MOVIE: You Changed My Life

 

laida magtalas: she's willing to give up everything and anything for the love of her life.. tried to understand everything in the name of love.. patience became her friend in her struggle to make their relationship work and surpass the changes.. she loves miggy montenegro so much, she came to a point that she felt miggy is already being unfair to her..

miggy montenegro: without doubt, he loves laida.. he tried to show that love in every possible way he could.. but he's so pressured in his new work that sometimes he makes sarah feel taken for granted.. he's trying his best to be a good son, brother and at the same time boyfriend, but for him it seems that his best is always not enough..

my favorite line and the most important lesson i learned in watching this movie:

"sa pagmamahal, hndi dapat nagsusukatan.. kc kung lahat ng tao magsusukat, wala ng magmamahal.. laging sobra o laging kulang..."
- macoy (rayver cruz)

Life = CS

ang buhay parang program, kelangan maisip mo kung anong tamang algo para maachieve ung mga specs.. syempre dapat ayos lang din ang time complexity nang napili mong algo, kundi mapag-iiwanan ka..

ang isang pangyayari, pag-uugatan ng iba pang mga susunod na kabanata.. parang binary tree.. pero dapat maayos ang mga pointers mo, para kaya mo syang itraverse pabalik at malaman kung anong root ng mga bagay-bagay..

kapag paulit-ulit na lang ang mga nangyayari sa buhay mo, infinite loop na yan.. kelangan mo ng gamitan ng pagttrace at watches yan.. one step at a time lang.. dahan-dahan.. para malaman kung san may mali.. para malagyan ng tamang value ang mga variables sa buhay mo..

minsan naman, nagpapanic tayo agad dahil ayaw mangyari ung gusto natin, eh ang simple lang naman pala ng mali.. parang syntax error lang ayaw ng magcompile.. pero wag din masyadong matuwa kung nagcompile na, minsan ayaw pa ring gumana non.. kung baga sa buhay, tama naman ung ginagawa mo pero parang kulang pa rin..

pero hinay2 lang ha, kc pag sumobra ka naman, baka mamaya ma-index-out-of-bounce ka naman.. o kaya naman null pointer assignment at lalo nang hindi nagcompile ang buhay mo..

meron lang talagang mga bagay na hindi pwedeng madaliin.. hndi katulad ng isang mp na kayang gawin overnight kasama ng mga friends mo.. tipong kelangan muna ng matinding pagpplano.. in cs language: mawindang ka muna sa pagddrawing ng UML at ERD.. bago ang totoong execution..

sundin na lang natin lahat ang golden rule sa CS: resist the urge to code.. magplanong mabuti para hndi mahirapang magcompile.. =)

Cai

 

Cai, i can say is my very first friend in college.. Our friendship started even before the first day of our college life.. We've been exchanging messages in friendster.. and may i just quote
her first message in friendster..

...wala nga rin akong kilala sa department

natin e!!ikaw palang sa ngayon.

sana maging friends tayo...as in real friends and

not just with-wired-communication-only friends!

... ang dami kong knukwento no?

alam mo,kapag nakilala mo ko sa

personal,mapapraning ka saken kasi sobrang daldal

ko!!!hehehe!!

i don't know if its destiny or what.. but even though i didn't have the same math schedule as they have (which at that time determines what block u belong), we ended up being "blockmates".. and true enough, we became friends.. as in real friends as we wished.. hehe..

little that they know, cai is the culprit to why i have the nickname "melai" for college.. she's the first one to call me melai.. maybe she got it from my email ad (melai_0287).. and so she thought that was my nickname.. but no, she just got me a new one when she screamed "melai, ako si erica! sa friendster!" during the first day of class..

cai and i have been the closest of friends and we also had a taste of what it is to be "enemies".. yes, i think the fight lasted for a year or so.. for the details of the misunderstanding, i really don't want to remember and up to this day, i think its still not clear as to where and why it started.. haha..

but i guess its true when they say, true friends will remain friends whatever happen.. right now, she's one of the few people i treasure the most and hold closest to my heart..

Malen

We've met during our first year in college.. We've been through a lot of things together, saw our love life changed, seen the best and the worst of each other, shared happy moments, wiped tears, learned from each other and grow with each other..

 

Birds of the same feather flock together? or Opposites attract? I really don't know.. we shared a lot of things in common but we're also different in a number of ways.. She's very sporty, I'm the girly girly one.. She hates kakanin, I can eat a whole bilao of it.. She's learning how to cook, I can only fry.. she hates dancing, I can spend the night doing just that.. but we both love to eat, shop for clothes, coffee, mang-okray, magrelax and according to her, we practically think the same for about three quarters of everything.

Our friendship has gone a long way (even literally)..

i love you sis!

Unica Hija

 

I'm the only girl in my family but never in my life (as far as I can remember) that I wished for a sister.. I'm really happy to be the unica hija.. I remember when I was a little child, there's only one way to make me cry, and that's to joke me about having a little sister..

Although I didn't get to have a sister (thank God), my brothers are more than enough to make me feel complete and happy.. I must say that their characters are completely opposite.. but I love them just as much..

KUYA is the perfect kuya in the whole wide world.. ok, if you say that nobody is perfect, then he's next to being perfect.. my friends sometimes get envy because I have a kuya like him.. he's sometimes masungit, but he's very kind and generous.

Mama told me that when I was less than one year old, I cried.. kuya (less than 2yo) went to me and tried to give me the milk he's drinking, just to stop me from crying.. until now, I'm still touched everytime I remember that story..

Adrian here is my little brother, but he's always mistaken as my kuya.. he's the wacky one, he never fails to make me laugh.. He may always joke around but he can get very protective sometimes.. hehe.. he's also very malambing.. he has that special charm that words cannot explain..

My tears fell while i was watching the surprise video for my debut, right when I heard him say that I'm the best ate.. =)

 

25 Random Things About Melai

Because my ever dearest sister malen tagged me, I'm starting a new blog to have a place to respond to her tag.. (see sis, that's how much I love you). Also, I think there are many experiences happening in my life that after a few years from now, I want to read back my posts and remember how I felt/thought then.. So what better way to start a new blog than to write 25 things about myself.

1♣ my nicknames: for family-aileen, for hs friends-melissa, for college friends-melai. i'm actually thinking if i'll develop a new nickname for work

2♣ my family and closest friends are my strength and at the same time my weakness.. i couldn't think of anything that i won't be able to do for them

3♣ i'm spoiled by my older brother and i spoil my younger brother.. fair enough.. 

4♣ i love my collection of dangling earrings.. though i don't wear them often nowadays..

5♣ i'm gaining weight right now and i hate myself for not being able to overcome food temptations..

6♣ i can even eat a half gallon of ice cream, straight.

7♣ i have a weird collection of things i tried but can't keep on using.. when i was in grade2, i beg papa to buy me an organ.. when i finished grade school, he bought me another one.. then during highschool, i literally cried for a guitar.. used it for one year then i stopped just because long nails and playing guitars don't match..

8♣ lately, i just realized that i'm on my way to being able to open my own gym.. when i first realize that im gaining weight, i asked papa to buy me an abs sculptor, it was so hard to use that i stop using it after one week.. next to that, i again gave exercise another shot by having a threadmill.. for this one, i blame acads for not being able to use it often.. and finally, last december, me and kuya asked a stationary bike for Christmas.. this latest addition to my "collection" is my personal favorite (for now)..

9♣ i used to have my star collection.. talk about my room filled with glow in the dark stars..

10♣ if i will have a chance to study another course, i will definitely study bs psychology.. i want to know why things are happening and why people are reacting in different ways..

11♣ i reward myself after a hell week or whenever i think i've achieved something

12♣ i believe that happiness is the key to success.. you need to be happy in what you're doing to achieve great results.. smiling makes everything at least a little better..

13♣ when it comes to acads, i can be soooo masipag but also soooo tamad.. depends on the subject and sometimes on the prof..

14♣ sir quiwa taught me to study hard.. to study reeally hard.. also he taught us the most important rule in programming "resist the urge to code"..

15♣ i miss wearing skirts and shorts..

16♣ i actually hate the question "can you tell me more about yourself"

17♣ i never had a relationship that lasted for just less than a year.. its always, one year and n months..
18♣ i can't live without my cellphone

19♣ i want to learn more about photography.. taking pictures is one way of relaxation for me..

20♣ weird as it may sound, i want to visit all the sm in the philippines.. haha..

21♣ i hate wasting my time.. i hate waiting especially if i have more important things to do..

22♣ i dream of becoming sooo rich that i can retire by the age of 40 and travel to different countries..

23♣ my clothes can be sorted out in just 5 colors: blue, pink, green, black and white

24♣ melai had a hard time thinking about 25 random things about herself

25♣ there are only.. hmmm.. maybe 5 persons that know me completely.. without secrets and pretentions..