The Life of Honey

As I said from my last post, I’ve been busy for the past few months. Final exam, Submission of Plates, Submission of different projects, Reporting, Defense, etc. All of these were put together in one month. My planners – yes, planners – are always full of schedules, deadlines, and a long to-do list for everyday.

Despite all of these, I tried to enjoy everything that I do. One more year and I’ll be done with this course and I want to enjoy these things even though tiring and stressful. I want to relish the taste of my final years in college (I hope I’m not going to have some problems with my grades).

I just want share one of my success this month. I knew how to use Photoshop! Yep, I’m that proud since I’ve been wanting to learn this since I went to college. I had to learn how to use it since for our last plate, I decided to use AutoCAD and other programs for my plate. I just watch a single Youtube Video Tutorial and the rest is through the Photoshop Online Help itself. I want to thank my friend for giving me a copy of Portable Photoshop CS6. I’m planning to learn more about Photoshop this summer to improve my skills in it.

Now that I’m done with all of my school stuffs, I’ll have more time to write new blog posts and catch up with the other bloggers. I hope to find new friends with the blogosphere as well. I guess that’s all for now. Bye!

P.S. If you're interested in learning how to use Photoshop CS6 here's the Youtube Video Tutorial Link  Just click and it will direct you to the video. Special thanks to Technologyguru77!

What can I give to the Philippines? Or better yet, what can I give back to the Philippines?

Of course, giving is something you have in the first place. Ever since I’ve read about this question, it made me thinking what can I give as a gift and for me, nothing beats sharing your knowledge. I’ve been studying BS Architecture for four years and one of my subjects specializes in Urban Planning and Urban Design & Community Architecture.

In relation with the past tragedies that happened throughout the Philippines, a lot of cities were in ruins and I thought, ‘Why not start to plan to build a better city?’. I know it’s not something that you can do overnight especially when the people’s source of income were destroyed by the natural calamities as well.

Urban Planning & Design isn't just about planning for aesthetic purposes only. Community Architecture is primarily concerned with the structural, functional and aesthetic aspects.

If there is one thing that I can give to the Philippines, what is that gift? The knowledge that I learnt and I know that the Philippines would be able to use for better living and could be used by the future generation as well; to contribute with what I know especially when people need to rebuild their home and life.

Planning for the better quality of life...

This is not just for those places that were destroyed. A good urban design will definitely meet the needs and aspirations of the people. It has a lot of benefits for the community. I’m not going to discuss everything that my professor had told us about our subject but I hope someday I would be able to actually contribute these things in our country someday. I wish great urban planners would give their services to those places who are in great need.

What about you guys? If there is one thing you can give to the Philippines, what is that gift? Tell me about the things you guy wanna give to this country.

Thanks to #GLOBEProjectWonderful2014 for this wonderful question (feeling like a beauty pageant contestant!) that made me think of the things that I would want to do to serve more for this country.

Finally! I’ve been waiting for this contest! And to be given by the company of PLDT! I’m sooo glad! My Dad works at the PLDT so, of course, we have Fibr! It’s very efficient especially most of our family members are techy and internet addict.

My mom likes to surf Facebook a lot and watches TV channels through internet and My Dad watches Naruto Videos through online streaming whenever he gets home. My brother and I love to play online game and just imagine how fast our internet connection should be while we use the same connection all at once.

Have you seen the PLDT Home Fibr? It’s freaking cool! I love cars, especially sports cars (I usually attend different car shows around Metro Manila) and for PLDT Fibr to explain how Home Fiber-Optic Internet works through these is genius and catchy. It effectively explains how their connection works in a cool way.

If you we’re to create a character inspired by Fibr, what special skills would he’she have?

I were to create a character inspired by Fibr, it would be almost like the superhero named Flash from the DC Comic universe. Yep, she’s that fast! Imagine, if the hunger games just started and the weapons are placed at the middle of the arena, the Fibr character would be able to access the weapons faster than the other tributes!

It’s a great asset to have a speed like that. I would able to pick the weapon that I wanted, unlike Katniss in the first Hunger Games. Surely, it’s a lot easier for me to outrun an attacker. I can attack rapidly and won’t be able to give some time for my target to get ready, an element of surprise! If the character is fast as the Fibr, it would almost have the superhuman reflex which would be able to evade all the attacks given by the other tributes.

Obviously, if there’s a character inspired by the Fibr, it would surely be the Annual Hunger Game Victor.

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As I said in the previous post, I’m going to post my everyday schedule for me to be a better person. It is also a way for me to feel guilty if I wouldn’t be able to follow these plans for myself, knowing that you guys knew about my self-improvement plans.

7am – Wake up

7:00 – 8:00 – Breakfast & Stretching

8:00 – 9:00 – Home Exercise

9:00 – 12:00nn – Schoolwork Time

12:00 – 1:00pm – Lunch & Relax

1:00 – 1:30 – Prepare my things for School

1:30 – 2:30 – Get Ready For School

2:30 – 4:00 – Travel to School

4:00 – 9:00pm – Class Time

9:00 – 10:30 – Travel Time

10:30 – 11:00 – Dinner

11:00 – 12:00mn – Schoolwork

12:00 – 1:00am – Yoga and Prepare for Bed; Sleep!

7am – Wake up

7:00 – 8:00 – Breakfast & Stretching

8:00 – 9:00 – Home Exercise

9:00 – 9:15 – Prepare Things

9:15 – 10:15 – Get Ready

10:15 – 11:30 – Travel to School

11:30am – 9:00pm – Class Time

                12:00nn – 1:00pm – Lunch

                3:30 – 4:30 Break Time

9:00 – 10:30 – Travel Time

10:30 – 11:00 – Dinner

11:00 – 12:00mn – Schoolwork

12:00 – 1:00am – Yoga and Prepare for Bed; Sleep!

7am – Wake up

7:00 – 8:00 – Breakfast & Stretching

8:00 – 9:00 – Home Exercise

9:00 – 10:00 – Leisure Time

10:00 – 12:00nn – Schoolwork Time

12:00 – 1:00pm – Lunch & Relax

1:00pm – 3:00pm – Schoolwork Time

3:00 – 3:15 – Prepare Things

3:15 – 4:15 – Get Ready

4:15 – 6:00pm – Travel Time

6:00 – 9:00pm – Class

9:00 – 10:30 – Travel Time

10:30 – 11:00 – Dinner

11:00 – 12:00mn – Schoolwork

12:00 – 1:00am – Yoga and Prepare for Bed; Sleep!

7am – Wake up

7:00 – 8:00 – Breakfast & Stretching

8:00 – 9:00 – Home Exercise

9:00 – 12:00nn – Schoolwork Time

12:00 – 1:00pm – Lunch & Relax

1:00pm – 2:00pm – Schoolwork Time

2:00 – 2:30 – Prepare Things

2:30 – 3:30 – Get Ready

3:30 – 5:00 – Travel Time

5:00 – 9:00pm – Class

9:00 – 10:30 – Travel Time

10:30 – 11:00 – Dinner

11:00 – 12:00mn – Schoolwork

12:00 – 1:00am – Yoga and Prepare for Bed; Sleep!

7am – Wake up

7:00 – 8:00 – Breakfast & Stretching

8:00 – 9:00 – Home Exercise

9:00 – 12:00nn – Schoolwork Time

12:00 – 1:00pm – Lunch & Relax

1:00 – 1:30 – Leisure Time

1:30 – 2:00 – Prepare Things

2:00 – 3:00 – Get Ready

3:00 – 4:30 – Travel Time

4:30 – 9:00pm - Class

9:00 – 10:30 – Travel Time

10:30 – 11:00 – Dinner

11:00 – 12:00mn – Schoolwork

12:00 – 1:00am – Yoga and Prepare for Bed; Sleep!

7am – Wake up

7:00 – 8:00 – Breakfast & Stretching

8:00 – 9:00 – Home Exercise

9:00 – 10:00 – Leisure Time

10:00 – 12:00nn – Schoolwork Time

12:00 – 1:00pm – Lunch & Relax

1:00 – 3:00pm – Schoolwork Time

3:00 – 3:15 – Prepare Things

3:15 – 4:15 – Get Ready

4:15 – 6:00pm – Travel Time

6:00 – 9:00 - Class

9:00 – 10:30 – Travel Time

10:30 – 11:00 – Dinner

11:00 – 12:00mn – Schoolwork

12:00 – 1:00am – Yoga and Prepare for Bed; Sleep!

Obviously, I scheduled my meals, sleep, and workouts in the same time so my body would be able to get used to eat since I don’t have regular time for the things that I’ve just said. I’ve got my home exercises and yoga videos from YouTube. Hopefully, I would be able to follow these schedules most of the time.

I also have different time allotted for Travelling to School since it depends on the time of the day if it’s crowded and many people uses my usual public transportation or not. It takes a lot longer if it hits the rush hour especially during Wednesdays and Saturdays.

I decided to give myself some time to prepare my things like packing up a snack, preparing my uniform, etc. Because usually, that’s what makes me late when I realize that I haven’t prepared my things yet and I just got out of the bathroom. I’m disorganized and clumsy so I have to prepare it beforehand. And of course, my Sundays are my free days!

Our 2^nd semester began last week, I haven’t met all of our professors yet but it’s almost the same schedule. The only difference is that it’s quite easier to handle compared to our previous one because the standard number of units is lower now.

My grades for the last semester have been my lowest so far and I’m not planning to let continue that way or to even maintain it. It has been my morale booster and now, I’m trying to get a productive and healthy lifestyle.

Yesterday, I made a day to day schedule from Mondays to Saturdays so I would be able to use my time wisely especially now that our research for our individual major thesis is about to start. I know I won’t be able to follow these schedules all the time but I want to at least be strict with myself. It’s for my own good anyway. So here it is:

My Not So Busy Monday Schedule

7am – Wake up

7:00 – 8:00 – Breakfast & Stretching

8:00 – 9:00 – Home Exercise

9:00 – 12:00nn – Schoolwork Time

12:00 – 1:00pm – Lunch & Relax

1:00 – 1:30 – Prepare my things for School

1:30 – 2:30 – Get Ready For School

2:30 – 4:00 – Travel to School

4:00 – 9:00pm – Class Time

9:00 – 10:30 – Travel Time

10:30 – 11:00 – Dinner

11:00 – 12:00mn – Schoolwork

12:00 – 1:00am – Yoga and Prepare for Bed; Sleep!

So that’s an example of my everyday schedule. It varies everyday depending on my class schedule, of course. I’ll just post the whole schedule separately into another post. As you can see, the title is "My Not So Busy Monday Schedule" because I know that when our major plate comes, I won't be able to do these things, let alone sleep. 

You might be wondering why I’m trying to do this. First, I want to be productive and be on time. I’m always late but there are times that I’m too early for a class or a meeting. I’m inconsistent! Second, as I said, I’m trying to have a healthy lifestyle. I seldom do some exercise and I know I’m not healthy. I procrastinate A LOT and I want to change it.

I took advantage of our new schedule and create a new lifestyle. I know I won’t be able to follow exactly what’s written on my schedule but what I’m trying to reach as a goal is to have a pattern that would make me a dynamic and effective, especially when it comes to my studies. I really want to get a better grade and I know I have to do something to make it happen!

GoBigger or Gobetter with Globe.

Ever since I was in high school I’ve been a Globe Telecom user. When I went to college, our university offers USTsim for free. It’s a globe sim that gives us important news and updates especially about bad weather for our own safety. 95% of my classmates, friends, and family use Globe and I never had a problem with the said network.

Though, about 3 years ago, I tried a different network for almost 2 weeks, thinking that I might save more money since it offers cheaper promos compared to Globe. Yes, it’s cheaper but I wasn’t able to use their promos because as I said, most of my friends and families use Globe sim and I would have to use a regular load. Most importantly, their signal is pretty bad. Whenever I need to make an important call, I usually don’t have a signal. After those experiences, I promised to myself that I would never use other networks again, ever.

These new promos that have been offered by Globe are one of their best. It’s really Bigger and Better and I’ve been waiting for these promos ever since I’ve been using a phone. I’ll go Bigger with Unlitext to all networks, Unlicalls, and Unlichat. Sure, GoBetter Promo is also good but by just adding 5 pesos is better to have an access to different chat applications than just viber.

I would spend this Globe Prepaid Promo to my friends since I haven’t been able to talk to them because of my hectic schedule due to my school works. I know I owe them some apologies and explanations as to why I’m not available most of the time. I really miss them so I’ll use this promo to catch up with them.

Only Globe Prepaid gives me Bigger and Better unli offers.

Go Bigger

– GoCALL100 gives me more call minutes (500 mins) VS Competitors offer (200 mins). No need to use prefix to enjoy unlicalls.

– With GoUNLI30, I get real unlimited service with unli allnetwork texts, unli calls to Globe TM, plus the real UNLI-chat experience with the best apps available. It’s the real deal compared to competitor’s UNLI offer.

Go Better

- GoUNLITXT49 gives me the same UNLI texts to Globe/TM at a BETTER prices VS Competitors offer.

– With GoUNLI25, I get real unlimited service w/ unli Globe/TM calls and texts, plus unli Viber chat to the rest of my friends. It’s the real deal compared to competitor’s UNLI offer.

Now, I don't have a reason to go with other networks for cheaper  promos because Globe has better options for m. And of course, I'm hoping to have movie tickets for the Runner Runner! 

If you have read my post about the effect of beer and coffee, then you might have an idea where this great idea (as my friends call it) came from. When I tried the coffee and beer trick to finish a plate, an idea came to me not relating to my plate. I thought about why not try to create a video about what’s happening with my life now since I don’t have much time to talk to my friends and family. Yes, I don’t have a social life, thanks to my busy schedule at school.

In other words, I want to try vlogging since I don’t talk too much about my everyday life here in my blog and I’m still having some problems with blogspot. I can’t connect to my account, it keeps on loading forever. So I ended up doing the old style, writing in my notebook. (Right now, I’m just typing all these words that were written in my notebook.)

I know a few youtuber and it looks like they really enjoy what they do. Some of my favourites are Kingsley, Tyler Oakley, Macrus Butler, Alfie and a lot more. But when I think about it, making those videos takes too much time; from recording a video to editing it. I don’t even know if my everyday life is worth watching. Most importantly, I’m freaking shy in front of the camera.

So I asked some of my friends through online, if this idea of mine is possible.  They really gave me a great push to consider this and they thought about possible solution to my wariness in front of the camera. I don’t really mind taking a photo, it’s just a one click and then it’s done. But when it comes to taking a video, all I could say is that it feels awkward. Unfortunately, they could only think of one possible solution: to get myself a little tipsy before recording. In short, they want to see me embarrass myself more. Haha.

Since I love them that much and I really miss them, I said I would do it for them. I have lot of things I want to talk about and don’t even know where to start. Vlogging would be a great way to reconnect with them since I don’t like texting that much or even calling. Every one of us busy anyways and watching a short video is enough. I hope.

So I did a little research again about vlogging so I could prepare myself. It only needs a few things which I already have or I can easily have an access to; Camera, Tripod, Video Editor, and lastly, a beer to complete the requirements.

I just made a youtube channel for this but it’s still empty since I haven’t started filming myself yet. I can’t think of a good channel name so I just used my whole name. How creative of me. I might post my first vlog here, thinking that you guys might be curious what it looks like or not. I guess that’s all for now. Seeya!

I saw this image from bestinfographics.com and 9gag.com, showing the effects of caffeine and beer in our brain.

It says here that beer makes us more creative while coffee, of course, keeps us awake and more focused. There’s no doubt about the effects of coffee in our system. There are some people who can’t live without coffee. On the other hand, the beer part is what I’m more skeptical about. Sure, too much alcohol makes us do crazy things but is it creative? While we’re under the influence of alcohol, we might think that whatever you had in mind is a GREAT idea.

Though with what’s the photo stated, moderate amount of beer activates certain part of our which makes us more creative. And since I’m an art related student that needs a new concept every now and then, I did a little research on this since as far as I know, alcohol damages your brain cells permanently.

It may impair your thinking, but alcohol doesn’t permanently destroy brain cells. It damages dendrites, which are the little feelers on neurons that convey electrical messages from your brain to your body. Neurons are the cells that act as communicators, triggering motor responses to physical stimuli. Dendrite damage interferes with those messages, which can account for all those poorly spelled texts and inability to walk in a straight line. (But the effects are not permanent.)

Overuse of alcohol combined with a lack of nutrients can lead to memory lapses and problems with motor coordination. Alcoholics can develop a neurological disorder called Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome, which can result in a loss of neurons in some parts of the brain. This syndrome also causes memory problems, confusion, paralysis of the eyes, lack of muscle coordination and amnesia. It can lead to death. However, the disorder isn't caused by the alcohol itself. It's the result of a deficiency of thiamine, an essential B vitamin. Not only are severe alcoholics often malnourished, extreme alcohol consumption can interfere with the body's absorption of thiamine.

In conclusion to my little research, Alcohol doesn’t kill your brain cells permanently but it can still damage it if you drink in mass quantities.

So yeah, after this research, my friend and I tried it. I went to the store; buy a can of beer before I went home from school. I drank the half of my beer since I’m scared that I might get myself too tipsy and ends up doing nothing. After that, I made myself a cup of coffee and sat in front of my laptop thinking for an effective plan. I’ve been working on that floor plan for almost three days since our plate is a mental hospital facility.

All I can say it that, it worked! Every problem about my plans seems so easy at that point like I can’t even believe myself why I haven’t thought about it earlier. So I just kept on drinking coffee so I could finish it in one night. The next day, I asked my friend if it also worked on her. Thankfully, she said yes but we decided to keep quiet about it because somehow it feels like we’re cheating.

Anyway, another classmate of mine as having some problems with his floor plans so I told him about the ‘beer and coffee trick’. It also worked for him. Now, this doesn’t mean that I’ve been drinking beer every now and then. I don’t like the thought of depending on beer every time I need a concept. I’ve done this for only about three times for the past four months. Besides, I only need half a can of beer. It’s not like I’m drowning myself with alcohol.

While I was working on my plate, I had this great idea pertaining about my social life since I don’t have one. I’ll post about it tomorrow or the day after that. By the way, you guys might think about what my parents say about this, they knew about this trick and also, my dad drinks the other half of beer. Haha. I guess that’s all. Bye!