Carey Dayrit

To my surprise, yesterday my wife informed me about a check which I received from Amazon.This was a reissue check of my August referral earnings, the first one was sent to my office at the NEC Bldg, UP Diliman and I am sure that it was lost. I dunno where it has been lost, I dont want to pre-judge our postal service, but I have two things in mind, It might be stolen from postal or at our building. I dont have problems when I received monthly adsense checks because I know when would it arrive, the problem then with amazon checks they dont have a timeline on their website when would the check should arrived. I just wait 13 upto 15 of the month and get it directly from the mailman. It might be also my fault, maybe someone noticed me cashing my mail directly to the bank.

The situation here in the Philippines is very stiffed in terms of finance, It would not be surprising if someone stole checks from the mail. There are many instances filipino affiliates ranting about the postal service and the banking system. Because those checks are paid to account and how come someone can encash them unless they have connections within the bank. The postal service is managed by our government also I am a government employee so I know how it feels in terms of finance. Gladly found other ways to monetize, I would also be willing to teach other filipino government employees how can they earn thru the internet, because they dont know that they have the resources. They have their GSIS e-card which would eventually be used in paypal and they can withdraw funds to their payroll ATM , ill be writing a short tutorial about it in a couple of days. Also I'll be willing to sell my developed script for affiliate in amazon.

Last night when I was coding and adding up more classes to a CMS project, It's a rewrite to an existing one and both of my partner agreed we would use the existing class code,
I have a hint that the database class was based on phpLib class, to my dissapointment it really is. The issue there is phpLib is not an updated project and the trend now is to use an existing framework, not just classes but a framework, I repeat a framework, LOL. I heard really good things about CakePHP it based on MVC, so I tried it. Damn it was soooo gooood and glad that the project license was an MIT one.

It really is neat, having found a good framework and also found a neat PHP editor. The PHP Editor am talking about is Rapid PHP 2007, hmmp, coincidence isnt it. More of it to come as am really into coding right now.

I've first heard the news from PHUG forum, it was a link to my beloved money making forum PMT. It's very good news indeed , I immediately opened up my paypal account clicked the withdraw link.

Then I clicked the withdraw funds from your local bank.

Damn, I dont know the 9 digit bank code, hopefully on the following days my bank would shed a light on this.

Got this one from a forwarded email.. got me interested because dengue is really a threat if you have small kids.

Cure for dengue?
By Bernardo Rocha Calibo
Director, National Police Commission 7

THERE is hope that the dengue scourge will be obliterated. I was in a
meeting in Manila recently with other Napolcom officials. While waiting for
my flight back to Cebu, I happened to talk with friends. The conversation
eventually turned to dengue. Some of their statements shocked me. I called
up the persons concerned and they confirmed these revelations.

Computer technician Wenceslao Salesale Jr., 27, was downed by dengue. His
platelet count plunged from 180 to 80. He was rushed by ambulance from
Novaliches to Manila. Inside the ambulance, a relative, acting upon the
advice of a missionary priest, made him drink soup made from camote tops.
The following day, his platelet count became normal.

Dengue attacked the 7-year-old daughter of engineers Mar and Lita Budlongan
of Kaloocan City. Her platelet count read 80. The same treatment was used.
The following day she was back to normal.

The 15-year-old daughter of businessman Nepomuceno Salaga of Sampaloc,
Manila had a dangerous platelet count of 80 due to dengue. The same
treatment was followed. The following day she was back in school.

I asked a doctor of medicine about herbal cures and he said that many, if
not most, medicines come from plants. He also said that under the
Hippocratic Oath, doctors are bound encourage anything that can cure a
patient.

Research

We need not do research deep in the rainforests of the Amazon or venture
into the ocean depths in search of the elusive cure for dengue. It is right
there in the backyard.

The following information is from Wikipedia:

"In 1992, the Center for Science in the Public Interest compared the
nutritional value of sweet potatoes to other vegetables. Considering fiber
content, complex carbohydrates, protein, vitamins A and C, iron and
calcium, the sweet potato ranked highest in nutritional value. According to
these criteria, sweet potatoes earned 184 points, 100 points over the next
on the list, the common potato (NCSPC)."
"?Sweet potato tops are excellent sources of antioxidative compounds,
mainly polyphenolics, which may protect the human body from oxidative
stress that is associated with many diseases including cancer and
cardiovascular diseases. Sweet potato greens have the highest content of
total polyphenolics among other commercial vegetables studied.

"Sweet potatoes contain protein, dietary fiber, lipid, and essential
minerals and nutrients such as calcium, phosphorous, magnesium, sodium,
potassium, sulfur, iron, copper, zinc, manganese, aluminum and boron. Sweet
potatoes are also important sources of vitamin A, thiamin, riboflavin,
niacin and ascorbic acid."

Camote

In the case of Salaga, he bought five sheaves (bugkos/ bigkis) of camote
cuttings. Each sheaf consists of about 12 cuttings. Each cutting measures
about one foot. A sheaf costs about P5.

Camote tops are boiled in water to extract the juice. The boiling lasts for
about five minutes. A little salt is used to give flavor to it. The patient
is made to drink slowly and gradually. The body's immunity system is thus
revived, making dengue helpless against the body's natural defenses. Camote
enables the body to heal itself.

Now you know why I earlier said that my friends' revelations shocked me.
They were shocking because people are needlessly dying all around us from
dengue, while their very cure is also all around us.

In the past, many were fond of using the derogatory statement, "Go home and
plant camote."

Now, camote is big news. It can save lives. What could be bigger than that?
So, to fortify your family against dengue, "Go home and plant camote!"

(Engr. Lita Budiongan and Mr. Nepomuceno Salaga personally related
to me their experiences with their respective daughters. I asked their
permission to use their names.)

Is it just circumstance or what, While working at UP System Budget Office, I felt so sleepy when my boss is around and felt awake when she stepped out of the office. I have been drinking coffee while working, I have tried black coffee and to my dissapointment still very sleepy ( to the extent that my hands are already shaking ). I've got memo'ed last week for fallen asleep while working, actually though it's my second memo since last 2 years. Those where the times when my kids are just babies and need to tend to them at night. The latest, which would I expect it will come soon due to the fact that I worked as a freelancer at night. My wife is 3 months pregnant need to raise some funds for our new baby. My co-worker, Jasmin told me a simple lame excuse, she said "You are sleepy when your boss is around because your doing your work, when shes not around your doing nothing." , LOL.

Actually would finished all the reports by the end of the day, just need a confirmation from the data that I requested from UP Los Baños yesterday. During breaks reviewed some simple subjects in Computer Programming which my favorite part is data structures. Created a set class in php today, I am practicing phpDocumentor syntax, documented a little bit.

<?php
/**
* @author Carey R. Dayrit <carey.dayrit.org>
* @version 1.0
* @package clsSet
* @uses Group of data that is sorted, no data would be repeated
*/
/**
* A simple class implementation of a Set object
*
* Example:
* <code>
* <?php
* $oSet=new clsSet();
* $oSet->insert('pogi');
* $oSet->insert('carey');
* $oSet->insert('pogi');
* echo $oSet->length();
* ?>
* </code>
*/
$oSet=new clsSet();
$oSet->insert('pogi');
$oSet->insert('carey');
echo $oSet->length();
class clsSet {
/**
* @var array $mData the repository of data
*/
  var $mData = array();
/**
* Insert mixed data to the set
* @return bool $bResult
* @param mixed $mSingleData
*/
  function insert($mSingleData) {
    $bResult = false;
    if (!in_array($mSingleData, $this->mData)) {
      array_push($this->mData, $mSingleData);
      sort($this->mData);
      $bResult = true;
    }
    return $bResult;
  }
/**
* Returns the length of the set
* @return int $nResult
*/
  function length(){
    $nResult=& count($this->mData);
    return $nResult;
  }
 
}
?>

Called UP Los Baños about the discripancy of data on the actual enrolled units, Mrs. Cecille Cabardo replied that she submitted data prior to August submission. She will forward again the said reports via their messenger, UP Los Baños has experiencing technical problems in regards to their Internet connection well that explains why their e-mails keep bouncing back since last week.

As am preparing the Data for Los Baños CHED reports, I am modifying the PHP class which I use to query several MS Access. Also added some custom snippets to Rapid PHP which are phpDocumentor related. Here are some of them:

<?php
/**
* @author Carey R. Dayrit <carey.dayrit.org>
* @version
* @package
* @uses
*/
 
class clsTest
{
 
/*
* @var
*
*/
 
var $mData;
 
/*
* @param
* @return
*/
 
function test(){
...
}
?>

Added a code highlighter plugin to wordpress, Isnt that nice ? you can download it here http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/code-highlighter/

I just prepared a coding guidelines for a next project which I have someone who is developing it with me.

Prefix
a - array
b - boolean
d - date
n - number
o - object
rs - recordset / db objects
s - string
xml - xml
m - variant / mixed
cls - class declaration

Variables must be declared with a prefix and succeded by a capital letter.

Example:

 
/* Language : php */
$nMyNumber=1234;
$sName='Carey Dayrit';
$dToday=now();
$oFile=new clsFileUpload();
 
class clsPaging{
...
}
 

also would use phpDocumentors syntax

Well the wait has been over, I think my ISP has fixed some problems in their system. I just called last two week's regarding some sites which I cannot access through their ISP but normally it is alive, sites like medilert.net, ccg-catalyst.com, enterprisesolved.com, I was assigned to fix some issues for those websites but I turned down some of them. It's kinda hassle because our project manager is expecting it to be fixed as soon as possible.

During the whole Sunday I just slept for about 6 hours during daytime, missed church though, I was so exhausted, I planned to visit my mom because she was sick but didnt have the chance to go. My head was aching.

In the evening, I was so excited about SmartBro fixing the issues, updated 2 sites. Worked on documenting a class for a project.

During the evenings,

It's just a usual Saturday, having time to take some couple of rest been very busy from the past few days. My schedule has been so hectic, have a deadline in the office also doing freelance jobs at night. Just a day to spent time with my wife and kids.

While they are sleeping I just updated the header design of this blog, my photoshop is kinda rusty these days doesn't look to good. I'll edit some images if I would have a free time.

Yesterday, met with Jayson Arcayna, my friend back in the old EDP days at the registrar's office. hes been on computer gigs since he left work. It's nice to have a chat with him although we regularly communicate once in a while using yahoo messenger. It's different when you have talk personally. We chat about the trends in design, hes a great designer he has a great portfolio both mainstream and adult. Ever since he started designing sites he was accustomed using tables but now he is shifting to CSS. DIV's and SPAN's as a matter of fact.

For the beginner I would recommend this book, the sources are updated compared to other books.

My ISP has been offline about 18 hours, gladly they have resolved the connection as soon as possible, I wasnt able to report for work on my remote job. Lots of lost hours hopefully I can make up with my client.

Well during the said periods, I have review a php class, read a book and watch a DVD moview with my wife and kids.

The class I am reviewing is from an existing script which I am thinking of using some code for a modified version of my client script. Adding some Web 2.0 functionality and some advance AJAX to the new version, hopefully build from the ground up use an MVC framework, bingo finished product. hehehe, . I dunno if I can refactor it better but as long as it works as they say dont fix it.

I have read a free e-book which regarding design patterns in PHP, it's a very good read, am thinking of using it on my next project.

I watched The Librarian - Quest for the Spear (2004), an enjoying storyline but not as realistic or have sense maybe. It's fun but need more work on some realistic scenes like jumping from a plane which is 11,000 feet high , not much reality there on de pressurization.
If you want a movie with kids with less violence and some foolish fun scenes, i think it's worth watching.