Sunday, March 31, 2013

3-26 - Goodbye Wisdom Tooth

I scheduled today for my oral surgery. Too bad I have to skip some of my classes for this. I chose this day so I can recover during the Holy Week break since I still have classes after that.

I had both wisdom tooth removed so I will just have to do it once (and have to go through the pain only once). It's time to go through the pain.

Painkillers please stop the pain!

Friday, March 29, 2013

3-25 - Untagging

There are a lot of tagged photos in my timeline in Facebook. I checked if these are really photos with me supposed to be in there.

I started removing the tags. There are a lot of photos!
  • Advertising photos of events from school organizations
  • Past assignments
  • Some photoshop pictures made by someone (who seems like bragging it)
  • Some videos made again by someone (who seems like bragging it again)
  • Some pictures that doesn't really have to do with me
  • Some pictures that should be forgotten because of something
I removed all of these. It's better for them to be gone than to fill up my timeline!

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

3-24 - The start of Mega Assignment 2

After the busy days for my parents' silver wedding anniversary party, I finally have time to start the Mega Assignment.

The same procedures. Three books. Engineering lettering. Time for sleepless nights.

3-23 - No Grad Ball

Today I just stayed home. I did not attend the graduation ball because my date is not going. She was not allowed to go. Her mom is strict. I feared that, but I can't force her. I understand her situation.

It's okay that I did not go to the grad ball because as I viewed the attendees on Facebook, I saw that not many of my friends are going. Only about 10 of the people I know attended the grad ball.

The bad thing is that I missed a once in a lifetime event. The good thing is that I saved the money that I was supposedly going to spend for the grad ball.

3-22 - Leveled Up Too Much

Today, many of my classes are suspended. First, in my three-hour laboratory class, the professor did not come. Another lecture class, the professor also did not come because he was busy.

During these no class time, I just played Theatrhythm Final Fantasy on my 3DS. I started with Faris at level 1. At the end of the day, Faris is already at level 90. Too much playing!

3-21 - Boredom at the Library

During my four hour break today, I stayed in the library. I have nothing to do so I just played Final Fantasy Tactics on my laptop. The game gets harder and harder.

I'm just not sure if my team is under leveled, or I'm using the wrong team, or the enemy team is just so strong. Maybe I'm using the wrong tactics.

Hate the Elmdor battle.

3-20 - Repairing

Today I repaired my dc power supply. This was my project for Electronics 1 during the first term.

I replaced the regulator and the capacitors. Now my power supply can be used.

My speakers run on 9 volts DC, and the power supply is used here. I tried it by using my 3DS and played some songs. It worked.

3-19 - Unlocked All TFF Characters

Unlocking characters in Theatrhythm Final Fantasy is a pain. To unlock them eight shards of a color are to be collected. These are collected in the Chaos Shrine.

I played a lot of Dark Notes to unlock them. The problem when a character is already unlocked, the shard of the unlocked character is sometimes received. The playing of the Dark Note just becomes a waste of time. It's extra painful when the last one is to be unlocked. I played Dark Notes a lot of times because I always keep on getting the wrong shard.

3-18 - No Failures for Midterm!

I saw my grades after my first class. Great! No failures.

The two subject which I think will fail... passed!

Now the thing that I have to worry now is the finals. But first, time to chill out for a while.

3-17 - The Day Befor Midterm Grades Come Out

Midterm grades. These are some of the problems I am having right now. This happens every term. I always hope I don't get any failing mark, even for midterm.

Why? I always get scolded when there is a failing mark.

It's just the midterm. There is still the final grade.

3-16 - R4 for DS/3DS

One day I went to a game shop.I saw this R4, which is for DS to 3DS. I asked what that was for. I was told it is a cartridge which makes downloading DS games possible. At first I was wondering what that was.

I then remembered some people I know who are playing DS games without changing game cartridges. I remembered it, then I did not like it.

It's like getting the games for free, illegally. When it comes to these consoles, I don't like hacking and illegal games. The R4 might even damage my 3DS. I would rather save money for games than do that.

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

3-15 - Information Overload

Too many lessons taught in a meeting, and it did not happen for just one subject. It happened on two straight subjects! What's worse than that? Quiz next meeting... on both of these subjects!

Information Overload!

Monday, March 18, 2013

3-14 - R.I.P. PIC Circuit

I tried repairing our PIC circuit last week, and now is the time to test if it's still alive.

It didn't work. I had our professor check on it. He told us to put another IC in out circuit, because he believes the IC is the one damaged. It still did not work. I put our IC in another circuit. It works, but our circuit is dead!

I can't calm down because of what happened. I kept on screaming "Thank you for destroying our circuit!" and etc.

I asked our professor before the end of the class what about our grade. He just considered ours because of the number of students who used it.

3-13 - Last Day to Hang Out With Her at Her School (Maybe)

I visited her again today, because I think this will be the last day I will see her if she can't go with me to the graduation ball. She will be having her final exams and will be busy.

I visited her and found out that today all the students need to clear their lockers of their things. It means her school bag is full of books and looks like it's gonna explode. I helped her bring her stuff. Heavy for me, but I still carried it just because I wanted to help her. She can't bring all of them. I'm trained for that, so I'm fine with it.

She was busy with a group project, so I stayed and guarded her things as she go and finish it. I met her sister, and we talked about our plan which did not succeed yet, but is still ongoing. I told her to just bear with it for the last week, and it will all be over. She loves her sister, and knows what's good for her.

What's worse than a bag full of books? Two bags full of books! I helped carry both their bags. More weights for me! It was a nice workout for me, because my body really needs it.

They thanked me for carrying their things. I know that tomorrow, my body will ache from all these carrying, but I don't mind. I'm used to that, and it doesn't kill.

I did the same thing for my sister, and instead of riding the jeepney, I decided we take a taxi to go home.

3-12 - Dumb Day

Okay, I had my first class at 7-9 a.m. My next class is at 1 in the afternoon so I decided to go to the library, and edit some videos. When I entered the 1 p.m. class, the professor is not there, and that means no class for that subject for the day!

Great, if only I knew, I would go home first. No classes for six hours! I spent the two hours finishing the last chapter of Paper Mario (N64) on my laptop.

Next class is at 3 p.m. Our professor is busy with some students who are having their thesis defense. He just let us go early. What a day of no classes for 8 hours! I hate this day.

Since it's still early for my 5 p.m. class, I visited "her" because her school is near mine. After she left, I went back to school to attend my 5 p.m. class, which is VERY BORING.

3-11 - Practical Exam in Transmission Media and Antenna Laboratory

We had our practical exam today, and most of us are very disappointed at the result.

We forgot the procedures, so we can't get any data that is needed for solving. We were only able to write down the formulas, and that's it.

We are all feeling down that we took a class picture.

There are two who did well in the practical exam. We did not include them in the picture cause they don't belong with us! XD

Good luck to our grades!

3-10 - Filming Again

It's been so long since I last took videos, and edited videos for my Final Fantasy fan film. The first two episodes were posted months ago. Until now, no new episode was finished.

I don't have much time to do that anymore... for now! I'm taking up engineering and I'm getting busier and busier. I only got the time today because it's the end of the midterm week.

I'm still keeping my hopes up. My fan film is NOT a dead project. I just need free time (which I don't have until the term ends in April.)

How ironic. I started this episode as early as August, because I finished the script earlier than the two episodes before it. Now it is the episode that is not yet finished.

I just filmed the last parts of the episode. The only thing I need now is editing these last parts, which is very hard because these are battle scenes.

Another thing. How am I going to have time to film, when I am currently... never mind. I would post that another day because it's a very long story.

Sunday, March 17, 2013

3-9 - I Asked Her Out

I have a graduation ball to attend two weeks from now and I still don't have a date. There is only one girl who I could think of to be my date.

I went to my high school today (Yes, that school has Saturday classes) because that's where she's currently studying. At first I was a little nervous because I don;t know what she's gonna say when I invite her.

I took it slowly. I told her that I was attending a graduation ball, and I wanted to bring a partner with me. Then I told her that I want her to be my partner, if she wants to.

To my surprise, she was glad I asked her. She said that she wanted to see a graduation ball. Yeah, I know how that feels, because our school NEVER organizes a graduation ball when we graduate. Our batch did not have a graduation ball because we don't have funds.

She wanted to go, but it will depend on whether her mom allows it.

I hope she will be allowed. I want to spend quality time with her, without someone ruining our moment. I just wanted to be with her.

3-8 - Fire Emblem Awakening Opinion

Okay. First of all, I don't own the game yet. I just downloaded the demo.

The graphics are nice. The main character is great, with the ability to use both a sword and a tome. Placing units side by side is beneficial due to supports. Some tiles can even increase a characters stats.

I wanted this game badly. I loved playing Fire Emblem since my friend showed Fire Emblem The Sacred Stones to me. It's a great strategy game that requires careful planning. I especially loved the battle sequences especially the critical attacks of a swordsmaster.

I checked this on the store, and it disappointed me. It's expensive! I don't have enough cash yet because I just bought a 3DS XL, Theatrhythm Final Fantasy, Final Fantasy III (DS), and a screen protector bundle. I was even planning to buy Pokemon Heartgold, which is also expensive.

I just hope the price will drop somehow in the future.

3-7 - PIC Circuit Breakdown Part 1

Today is our practical exam on electronics 3 laboratory. We will program our PIC with specific mobot movements and connect it to the mobot.

I programmed it correctly, and connected it correctly. Unfortunately, the mobot won't move. We checked the relay. It's still working. The problem is the PIC.

I tried repairing the PIC circuit through changing the input wires used. There could be a problem there since what I saw is the LED indicator not turning on. I will get to try this next week because of lack of time, and other groups are also testing their PICs and relays.

How could our PIC not be damaged? Almost all groups used our circuit to practice programming and to test the relay. I'm not even sure if they know how to correctly connect the parts, and that can damage the circuit, maybe the oscillator. Our PIC circuit and another group's PIC circuit are the only ones that work. Other groups used ours because we were the first ones to finish.

I was so mad that I did not let any group borrow my alligator clips. I don't know who to track down for damaging our circuit, so everyone gets to suffer the consequences.

To all the groups who used our PIC circuit especially those who I do not trust, f*ck you all! Thank you for destroying our circuit!

Saturday, March 16, 2013

3-6 - Finished Final Fantasy III (DS)

I finished FF3 without any job mastery item. The final boss is easy, provided you got the right items.

I leveled up my team high enough because I don't want to get killed in the middle of this ultra-long dungeon. If that happens, I would start at the beginning of this dungeon, and I hate doing that. There will be no save states to help me this time because I'm playing this on a 3DS.

The time on the final dungeon took me two hours! What if I get killed on the final battle? It means I wasted almost two hours!

This is the pain of classic games before save points in dungeons were invented.

3-5 - Three Midterms in a Day

Three straight exams, and a laboratory report that is due this day. I hate this day.

"I need to finish my lab report!"
"I need to study for Advanced Math!"
"I need to study for Electronics 3!"
"I need to study for Environmental Science!"

I don't want to know the outcome of these.

3-4 - The End of Mega Assignment 1

Today is the submission of mega assignment 1. I am relaxed as I finished the homework. I was just adding the final touches a few hours before the deadline. Starting early was worth it.

Some of my classmates are in a rush. I think they crammed the assignment.

No one failed to do it. Everybody passed the assignment. A good job to everyone.

3-3 - Some Shopping for Laboratory

Today I bought a lot of alligator clips as these are needed badly for the practical exam next week in Electonics 3 Laboratory.

I bought this for our group and not for the whole class. I hate being the class warehouse because they don't care if something happens to my stuff. Hate 'em!

3-2 - Searching for a Game

After having enough Final Fantasy III on my 3DS, I've decided to buy Final Fantasy IV, for the DS (playable on 3DS).

The problem is, there is no stock on the stores that I know (and trusted). I've been through a lot of branches and still no FFIV.

I wanted it so much because:
1. Rydia
2. Rosa
3. It's nice to play it again, but now on 3D graphics and not just sprites. (and portable [coz I never had this on the psp (yet) and the gba ).
4. Wanna try the augment system.
5. Emulator with this game sucks because of lag.

Restock please! What I don't get is, FF3 has more stocks than FF4, even though FF4 came out later.

3-1 - Worst Fear for the Midterm Week

We're having midterm exams next week, and I was hoping the exams would fall on different dates.

Well, they didn't.

I got three exams on Tuesday, on three STRAIGHT classes. 1-3, 3-5, and 5-7 p.m. This is a problem for having straight classes without breaks.

This might happen again during the finals. I hope not!

Sunday, March 3, 2013

2-28 - Class Warehouse... Literally!

In laboratory class, only two PIC circuits from all the groups in class worked. Now that is a problem. To test the relay, the PIC is needed. All the other groups who wants their relay tested borrowed our PIC. Other stuff like alligator clips and connectors are needed for the power supply. Who supplied them? Me.

Who owns the screwdriver that was used to secure the parts of the mobot? Me again. Who supplied the electrical tape? Me again.

I have a toolbox with all the stuff needed, so all the stuff comes from me. The problem? All groups rely on me!

I just hope all these supplying of stuff will increase my chance of passing.

2-27 - 3DS Prepaid Card

Today I bought a $20 3DS Prepaid Card. I loaded my account in Nintendo eShop and now I can buy online content.

I bought some add-on songs for Theatrhythm Final Fantasy. Each song costs $0.99 but there is tax. Come on, it's a digital copy. Why add tax? I put the zip code of a relative in U.S.A. because I have no choice. It's an 8% increase in price.

Great, now I'm two songs down from my target which is 20 songs. I was only able to buy 18 songs. Now I'm thinking if I will buy the other songs by loading my account again. The prepaid card is expensive in our country!

2-26 - Mega Assignment

On today's 4-hour break, I spent three hours in the library doing the mega-assignment. It's very long, and is very boring to do. What's more? On one part of the library, it is very quiet. I picked that spot so I can focus, but after an hour, I began to feel sleepy. I just told myself that time is running out and just finish it.

I finished about a third of the assignment on this day. Who in their right minds would want a very long assignment that is handwritten?

2-25 - Busy with Sending Mognet

People replied to my post and I can now send mail through Mognet. The limit for sending mail is one per hour Every hour I would send a mail until I sent 7 mails because that is the requirement to unlock other features.

After sending 7 mails, I stopped sending already because it's enough. I just continued on with the sidequests. Iron Giant, you are going down!

2-24 - Mognet on Final Fantasy III

In Final Fantasy III DS, Mognet is required to unlock other features of the game. I've been searching for players in Facebook Fan Pages but no one replies to my posts. I guess they don't play the game anymore.

I wanted to unlock the other features, so I tried to search in Gamefaqs boards. Many are still playing there so I decided to make an account. I posted a topic and I was expecting a reply as soon as possible. With different timezones I don't think I will receive a reply immediately.

I just waited for the next day and then I hope I will get a reply.

2-23 - Graduation Ball

My previous school is having a graduation ball on March. I was planning to go to this once in a lifetime event for our batch. I asked if I can attend though I transferred already. I got a reply and I am allowed. Right now I'm thinking if I will bring a partner or not, and if yes, who.

It's still weeks away but I'm also worried about my schedule. Engineering life. I'm not even sure who will come so will going there be worth it or not.

There is someone I am thinking for my partner but the problem is if she will be allowed. This is usually the problem of many. I just hope she will be allowed and she will accept my invitation.