Happy Birthday to Blogger!

Blogger.com is 8 years old today.

Clearing the-fence

Another undergraduate advisee passed her preliminary defense today. I am happy with the research results of my four advisees. We can possibly write papers and submit to NCITE 2007. ;-)

Crunch time

Somehow that's what I feel today. There's just a lot to do and so little time.

Dyipni

You can learn at least two values when you ride passenger jeeps in the Philippines.

First is honesty. The usual ritual is that a passenger would hand out his fare to the driver as soon as he or she gets inside. Now, if you are at the far end of the seat, you naturally ask someone near you to hand out your money towards the driver. If there's a change, it would be handed out to you by the driver, usually also through the same person who handed out your fare to the driver. If there's not enough honesty, this passenger jeep business will not thrive. Of course, there are occasional passengers who would deliberately "forget" whether they already handed out his fare or not.

Second is humility. Every time you get in or out of the jeep, you really have to bow low -- which is sometimes quite embarrassing because your buttocks sticks out. ;-)

On being a good teacher

Bro. Nono is a very good friend of mine since high school. He will be ordained as deacon this September 8 (together with with Bro. Xavier) at the Ateneo de Naga University Church.

Back to Blog!

I stopped blogging for more than a year now. My alibi? -- I was completely tied up with my work (but, hey until now!). I am happy however that my undergraduate advisees are doing well in their research work. I am also happy to be back teaching Computer Science subjects to undergraduates.

Roy recently got his PhD from Virginia Tech. Soon, he will work in that company at Redmond famous for its Operating Systems and Office Productivity software.