When I was a senior in high school, our last exam for our IT class was to open a system unit, disassemble its contents and to put them back together.
I could not remember anything more besides the magnetic screwdriver that we used and my crush not being a part of my group. Actually, I could not remember most of our IT classes but I am sure that our teacher taught us how to install Ubuntu in our computers and its many wonders. He also instructed us to order the OS from Switzerland (or Netherlands? I don't remember) as our final project. Mine did not reach our geographically afflicted abode.
Enough of that already. I just want to say that I really appreciate the lab session we had in our IT1 class. Comparing to my IT class in senior high, where my teacher taught us about the components inside the system unit 'theoretically', our instructor in the lab session provided us (per group) a set of system unit to make the class 'interactive'. Before discussing the functions of a certain component, she instructed us to take it out of the case and marvel on its power. The most interesting part for me was learning the difference between 32 bit and 64 bit, between dual core and quad core, what GHz means and the different Intel versions. After I went back to my apartment, I excitedly checked out my laptop's specifications and learned how insufficient it is for my 'watching needs' compared to the Samsung Series 7 Chronos Laptop I chose during our exercise.
I hope for more cool exercises in the future.
P.S. Whenever I move my laptop, strange lines appear and disappear on my monitor. A specialist said it was because of the graphics card, but I was not convinced. Is it really because of the graphics card or the LCD?
Saturday, February 28, 2015
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
My room is...
Your room is filled with your insecurities.
He asked you, "where are your dreams? Why aren't they here?"
You pointed up at the sky, "they're like stars, you see."
He shook his head and pointed at you, "they are inside you, don't you see?"
He asked you, "where are your dreams? Why aren't they here?"
You pointed up at the sky, "they're like stars, you see."
He shook his head and pointed at you, "they are inside you, don't you see?"
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
/Blogging and beneath it/
I started blogging when I was still a freshman in college; unfortunately, I was not able to keep it up.
After experiencing some 'pains' (because life happens) I turned to blogging for self-therapy. I posted poems and insights and lessons I've learned from every corner. After a year, though, I left it hanging.
I thought, maybe the reason why I was not able to keep any blog for a long time is my lack for motivation. My reason for keeping my blog was for self-therapy, and after I got better I felt no need to pursue it further. In addition, I did not go out of my way to improve my blog so I got bored instantly. This is the reason why I decided to make my second blog--to experience newness and with that is the feeling the need to explore. But that feeling is fleeting.
I decided to have this blog in spite of those ludicrous reasons because, believe it or not, I found some sort of motivation from a computer lab.
Yes, a computer lab.
When our instructor started discussing about blogging, I thought that it was going to be simple. It turns out, my knowledge of blogging is oversimplified. Just like with everything, blogging came from something. It is under what they call a content management system (CMS) which sounded very much IT to my ears. Unlike CMS, where one can make user accounts on a website, a blogging software is limited and could not have that. I wished it could, though, because I was planning to make a blog for our organization's online library. I imagined my orgmates having to log in so they could have access to our materials.
Then we turned to the parts of a blog. It was my first time hearing the words, Blogroll and Blogosphere. My favorite part is when we turned to discussing the templates and how we could customize it. I tried to download and use a customized one, but I still don't know how to further improve this template. The template editor would not allow me to do anything with it.
If you're wondering where motivation rests in there, let me tell you this: I took blogging for granted because I took it as it is--not with all its beginnings and particularities. I did not explore because I feared I would not understand. But because of this session in a certain computer lab, I learned new things about blogging and that made me wanting to know it more.
How? By keeping this up and making it my own.
I thought, maybe the reason why I was not able to keep any blog for a long time is my lack for motivation. My reason for keeping my blog was for self-therapy, and after I got better I felt no need to pursue it further. In addition, I did not go out of my way to improve my blog so I got bored instantly. This is the reason why I decided to make my second blog--to experience newness and with that is the feeling the need to explore. But that feeling is fleeting.
I decided to have this blog in spite of those ludicrous reasons because, believe it or not, I found some sort of motivation from a computer lab.
Yes, a computer lab.
When our instructor started discussing about blogging, I thought that it was going to be simple. It turns out, my knowledge of blogging is oversimplified. Just like with everything, blogging came from something. It is under what they call a content management system (CMS) which sounded very much IT to my ears. Unlike CMS, where one can make user accounts on a website, a blogging software is limited and could not have that. I wished it could, though, because I was planning to make a blog for our organization's online library. I imagined my orgmates having to log in so they could have access to our materials.
Then we turned to the parts of a blog. It was my first time hearing the words, Blogroll and Blogosphere. My favorite part is when we turned to discussing the templates and how we could customize it. I tried to download and use a customized one, but I still don't know how to further improve this template. The template editor would not allow me to do anything with it.
If you're wondering where motivation rests in there, let me tell you this: I took blogging for granted because I took it as it is--not with all its beginnings and particularities. I did not explore because I feared I would not understand. But because of this session in a certain computer lab, I learned new things about blogging and that made me wanting to know it more.
How? By keeping this up and making it my own.
I am Honey Joy M. Bellen...
...and here are some things I like you to know about me:
Firstly, I love books. I love reading everything there is in the world (though it is just impossible to read every book there is). Classics, children's books, folktales from Native American tribes, mystery books (my love for them started when I read a volume of Sherlock Holmes), manga, manwha, books related to my course, poetry, fanfiction--name it, I would read it. However, I could not tolerate reading a romantic novel. I remember dozing off while reading a Harlequin Romance novel back in high school. It was a requirement so I could not just throw it away or bury it. After that, I remember telling myself I would not read another romance novel. I still don't.
My favorite authors include Judy Blume, Gary Paulsen, Louisa May Alcott and Mark Twain.
Secondly, I love music. I have hopped from genre to genre and I still could not find what I could call my own. If one would ask me what my favorite genre is, I would have a hard time giving a definite answer. Currently, I am listening to Mikky Ekko, f(x) [a Kpop girl group] and Emile Sande.
Thirdly, I love to observe. I can't talk for a long time because I prefer looking at the person and his/her body language. I try to read faces. I try to see beneath their eyes. There are much more than the words people speak, I guess. Sometimes, I just overthink.
Fourthly, I am a mess. I like to think that I'm a beautiful one, though. I try to manage my spontaneity, but for some reason I cannot. However, I am still thankful. Mess creates color, though not all the time.
Fifth: I love to exercise. I can't last a day without one.
Sixth: I am a college student still trying to hold on to her idealism. I am studying under the BA Sociology program which is an amazing degree program. Being young (I am still 20 years old), I am bursting with hopes and dreams, one of which is teaching. I hope to become a professor someday.
I hope that that 'someday' would not be that far, though.
My favorite authors include Judy Blume, Gary Paulsen, Louisa May Alcott and Mark Twain.
Secondly, I love music. I have hopped from genre to genre and I still could not find what I could call my own. If one would ask me what my favorite genre is, I would have a hard time giving a definite answer. Currently, I am listening to Mikky Ekko, f(x) [a Kpop girl group] and Emile Sande.
Thirdly, I love to observe. I can't talk for a long time because I prefer looking at the person and his/her body language. I try to read faces. I try to see beneath their eyes. There are much more than the words people speak, I guess. Sometimes, I just overthink.
Fourthly, I am a mess. I like to think that I'm a beautiful one, though. I try to manage my spontaneity, but for some reason I cannot. However, I am still thankful. Mess creates color, though not all the time.
Fifth: I love to exercise. I can't last a day without one.
Sixth: I am a college student still trying to hold on to her idealism. I am studying under the BA Sociology program which is an amazing degree program. Being young (I am still 20 years old), I am bursting with hopes and dreams, one of which is teaching. I hope to become a professor someday.
I hope that that 'someday' would not be that far, though.
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