Forecast of Sheep in 2008. Believe it or not!

Sheep
1919, 1931, 1943, 1955, 1967, 1979, 1991, 2003

FAIR year. Inauspicious stars will not affect you much. Sudden windfall is possible. Need to also work hard and stay focused. A busy year ahead for you but you need to take time off and relax with your family. You harvest rewards from time to time due to your hard work. Be cautious of legal suit and backstabbers. Be accommodative to family members as you have nothing to lose.

Reshape your destiny:

You are most pleasant among the 12 zodiac animals. Enrich yourself further by doing good things you have been doing in your lifetime.

BS Computer Science 4 Thesis Proposal Defense

The faculty of the Immaculate Conception, ITE Department conducted the final defense of the propose thesis of the computer science student. Unfortunately, one group didn’t pass the said defense. Most of the thesis are accepted but with minor revision. These are the list of Proposed Thesis and their respective proponent.

1. The Application of Alpha – Beta Searching Algorithm and Intelligent Material Evaluation on the Artificial Intelligence Engine of Dama: The Game
1. Michael Tarongoy – Team Leader
2. Rodrigo Flores
3. John Bill Purgatorio

2. The Engineering of the Knowledge Base of the Career Guidance Expert System
1. Ellen May Aguiling – Team Leader
2. Jackylyn Rendon
3. Jean Sasuman

3. Age Categorization through an Open Set Text Independence Speaker Identification System based on Using MultiVirate Auto Regression Method
1. John Paul Larida – Team Leader
2. Andrea Kris Amantiad
3. Marlon Apa

4. The Development of Commercial Car Park Operation System through Sensory Motors with Computer Interface and Intelligent Search Algorithm
1. Sheila Celi – Team Leader
2. Irene Adlawan
3. Andrea Mae Amantiad

5. An Implementation of Fuzzy Logic Algorithm in the Construction of Automatic Fish Feeding Mechanism
1. May Grace Papacoy - Team Leader
2. Maricel Lim
3. Jessel Razonable

6. Transforming a Conventional Refrigerator into Smart Refrigerator using Sensory Motors and Rete Algorithm
1. Mechelle Dimas - Team Leader
2. Judylyn Tahas
3. Mario Martin Garcia

Planting a Rubber Tree

It was last December when I was riding a bus going back home, from Midsayap to Davao, one man seat besides me. His name is Boy. He is mature and lived in Kidapawan. I guess his age is around 60-65 years old. It is because when the “conductor”, a ticket man, ask his fare, Boy ask for a discount. He is already a senior citizen and the conductor doesn’t believe until Boy shows his ID. He smiled at me and ask me “Is it obvious?”. That’s how our conversation started. According to Boy he is a former president of Knight of Columbus in Kidapawan chapter. We talked about our family and most especially what happen to our Christmas celebration. He is living his place to relax from abundant food and unending liquor. He is worried about his health until we talked about our source of bread and butter. I told him that I working in university as an instructor and nothing else. He asks me if I’m willing to have a sideline as a farmer like him. I told him that working in a farm is not a problem for me. It is because I grow in a farm and my family is a farmer. He asks me about my place and honestly I told him about the terrain and the climate of our place. Then he smiled and told me to plant a rubber tree. So I ask him what I could benefit from it. Then he told me on this manner which makes me think:

“Suppose you have 2 hectare, and every hectare you can plant at least 400 trees, then you have 800 rubber trees. You just wait for five years to start tapping (harvesting the latter) the tree. Suppose every tree could earn 1 peso daily, then you earn 800 pesos daily.”

It is convincing right? Imagine you could earn 800 pesos daily. It is big enough compare to our salary today(be honest). But farming is not an easy job. You have to be expose from heat of the sun. Hiking on inclinated, moody and grassy land. But remember that success always comes after sacrifices. Mind you that if you start planting today then after 10 years you could stop working and enjoying managing your farm. If you do this actually your hitting three birds in one stone; you help the Mother Nature by planting trees, you help the livelihood of your neighbor and the same time you improve your earnings.

If ever I earned enough money then I will start planting a rubber tree. To know more about the strategies of planting a rubber tree then refer on this link.

Signed Binary Adder/Subtractor Circuit

This is the circuit of binary four bit adder/subtractor. The concept of this circuit revolved on the idea of 2's complement. If you want to know more about the details of this concept then feel free to post a comment and i will try my best to answer your questions.

How Lucky I Am

In my situation today, I could still consider that I am lucky.

Even do I am too fat and suffer the illness of high blood, still I am lucky because there are lot of people who have no food to eat. It is just a matter of self discipline and exercise to be slim and be healthy again.

Even do my life is very stressful and I’m always burn-out because of my difficult and demanding work, well am still lucky because I have that work that give me money to feed and buy my needs. There are lots of people around us who want to work tirelessly but unfortunately they didn’t given the opportunity.

Even do my girlfriends break my heart; I am still lucky because it gives me an opportunity to be strong to face the trials in life. It gives me a chance to affirm that beyond the sadness there is always happiness.

In short life is a life of trials. If I face it will all my strength and positively handled them then I’ll be stronger and contented in your life. And finally I very lucky because I have my best friend Jesus Christ who always there when I need His help.

My Coconut and Durian Farm

This is the fruit of my endeavor. I’ve been planting this fruit bearing tree when I was in 4th year high school. Of course I can’t do it alone. With the help of my mother, my brother and sister I successfully finish planting this 250 coconut trees and 60 durian trees. Planting is a very simple task but keeping it growing for 8 years is a very difficult one. It takes a lot of money, encouragement, patient and dedication.

I though I lost this farm. It is because when I finish my college course I been working in Cotabato City, 10 hours away from my hometown. So I could only visit this farm every six to seven months. Try to imagine what will happen to your farm after 6 months without attending it. It will look like a forest again. Definitely, there is a lot of works to be done. But these times I have money to spend to cut the grasses to make my farm looks like a farm again. It will take 2 – 3 days to finish with the help of fifteen skilled and hardworking persons.

I found out that maintaining a farm is very expensive. That is why I attended a seminar. I found out that there is a plant that will control the grass while helping the growth of the fruit bearing tree. Well that’s a good news, a melody to my ears. But mind you it will take a lot of money because 1 kilogram of it has a price tag of 2000 pesos. And I need 5 bags of it to totally safeguard the farm. Whew, well I just bought 2 kilogram. After a year I started to pick up its fruit. Slowly and gradually, I finally sow this plant in my entire farm. After another year, the expenses of maintaining farm reduce by 25% and my fruit bearing trees grows healthier. I’m very happy.

Today, every time I went in my hometown and visit this place, I feel relax and unwind. Next year, I predict that my durian farm will harvest 500 kilograms of fruit and my entire coconut tree will bear fruits

Who is your BEST FRIEND?

Who is your best friend? It is a common question and we have a different answer. Some people say that their neighbor who share a bad and good memories to them. Others say that his/her co-office worker who is always there for him/her when he/she needed most. Well, what ever our answer the common thing is that our best friend are the people closer to us who is willing to help us and need our help. They are that person who becomes part of our life.

Well, in my life, I have a lot of best friends. First of all is Jesus Christ. He never stops listening to my problems and always there when I need strength to go on in my life. He never stops giving me a sound mind and good health even do for so many times I always tend to forget Him in times of good time.

Second is my self. Well, when it refers to my self I always remember to the saying goes that “Your worst enemy is your best friend”. I always experience that one since I started craving for good things for my life. My self will always hinder me to do good things. He always put me down in times of difficulty. He doesn’t want to absorb changes for the good of my future. He is my best enemy in my plan. But I have to learn to love and patiently teach him to be good. I have to love Him unconditionally because nobody is perfect. Even do he is not that good as I want to be but he is willing to try and accept the changes in a long and time consuming manner. I have to accept him as my best friend because no other person that can help me but my self.

Third is my sweet who’s name is Joy. When I need ears to listen she is always there. When I need a shoulder where I can lean on, she is always there. When times goes wrong she never judges me that I am bad but she encourages me to go on and face my problem. She becomes my trash can in all my fears and discontentment in my life. She never stops loving me the way I am even do I always hurt her. She is the face and hand of Jesus Christ in this world of uncertainty. She is the strongest person I even meet in this barren world.

Finally, my family who is always reinforces me in times of trouble. They are my best friend that I always tend to forget. They have always an open arm when the worst case happens in my life. They give me a place where I can start and go over again when everything fails. They are my last refuge.