Thursday, August 31, 2006

discourse on eee UPDATED

"Ganito. Naiisip ko kasi na kung gusto mong matuto tungkol sa course mo, magaral ka sa la salle. Kung gusto mo matuto tungkol sa buhay, magaral ka sa up. Baka kasi pag-graduate ko non-engineering ang magiging bread and butter ko. Yan ang pinakafailure sakin. Nagdududa kasi ako sa teaching capabilities ng eee sa up. Iniisip ko kung better off ako kung nag-la salle ako. Pero ung dad mo nga pla may fabrication business... well masaya na ako kung umabot ako sa ganun."

Lack of teachers:
Sabi ni laurice, understaffed sobra sobra ang UP EEE. Dapat, isang subject lang ang tinuturo ng bawat teacher, or at least maayos ang ratio ng teachers to students. Pero hindi eh. at least tatlo ang subjects na tinuturo ng bawat teacher at may mga classes na 200 students is to one teacher. Sa tingin ko kasi, bukod sa konti talaga ang EEE teachers available, hindi attractive ang funding ng EEE sa mga teachers. Hindi nakakaattract ng enough teachers na competent.
Kumbaga, MASYADONG matatalino ang mga teachers kaya marami sa kanila hindi kayang magturo ng complex concepts sa level ng students. Sinasabi ko nga palagi, hindi marunong magturo ang mga matatalino. Not all, but most. Sabi din yan ng math teacher ko dati.
Dito din lalabas ang flaws ng large classes. Kung saan limited ang interaction at parang nanonood lang ng video ng lecture ang mga studyante. Paulit-ulit na lang ang ginagawa ng mga teachers kada lecture. Buti pa videotaped nalang tapos papalabas nila yung video kada lecture. E di nakatipid sila ng laway. Atsaka para may use pa rin yung mga large classrooms. Yung mga interactions kasi sa small discussion classes nagmamanifest yun. At dun natututo ang mga studyante. Dapat puro ganun na lang.

Lack of facilities:
Ngayon naiintindihan ko na ang importance ng equipment LALO NA sa engineering. Sa paghati-hati namin ng equipment, nahahati din ang learning experience namin. Sa aspect na to talong talo na tayo ng ibang private universities. Hindi ko na ieenumerate ang mga kulang na facilities sa eee, pero sige mageexemplify nalang ako:
Sa eee43 (electromechanical energy conversion), ineexpect ba nila na matututunan natin yung principles nang wala man lang pinapakita sa atin na totoong induction, synchronous at DC machine?! Kahit actual picture wala pa akong nakikita. At ineexpect ba nila na maniwala kami sa tinuturo nila eh hindi pa sila nagpapakita ng mga machine na yun in action? Puro theory nalang. Kulang kami ng hands-on experience. Siguro nga top-notchers kami sa board exam pero wala kaming magagawa sa trabaho. Or hindi kami makakaisip ng something revolutionary kasi hindi kami magaling mag-apply sa totoong buhay.
Ika nga ni Jang, swerte na nga ang EEE at napakadiligent at responsible ng mga students nila. Isipin mo walang vandalisms kahit saan sa mga classroom tables. Plus makikita mo talaga na nagaaral ang mga studyante. Tipong sila mismo ang nagrerequest ng make-up classes para maintindihan yung lessons.

Dito sa sasabihin kong to pinakamaraming magagalit, pero eto din ang pinakamabuting magagawa ng EEE.
Sige, wala na tayong magagawa sa funding ng EEE. Pero at least naman bawasan nila yung mga students na tinatanggap nila. Ganun kasimple. Hindi tanggap ng tanggap.

Ang goal ng isang educational institution ay para MATUTO ang mga studyante, hindi para mahirapan sila.

addendum: wala akong sinasabing ispoil kami ng EEE sa facilities. just learn how to maximize resources. no compromise. quality of future engineers 'to.

UPDATE: I know other schools are worse but should we settle for mediocrity? Are we going to let other schools better than us?
sige na, natututo tayo sa UP na magtiis/mag-adjust (sneak preview sa totoong buhay) pero nasasacrifice ang learning experience eh. buti sana kung both pwede maexperience. ang gusto naman natin maging highly proficient sa field na kinukuha natin diba? na maaapply natin ang mga skills na natutunan natin sa career natin. eh stunted yung skill building eh. Hindi pa nga eh.. hindi sya naeestablish at all. puro compromises.

case in point. by this time, sa La Salle (although trimestral sila), marunong na sila mag-solder. anong kagaguhan ang isang third year ECE student na hindi pa tinuturuan magsolder?
Sa pagaaral ng encoders, decoders, multiplexers, by this time nakapag-implement sila ng totoong circuit gamit ang real-world encoders, decoders, multiplexers. GUSTO KONG MATUTO NON!! kelan nila balak ituro sa amin yon? in our own time?

SORRY SA BOARD EXAM KASI HINDI KELANGAN MATUTO NG REAL WORLD IMPLEMENTATION EH. WRITTEN KASE

at kung madali naman baguhin ang sistema, bakit hinde?

discuss opinions in an constructive way

it's easier to say nothing

although not better

I'm sorry

Tuesday, August 15, 2006

radial and transverse components

Posible kaya na defined ang mood, emotions, physical condition, pati fate, by a cycle?

(heart rate at 84bpm. nakahiga yan ha)

Para bang yung bioryhthm charts na related sa astrology. Alam kong walang solid scientific proof (kahit pa nga possibility) na totoo yon. Pero ganun ang naeexperience ko eh. At times masaya ka lang na kahit alalahanin mo yung mga pagkakamali mo sa buhay, hindi ka lang talaga makasimangot. Minsan naman ganito nalang. Mataas ang heart rate. Hindi ka matanggal sa isip. Natutulala sa jeep. Hindi makausap. Kahit fate. Cyclic. Mabubwenas ka sa ganitong aspeto, tapos nalang pagkatapos ng ilang araw may conspiracy na ang mundo sayo. Para bang yung gulong ng buhay eh perfectly round, walang rolling friction, tubeless, mababa ang mass moment of inertia at constant yung RPM.

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Hindi ko pa rin masabi sayo. Ibig sabihin meron pa rin talaga. Sa lahat talaga ng tao sayo ako pinaka-nahihirapan kumausap. Napapansin mo naman siguro yung mga pagkakataon na wala talaga akong nasasabi. Yon normal yon. Yung mga panahon na nakakausap mo ako, malamang hindi ako yon. Wala ako sa sarili ko nun. paki-kulit nalang ako at paki-initiate ang conversation. May gusto kasi akong sabihin. Marami dapat akong sasabihin. Wag mo akong titigilan hanggat hindi ko nasasabi sayo.

Tamo. Ang dami ko pa dapat gagawin ngayon. May dalawang problem set pa. Pero nanghihinayang pa rin ako na pinalampas ko lang kanina yung pagkakataon ko na masabi ko na sayo yung dapat kong sabihin.

Saturday, August 12, 2006

Friday, August 11, 2006

Thursday, August 10, 2006

likufanele

all that's left

Saturday, August 05, 2006

epic #3: tabi tabi po

i decided to take a little detour on the way home from Santa Rosa. the nine other riders i was with opted to use the highway. i desperately wanted trails, and remembering that my father told me to avoid highways, i suddenly turned right at the Cavite Light Industrial Park to enter the Davilan trail. i didn't even inform the other riders that i'll take a detour, to avoid confrontation. i just told the one beside me that i'll take the trail because i don't want to use the highway


so it was just me and the mountain. it was the best experience ever

then i realized why the other riders were avoiding the trails when it rains. the trails were extra muddy. there were puddles of mud a foot high and the slippery ruts were impossible. this picture was taken when i was swept down my the mud


and then i was lost. i kept telling myself before that this would be a nice experience. but after i realized that i was back were i started, after it started raining (again), after i became hungry because it's almost noon, after the thought that someone could be hunting and mistake me for game, AND AFTER I REMEMBERED THAT THERE WAS NO ONE WITH ME, i began to feel a little doubtful if i really should've done this.

i retraced my trail then met someone carrying something. i asked him, "manong, san po ba ang Davilan?" "ah kumaliwa ka dyan Davilan na yun". it gave me a breath of relief and continued with the trail. i reached the intersection. it looked familiar to me. manong told me to go left to get to Davilan, but i recall very well that i should go straight to get home. this is when i learned that Davilan is actually the place on the other side of the mountain, and not the way back home. a little doubtful, i didn't take a left turn. i recognized the place and was rather convinced that i was back on track. rain was all over me. it kept going in my mouth


further in the trail, i recognized a figure in the distance. it looks like a bike. could it be a fellow mountain biker? it looked so. i was trying to make out who the mountain biker was. i thought the nine other riders who were with me climbed up davilan to rescue me or something. but as i came closer i realized that i don't know him
could it be that there was another mountain biker foolish enough like me to try the Davilan trail? the thought brought me joy. what brought me even more joy was the fact that he was calling up some other mountain bikers out back. it so happens that there were (4) other mountain bikers who tried out Davilan!


i bade goodbye and was on the way back. i reflected on what i have just done. it was stupid. the 9 other riders would've hated me. i could've gotten sick, caught an exotic pathogenic virus in the mountain. i could've gotten a flat tire. i could've died when the trail suddenly eroded. but heck i got these pictures




i was quite impressed by my panaracer tires really. down to this really muddy and technical section

and just like a good movie, the ending was a clincher. the ending was foreshadowed by the sound of a gushing river i heard while i was lost. there used to be dried-up river on the trail head entrance. but of course, since it rained hard, the river wasn't as dry as it used to be. it wasn't even wet. it was flooded. there were some people by the river when i got there. they are residents of the mountain and i guess they have some business down the here. some of them had bikes with them. they had to cross the river too. i watched them do so. the river was knee high. i propped up my bike against my shoulder and treaded the knee-deep gushing river, careful not to get swept by the current.

immediately after the river is a steep climb. up in front of me was this old lady, pushing her bike up just like me, but she was carrying her slippers and a live chicken. i commented "ate ang lakas nyo pa ah" "61 years old na ako"

Friday, August 04, 2006

wishless thinking

Nang tumapak ako sa UP, 3.50 pesos ang pamasahe sa ikot. In a span of 3 years, 6.50 na ang pamasahe. Piso kada taon ang taas ng pamasahe. Biruin nyo yon. By the end of the world, 12.50 pesos na ang pamasahe, assuming linear increase ng fare ha. Most likely exponential ang increase nyan, so expect mga 15 pesos or more. Kaya nga naglalakad nalang ako ngayon. Tsk, pupunta ka lang from EEE to shopping center 15 pesos na