ADVICE TO THE GRADUATE

By Steve Jobs

Excerpted from the Commencement Address by Steve Jobs, Chairman & CEO of Apple Computer and Co-Founder of Pixar Animation Studios, delivered on June 12, 2005 at StanfordUniversity, Palo Alto, California
Source: Stanford News (http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/)

I was lucky—I found what I loved to do early in life. Woz and I started Apple in my parents garage when I was 20. We worked hard, and in 10 years Apple had grown from just the two of us in a garage into a $2 billion company with over 4000 employees. We had just released our finest creation – the Macintosh- a year earlier, and I had just turned 30. And then I got fired. How can you get fired from a company you started? Well, as Apple grew we hired someone who I thought was very talented to run the company with me, and for the first year or so things went well. But then our visions of the future began to diverge and eventually we had a falling out. When we did, our Board of Directors sided with him. So at 30 I was out. And very publicly out. What had been the focus of my entire adult life was gone, and it was devastating.

I really didn’t know what to do for a few months. I felt that I had let the previous generation of entrepreneurs down- that I had dropped the baton as it was being passed to me. I met with David Packard and Bob Noyce and I tried to apologize for screwing up so badly. I was a very public failure, and even thought about running away from the valley.

But something slowly began to dawn on me – I still loved what I did. The turn of events at Apple had not changed that one bit. I had been rejected, but I still in love. And so I decided to start over.

I didn’t see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.

During the next five years, I started a company named NeXT, another company named Pixar, and fell in love with an amazing woman who would become my wife. Pixar went on to create the world’s first computer animated feature film, Toy Story, and is now the most successful animation studio in the world. In a remarkable turn of events, Apple bought NeXT, I returned to Apple, and the technology we developed at NeXT is at the heart of Apple’s current renaissance. And Laurene and I have a wonderful family together.

I’m pretty sure none of this would have happened if I hadn’t been fired from Apple. It was awful tasting medicine, but I guess the patient needed it. Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith. I’m convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You’ve got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don’t settle.

TCA CRUEL LOVE

Pasukan na naman at second year na si Deriryl Mayor na may kursong BS in Information Technology sa Tarlac College of Agriculture. Kinaumagahan, unang araw ng klase habang siya’y naglalakad sa boulevard patungo sa kanilang Institute ay bigla siyang napahinto dahil may kumausap sa kanyang hindi kilalang dalaga.
“Puwedi ko bang malaman kung saan yong Computer Laboratory, bago pa lang kasi ako rito eh.”
“M-malapit lang sa Institute of Engineering, If you want sabay nalang tayo, papunta rin ako doon..Ano nga pala pangalan mo?” sabi ni Deiryl na medyo nahihiya dahil ubod ng ganda ang kanyang kausap.
“Ako nga pala si Karen Racal”. Inabot niya ang kanyang kamay kay Deiryl at kinilig naman yong binata dahil first time ever niyang makipagkamayan sa ganito kagandang dilag. Patuloy lang sila sa paglalakad habang nagkwe-kwentuhan.
“May lagnat ka ba? Namumutla ang mukha mo eh.” Dugtong ni Karen dahil napansin niya ang maputlang kaanyuan ng mukha ni Deiryl.
“Ah..hindi.. normal na sa akin ito. Naaarawan kasi” ang palusot naman ni Deiryl na hindi maitago ang paghanga sa kausap.
` “Transferee ka ba dito, saang iskul ka galing?” sabi ni Deiryl na medyo pinapagpawisan na at dinukot ang panyo sa kanyang bulsa.
“Sa Tarlac State University, lumipat ako dahil malapit lang ang bahay namin, diyan lang sa Bonifacio Street. Ano nga pala ang pangalan mo.” tanong ni Karen.
“Just call me Dear in short for Deiryl Mayor, bakit ka nga pala pupunta sa Computer …Lab.? May klase ka ba doon?”
“You’re right, first subject ko, multi media and Web Design kay Professor Yasay”. Nagulat naman si Deiryl dahil classmate pala niya ang dalagitang ito.
“Huh?! What a coincidence! Eh, the same pala tayo ng destination! Ang pabiglang sabi ng binata na lubos ang kasiyahan, nakamayan na nga niya ang dalaga ay kamag-aral pa niya ito! Patuloy lang ang kanilang bolahan ah este kwentuhan hanggang nakarating na nga sila sa kanilang destinasyon (Comp lab). Nakasara pa lamang ito sapagkat maaga pa 7:00 AM. Palamang habang 8:00 AM naman ang kanilang klase. Naupo palang sila sa mga bench sa labas ng building. Napawi na ang hiya ni Deiryl sa dalaga dahil sa haba ng kwentuhan nila ay nagawa na niyang pakisamahan ng maayos ito.

(itutuloy….)

STUPID ITS

It’s stupid to say I’m yours
For you not take me
It’s stupid to say I’ll miss you
For you I just think I’m crazy
It’s stupid to say I care
For I know you care for him
It’s stupid to say I’ll wait
For he’ll be there forever
It’s stupid to say I’ll get over you
For I know I’ll never will
It’s stupid to say I’ll need you
For that’s not how you feel
It’s stupid to say you’re in my mind
For in yours I want to be there
It’s stupid to say you’ll be happy with me
For I’m sure you’re with him
It’s stupid to say you’re my life
For you won’t die for me
It’s stupid to say I’ll be patient
For he won’t set you free
It’s stupid to say I’ll be lonely without you
Guess to love to see me cry
It’s stupid to say I Love You
So I have to say goodbye!

YEAR 2010: My New Years Resolution

Pagsapit ng bagong taon nakagawian na nating gumawa ng ating New Years Resolution. Inilalagay natin dito ang lahat ng mga bagay na gusto nating baguhin o gawin. Kung ang iba ganyan ang ginagawa, ako naman ay iba, wala akong babaguhin sa aking sarili at yan ang aking New Years Resolution. Gusto kong manatiling Simple at mapagkumbaba. Ikaw? May New Years Resolution ka rin ba? Sana ito ay maisakatuparan mo.

MANNY PACQUIAO USES PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENT DRUG?

Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Sr. accused Manny Pacquiao in using performance enhancement drug before his fight. Actually, it is not true and they have no solid basis. They must show their evidences if it is true. They must not talk in public by disseminating false information. Don’t smirch the good name of Manny Pacquiao. He’s not doing wrong with you. He’s only fighting for his family and his beloved nation. In addition, He’s truly a great fighter.
Don’t make excused Floyd Jr. in order to discontinue your fight with Manny. If you really wanted to fight Manny Pacquiao, then go on and proved who the real king in the ring is.
I am a big fan of this two great fighters and I want their fight to proceed. I want to see the fight of the century. I want to witness the historical fight that most awaited by everyone around the globe.
Lastly, I want Manny Pacquiao to win.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

Merry Christmas to you and your family. May God be the center of your life and continue to serve as blessings to others. Continue to inspire and to be inspired! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!!!

Thesis Namin

Many days and night na nag-iisip ako ng maaari kong gawing thesis. Its so hard talaga to think what is the right thesis for me. Our teachers in Project Design group us into three. Masaya naman ako sa result ng groupings because I know that my two group mates are responsible enough to do our thesis especially our documentation. I told them na gusto kong gawin yong TCA ROTC System as our thesis. Pumayag naman sila at hindi sila nag-alinlangan. Our plan was to include Bar code scanner sa system at dagdagan pa ang features nito. Actually, TCA ROTC System is my project in Database Management System and I want to complete and improve it. Sa system na iyon, naroon na yong Registration, Attendance at computation of grades ng student. May MS Agent narin iyon, Flash animations at iba pa.
We as a group are confident enough to present our title proposal to our teacher. Suddenly, noong nag-pa approve na kami ay hindi ito tinanggap. Sabi ng teacher namin ay madali lang ito. We don’t anticipate it, pero ayos lang iyon dahil alam ko naman na talagang madali. Days has been passed by and we as a group decided to create the Cindys Billing and Inventory System. Noong nagpa-check na naman kami, our teacher told us to integrate the POS (Point of Sale) of the company. Approve na kaso integrate naming iyong POS ng Cindys. The main problem is that kapag iba yong ginamit nilang software sa paggawa ng POS nila sa gagamitin naming ay talagang mahihirapan kami. Isa pa ay kung papaano e-coconect yong system naming sa system nila.
Haay! Ganito pala kahirap ang mag thesis. Title proposal palang dadaan pa kami sa butas ng karayom. Wala na talaga akong maisip na thesis. I said to my colleagues na mag-isip din sila ng puwedi naming gawing thesis. Naalala ko yong wifi device na gawa sa pringles, naisip ko rin na e-thesis yon kaso masyadong madali. Baka hindi rin payagan ng teacher naming at talagang problemado kami sa araw na iyon. Biglang pumasok sa isipan ko yong sinasabi ng teacher namin na Payroll System ng Mangatarem National High School. Our teacher said that the School needed payroll system and they are ready to buy it. Agad kaming gumawa ng title proposal namin at ipina-check sa aming teacher. Agad naman kaming pinayagan ng aming teacher na gawin yong Payroll System. Mahirap din ito dahil gagamit kami ng PHP at MySQL. Gusto daw kasi ng school na Online yong payroll nila. Our teacher gave us the contact # of the person who opened up the problem of the School regarding their Payroll System. Para akong nabunutan ng tinik at excited narin akong gawin yong thesis namin.
Nag-set na kami ng Date upang mag-inerview at noong naroon na kami ay hinanap namin si Sir Galano, our contact person that our teacher gave to us. Noong na meet na namin si Sir Galano, he confirmed that their school needed a Payroll System. He added that they wanted a LAN Based payroll System at hindi online yong ipapagawa nila. Sabi ni Sir Galano ay bumalik nalang kami the next day dahil wala yong principal. Two days latter, we texted Sir Galano to interview him again. Noong naroon na kami, sir Galano together with sir Jess, the programmer of the school accompanied us to go in the principals office. When we are there, the principal clarified that they will be using ATM card on 2010 to get their salary, so the Payrol system that we will create will be set aside. Nabigla ako at naguguluhan dahil hindi namin inaasahan na mangyayari iyon. Back to zero na naman kami and we will create again our title proposal. Nakasimula na akong mag-gather ng data about sa gagawin naming system. Nakasimula narin akong gumawa ng Prototype ng aming system.
Haay! Sumakit na namn ang ulo ko noong nalaman ko iyon. Noong naroon kami ay sinabi ng principal na pangarap nilang magkaroon ng website and they wanted also to have an Information System. Gahol na kami sa panahon upang mag-isip pa ng thesis namin kaya we concorded to create the information system of the school. Sir Jess said that he will help us if we needed assistance in creating the system. He demonstrated to us the flow of the system they wanted us to make. Kaylangan daw magkaroon kami ng “Defense” doon upang maipaliwanag to them the process of the system. Sabi namin sa kanila na baka sa February kami magiging rady sa defense namin.
Noong nasa school na kami (TCA) sinabi namin kanila Vincent na kaylangan ng Mangatarem NHS ng website at kinuha na nila yong contact # ni sir Galano sa amin upang gawin yong website ng school as their thesis. Sinabi namin sa aming teacher yong nangyari at pinayagan niya kaming gawin ang Information System ng Mangatarem National High School.
I HOPE matapos namin ito at sanay makapasa kami sa aming subject na Project Design. I HOPE na magawa naming ng tama an aming documentation and especially yong system namin.