Archive for July, 2008

Burned out

Written by Alrenz on July 29, 2008 – 6:18 pm

Yes. I feel burned out, because of the school work. PHILIEN, BASICOM, JOSERIZ, CATHWOR. Wah! Nakakaloka. Yet, I still have to do them.

As much as I want to sleep and do something else, school work are my current priorities. The pressure is on me because I wasn’t a DL. Being a dean lister comes with great privileges, like early encoding. And now I’m taking the last set of my minors this term and, as what they say, the competition is getting a little bit tougher. You get the point, right?

Looking back on my first year in DLS-CSB, it was like a roller coaster. On the first term, I wasn’t a DL; then come second term, I became a DL; third term, I wasn’t a DL again. Of course, as what people would say, I could’ve exerted more effort into my studies. I was being a freeloader. I was known for cramming homework, or not even passing homework. That was me before.

When I learned that I wasn’t able to be part of the Dean’s List, it hit me. It served as my “wake-up call”. It’s telling me that, “Hey! You better excel in your studies! Blah blah.” So yeah, I have to step my “game” up, exert more effort, in other words, DO BETTER. I can do better. The harsh reality is, it happened. I couldn’t change it. It’s now a thing of the past. (If only I have the power to turn back time and change it) But, being the optimistic that I’m trying to be, I feel I can do it and be a DL.

And now I’m back to work.

P.S. Notice the new layout? Sorry for the poorly-edited finish. I got the picture from Anna’s plurk.

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I’m joining WordCamp Philippines!

Written by Alrenz on July 23, 2008 – 11:51 am

WordCamp PhilippinesWhile I was Plurk-ing, my friend posted an update about the upcoming WordCamp Philippines organized by Mindanao Bloggers on September 6, 2008. The best part is the fact that it will be held at my school, De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde, specifically in the Augusto-Rosario Gonzalez Theater. And some of my classmates and friends are going to this event!

My intent is that, first and foremost, to learn more about WordPress. I got hosted 3 times already, and I have used WordPress as my blogging system. Unfortunately, I’ve lost my spark in my WordPress skills so I asked my host to change from WordPress to Blogger. But I’ve been thinking lately that I wanted to use WordPress again, because its features are by far superior than Blogger (No offense). And now, I’m back to WordPress! Second, I want to learn how to make a WordPress theme. I’ve made the graphics, but I don’t really know how to code using PHP. I’ve been an HTML guy since when I was a high school sophomore and, through WordCamp, I can know some PHP codes and apply it on my upcoming themes.

Also, I’ve heard that these are the topics to be discussed:

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It’s also my first time to experience a blog gathering. I hope I can meet other WordPress (or other blogging system) bloggers aside from my friends, and Matt Mullenweg1!

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Hey guys! Do you have a blog? If you don’t, ever wanted the perfect blogging system?

Then go to WordCamp Philippines organized by Mindanao Bloggers on September 6, 2008 at the Augusto-Rosario Gonzalez Theater, De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde.

HOW TO REGISTER:

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See? It’s as easy as 1-2-3! Register now!

SEE YOU GUYS THERE! :)

WordCamp Philippines wouldn’t be possible without these sponsors:

Let’s spread the word to our fellow Filipino bloggers. :)

  1. The founder of WordPress. [↩]
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