Everywhere we look, we can see some sort of a structure -- an order of things -- that we obligingly, traditionally, voluntarily, forcibly or unconditionally follow.
-in the government, we call it bureaucracy
-in the military, we refer to it as the chain of command
-among royalties, it is called heirarchy
-in biology, identified as the food chain
-in the family, regarded as sibling rivalry
no matter where you are, there is always that structure -- formal or not -- that must be followed -- explicitly or as implied.
The lower you go in this order of things, the less power and privilege you have. And in most cases, you have no choice but to wait your turn.
Monday, January 21, 2008
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Drinking tips: expelling what you ate
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.
________
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.
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.
________
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.
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.
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