ITCUP 2019: A race through the tech community

 Interschool Quiz Bee, I.T. Challenge and Robotics Competition! 

My 4th year of ITCUP.

Turnover SE25 to 2E26 #RoadtoSE27Weekend

A year ago I was always feeling depressed. My January and February of 2018 was a struggle and dark time for reasons I really couldn't figure out why. 

But little did I expect that I would be meeting wonderful people who would help me begin a renewed spiritual journey with God. 

Here is my faith fam paying it forward and preparing for a new batch of people who will be called upon by God to have a spiritual experience as we had. 

See you on the other side, my friend.

It's been a long day without you, my friend
And I'll tell you all about it when I see you again
We've come a long way from where we began
Oh I'll tell you all about it when I see you again

When I see you again

Damn, who knew all the planes we flew
Good things we've been through
That I'll be standing right here
Talking to you about another path I
Know we loved to hit the road and laugh
But something told me that it wouldn't last
Had to switch up look at things different see the bigger picture
Those were the days hard work forever pays now I see you in a better place

How could we not talk about family when family's all that we got?
Everything I went through you were standing there by my side
And now you gonna be with me for the last ride

It's been a long day without you, my friend
And I'll tell you all about it when I see you again
We've come a long way from where we began
Oh I'll tell you all about it when I see you again
When I see you again

In memory of a fallen brother... We love you bro. 

New Year, Same Me. Hello 2019.

Christmas 2018

Thank you, Lord, for 2018. 

Road to ISTE2019

im officially a member of ISTE.

Now only if I can find the focus to read up on the resource materials without social media distracting me. I need to prepare myself for the conference.

On attending conferences...

I haven't been posting in a while, probably because I'm just lazy to post every interesting update that's happening lately... or maybe there's not much interesting going on?

My "professional" blog has turned much into a personal one and I gotta kept back on track so I can keep my focus on thoughts related to my career advancement and field.

After the last PEMEA international conference, I realized I haven't attended any other conferences this year. My company didn't join this year's CEAP convention and I haven't been active in PEMEA as of late. I did renew my professional psychometrician license after paying fees that are probably a waste of money and therefore I have charged as "donation". I processed my certificates only to shell out more money for processing them. ::Rolling Eyes::

Made me think if all these conferences were actually worth it or was I wasting most of my time?

I joined and become active in conference primarily because I had an initial goal of building a network and making contacts. But really, in the end, I don't think the network I built or the contacts I have had any contribution to any of the goals I wanted to achieve in life. I was thinking, man did I waste a lot of time and money...

But recently, I got my eye on attending a conference that made me realize I actually miss these activities. They may sound boring or not really conducive for learning but I miss the activities, the happening and the socializing. I actually miss attending conferences. But maybe I should carefully choose the events this time.

I have plans to attend my first international conference that is actually on international grounds. ISTE2019. I am so excited for this! A specific conference for Education Technology enthusiasts like me.

ISTE is the International Society for Technology in Education and they will be having their annual conference next year in Philadelphia.

That's the only update I have for now. It's still far down the calendar but I am stoked!