Sembreak

*It's been a while since I last wrote here, so here goes....

My semestral break officially started last Thursday, after I had my finals in PE2 Running for Fitness, which was a physical fitness test. Even though we usually have more than a month long semestral break in UPOU (6 weeks to be exact), it still seems to be too short for me. Hahaha. I also think for this semester it will be quicker since I'll be busy these following weeks.

I've also been too lazy to be online nowadays, and I guess the main reason is my own laptop recently broke. It's also been hard to have access since I can only use my mom's laptop whenever she's asleep or at work. So until I have my very own laptop again, expect me to be online less; I'd also be blogging less. Well for me that's a good thing because then my time won't be too consumed by a laptop anymore. :D

On Debates

One thing's for sure, I hate debates!

Sounds ironic, as I've been engaging in debates these past couple of weeks. It's also not because I can't win one.

Sure, debates do create healthy discussions and are sometimes necessary.

Audio Exercise 1

One of the courses I have this semester is the MMS172: Audio in Multimedia. As the course name implies, we are taught the theories and practical applications of audio in multimedia. Although the course itself is okay, the readings are pretty damn boring. We are given around 50-100pages of required reading per week! And for me, that's too much to ask for students in the distance education mode, especially if most of the students are working.

One of the requirements of the professor was a 30-second audio advertisement on an advocacy we would like to promote. And since I'm vegetarian, I wanted my advocacy to be connected with Vegetarianism. I felt that 30 seconds was not enough though, as Vegetarianism is a very broad topic. So I narrowed it down to Vegetarianism and it's contribution to the environment.

Dropbox vs. Sugarsync

*image from techsplurge.com

Having a cloud storage has made my life studying in a distance learning environment easier and more convenient. I don't have to save my school papers in a USB drive every time I visit my sister and study there. I can also access my files even if there's no internet, and when I'm back online, the file automatically syncs and gets updated on the Web! I've used google docs before (another cloud computing service) in working with my school papers, and the problem I have with google docs is that my files are inaccessible offline.