Vegestables and animals

I want to present here my opinion, as an omnivore, on the most common reason why vegetarians do not eat meat -- animals are living, breathing creatures that need to be cared for.

Plants and animals have just about the same uses for man.

For years, animals had been raised for different purposes. Most are cared for as pets while some help in the farm as, for lack of words coming into mind and time for searching in the Internet, beasts of burden. And several others are raised for food -- chickens for their eggs and themselves, cows for their milk and themselves. While a few others are raised to for sports -- horses and dogs for racing, dogs for dog fights, cocks for cock fighting, pigs for fiesta games (where you put oil on the pig and try to catch it inside a muddy arena).

Same can be said for plants, in this case the vegestables. They are raised for various uses - medicine, decorations, and of course as food.

The difference between an animal and a plant is their chance at surviving. Animals can fight back or run away to avoid being eaten or try to be cute so they will be spared. But plants cannot do that. They cannot fight back or run away. While some plants have thorns or poisonous excretions, this can be overcome by a plant eater particularly the inventive man.

If we go by the reason for not eating animals I present earlier, then I can say that it is more cruel to feed on plants for they too are living and breathing (not in the audible manner of course) and because they cannot defend themselves.

Immortals

I am watching an episode re-run of the Criminal Minds on Fox through CableLink (free advertisement) when I recognized one of the characters: Simon Lee.

In that episode with title "The Performer" he uses the name Owen Kim, a Los Angeles City detective investigating a series of deaths caused by a vampire-like UnSub (unknown subject).

A year later, after two episodes in Criminal Minds, he took the name of Simon Lee. He has since left the LAPD and is transferred to the National Security Agency working directly under President Elias Martinez.

Simon, formerly Owen, is among the many non-Earth beings who crash landed in Alaska sometime during World War II.

Evolution of Edward Cullen and Cedric Diggory

I just figured it out!

Edward Cullen was Cedric Diggory! When Cedric was killed in the Tri-Wizards Tournament, he did not really die. He did not die because he is a vampire studying at Hogwarts. :D

He later used the family name Cullen which is an infamous arms dealer whose ancestry sold weapons on both sides. :P

Stamping course for bankers

I think bank employees are given courses on proper stamping. I believe banking schools and bank training centers provide a practical course on stamping.

Bank tellers and employees more often than not stamp documents in front of them -- checks, bank forms, vouchers, bills. They place receipt stamps, date stamps, notice stamps, and form stamps on backs or fronts of documents they process.

The course teaches the proper tension an employee must have in his/her muscles to correctly press a stamper on a piece of paper. It emphasizes the angle of the forearm in relation to the stamper and the paper that will be stamped on, the amount of energy used to press the stamp and have an even impression on the paper and the amount of ink place on the ink pad to avoid blotting.

It also discusses the number of dabs on the ink pad to have enough ink on the stamper for pressing on various numbers of papers.

There are several ways of stamping multiple papers. There is the one soft dab, one stamp per paper technique and then there is the two hard dabs, one hard stamp each on three to four papers technique.

There might be more we do not know of and will discover soon.

This is why while in a bank making an over-the-counter deposit or withdrawal or cashing a check, the sounds you hear of stampers hitting wooden tables as tellers and employees go about their work are similar. The sounds, intensity of stamping, and the impact of stampers on paper are almost always the same everywhere you go.

Temperature control

When temperatures rise, our planet activates its own temperature control system.

Just watched the closing portion of a National Geographic show (I did not get the title). In that portion, the narrator explained that during one eruption that covered the whole world with sulfur dioxide clouds, global temperatures dropped 5 degrees.

It was narrated that the cloud cover from volcanic ash blocks the sun's rays reflecting heat away. This along with the fall out damages crops and other food sources but it does make the Earth cooler.

Thinking that since one of our problems is global warming caused by climate change, we may be moments away from when the Earth activates its automatic temperature control.

Given what the narrator said and with the high heat we now have globally, it will need a lot of cooling. To achieve this, Mother Earth will need to blow a lot of volcanoes.

This could be disastrous for us but it is a choice between the survival of the planet and most of the "defenseless" species and the survival of man.

The planet only does what is necessary to take care of itself and those living in it with those dying considered as collateral damages.

A means to an end. Sacrificing a few for the survival of the many.

We better change to help manage global warming before the planet itself takes action.

Give the benefit of the "daw"

The word "daw" is commonly used in the Philippines by tagalog speaking Pinoys.

"Daw," when added to verbs means "he/she claims or says" as a statement of fact by another person where the one narrating cannot be sure if true. Kumain daw means he said he ate. Pupunta daw means he said he will go there or he said he will come.

If used alone as a single word answer it means "that's what he/she/it/they claim or say." If asked, "Did he eat already?" the unsure response in one word will be "daw." This is sometimes said with a shrug showing uncertainty on the truth about what the third person said or claimed.

So, if you have friends who claim to have done something and you are not sure if it were true, give them the benefit of the "daw."

MJ and the kids

My wife is a fan of Michael Jackson. She constantly surfs the 'net for photos and mostly videos about Michael Jackson. I'd even get last song syndrome just listening to the music.

While joining her in watching an interview with MJ on YouTube as he takes underprivileged children for a tour around Neverland, I came to a conclusion that his fascination with kids must have been triggered by his lack of "childhood" memories in his pre-teen years.

MJ has a railway with a two-coach train inside Neverland. His game room does not house adult game equipment but children's toys. He named the place based on Peter Pan's Never-Never-Land. He adores children and plays with them.

I think Michael Jackson is trying to live a youngsters life now that he has the time, the power, and the money to do so. As a child, he was always on rehearsals -- no time for play. He is like most of us who, when we are more capable, relive our youth.

Finding Nemo

Two Iloilo City cops in a station. The more senior one approached his subordinate to find out about an on-going investigation.

"Musta na finding nimo," asked the senior police officer.

"Wala pa ako ka kita bos," answered the PO2.

SPO: "Wala ka pa kakita? Nga-a man?"

PO1: "Wala man ako ka-renta pa DVD."

SPO: "DVD? Ano labot kang DVD?"

PO1: "Malantaw Finding Nemo."

SPO: "Ano lantawon mo sa DVD kay ara man sa report?"

PO1: "Sa report? Wala man sa report Finding Nemo?"

SPO: "Ano nga finding nakon? Finding nimo!"

PO1: "Ah, finding nakon gali. Abi ko Finding Nemo."

And so he showed the report to his superior and they discussed the merits of the case.

Hehehe

I saw this video from Yahoo yesterday. It was posted 18 days ago.

http://video.yahoo.com/network/100284668?v=5537299&l=3774753

Muscles aren't all that you need to be a real man.

:)

Neverland

Michael Jackson had an exclusive interview with Oprah Winfrey in 1993 in his Neverland Ranch that was broadcasted live across the US and replayed in British television in 7 parts beginning with this part below.




During the interview, MJ intimated to Oprah how he envied children playing across the recording studio where he "worked" when he was just a kid.

Lacking much research on its construction and this article being my own deduction, his childhood story to me is probably the reason why he had the fantasy property built.

Here is the rest of the interview posted by MichaelJackson5fan whose website can be accessed here.

Michael Jackson and Ferdinand Marcos

This season being a Michael Jackson tribute season, I got to listen to a lot of his songs from the loudspeakers of our neighbor. While watering our garden and listening to "The Man in the Mirror" I got to think: were the activists of the Marcos Era able to use his song for their "revolutionary" singing?

I found out that The Man in the Mirror was released October 16, 2001 from Amazon.com. If it was released in the early 80's, this is how I thought the activists would have worded the lyrics:

I'm Starting With The Man In MANILA
I'm Asking Him To Change His Ways
And No Message Could Have Been Any Clearer
If You Wanna Make PINAS A Better Place
(If You Wanna Make PINAS A Better Place)
Take A Look At Your Men, And Then Change Their Ways
(Take A Look At Your Men, And Then Change Their Ways)
(Na Na Na, Na Na Na, Na Na, Na Nah)

SM Megamall and Glorietta have LCD TVs in their activity areas showing MJ concerts all day long.

Sambong Tea and Michael Jackson's "Bad"

Every time I listen to Michael Jackson's "Bad," I always seem to hear him pronounce "Come On" as "Shambone" or, in the case of this post... "Sambong"

I was thinking that probably, the King of Pop's song can be used for an ad by ABS Sambong Tea product.

This is what the ad may look like:



Well they say the skys the limit
And to me thats really true
But my friend you have seen nothing
Just wait til disorders hit you

Because you're bad, go drink SAMBONG
(bad bad-really, really bad)

I know you're bad
You're bad-I know it
(bad bad-really, really bad)
I know you're bad, so drink SAMBONG, you know...

In closing, I wish to send my deepest condolences to the family of The King of Pop whose songs I believe will continue to be sung through the ages.

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Resto name

I was in the airport waiting for my boss as he spoke with some gentlemen from the House of Representatives when I noticed this sign:


This, I believe, is how the owners came up with the name:

Scene: drinking party

Owner 1: Pare, sa tingin ko lasing na kayo. Pwede pa ba tayo mag toast? (Guys, I think you are all drunk already. Can we still have a toast?)

Owner 2: Kaya pa, kaya pa... (We can, we can...)

Owner 1: Kaya pa? (Can we still do it?)

Owner 3: Ya, kun kaya, toast! (Yeah, if we still can, let's toast!)

Onwers: Kampai!

:)

Battlestar Galactica, Terminator, Matrix

Last night, during dinner with some fraternity brothers, one brother, Jun Elefante, made connections between Battlestar Galactica, Terminator, and the Matrix movies.

Here's how the story goes:

After the defeat of the T-800 in Terminator 1, Skynet sent two other T-800 terminator across time to also hunt Sarah Connor to prevent the birth of John Connor, the leader of the resistance. During the time-space jump, a celestial anomaly occurred sending the machine to another time and dimension.

One of the machines materialized in one of the planet where the thirteenth tribe of Kobol resided - Earth. In it's search, it got into a fight with tribal soldiers who eventually destroyed it. From the scraps of the defeated terminator, the inhabitants of earth reversed engineered robots that did the dirty work for them - garbage collecting, construction, even law enforcement.

The third terminator materialized in one of the planets of the twelve colonies of Kobol. This gave rise to the Cylons. The Cylons turned against their masters that resulted in the first human-Cylon war.

After the truce, the Cylons came back, now with twelve models wearing human skin. These new Cylons are the product of the research of the 13th tribe when they reverse engineered the formula that gave terminators human skin.

During this second war, the humans were obliterated but for the few survivors who began searching for the 13th tribe and the planet Earth.

When they reached Earth as shown towards the end season 4, Earth is nothing more than a wasteland. No human can be found.

Unknown to them, the humans who survived the holocaust dug deep into the earth to escape the machines that no control the upper land. These machines manufacture humans and use them as batteries trapping their thoughts in what is called The Matrix.

Pretty good huh?

Timeline over time

In the Philippines, if we do not quite remember a date or year and if that time may have passed 10 or so years ago, we refer to that time as nineteen-forgotten.

And this has been in use in the last two decades or even longer.

I foresee that after maybe half a millennium, people will no longer say 19-forgotten. Unknown dates will now be referred to as twenty-something.

By that time, they will now say "oh, that furniture is already an antique. Its been here since 20-something."

Forces of attraction

WARNING: this entry is Rated for 18 years and older!!!

Have you ever wondered what attracts you to a person? Is it the looks? The way they carry themselves? The way they dress? The way they move, laugh or speak?

They say that people they often feel love at first sight.

Is it really love or is it something else. The following are discussions masculine in nature. We will have to interview a few women to match this one but for now, here it is.

Just this evening, I bought some stuff from one of the 24 hour stores we have near our place. When I was about to pay, I had chanced upon three empty counters. Without much thought, I went into the middle counter.

Before I was able to put down what I bought on the counter, I notices the teller on the other counter is cuter than the one in my counter. But I had not choice so I went ahead and had my grocery items scanned.

Lo and behold! As I looked at what I bought, I noticed the teller is wearing a mini skirt that hiked up about 2 inches above her knee as she sat on her stool. And suddenly, I thought she is cuter the the other one.

And I thought I wanted to see her again.

Was it she who I wanted to see or her skirt covered legs?

We often hear people say they prefer to look at women with slightly revealing clothing over those scantily clad or not clad at all.

Is it the excitement of "almost" having a peek that attracts them?

Men -- and women -- generally have good imagination. It is that active imagination that I believe makes most men prefer to see the "almost peek-able scene" rather than the entire exposed package.

Other than the one-to-two-inches-above-the-knee skirts, preference is also given to slightly exposed cleavage over half exposed globes.

Wet shirts outlining ample bosoms may work better than fishnet tops.

Blouses that have a hard time keeping in constant contact the belt loops grab attention longer than mid rib or hanging tops.

Jeans that show those cute lower back dimples turns more heads towards the one who wears them than those that expose the garters of women's underwear. And I hate seeing garters of panties exposed over low-riding jeans even if they are g-strings or t-backs.

Affection is also thrown to soft fabric skirts that outline firm thigh muscles.

All in all, apparel that leave a lot of things to the imagination seem more attractive.

Besides, who would ever want to see green-colored varicose veins on what appears to be a perfectly smooth skin? Or breasts that already lost their grip to stay upright? Or thighs hounded by cellulites?

This entry is not written to make women feel bad about themselves. The things described in the previous paragraphs happen for one reason: the women neglected to keep themselves Venus-like because they needed to spend more time on things that are beneficial to their families.

Their love for others take their time away from loving themselves.

Perverse as some men may be, not everyone wants to spend the day tortured by their minds flashing sight of exposed underwear.

In closing, I wish to leave this advice: let us take give back the care of our women for us, for if they loose themselves to aesthetic deterioration, we - guys - will loose sights that help brighten our day.

Only in the Philippines

I have just finished watching Crash. Since most of the movie shows people driving around, I can't help but remember the weekend I spent in Subic.

Inside the former US naval base, traffic rules are strictly followed. Full stop intersections mean full stop. when it says first stop, first go, the next one to stop gives way to the one who stopped at the intersection first. And pedestrians stay inside the pedestrian lane.

It is only here in the Philippines where all good drivers inside the Subic Bay Freeport Zone transform into monsters of the road when they get out.

Those who give way to pedestrians in the economic zone appear to want to roll over pedestrians when they get outside.

While in most places change comes after time, in my country change happens as soon as you cross the border.

New hype after the last stand

I have just finished watching X-Men: The Last Stand.



image linked to photobucket album of 4acesup

In the first part of X-Men, the mutants are slowing becoming known to humans. In the second installment of the trilogy(?) the mutants begin be viewed as enemies.

In the last(?) movie, humans have come to terms living together. They are recognized and respected as equals.

In the final scene, I saw Warren Worthington gliding over a park with a blond boy looking up at him.

And an idea struck me! My guess is boys will come up to their moms and dads say, "I wanna have wings like his!"

The next best discovery in the X-Men world after "The Cure" will be "The Mutator."