18 Apr
Alpha waves
As I eased into consciousness, I realized these were the thoughts right there on that limbo level. Like being in between a dream that just finished and waking up. I exerted effort to gather what I could. There were two more I cannot remember til now. I reached for my phone and tried documenting it as soon as I can, before they faded away.
1. Walang drawing printouts sa site. The workers are not able to visualize final and complete design intent. Wala tuloy anticipation
2. Drawings: plan, 4 walls, no need for 691 layout, pwede na tabi-tabi like panoramic
3. BCE has grouped cells per room. Bukod sa area and cost per sqm, may listing na rin ng things anticipated sa room na yun as prep for BOM
4. Ibalik yung “payment per cutoff”mindset Yung every 15/30, may target project kung saan manggagaling ang funds pampasweldo. First week of the cutoff, target done na yung accomplishment tapos sent na yung billing. Second week ng cutoff, palugit kay client maka-send ng payment. For construction, porque weekly ang need for funds (twice a week pa nga pala), dapat weekly ang payment accomplishment mindset. Dalhin across all projects ang setup sa Agatha.
GET THESE DONE, VING. IDEATION WITHOUT IMPLEMENTATION IS INSANITY.
22 Nov
The Italian Job
There are times when I can trust a good movie to lend some positive energy back in to my exhausted existence. For tonight, it was The Italian Job that did it for me.
I am grateful for characters that glamorize focus, for actors who embody fitness as part of excellence, and for stories that glamorize single-mindedness and hard-work.
Speaking of movies, I’m also partial to plots about believing in one’s self. These three are old and somehow lousy but they capture me in parts that resonate with bits of my reality: The Matrix, Kung Fu Panda, and The Lego Movie. I relate to how Neo, Po, and Emmet were losers. I’m still working on my own ending, though.
Listing here some favorites to which I can go back the next time I’m so down and low all over again:
The Tourist (Alexander Pierce is spot on!)
Limitless
The Pursuit of Happiness
And, since I’m already here, ‘might as well list my movie heroines as well:
Lara Croft
Jean Gray
Pepper Potts
(the girls in that GI Joe movie)
Wonder Woman
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No real attempts to close this properly. I’m out.
4 Nov
Happy birthday!
A dozen years ago today, I gave birth for the first time. It was to a nine-pound goliath of a baby. And I named him David.
17 Oct
six88
October 5
“How did you find us, Sir?”
“My partner (who has two thousand followers) went crowdsourcing on Instagram and that’s how your name came out.”
October 17
“What’s your account number?”
20 Sep
Ving’s Version
DRAFT MODE: I serendipitously come across Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s book “My Own Words” through the Facebook post of Architect Lira Luis.
I remember how much I wished to write my own, too. After having learned about Elizabeth Gilbert’s “Eat, Pray, Love” as a memoirist.
There’s also one other lady I came across as a “diarist”
I hope I’ll get to write more starting today.
And finding my old writings, too.
26 Aug
a day of encouragement
I have been worried over cashflow for some days now. I have been going to God and expressing it to Him and that gesture relieves me of my fear. That is, until something comes to my attention and it all creeps back to me, argh.
Right now, however, I realize that my day has been littered with encouragement.
1. My first appointment included a dozen of young people thanking me. It felt awkward because I didn’t feel worthy of their gratitude. In fact, I was ashamed and I felt grateful to them instead. However, they were kind enough to show me that maybe I was doing ok.
2. I got to the office and checked my email. There was one that actually spelled it out for me: “Believe in your capacity to make money.” It was a link to the blogsite of Mr. Bo Sanchez, the lay preacher. I followed it and was blessed through his message.
3. Processing what I read from number 2 led me to recall a lecture by forex analyst Mr. Val Mendoza. As he closed it, he said: “Man made money but God made wealth.” And then he wrote the verse Deuteronomy 8:18 on the whiteboard. It said, “Remember the Lord your God for it is He who gives you the ability to produce wealth.”
4. Dinner was a treat from my closest college classmate, Arch. Tricia Sardinia. She’s back from Belgium after finishing her post-graduate studies with honors. She shared her experiences, all of them awesome! And she did so without an ounce of arrogance. I admire her for her achievements, and even more so for her groundedness. As we finished our meal she indirectly reminded me that it’s just money. It’ll come, it’ll go, you’ll earn it back. Do make ends meet, do what it is you aspire for, and do be accountable.
I don’t think I have completely conveyed how this day has touched me. I just know that it has moved me enough to immortalize it in a very rare blog entry. Today has made me less down, more thoughtful, and for sure: encouraged. Thank You, Lord. Thanks everyone.
6 Aug
notes
This is to keep an electronic copy of my notes from a seminar we were just granted at BSU CAFA. I immediately forgot the name of our speaker but she was wonderful! I will ask my colleagues for her details soon.
Assessment Purposes:
- Placement
- Formative – quizzes
- Diagnostic – to diagnose difficulties
- Summative – to assess achievement
Measurement: What techniques should I use?
Evaluation: How will I interpret results
– performance standard
– criteria
Do not change the standards. Change the criteria and strategies.
(Anecdote: A teacher asked if he should lower the passing score from 75 to say, 70. She refered the situation to Olympic divers getting only one shot to solicit a perfect 10.)
(Anecdote 2: Tricia graduating cum laude thinking the passing threshhold was 75, when it was only 50 all along.)
Affective Targets:
– observation
– self-report (reaction papers?!Ü)
T.O.S.
Goals and Objectives:
– communicates expectations
– goal: broad
– objectives: specific, measurable, short-term, observable
– cognitive, affective, psychomotor
ABCD:
– audience
– behavior
– circumstances
– degree
Correct Verbs in composing goals and objectives:
identify, name
recall
list
write
describe
recite, narrate
build
draw
differentiate
Incorrect Verbs (because they are vague and not measurable):
study
memorize
Levels:
1. Easy: “Knowledge” = match, select, list, label, name, define, identify, write
2. Average: “Comprehension” = convert, explain, paraphrase, discuss, draw, distinguish, describe
3. Average: “Application” = compute, modify, use, change, employ, transfer, interpret, relate, solve
4. Average: “Analysis” = distinguish
5. Average: “Synthesis” = design, create, propose, produce, summarize
6. Difficult: “Evaluation” = appraise, criticize, justify, defend, conclude, judge, validate, evaluate, assess
T.O.S. = Table of Specifications
– one-way table
– relates instructional objective
– number of items
Ex: The student must list the 7 historical periods covered in HOA 1 in perfect chronological order
A: audience = the student
B: behavior = list
C: condition = covered in HOA 1
D: perfect chronological order
Few on easy, few on hard, more on average
Contents (Topics Covered) | K | C | Ap | An | S | E |No. of Hours | Percentage | No. of Items
1. Lesson 1 | | | | 3hrs | 46% | 22pts
2. Lesson 2 | | 2hrs | 31% | 16pts
3. Lesson 3 | | 1.5hrs | 23% | 12pts
Total |6.5hrs
Situational Questions
Required for Midterm and Final Exam
17 Mar
SAFE 4
4th Students and Architects Forum for Excellence (SAFE 4)
Organized by UAP Barasoain and UAPSA BulSU
March 15, 2013 at the Bulacan State University Hostel
Resource Speaker: Arch. Diomar D. De Castro
(Property Manager, Mapua Institute of Technology)
I was blessed to have taken part in this activity last Friday.These are just my bullets of my notes and personal thoughts. This is not an attempt to summarize the presentation. These are items in it that I relate to personally. One day soon I hope to be able to edit this to make it more presentable. The terms I just caught very quickly, I still need to read up about them. Thank you, Sir Diomar. ‘Learned a lot.
“Reduction of Campus Carbon Footprint – A Journey”
How green are you?
- moral theory
- “scare-them-to-death” theory
- economic theory (what’s in it for me in return)
- earth mentality (some sort of bandwagon)
Kyoto Protocol
Carbon footprint
GHG = greenhouse gases
“carbon trading” (current in India)
how to change attitudes, mentalities, operations
schools are in a unique position to teach, to inspire
communicator, motivator
Philippine Green Building Initiatives (for professionals)
Energy Star
Solar
space rationalizing instead of creating new buildings
metering technologies
submetering
what you cannot measure, you cannot manage
(I remember Papa working on my car battery yesterday. He had a multi-tester that checks the potential difference between the two terminals; he explained that a car battery is rated 12volts so that’s what we hope to read from the multi-tester. He also had an ammeter that measures the current discharged by the battery when the engine is off and the fan and headlights and sounds are on. He also checked the current charged into it when the engine is running and when he increases the rpm. This memory is significant to me because I realize that he could not have made a correct diagnosis had he not been more informed thanks to these tools).
Philips T5
LED lights (5 years warranty)
inverter aircons are greener
amount SAVED because of the switch will be paid to investing supplier, galing! =)
waste collection – guy with the BMW series 3
G.P.I.O.S.
plant trees to OFFSET carbon emission (oo nga! simple pero di ko pa talaga naisip ito in this realistic, practical context)
United Nations: Clean Development Mechanism
carbon credits
carbon visuals
Ecobonus program
Ecoswitch award
Walk the talk.
My Action Plan: Plant at least one tree every year. Or one for me, one for David, one for Daniel.
*nakaka-stress pala mag-rollcall sa isang UAP event. I need to take the positions, correct nmes, chapters and announce them right too, heheh.
*I learned stuff from the c-joist product demo. I suppose it helped me integrate some learnings. 630-1000 php per linear meter on the .9m span for rowhouses. supposedly almost the same with steel decking.
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