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Smiley Face in the Sky - Dec 1, 2008

Photo by Mike Salway

Whuhuhu...I missed the chance to see this stunning "smile in the sky" last December 1, 2008 [in Philippines]. I was relaxing in Ortigas during that night. And I didn't even try to look up in the sky.

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My Quibblo Personality Quiz Result for: What Type Of Love Are You?

What Type Of Love Are You? My Result: Unconditional Love

This is the sincere love, the love that lasts forever. This kind of love comes when you have found the person you are destined to be with. Nothing can destroy unconditional love. You are the image of what love truly is. You rarely give this type of love to anyone unless you feel a connection. Unconditional means you accept a person or persons for who they truly are, flaws and all. but becareful this could easily become obsessive and this may lead you to overlook those flaws. Take What Type Of Love Are You? Find more quizzes at Quibblo.com

I'm Virtuous Non-Believer; Dante's Inferno Test [from Lester]

The Dante's Inferno Test has sent you to the First Level of Hell - Limbo!
Here is how you matched up against all the levels:

Level	Score
Purgatory (Repenting Believers)	Very Low
Level 1 - Limbo (Virtuous Non-Believers)	Extreme
Level 2 (Lustful)	Low
Level 3 (Gluttonous)	Low
Level 4 (Prodigal and Avaricious)	Very Low
Level 5 (Wrathful and Gloomy)	Low
Level 6 - The City of Dis (Heretics)	Very High
Level 7 (Violent)	Moderate
Level 8- the Malebolge (Fraudulent, Malicious, Panderers)	Low
Level 9 - Cocytus (Treacherous)	Low

Take the Dante's Inferno Test


First Level of Hell - LimboCharon ushers you across the river Acheron, and you find yourself upon the brink of grief's abysmal valley. You are in Limbo, a place of sorrow without torment. You encounter a seven-walled castle, and within those walls you find rolling fresh meadows illuminated by the light of reason, whereabout many shades dwell. These are the virtuous pagans, the great philosophers and authors, unbaptised children, and others unfit to enter the kingdom of heaven. You share company with Caesar, Homer, Virgil, Socrates, and Aristotle. There is no punishment here, and the atmosphere is peaceful, yet sad.

An Inspirational Poem 101

Be Careful of Your Thoughts, for they will become Words.

Be Careful of Your Words, for they will become Actions

Be Careful of your Actions, for they will become Habits

Be Careful of Your Habits, for they will become Character!

Be Careful of your Character, for it will become your Destiny.

Gastrulation - most important time in life

"It is not birth, marriage, or death, but Gastrulation, which is truly the most important time in your life”

- Lewis Wolpert (1986)


*Gastrulation is a crucial time in the development of multicellular animals. During gastrulation, several importance things are accomplished.

*Without this, all in ourselves are nothing...

Illustrated Bible - The Brick Testament

The world's largest, most comprehensive illustrated Bible.

The Brick Testament is the largest, most comprehensive illustrated Bible in the world with over 3,600 illustrations that retell more than 300 stories from The Bible.

Check it out: http://www.thebricktestament.com/index.html

Sample:


Launched first as a website in 2001, then as a published book series in 2003, The Brick Testament project is an ongoing one-man labor of love, constructed and photographed entirely by The Rev. Brendan Powell Smith...

My Imagini DNA

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Are you a Physics major?

Due to the enormous workload involved in physics classes combined with stress and lack of sleep, physics students often forget (either by accident, defense mechanism, or intentionally) what their major really is. Thus, as a physics major, I took it upon myself to create a small list of indicators to help us all remember what we really are.

YOU MIGHT BE A PHYSICS MAJOR...

• if you have no life - and you can PROVE it mathematically.
• if you enjoy pain.
• if you know vector calculus but you can't remember how to do long division.
• if you chuckle whenever anyone says 'centrifugal force.'
• if you've actually used every single function on your graphing calculator.
• if when you look in a mirror, you see a physics major.
• if it is sunny and 70 degrees outside, and you are working on a computer.
• if you always do homework on Friday and Saturday nights.
• if you know how to integrate a chicken and can take the derivative of water.
• if you think in 'math.'
• if you've calculated that the World Series actually diverges.
• if you hesitate to look at something because you don't want to break down its wave function.
• if you have a pet named after a scientist.
• if you laugh at jokes about mathematicians.
• if the Humane society has you arrested because you actually performed the Schrodinger's Cat experiment.
• if you can't remember what's behind the door in the science building which says 'Exit.'
• if you have to bring a jacket with you, in the middle of summer, because there's a wind-chill factor in the lab.
• if you are completely addicted to PhysLink.com.
• if you avoid doing anything because you don't want to contribute to the eventual heat-death of the universe.
• if you consider ANY non-science course 'easy.'
• if when your professor asks you where your homework is, you claim to have accidentally determined its momentum so precisely, that according to Heisenberg it could be anywhere in the universe.
• if the 'fun' center of your brain has deteriorated from lack of use.
• if you'll assume that a 'horse' is a 'sphere' in order to make the math easier.
• if you understood more than five of these indicators.
• if you make a hard copy of this list, and post it on your door.

If these indicators apply to you, there is good reason to suspect that you might be classified as a physics major. I hope this clears up any confusion.

Created by Jason Lisle. Edited by Anton Skorucak of PhysLink.com

When Cats Attack!

I LOVE THIS VIDEO!


Video by saintjef

My Cattell 16 Factor Test Results

...I'm fond of online personality test

another result:

Cattell's 16 Factor Test Results Warmth |||||||||||||||||| 58% Intellect |||||||||||||||||||||||| 78% Emotional Stability |||||||||||||||||| 58% Aggressiveness |||||||||||||||||| 54% Liveliness ||||||||||||||||||||| 66% Dutifulness ||||||||||||||||||||| 62% Social Assertiveness ||||||||||||||||||||| 66% Sensitivity |||||||||||| 34% Paranoia ||||||||||||||| 50% Abstractness |||||||||||| 34% Introversion ||||||||||||||||||||| 66% Anxiety ||||||||||||||| 46% Openmindedness |||||||||||||||||||||||| 78% Independence ||||||||||||||||||||| 70% Perfectionism |||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 82% Tension ||||||||||||||| 42%

Take Cattell 16 Factor Test (similar to 16pf)
personality tests by similarminds.com

Wooow, my Math teacher in 4th year HS was right! I'm perfectionist! I know it...I think the 'perfectionism' should be 90% and above.

Hahaha!


Some of Cattell's 16 Factor Key:

High percentage in:
Perfectionism - orderly, thorough
Intellect - cerebral, analytical
Openmindedness - curious, exploratory
Independence - loner, craves solitude

Low percentage in:
Sensitivity - coarse, tough ...really??
Abstractness - practical, regular ... I don't think so, I prefer strange 'beings'
Tension - relaxed, cool

My Personal DNA Report (online personality test)

My personalDNA Report

I'm an Animated Inventor...

Philosopher as of Feb.6, 2008

Which philosopher are you? Your Result: Immanuel Kant There are things in themselves, but they are unimportant to us. We must interpret everything through certain immutable categories, such as time and the laws of physics. All rational animals must see the world through these categories, and what they see is unrelated to the things in themselves. --This quiz was made by S. A-Lerer.
Aristotle
Early Wittgenstein / Positivists
Plato (strict rationalists)
W.v.O. Quine / Late Wittgenstein
Sartre/Camus (late existentialists)
Nietzsche
Which philosopher are you? Take More Quizzes

As of February 6, 2008..

I was surprised in this result. Though, it's not guarateed that this go-to-quiz test is true. Since when the first time I tried it, the result revealed that I was a strict rationalist, "Plato".

Hehehe, it's pretty cool to try this test!

I will try it again when I finish my course in Philosophy this second semester.

Samples of 'Fake' Magazine Cover

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Kulang sa Lakbay

I have not explored much of my country

My Lakbayan grade is D!How much of the Philippines have you visited? Find out at Lakbayan!Created by Eugene Villar.

Hahaha, I expected that I will get a fair grade in this cool test. Yes, I'm not a certified traveler. But if I have an extra bucks and I'm not busy, definitely I'd like to explore much of my country. I still believe that Philippines is still a beautiful place (honestly, in most provinces and natural parks not in urban areas) in spite of its poor economy, polluted cities, some of greedy politicians and undisciplined citizens.

Two Navels?

The Woman Who Had Two Navels by Nick Joaquin...

Some inspirational, scrupulous and significant lines in the novel:

"Politics in the Philippines, Mr. Monson, is ninety percent scandal mongering" said by Macho Escobar

" She (Concha Vidal) was apparently a good wife and a devoted mother, but people regarded her as a lecherous woman and (since no one could really pin a thing on her) a sly one"

"But I don't dress up for them, I dress up for God. I'm still trying to catch his eye... But I'm a woman Father...and I'm sure God meant us to be beautiful, like roses and peacocks and diamonds. He must love that sort of thing or he wouldn't have troubled to create such a lot of them. I don't understand why you men won't honor the labors of women to make themselves lovely. Beauty is a virtue too-or, anyway, a responsibility. A rose that was ugly had disobeyed God. And I'm sure I'm just as serious in being beautiful as a rose is-or as yourself, Father, in being holy. It would be criminal of a woman, of course, to use her beauty for unholy ends-but even that isn't the great sin. The great sin would be for her to think that God didn't care whether she was beautiful or not. That would be insulting the Holy Ghost, that would be the unforgivable sin. And I have not yet committed it" - Concha Vidal

"I can't see Connie unless she comes to me first...Oh Father, can we really end up hating the people for whom we have made sacrifices?" - Concha Vidal

"There's no peace in a dream-world...because dream-worlds don't last" - Father Tony Monson

"Why should I pity you, Mother?... I'm not the fruit of your pity. I'm your vanity and your malice and your cruelty and your lust. I'm the fruit of all the evil you carry in you. That was what you bore when you bore me. And I am what you'll have to swallow until you die" - Connie Escobar

"We are two women who have only our men in common and you have set yourself up as my judge...Connie; you don't want to be saved. It's you that's the coward and the cheat and the liar and though you go around playing the poor betrayed innocent it is we who are your victims, it is we you have been betraying ever since you found our world too much for you. And you haven't missed a chance, Connie - you've never missed a chance to show us up...because you wanted all the world to know what they were saying" - Concha Vidal

"I want to be standing...I become afraid when I'm sitting down or lying down. Please let me stand here a moment with you, Father. I'm not so afraid when I'm standing up" - Concha Vidal

"Why shouldn't people delude themselves? Why shouldn't they live in dream-worlds? What's so wonderful about reality that people should be obliged to face it?" - Connie Escobar

"Well, I never knew that adultery was just another name for salvation. Remind me to try it sometime. And if adultery, why not murder-why not all the crimes there are?" - Rita Lopez

"The bigger the crime, the deeper the need for salvation, and the more heroic the repentance. Without sin there can be no repentance-and, therefore, no upheaval or transfiguration or growth of the spirit" - Father Tony Monson
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This is a story about a stubborn and relentless rich girl, Connie Escobar...
Actually, she doesn't have two navels (it's really impossible), it only portray her childishness, lies and petty insights about life.
The story's setting was in Hong Kong and the era after war (1940's or 1950's). It has a few characters.
Like Rizal's novels, Joaquin focused on the characters' personalities and stories, that's why the novel has some flashbacks.

Desiderata

Go placidly amid the noise and the haste,
and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible, without surrender,
be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly, and listen to others,
even to the dull and ignorant;
they too have their story.

Avoid loud and aggressive persons;
they are vexatious to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others,
you may become vain or bitter,
for always there will be
greater and lesser persons than yourself.

Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
Keep interested in your own career
however humble;
it is a real possession in the
changing fortunes of time.

Exercise caution in your business affairs,
for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you
to what virtue there is;
many persons strive for high ideals,
and everywhere life is full of heroism.

Be yourself.
Especially do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love,
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment,
it is as perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years,
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit
to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.

Beyond a wholesome discipline,
be gentle with yourself.
You are a child of the universe
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.

And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.
Therefore, be at peace with God,
whatever you conceive Him to be.
And whatever your labors and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life,
keep peace in your soul.
With all its sham,
drudgery, and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful.
Strive to be happy.

by Max Ehrmann


Desiderata
The Confused History of Desiderata
Desiderata on Wikipedia

This is my favorite inspirational prose poem...


I was in my senior high school when I first encounter this astonishing prose poem. At first, I didn't bother to read it all over again since I precisely got the meaning and message of the poem. My problem in high school was that I didn't appreciate any form of literature, no matter how beautiful it was. But now, I really appreciate the essence of literature in our life. Just like a music, it could catalyse our feelings and possessions. It could also encourage a person to do something, think someone, reminisce, believe a certain principle and... perhaps could change the totality of a person. Back to Desidarata, I frequently read this poem just for a piece of inspiration and advice. So that I could attain happiness... And that's one of the great powers of Literature!!!

E-jeep

New King of the Road : E jeepney

This was powered by Greenpeace-Philippines. I didn't doubt to ride on it when I saw this amazing jeep in front of ust main building. Its appearance was really an eye catching since it was colorful, shorter than a typical jeep, and has a different form and structure. I feel comfortable inside this jeep because it has no clamor sound and it doesn't produce toxic gas... I wish that electric jeeps will dominate the roads here in the Philippines after a few years from now... It's really beneficial not only to our mother earth, but also to our health, transporation and probably to Philippine economy.

Sikat na si Inocencia "Inday" Binayubay, ang sosyal na katulong

Inday on Relativism and Disagreement:

Narinig ni Ederlyn na nagtatawanan si Inday at Dodong habang kinakain nila ang nilutong Paella ni Inday kaya dumaan sya sa harap ng dalawa at nagparinig…

Ederlyn: Hoi Dodong! Ambabaw mo talaga. Nabola ka naman nyang si Inday eh ang korni korni naman nya. At bakit kinakain mo yan? Dog food ba yan?

Haharapin ni Inday si Ederlyn ng nakapameywang…

Inday: It has often been proposed that claims about what is funny, delicious, or likely are “subjective,” in the sense that their truth depends not only on how things are with the objects they explicitly concern, but on how things are with some subject not explicitly mentioned. This thought is supported by the striking degree to which we differ in our judgments about these matters.

Inday: If there are wholly objective properties of funniness, deliciousness, or likelihood, then most of us must be defective in our capacity to detect them. We are humor-blind, or taste-blind, or likelihood-blind, in much the same way that some of us are color-blind. But this diagnosis clashes with the way we think and talk about these domains. In our judgments about what is delicious, we lack the humility color-blind people show in their judgments about what is red or green. We do not seem to regard the fact that many others disagree with us as grounds for caution in calling foods delicious. We readily judge things to be funny in light of our own senses of humor, even though when challenged we can offer no grounds for thinking our senses of humor are the “right” ones. We readily judge things to be likely in light of what we know, even while acknowledging that our knowledge is only partial, and that others may know more than we do.

Ederlyn: Syet… talo na naman ako.

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Inday on Meal Request:

Isang araw ay tinanong ni Inday kung ano ang gustong hapunan nila sir.

Inday: Junior, what do you want for dinner?

Junior: Worms!!! (excited na pagkasabi)

Inday: Ok, how about you madam?

Ma’am: Elephant!! (Hehehe)

Inday: Very well, and you sir?

Sir: Fish lang… na may spiders and worms. (ngumingisi pa)

Inday: Alright!

Pumunta na sa kusina si Inday para ihanda ang kanilang hapunan.

Makalipas ang isang oras, nasa hapagkainan na ang pagkain nila.

Inday: Ok Junior, here’s your meal! Asparagus with Worm Tarragon Vinaigrette.

Hindi makapaniwala si Junior sa kanyang nakita at kakainin.

Inday: And for you madam, here’s your Elephant soup with mirepoix served with Italian bread.

Di maipinta ang mukha ni misis habang tinutusok tusok nya ng tinidor ang elephant meat.

Inday: Lastly, for you sir, I prepared this Soba risotto with Fugu or what is commonly known as pufferfish. (muntik ng malunok ng amo nya ang kanyang dila) Don’t worry sir, I am licensed to prepare that delicacy. Also enjoy this deep fried spider legs with lime yoghurt dip and sauteed mopani worms.

Sir: Ahh… wala ba tayong corned beef na lang?

Inday: Nonsense! Seldom in your life can you eat such exotic dishes so simply enjoy this experience. Bon Apetit!

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Inday's Education:

• De LaSalle University (Business Management, scholar)
• Ateneo de Manila Law School
• University of the Philippines (MS in Civil Engineering, major in Structural Engineering)
• Asian Institute of Management
• Training Center for Culinary Arts (affiliate chef)
• University of Santo Tomas (BS in Nursing)
• Oxford University (BA in English and Literature - 1 year only)

Highschool: P. Gomez Highschool (Valedictorian, Best in English)
Elementary: Sta. Monica Elem. School (Valedictorian, Best in Dancing)

Awards:

• TOYM awardee (2006)
• Nobel Prize winner (2006)
• Pulitzer Award for Literary Arts (2007)

Hahaha! how funny..

Want to read Inday's Blog? Blog ni Inday

Her biodata and resume: Biodata ni Inday

I'm Abyssinian according to go-to-quiz

What Type Of Cat Are You? Your Result: Abyssinian   Lively and intelligent. bysinnians come across quiet at first but are very loyal to friends. They are also very intelligent. They are calm and like to relax with friends. And like o stretch their brains. ( become more intellectual)
Maine Coon
British Short Hair
Ragdoll
Persian
Siamese
What Type Of Cat Are You? Quiz Created on GoToQuiz

My Random Image

Which Random Image are you?
Name:
Age:
Favorite Color
You are:
This cool quiz by Reaper - Taken 568097 Times.

New - Kwiz.Biz Astrology and Horoscopes

The Best Color

Best color
Ok..this is a test of the poll majig for this site, so lets try it out, shall we?
	Red	4554
	Orange	2128
	Yellow	1023
	Green	4403
	Blue	7309
	Purple	3259
	Black	5378
	White	446
	Gold	261
	Silver	818
	This Poll by thedemonprinz
Click here to view current results

Mine is Red. What's yours?

Isang Milyong Aklat, Isang Milyong Pangarap

Do you know that...
-More than 2 million Filipino students can't read
-More than 20% of Philippines' public high school students cannot understand what they are reading
-That in High School Readiness Test (HRET) given by Department of Education to 1st year high school students all over the Philippines, less than 2% was able to get a score of 75%or higher
-That many public schools all over the Philippines don't have adequate public school libraries and enough books for students to read

But it is true that we can do something about this Growing Problem...

The Acts of Hope for the Nation (AHON) Foundation (the corporate social arm of Filway Marketing, Inc.) and K.I.D.S Foundation (the foundation established by actor Diether Ocampo) together with Campaigns and Grey and Pizza Hut have joined forces to launch Isang Milyong Aklat, Isang Milyong Pangarap

Isang Milyong Aklat, Isang Milyong Pangarap is a campaign that aims to raise a million books for our public schools all over the country. Through this campaign, the foundation hopes to be able to help put more books into 300 public school libraries that will benefit over 1 million students.

If you would like to donate books (preferably reference materials, dictionaries, storybooks, novels and science books) or volunteer your time and skills to make this happen, please send an email at isangmilyonaklat@gmail.com. You can also help by passing this email on your friends or posting it in your blog! (just like this)

Links: AHON's foundation website, Transit