Yet Another Portal

One Week Later

2009-03-31T23:10:00.003+08:00

Thank you all for your kind words regarding my last entry. I'm glad that Dinah and Petri commented, and I hope everything is fine over there.First, some links, as found through the same people as last time (Tina and Martin): a file outlining the official policy regarding the issues; the official statement from the faculty; two perspectives on other issues regarding the current graduating batch,

I Cannot Sit by Idly

2009-03-25T04:43:00.017+08:00

There is an issue that has come up at Philippine Science High School (Diliman Campus), my secondary school alma mater, and my first regular long-term employer. It seems yearly now that there would be an issue, and I do not like dredging up the past, since each year promises something that is different (and yet the same) as those before. My sister pointed out the blog posts of Jonathan de Guzman

Welcome to the Next Level

2009-02-11T01:33:00.006+08:00

Well, my experiment in extemporaneous exposition on being a graduate assistant went bust as things got busier. What would not be chronicled were the instances of actually substituting for professors in their classes: Dr. Raffy Saldana's Math 19 class, Dr. Cathy Vistro-Yu's Math 22 class, Dr. Felix Muga's Math 124 and numerical class and Dr. Roden David's AMC 124 class. There were the instances

Hell Breaks Loose (For About 30 Mintues or So)

2008-07-03T12:30:00.004+08:00

Yesterday, I conducted Machine Exercise 3 for my ES 26 classes at 8:30-11:30 and 2:45-5:45. At around 12:15, I was being contacted by Ateneo to see if I was arriving there by 12:30, which I wasn't because of my experience on conducting Machine Exercise 1, and how tired I often got rushing to and from campuses. At this time, all of us graduate assistants had something happening (although with me

Slight Confusion

2008-07-01T13:56:00.002+08:00

Paperwork and schedule to come make for a little bit of confusion, but hopefully things will settle into some comfortable rhythm soon enough. Added a little more work for myself, but hopefully it just leads to a full mouth and not too much to chew.

This Week

2008-06-19T16:06:00.002+08:00

This week promises to be on the wrong side of sanity, what with a machine exercise to proctor, check, make solutions for, and explain. It immediately follows that, with the next two weeks following the same schedule, followed by a long examination, the first month is not too friendly to me. Add the paperwork I am juggling, and my goal for the next half-month may just be survival.

Been Busy

2008-06-17T09:00:00.003+08:00

The first few weeks have found me fairly busy, but fairly uncoordinated. Am still adjusting to the new sleep schedule, and have only recently finalized my weekly itinerary. This, of course, does not account for the random variance of work that will find me at Ateneo. On top of this, I am assured of neither paycheck at the end of the month yet. And the deadlines for the scholarship

APIO '08: An Overview

2008-06-03T15:55:00.003+08:00

The PNOI held last March was a lead up for the Philippine delegation to this year's APIO. The contrast between contest styles and difficulty are marked, and I will strive to later give my thoughts on each of the problems.

Back in the Saddle

2008-06-03T15:44:00.003+08:00

Yesterday marked the first time in eleven months that I had checked in to work. To make things extra special, this is also the first time that I have two concurrent jobs, albeit for the span of one semester. I am still adjusting to the sleep schedule, and the noontime sun is not my friend, but I'm pretty perked up for the coming months.Now if I can figure what to put on the Math Department's

PNOI 2k8 Problems: Input for Multiple Data Sets

2008-03-17T06:18:00.024+08:00

Problems from PNOI2008I had not given attention to the methods of getting input for multiple data sets. This presents an additional challenge, on top of the problem itself, especially when not used to the usual methods that problems in programming competitions provide the input.The problems in PNOI 2k8 did not try to make parsing input too difficult, using only spaces and newlines to separate

PNOI 2k8 Problem F: Shopping Spree

2008-03-17T05:38:00.017+08:00

Problems from PNOI2008Type: dynamic programmingDifficulty: medium-hard, tediousConsider this the clarification-test problem: some pertinent upper limits were not given in the description: the maximum number of data sets (expected to be twenty, as the other problems); the maximum capacity of the cart; the maximum number of items. However, those not familiar with the core idea of the problem and

PNOI 2k8 Problem E: Text Messages

2008-03-17T04:38:00.006+08:00

Problems from PNOI2008Type: stringDifficulty: easy-medium, tediousThis problem was probably overlooked due to its position: since the easiest problems came earlier, and some harder problems came before this, it can be supposed that this was assumed to be harder than on first blush. The tediousness in this problem is in the encoding of the key-press map, whereas in problem C it is in the output

PNOI 2k8 Problem D: How Many Groups?

2008-03-17T03:47:00.008+08:00

Problems from PNOI2008Type: graph, setDifficulty: mediumProblem D disguises the problem of determining the number of components of a graph.A graph is a structure composed of nodes/vertices and edges. A node or vertex can be considered a point and an (unordered) edge connects two nodes; the edge is said to be incident on those nodes. In the problem, the persons can be represented by nodes, and

PNOI 2k8 Problem C: Checking Collinearity

2008-03-17T02:54:00.011+08:00

Problems from PNOI2008Type: geometryDifficulty: easy to medium, tediousThis problem was easier before editing: I suggested to keep all the coefficients as integers, so that there would be less problems with the precision of floating-point numbers. It would have been much more straightforward if the lines were given in standard form (i.e., the form y = Mx + B) instead of general form (i.e., the

PNOI 2k8 Problem B: Rina's Triangles

2008-03-17T02:20:00.008+08:00

Problems from PNOI2008Type: mathematics, data structureDifficulty: easyRina, in the title, refers to Rina Caballar, a former co-worker of mine and current co-worker of Dr. Pablo Manalastas, head judge at PNOI 2k8, who provided this problem. This problem was originally given in last year's Javacup, which is an annual collegiate two-man team Java programming competition hosted by CURSOR, a UP

PNOI 2k8 Problem A: A Simple Task

2008-03-17T00:35:00.011+08:00

Problems from PNOI2008Type: mathematicsDifficulty: easyThe first thing that came to mind in looking at this problem was "prime factorization".Every positive integer has a unique prime factorization, and there is an algorithm for outputting the prime factors of a number n:p = 2;while (p * p <= n) { if (n % p == 0) { output p; n /= p; } else p ++; }Simply put, if the current prime number

Philippine National Olympiad in Informatics 2008

2008-03-15T12:43:00.004+08:00

And, for my next post, another blow-by-blow of a programming competition I am a judge at: PNOI 2008. Here at Faura Hall in AdMU, basically checking internet access. Will see if I can actually have a blow by blow. If not, join me here for the summary.Edit: Boo, they shut down the internet throughout our side to ensure lack of net-access in the venue. Ten contestants, winner got problems A and

Migration

2007-10-16T17:58:00.000+08:00

After an aborted try, and much soul-searching, I am now finally ensconced in the island-nation of Singapore, to try my luck in a rat race of a different arena.I'd like to extend my thanks to all my friends, and my relatives, who have supported me throughout this time. Whatever success this new phase of my life will bring will definitely be a reflection of the help you have given me.

A Month After, and Two Days Too Late

2007-07-02T18:38:00.001+08:00

Again, looking for a new job. Staying at work was fun, but now, strangely, I go from working, to working student, to just student. Later, it'll be delinquent student...

Summon the Thunder

2007-06-06T14:26:00.000+08:00

Well, after a brief stint of "trying to be SQL savvy and only somewhat succeeding", I am back to prototyping, and what a doozy it is! A veritable whirlwind of changes. I do hope we can get to finish by tomorrow.

Escapism

2007-05-29T10:53:00.000+08:00

Am sort of escaping (lack of allotted) work right now, trying to be productive by scanning my mails. Isn't this the reason why there isn't access normally? But I don't want to do this often.I will be back at my station in a bit, but it does feel good to be typing with purpose...

Standby

2007-05-18T23:10:00.000+08:00

Today's dinner was interesting, as it had mojos with them. What's interesting is that I didn't pay for the mojos.Anyways, today was the first standby that I had stood by, and it was interesting. I am reminded of how much more work our bosses have, because I'm fairly sure that they're still there, talking with their overseas counterparts, trying to make ends meet, where one end is the end user,

Home is Where You Lay Your Head Down...

2007-05-10T22:54:00.000+08:00

... when not laid close to the keyboard. Barely made the train home, but it's all right. Still have seven screens for tomorrow, which are hopefully easier than those made today or yesterday.And this is supposed to be easier?

Narcolepsy

2007-05-10T13:12:00.000+08:00

If I don't survive this week, it'll be due to my heightened state of perpetual sleepiness. On the plus side, work keeps me awake. On the minus side, repetitive work feels like non-work, and I start to drowse.At least I've gotten over this Monday's shellacking. And my legs aren't tightening up anymore.

Antiquated Methods

2007-05-08T13:22:00.000+08:00

Dunno why that title comes to mind, but it may just be how I feel about myself at the moment. Trying to digest a little, hopefully to finish today's packed lunch.

Screen and Re-Screen

2007-05-08T01:00:00.000+08:00

Last week was fairly hectic, full of little tweaks and major upheavals. Quite a number of low-sleep-count nights.So. This is work, eh? If I say Bring it on! will it actually be brought on? Let sleeping dogs lie, I suppose.

Saturday Saturday

2007-04-28T13:33:00.000+08:00

For nothing but repetitive fun, try fixing column widths in a table where rows can be added or reappeared. I'm fairly certain that there's a faster, more reliable way to do this, so if anyone out there knows, drop a line.

Through to the Future?

2007-04-23T23:08:00.000+08:00

After a fairly interesting week wherein, as anyone within earshot of me could attest that I had claimed, I had barely had 20-odd hours of sleep for the week, and my best prerelease to date (even if I didn't get to make the best deck in my cardpool), I come back and stay until 9:15 just to break even for the day. :( Well, there's still the rest of the week...

Prototypical

2007-04-17T23:59:00.000+08:00

Okay. Get your watches ready: I'll be 0 to 30 screens in three weeks!

Elapsation

2007-04-11T13:23:00.000+08:00

Apparently, the more frequently my other online persona is blogging, the less often this blog is updated.Nothing much going on here. Some things are on hold, while others begin. The on-the-job trainees are here, and, boy, do they look familiar.

Arbitrary

2007-03-22T20:40:00.000+08:00

Posting once more. I once said, in another blog, almost a lifetime ago, that broadband kills creativity. With about three weeks worth of net back under my belt, I can acquiesce to that idea once more. However, that's mostly due to some six months downtime prior, so I am just catching up. Not quite caught up yet, mind you. Getting my feet wet, maybe.

Mish-Mash

2007-03-11T23:05:00.000+08:00

I think I have a better handle on things, and stuff can now be properly arranged. If only I can sleep early enough...

Day-to-Day

2007-03-06T20:51:00.000+08:00

Hmmm... the lifestyle has changed, sending me home to do my blogging, instead of watching some fun draft action. I'm on week 5 of my "what the heck is wrong with my PC?" stint, and hopefully, it'll come to a close in the weekend.Work ways, I've just done some prettifying that is also very practical and, tomorrow, I hope to break everything in PT. That's just the kind of guy I am.

My Back

2007-03-01T22:38:00.000+08:00

And, this, safely said, is being typed in the comfort of my own room.

And... I Didn't Get to Go to a Homecoming

2007-02-26T19:59:00.000+08:00

My apologies for not paying too much attention to life in general. The Department just celebrated a post-silver anniversary, at the new building. I hadn't kept tabs on it, and thus did not go.I hope all you guys had a great time! I want pictures!

Time in for Confusion?

2007-02-22T18:48:00.000+08:00

On the first day of assignment, I found myself, at the middle of the day: sleepy, then anxious, then confused, then hella confused, and then somewhat progressive. Now I still have the vestiges of the confusion still a haze in my mind, so I guess all of this can be solved by one thing: sleep.

Where are the Peeps?

2007-02-19T08:01:00.000+08:00

It's 8, and I went up here at around 7:30. I know people were around at 6:30, but there's supposed to be people left. Where?

Freebies!

2007-02-18T11:22:00.000+08:00

Finished and presented the final exercise yesterday, told that I should learn AJAX next, then went off to the nearby mall to join a Sudoku tournament. Whoops... it's at another mall, so I take the train, walk through two other malls, and end up waiting to see if they'd let walk-ins participate.Good thing, too, otherwise, I wouldn't have gotten the gift pack from getting into the finals. :)

Two Days to Go

2007-02-15T19:55:00.000+08:00

My todo list for the exercise has considerably shortened, and lengthened mostly due to those "creative" choices I've recently made. Now I have one technical problem to solve, one small screen to make, a dynamic stylesheet to partly code... and lots of documentation.Make that one day and one-and-a-half hours before the presentation...

Ekeing the Value Out of a Project

2007-02-14T19:17:00.000+08:00

Just when I thought that I would just be focussing on the lighter side, I make a bug in one of the interfaces I'm using, which is weird since it uses the same tools as another interface, and that other one works fine (at least with respect to the problem of the first). Anyways, most of what I want to do is done, and soon it'll be rigorous testing, documentation, and maybe still some more

Another Disaster Averted, Thanks to... Paracetamol

2007-02-13T20:59:00.000+08:00

One Biogesic was sufficient to get me through the rest of the day, and here I am, well, doing nothing but watching and waiting.On the work side, it's about time to get creative. Will be doing some cleaning up, some documentation, and then the flexing of very very small creative muscles.

Illness Takes Me Once a Month

2007-02-13T16:15:00.000+08:00

Apparently, my time of the month sees me under the weather, like last month. This time, it's the new sleeping conditions in the room. I thought it was just the combination of computing excitement and lack of sleep, but last night saw me sleeping early - and waking with an aching body.I've had this before. It's the stiff neck where only your neck feels okay.

Urgh... Sleep...

2007-02-12T15:43:00.000+08:00

The past few nights have not been early sleep nights, and despite the fact that it was the weekend, it made me rush around doing things in half-daze mostly, but with some amount of progress.Speaking of progress, my first brick wall has arrived, and I'm still trying to see how to get around it. I'm sure there's a door or a gate here somewhere...

Cradlin' the Headache

2007-02-08T15:39:00.000+08:00

Okay, now I know for a fact that staring at a program for longer than twelve hours in two days cannot be healthy. So I went online to look at stuff that actually works.

Start of a Long Day

2007-02-07T19:10:00.000+08:00

Actually, of the longest single programming project I will undertake, barring the thesis program I am now planning to port to Java. I will now expend all I have learned over the last five weeks to make something.And, boy, I hope it won't be ugly.

Time Out for Bad Behavior?

2007-02-05T16:48:00.000+08:00

This weekend saw me lugging home a satisfying new box that is still slightly underwhelming me, maybe because even though it is technically fully functional, one of its major raison-de-etre has dissipated, at least for another month. No, I don't mean that I still have no broadband, although I may plug that the service has gotten cheaper, which I am looking forward to.I needs me some mad

High on the Wing

2007-02-02T21:27:00.000+08:00

The upper floor at night is a lot looser, more comfortable than the work hours. And Friday is full of people resting and playing.I really do think I like working here. :)

The Next One's on Me

2007-01-31T20:17:00.000+08:00

Which should be in a couple of months.One month down, some evaluations, a fifth language to work with, and hopefully, I'll have a first taste of actually project development. Maybe I'll get to bowl soon, next week. And there'll be fewer tutees.Must remember to inquire about entrance policies for the old Alma Mater. You know, the first job. Not the second.Oh, and I have a test to give on

200 and Other Unimportant Numbers

2007-01-27T21:10:00.000+08:00

I was very late for work today, but I still logged in the requisite hours, and still tried my hand at some training exercises. Tomorrow, I will go to my tutees to try and enrich their lives a little (with the agreeable side-effect of enriching my finances). Monday, I will back in front of my unit at work and will do more exercises to improve my work capabilities.In fact, next week will be a

It's Been a While

2007-01-25T12:33:00.000+08:00

Been more than a few days since my last post, but that isn't to say that the action has slacked. I have just gone through my two worst exercises to date, and it does not help that they were the most recent ones. I still have one on tap today. Good thing I still have about a day in advanced time, but I will try some things later today, so I should just be ahead by about half a day.Anyways,

The Game

2007-01-20T07:45:00.000+08:00

Well, I'd never thought I'd be too early for work. Yet here I am, slogging away a floor above, waiting for someone to open the doors downstairs.Oh yeah, and Inversion pre-releases today. Sorry, I mean Planar Chaos. Roy should know what I mean.

Quikc!

2007-01-12T08:52:00.000+08:00

this is me typing as quickly as i can so i can be downstairs as quickly as i can possilby be

Sneaking About

2007-01-11T16:05:00.000+08:00

I'm sneaking a little early to go online so I can use my favorite Net-enabled PC here. Am starting to get good at surfing quickly again, but it means that I'm reading far less than usual.Trivia of the day: The only actor to be in the 1984 movies "The Philadelphia Experiment" and "Streets of Fire" is the star Michael Pare.Hey, I didn't mean to be enlightening. :p

Time Off for Bad Habits

2007-01-11T08:53:00.000+08:00

Cast my first absence from work yesterday, due to my body not handling the stress it was under. Actually, I'm not fully recovered yet, but as the respiratory problem is now gastrointestinal, I am sure it's on the way out. On Monday afternoon, it started out as a sore throat, which, on Tuesday, became the flu, and yesterday went from sinusitis to a mere runny nose (I had hoped). Mucus

Under the Weather

2007-01-09T16:25:00.000+08:00

Okay, I'll admit it. The reason why I'm not feeling too well is the fact that I stayed up late Sunday evening. And that I actually have been on the road for at least 6 hours everyday since the first of January.Training is pretty good. I hope my body isn't breaking anytime soon.

Dizziness

2007-01-05T16:18:00.000+08:00

Yesterday, after departing from the building, I told Paul I got dizzy - he says it's the same for his first two weeks on the job. Today, a little winded from the exercises and lessons. Got my wind back, slightly.

All New

2007-01-04T16:04:00.000+08:00

With the start of the new year, I find myself with a new job. It may not surprise many that I am now working as a Junior Programmer (in training) at Azeus Systems Philippines in Ortigas, but anyone who has only known me through my college degree (and masteral courses) will be scratching their heads.It's currently day two of training, and I'm spending my afternoon break in the "other" locale for

One Week Early, One Day Late

2006-10-23T20:12:00.000+08:00

And here I find the end of the road that was started just this June, waiting now for time and tide to wash everything away.Thank you, my friends, thank you. You have been with me on a journey you yourself were not aware of, perhaps while on journeys of your own, roads worn only by your tread.Nonetheless, here lies the end, and the beginning.

Closing In

2006-10-06T15:30:00.000+08:00

With UP classes wrapped up, only the checking needs to be done (and uploading specs for the bonuses... due October 23? Only if grades are due on the 30th). However, there are still some things to do for other matters... and all within October...

Inertia

2006-10-03T09:43:00.000+08:00

And here we are, the end of the race, the homestretch. So why does it seem to spiral?

Final Examination

2006-09-27T14:30:00.000+08:00

... but not a Finals, as my CS 135 students duke it out against ten questions for the last of the three long examinations I will give this semester. And then onto the checking...

Goin' for Broke

2006-09-26T10:22:00.000+08:00

Pedal to the metal, and... laze away...

Here We Go

2006-09-21T09:57:00.000+08:00

Let the wheels turn, let the cogs gnash. Given up to the end of the next month, let's ride this wave as it crests and till it crashes, crashes on the beaches of bone-bleached sand.

Bellyachin'

2006-09-19T11:34:00.000+08:00

Note to self: keep to the puttanesca sauce; meat sauce upsets you.

Tumbling Down, Tumbling Down, Tumbling Down, ...

2006-09-14T15:45:00.000+08:00

It's hitting the fan, y'all.

Bringing on the Pain

2006-08-30T11:25:00.000+08:00

Here we go, judging for the CS 11 Programming Competition. Since they had only started on arrays, the single problem they will work on is the Base Manual Calculator. This may seem harsh, but I don't think anyone can be fully expected to solve th problem completely: this is to gauge how far they can go. If anyone solves addition completely, I'd be fully impressed.So far, there had been two UPS

Sucks to Be Me

2006-08-22T15:51:00.000+08:00

Principal Uncertainty

2006-08-17T14:34:00.000+08:00

Well, today's blog's title is a poor play on words regarding my research for a presentation regarding Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle. Very useful are, of course, Wikipedia and The American Institute of Physics's historical archives. I knew I wanted to do some additional research on the topic, but I didn't expect to be sifting through enough material to cover the state of physics at the time.

Mid-exam Examination

2006-08-16T18:03:00.000+08:00

I'm a little surprised to find so many students still slaving over the second long examination for CS 135 when only thirty minutes are remaining of the three-hour duration. I maybe expected them to laugh the examination into submission, but maybe the examination is laughing back at them? I cannot be too sure.In either way, the examination seems to be making my students examine my use of

The Long, Slow Descent

2006-08-15T15:00:00.000+08:00

It has been an open secret that I haven't had internet access at the house for almost three weeks now, and today is the day that determines the fate of my home's connectedness. Hopefully everything will resolve in the positive, but only time can tell...

Headache

2006-08-10T14:40:00.000+08:00

Urgh. Either I've picked up some head cold that is giving me a hard time or I've got sinusitis. I'm hoping to get some work, so here's to the best of luck here-on-in.

Quickly!

2006-08-04T10:52:00.000+08:00

Just a quick howdy to everyone in Net-zone, the Big Web, the waves of the information superhighway. Got a buncha things to do today, so, gone!

How Much Work Needs to be Done Right Now?

2006-08-03T13:20:00.000+08:00

I'm in the middle of a whirlpool of work, most of which needs to be done right now? But how much really needs to be done right now?Being a master of prestidigitation, and ever on the bubble, I am hard-pressed at this very moment to do the segregation. Let them sort themselves out, I have heard.

Downtime, Uptime

2006-07-31T12:17:00.000+08:00

So, with my home internet down once again, I am catching up with work at work. Quite a bit of merging and updating, sometimes upgrading technologies, but we learn everyday. Next semester to me is beginning to look like learning Java and LaTeX in addition to the expected.

It's Been Raining, Man

2006-07-28T10:50:00.000+08:00

Ugh. Sometimes, you just can't do anything but sigh. I've learned to hate heavy rainy days, but for reasons other than those of my contemporaries not in the field of education: there goes my schedule. Worse yet, the paperwork is at the office, so what work I could do was merely generation of more paperwork.

Day In, Day Out

2006-07-21T10:28:00.000+08:00

A bunch of ins and outs for me today. Much moving around, much making ado, not too sure about actual progress, but, heck, it's a start. Back on track, but waiting for the next big thing.

Playing Catch-Up

2006-07-20T14:15:00.000+08:00

Not quite caught up with everything for the semester yet, though I've been pushing hard to be ahead of the curve on a bit, I am now flagging behind in the clean-up for my CS 135 classes. Not only have I not checked any of SW #1, 2, PS #1, 2 or LE #1, I haven't uploaded the solutions for SW #1, PS#2 or LE #1. Sigh. Must clear out the backlog.

Wrong Time to Be Lazy

2006-07-18T14:29:00.000+08:00

I guess my priorities are a little jumbled. Instead of uploading a soft copy of today's (and yesterday's) discussion on the solutions of the problem sets, I am currently merely uploading, editing, re-editing, and so on, some other solutions.Sigh...

Moving Around, Getting Nowhere

2006-07-11T10:32:00.000+08:00

On my own volition, mostly on a good friend's suggestion, I will be going back to an alma mater that has already taken me in twice before, to suggest the wonders of using such useful and amazing freeware as TeX and Scilab.

Heavy Week

2006-07-10T14:00:00.000+08:00

Hmmm... with an examination to give maybe at week's end, I'm looking at submitting a problem set, maybe a second problem set, and then an examination to take in a week's time, not to mention a second presentation within two weeks. Sigh.

Too Much, Too Little

2006-07-06T12:10:00.000+08:00

Like the Doppler effect, there seem to be dates in my calendar where I seem to be squeezed into a tight spot by all sorts of deadlines and lack of resources, followed by a general slackening - the most dangerous type of slack, the one that is well-deserved but ill-timed, on account of further Dopplering along the semester. I think that this semester will be slightly more manageable than I had

Crunching Down

2006-06-22T13:49:00.000+08:00

Time to actually work... knowing full well that I will be devoting myself mostly to my other life, the one this work has paid for. Or would've paid for, had I actually been paid for this cycle of work yet. Sigh.

Long Day

2006-06-20T09:22:00.000+08:00

Today will be a full implementation of my TTh schedule, which is basically class at 8:30 to 10, consultation from 10 to 3:30, and class at 4:30. Depending on what happens in the last class of the day, my schedule may yet change anew.

Sympathy Headache

2006-06-19T09:37:00.000+08:00

I am familiar with the concept of sympathy pains, but can they be transmitted through phone? What about sleepiness - in reverse?

Walking the Talk

2006-06-16T10:44:00.000+08:00

With classes abruptly over for the week (as it will for the rest of the sem) at 10 AM on a Friday, I am laying back with some Sudoku (which is partly to test the program, and partly for my own leisure) and nuggets and dip, before I do some walkin' and talkin'. I have to remember to make new problem sets for my classes, and hopefully upload them over the weekend.

Wakey-Wakey

2006-06-15T09:48:00.000+08:00

I'm still a little sleepy as I rummage through the internets. Apparently, I will have only one course of action for the day, and that's to determine if my student will be completed for last semester's class.Sigh. After brunch, I will hurry on home.

Sudoku Hell

2006-06-13T11:40:00.000+08:00

It is entirely TJ's fault that I've been on a Sudoku binge since Friday, straight through the DCS-EEE collaborative workshop at MMLDC (although it is entirely of my own compunction that I left the nice atmosphere of Antipolo a day early), up to now, stalling me from actually being productive. On the plus side, it's helping me algorithmically solve the Sudoku programming problem, though I'm

Incomplete Completions

2006-05-30T15:23:00.000+08:00

I didn't quite expect to be here today, but, as it stands, I may actually be here tomorrow, but not if I could help it. Completions almost out of mind, but returning to the fore, and now being looked into. Some completions have the effort in them; others do not.When June comes along, as it does, there will be more incompletes trying to salve their missing pieces.

Almost Full-Revolution: 160

2006-05-27T08:41:00.000+08:00

Today is probably the last time I will be at work for the month, which is a shame, because I celebrate one full year of bloggering on the thirty-first.Anyway, am plodding away alone at the HP lab, wondering if anyone was reading the UVLE announcements, or whether anyone was reading this, or whether or not I was going home early today.My schedule going into next week on my calendar seems full up

Another Sneak

2006-05-25T13:16:00.000+08:00

Since everyone's out, except for Ate Mila, and TJ, I chose today to leave a copy of my diploma and to print out the last of my summer submissions. Good thing, too, since the toner was already complaining of being out.

Hyper

2006-05-24T17:25:00.000+08:00

Hmmm... am trying to be conscious of my dietary habits, since my hyperacidity has not gone down like a beast hunted. Or, rather, just like it. My metaphors are not quite up to snuff today.

Sudden

2006-05-19T13:31:00.000+08:00

Hmmm... the summer seems "officially" over, even though I walked under the swelt'ring noon sky. Now, it seems some old (and almost forgotten) affairs are coming back...

ACM Summer Training: Day 1

2006-05-06T09:35:00.000+08:00

Finally, after much preparation, we begin summer training. And at 8:30, how many people do we have here? One! And she's actually a new trainee!Oh well.9:10 AM (170 minutes remain): We finally begin, with two people. And only four PCs. This will be fun.<\sarcasm>9:35 AM (145 minutes remain): Four people now. Actually start the blog.10:13 AM (107 minutes remain): Reading MTG.com, I

Sneaky

2006-05-04T14:18:00.000+08:00

Is it considered hit and run if you have a secret you won't share until it's a day late (tomorrow)?

Wasting Time

2006-04-29T11:52:00.000+08:00

I haven't felt more out of touch than during the second half of this week, when I had neither a landline nor a net connection. (The lack of landline precluded using dial-up, though now that the phone is back, I can't seem to find the other modem.) I have been speding the morning trying to keep tabs on my usual net haunts for the last four days' information.Hi, I'm Switch and I'm a netholic.

Paperwork, Legwork and Avoiding Work

2006-04-06T15:33:00.000+08:00

So, after some soul searching, and a bit of leisurely walk, my next semester has a little more direction in its step. So, now I am my desk trying to avoid work by actually doing work.It's a little strange that when my mind is not prepared to do work, my body steps to the fore eagerly to distract it.Additional information: I do my best work when I am locked in a world of music, usually with

Embarrassment

2006-04-05T13:01:00.000+08:00

I am thouroughly underdressed for the dressing down I will subject myself to later today.

Compromises

2006-04-03T11:36:00.000+08:00

Many compromises have been made today, that should have equated to less worrisome choices of slight in earlier days and weeks. They say that an old dog cannot learn new tricks, yet a young man cannot seem to turn over a new leaf in time.Sigh. Life continues, bruised yet intact.

All Done Except for the Crying

2006-03-22T14:02:00.000+08:00

... mostly mine, out of the sheer amount of checking that I've left for myself. And the time's not even clear for that yet! Will start the checking as soon as possible, but that may be on the 27th yet. And the conf's on the 31st! Aigh!

Anger

2006-03-21T14:04:00.000+08:00

If I say "open notes", you'd better have a good argument that you had at least made the Internet's search engines before you can claim that citing websites can qualify as notes.