I came from a drinking session last night and when I got home, I realized: expelling the foods you ate during a heavy drinking session is not bad at all.
Sure, you will feel terrible for throwing out all the delicious food you just ate. All those sumptuous beer match foods that cost you and your buddies hundreds if not thousands of pesos going to waste is just unacceptable. This, however, has a good site to it. Let us discuss a few subjects in medicine.
I heard that it is our pancreas, and not just our liver, that gets worked up during heavy drinking. A speaker in a television show, a medical doctor, said that our pancreas can process only one type of food at a time. So drinking beer (a malt-based beverage) and eating lots of fatty, oily, and grilled food will make our pancreas work overtime. The doctor said, this increased activity by the gland will cause it to burst come sleeping time, that is if you go to bed shortly after the heavy eating and drinking session. This will result to what we Filipinos refer to as bangugngot or (if I remember it right) acute hemorrhagic pancreatitis.
On the other hand, if the foods and drinks you had during happy hour goes back up and out where it came in to, don't feel sorry. Feel relieved that your pancreas is freed from the torture and you are insured that you get to live another day.
Happy drinking.
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Disclaimer: I did not expel all the food and drinks that my buddies spent hundreds if not thousands on last night. And not even this morning.
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Sunday, December 2, 2007
Concept - Money less society - sci-fi media
I like watching sci-fi movies and tv shows. I had watched Moonbase Alpha, Star Trek, War of the Worlds (both the tv shows and the movie), Babylon 5, Andromeda, Star Wars (episodes 1 through 6 including clone wars), Battlestar Galactica (old and new) and many others I can't remember off hand.
Since I was innocent then and had no care in the world, I did not see any monetary transactions in Star Trek. I have seen some in Star Wars and I do not know where I saw it but there is this scene where the medium of economic exchange was a piece of crystal. In another scene, a small card.
Now how could anyone keep track of their expense and income? How can one planet know if the visitor from another planet has enough credits on him or her? Is there a central or intergalactic data bank? We do know how information can be stored on a card by how can information be stored on a crystal?
For Star Trek, Babylon 5, Star Wars, Andromeda, Battlestar Galactica and the others who have some sort of federation put up, they may have a unified currency and centralized data bank for this purpose.
Based on the transaction in those sci-fi films, I believe that a central data bank can help monitor the flow of currency in a cash less society.
ATMs provide for this sort of process and so does the use of credit cards or debit cards. ATMs, however, end with the cash being deposited to or drawn out from the machine and credit and debit cards need to be paid or reloaded for it to have any further use.
In the book Gaijin by James Clavell, foreigners in Japan trade through barter of by writing promissory notes to that can be used by the vendors to draw cash in exchange of goods and services if and when they return to England.
For money-less transaction, we either transact by barter, leave promissory notes, or draw lines of credit.
More to come!
Since I was innocent then and had no care in the world, I did not see any monetary transactions in Star Trek. I have seen some in Star Wars and I do not know where I saw it but there is this scene where the medium of economic exchange was a piece of crystal. In another scene, a small card.
Now how could anyone keep track of their expense and income? How can one planet know if the visitor from another planet has enough credits on him or her? Is there a central or intergalactic data bank? We do know how information can be stored on a card by how can information be stored on a crystal?
For Star Trek, Babylon 5, Star Wars, Andromeda, Battlestar Galactica and the others who have some sort of federation put up, they may have a unified currency and centralized data bank for this purpose.
Based on the transaction in those sci-fi films, I believe that a central data bank can help monitor the flow of currency in a cash less society.
ATMs provide for this sort of process and so does the use of credit cards or debit cards. ATMs, however, end with the cash being deposited to or drawn out from the machine and credit and debit cards need to be paid or reloaded for it to have any further use.
In the book Gaijin by James Clavell, foreigners in Japan trade through barter of by writing promissory notes to that can be used by the vendors to draw cash in exchange of goods and services if and when they return to England.
For money-less transaction, we either transact by barter, leave promissory notes, or draw lines of credit.
More to come!
Saturday, December 1, 2007
Unfaithful
I have just noticed this afternoon an unfaithful display by a person.
Toni Gonzaga's suitor has been unfaithful. He is a two-timer. He enjoys Toni's company but also keeps the company of another. All of you have seen this guy though may not have noticed it. Let me refresh your memory a little.
Here are the proof of such unfaithful behavior:
Proof One.
He picks up Toni from her house on a motor cycle just after Toni brushed her teeth in the Close-Up with cooling crystals commercial.
Proof Two.
He works as a dentist for the Colgate commercial.
See? Don't you see the two-timing there? He appears on both commercials for about the same duration. Where's the loyalty? Where's the trust?
Toni Gonzaga's suitor has been unfaithful. He is a two-timer. He enjoys Toni's company but also keeps the company of another. All of you have seen this guy though may not have noticed it. Let me refresh your memory a little.
Here are the proof of such unfaithful behavior:
Proof One.
He picks up Toni from her house on a motor cycle just after Toni brushed her teeth in the Close-Up with cooling crystals commercial.
Proof Two.
He works as a dentist for the Colgate commercial.
See? Don't you see the two-timing there? He appears on both commercials for about the same duration. Where's the loyalty? Where's the trust?
Potty time: lucky or unlucky
During one of my regular visits to the throne, I was playing up my imagination. What if when I step out, a monstrous wolf (similar to the beast in Lady in the Water) appears before me? What will I do?
Decision 1.
Slowly remove my slippers and start towards the door. When the monster leaps, make a quick turn for the stairs and run up.
Decision 2. (if the monster pounces me while I remove my slippers)
Make a circular downward punch (with all my strength plus some body twist and knee bending to add power) to the floor timing it when the monster's skull is inside my path of attack. This, hopefully, will crush its skull against the floor.
Now, thinking over it, I got the following scenarios:
Scenario 1.
I run away and hide in my room.
Scenario 2.
I kill the wolf (and proclaim myself Beowulf... hehehe)
Scenario 3.
I get eaten.
Scenario 4.
I kill the wolf and it turns out that it was there to play with me. It turns out it is my old pet that I have forgotten.
Scenario 5.
I get pounced for my slow reaction and get licked. It turns out it is my old pet that I have forgotten.
Decisions and possible consequences. Who will be the lucky one? We can only find out in the end when it may be too late.
Decision 1.
Slowly remove my slippers and start towards the door. When the monster leaps, make a quick turn for the stairs and run up.
Decision 2. (if the monster pounces me while I remove my slippers)
Make a circular downward punch (with all my strength plus some body twist and knee bending to add power) to the floor timing it when the monster's skull is inside my path of attack. This, hopefully, will crush its skull against the floor.
Now, thinking over it, I got the following scenarios:
Scenario 1.
I run away and hide in my room.
Scenario 2.
I kill the wolf (and proclaim myself Beowulf... hehehe)
Scenario 3.
I get eaten.
Scenario 4.
I kill the wolf and it turns out that it was there to play with me. It turns out it is my old pet that I have forgotten.
Scenario 5.
I get pounced for my slow reaction and get licked. It turns out it is my old pet that I have forgotten.
Decisions and possible consequences. Who will be the lucky one? We can only find out in the end when it may be too late.
Friday, November 23, 2007
Potty time: (might be) icky subject on sleep
Do you drool in your sleep? Or do you wake up with a dry throat?
I have just recently surmised that I is better to drool in your sleep than to wake up with a dry throat. For when you drool in your sleep, you wake up with a moist mouth and throat sans the inconvenience of having the need to force yourself to get out of bed and gurgle.
Have a good night's sleep. :)
I have just recently surmised that I is better to drool in your sleep than to wake up with a dry throat. For when you drool in your sleep, you wake up with a moist mouth and throat sans the inconvenience of having the need to force yourself to get out of bed and gurgle.
Have a good night's sleep. :)
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Onlookers, usiseros, uzi
Everyday I commute to and from my office. And everyday I meet heavy traffic during the so-called rush hour as everyone and anyone rushes to get to their destinations at the same hour - 7:00am - to arrive at, well, 8:00am or earlier.
Heavy traffic is caused by several circumstances. First among them is, well, because there is a lot of traffic going on. :) too many cars, too small streets. And yes, that is the second cause, small streets and a large number of vehicles.
The more occasional cause is heavy rain. Slippery roads result in slower moving traffic.
Another reason can be surmised from the phrase "slippery road," accidents. Accidental contact between two vehicles results in blockage of the streets making the already small street much more constricted.
And accident as a cause of heavy traffic leads us to the next cause of traffic almost always linked road accidents - the onlookers or usiseros or 'uzis' as we call them in our country.
Onlookers of road accidents are curious drivers who slow down to see what happened in "ground zero." They start as irate drivers who hate heavy traffic because they are late. They then, upon passing the scene of the crime, turn to curious onlookers, replacing those before them, driving slower to get a good look at what happened keeping the slow pace of traffic that begins to extend further back. And they don't even care to stop and help. They just look.
These irate-drivers-turned-onlookers-who-don't-care-to-help will be replaced by more irate-drivers-turned-onlookers-who-don't-care-to-help until the cars who figured in an accident or collision are removed from the street thus continuing the cycle of that particular slow moving traffic.
So, the next time you pass by a road accident and you are one-who-don't-care-to-help, please don't even care to look and drive on and spare the rest of us the agony of becoming one of you.
Heavy traffic is caused by several circumstances. First among them is, well, because there is a lot of traffic going on. :) too many cars, too small streets. And yes, that is the second cause, small streets and a large number of vehicles.
The more occasional cause is heavy rain. Slippery roads result in slower moving traffic.
Another reason can be surmised from the phrase "slippery road," accidents. Accidental contact between two vehicles results in blockage of the streets making the already small street much more constricted.
And accident as a cause of heavy traffic leads us to the next cause of traffic almost always linked road accidents - the onlookers or usiseros or 'uzis' as we call them in our country.
Onlookers of road accidents are curious drivers who slow down to see what happened in "ground zero." They start as irate drivers who hate heavy traffic because they are late. They then, upon passing the scene of the crime, turn to curious onlookers, replacing those before them, driving slower to get a good look at what happened keeping the slow pace of traffic that begins to extend further back. And they don't even care to stop and help. They just look.
These irate-drivers-turned-onlookers-who-don't-care-to-help will be replaced by more irate-drivers-turned-onlookers-who-don't-care-to-help until the cars who figured in an accident or collision are removed from the street thus continuing the cycle of that particular slow moving traffic.
So, the next time you pass by a road accident and you are one-who-don't-care-to-help, please don't even care to look and drive on and spare the rest of us the agony of becoming one of you.
Sunday, November 18, 2007
Concept - Money less society - current transaction media
Let us explore some of the current use of money-less transactions.
1. Debit Card
Debit cards are widely used at present. They are used to transact through an electronic terminal when purchasing items or paying for services. All you need to do is deposit cash to the card through a bank and you are about ready to go. Then you will have to place a personal identification number (PIN) and sign the back of the card. And lastly, look for a store where it says that they have an electronic terminal where you can use your card.
Most debit cards are being used like credit cards. Get your bill, swipe the card, sign the receipt, retrieve you card and the cost of the bill is deducted from your deposit.
To keep using the card, one must keep on depositing cash to it.
2. Credit Card
Every body knows how to use a credit card this days. Purchase in person or purchase online. You can even call in for a purchase. Just give them the card number and you're good to go.
Credit cards, as their name implies, pay for products and services through credit. That means you will have to pay the bank that issued the card with cash. With interest and finance and other charges added on to the amount of your credit.
3. ATM payment
ATM payments are also becoming common. Just make sure your bank account has enough money to maintain the average daily balance and pay for your purchases.
For ATM payment transactions, one has to present their ATM, have it swiped through an electronic device, punch in your PIN, and the amount of your bill is deducted from your account.
4. Mobile wallet
Mobile wallets are becoming common here in our country. But instead of transacting with a bank, you transact with the telecom operator to "put money" in your wallet.
Telecom operators here in the Philippines charge 10 pesos for every transaction (deposit or payment) up. Beyond 10 pesos, a transaction fee of 10% of the amount transacted is charged as transaction fee.
Unfortunately, you will need to memorize several keywords to do this. To remedy this, the telecom companies began releasing SIM cards with menus that allow a user to transact without bothering to memorize the keywords.
In Japan, they have a system where they send keywords to the telecom company and receive some sort of a bar code that is displayed on the mobile phone of an individual. That person then puts the screen of his phone to a scanner and the expense is charged from their account and the purchase paid for.
So, for a money less transaction, one still needs a medium to transact. A medium that can still be stolen, misplaced or lost like money.
1. Debit Card
Debit cards are widely used at present. They are used to transact through an electronic terminal when purchasing items or paying for services. All you need to do is deposit cash to the card through a bank and you are about ready to go. Then you will have to place a personal identification number (PIN) and sign the back of the card. And lastly, look for a store where it says that they have an electronic terminal where you can use your card.
Most debit cards are being used like credit cards. Get your bill, swipe the card, sign the receipt, retrieve you card and the cost of the bill is deducted from your deposit.
To keep using the card, one must keep on depositing cash to it.
2. Credit Card
Every body knows how to use a credit card this days. Purchase in person or purchase online. You can even call in for a purchase. Just give them the card number and you're good to go.
Credit cards, as their name implies, pay for products and services through credit. That means you will have to pay the bank that issued the card with cash. With interest and finance and other charges added on to the amount of your credit.
3. ATM payment
ATM payments are also becoming common. Just make sure your bank account has enough money to maintain the average daily balance and pay for your purchases.
For ATM payment transactions, one has to present their ATM, have it swiped through an electronic device, punch in your PIN, and the amount of your bill is deducted from your account.
4. Mobile wallet
Mobile wallets are becoming common here in our country. But instead of transacting with a bank, you transact with the telecom operator to "put money" in your wallet.
Telecom operators here in the Philippines charge 10 pesos for every transaction (deposit or payment) up. Beyond 10 pesos, a transaction fee of 10% of the amount transacted is charged as transaction fee.
Unfortunately, you will need to memorize several keywords to do this. To remedy this, the telecom companies began releasing SIM cards with menus that allow a user to transact without bothering to memorize the keywords.
In Japan, they have a system where they send keywords to the telecom company and receive some sort of a bar code that is displayed on the mobile phone of an individual. That person then puts the screen of his phone to a scanner and the expense is charged from their account and the purchase paid for.
So, for a money less transaction, one still needs a medium to transact. A medium that can still be stolen, misplaced or lost like money.
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Concept: Money-less society
There have been talks of a money-less society.
For a society to be money-less, you could either be poor or dirt poor. Or you engage in barter trading. Or you use other means to transact business.
This series will dwell on day-to-day cash transactions putting in mind a money-less society. Here are some questions that will guide me in this discussion:
1. What is the mode of exchange?
2. How can we determine the liquidity of a person?
3. What about exchange rate?
4. How can something go wrong?
In the next few entries, in between other entries, I will explore how a money-less society works. Please do share your insights.
For a society to be money-less, you could either be poor or dirt poor. Or you engage in barter trading. Or you use other means to transact business.
This series will dwell on day-to-day cash transactions putting in mind a money-less society. Here are some questions that will guide me in this discussion:
1. What is the mode of exchange?
2. How can we determine the liquidity of a person?
3. What about exchange rate?
4. How can something go wrong?
In the next few entries, in between other entries, I will explore how a money-less society works. Please do share your insights.
Saturday, November 10, 2007
Friday, November 9, 2007
Rush hour traffic
Why is it that people know that the traffic is heavy during "rush hour" periods yet they still continue to join the many who ply the streets?
1. To be in the "in" crowd. To belong, you must be there for may lose the concept of the rush hour traffic if we let it die away.
2. Work place. All offices end work at 5:00pm. Why linger in the office when join can join the mob gathered in the streets and crammed in buses and trains?
3. Normalcy. Rush hour is normal. Why avoid it when everybody else are in it?
4. Economy. Most pubs, bars, restaurants, and places of ill-refute offer special promotions and reduced prices during "happy hour" which is another term for rush hour. Like the question in item number 2 - why spend your time in the office when you can spend it getting drunk?
5. Time table. Why go home later when you can go home now?
And once everyone is home they will say, "I had a rough day" when they have only spent a few hours in heavy stressful traffic.
1. To be in the "in" crowd. To belong, you must be there for may lose the concept of the rush hour traffic if we let it die away.
2. Work place. All offices end work at 5:00pm. Why linger in the office when join can join the mob gathered in the streets and crammed in buses and trains?
3. Normalcy. Rush hour is normal. Why avoid it when everybody else are in it?
4. Economy. Most pubs, bars, restaurants, and places of ill-refute offer special promotions and reduced prices during "happy hour" which is another term for rush hour. Like the question in item number 2 - why spend your time in the office when you can spend it getting drunk?
5. Time table. Why go home later when you can go home now?
And once everyone is home they will say, "I had a rough day" when they have only spent a few hours in heavy stressful traffic.
Saturday, November 3, 2007
Male bathroom etiquette
I found this from another blog: bathroomblogfest.blogspot.com and searched it through youtube.
It is about the proper behavior of every male in a rest room.
The makers of the video can be visited on their website at Zarathustra Studios.
It is about the proper behavior of every male in a rest room.
The makers of the video can be visited on their website at Zarathustra Studios.
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Computer virus
It was in high school when I first encountered the marvelous machine called "computer." One of our subjects then was Computer. :)
It was back in 1991 so we were using the Apple II computer with integrated keyboard and 5.2" floppy disk drive. It was diskette referred to as floppy because, as the name suggests, it flops.
We were taught about what a computer is and how it theoretically works. So the first thing I did when I was able to boot up my computer was type in: what is your name? And the response was "syntax error."
When we were made to buy our very own floppy disk, we were told to keep it safely in its sheath to protect it from "harmful elements." The genius that we are, well I guess I was the only one who taught about it, I assumed that it was about the computer virus floating in the air.
So I went home with my floppy disk safely tucked inside my backpack to keep it safe from catching a computer virus that may be lurking around in the air as I take a trip from school to home.
For the next few months, I kept my diskette safe from any contagious computer virus by making sure that it does not get exposed too much. And then I learned that a computer virus is a program, not a biological virus that we get from the polluted air. And then I tried to make one and brought grief upon my peers.
It was back in 1991 so we were using the Apple II computer with integrated keyboard and 5.2" floppy disk drive. It was diskette referred to as floppy because, as the name suggests, it flops.
We were taught about what a computer is and how it theoretically works. So the first thing I did when I was able to boot up my computer was type in: what is your name? And the response was "syntax error."
When we were made to buy our very own floppy disk, we were told to keep it safely in its sheath to protect it from "harmful elements." The genius that we are, well I guess I was the only one who taught about it, I assumed that it was about the computer virus floating in the air.
So I went home with my floppy disk safely tucked inside my backpack to keep it safe from catching a computer virus that may be lurking around in the air as I take a trip from school to home.
For the next few months, I kept my diskette safe from any contagious computer virus by making sure that it does not get exposed too much. And then I learned that a computer virus is a program, not a biological virus that we get from the polluted air. And then I tried to make one and brought grief upon my peers.
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
The can blog
What you will see below is a video I found in Yahoo! It is nice and the end part is really funny. hehehe
Joke Time
A joke I got from my cousin:
Ina: anak, ba't ba ang tigas-tigas ng ulo mo!?
Anak: inay, intransigence is just normal for us juveniles.
Ina: anak, anong nakain mo? i'm perturbed by your words.
Anak: inay, wala namang gantihan...
Ina: anak, ba't ba ang tigas-tigas ng ulo mo!?
Anak: inay, intransigence is just normal for us juveniles.
Ina: anak, anong nakain mo? i'm perturbed by your words.
Anak: inay, wala namang gantihan...
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Haitian UFO
Watch this... It looks weird but seems real!
I got this when I opened my Yahoo! account just this evening. You can view the comments at this site
I got this when I opened my Yahoo! account just this evening. You can view the comments at this site
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Chain of ideas - when it rains, it pours
Why heavy rain causes heavy traffic?
1. People tend to use their private vehicles to avoid getting wet.
2. Heavy rains lessen visibility so vehicles move slower as the drivers become more cautious.
3. There is roadwork up ahead and it does not matter if it rains or not, traffic will remain heavy.
4. An accident has occurred because the driver was too shy to use #2 as an excuse.
5. Rain flood covers the pot holes so drivers move slower to lessen the damage it may cause on the vehicle.
6. Rain floods the streets slowing down traffic.
7. People do not have money for a full car wash so they bring their vehicles our to get "washed" by the rain.
1. People tend to use their private vehicles to avoid getting wet.
2. Heavy rains lessen visibility so vehicles move slower as the drivers become more cautious.
3. There is roadwork up ahead and it does not matter if it rains or not, traffic will remain heavy.
4. An accident has occurred because the driver was too shy to use #2 as an excuse.
5. Rain flood covers the pot holes so drivers move slower to lessen the damage it may cause on the vehicle.
6. Rain floods the streets slowing down traffic.
7. People do not have money for a full car wash so they bring their vehicles our to get "washed" by the rain.
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Chain of ideas - nuclear powered car
During my childhood days, I had conceptualized the construction of a nuclear powered car. All electronic, all automatic, all power.
My concept then is the creation of a compact fusion reactor. Heavy water is fed to the reactor chamber that is teeming with deuterium that will allow for sustainable fusion reaction. The deuterium is heated by multiple lasers focused at the center of the reactor sphere.
Heated water produced by the reaction is taken into a steam generator whose steam propels a steam trubine attached to a generator. This generator provides the power for the car and its on board electronics.
All these are in the hood of the car. Electric motors attached to the rear wheels move the car.
And this car is an example of something powered by water. Very abundant. Now being abused.
My concept then is the creation of a compact fusion reactor. Heavy water is fed to the reactor chamber that is teeming with deuterium that will allow for sustainable fusion reaction. The deuterium is heated by multiple lasers focused at the center of the reactor sphere.
Heated water produced by the reaction is taken into a steam generator whose steam propels a steam trubine attached to a generator. This generator provides the power for the car and its on board electronics.
All these are in the hood of the car. Electric motors attached to the rear wheels move the car.
And this car is an example of something powered by water. Very abundant. Now being abused.
Monday, September 10, 2007
Chain of ideas - getting in touch with the feminine you
Macho man! Yeah!
Most girls fall for macho men. Hunky. Bulky. All muscles.
But it also helps to be in touch with the feminine you. Not just to get girls but in a lot of things.
The human female tends to be more delicate, artistic, meticulous. Since the human male is determined by a single strand of chromosome, it means that men too can be feminine.
Your feminine side can help you understand what females need. What they expect. And how you can express how you feel or offer what you have. It keeps you house tidy, your things in order, your activities organized, and your over all perception beautiful.
Most girls fall for macho men. Hunky. Bulky. All muscles.
But it also helps to be in touch with the feminine you. Not just to get girls but in a lot of things.
The human female tends to be more delicate, artistic, meticulous. Since the human male is determined by a single strand of chromosome, it means that men too can be feminine.
Your feminine side can help you understand what females need. What they expect. And how you can express how you feel or offer what you have. It keeps you house tidy, your things in order, your activities organized, and your over all perception beautiful.
Chain of ideas - world domination
During my younger years (I am NOT that old yet) I have imagined myself to be among the most powerful in the world. I thought of myself as a dictator... of the world... World domination was my goal.
After watching several cartoon shows about villains trying to take over the world, I came to realize that the same thing was my goal.
Using my grandfather's globe in his library, I began marking national capitals with masking tapes. I also attached several threads from our country to those world capitals as if marking paths for my invasion forces.
After that, I planned a time table for my conquest with centers of government first to come off. I was not planning on any nuclear strikes then but more on force vs force.
I then elaborately designed force delivery vehicles. I drew several retrofitted oil tankers, submarines, passenger luxury liners, and jumbo jets. All water vessels can deliver heavy equipment like tanks and biped robot gun platforms as well as air and land assault vehicles. The jumbo jets on the other hand can deliver paratroops as well as light assault vehicles from buggies to motorcycles.
These assault units are armed with various weapons from the usual rifles and pistols to energy blasters and nuclear fission munitions.
I even designed several exoskeletons to allow flight as well as wielding of energy weapons powered by micro nuclear power plants. These energy weapons utilize micro particle accelerators based on the cyclotron to those based on the betatron to propel its energy rounds.
If this were true, I would be king of the world!
After watching several cartoon shows about villains trying to take over the world, I came to realize that the same thing was my goal.
Using my grandfather's globe in his library, I began marking national capitals with masking tapes. I also attached several threads from our country to those world capitals as if marking paths for my invasion forces.
After that, I planned a time table for my conquest with centers of government first to come off. I was not planning on any nuclear strikes then but more on force vs force.
I then elaborately designed force delivery vehicles. I drew several retrofitted oil tankers, submarines, passenger luxury liners, and jumbo jets. All water vessels can deliver heavy equipment like tanks and biped robot gun platforms as well as air and land assault vehicles. The jumbo jets on the other hand can deliver paratroops as well as light assault vehicles from buggies to motorcycles.
These assault units are armed with various weapons from the usual rifles and pistols to energy blasters and nuclear fission munitions.
I even designed several exoskeletons to allow flight as well as wielding of energy weapons powered by micro nuclear power plants. These energy weapons utilize micro particle accelerators based on the cyclotron to those based on the betatron to propel its energy rounds.
If this were true, I would be king of the world!
Chain of ideas - butter is healthy
Now, I may have made a misconception here but I saw from one television program that states: "our bodies are used to butter and is therefore able to break this down compared to using margarine." I may have mixed up to two but I had evidence - from National Geographics' Seconds from Disaster - that butter is the better of the two.
In the aforementioned episode, combustible margarine had caused the freaky accident in the English Channel underwater tunnel.
Now I may be confused here because if margarine is easily combustible, does that mean that our bodies can easily "burn" it?
Oh hell... let me check our fridge...
Well, we are using margarine. With out cholesterol. So I guess it's "our bodies are used to margarine and is therefore able to break this down compared to using butter."
Happy eating!
In the aforementioned episode, combustible margarine had caused the freaky accident in the English Channel underwater tunnel.
Now I may be confused here because if margarine is easily combustible, does that mean that our bodies can easily "burn" it?
Oh hell... let me check our fridge...
Well, we are using margarine. With out cholesterol. So I guess it's "our bodies are used to margarine and is therefore able to break this down compared to using butter."
Happy eating!
Chain of ideas - cooking with garlic
It is said that garlic is able to reduce incidence of high blood pressure.
There was a time that every morning I would go to our office clinic and have my blood pressure checked. We are issued a green card where we put our blood pressure readings for the day. For almost a month or two, I had recorded blood pressures as high as 140/100 and twice or thrice was I made to take medicines for hypertension.
Every time I get a high blood reading, I always tell the doc that it is caused by my walking for about 2 kilometers to the office (1+ miles).
Later on, I heard from a friend that garlic helps maintain a level blood pressure. Level in the lows that is.
I have also noticed some of my friends cook their meals with sauteed garlic.
Henceforth, I took interest in cooking food using garlic. This food ranged from veggies to meat to pork all sauteed in, unfortunately, high fat oil. It ended when I saw from an episode of Oprah where the doctor-guests said that vegetable oil has less cholesterol compared to other types of oils.
So it came to me changing from using regular cooking oil to vegetable or coconut oil.
Healthy and delicious.
There was a time that every morning I would go to our office clinic and have my blood pressure checked. We are issued a green card where we put our blood pressure readings for the day. For almost a month or two, I had recorded blood pressures as high as 140/100 and twice or thrice was I made to take medicines for hypertension.
Every time I get a high blood reading, I always tell the doc that it is caused by my walking for about 2 kilometers to the office (1+ miles).
Later on, I heard from a friend that garlic helps maintain a level blood pressure. Level in the lows that is.
I have also noticed some of my friends cook their meals with sauteed garlic.
Henceforth, I took interest in cooking food using garlic. This food ranged from veggies to meat to pork all sauteed in, unfortunately, high fat oil. It ended when I saw from an episode of Oprah where the doctor-guests said that vegetable oil has less cholesterol compared to other types of oils.
So it came to me changing from using regular cooking oil to vegetable or coconut oil.
Healthy and delicious.
Sunday, September 9, 2007
Chain of ideas - subordinate leadership
The phrase "good leaders are good followers" we can deduce that leaders became good ones because they had been good followers in the past.
But is not only limited to that deduction. Leaders themselves are followers as well. Take military structure for example.
Privates are subordinates to sergeants who have several levels of sergeant-hood.
Sergeants are subordinates themselves to military officers ranging from 2nd Lieutenant up to Colonel. Each officer in that level is subordinate to the next.
These officers are themselves subordinates to various generals from the brigadier to the five-start general with each general subordinate to the one with more stars on their shoulders that what they have.
These generals are likewise subordinates to the senior officials of their defense departments which has it's own hierarchy.
The defense hierarchy is also subordinate to the Commander-in-Chief which is the head of the state or sovereign.
Government leaders themselves are subordinates to the will of the people (in democratic countries as far as I remember). In some cases, the government leaders are subordinates to their campaign contributors, businesses, and, for the case of male leaders, to their wives. :)
This can go on this time considering the "people."
But who is the "leader-est" of them all? Well, each to his own belief. :)
But is not only limited to that deduction. Leaders themselves are followers as well. Take military structure for example.
Privates are subordinates to sergeants who have several levels of sergeant-hood.
Sergeants are subordinates themselves to military officers ranging from 2nd Lieutenant up to Colonel. Each officer in that level is subordinate to the next.
These officers are themselves subordinates to various generals from the brigadier to the five-start general with each general subordinate to the one with more stars on their shoulders that what they have.
These generals are likewise subordinates to the senior officials of their defense departments which has it's own hierarchy.
The defense hierarchy is also subordinate to the Commander-in-Chief which is the head of the state or sovereign.
Government leaders themselves are subordinates to the will of the people (in democratic countries as far as I remember). In some cases, the government leaders are subordinates to their campaign contributors, businesses, and, for the case of male leaders, to their wives. :)
This can go on this time considering the "people."
But who is the "leader-est" of them all? Well, each to his own belief. :)
Potty time - daylight saving
A most common problem with the working folks like myself is getting to the office on time. And the major factor that is involved in being successfully in the office is t-i-m-e. Time that people say you do not have. But time is what you have.
Take for example your wrist watch, mobile phone, pager, computer, wall clock, or alarm clock. What do they all have? Time!
In order to be in the office early without having to reset your daily schedule is to reset your time pieces.
The most effective resetting I have had is putting my time pieces in various times of advancement - i.e. advance the time that you see from the real time.
What I did was set my watch, my computer's time , and my mobile phone 30 minutes in advance and our dinning room wall clock to about 45 minutes in advance.
Looking at the time when I open my eyes gives me jolt and sets me on a rushed start. By the time I get to the dining room to have some milk before leaving, I realize that I am already running late and try to rush things and be in the office well before 8:00.
On the down side, once you get the hang of what the real time is, you get back to getting late.
All you need to do now is to really work hard to leave early. Well, you can always set your time piece back to the right time and have someone else reset the time to the previous advanced state. :)
Take for example your wrist watch, mobile phone, pager, computer, wall clock, or alarm clock. What do they all have? Time!
In order to be in the office early without having to reset your daily schedule is to reset your time pieces.
The most effective resetting I have had is putting my time pieces in various times of advancement - i.e. advance the time that you see from the real time.
What I did was set my watch, my computer's time , and my mobile phone 30 minutes in advance and our dinning room wall clock to about 45 minutes in advance.
Looking at the time when I open my eyes gives me jolt and sets me on a rushed start. By the time I get to the dining room to have some milk before leaving, I realize that I am already running late and try to rush things and be in the office well before 8:00.
On the down side, once you get the hang of what the real time is, you get back to getting late.
All you need to do now is to really work hard to leave early. Well, you can always set your time piece back to the right time and have someone else reset the time to the previous advanced state. :)
Saturday, September 8, 2007
Potty time - cooking tips
Another concept during drought.
A friend of mine came home late and came in hungry. Our staple during hours beyond the reach of waiting for a regular meal (breakfast, lunch, supper) is a pack of noodles. So when he got home, he immediately opened his supply box and took out two packs of noodles.
But before he could cook, he is facing several problems. Two to be exact. One, we have no more water. Two, our electric stove is busted.
Being a brilliant guy that he is, this is what he did:
1. Raid the softdrink supply and get four bottles of clear drinks (my friend chose Mountain Dew).
2. Pour contents of the softdrink bottle on a pot.
3. Get an iron (the one used for pressing clothes) set it up securely where the plate faces the ceiling.
4. Put the pot on the plate and set the iron to the highest temperature rating, in this case the setting for ironing wool.
5. Bring the pot to a boil and just follow the instructions on cooking noodles.
I was not able to get a taste of the "gourmet" cooking but I saw him gobble up the noodle including the yellowish soup.
A friend of mine came home late and came in hungry. Our staple during hours beyond the reach of waiting for a regular meal (breakfast, lunch, supper) is a pack of noodles. So when he got home, he immediately opened his supply box and took out two packs of noodles.
But before he could cook, he is facing several problems. Two to be exact. One, we have no more water. Two, our electric stove is busted.
Being a brilliant guy that he is, this is what he did:
1. Raid the softdrink supply and get four bottles of clear drinks (my friend chose Mountain Dew).
2. Pour contents of the softdrink bottle on a pot.
3. Get an iron (the one used for pressing clothes) set it up securely where the plate faces the ceiling.
4. Put the pot on the plate and set the iron to the highest temperature rating, in this case the setting for ironing wool.
5. Bring the pot to a boil and just follow the instructions on cooking noodles.
I was not able to get a taste of the "gourmet" cooking but I saw him gobble up the noodle including the yellowish soup.
Bath time - on saving water
There was this time when drought came upon us. Tap water supply is rationed such that we only have water from 4:00 to 8:00am and from 6:00 to 10:00pm. This poses a big problem in a household with almost a dozen boys sharing one bathroom.
Solution 1: Collect water
Buy large plastic drums (previously used to contain unknown fluids) and store at least 2 drums of water. Fill in the drums when water starts to flow in the morning and at night.
For drinking water, take home as much plastic bottle that you can collect from your day out to store drinking water in. This way, you'll never pass the night thirsty.
Solution 2: Maximize the availability of water
Make it a point to take a bath within the period where there is water. Since most of us leave well before 8:00 in the morning, we bathe between 5:00am and 7:00am. And based on Solution 1, we fill in the drums while we bathe. In the evening, it is advisable that you go home early. Arriving home early allows you to clean-up before the water flow is reduced to trickles.
Use this time to fill in all empty water bottles, do your laundry, and water the plants.
Solution 3: Recycle
Here's the trick! Get an empty pale, straddle it and take a bath collecting water in the pail along the way. You can also wash your undergarments on top of the pale while you're at it. This will allow you to collect used water that will be enough to flush your toilet.
Also, brush your teeth near your garden and sprinkle gurgled water on to the plants. Who knows. your plants may become well protected against cavities. :)
Solution 1: Collect water
Buy large plastic drums (previously used to contain unknown fluids) and store at least 2 drums of water. Fill in the drums when water starts to flow in the morning and at night.
For drinking water, take home as much plastic bottle that you can collect from your day out to store drinking water in. This way, you'll never pass the night thirsty.
Solution 2: Maximize the availability of water
Make it a point to take a bath within the period where there is water. Since most of us leave well before 8:00 in the morning, we bathe between 5:00am and 7:00am. And based on Solution 1, we fill in the drums while we bathe. In the evening, it is advisable that you go home early. Arriving home early allows you to clean-up before the water flow is reduced to trickles.
Use this time to fill in all empty water bottles, do your laundry, and water the plants.
Solution 3: Recycle
Here's the trick! Get an empty pale, straddle it and take a bath collecting water in the pail along the way. You can also wash your undergarments on top of the pale while you're at it. This will allow you to collect used water that will be enough to flush your toilet.
Also, brush your teeth near your garden and sprinkle gurgled water on to the plants. Who knows. your plants may become well protected against cavities. :)
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
Chain of ideas - resale of automotive parts
List of resellable automotive parts:
1. car battery - you leave your car outside at night, the next day you try to start the engines and nothing happens. You pop the hood, no more batteries.
2. side mirror - you park your car in a busy street to do some business. You come back, no more side mirror.
3. mags - or you return home and notice that your mags are gone!
4. wheels - or come back to your car and find that it is propped up with no wheels left.
And then you go to your friendly car dealer to buy what you lost. Lo and behold! What you lost is there! :)
1. car battery - you leave your car outside at night, the next day you try to start the engines and nothing happens. You pop the hood, no more batteries.
2. side mirror - you park your car in a busy street to do some business. You come back, no more side mirror.
3. mags - or you return home and notice that your mags are gone!
4. wheels - or come back to your car and find that it is propped up with no wheels left.
And then you go to your friendly car dealer to buy what you lost. Lo and behold! What you lost is there! :)
Chain of ideas - resale of public utility
List of resellable public utility items:
1. water meter - got wrench? will steal. water meters are often removed from their attachments for resale by thieves.
2. electric power line - black outs are not that bad. enterprising individuals take this opportunity to steal power cables. with some courage and some luck, they get away without being electrocuted.
3. cable television line - no need for blackouts here.
4. telephone line - copper wires are best sold on a per kilogram/pound basis.
5. electricity - just tap in to somebody's power line or even from the mains. other venture capitalists allow other people to tap in to their power lines and charge them a fixed monthly rate.
6. water - a rubber hose here, a t-connector there, tap into the main water line and voila! free water.
7. telephone - all you will need is a plier, some telephone wires, and a cheap phone unit.
8. cable connection - a more sophisticated connection is needed here. it is called a signal splitter.
NOTE: these are illegal activities and are punishable by law.
1. water meter - got wrench? will steal. water meters are often removed from their attachments for resale by thieves.
2. electric power line - black outs are not that bad. enterprising individuals take this opportunity to steal power cables. with some courage and some luck, they get away without being electrocuted.
3. cable television line - no need for blackouts here.
4. telephone line - copper wires are best sold on a per kilogram/pound basis.
5. electricity - just tap in to somebody's power line or even from the mains. other venture capitalists allow other people to tap in to their power lines and charge them a fixed monthly rate.
6. water - a rubber hose here, a t-connector there, tap into the main water line and voila! free water.
7. telephone - all you will need is a plier, some telephone wires, and a cheap phone unit.
8. cable connection - a more sophisticated connection is needed here. it is called a signal splitter.
NOTE: these are illegal activities and are punishable by law.
Sunday, September 2, 2007
Chain of ideas - Filipino and Italian
One day, I was asked by my wife to cook some food. I have no idea what to do then. It was a good thing I was tuned in to one of our favorite cable channels in the office - The LifeStyle Network.
The show was featuring Italian cooking at that time - the pizza. Then I suddenly remembered one episode of another show from that channel where the "bachelor" cooked pasta for his friends. In that same instant I thought "hey! if Italians eat pasta and Filipinos eat rice, it can therefore be concluded that pasta to Italians is rice to Filipinos!" And so came the answer to my previous problem: what to cook.
I went to the kitchen after the show and looked at what I can conjure from the fridge and cupboard. I found the following items:
1. left over rice from last night
2. tomatoes
3. tomato sauce
4. garlic
5. onions
6. left over fried beef strips
7. butter
I began then began dicing 1 tomato, 4 cloves of garlic, and 1 bulb of onion while I thawed the left-over rice with tap water and the beef strips at room temperature.
I then proceeded to sautee the diced tomato, garlic and onion in a small slice of butter. After such time that I believe the tomato was cooked enough, I added the beef strips. I drained the water from the rice pot and mixed the rice with the sauteed ingredients as if cooking fried rice.
I poured a bit of soy sauce on the concoction and sprinkled some salt.
After I am satisfied with the way the rice was cooked, I added some tomato sauce on the pan and mixed the contents in low heat.
In under 15 minutes I have the Filipino version of the pasta ready for munching.
It tasted good and was among the best "inventions" I have made along with my mechado-adobo cross.
I will share that recipe once I get my thoughts organized on how I did it then.
The show was featuring Italian cooking at that time - the pizza. Then I suddenly remembered one episode of another show from that channel where the "bachelor" cooked pasta for his friends. In that same instant I thought "hey! if Italians eat pasta and Filipinos eat rice, it can therefore be concluded that pasta to Italians is rice to Filipinos!" And so came the answer to my previous problem: what to cook.
I went to the kitchen after the show and looked at what I can conjure from the fridge and cupboard. I found the following items:
1. left over rice from last night
2. tomatoes
3. tomato sauce
4. garlic
5. onions
6. left over fried beef strips
7. butter
I began then began dicing 1 tomato, 4 cloves of garlic, and 1 bulb of onion while I thawed the left-over rice with tap water and the beef strips at room temperature.
I then proceeded to sautee the diced tomato, garlic and onion in a small slice of butter. After such time that I believe the tomato was cooked enough, I added the beef strips. I drained the water from the rice pot and mixed the rice with the sauteed ingredients as if cooking fried rice.
I poured a bit of soy sauce on the concoction and sprinkled some salt.
After I am satisfied with the way the rice was cooked, I added some tomato sauce on the pan and mixed the contents in low heat.
In under 15 minutes I have the Filipino version of the pasta ready for munching.
It tasted good and was among the best "inventions" I have made along with my mechado-adobo cross.
I will share that recipe once I get my thoughts organized on how I did it then.
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Great outdoors - running Naruto-ninjas-style
Friends have asked me why do the characters playing the role of ninjas in the anime series Naruto run with their upper bodies tilted forward and their arms trailing behind them .
My explanation is thermodynamics er, excuse me po! I mean aerodynamics. It uses the same principle as skiers do when skiing at high speeds. Smaller body profile means smaller air resistance and increased speed.
Our upper body is a big flat wall (even if you are as thin as the loved and revered Mahatma Gandhi during his protest). And like all big flat walls, it resists air flow -- can you feel your wide high rise buildings tremble during windy days?
But the principles of aerodynamics is not the only one that helps you run faster. Gravity has the same effect as well.
When running with your upper body tilted forward, your center of gravity moves to the area forward of your feet. This will place you off balance which naturally requires you to put a foot forward to regain you balance. Add to that the pushing effect of your trailing foot that once more places the center of gravity ahead of your leading-catch-the-balance foot. Repeating this cycle at an increased pace moves your body forward at an increasing speed.
And that my friends is the explanation to how Naruto and his friends reach impossible speeds using the upper-body-tilted-forward posture. :)
My explanation is thermodynamics er, excuse me po! I mean aerodynamics. It uses the same principle as skiers do when skiing at high speeds. Smaller body profile means smaller air resistance and increased speed.
Our upper body is a big flat wall (even if you are as thin as the loved and revered Mahatma Gandhi during his protest). And like all big flat walls, it resists air flow -- can you feel your wide high rise buildings tremble during windy days?
But the principles of aerodynamics is not the only one that helps you run faster. Gravity has the same effect as well.
When running with your upper body tilted forward, your center of gravity moves to the area forward of your feet. This will place you off balance which naturally requires you to put a foot forward to regain you balance. Add to that the pushing effect of your trailing foot that once more places the center of gravity ahead of your leading-catch-the-balance foot. Repeating this cycle at an increased pace moves your body forward at an increasing speed.
And that my friends is the explanation to how Naruto and his friends reach impossible speeds using the upper-body-tilted-forward posture. :)
Monday, August 27, 2007
Great outdoors - walking in the rain
Right now, the Philippines is experiencing rains... It is rainy season with moments of summer...
During college, a friend and I were contemplating on how we could cross from one building to next to attend our classes. He was deep in thought while I was busy observing the quality of female students when he said, "It will be much better for us to walk through the drizzle than run as fast as we can to the next building."
An then he continued on to explain that walking through the drizzle or even light rain means that our bodies will get in contact with fewer droplets than when we run.
Here is the "scientific" explanation to his concept:
You have 10 droplets lined up level with one another 1 foot apart in a straight line moving downward at the same speed. When you walk through them as they drop, you will only get hit by one or two of them. But if you run through them, you will hit about half of them before they hit the ground.
Similarly, you hit a few droplets walking through a rain than running across it.
In a heavy downpour, however, the volume of droplets is so large that running will be the most prudent course of action.
I therefore conclude that the speed at which a person should traverse an open are during the rain is directly proportional to the amount of downpour. As such, light rain will required slow speed and heavy rain requires racing speed.
:)
During college, a friend and I were contemplating on how we could cross from one building to next to attend our classes. He was deep in thought while I was busy observing the quality of female students when he said, "It will be much better for us to walk through the drizzle than run as fast as we can to the next building."
An then he continued on to explain that walking through the drizzle or even light rain means that our bodies will get in contact with fewer droplets than when we run.
Here is the "scientific" explanation to his concept:
You have 10 droplets lined up level with one another 1 foot apart in a straight line moving downward at the same speed. When you walk through them as they drop, you will only get hit by one or two of them. But if you run through them, you will hit about half of them before they hit the ground.
Similarly, you hit a few droplets walking through a rain than running across it.
In a heavy downpour, however, the volume of droplets is so large that running will be the most prudent course of action.
I therefore conclude that the speed at which a person should traverse an open are during the rain is directly proportional to the amount of downpour. As such, light rain will required slow speed and heavy rain requires racing speed.
:)
Sunday, August 26, 2007
Potty time - be sure to wake up early
How should someone ensure that he or she wakes up early?
1. The alarm clock. -if you have an alarm clock or an alarm on your mobile phone even, set it up to alert you at the time you want to wake up and voila! you are up! On the downside, one can get used to the sound and dismiss it as a dream and hold on to slumberland.
2. The television. -some televisions have wake-up functions. Simply set the time of the television to the time you currently have then set the television to turn on at the time you prefer. Some TV's allow users to indicate which channel the tv should tune in to when it turns on. I set mine to the MTV channel with volume at 30. It is a shattering waker-upper.
3. Sleep early. -our body clocks will wake us up after our usual sleeping period, say 6 hours. The bad thing is, sleeping at 8 might wake you up at 3. He he he.
4. Commit yourself to a blissful rest. -take a position, usually laid flat on your back, then concentrate to relax the whole part of your body. After all, sleep is the time when your body is in its resting mode. Unless you dream of something exciting, you will wake up to any alarm you set.
5. Make yourself uncomfortable. -this usually works during summers. This can be done in different ways: (1) Cool down your room to a comfortable temperature using your air conditioner. Just before you sleep, turn off the air conditioner and sleep. At around 4am, the room is warm enough to annoy you to wake up. (2) Turn on the electric fan but tilt it upwards to that the air only brushes you. Lie still until you get comfortable enough to sleep. At around 4am, you will get the same result as with the air conditioner... a sweaty annoying waker-upper. (3) Turn on the fan, this time allow the air to hit you directly. For analog timers, set the timer of your fan to shut down after the most number of hours, usually 2 hours. For digital timers, set the fan to turn off at least 1 hour before your planned waking time. All these will wake you up 100% annoyed, sweaty, and in bad temper. But hey, you are up and that is all that matters.
Have a nice day!
1. The alarm clock. -if you have an alarm clock or an alarm on your mobile phone even, set it up to alert you at the time you want to wake up and voila! you are up! On the downside, one can get used to the sound and dismiss it as a dream and hold on to slumberland.
2. The television. -some televisions have wake-up functions. Simply set the time of the television to the time you currently have then set the television to turn on at the time you prefer. Some TV's allow users to indicate which channel the tv should tune in to when it turns on. I set mine to the MTV channel with volume at 30. It is a shattering waker-upper.
3. Sleep early. -our body clocks will wake us up after our usual sleeping period, say 6 hours. The bad thing is, sleeping at 8 might wake you up at 3. He he he.
4. Commit yourself to a blissful rest. -take a position, usually laid flat on your back, then concentrate to relax the whole part of your body. After all, sleep is the time when your body is in its resting mode. Unless you dream of something exciting, you will wake up to any alarm you set.
5. Make yourself uncomfortable. -this usually works during summers. This can be done in different ways: (1) Cool down your room to a comfortable temperature using your air conditioner. Just before you sleep, turn off the air conditioner and sleep. At around 4am, the room is warm enough to annoy you to wake up. (2) Turn on the electric fan but tilt it upwards to that the air only brushes you. Lie still until you get comfortable enough to sleep. At around 4am, you will get the same result as with the air conditioner... a sweaty annoying waker-upper. (3) Turn on the fan, this time allow the air to hit you directly. For analog timers, set the timer of your fan to shut down after the most number of hours, usually 2 hours. For digital timers, set the fan to turn off at least 1 hour before your planned waking time. All these will wake you up 100% annoyed, sweaty, and in bad temper. But hey, you are up and that is all that matters.
Have a nice day!
Potty time - flying boats
Contemplating on a trip along Pasig River on an air conditioned ferry while sitting on the "throne," I got a wild idea!
Since the Philippines is made up of a cluster of islands where most major cities are located near large bodies of water, why not create a flying boat service? It may not be as large as the commercial vessels plying the sea routes at this time but large enough to present a good return on investment while keeping the overhead low.
These boats can dock in various ports or even river ways where they can serve a lot of the local and foreign passengers visiting the most-scenic-near-the-beach spots in the country.
Being an island nation, we have lots and lots of water for them to land on. With most cities sitting on beach fronts and most airports located near the boondocks, this service will offer the speed of air travel with the convenience of getting off inside the city.
Since the Philippines is made up of a cluster of islands where most major cities are located near large bodies of water, why not create a flying boat service? It may not be as large as the commercial vessels plying the sea routes at this time but large enough to present a good return on investment while keeping the overhead low.
These boats can dock in various ports or even river ways where they can serve a lot of the local and foreign passengers visiting the most-scenic-near-the-beach spots in the country.
Being an island nation, we have lots and lots of water for them to land on. With most cities sitting on beach fronts and most airports located near the boondocks, this service will offer the speed of air travel with the convenience of getting off inside the city.
Friday, August 24, 2007
Potty time - healthy waking
There are times that we wake up later than planned that we eventually jump off our beds and run around the house trying to be in the office or in school on time.
My teacher in high school once told me that one should wake up slow.
Jumping off from bed from a restful sleep is similar to taking your car into a screeching start early in the morning. Repeating this practice quite often will lead to an unscheduled overhaul of your car's engine.
The same thing happens to our hearts when we jump off our beds. From a peaceful pace, the heart is forced to beat faster in the blink of an eye when we jump off excitedly. Like the car engine, do this more often and you'll need an open heart surgery sooner that expected.
Have a healthy day!
My teacher in high school once told me that one should wake up slow.
Jumping off from bed from a restful sleep is similar to taking your car into a screeching start early in the morning. Repeating this practice quite often will lead to an unscheduled overhaul of your car's engine.
The same thing happens to our hearts when we jump off our beds. From a peaceful pace, the heart is forced to beat faster in the blink of an eye when we jump off excitedly. Like the car engine, do this more often and you'll need an open heart surgery sooner that expected.
Have a healthy day!
Mobile communications - sending SMS
During my college day it was the advent of SMS in our country.
Back then, SMS was free. Now, we are charged 1 peso per message. There are unlimited SMS transmissions that charge you at least 20 pesos per day for unlimited messaging to subscribers of the same network.
In the past, SMS signals were crowded that people came up with the following methods of sending SMS:
1. shake your phone.
2. invert your phone.
3. put the antenna of your phone next to the television or radio antenna. and
4. hold your phone upright and reach for the sky!
Back then, SMS was free. Now, we are charged 1 peso per message. There are unlimited SMS transmissions that charge you at least 20 pesos per day for unlimited messaging to subscribers of the same network.
In the past, SMS signals were crowded that people came up with the following methods of sending SMS:
1. shake your phone.
2. invert your phone.
3. put the antenna of your phone next to the television or radio antenna. and
4. hold your phone upright and reach for the sky!
Thursday, August 23, 2007
Bath time - thermodynamics
During my physics class in high school, we were taught that thermodynamics is the study of the movement of heat. It is said that heat moves from a warmer region to a colder region.
As such, warm air melts the ice, not the ice cooling the air.
Why is it still freezing in the North and South Poles? My guess is that the air in the region does not get heated up fast enough to counter the coolness of the region.
It is the same with your fridge. Why is it cold inside when the heat is up outside? Well, because its sealed, dummy!
Kidding aside, even if you open your fridge, ice cubes on your freezer doesn't melt because the warm air gets cooled while on its way to the ice cube. But try leaving your fridge open for a long time and you will see the ice slowly melt. And you will see the insides of the fridge collect water. And you will see the electric meter running faster than usual. And you will see your electric bill is now beyond your paying capacity.
Using the same concept, when you take a shower after an athletic activity -- ball game, jog, gym workout -- you are advised to take a warm shower. Why is that? -- Thermodynamics. After all those strenuous activities, your body parts have collected so much heat. Taking a bath in cold water will damage those parts in the same manner a hot glass (from a microwave oven) breaks when you pour in ice cold water.
Similarly, after a hard day's work, you are also advised to bathe in warm water.
But what if you do not have a heater and you feel icky and needed to take a shower?
What you do is expose your arms and legs to the shower spray first. Then drench your body slowly to cool it at a slower rate. And lastly, drench your head. Of course, don't stay too long under the shower.
This method will help you avoid headaches often caused by showering after a work out or a tiring day.
Keep it cool and stay healthy! -- did this make sense at all?
As such, warm air melts the ice, not the ice cooling the air.
Why is it still freezing in the North and South Poles? My guess is that the air in the region does not get heated up fast enough to counter the coolness of the region.
It is the same with your fridge. Why is it cold inside when the heat is up outside? Well, because its sealed, dummy!
Kidding aside, even if you open your fridge, ice cubes on your freezer doesn't melt because the warm air gets cooled while on its way to the ice cube. But try leaving your fridge open for a long time and you will see the ice slowly melt. And you will see the insides of the fridge collect water. And you will see the electric meter running faster than usual. And you will see your electric bill is now beyond your paying capacity.
Using the same concept, when you take a shower after an athletic activity -- ball game, jog, gym workout -- you are advised to take a warm shower. Why is that? -- Thermodynamics. After all those strenuous activities, your body parts have collected so much heat. Taking a bath in cold water will damage those parts in the same manner a hot glass (from a microwave oven) breaks when you pour in ice cold water.
Similarly, after a hard day's work, you are also advised to bathe in warm water.
But what if you do not have a heater and you feel icky and needed to take a shower?
What you do is expose your arms and legs to the shower spray first. Then drench your body slowly to cool it at a slower rate. And lastly, drench your head. Of course, don't stay too long under the shower.
This method will help you avoid headaches often caused by showering after a work out or a tiring day.
Keep it cool and stay healthy! -- did this make sense at all?
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Potty time - gender equality
The best times to think about wild, crazy ideas is when we are having alone time in the toilet. Unless you have a paper or a book to keep you relaxed, potty time is one of the most serene times in our lives when we can come up with big things or solutions to our problems.
One of the ideas that propped up my mind during potty time is the concept of gender equality.
It is said that a woman alone is as capable as a man by himself.
That may be true for others but not for most women.
Below is an ugly graph comparing what I refer to as the "security barrier" of a man and a woman.
man - ####################
woman - ############
Alone, a man has a large security barrier around him for protection. And alone, a woman only has around 60% security barrier compared to a man. Please note that the percentages are just speculative and not actually based on some bad-assed study.
Now, together, this is the result:
man - ################
woman - ################
A man walking or in the presence of a woman unconsciously shares his security barrier with the woman creating an equality of strengths. This may lessen the man's barrier but it also increases the woman's leading to the conclusion that there is no equality in gender when each is alone but one exists when both are together.
That was why marriage, or any form of union of two beings, is among the most coveted practices around the world. A woman does not need to prove she can live alone to be on equal footing with a man. All she's got to do is marry him or have a relationship with him.
So, girls, what are you waiting for? Steal of the men's "security barrier."
Promote love and bring in gender equality.
One of the ideas that propped up my mind during potty time is the concept of gender equality.
It is said that a woman alone is as capable as a man by himself.
That may be true for others but not for most women.
Below is an ugly graph comparing what I refer to as the "security barrier" of a man and a woman.
man - ####################
woman - ############
Alone, a man has a large security barrier around him for protection. And alone, a woman only has around 60% security barrier compared to a man. Please note that the percentages are just speculative and not actually based on some bad-assed study.
Now, together, this is the result:
man - ################
woman - ################
A man walking or in the presence of a woman unconsciously shares his security barrier with the woman creating an equality of strengths. This may lessen the man's barrier but it also increases the woman's leading to the conclusion that there is no equality in gender when each is alone but one exists when both are together.
That was why marriage, or any form of union of two beings, is among the most coveted practices around the world. A woman does not need to prove she can live alone to be on equal footing with a man. All she's got to do is marry him or have a relationship with him.
So, girls, what are you waiting for? Steal of the men's "security barrier."
Promote love and bring in gender equality.
Conceptual History of Cotabato City
A city in the Southern Philippine island of Mindanao is named Cotabato.
During the Spanish period, there is a stronghold in this area with walls, ramparts, and towers made of rock. The natives refer to it as Kuta Bato or stone fortress. The name stuck and was "modernized" substituting "K" with a "C" that lead to the birth of Cotabato.
Believe it?
During the Spanish period, there is a stronghold in this area with walls, ramparts, and towers made of rock. The natives refer to it as Kuta Bato or stone fortress. The name stuck and was "modernized" substituting "K" with a "C" that lead to the birth of Cotabato.
Believe it?
Monday, August 20, 2007
Movie sequel: Underworld, sequel to Van Helsing
Kate Beckinsale appeared in two movies.
In Van Helsing, she appeared as the descendant of an old family that have sworn to destroy Count Dracula. At the ending, she was killed by Helsing who has turned into a werewolf. But before that happened, she was already bitten by Dracula.
She was resurrected in Underworld as a vampire fighting against the Lycans or werewolves. This is her form of vengeance against the werewolves because of what Van Helsing did to her.
Have a nice day!
In Van Helsing, she appeared as the descendant of an old family that have sworn to destroy Count Dracula. At the ending, she was killed by Helsing who has turned into a werewolf. But before that happened, she was already bitten by Dracula.
She was resurrected in Underworld as a vampire fighting against the Lycans or werewolves. This is her form of vengeance against the werewolves because of what Van Helsing did to her.
Have a nice day!
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