Things to do:

school will never be the same for me this semester. i will be giving more attention now to my studies than ever before, that means more overnights, paperworks, money-spending and etc...

here's a quick list of what we're supposed to do this sem:

-my thesis (havent picked a topic yet)
-Artificial Intelligence Implementation in a program(a "baby thesis" as what my professor calls it)
-Compter Interfacing "baby thesis" (no topic yet)
-Software Engineering Project (no topic yet)
-Library Statistics System (something the school requested me to do that which i have no choice but make.. =_=)

and that's aside from my academic studies, exams and quezzes!

for my other sunjects, we have to learn these programming languages:
-mOZart
-Scheme
-Haskell
-Cilk
-8051 microcontroller assembly language
-JSP


whew! God help me this sem...

SOMEONE HHACKED INTO MY FRIENDSTER!!X(

my friendster got hacked, and i KNOW WHO DID IT! comsci student here in msu-iit and logged into my account at the times in between 8-9pm last night, and apparently sent the attached message before changing my name to "judea" whatever, trying to spell out judas iscariot.

i guess someone sent you this message:

(THAT WAS NOT ME! darn it! this is crazy.. anyone who knows me will see that directly.. please tell the others that dont know..thanks guys..)

I've been wanting to tell you about something for a very long time. I don't really know how to tell it to you. I don't have the guts to tell it to you in face. I just want you to know that I've had feelings for you ever since I laid eyes on you. I want you to know that every time I look at you I feel a bulge in my pants. Every time I look at you I want to rub myself with honey and whipcream. I want to take you from behind. You and me will multiply.

Great is Thy Faithfulness

During the day, i have been meditating, and there were a lot of things on my mind. complaints, sacrifices, hardships, and stuff like that.. but then, somehow, looking back on what has been happening in my life, i find myself singing this old hymnal. i cried hearing myself sing these words and then, found contentment on what i have. God has always been faithful to me, and i know he will still remain so for as what the song says, "Thou changest not". I hope this song will speak to you as it had spoken to me...

 1.  Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father;
     There is no shadow of turning with Thee.
     Thou changest not, Thy compassions, they fail not;
     As Thou hast been Thou forever wilt be.

   Refrain:
     Great is Thy faithfulness! Great is Thy faithfulness!
     Morning by morning new mercies I see;
     All I have needed Thy hand hath provided
     Great is Thy Faithfulness, Lord unto me.

 2.  Summer and winter and spring-time and harvest,
     Sun, moon and stars in their courses above
     join with all nature in manifold witness
     To Thy great faithfulness, mercy and love.

   Refrain

 3.  Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth,
     Thy own dear presence to cheer and to guide,
     Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow,
     Blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside!

Random Rants

just because you're smart doesnt give you the right to trample on people like they're lesser than YOU.

yeah i know i dont know much like you, i know that im not as intelligent as you, but please do know that i also have feelings, and i get hurt at your snotty and sarcastic comments.

just because i know some things you dont know doesnt make me a master of those stuff. dont let your pride get to you ayt?

im a human being, just like you. im also prone to getting hurt when you excessively make fun of me, joke insults to my face or stab me on the back when im around. at first, i didnt mind all that, but i guess you just thought i wouldnt mind at all, so you did it more often. then it got on my nerves.

you never thought that i would notice how differently you treat me now? well, of course you didnt expect that! you expected me to be too dumb to see! well, surprise surprise, im smarter than what you think me to be.

you think i waste my time on useless stuff, on stuff that "cant be used for the future". by all means, im preparing for my ETERNAL FUTURE, unlike some who dream small and think "$" and the like. you're too narrow-minded. success is not the only thing we should look for in life. success is something tangible, yet temporary. you're successful at one point, and a failure at another. i choose to be content, but dont get me wrong, im doing my best in everything i do, because im not doing it for myself, but for my GOD.

you say i waste my time at church. i say it's time well-invested and well-spent. that is where i have learned what life is all about, and where i found a place i could call my home away from home.

you think im lazy, that im just a dead-weight to you. by all means, you may think of me like that! i wont try to change the way you think about me, but just to let you know, im doing more work that you cant see me, because i choose to work privately rather than publicly, not like you.

and lastly, i know i have my lapses and failures. im not capable of being the "best student", but i am someone who does tries his best to be. i do hope you would hold these against me, 'coz i havent held grudges against you as well, because i thought of you as friends.

sigh, im so sorry for ranting out like this... my emotions seemed to have swept me up in an uproar. i just cant let this pass me by. i may not be able to retiate, but i would say that i would be praying for you.

Honesty: How Far?

Someone once asked me a question about honesty in relationships. Though the question was straightforward, I had trouble answering it, 'coz I guess I used to have my own issues regarding this.XD But that's out of the scope of this topic, so we move on.

Anyway, the question was :
How honest should you be in a relationship?

Wuu, that put you on the spot to, didn't it?XD hahaha! Well, it took me a while to really think about it and i made some searching to this myself.. Yes, indeed, how honest should you be?
(and i do hope you're thinking about ALL relationships 'coz this is applicable to them ALL and not just the bf/gf type.XD)

hmm... for instance, you and a friend are eating out, and you notice something near your friend's mouth.. A BOOGER! (man, where do these things come from?XD) what do you do? well, who wants to be walking around with someone who has booger on their face? I thought so. But aside from silently trying to get separated, you could just tell that person in a discreet manner (don't try ""you've got rice on your lips" lest he/she tries to lick it off..XD eew!).hahahaha! But really, what I'm trying to point out here is that honesty helps, not only the person but also yourself.

But then again, HOW FAR?! okay, I'm trying to get there (my head is in complete disarray..XD) I guess, there are times that we need to be honest, and there are times that we should keep silent, and let another person be the honest one. Lemme try to think of an example: *ponders*

let's name the persons [A], [B] and [C]. [C] seems to be having a problem with person [B]'s attitude and tells [A] about it, but [B] unknowingly remains the same. Although [A] knows about the situation, he talks to [C] that it should be him that tells [B] his problem, and not [A] because [A] might look at [B] in a different way. You still with me?

One more thing about being honest is that you should be honest when you know it helps. If it isn't helpful, you're better off to shut up. It's like constructive criticism. We should build each other up, and not try to pull our friends down, besides, what friend would try to pul another down (ooh, boy, crab mentality...)?

It's really a cliche to close this with your standard "Honesty is the best policy" quote, so i guess it might be more appropriate to say: Honesty is the first chapter of the book of wisdom (T. Jefferson). And indeed, it is so, for honesty might not be the best policy for everyone, but it's the best quality we can all learn.


hmm... so i guess that's that. That's all i can share for now. please do post your views and comments so that i may edit this if i made some mistakes.

Last Day of OJT

Well, my On-the-Job training here at Synnex-Concentrix (formerly Link2Support) CDO is almost done. At the end of the day, I'll be leaving this company, only to await the grade they give me and the next schoolyear ahead. My time here was fun. There were a lot of things I've learned, not only in the best practices of web programming and database designing, but also in security systems and network security.

But besides all that OJT stuff, I guess I learned a lot for the whole of summer, and enjoyed it with my family and friends. eeto.. I'll try to list what I did for the whole summer and the things I learned:

- Software should be updated regularly. Outdated software tend to become potential security vulnerabilities.
- I learned to solve the rubik's cube in less than 5 minutes. I'm still improving it to1 minute though..XD
- Programmed 2 database systems named "Online Change Management System" and "Serial Number Lookup".
- Sidelined as a PC Technician
- Got a new haircut (which, by the way, makes me look like a finhead..XD)
- Learned to eat pizza! Yay! hehehe! (My boss kept on treating us out to pizza)
- nihonggo naraimasui naosara desu! kampai! (learned a bit more Nihonggo)
- Got addicted to Tribalwars.net.. XD
- Learned a few more tricks in Photoshop
- Made another blog (my third blog---> kazuospeaks.blogspot.com)
- Joined my first medical/dental mission at Lapasan. Wee, that was really fun!
- Started drawing chibi people just for the fun of it.
- Downloaded music to the max!
- made my own version of "Teardrops on my guitar" (see one of my previous blog entries)

hmm... that's all I could think of so far.. nyahahaha!


oh well... me getting bored here so, i got to find some work to do for my accomplishment for form today..



ja ne!

The -NGRY Riddle solved!

Years ago, a little riddle was developed which has caused many people to ponder endlessly for its solution. The origin of this riddle is unknown to us (at "Just Riddles and More...!) but it is probably the most frequently submitted riddle with no solution and because of this, we offer here what we think is the best solution. If you have a better one or different one, see below.
To understand the "GRY" riddle, it is essential that you accept that riddles are simply brain teasers using word tricks. To be a riddle, there must be a trick in the wording or usage of words in the riddle. A riddle is not generally answered by a fact or information found in a reference book. Also, a riddle often uses a trick from magic - that is, misdirection - some of the words are there to mislead you to thinking about something else.

Now, the problem with the "GRY" riddle being circulated currently is this: the riddle has been mutilated and re-worded (presented here below - read it and see if it is the version you have been pondering) to something that absolutely cannot be answered. There is no answer to this version of the "GRY" Riddle - and rightly so, seeing as how it is not the correct version! This is the most commonly (though incorrect!) version of the "GRY" Riddle:

"There are three words in the English language that end in -GRY. Two are HUNGRY and ANGRY. The third one everyone uses every day and knows what it stands for. If you listened carefully, I already told you what the word is. What is the third word?"

So, what is the riddle here? What is the puzzle? If the above is NOT the correct version, what is?? The following is what we believe to be the correct version of the "GRY" riddle:

"Think of words ending in -GRY. Angry and hungry are two of them. There are only three words in the English language. What is the third word? The word is something that everyone uses every day. If you have listened carefully, I have already told you what it is."

OK, now let's take this riddle apart and solve it as a riddle. Remember, that a riddle has a trick with the words or usage of the words. The trick in this puzzle is misdirection. There are words here that are meant to mislead you and they do just that. The first two sentences in the puzzle have nothing to do with the question being asked: "Think of words ending in -GRY. Angry and hungry are two of them." Ignore these two sentences. They are there to mislead and distract you. Works doesn't it??? Now, what is left is the "meat" of the riddle: "There are only three words in the English language. What is the third word? The word is something that everyone uses every day. If you have listened carefully, I have already told you what it is." In the phrase, the English language, the third word is simply the word 'language'. There you have it!! Get it? 'Language' is definitely something everyone uses every day and in the phrase "the English language" is the third word! OK, now you're saying,"That can't be it; too easy!!" But remember what a riddle is and that the "GRY" riddle is a riddle - NOT a trivia question. "Ok", you're saying, "But that is really stupid!" Hey, we didn't write this riddle - but we do believe that we have the solution, stupid or not! We don't have actual statistics, but we can say that the "GRY" riddle has really gotten around over the last twenty years or so and we get MANY requests for the solution. As is the case with riddles, you need to listen or read them carefully before solving and before passing them along. Somehow, the "GRY" riddle got really distorted - hopefully this explanation will help and satisfy all of you who have been racking your brains for the answer!

By the way, there really are words in the English language that end in -GRY. However, they are definitely obscure and to most of us unknown and rarely used. When have you used bowgry, hogry, hangry or aggry in everyday circumstances? (Remember the riddle clearly states that the answer is something used every day by everyone.) So forget about using any of those obscure words! Instead, start repeating the riddle in its correct version and be happy that you now know the solution!