat by feeling its last rib and feeling its spine. If you can't feel it, then it's probable that your dog is obese. Also, another fun way of checking if your dog is obese is by placing a plastic cup or glass on your dog's back (make sure the plastic cup is appropriate for your dog's size). If the cup doesn't fall, then the dog might be obese.
Dr. Ed also taught how to get your dog's heartrate. Since the dog is moving all the time, you can just get his heart in 10 sec and just multiply it by 10. You can hear your dog's heartbeat on its left underarm. Big dogs have 60-80 beats/min heartrate, while small dogs have 100-120 beats/min.
Dr. Ed lastly taught how to clean your dog's ears. It's better to clean your dog's ears before giving it a bath. Put a drop of mineral oil on the dog's ears and gently massage the ear then go inside the hole with your pinky. Once done, the dog will automatically shake (yes, the dog did shake after the demonstration) to remove the oil, but you can still wipe it off.
The event ended with a relay game where the kids and their critters ran around the stage doing things together. It's a wonderful thing to see - man and beast working together to reach a specific goal.
Btw, I went to eastwood to work because there's free wifi within the vicinity. But I ended up watching the doggie event and even ended up writing about it. Yay. I don't like pets, but seeing a lot of nice doggies made me want to have one.
Oh, and there were cats in the event too... but nobody seems to want them. Poor pussies.
April 30 Reduce.Reuse.Recycle.Respond.Pollution is a But don't worry, we're not the worst when it comes to pollution; it is everyone's problem - it is the whole world's problem! Thank goodness there are kindred spirits who still care and fights for a clean and better future. Thank you for Captain Planet and the Planeteers! Haha. Kidding aside, we have a number of planeteers all over the planet, and we do have them here in the Philippines. We have a lot of researches, activities, organizations, and projects to promote proper waste management which you can easily search on the web. They all teach and use the basics of waste management called the 3Rs. RecycleThis.org is a good and friendly website to know and understand the 3Rs. Not to mention they added up a 4th R, which I think is very important:  Step 1: Reduce Step 2: Reuse Step 3: Recycle What's left? Respond Under the 4th R, we can have a lot of options. Others call it Rethink while others, although it doesn't start with an R, call it Compost. But whatever they call it, they all responded after the 3Rs. What I like the most, however, is Convert. Converting our waste products into a completely different product. One simple but creative example is the clean conversion they did in South Africa. They converted shipping containers into buildings such as a school building. This is very innovative as education is also a problem in South Africa. In the Philippines, we have a quest for zero garbage as exemplified by a recycling advocate, Luz Sabas. We have also started to convert plastic into usable products led by The Philippine Plastic Industry Association (PPIA) and the Department of Science and Technology (DoST). We also have a BIOpro plant in Muntinlupa which provides engineered solutions for laundry wastes, hospital wastes, animal waste, palm oil mill waste, etc. However, few actions by few people will not resolve everyone's problem. I hope all Filipinos (as well as other races) will contribute and cooperate on saving our planet. Let's all be a planeteer! April 29 Geo's defect... Oh noes!
April 20 Race to the Finish LineAnd the crowd was cheering loudly as the Mt. Everest superstar, Romy Garduce, in bright pink shirt sprinted halfway around the Ultra Track Oval and up towards the bleachers to perform his arduous task as the torchbearer. Upon reaching the top, he raised his hands just like the way he did when he reached Mt. Everest's summit. The crowd cheered louder as the torchbearer finally lit the cauldron, officially starting the sportsfest called the P&G Summer Showdown. "Ready!" I positioned myself at the leftmost part of the track. "Set!" I lowered my body, ready anytime to sprint. "GO!" I ran. The first part of the event, the open-to-all-1.5km-fun-run, started. I ran. It was around 2pm and the sun was high above the sky, striking all its rays straight down on everyone. It seems like Mr. Sun was having a competition with Mr. North Wind again. But it didn't stop me nor any of the runners from participating the fun run. But it did prevent most of the runners to finish the race. So I ran the race in 10 minutes and I was one of the first 10 runners to reach the finish line. "Whooo!" my teammates cheered for the first runner in our team to finish. However, as I went to our tent with weary feet and a pounding heart, I started to feel nauseous. I sat down, drank some water, and munched some crackers. My head started spinning. I tried to get a grip and focus. It spun heavily. I stood up. Darkness started to creep up my head, slowly consuming my vision. But before it completely took my sight, I reached out to the person closest and whimpered, "Nahihilo ako..." And then it was complete darkness. I couldn't see but I could barely hear a voice saying, "Geo! Geo!". The voice helped me maintain my consciousness. I felt like a flower wilting as my ability to stand up was also slowly taken away. I was then carried. Carried up the stage so everyone can see the weak, pale, and dying Geo. Funny I felt embarassed even though I couldn't see anything. I was a blind spirit who couldn't feel his body anymore but could still hear some noise. The lone spirit listened and waited. Listened. Waited. A cool breeze blew in. Relaxing. Soothing. Energizing. And there was light (So that was the feeling of a newlyborn who could finally see). And just like a newlyborn, I could clearly remember the first faces that I saw; my "MOM" and "DAD" was the torchbearer Romy Garduce and the basketball analyst Anthony Suntay. And I heard these two also carried me up the stage to get more air and positioned me such that my blood can circulate better. So thank you Mom and Dad! But of course, I have to thank all the people who helped me - the guy who gave me Gatorade, the nurse who took my Blood Pressure, the HR manager who fanned, etc. Thank you! What I learned from this experience? DO NOT RUN WHEN YOUR STOMACH IS EMPTY. I literally had an empty stomach - no breakfast and no lunch! Stupid. April 15 GODISNOWHERE Did you read it as: GOD IS NOWHERE or GOD IS NOW HERE? It depends upon your perspective; but I hope you've interpreted it as the latter one - GOD IS NOW HERE. Yes. God is now here on Geo's space. God is with me, God is with you and God is with us - God is everywhere.
Let's say you had a very bad day and you were walking alone on the streets when a stranger accidentally bumped you. Would you cuss that person? To be honest, maybe I will. Now what if your special someone is walking with you that time? It could be your boss (and you're aiming for a promotion) or your date (and you really really like her). Would that change your reaction when that stranger bumped you? Would you still cuss that person? I won't. So the point is, if you live your life and you're conscious that God is always with you, it will help you think twice before sinning. Doing the right thing would be much easier. You wouldn't sin in front of someone really important to you. What more if you're conscious that you will be sinning in front of God. God can see everything. You cannot hide from Him.
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God gives comfort. He is not there watching at you to give discomfort and insecurities. He is there to protect you and to guide you. Knowing and accepting God in your life releases you from your fears and worries. I used to be a man who knows God, but did not accept God into my life. Meaning, God was just a concept to me before. And I can say that I used to live in constant fear and worry. I worried what others thinks about me, I worried about my grades, I worried about winning, I worried about money, I worried about anything that involves me. Yes, I did achieve a lot of things but it was really hard and stressful worrying about practically everything. Now that I know God, I became less of a worrier. Yes I still worry, but everytime I worry I just ask myself 'WHY?' and then I pray (He is not a distant father. Just close your eyes, call Him, and talk to Him). I remember when I was going to Toronto last February, and the night before my flight, I still don't have my visa. My colleagues and my friends told me that it will not arrive. But what did I do? I went to Gateway and bought my winter clothes. Why? Because I prayed to God nights before and He told me that my visa will arrive. So I just waited and did not worry about it. Lo and behold, the morning before my flight, our travel agent called and told me that I can pick up my visa in their office. Saved me a lot of wrinkles and sleepless nights. I hope the next time you read the title, it will be 'GOD IS NOW HERE'. And I hope you'll also live your life with God. Only He can save us. April 13 3 New Species found in the Philippines! New
The parrot is called Colasisi. It is a bright-green hanging-parrot with throat and thighs bright blue, and the top of the head and tail are brilliant scarlet-orange. Males and females have identical plumage, which is quite unusual in this group of parrots.
The mouse is known as Apomys camiguinensis. It is a Philippine forest mouse with large ears and eyes, a long tail and rusty-brown fur, and feeds mostly on insects and seeds. The description is based on mice captured on Camiguin during a biological survey Heaney and Tabaranza conducted in 1994 and 1995, high on the steep slopes of one of the island's volcanoes.
"The Philippines is increasingly recognized as a global center for biodiversity, with exceptionally high levels of endemism," said Blas Tabaranza Jr., Director of the Terrestrial Ecosystems Project of the Haribon Foundation, a Philippine conservation NGO based in Manila, and a co-author of several of the Fieldiana reports. "Unfortunately, the Philippines has also vaulted into notoriety as one of the most severely deforested tropical countries in the world." (EurekAlert April 5, 2007) The dwarf buffalo Bubalus cebuensis (BOO-buh-luhs seh-boo-EN-sis), however, is already extinct. Its fossils were discovered by Michael Armas 50 years ago in a tunnel he was excavating while exploring for phosphate. His friend Dr. Hamilcar Intengan recognized the importance of these bones and donated them to The Field Museum. Its most distinctive feature is its small size. While large domestic water buffalo stand six feet at the shoulder and can weigh up to 2,000 pounds, B. cebuensis would have stood only two-and-one-half feet and weighed about 350 pounds. The discovery demonstrates that there are fossils to be found in the Philippines, which rarely produces fossils due to its hot, wet conditions, which are not conducive to fossil preservation. Only a few fossils of elephants, rhinos, pig, and deer have been found previously, according to Dr. Angel Bautista, a co-author of the study and curator of anthropology at the National Museum of the Philippines in Manila. "Finding this new species is a great event in the Philippines," he said. "We have wonderful living biodiversity, but we have known very little about our extinct species from long ago. Finding this new fossil species will spur us to new efforts to document the prehistory of our island nation." (EurekAlert Oct. 17, 2007) April 10 Ramgee_Lobos, Forever Offline
Today, I can't access my Yahoo! accounts. I tried changing the password or recovering it but I just couldn't. I'm not sure if I got hacked or I got a virus on my yahoo account. Background: Last night, my yahoo account had been sending a lot of spam messages to all my contacts. Might be a virus. So this is to inform you that cancer_6eo9 and ramgee_lobos IDs do not work anymore. Or if you receive a message from those accounts, that is not me. Someone who has nothing to do with his life except for sleeping, pigging out, playing computer games, or playing with his IT hacking tool is just having some fun with my poor old Yahoo! accounts. Whoever that was I just pray that he'll never do it again and do not commit more sin. God has His reasons why these things happen. Maybe this is just a lesson for me as well. Thanks for understanding. Let me know if you're getting messages from those IDs. [Hope you don't receive any.] Then again, it's flattering that someone took that much effort just to hack my accounts. It's like waving a BIG RED FLAG just to say "Hey Geo, I'm here! I'm HERE!" [But still, it could just be a virus. Poor Geo, even a virus is head-over-heels on your manhood. Rawwrrrr!] By the way, I'm getting a new Yahoo! ID. Message me privately if you want to know it. From now on, my Yahoo! account is private. [Yeah right, your body pics are public but your Yahoo! ID isn't.] April 01 UP Parser now ONLINE! ... againWe have left a lot when we graduated - our projects, our missions, and our visions in our organizations. It was really disappointing at first that some of our projects are not implemented this year. But hey, they have their own projects, their own missions, and their own visions. I am already an alumnus, so I should let go and trust the people that we left. UP Parser is one of the organizations that I left. And I was, to be honest, really disappointed that they couldn't release an issue last year. But this year, they managed to release one. And they also managed to publish the paper online. Please visit UP PARSER ONLINE. And don't forget to read this article.  March 27 Oh My Car!Oh my car! My very own car! My very first car!
Model: 2005 Honda Civic VTI-s (2nd hand) I am really really REALLY excited to drive this car! It's just that I don't have a license yet... and I still don't know how to drive. BUMMER. I need to learn FAST! And I need to get a license ASAP! No one in my family knows that I bought a car. I'm also excited to see their reactions! VROOM! VROOM! March 26 After 8 months!
but my stomach got bigger by 1 inch because of body fat (3.2 % body fat)! NO. People say I still look thin when I'm wearing a shirt. And I can't go to places topless just because I want them to know that I'm not the skinny Geo back in the school days anymore. My target is to have a bigger body that people will finally say, "Laki ng katawan natin ah," even if I'm wearing some clothes. March 25 100 Things To Do Before I DieLast year, our General Manager talked about Work-Life Balance. And one of the strategies he mentioned to have a good work-life balance is to create a list of the 100 things you want to do before you die and target to do at least 2 things a year. I want to do that, but my problem is I don't even have a list to start. It is hard to create that list. So now I'm starting to make a list. I will update this post as often as I can. And it might take time - very long time - before I complete this list (I don't even blog regularly). Note: If highlighted in GREEN, then I've already done it.
January 30 Relationships 101This is the speech I gave to ARISE members and applicants last January 29, 2007 to equip them and motivate them to run for the UP Engineering Student Council (ESC) elections...
"Why would I run for a position in the ESC? Aren't we all here in school to study? So why waste time for such things like this?" Those we're the questions that ran in my mind when the previous CS representative Carlos Lasa asked me to run as a CS representative. Immediately, I answered him NO. And usually, when I say NO I really mean NO. But I'm not sure why Carlos insisted on asking me to run, so he asked me to attend just one talk in ARISE (Alliance of Responsive Involvement and Student Empowerment). So I agreed and attended that first talk.
The alumnus who gave a speech was Jonas Gonzales. He was well versed, good in public speaking, and a really fun and jolly person as well. He was really good - the style, the approach, and the content. It was him who made me decide to run. He said, "We're UP students. We're scholars. We have to give something back to the community...". It made me realize that I am such a selfish arrogant little nerd. I only cared about my grades, my grades, and my grades! I know I am good, so why can't I do something for the community? And so I decided to ran and continued to attend more talks in ARISE. ARISE's core values are LIVES - Leadership, Integrity, Vision, Excellence, and Service. I'm not gonna tackle each one of those today, because I'm sure ARISE members will talk on those. But the question is, given all those values, can you do it alone? In my opinion, no. The secret to success, in the council for example, is your relationships. Relationships is the glue that keeps team members together. In the council, teamwork is really important. So to succeed, you also need to have a solid relationships with your team members. To know if you have a good and solid relationship, these are 5 characteristics of relationship:
So as a candidate, you should start building your relationships. Not only within ARISE, but with your co-representatives, your Org leaders, the students, and even with the faculty. Now why is it important. In your situation Relationships are important because:
The next question would be, How to build relationships? Can you tell me how you're going to start building your relationships? The benefits of relationships are really priceless. But how? Can you give me some examples? The secret lies with one of the letters in LIVES. And it is the I - the Integrity. It is your best friend. It will never betray you or put you in a compromising situation. For ex. if you're tempted to go take a shortcut, it will help you keep on the right course. If others criticize you unfairly, it will help you keep going and take the high road of not hitting back. And if others' criticisms are valid, it will help you accept what they say, learn from it, and keep growing. Guess what, it is not only your best friend. But it is also one of the best friends your friends will ever have. Because if your friends know that you are a person of integrity, they know you have the opportunity to add values in their lifes. They will not have second thoughts on your motives. Building relationships will be easier with integrity. In the end, you either bend your actions to your principles, or bend your principles to your actions. It's your choice. But if you want to successful, I suggest you take the road to integrity, because all other roads only lead to ruin. And if you choose to take the road to integrity, you have to go back to the fundamentals. I have 3 tips to help you:
January 29 The UP Department of Computer Science Holds Its First Alumni HomecomingTwenty-six years since its creation, the UP Diliman Department of Computer Science (DCS) is finally holding an alumni homecoming on the 24th of February 2007 at its new home, the College of Engineering Library and Computer Science Building. (FYI, that building is right in front of National Institute of Geological Sciences (NIGS) and the College of Science Library and Administration building.) Registration starts at 3, while the program will begin at 4pm. You can read the invitation letter from Prof. Evangel Quiwa that’s been passed around to the alumni in Sir Rom’s blog. Actually, there are two more versions of the invitation letter: one reiterated by the Department Chair, Dr. Cedric Festin, and another detailing of a very special surprise for the Department’s most-loved teacher—guess who! (I’ve already mentioned him here!) If you haven’t registered yet, better do it soon! Here are the latest details on registration and payment for the event (dated January 5):
It’s barely been a year since we’ve stepped out of the Department, so it should still be relatively comfortable coming home. I can’t believe that just last year we were in a frenzy of events, from music video making (tara na, CS tayo!) to geeking out to newspaper publishing to partying and to excelling over and over again. If you aren’t too excited about this event, realize at least that your Department will always be waiting for you to come home and give back. See original article at http://stellify.net/ventures/the-up-department-of-computer-science-holds-its-first-alumni-homecoming/
December 05 UP Fencer, A Real Pinoy Fighter!I got news from my old teammate that he joined the Real Pinoy Fighter by ABS-CBN. It's a reality game where fighters from different disciplines box, kick, or wrestle each other.
He's a fencer! But he joined the fight! Imagine a fencer fight these boxers, wrestlers, or whatever martial art you can think of!
Kidding.
My teammate is also a judo player and a wrestler. I can still remember how he grapple or wrestle me during our practice. He really loves wrestling! So I'm proud and happy that finally, he's living his dream. Good luck to you bro and congratulations for making it to the final three. Whatever the result is, I'm sure you're very happy with the experience. But I still wish you become the champ!
Walang kalimutan ha! November 02 Top Universities of the WorldUniversity of the Philippines placed 299th on the Top Universities of the World making it the no. 1 university in the Philippines. De La Salle University placed 392nd, while Ateneo de Manila University landed on 484th.
I'm proud to be an alumnus of UP - It's world class!
Beat that Lasallites and Ateneans!  Booya!!! |
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