bored. very very bored.

Tomorrow’s my flight to davao. I still haven’t packed my things. I still haven’t printed my plane ticket, i purchased it on the net, so it needs to be printed.

I’m not actually where I should be. I should be with my friends right now. We should’ve watched Sex and the City, but when i was about to get out, my head started throbbing. So I thought that my headache would last until later this evening, but miracurously, i’m feeling better. I don’t want to feel better…. Now that i’m feeling better, i’m not doing anything. Totally nothing. Nada… Zero! I keep texting my friends if i could hang-out with them after the movie, but somehow and miraculously, they’re not replying. I don’t why. Maybe they’re mad at me. I don’t know… They already bought me a ticket.. And i was a no-show. i actually texted them not to buy me a ticket, but my text was too late.. They just replied and told me that they’re hanging-out at Seattle’s, but i asked them if i could go there now, they still haven’t replied. I don’t know, maybe it’s a no. Maybe they’re irritated with me. I don’t know. I don’t know.

I’m not at home… So i can’t possibly pack my things. I’m thiking of going back home tomorrow… Pack my things a few hours before the flight, print my ticket a few hours before the flight. Yes, i’m going to cram again. It has always been my hobby i guess. Cramming. It’s the way that I’ve been living my life for about 19 years now.

Cramming and procrastinatinating. The two things i do best. 

 Still bored. Still very very bored. Now i’m starting to feel hungry… *Wanting-to-Dial-1-800-MCDO. *

Final Report - The End of my OJT

I actually still have a week left before the end of my OJT. But we we’re already required to pass a final report for our OJT. It should contain the things that we’ve done and just about the whole experience at the company. We were limited to a 1 page, double-spaced report. So it’s not long.. It’s actually short! (duuhhh!!) hahaha…

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My OJT here at Neugent Technologies started on April 14, 2008 and will end on May 30, 2008. For the month and a half that I’ve been working here, I can say that I am learning a lot of things… Not just in the field of Computer Science but also what the “corporate life/real world” really is.

On the early part of my job, I was assigned as a Code Reviewer and a Software Test Engineer. I was able to review the codes for the remote control of the DVR for the Embedded Systems Division in the company. I reviewed 20 C files and about a total of 50,000 lines of code. I was also able to research on X Window System, which is an extension of the C library and X Motif, which is the UI library of the X Window System. On the the latter part of my job, I was made to be part of the License Plate Recognition Team (which was very exciting for me). I was able to implement the 2^nd derivative algorithm for the localization of plates. I also implemented the Character Streak Recognition and Histogram Stretching Algorithm for the image enhancement. Our team was able to run the code on a recorded video.

In terms of the “corporate life/real world” experience, I can say that the “Elbi-student-petiks-lang-life” is so much easier and definitely a whole lot more fun. I really didn’t believe the cliché that going to school is better than working. Now, I totally believe it. I’m not saying that I won’t be working in the future, but I guess I’m just not ready yet. The “corporate life/real world” is very routinary… And this “corporate life/real world” that we’re living now involves riding the dreaded MRT every morning (MRT – noun. A mode of transportation in Manila where in you ride a metal contraption (aka train) which very much mimics a can of sardines, the only difference between the two: the can of sardines contains sauce. (I actually think that it’s very much appropriate that the ad printed on the train should be “Hakone” or “Ligo” or something… )). There is something about the “corporate life/real world” that’s very draining… Emotionally, mentally, and physically. I don’t know why but it just is. The good thing about work is the pay (hahahaha) and of course, the better thing about it is that i got to meet new friends. Who? The regular employees and the other interns here at Neugent Technologies . =)

Camera Tossing! :)

I haven’t been doing anything much at work today.. So what else can i do but surf the net? hahaha… I was browsing through photography and photshop tutorials and i stumbled upon something really interesting.. And it’s Camera Tossing! Yes, it’s camera tossing… So what is Camera Tossing? It’s actually very literal, you toss your camera in the air and be mystified by the shot you’ve just taken… or more appropriately, thrown. You can set your camera to a slower shutter speed to get more fanciful effects. Well, if you’re someone who loves to throw expensive things and not mind having them broken, this is just the thing for you! hahaha.. There are actually some tips on how you can throw your camera to achieve different results… But there aren’t any tips on catching it, which is explicitly stated in the site that catching it is optional. Hahaha…

 The photos produced by this technique are very surreal and they are really beautiful, amazing in fact. It actually made me want to throw my camera… Well, i snapped back to sanity after half a second that it’s crazy for me to do that… Unless i’m really drunk. hahaha..

Here are some of the pictures produced by this crazy but really really really interesting technique:

to see more camera toss shots, you can visit their flickr site here and you can visit the how-to-camera-toss here.

If you’re up to it, have fun!!! and i’m really not being sarcastic.. the shots you could produce could be really amazing.  

Insanity anyone?

Oh God!! I’m really hating this! I really want to move out. I don’t want to live where I’m living right now. I know that I should be thankful that I have a free place to live in here in Manila… Yes, I actually am very thankful that my parents do not have to pay a rent for a condominium or an apartment for two months. But the thing is that it’s really difficult to live with other people, especially if they think dirty things about you… No, it’s actually much more difficult to live with your relatives and know that they (actually only one person thinks it, but I want to use the word ‘they’ to be more general) think dirty things about you and your cousin. (Yes, incest is the” issue” here.)

The thing is one of the people who keep me sane here in manila is my cousin. Now, I can’t even go to her room to chat, because someone would think that we’re doing some dirty deed. I mean, my God! She’s my cousin. Argh! I’m totally flaring. I can actually move into my own condo, my parents already told me that If I wanted to move out they can always give me money for me to have my own place. I’m sorry if I sound arrogant with me saying this, but the thing is that I actually have a choice. There are two things that’s keeping me from moving out: (1) my expenses would really inflate, and it’s that I don’t want my parents to spend a lot of money on me. I don’t know why… I guess I’m easily bothered by my conscience that if I have a choice, I would really want them to spend less. (2) I think I’ll be too lonely when I’ll live alone.

 It was really nice to live here (before someone got lascivious thoughts into her mind), I can watch all the movies I want because my cousin has a gigantic collection of DVDs, a Nintendo Wii, a PSP, a DS and most especially, I have someone to talk to and that I enjoy her company.  But now, I really want to move out. I really, really do. But I’ll be going back to Davao in two weeks… I don’t know if I could still endure this. I’m embarrassed and pissed-off! Embarrassed because now I know that I’m really just adding 123,786.89 tons of dead weight in this house and pissed-off, well, you know why I’m pissed.

I can really feel that the-person-who’s-mind-is-corrupted (I’m really sorry for saying that… But it’s really true) wants me out of the house as soon as possible. I don’t want to tell my mom about what’s happening here because she’ll just worry too much. And if I’ll tell her that I want to move out, and she knows that I’ll be going back to Davao soon, she’ll really think that something’s wrong. I don’t know what to do.

 I would have wanted to eat the mangoes that my cousin bought. I was craving for green mangoes the whole day. Now, I don’t know If we can eat by ourselves without someone thinking that we’re “too-close”.

A Preview of the Corporate Life and Beyond!!

Last night, me and my friend Andrea, went out to have dinner. We went to Ponticello’s (after she had me wait at UCC for more than 40 minutes. argh!) at Valero Street. Well, Ponticello’s or Ponti’s as most people call, is like a chill-out place, you just go there to sit, talk, eat, and drink. So we ordered pizza and we ordered our "after-work-cocktails". hahaha

 While waiting for our food, I can’t help but observe the surroundings.. We were the youngest people there.. Andrea’s just turned 19 and I’m 19 about to turn 20. We’re still teenagers (obviously) and everyone around us on the average looked 24 and above. For me, it was like a glimpse of what our lives would be in the near future. After work, hang-out with our coworkers..  Which is a good thing because i would once again get to meet lots of new people but somehow, on the long run, lose the bond that i had with my childhood, highschool, and college friends. It would become more difficult for us to see each other and just hang-out. Now in college, we don’t see each other that often.. What more when we’ll start working? Or  even worse, if we’re already married?

Hungry Bum and Image Processing

I’m at the office now.. Well, i’m not doing anything.. I’m done with the character streak recognition and there still have been no further instructions on what i’ll be doing. So i’m just here, typing away…

I guess i’ll tell you about the character streak recognition. But before that, let me tell you about what i’m doing in general.

Click the link if you are interested or if you want to die from boredom 

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A week!

It has been more than a week since i last posted.. Wow! it’s been that long. I used to blog almost everyday, but now, without realizing it, i haven’t been able to blog for more than a week..

One of the most unforgettable experiences in my life, yes in my life, happened last week. It was a really traumatic and scary experience, which now seems funny, but still traumatic. Something that i would never ever want to go through again. To put it in few words:  I underwent harrassment and discrimation… Which I cannot write about in detail in this blog. It’s far too personal and i’m not the only person involved.

Until now, i’m still wishing that it didn’t happen, because now, i don’t know if i have lost a friend or possibly, even something more.. Good things could’ve been happening if we didn’t go through that.. But i guess, it’s the price we pay for our careless actions.

Now, I’m just hoping that my friend would already get over the experience and that he would talk to me again. Come to think of it, we both underwent that trauma, but i am not blaming him for any of the scary things we’ve experienced. I actually feel that it was a test for the both of us.. A test, for me, which gave us a bond…

It saddens me that because of that, opportunities are starting to close… But I am still hoping that things will get better. I’m willing to wait until things will really get better… I just hope that I won’t be waiting in vain. 

Friday Pay Day!

Today’s friday! yeay! Weekend’s finally here! Well, i still don’t have any plans for the weekend, but I’m just happy that i can wake up late and not worry about getting late for work. hehe.. I want to watch Iron Man, but I think nobody’s free this weekend. It’s such a bummer.

A lot of people said that Iron Man’s a really good movie. Something that i should not miss.. I hope I can find someone who’ll go with me to watch the movie. Friends? Hello??? Invite me out for gawds sake. 

My closest friends here in Manila are all busy… One’s going to go to boracay and the other’s going to subic. I don’t have that much friends here in Manila because most of my friends are either in Elbi or in Davao. Gosh.

Maybe I’ll just go to Quiapo to buy some filters for my Camera, I’ll have money for them because today is Friday Pay Day! Yeay! =)