Down to one post a week
July 7th, 2007 -- 5:32 pmAhhh, the blogging sickness… It has struck once again.
It’s not as serious as not posting for a month in my other blogs, of course. maybe it’s because of the computer i’m using. come to think of it, it’s only now that my fingers really feel comfortable typing on a computer. I never did like typewriters and clacky keyboards for they need much effort to strike the keys. horay for soft laptop keyboards~ 
The weekly posts are expected considering I don’t have constant internet connection. A consequence of residing in a dorm devoid of any internet service, save perhaps for the unsecured wireless connection that I leech from time to time :P. And even if I do avail of the free internet access of DSP and the ESC office, I have no time for a blog post. Thank God for weekends, I tell you.
I am grateful that most of the time and effort I gave in my work were not in vain. The first wave of exams are just around the corner and fortunately I can still keep up with my classes. I’m not sure if it’s still possible to gun for the highest possible grade. Not that I’m being grade conscious for honors, I just don’t want straight 3’s in my transcript. Besides, I may not be as mentally gifted as some people but I can still say that I’m not a mediocre student.
Also, in just a few days or so, my thesis topic would be determined and so will my thesis groupmate/s. Sir Franz already announced that the DSP lab will take a new route in preparation for the global transition to NGN’s within the decade. For those who don’t know yet, most of the electronic devices we use will be replaced with new ones built around the Internet Protocol starting 2010. For example, the ordinary landline will be phased out to give way to VoIP based telephones. The proposed track for the lab has frightened me for a while since the material that we will be working on depends on the recent studies and published releases of different groups like the ITU and IEEE. Then again, it would prove to be beneficial for us since we could have first hand information from famous researches with (hopefully) one simple e-mail.
As for ESC, we’re down with 2 more big projects and department-based activities before the semester ends. Our team was really lucky to have been granted sufficient sponsorship to fund the Engineering Cup. Although our event’s financial status was only at break-even at least the council wouldn’t have any reason to shell out much money from the event (which was our team’s goal from the very start). I believe this seals the variety of events that I can market successfully — from special interest fairs and concerts, academic events for grade school and high school students, college job fairs down to sports events. Naks, ang yabang! 
Aside from blogging, I do miss out on other activities that I’d normally do in the previous years like spur of the moment barkada lunches and of course the occasional dates. Two of my closest friends are celebrating their birthdays soon and I do hope we all could get to meet and catch up. As for dates, well, they don’t have to comprise of a movie an lunch out, right? We just have to be creative!