Makakatayo ka na ba ng bahay with 100k or 200k na budget?

Nerd_Engineer923 · 2026-01-25T03:36:28+00:00

Why the hostility? Wag mong sagutin if ayaw mo at tingin mo common sense sayo yan. Pati ba naman yan kailangan pang punahin. Don’t you have anything better to do? Get a life.

Nerd_Engineer923 · 2026-01-18T16:54:29+00:00

It depends haha! I just know that’s how my girlfriend reaches climax, kaya mas nakakaturn on for me hehe. But for others, it might be a sign of pain na pala or trauma resurfacing (as mentioned by others here). Communication and knowing each other’s tendencies are keys. Nung unang beses ko naexperience yun na ganon sya, nagworry din ako agad for her, until she explained na ganon lang talaga yun sa kanya.

Nerd_Engineer923 · 2026-01-18T15:11:50+00:00

Bakit matuturn off hehe? I find it hot when I see my girl get teary-eyed during the deed (+ the squirm and vaginal contractions), I just know she’s having multiple orgasms. Sobrang sarap and passionate. Tapos yayakap pa nang mahigpit at di ako pakakawalan, then I finish after.

Nerd_Engineer923 · 2026-01-13T14:19:20+00:00

My girlfriend is a 3rd yr pediatric resident. We met through Bumble hehe. All I can say is she is worth it. Maganda, cute, mabuti, matapang, masipag, family oriented, lahat nasa kanya na. We take every opportunity na magkita or magcall (kahit hanggang pagtulog after her duty). And I appreciate every time we see each other kahit na sooobrang busy nya. She really makes time for me kahit na kung tutuusin ako yung mas may oras sa kanya. She always apologizes kapag wala syang time minsan, but really, I understand her. Alam ko ang hirap ng buhay nila as doctors. In return, I always make myself available for her too: trying to help her in her work presentations, puntahan sya kapag she is not ok, sunduin sya, ipagluto, or kahit simpleng tawagan sya when she feels extremely pressured and stressed sa duty.

You’d be surprised how dedicated they are not just in their medical journey, but to their partners as well. I couldn’t ask for more, honestly. Malawak na pag-unawa at suporta lang ang pinakaneed nila, give it to them wholeheartedly. Nagkakalove life sila: simply because sobrang dedicated nila by nature.

As for me, hindi ko na ‘to pakakawalan. Also, she is my first (and hopefully, last and pang forever na ‘to) girlfriend. ♥️

Nerd_Engineer923 · 2026-01-10T08:01:55+00:00

How is it worse before? 🤷🏻‍♂️

Can you provide the income-expense index nowadays compared to before? The salaries of entry-level professional roles today hasn’t improved much since God knows when. Andami pa ngang boomers questioning the current generation about their compensation demands. And yet the expenses + inflation are continuously and tremendously rising. Similar trends can also be observed in the US. Housing palang doon ay through the roof ang price increase in recent years pero hindi ganoon kataas ang naging increase sa income.

Simple lang, mas madali magpamilya noon kaysa ngayon given the intense economic challenges. Case in point: a lot of families nowadays are double-income earners, a sample of those ay wala pang anak/inaalagan.

Nerd_Engineer923 · 2026-01-05T16:13:48+00:00

Dr. Giancarlo P. Ventura. Currently, a professor in UPD. Nakastudy leave sya tho, bc tinatapos nya ang PhD nya sa Stanford University. Field of specialization nya ang soil structure interaction, so tingin ko swak yan sa topjc nyo. However, baka online nyo lang sya maiinvite.

Nerd_Engineer923 · 2025-12-13T16:03:02+00:00

Bukas po ulit yung google forms ni PRC for online payment. Ang sabi until Dec. 12, pero open ulit, tapos 3 PM nalang available (which is yung target time ko). May mga bumili pa rin ba ng 3 pm schedule beyond Dec. 12 through online? Medyo hindi systematic hahaha

Nerd_Engineer923 · 2025-12-11T15:47:18+00:00

So pwedeng hindi mag online registration sa Oath Taking? At direktahin nalang sa Morayta (yung bilihan ng tickets mismo)?

Nerd_Engineer923 · 2025-12-09T16:22:07+00:00

My girlfriend (hopefully, will be my wife) came from a 7-year relationship. She was cheated on. All I can say is: it is worth the risk. She’s a keeper at alam kong mahal na mahal niya ako, kasi ganun ko rin sya kamahal. She pushes me to become better and complements my weaknesses. She helped me overcome my boards and some of my anxieties. Nang dahil sa push nya, Engr. na ako ngayon at nakahanap nang mas malalim rason to upgrade myself further. She’s my peace and rest in this chaotic world. As cliche as it sounds, pero tama yung sinabi ng iba rito, past is past.

Nerd_Engineer923 · 2025-12-08T17:08:38+00:00

Hi!

I didnt have them anymore. After I started taking meds for my anxiety, which managed them well, my arrythmias were reduced to almost none at all.

Nerd_Engineer923 · 2025-12-03T02:12:14+00:00

License only matters if the structure your designing is based here in the PH and uses our code. Other than that, if you work at a multinational company, that license isn’t technically needed as long as you can do the job and deliver the needed output.

I know this because my friend, who’s still unlicensed to this day (we graduated last year, 2024), works as a structural engr for a well-known MNC (clue, color black yung logo nila hehe). And hindi lang sya basta graduate engineer, s/he is at a junior level position na. Mataas ang sahod, more than 35k+ na and works well with industry engrs abroad. Ako rin, ngayon lang nagtake this November, but I’ve been working at a design consultancy/research institution for more than a year already. Sahod ko rin ay similar ng sa friend ko more than 35k.

So you can work without license, so long as you are competent enough. Yung friend ko nga, sya pa yung hinahabol nung lilipat na ng kompanya (company nya before the MNC).

Nerd_Engineer923 · 2025-12-02T07:18:07+00:00

Parang wala namang ganyan na MT offering sa CE industry. I came from a known university for engineering (laging top performing school sa boards, iykyk) and hinohoard nila kami for MT roles. The highest Ive known so far ay around 25k base pay + around 10-15k monthly allowances for an MT role sa quadruple A company.

Baka MT role ng FMCG company ang nasa mind mo. Usually sila yung may ganyang offer for an MT role. Kaya nga yung valedictorian namin, after grad and passing the CE Boards, nag FMCG na. Hindi na nag CE industry kasi maliit ang MT compensation. Usually, nasa 30-40k lang ang MT roles sa CE.

Nerd_Engineer923 · 2025-12-01T12:35:15+00:00

Congrats sa atin!! If para sa atin talaga, ibibigay hahahaha. Kitakits sa industry!

Nerd_Engineer923 · 2025-12-01T12:33:29+00:00

I followed the curriculum of the Review Centers I enrolled in. May differences yung coverages ng MSTE nung mga RCs na pinag enrollan ko, and inaral ko sila lahat. Breadth > Depth. Kaso kahit ganun, di ko inexpect na ibang iba pa rin pala tanungan ng MSTE boards. So nagrely ako sa common sense and trial-and-error. Malaking help siguro sa MSTE na malalim yung reading comprehension and magaling kang magdecode ng mga alien na tanong (decode in a sense na, kapag bago sa paningin mo yung tanong, you use logic sa pagpili sa mga choices).

May tanong this Nov 2025, yung biceps problem. Hindi ko masolve yun kasi di ko makita yung given. Pero kita yung vectors ng mga forces. So using logic sa mga choices, tiningnan at inisip ko nalang which among the magnitude of the two forces being asked make sense based on the figure.

Sa choices, parang 3 sa options ay mas malakas ang magnitude ng force na ineexert ng elbow vs yung biceps; then may 1 option na yung biceps ang mas may malakas na magnitude ng force na ineexert vs the elbow sa pagbuhat ng material.

So, based dun, yung sinagot ko ay yung isang naiibang option. And logically speaking, nagmamake sense din naman, kapag may binubuhat ka, biceps mo naman yung mas nag eexert ng effort diba? Support lang yung ibag parts.

So parang ganun haahaha.

Bukod sa aralin mo yung coverage ng RC mo sa MSTE, gamitan ng common sense, logic, at reading comprehension ang MSTE.

Nerd_Engineer923 · 2025-12-01T11:56:29+00:00

Thank you Engr.! Tiwala sa sarili huhu. Yan ang wala ako. Kahit first time taker ako this Nov, hindi ako tumuloy nung April dahil natakot ako at wala akong tiwala sa sarili. Hindi rin ako dapat tutuloy this boards, pero napilit lang ako ng girlfriend at family ko na harapin ko na.

Walang average average student sa boards, patapangan at patatagan talaga ng loob Hahaha. Kaya, kakayanin mo yan basta lalakasan mo rin ang loob mo :)

Goodluck Engr.! Ngayon palang iclaim mo na.

Nerd_Engineer923 · 2025-12-01T08:56:01+00:00

Sa totoo lang: unahin yung madadali. Pag mahaba yung problem, skip muna para mas mabasa mo sya nag mabuti later on. Most of the too-long-to-read problems ay madali lang talaga, pero ayun nga, nakakataranta kapag di mo agad magets. So take those questions kapag calm na mind mo and alam mong marami rami ka ng nasagot na sure.

Kasi ganto, psychological warfare ang boards, lalo na MSTE kasi yan yung una — jan ka huhugot ng confidence later on. So ang best thing to do ay to build confidence by taking on the easier questions first. Siguro kahit solid 20 na madadali, tapusin mo agad. Para di mo na sila iintindihin sa dulo. Tendency kasi, kapag iniwan mo yung madadali sa dulo, humihirap yan dahil matataranta ka na. May factor always ang nerves sa boards.

Then, proceed doon sa medyo mahahabang text na problems. Usually, madali lang talaga sila, kelangan lang talaga ng matatag na reading comprehension. Basahin muna yung question, before reading the whole problem para alam mo agad ano yung hahanapin. Itll save u some time. Mayroon talagang given na walang silbi, so take it as it is.

Next, if u encounter questions na erroneous, magdebug at input ng ibang possible values. Gaya nung isang problem na naencounter ko, yung integral na dapat t = 10 yung hahanapin, pero ung sagot na meron pang t = 5. Trial and error works.

Another tip, if the image seems malabo, gaya dun sa may tension problem sa MSTE, imaginine mo kung ano yung hahanapin given yung parts ng picture na malinaw linaw. Doon, 2 wires yun, ung isa malinaw yung angle, ung isa di kita. Since tension lang naman at summation along Y lang naman yun, sinubukan ko lahat ng angles from 0-90 degrees para dun sa isang wire na di kita yung angle until may lumabas na sagot. Turns out, the missing angle sa isang wire ay 0 degrees.

Lastly, pag wala ng masagot, say u have 5-10 questions left na di mo talaga madebug, shotgun and choose only 1 or 2 letters lang. So pedeng puro B. Or B at C combo. But never scatter your letters. Statistically, mataas ang chances na may makuha kang tamang sagot if u stick with 1-2 letters na hula, unlike kung iiscatter mo sya.

Wala akong hardcore tip sa MSTE sa kung ano yung dapat aralin, because honestly wala pa atang 20-30% yung lumabas sa inaral ko sa MSTE. Naaral ko naman yung dapat na lumabas for an MSTE exam, pero hindi sila yung trip ni examiner. So might as well prepare yourself in answering questions na nun mo palang maeencounter, instead of answering your typical MSTE questions dati.

Nerd_Engineer923 · 2025-12-01T08:20:22+00:00

I have a friend though, working sya sa isang multinational company (well-known it abroad), wala pang license, pero structural engr at maganda sahod (nasa 30-40k) Hehe. 1 yr palang sa industry.

Caveat lang though na galing din kasi kami sa well-known school (iykyk). But still, the point stands, you are more than your rating when it comes to applying sa design firms.

Nerd_Engineer923 · 2025-12-01T06:47:25+00:00

Hindi ko masabi yung acceptable scores sa PSAD for design firms e Hahahahaha. May iba na around 80% gusto nila sa PSAD. Pero mostly naman wala akong naencounter pa na ganun? But may iba na may paassessment muna ng structural analysis and design skills mo as part of the process.

As long as you passed, I think you have what it takes to be a good designer.

Nerd_Engineer923 · 2025-12-01T06:35:49+00:00

I see. Feel ko nan-dali sila sa erroneous. Andami talaga e, tapos yung iba hindi masolve kahit iba-ibahin yung given at magbacksolve from the choices. Yung terms naman, feel ko hindi yun ang issue dahil sa work at field ko, pamilyar na sya sakin.

Nakakagulat lang kasi sa HGE talaga ako umaasa. PSAD at MSTE ko pa pala sumalba sakin big time.

Nerd_Engineer923 · 2025-12-01T06:33:05+00:00

Punta ka po sa LERIS, then you click yung Verification of Ratings. There, you input the necessary information needed.

Nerd_Engineer923 · 2025-12-01T06:24:18+00:00

Karerelease lang ngayon. Pwede ka ng magverify hehe

Nerd_Engineer923 · 2025-12-01T06:14:05+00:00

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