in the name of zero

i’m fresh outta college and currently enjoying freedom. (mostly because it took me six years to get through) many of my classmates have said their goodbyes. some have already left carrying with them the promise of employment and all the luxuries and benefits that come with the degree they recently got. at this point though, i’m pretty certain that i won’t be using the calculus and advanced math concepts i learned from school. also the chemistry and some of the physics concepts.

looking at my graduation again this time with my hormones in check, i feel kinda sad that school’s over. afterall, university is the only pace in this city where you can find high quality chicks! usually comes in three flavors:

a) one with all the beauty… and rich.
b) one with all the brains… and rich.
c) one with both all the beauty and all the brains and above all… rich.

that’s that.

for the most part, i’m just slacking off these days, just watching full anime seasons everyday. sometimes, i walk (on my usual route) to the internet cafe near my school to play DoTA. quickly becoming a daily routine if you ask me.

faced with the prospect of getting work soon, my original plan was to make easy money by becoming a call center agent in some company some place up north. actually, i’m still entertained by that idea until now. recruitments will be held this coming april and me and my friends agreed that we’d give it a shot. afterall, the only important requirement is to be “able to speak functional english”.

summer also means that i must again take up a new hobby and/or continue my old ones. usually, i settle for learning a new programming language (of my liking) and doing some fun stuffs with my chosen PL.

coz no one wants a C guy nowadays… i’m practically screwed. so again with the prospect of getting work, i’m giving learning java and “some of the bullshit that comes with it” a shot. that is where the money is “apparently” nowadays. or so i think.

i guess she’s finishing up packing her stuff as i’m typing this entry. she’s going to cebu for a job interview and the thought about not seeing her again and missing her kicked in kinda late. i’m such an asshole.

thinking about her brings back vivid memories of our trip to cagayan! it’s a story i’ll be sure to tell my grandsons if i’ll have any…

this is niel. signing off.

i’m typing this on an empty stomach, but that’s beside the point. to start the ball rolling, me and a friend of mine tried to defend our thesis proposal the other day (but only because it’s a condition for seniors enrollment next semester). what the thesis topic is doesn’t matter, at least not anymore. i had to drag my ass up floors to set things up.. along with a slew of other stuff that need to be taken cared of. hoping for the best as i went thru the day. the defense started with hitches, people came in late, equipments came in late. and the projector needed some caressing before it started displaying pictures. then, the verbal lashing started.

it’s a well known fact that panelists have the uncanny ability to find something wrong with your statements, no matter what your statements are. i wish i could find a funny way of putting that, but i honestly can’t.

maybe it had everything to do with friday the thirteenth? it sure as shit does from where i’m standing. or maybe they didn’t like my choice of shoes. (i wasn’t wearing a tie too)

statements to watch out for:

1) “what did you say your problem statement was again?”
from here on, things can only get more rough…

2) “huh?”
apparently, they didn’t understand anything/everything you
just said. so you hafta start from the very beginning again.
refer to number 1 above.

3) “convince us of the significance of your (undergrad) thesis…”
panelists want heroic, “world peace magnitude” reasons for
doing a thesis work.. refer to number 2 above.

there are still plenty more… the above statements basic’ly form a loop. pretty much generic and freakishly annoying. i spent the next hour or two reiterating shit that should have been history a few minutes ago. then i lost my cool because some panelists were arrogant, stubborn, know-it-all, but that’s fine. moments later, i got into a (sort of) heated argument, and i discovered a way to make people, especially girls, tell you exactly what’s on their mind. make them/her angry at you. it’s a good thing popular civil ethics demand that people should sugar-coat their words in a formal-academic-adult discourse. this conscious effort tends to disappear slowly as the heat on everyone’s head escalate. the defense thing was basically a “hold-me-in-duress-till-im-saved-by-the-bell” scenario. you can tell that your contentions have no chance whatsoever of actually being considered while in defense, when all they do is to compare your thesis with other works.

as if i cared.

boy, they got away with so much. and i’m left in the room with my ego smashed. a few minutes later i met one of them along the way, lifted my (consequently) 10-ton right arm to give a wave. …nearly died doing it.

…times like these, you need a juicy fruit. really.

hans reiser arrested for killing his wife? news 1 news 2

“Even though Nina Reiser’s body has not been found, police believe she is dead and enough circumstantial evidence exists to allow for Hans Reiser to be prosecuted.”

the kinds of pinoy programmer link

i just love reading rants like these

to those who are after a constructive discussion regarding “c++ template meta programming” shit, don’t expect it from me. go the hell away. while you’re at it, why not join a programming fashion show or two? *sigh*

i chanced upon this (somehow) while searching for _something_ at google.

some of the (”debate-ably” best minds??) in the country brooding over a sentimental outpour. how pathetic.

here’s brooding over a personal sentiment for keeps. (does not necessarily describe the above list)

i find filipino-borne I.T.-computers-linux-windows-tech-relatated mailing lists (and everything in between e.g. subtopics, conversations) just tooo worldly for my taste.

i found myself looking at the philippine linux users group’s membership guidlines page today 6:57 am. prestigious organization they run. seems like they’re only interested in heroic people there.

oh, and please welcome my new category “second glance still to come”. where i’ll be posting mostly, my bitter first impressions.