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Thought for the day
Monday, February 28, 2005 9:59 PM

Spanish proverb:Discretion is knowing how to hide that which we cannot remedy.

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Swamped
Monday, February 28, 2005 1:27 PM

I have a lot of reading ahead of me, in preparation for a document that I have to write for the strat plan project. There is just SO much to do, I'm feeling overwhelmed.Whenever I feel like this, I copy by focusing on one task at a time. Complete

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More congratulations!
Saturday, February 26, 2005 11:42 PM

Congratulations also to Clifford Lim for being one of this year's BPI Science Awardees! Cliff has one of the highest grade point averages I have ever seen: 3.96 out of a perfect 4.00. What I find amazing about Cliff, though, is that he is

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Congratulations!
Saturday, February 26, 2005 1:53 AM

Miguel Arguelles and Lori Uy's thesis is among the finalists for the Ateneo's Science and Engineering Award for Outstanding Student Research. The winner will be announced on Monday. Congratulations! Whatever happens,

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Greed is good; Opportunity knocks
Thursday, February 24, 2005 11:31 PM

I met an acquaintance who is a teacher at Philippine Science High School. She was telling me about an alum of theirs who was giving her some advice. He essentially said that the best way to serve the country is to go abroad, make lots of money,

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Newsbytes
Wednesday, February 23, 2005 10:56 PM

I was in the news...sort of. There's a line about Ateneo de Manila's participation in this project. The part of the Ateneo that is participating would be me. http://beta.inq7.net/infotech/index.php?index=1&story_id=27644We

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Riddle
Wednesday, February 23, 2005 4:35 AM

Do you like riddles? If you do, try this out:http://www.notpron.comI'm only at level 11 so far, but I've only been able to figure out a couple on my own. For the others, I had to rely on the clues and hints. It's a nice diversion.

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So what do you think...?
Tuesday, February 22, 2005 9:06 AM

Ramon Tayag, one of our CS seniors, made a presentation of his group's thesis before an audience of about 200 high school juniors. He was among several other presenters, one per department. Dr. Cuyegkeng and I had the same observation: practically

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Busy week!
Tuesday, February 22, 2005 5:06 AM

I can't wait for this week to end!

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Downtime
Monday, February 21, 2005 12:41 AM

To LJ: Yup, I went to SSC for grade school and high school. My mom and many of my aunts are alumna as well. There was an ad I saw on a billboard in Singapore. The byline was "Never stop thinking." Though I kind of understand

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Teachers Information Technology Summit
Sunday, February 20, 2005 12:35 AM

Mine may not be the most high-tech field of specialization in the department, but it is very satisfying, fulfilling, and fun. Yesterday, I gave a talk at the Teachers Information Technology Summit organized by the Department of Science and Technology

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Ghost in the machine?
Friday, February 18, 2005 10:54 PM

I'm starting to think that all is not well with my tablet.One of our multimedia producers is Headstrong, Inc (formerly James Martin) in Makati. They did one module pro bono as an outreach project for them as well as to extend their corporate portfolio.

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Apologies, pictorials, and more apologies
Thursday, February 17, 2005 11:09 PM

Profound apologies and congratulations to Akie MEJIA and thank you to Lloyd for pointing out my error. I actually do have a Ramon Medina in my class, who is the groupmate of Ramon (Akie) Mejia. Re: the pictures. I haven't seen them!

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Something to blog about
Thursday, February 17, 2005 4:40 AM

There's been so much happening over the last few days that I'm going from being headless to being both headless and shellshocked. Let me give you a summary in bullet points: Thesis defenses have begun. We had three boxes of donuts yesterday.

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Happy Valentine's Day!
Monday, February 14, 2005 1:06 AM

Happy Valentine's, everyone!I'm back at work and feeling overwhelmed, not to mention a little tired from last night's concert. My brother sang for maybe a minute total. The concert really starred Richard Tan, Pat Castillo, and Jacqui Magno.

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Showbiz
Sunday, February 13, 2005 10:39 AM

My brother, Lory, is the president of the World Wildlife Fund, Philippines. He also used to be a member of Circus Circus, a band back in the 1970s. He has not sung professionally for a very long time, but tonight he is joining a Circus mini-reunion

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Belated thanks
Friday, February 11, 2005 11:07 AM

On Feb 5, the School of Science and Engineering had an open house for some of our prospective freshmen. I wasn't able to attend the actual event, and I must thank the many people who helped with the planning and execution--Sandra Lovenia, our valiant

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Online today
Thursday, February 10, 2005 5:37 AM

I'm still on vacation, but I took some time to cleanout my mailboxes today. There was an interesting note from Luis Sarmenta about the research he is currently doing at the University of Tennessee. You can read more about it at http://loci.cs.utk.edu/.

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Another thesis field test; bye for now
Thursday, February 03, 2005 11:33 PM

Yesterday, Carlo Ricohermoso and Trina Florencio tried out their thesis, Operation Demeter, with a group of Science 10 students. I mentioned in a previous blog entry that their project was about carbon trading. The program itself was pretty

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Team building?
Thursday, February 03, 2005 12:08 AM

Someone suggested to me that the department go on a team-building activity. I'm not opposed to this, if it is what people what. I myself, though, am a non-believer. I find the games and some of the facilitators patronizing, simplistic,

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Tablet
Wednesday, February 02, 2005 7:36 AM

It's good to have my tablet PC back. I have to say thank you to Ian and Sheryl to listening to my rants. So far, so good. It's working without any problems. I'm taking it with me out of town soon. Let's

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It's back! and other stories
Tuesday, February 01, 2005 8:21 AM

Some quick notes --My tablet PC is back! It looks ok. I just installed Office and will start restoring my files sometime this evening.I met LJ at DISCS this afternoon. She was so sweet, she even brought a pasalubong for us.

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