A Prayer to the Kidnap Victims

This prayer is for the 3 International Committee of the Red Cross volunteers who were kidnapped by the Abussayaf Rebel Group last January 2009 in Sulu. The rebel groups has setted deadline for the government to pull out all the army troups in Sulu. The deadline is set today (March 31, 2009) at 2 p.m. If not 1 hostage will be beheaded by the rebels. Please offer a prayer for the 3 hostages as they will be safe and will be released by the rebel.

A prayer for the kidnap victims:

In the name of the father, and of the son and of the holy spirit, Amen.

Heavenly Father, creator of the heavens and the earth, we praised your name up high.

Father, our 3 brothers and sister are on a very difficult situation right now as they are on the hands of the rebel and the deadline for the beheading of one of them has come to an end.

Father, we ask you to please protect them as they fight for their survival. Give them the strength, the courage and the hope so they will have the all the force they need to survive.

Father guide them so they could return home safely with their families and friends.

Father, please enlightened the minds of the rebel groups who kidnapped the ICRC workers so they will realize what they are doing are wrong and against your law. Touch their heart Father so no beheading will happen and no more crisis will happen in the future.

Father, bless our government and all the leaders who are on to this battle; the President, the military, Sec. Ronaldo Puno of the DILG so they could do the best move the leads to the safety of everybody. Give them wisdom as they continue to overcome this struggle.

Father, bless the relatives and friends of the 3 victims so they have the strength and the hope for the survival of the kidnap victims.

Father, we lift this situation into YOUR hands. We know that you will never let this crisis happen.

We ask this through Christ our Lord Amen.

Please say this prayer with 1 Our Father, 3 Hail Marys and 3 Glory Be

Our prayers for the safety of the 3 victims are needed. Please pray for their safety.

World Earth Hour Day

This day is said to be one of the most memorable day in history as the whole world will take part of a step in defeating climate change and global warming. This event which is known as The Earth Hour "is one of the initiatives of world leaders to combat the worsening problem of climate change by switching off lights and other appliances to conserve energy by 60 minutes (8:30 to 9:30 P.M.) This could lessen the greenhouse gases and human being can conserve millions of energy by this initiative.

I'm calling to my fellow students and filipino people to please support the EarthHour Campaign.

Are We Ready for "E-lection"?

The Commission on Election or Comelec just recently proposed for a full automation of the upcoming 2010 Presidential Election. The proposed budget for the full automation of the national and local election is 11.3 billion with will be funded by the taxpayers money. The proposed budget was already approved by the House of Representatives and is currently in the House of Senate for their approval. According to Comelec chairman Jose Melo Jr., they need the said budget as early as March this year so they can start the bidding and have the said equipments as soon as possible. But some senators like Francis Escudero and Juan Miguel Zubiri has questioned the Comelec in the hearing of they can assure the Filipino people that there will be no cheating if the election will be fully automated. But chaiman Josel Melo Jr. replied that there will be no assurance of a clean and honest election if it will automated specifically in human threats like rebels or any evil forces that will try to sabotage the election (specially in provinces like Maguindanao, Sulu and other Mindanao Provinces). Some of the political leaders and law experts doubt if the automation will materialize due to lack of time and unpreparedness in the part of the Comelec. Automation of election has been successfully done in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) election last August 11, 2008.


For me, automation of the election system in the Philippines is very promising as India is the only country in Asia to have a fully automated election system. Now is it applicable for our cause? Based on the hearing conducted by the senate committee as a whole, the Comelec seems not yet prepared for the automation. They seem can't provide the specifics with regards to the automation like the font size of the ballot and security features of the system. Time play a major factor here. If there will be no enough time for the full automation, then we stick to the manual system. The Comelec should not waste the taxpayers money in buying those equipment if they are not going to use it just like what the former Comelec chairman Benjamin Abalos Sr did with the counting machines that are not used and until now we are still paying. The senate must weigh the cost and the benefit of having a full automation of election. They must be very careful in their decisions not like the House of Representatives which magically approved the said budget. I agree to what Sen. Francis Escudero remarked in the hearing that he cannot approve 11.3 billion budget for only one sitting.

The bidding of the contractor should also be done in public or any means where transparency and reliability of the bidding will be ensured to avoid corruption which is very obvious in this administration.

Automation of Election could be very good as far as security, reliability and speed of the election is concerned. But there must also factors to consider speially time if this is feasible for the country as of the moment. The fate of another Philippine history is in the hands of the House of the Senate and the President.

My Research Topic Proposal

"Analysis of Network Performance of University of Southeastern Philippines Virtual Laboratories using Simulation Modelling"

Honestly, I am very new to the the field of network simulation and system modelling. Being a neophyte in this area seems to be the biggest hindrance for me that's why there are times that I am about to change that research topic given the fact that I have only 1 semester to complete it. But I am very interested in the topic with regards to data communications and computer networking and other topics that are related to networking in short. This is one of my motivation why I want to pursue this research. Add onto my motivation, I want also to learn new things that are related to computer networking. I also want to contribute to the ideas as far as network simulation is concern. But the biggest motivation of all, I want to prove to myself that I can finish this research inspite being a new to this field and to prove to myself that I am worthy to be called an I.T professional.

Research Update: I am having a hard time constructing the review of related literature since majority of the articles and researches I found were too technical for me and I found a very hard time relating these ideas. But I will do all my best to finish it as soon as possible.

I am currently reading and learning the basics of a network simulator. One of my choice of simulator is the ns simulator which is an open source software for simulation.


I can do it!.....