Programmers are made, not born

I started my first job this January. I'm still at the training period. It's just like when I was still studying: discussion, quizzes, exercises and exams. What differs is that the training is already part of the job. I'm sure the things discussed will be useful for future projects. To be honest, the topics are compacted. I think, we discuss 4 topics per day on the average. Fortunately, I have a background on programming especially in Java.

I thought Java is easy (though we were told during undergrad that it is one of the subject where students fail). My grade is far from failing anyway. I enjoyed the subject even if I took it along with my Special Problem which is also in programming. The two didn't have conflict though. The training tells me that I have more things to learn in Java. I'm taking it as a challenge. All I need is time. Time to review and time to read the books available. During my undergrad years, I usually go to the library. Not the main but the CompSci library instead. I found the books I want on the CompSci library. Literature helped me in self-studying on HTML, CSS, VB and Game Maker by Mark Overmars. That's another story.

Going back to the topic, my heads in information overload right now. The training phase is really fast. My schedule's eaten by assignments and exercises. But it okay. This things are normal when working. One good thing to do is adapt. People usually leave out other works to finish the ones they want instead of sacrificing sleep sometimes. Staying at night makes me do more things. I also found out that I many other programmers work more late at night. Programming is the job that I can really stay awake of at night. But still, deadlines and exams tell that we are not perfect in doing things.

The approachable people of the company (that includes my trainer) helped me appreciate topics in Java. Of all the topics, the one which I appreciate most is JUnit Test. Imagine yourself programming without the user interface yet. Are you sure the you're program's working properly without outputting anything? The Unit Test is a big help during this situation. But Unit Test can do more aside from that. The creator of it are so clever to think of such idea. In the training, we first discussed about layering. It's all about the presentation-business-data-access-layer stuff of your program. It was discussed at the beginning of the training but I get to know its importance as we applied it on exercises. Think of having a program that still works though the user interface and/or the stored data for your program was changed. Layering also makes your program organized. No wonder programmers prefer Java.

Thanks to the Sun Micro-Systems for creating Java. Programmers can program for any Operating System. I'm more familiar with Windows but it's not that hard to use Linux. The Ubuntu interface is pretty nice and user-friendly. Using the system is just like familiarizing with an easy to use software. Speaking of a new software, I was introduced to a software that was new to me. I never knew that Eclipse is very useful in Java programming. This complex IDE can do many things when programming in Java. Was its usefulness emphasized? :)

In the company I joined in, call all the employees "happy." You can do your work on a flexible schedule. But hey! Don't forget about the results. Results are the best way to show the product of that flexible time.

I thought the languages I can speak speak would only be English, Filipino and a little bit of Chinese. Now I can speak the Java language. :) I'm dreaming of a time when I am already well versed with Java. O & B is a great place for learning, working, and growing. I was blessed the day I stepped on the office. Life restricts what you can do with the things you want but God game me a place where I can use and enjoy my passion in programming.

Effective remedy to clogged nose

You may have experienced a clogged nose. Here's a very effective way to clear your nose. It may sound crazy but this really works. Try this when your nose's clogged due to colds:

Inhale and hold your breath and
Gently massage the tip of your pinky and ring fingers using your thumb.

Very simple isn't it? This advise was given to me by a friend which he said was told to him by a nurse. The result comes after a few minutes between 10-20.

Maybe next time, you'll be more careful not to catch cold.
Read The things to know about colds.

20 Reasons Not to Sin

The following list is useful in having a relationship with the Lord. I've just read it posted in my room when I arrived in it.

- A little sin leads to more sin
- Sin invites the discipline of God.
- The time spent in my sin is forever wasted.
- My sin never pleases but always grieves the God who loves me.
- My sin places a greater burden on my spirtual leaders.
- In time, sin always brings heaviness to my heart.
- Others, including my family, suffer consequences due to my sin.
- My sin makes the enemies og God rejoice.
- Sin deceives me into believing I have gained
when in reality I have lost.
- Sin may keep me from qualifying for spiritual leadership.
- The supposed benefits of sin will never outweigh the consequences of disobedient.
- Repenting of sin is a painful process.
- My sin may influence others to sin.
- My sin may keep others from knowing Christ.
- Sin makes light of the cross, upon which Christ died
for the very purpose of taking away my sin.
- It is impossible to sin and follow the Spirit at the same time.
- Others more earnest than I have been destroyed by just such sins.
- God chooses not to hear the prayers of those who cherish their sin (Ps. 66:18).
- My unwillingness to reject this sin now grants it authority over me greater than I understand.
- I promised God He would be the Lord of my life.

Greatest Story Ever Told

Christmas is over but this the story will never leave our mind.

"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son,a that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." - John 3:16 (NIV)

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A Mouse Trap Story

It is common to get the same e-mail messages sometimes. There are times when you fail to read the first time the message get into your inbox.

I received this message not for the first time and I internalized what it means the second time it entered my inbox:

A mouse looked through the crack
in the wall to see the farmer and
his wife open a package.
What food might this contain?"
The mouse wondered - - -
he was devastated to discover it
was a mousetrap.

Retreating to the farmyard,

the mouse proclaimed the warning :

There is a mousetrap in the house!
There is a mousetrap in the house!"
The chicken clucked and scratched,

raised her head and said,

"Mr.Mouse, I can tell this is a grave concern
to you, but it is of no consequence
to me. I cannot be bothered by it."

The mouse turned to
the pig and told him,

"There is a mousetrap in the house!

There is a mousetrap in the house!"
The pig sympathized, but said, I am
so very sorry, Mr.Mouse, but there
is nothing I can do about it but pray.
Be assured you are in my prayers."

The mouse turned to
the cow and said

"There is a mousetrap in the house!

There is a mousetrap in the house!"
The cow said, "Wow, Mr. Mouse.
I'm sorry for you, but it's no skin
off my nose."

So, the mouse returned to the
house, head down and dejected,
to face the farmer's mousetrap . . .
alone.
That very night a sound was heard throughout

the house -- like the sound of a mousetrap catching

its prey.
The farmer's wife rushed to see
what was caught. In the darkness,
she did not see it was a venomous
snake whose tail the trap had caught.
The snake bit the farmer's wife.

The farmer rushed her to the hospital ,

and she returned home with a fever.

Everyone knows you treat a fever
with fresh chicken soup, so the
farmer took his hatchet to the
farmyard for the soup's main
ingredient.

But his wife's sickness continued,
so friends and neighbors came to
sit with her around the clock.
To feed them, the farmer
butchered the pig.


The farmer's wife did not get well;


she died.


So many people came for her funeral,
the farmer had the cow slaughtered to
provide enough meat for all of them.
The mouse looked upon it all from
his crack in the wall with great sadness.
So, the next time you hear someone
is facing a problem and think it
doesn't concern you,

remember ----

when one of us is threatened,
we are all at risk.

We are all involved in this journey called life.

We must keep an eye out
for one another and make an extra
effort to encourage one another.



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