Waking up at Capella
If this is your view every morning, it'll be so much easier to get up from bed.
Good morning Sentosa!
Coming home.
What I did yesterday, speaking in front of a class and two instructors, one was a panelist when I defended my bachelor's thesis, is not a lecture or a talk. It's almost as if I'm back in school doing those dreaded class reports where my classmates and I laugh at each other (for pretending to know things).
But whatever they called it, to me it's simply sharing. My learning, experiences, those stuff that sound cheesy to some but for kids, they're inspiration.
Some of the kids' questions
- How do websites earn profit? See, kids mean business. So I told them, the next time you visit a site, look for things that pop out and check the banners and ads.
- How did you get there and what I was doing in school before? Not to scare them and all that, I told them I did went through hell. During my last year in college, I was busy juggling between studies, student council and school productions. And it made me the multi-tasker that I am today. I told them I never had concrete plans, and I never laid out a plan after graduation. I even told them I wanted to be a barista for a while. Test the waters, feel the real world, and partly, chill.
- Did I ever post something that I regret today? Tough question. I said, when I was your age, I wrote cheesy stuff about my hopes and dreams and looking back, I saw how much I have grown. No, I don't regret posting them, but I told them if there's something that I've learned, it is that your blog entries reflect the kind of person that you were and the new you today.
- How should schools keep up with the new trends and Twitter and Facebook, Youtube, etc. And thank heavens I had the courage to tell the educators in front of me this, "Make sure the curriculum is still relevant." In this industry where something's always new, the subjects should adapt as well. And of course, the teachers too. How can someone teach something he/she is not familiar with, right?
- Parting words? Don't be afraid to experiment and to talk huge leaps. You'll never know what's on the other side unless you get there.
I love my school, and all visits post graduation are memorable.
I don't attend homecomings, and I think I wouldn't ever but every time I see faces of students and reminders of who I once was, it's always coming home and that's hell of a journey.
What’s your iPhone made of?
There was a time when I used to sync my phone at least every other day. That was when it was brand new and trying apps is as good as calling it a "hobby."
But times have changed and I guess the "honeymoon" part with an iPhone relationship is over.
I sync my phone whenever there's a new set of songs that I'd like to add but not to add or alter installed apps. I have narrowed them down to this set.
These are the apps that I can't live without (in no particular order). Others ask what the NASA app is for, and it's in the same group as my messaging apps. I usually tell them that my childhood dream was to become an astronaut.
Now these are the apps that keep me in the loop. How I wish local news providers have iPhone apps and just imagine how it'll be easier to get local news. It's sad that some of the local news sites don't even have an iPhone or mobile version, which i find really sad and difficult, since you have to navigate like you're using a computer.
Somebody told me that your apps tell who you are. I don't know yet if I'll believe him or not.
And oh, I didn't include my games group, my phone is currently syncing now.
You, what's your iPhone made of?