During my 3rd year in college

Linux. During my 3rd year in college, I got obsessed with the concept of open source software. It all started when I read the life and early works of Richard Stallman, the father or free software. Stallman graduated in Harvard University in the 70s majoring in Physics, but his passion is more on software programming. He continued his studies in MIT and became a "hacker" in the MIT Artificial Intelligence lab. When he started the GNU project in the 80s, a lot of people joined the project. His concept of "copyleft" and its GPL license became so popular it attracted followers. Then in 1991 Linux came into picture. A programmer from Finland named Linus Torvalds wrote an open source kernel an integrated it with many GNU applications to build a complete operating system. This open source movement led me to hate Windows. I began to research about the Linux operating system. Using Fedora Core as the Linux distribution, I did some experiments in networking and basic system configuration. Then I move into playing with the user interface. I also tried multiple distributions like Debian, OpenSuse, and Slackware before settling with Ubuntu.

I started listening to rock music

I started listening to rock music when I was young. My brother used to buy cassette tapes of 90s rock, grudge and alternative rock music. My ears got used to the rock rhythms of different genres. I also got introduced to original pinoy music such as parokya ni edgar and yano. For me rock at that time is the popular music. I disliked RnB, rap and those 80s pop. When my brother bought a guitar I tried learning it too on my own. I played creed and incubus songs over and over for hours until my fingers started to hurt. I enjoyed playing guitar at that time. I am playing only for myself, not thinking of any goals of improving. When I entered high school, I got surprised by the fact that most of my colleagues are also fan of rock music. They also play guitar, planning to set up bands and stuff. We share rock band stories, opinions, and disagreements. I continued to play the guitar. First time I heard a song from Thursday, I said it was 'okay'. Many years have passed and I gave Thursday another chance and try to listen to their second album Full Collapse. I end up being so addicted to the band it became one of my favorites of all time.

Peace in Mindanao

Peace in Mindanao. The ongoing chaos in Mindanao manifests the decade long problem in its society. Radicalization of Muslim people and negligence of the government are important issues that need to be addressed but the root of the problems is still poverty. If jobs are given to the people of Mindanao, problem solved. Haha! Seriously, I don't really know how to write. I am not sure if I can improve this in my lifetime. But my real problem is speaking. It is hard for me to express myself in English. I remember when I was 10 my mother enrolled me in a tutorial center to assess my English skills. We found out that I was lagging 2 years behind. I took those extra classes but I really did not work well. I hate it because I am not excelling in the subject. People are saying practice is the only key to improve and that is why I am writing this blog. Why do I need to suffer like this?