The Almost Expired Ryantakyan

If you look at my archives I am averaging at one post per month and with my current "condition" that is already enough. Yah know, getting serious with studies and all the academic stuff. Although I have to admit that I really missed blogging so much.

Anyway, this domain has been around for about a year and I haven't got the chance to buy a webhost to go with it. This domain will be expiring this February and I long had it in my calendar that I have to renew my subscription so the domain won't be turned to scrap but a few weeks before it's date of expiration I totally forgot about paying for another year of rent. Thankfully though, Ayel had reminded me though Plurk that Ryantakyan.com wasn't working anymore and when I checked it had this advertisement "This Domain is For Sale." PANIC! I didn't waste time and logged in to my account and paid for the renewal. Safe!

Taking into account my current standing, I won't be able to constantly blog about stuff and if ever I can find time most of my post will be composed of useless banters and incomprehensible stuff. Still, I don't want to lose this domain because I think it will rise up to the challenge, maybe not now but given time it will have it's own 15 seconds to fame.

A Not-So Lucky Day

I know for sure that I am not the luckiest person alive but I also know too well that I'm not some jinxed guy who would encounter bad luck almost everyday in his life. Well, except for today.

The day started out fine and okay and I wasn't late today which is a miracle. Then our professor scolded us, didn't reach a part where the scolding will turn into an insult but it almost got there. There was a threat though, but most of us probably just shrugged it off and moved on. The scary part is, he announced that 6 people failed his class. I don't really have the top grades but I haven't gotten any failing mark or anything close to it yet I was half-sure that I might be one of the 6 since I only got 14 out of the 115 items total.

Here comes the second period. It was one of the last three subjects where our grade wasn't made known to us yet. Our professor started giving out exam papers and WHAM! I failed. I did see that one coming though, but I didn't think it would be too much of a big deal since I still managed to get an 80 something grade. Not bad? Well, that's what I thought until it was announced that 80% of our class got grades of 100% up with the highest at 119% how would you feel about that? Me? I felt I was an outlier. I got over it quite quickly though.

Third subject. I studied hard and knew I could ace the test with both eyes closed. Then came the test, "piece of cake" I thought. I finished it even before our time was up and was happy about how easy the test went. I got out and the usual "comparing of answers" ensued. I was confident with my answer until a classmate told me that I missed applying the percentages and I felt stupid when all of their answers were the similar except mine! How could I miss a simple percentage! Sadly, that tiny mistake will cost me half of the total score.

It's Saturday tomorrow and instead of enjoying it lounging at home I would have to spend it at school for another test on what I think is the most difficult subject that crossed my way. I should start studying by now but the motivation won't come along. My internet won't cooperate either, it keeps on calling my attention like it has a life on its own knowing that I could never resist a web surf.

Right now (at timestamp), I'm just listening to some good music trying to divert my attention and maybe start flipping the pages of my book. Sigh. My day didn't turn out good but I guess tomorrow might offer me something interesting. I better stop here and start hitting the books!

Going Online

The internet has become a widely used means of communication, information sharing, entertainment and now even education. Online business schools are starting to emerge as an equivalent alternative for the traditional on-campus education. They offer different degrees ranging from an associates' to doctoral degrees in business. Instead of driving yourself to universities you can just sit in front of a computer, connect and online and you're good to go. The question on the quality of education that you get may be a serious question thought. How does a business administration degree online fair with a business administration degree earned within the four corners of a classroom? Is it better? Will it give me a better chance than the rest? These questions I cannot answer as I am not an expert on the field, but as a matter of personal opinion any general business degree online is about the same as taking one in the universities. You still get to have professors and read texts regarding different subjects all in your place of choice where an internet connection is available. Aside from being able to learn about all the school stuff at varied times, some may opt to work full time as well while taking the online degrees. I would like to try one in the future and only then I can compare the difference between an online degree and an on-campus degree.

Download Songs From Multiply Using Music Zilla

The method I wrote before on how to download music from multiply is not as usable since the "Play this playlist" option does not appear when you are logged in instead you will see a player. Anyway, when old methods won't work anymore there will always be other methods available. One of it is using, again, another third party program that you have to download first. It's called the Free Music Zilla and it has helped me download numbers of songs.

Download the program from HERE. After you installed the program on your computer you're ready to go. There are instructions on how to download music from other sites but they don't have one for Multiply so I figured I could make one.

This is an example of a playlist page on Multiply. This is the page of a good friend Tuesday (who has great songs and pictures on her page by the way) featuring The Script. Say you would like a copy of the song Breakeven. First, open Free Music Zilla and your browser should show the page of the playlist.

Use the navigation buttons (the two small ones beside the play button) to display the song you want to download on the player and click "Play". A download link will appear on the Free Music Zilla app. Check the box on the left side of the song and click download. Remember that you should check the box and hit download before the Leech Timout will end or else you have to repeat the steps again.

The song will start downloading to the folder you specified. The location can be seen on the lower part of the window. All you have to do after this is wait until it is finished.

Take note however that you should NOT close the browser while the song is still buffering on the online player or better yet close the browser or transfer pages only when the song is finished downloading to be safe. If, even after my warning, you still closed the browser then FMZ will show like the next picture and you'll have to repeat step 1.


I have tried using this on Multiply and on IMEEM so you are assured that this will work. If it doesn't download the first time, try refreshing the page then do the same process again. The only downside of this thing is, you are limited to only 10 downloads a day. That's a bummer but it ain't bad for a free downloader don't you think? Actually, there's another downloader that offers unlimited downloads but since it's only compatible with IE (based on my experience) I ain't running it until I find a good reason to. Just check out in the future I might sneak on my brother's computer and try to run that other downloader.

Christmas Parteeh!

I couldn't miss this one out especially it's the first time that our class had one. We've been classmates for almost two years but we never bonded as a whole class, until last Friday.

It all started out with some light talk with a few people then the idea was then opened to the whole class. The reactions were mixed, some were excited while the other were their usual: indifferent! It was already expected considering the "situation" of our class. Oh we've tried so much before but it just wasn't good enough.

This time we were serious into bringing the class together and some of those who "cared" volunteered they'd prepare the sheets with all our names on it for our exchange gifts. We followed up by passing around the wishlist where everyone could write what they would want to receive. I then scanned the whole thing and posted it on our Friendster account for everyone to see. Comments started pouring into our "lifeless" profile page and further discussions ensued there. For most of us, it was almost a dream come true. The plan was beginning to materialize.

In the next couple of days some of our classmates started volunteering to do separate tasks: program, games and some class awards to lighten up the mood. We also made preparations for the venue and the food for that day. Everyone and I mean EVERYONE was excited about it... No, excited is an understatement.

Then the day had finally come, after our brain-scrunching Philosophy exams we all headed out to McDonald's Bajada for the party. Everything was going perfectly and was much more perfect when one of the McDo staff called us that another party was cancelled and we were going to use the 2nd level of the food joint (we were initially assigned to use half of the ground level).

The party started and ended well (except for some people arriving 30 minutes late) and almost everyone were present (except for Jong who's in Manila and Jovi who didn't make it). It was FUN and UNFORGETTABLE! We made it, we had our boding and this time it's for REAL, not fictitous and not a dream. And I present, the 3rd year Accountancy class of 2008:

I may be ranting here too much but not many people have unforgettable and great memories of their college life. And I'm proud to say that I won't be graduating without that kind of experience.

28 Hours To Go

In about 28 hours I will add another digit to my age. It's going to be my last of my "-teen" years. Like I really care that much. Some people have asked me about my plans for Monday. An honest answer would be, "I don't have plans yet!" Ever since I aged enough to feel that birthday parties, conical hats and loot bags were for preschoolers, I resented having parties and I'm glad my parents respect that. All that I want for my special day is enough cash to spend for myself and a dinner with my family. I would probably be meeting my relatives at the cemetery since me and my lola share a common birthdate. If I had some extra cash, instead of treating my friends, i would indulge in splurging it on some things to put in my bare room. A leather chair, posh table or those tall BOSE speakers I was so envious of. (I have this dream of making my room my very own entertainment hub).

If others are in my shoes they'd surely plan months ahead of what to do on their birthdays. It's got quite an opposite effect on me. I'm even more excited about my parents' 20th wedding anniversary tomorrow! So to those who were asking me, sorry to disappoint you but there won't be any cash expended for treating you to dinner or even pizza!