Obi's Reality Check

On Wasting Time

2010-11-02T19:48:00.000-07:00

If you're always doing what you're supposed to be doing, you'll never have time to do what you're not supposed to be doing...

Reality Check

2010-09-28T22:28:00.000-07:00

I stopped believing in Jesus a long time ago. Since then I've known he is real.

Historicity of Jesus

2010-09-28T12:24:00.000-07:00

The historicity of Jesus concerns how much of what is written about Jesus of Nazareth is historically reliable.

There is no evidence for the existence of Jesus that comes from the time of Jesus—no writings or artefacts of his, no accounts of him written in his lifetime – and critics often accuse Biblical scholars of creating Jesus in their own image...

-Wikipedia's Historicity of Jesus

My conclusion is not that Jesus didn't exist, but that the evidence for his existence doesn't exist.

40% and counting

2010-09-20T10:44:00.000-07:00

A couple of months ago I started counting hours towards a useful time goal. Right now I'm at a little over 40% (check the counter.)

I've read, researched, worked, helped, traveled, exercised and I feel much better about myself. I'll keep counting just because I want to complete the goal, but I feel comfortable saying I balance work and fun quite well.

Espero que pronto aprendas

2010-07-29T20:46:00.000-07:00

Espero que ... sepas escoger quien te acompanna.

Espero que ... entiendas lo que determina el valor de un amigo.

Espero que ... utilices cambio exacto; asi te mantienes en justicia.

Espero que ... honres siempre a tu familia.

Espero que ... cuides a los que son como tus hermanos.

Espero que ... entiendas que la gente no puede aprovechar una oportunidad que no se le da.

Espero que ... puedas orar por esa persona que te hace infeliz.

Espero que ... no hagas daño mientras te defiendes.

Espero que ... aproveches aquellas oportunidades que te hacen mejor persona.

Espero que ... te des cuenta que puedes sentirte mejor al perdonar, aprender y entonces olvidar.

Espero que ... tu ejemplo inspire a tus amigos a dejar el rencor.

Espero que ... entiendas que hay que dar sin esperar nada a cambio.

Espero que ... aprendas de Todas tus experiencias y concecuencias de tus acciones!

Espero que ... puedas dar a las cosas el valor que se merecen.

Espero que ... logres cambiar mas cosas para mejorar el mundo.

Espero que ... seas amado y entiendas que el amor si es suficiente.

Espero que ... puedas escoger sabiamente q quieres alcanzar y lo q perderas por ello.

Espero que ... vivas agradecido de todo lo que se te ha dado.

Espero que ... entiendas que nunca terminaras de aprender.

(from backups Sept. 2008)

Reality Check

2010-06-22T20:13:00.000-07:00

At a mere 10% of the way I accept that since I'm going to play, might as well be the game I like. It felt good having a restraint or a goal and go for it. I'll keep the goal... maybe even go a it more aggressively, but if I'm playing, it'll be MW2 or whatever.

First blood triple kill with an AT4-HS in Search and Destroy, coming up!

Something Useful With My Time

2010-06-09T18:12:00.000-07:00

I've spent over 480 hrs becoming a decent MW2 player. So, I've decided that until I spend 240 hrs developing any useful skill, I won't play MW2... Counter begins today.

Maybe 240 is too much for one skill, I'll see if I can spread it among various skills. Also, note I said develop and not learn. I'm aiming at getting better at something I already know, but I won't give up the opportunity to learn something new.

Computer languages are an easy start. Lots of tutorials and support on the WWW. I'll develop my Java first and try to take me above the intermediate level. Then I think I'll develop scripting or get into CCNA Self-Study towards possible certification. I'll throw in some FPGA programming and hopefully I won't forget how to get your flag, knife you before capturing my flag and return my flag in less than a second.

My MW2 Feats

2010-04-02T07:43:00.000-07:00

Anti air support

kill harrier and pavelow with one missile
kill harrier and chopper gunner with one missile
kill two harriers with one missile

Search & destroy

first blood with at4-hs
first blood triple kill with at4-hs

Capture the flag

captured flag over 10 times in a match (balanced teams)
return flag right after knifing flag carrier right after getting enemy flag (or get flag, knife enemy with flag and return flg in less than a second)
best accolades in one match (double threat, most flags captured, most flags returned)

Sabotage

best accolades in one match (most bombs planted, most bombs defused)

Demolition

best accolades in one match (most targets destroyed, most bombs planted, most bombs defused)

Los ingenieros no cabemos en Puerto Rico

2009-10-14T10:14:00.000-07:00

Sí debe haber una forma de filtrar aun mas el talento. Subir requisitos, bajar cupo en instituciones educacionales, sacar mediocres de la industria, etc... Otra opción es irnos donde nuestra oferta haga juego con la demanda... Aunque sea fuera de la isla.

Sería ideal ayudar a PR echar pa'lante como ingeniero, pero este revolú es parte de tener la libertad de esoger lo que queremos estudiar. Hay paises donde solo se gradúa lo que la sociedad necesite. Haces algo que no te gusta necesariamente, pero todos van pa'lante siempre...

Pienso que las reglas de oferta y demanda aplican a las profesiones. Mucha oferta con poca demanda, baja el precio del producto, o el sueldo del profesional. Para mantener el precio del producto hay que ofrecerlo donde 'haga falta' o producir menos.

Favorite "Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare" quotes

2009-10-14T09:13:00.000-07:00

Infantry Journal Entries:

"If the enemy is in range, so are you."
"If your attack is going too well, you're walking into an ambush."
"Try to look unimportant; they may be low on ammo."
"Five second fuses only last three seconds."

Technical Truths:

"Aim towards the Enemy." -Instruction printed on US Rocket Launcher
"Tracers work both ways." -U.S. Army Ordinance
"Cluster bombing from B-52s are very, very, accurate. The bombs are guaranteed to always hit the ground." -USAF Ammo Troop
"If you can't remember, the claymore is pointed toward you." -Unknown
"Never forget that your weapon was made by the lowest bidder." -Unknown
"The bursting radius of a hand-grenade is always one foot greater than your jumping range." -Unknown

On the philosophical aspect of war:

"Friendly fire - isn't." -Anonymous
"In war, truth is the first casualty" -Aeschylus
"Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind." -John F. Kennedy
"War does not determine who is right - only who is left" -Burtrand Russell
"Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result." -Winston Churchill
"No battle plan survives contact with the enemy." -Colin Powell
"The world will not accept dictatorship or domination." -Mikhail Gorbachev
"Heroes may not be braver than anyone else. They're just brave five minutes longer." -Ronald Reagan
"Whoever does not miss the Soviet Union has no heart. Whoever wants it back has no brain." -Vladimir Putin
"My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth." -George Washington
"Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons." -General Douglas MacArthur
"Any soldier worth his salt should be anti-war. And still, there are things worth fighting for." -General Norman Schwarzkopf
"Let your plans be as dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt." -Sun Tzu
"I think that technologies are morally neutral until we apply them. It's only when we use them for good or evil that they become good or evil." -William Gibson
"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones." -Albert Einstein
"The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it." -Norman Schwarzkopf
"If we can't persuade nations with comparable values of the merits of our cause, we'd better reexamine our reasoning." -Robert McNamara
"If a man has done his best, what else is there?" -General George S. Patton

Un nuebo abesedario español

2009-07-10T07:08:00.000-07:00

Un nueno abesedario español...
A B D E F G H I J K L M N Ñ O P R S T U Y

Los sonidos de la C son los de K y S.
La G solo suena como en GATO o AMIGO. No mas G-U, como GINEO
La H tiene el sonido de CH.
La J como si misma y como la G en gente (jente).
El sonido de LL es uno de los de Y.
La Q suena como K. No mas Q-U, ke bien.
Lo pertinente a la R y la RR se mantiene.
El sonido de W es el de U.
El sonido de la V puede ser el de B y no kambia tanto el bocabulario.
La Y solo tiene sonido como en YA i AYER. YUVIA, YANTO.
El sonido de la Z puede ser el de S i no kambia tanto el bocabulario.

Ke tu krees, baldrá la pena?

Ahi, Ay, Hay...aaayy

2009-07-09T13:02:00.000-07:00

Hay - de HABER, que tambien empieza con H. Que mucho revolu hay con esta.

Ahí - Viste el ACENTO!?! Míralo ahí!

AY - la mas corta... No tienes tiempo pa escribir otra letra. Para de quejarte y busca una curita!

Bucket List - Part 2

2009-04-20T13:06:00.000-07:00

Surf on a huge wave
See sunset on any place that had 6 months of sun
See sunrise on any place that had 6 months of night
Get more than one technical certification
Win something really cool at a fair

Bucket List - Part 1

2009-04-20T12:53:00.000-07:00

Freefall and land safely from hundreds of feet
Freefall and land safely from thousands of feet
Build a snowman
Skate on a frozen lake
Try any winter sport
See one tree change through the four seasons
Help someone get a house
Help someone get a job
Help someone get better
Visit the other 6 continents... (North America, check)
Be a teacher/professor

Logical faith

2009-04-03T13:03:00.000-07:00

A friend of mine once wrote he "wished for society to embrace knowledge and logic instead of faith on the uncertain."

... and I say he's RIGHT! I mean, LOGICALLY, anything about him is UNCERTAIN for me, except for what I KNOW... so I'll have to take everything else on FAITH.

That's was a good one, man...

25 Things About Me

2009-04-02T12:21:00.000-07:00

25... I like this. I like putting my mind in writing...

1. Religion can easily separate you from your humanity and from God. That last one makes me think of some religions as sinful.

2. Take all contradictions out of The Bible. Read the rest.

3. No one has ever told me an intelligent or wise reason to smoke or to get high or drunk. That's the 2nd reason why I don't do it. Mostly they either taste bad or stink and their side effects are undesireable.

4. To maintain some structure I make rules for general cases. I DONT CHANGE THEM for the particular case, but stuff has to be ADDED for the rule to work. This is the basis for most of my thoughts.

5. I find it weird that people thank me for anything I do in gratitude to them.

6. If i want to finish this list on the first try, I better recur to ambiguity.

7. I think in English; I get angry or desperate in Spanish. Actually, if I do one of this lists in Spanish, most of it would be about stuff that makes me uncomfortable.

8. I think a lot. Too much. It'll take me weeks to choose 25 things I wanna share with every one.

9. It takes me too much time to realize I preferred the consequences of finishing stuff on time.

10. I HATE only 2 things: Denial and waiting.

11. I'm sure every problem in society can be rooted to education. Start preventing, and correcting will be significantly reduced.

12. I'm willing to love anybody, not anything they do.

13. Understanding God's power, and His love keeps my faith strong.

14. For every reason to feel bad at any given moment, I can find two to feel good. I don't remember the last time I went to bed angry.

15. I eat when I get anxious. Anything with lots of small pieces works (eg m&m's, peanuts, smarties, etc.)

16. On honesty: the more sincere you are the more genuine any relationship will grow... For better or worse.

17. I like to keep an open mind and a back up plan for most decisions I make.

18. I consider myself a fire starter. I mostly read the first paragraph on wikipedia of anything new for me. When I talk with anyone who knows about it, it's enough to get everyone involved.Also, I can be an integral part of the design process and leave little room for error. Once I see everything is going well, or fired up, I want to move to something else. (This is one of the main reasons for my embarrassing college academic life. For me it took too long to get to the next thing, and I lost interest)

19. There's good-looking people and there are ugly-looking people. Everyone is attractive. Moreover, the only reason I get nervous around a good looking girl/woman is because I don't know if I compliment her, she'll get offended or take it any wrong way.

20. One of the best compliments I've had was when Patricia Guzman looked at me and said I was a 'Monument to Peace.' Recently I was told again I was a very patient person (obviously I was NOT driving.) People taking up to 10 years off my age feels good too.

21. 100% of car accidents on the road happen on the road. That's why I want to reach my destination ASAP! :P

22. Top 5 (in random order): Adriana Lima, Mena Suvari, Carmen Electra... the other two change often. Hm, I won't pick the Olsen Twins cause I'd be done. I guess right now they are Kat Von D and Megan Fox.

23. Favorite color: Red. Blood Red. Deep and Bold.

24. Whoo!! one more and I'm done...

25. I read that my wife married her best friend... I married mine, too. Thank God I get to spend my life with her. We are a great combination of wild imagination and down-to-earth-ism.

On asking me for favors...

2009-03-12T14:43:00.000-07:00

Doing favor is a gesture of sacrifice. One gives away something valuable to get at least a possibility to gain something else of value (such as self-respect, trust, love, freedom, prosperity), or to avoid an even greater loss (Wiktionary.) I neither gain nor grow in giving to the non-needy. (Luke 6:34)

If you are self sufficient, don't ask for help.
If it takes same or less amount of effort on your part to do it, don't ask for help.
If you are interrupting me from an activity with same or more importance as the one you'd have to interrupt, don't ask for help.

BUT...
If you find that you can't do it yourself, don't hesitate to ask me for help.
If it's better if we do it together, call me, let's do it!

AND...
If you ask for a favor because your in a hurry, don't spend the next 30 minutes defending your point.

FINALLY...
Favors are asked with YES..... or..... NO questions.

Munchies Defense - American Miracle Crunch Sandwich

2009-03-10T19:25:00.001-07:00

Between 2 (or more) slices of bread, put Miracle Whip, 1 (or more) American cheese slice(s), 1 (or more) layers of corn chips.

enjoy...

SENIOR year of high school!

2009-02-23T17:49:00.000-08:00

1. Did you date someone from your school? nop
2. Did you marry someone from your high school? nop
3. Did you car pool to school? nop
4. What kind of car did you have? 1987 cadillac brougham
5. What kind of car do you have now? 2009 nissan versa
6. It’s Friday night 1995 where are you? home, beating my bros at street fighter
7. It is Friday night 2009...where are you? coming back from busch gardens
8. What kind of job did you have in high school? didn't know what was that.
9. What kind of job do you have now? software engineer
10. Were you a party animal? nop
11. Were you considered a flirt? nop
12. Were you in band, orchestra, or choir? nop
13. Were you a nerd? ...i was above average
14. Did you get suspended or expelled? nop
15. Can you sing the fight song? nop
16. Who were your favorite teacher(s)? melvin torres, gisela rosado, wanda villafañe
17. Where did you sit during lunch? with friends
18. What was your school's full name? escuela superior de la universidad de puerto rico
19. When did you graduate? 2000
20. What was your school mascot? none or the upr's rooster
21 . If you could go back and do it again, would you? sure.
22. Did you have fun at Prom? not a highlight in my life
23. Would you talk to the person you went to Prom with? i talk to my parents all the time :P
24. Are you planning on going to your next reunion? i'm helping to plan the thing!

Yes or No?

2009-02-23T17:48:00.000-08:00

ONLY Yes or No. NO EXPLAINING OF ANYTHING unless someone messages or comments and asks!

Kissed anyone of your facebook friends? Y
Been arrested? N
Kissed someone you didn't like? N
Slept in until 5 PM? Y
Fallen asleep at work/school? Y
Held a snake? Y
Ran a red light? Y
Been suspended from school? N
Totaled your car/motorbike in an accident? N
Been fired from a job? N
Sang karaoke? Y
Done something you told yourself you wouldn't? Y
Laughed until something you were drinking came out your nose? Y
Kissed in the rain? N
Sang in the shower? Y
Sat on a rooftop? Y
Been pushed into a pool with all your clothes? Y
Broken a bone? N
Shaved your head? Y
Blacked out from drinking? N
Played a prank on someone? Y
Felt like killing someone? N
Made your girlfriend/boyfriend cry? Y
Had Mexican jumping beans for pets? N
Been in a band? N
Shot a gun? N

Donated Blood? Y
Eaten alligator meat? Y
Eaten cheesecake? Y
Still love someone you shouldn't? N
Think about the future? Y
Believe in love? Y
Sleep on a certain side of the bed? N

ONE word answers

2009-02-23T17:47:00.000-08:00

Where is your cell phone..................... car

Your hair........................................ dirty
Your father..................................... lost
Your favorite thing.............................time
Your dream last night......................... computer
Favorite drink...................................water
Your dream/goal.............................. helping
The room you are in.......................... office
Your fear....................................... ignorance
Where do you want to be in 6 years....... out
Muffins......................................... nut
One of your wish list items...................Porsche
Where you grew up.......................... Away
The last thing you did....................... bathroom
What are you wearing....................... socks
Your TV........................................ where?
Your pets...................................... none
Your computer................................ acer
Your life........................................ jagged
Your mood..................................... anxious
Missing someone.............................. YES
Your car........................................ Versa
Favorite store................................. electronics
Your summer.................................. work
Your favorite color........................... red
When is the last time you laughed........ hours ago
Last time you cried.......................... January
Three of my favorite foods................ puertorrican, italian, mexican
Three places I would rather be right now...... outside, far, there
Three people I think will respond........... you, him, her

(Answered 7:50pm Monday, February 23, 2009)

The letter O

2009-02-23T17:46:00.000-08:00

1. What is your name: Obed
2. A four Letter Word: Onto
3. A boy's Name: Orlando
4. A girl's Name: Olga
5. An occupation: OB-Gyn
7. Something you wear: One jacket
8. A food: Oysters
9. Something found in the bathroom: Only one tub... :P
10. A place: Old San Juan
11. A reason for being late: Other people
12. Something you shout: Ouch
13. A movie title: Once upon a time...
14. Something you drink: Orange Juice
15. A musical group: Oasis
16. An animal: Ostrich
17. A street name: October St
18. A type of car: Outback
19. A song title: Otra
20. A verb: Order
or...

15. Something you give: Onix
16. You buy a lot of: Ornaments
17. You've never seen: Olsen twins
18. You hate: Oxide stains in stainless steel
19. Body part: Other arm
20. An insult: OxiMORON

Por que no me gusta 'hablar malo'?

2009-02-03T09:20:00.000-08:00

Algunas palabras no bien vistas por los hispanos, aunque se utilizan correctamente la mayoria de las veces, tienen significados adicionales que influyen a no utilizarlas. Entre otros significados...

Bicho - (el significado en PR no es aceptado por la RAE)
Cabron - Macho de la cabra.
Carajo - Miembro viril.
Cojon - Testículo.
Coño - Parte externa del aparato genital de la hembra.
Joder - Practicar el coito.
Puñeta - Masturbar o masturbarse.

Ademas, si escojo no aprovechar la oportunidad de usar la palabra, puedo expresar la escencia de mi sentir mas rapidamente.

www.rae.es - Diccionario de la Real Academia Española

No longer listed as single

2008-12-16T18:46:00.000-08:00

T-3... as my Shar would say. I have to say I'm rather anxious about getting married. I'm actually looking forward to it. I can hear Joelito's voice: "the feeling will pass..."

The only discomfort I'm experiencing is due to legalities and paperwork and details that may trigger 'bride-zilla-ish' behavior. There's the matter of signatures of my uncle, who will officiate the ceremony, and the witnesses at the ceremony per se. Today we talked to the baker and finalized the cake's specification. It looks awesome, at least in our minds. Some friends of ours are making the wedding favors, and we took some time to go check them out, and helped a little.

So we visited friends and family and made sure everything was going ok. We also took time to savor some of the best food in Barranquitas. We had lunch at 1pm and felt full until 9pm... great meal.

I'm particularly glad because of all the time I've shared with Shar's family and friends. I feel part of their family and enjoy spending time with them. I'm happy with my decision.

It feels so natural to marry my best friend. I know we'll be happy and for a very long time.

I want to be at T-0... I do.

FAQ 1

2008-10-28T20:50:00.000-07:00

Que estudias?
Ingenieria de Computadoras. Bachillerato de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Mayaguez.

Cuando acabas?
Acabe en Mayaguez en mayo 2008, me faltaban 2 clases y las tome en la Poli. Acabe todo en octubre 2008

Pero, desfilaste en mayo 2008?
Pues como no pienso venir a PR mas que a defilar en mayo 2009, decidi que participaria del desfile y me tomaria las fotos con el corillo 2008, la Banda Colegial, Tarzan, etc. La pase brutal y me fui antes de la ceremonia.

Tienes trabajo?
Si. Empiezo el 12 de enero en Raytheon, St. Petersburg, FL.

Cuando te casas?
Diciembre 20, 2008.

Cuanto tiempo llevas con tu novia?
7 inviernos en diciembre 12, 2008.

Donde esta ella?
En Atlanta, Georgia. Esta haciendo una maestria en bellas artes, fotografia.

Donde van a vivir?
Sharma acaba su grado el 2009, luego se muda a Florida, USA conmigo.

Como estan las cosas en tu casa?
Necesitamos mucha oracion.

3

2008-05-28T14:46:00.000-07:00

[from facebook - Aug 23, 2007]

Long ago the number three (3) has managed to have a peculiar significance in various aspects in my life. Last night, Thursday March 15, 2007, I enumerated some of them and found myself rather shaken emotionally. The biggest aspect right then was the three years in college I would have to spend in excess to complete my degree in Computer Engineering. These three years have complicated implications that bother me sometimes and make me feel grateful some others.
A great deal of my decisions and goals have been shifted three years. An embarrassing six semesters academically wasted. Almost a thousand days invested in new relationships and not developing existing ones. Three of my grandparents have died. I nearly broke up with my girlfriend three times. I’ve endured my parents’ frustration, my brothers’ cluelessness, and their overall negligence in doing their part to keep our nucleus entire and secure.
In order to keep studying and finish my degree, an overwhelming fifteen-thousand dollars (multiple of three) have to be needlessly invested. Furthermore, given the average salary of a computer engineer these days, an absurd (and also a multiple of three) one-hundred and fifty thousand dollars will not reach my pocket, or anybody’s for that matter. Please, reader, understand why it’s uncomfortable to answer “What year are you?” Please settle for the common answers: “Nth year…” or “Final year…”
This is in terms of costs. I then tried to find enough benefits to breakeven or exceed these costs. It’s the kind of stuff that makes me feel glad and reminds me why I should get up every morning.
I counted three new families. First of all, La Tribu (The Tribe)…

Our relationship began... [in year 2000]... as each of us began undergraduate studies in the same college and field. As time went by, [...] we found comfort in other fields and talents, finally creating a very diverse group of people who have very little in common except for a strong sense of friendship. We became a family away from ours.
- (Excerpt) Goñi’s Traces

Then there is Team Made. This team’s main goal is to give the most complete introduction to college life as a student of the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus (UPRM) to Electrical Engineering freshmen. Madeline, the professional counselor, has been my guide in various decisions throughout these 7 years. From the most influential members I can talk about Ricardo, Gimbert, Melitza, Michelle, Karla. The last three helped me organize a team to start a chapter in campus for the IEEE Engineering Management Society. Melitza took the lead and has done an excellent job. Ricardo is thinking of taking the presidency of the UPRM IEEE Student Branch. I admire Ricardo’s ambition. He sets a goal and follows it until the end. Michelle and Karla are go-to girls. They’ll do whatever is necessary to get the work done. Essentially, these are the type of people in this family. If I decide to work in this year’s “Freshmen Week” with Team Made, six generations of students would pass through my influence to seize everything this campus has to offer. Six generations… multiple of three.
The other family falls under “the rest”. They are a continuance of God’s answer to my prayer to have really good friends. I haven’t counted, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it had something to do with 3. Iriana, Abel, Yasmin among special others are great blessings in my life and I proudly call them brothers and sisters.
Continuing the list of good things, I also counted professors…yep. Maestre Kopich, Rogelio Palomera, Carlos Pabon, Jose Luis Cruz, Hamed Parsiani, Pedro Rivera, Manuel Jimenez, Ivan Baiges, Nelson Sepulveda. Curiously, there are nine (three times three.) From them I acquired great additions to my arsenal for dealing with life. From Kopich and Baiges I got the type of advice grandparents would give. Please note I’m highlighting their wisdom not their age. From Pabon and Rivera I got the don’t-settle-for-less-than
-your-best drive. I took 9 classes but 3 courses with them, not necessarily three tries each. I’ve have more classes with them than with any other professor in UPRM. From JL Cruz, Parsiani, Palomera and Sepulveda I got reminders. These didn’t exchange words but rather let their action tell the story. They are wise men. They have this awe inspiring personalities in the sense of demonstrating what could be accomplished with genuine hard work and showing the reality of the possibility of staying human and at peace while doing their best at their job.
My friends from before entering college are a big addition to the good part of my life these past years. They represent the reason why I should never doubt to say I’ve had a great life, a life with wonderful things in it. I’ve never felt my friendship with Gaby, the guys at UHS 2000 and the people at Buen Oleo fade into mere companionship. I thank God for them and for allowing me to maintain communication with them.
I also have to count as blessings a lot of aspects of my own family. I don’t think of everything about my family is a blessing. I’m counting blessings not characteristics. They are always willing to support me. It doesn’t matter how much it takes for me to finish my degree, as long as I finish it. I’ve enjoyed my dad’s daydreams of playing with his grandchildren and having big family get-togethers (odd coming from him), or his teachings from what he’s learned while pursuing his Master of Divinity degree. I’ve taken pleasure observing my mom’s heavenly attitude towards a lot of life’s mishaps. My younger brother’s untiring ambition keeps me alert to when any member of my family needs support. The innocence and moral approach to life my second brother has keep me sane when I think about where the selfish people of the world are bound for.
I have to talk about Sharma in the end so that my mind helps me finish this essay. I think that if I were writing from the heart, nobody would be reading this. Every second with Sharma is a blessing. I can count the bad things as blessing because they provoke growth in me as an individual or us as a couple, or help me refresh solid philosophies which I live by. Her patience is one of her virtues which I appreciate most. Others are her passion, senses of friendship and family, and her fragility. That last one can easily be confused as a weakness but, when seen as a window through which to look at a person, it becomes an interruption to certain animal instincts when dealing with people.
This pretty much takes care of most of my costs these past years. I’ve written a lot of good things here. So, should anyone see me in a less than good mood, please remind me of them. I’m graduating in May 2008… God willing… I’ll see if I write about it then.

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Not equal

2008-05-28T14:29:00.000-07:00

There are different types of people. Don't give me the we are all equal crap.

Everyone is the same only before the learn anything, when we're still blank entities.

Buen Oleo and ME

2008-05-28T14:25:00.000-07:00

[from msnSpaces - Jan 05, 2005]

Buen Oleo and ME
On the relationship with my church's youth group, I'm just worried because I have missed so much by not being able to participate in so many activities this year. I've tried to keep in touch with them but we're definitely not compatible in terms of communications methods. They like using the phone, I communicate better through writing and neither is likely to use any other method. Moreover, the have made an activity for every special ocation and one for every other. I kinda keep track of it through my brothers. They're out of the house nearly 5 out of 7 nights a week. But it's hard to complain since they are always in good environments. My main relief in this matter is that I know the kind of most people I'm missing and they are the true, christian type. They will show me that we're still pals, that Jesus unites us. The other are very friendly but haven't shared as much experiences with me.

God Bless Us All,
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeejjjeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!

[end]

More than 3 years later, I kinda feel the same.

(n+1) incredible years... Luv you Shar

2008-05-28T14:22:00.000-07:00

[from msnSpaces - Jan 5, 2005]

4 Incredible years... Luv you Shar
WOW. On December 12, 2005 Sharma and I celebrated our 4th anniversary. Four years... I will always remember the moment I realized I loved her. It was little before our first kiss. Since then we've shared joy, sadness, special moments and extremely poor planned activities ;p . I want her to know that 'every moment spent with [her] is a moment I'll treasure'.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY AGAIN, BABY!!

[end]

This is cool to read being married to you, babe. Not sure what I was referring to with "poorly planned activities"... Love you, Shar.

Capstone Objectives

2008-05-05T21:35:00.000-07:00

It is not uncommon to loose perspective in this type of courses. Therefore I would like to remind you of the course's objectives.

Understand all aspects related to the solution of a problem in Computer Engineering
Manage all aspects related to the solution of a problem in Computer Engineering
Demonstrate the knowledge acquired in previous courses.
Demonstrate his/her capability to solve a real engineering problem.

There's also the various criteria particular to each part of the evaluation strategy of the course. I have to know what's happening in our project. I also have to know what's not happening and why. This is an engineering design course. I must keep in mind that, though the project might not work, I must go through the whole experience of design.

I noticed many of the groups engaging in unhealthy practices including loosing sleep and distorting food habits. It shouldn't have come to that. We had time to do everything. Maybe we should comment on this practices as part of the moral and social aspects of our projects.

Finally, I understand college projects and industry projects are quite different. There's still a lot to learn. I'll make the best of this and try to meet all the objectives of the course. I'll get through Capstone.

First... The imports

2007-09-06T22:09:00.000-07:00

I have some stuff on facebook and MSN Spaces. I'll get on with new stuff after I import those entries.

Shar.. I love you!..Um, Tribu, I miss you! Family, let's do something!