July 2010
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NO VFA →
Just sharing another thing which I think has not been given much attention over the past few weeks. And also something with which we still have to know President Aquino’s views and policy.
President Benigno Simeon Aquino III delivered his first State of the Nation Address on July 26, 2010. In his speech, he spoke of what little money the country has left; the irregularities in the...
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Adjusted for inflation, the war in Afghanistan has...
mohandasgandhi:
Check the facts for yourself.
And this seriously needs to be addressed!
“Our envy of others devours us most of all”
– Alexander Solzhenitsyn
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North Korean football team shamed in six-hour... →
thegreatest:
The entire squad was forced onto a stage at the People’s Palace of Culture and subjected to criticism from Pak Myong-chol, the sports minister, as 400 government officials, students and journalists watched.
The players were subjected to a “grand debate” on July 2 because they failed in their “ideological struggle” to succeed in South Africa, Radio Free Asia and South Korean...
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20 things about Tumblr you should know
caraobrien:
newfilosofee:
First rule of Tumblr is don’t talk about Tumblr (to your facebook or myspace friends)
The number of followers is irrelevant to how important you or your blog are, it’s about depth, it’s about sincerity and pictures of LOLCATS
Wednesdays are fun because everyone posts a picture of themselves
Tuesdays are better because they are topless
Sarah Palin’s a bigger idiot...
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Documenting the March
iwriteasiwrite said: Ahhh sir, I would have loved to have seen your and the farmers journey documented. That sounds like it truly would given an intriguing inside perspective on the journey. Hopefully, complete with interviews with each step!
We actually have some of the videos posted on Youtube. But those are edited videos which we try to post from time to time as updates on the progress of...
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With the farmers...
juanrepublic said: So you were with them? Great Sir! I had my chance naman with the Farmers of Calatagan back in December 2008. A ‘little walk’ plus a celebration of the Holy Eucharist at the San Sebastian Cathedral in Lipa. ;)
Really sir? Nice! I had friends who were with the Calatagan farmers when they had their walk in December 2008. At that time, I was already saddled with a regular job...
“If one does not understand a person, one tends to regard him as a fool.”
– Carl Jung (via windedworld)
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mydailytabloid asked: Sir, can we (non Ateneans) use the AMDG? I feel like using it, not for the reason that I want a sure pass exam, but to remind me not to cheat since I'm doing it for the Glory of God, by the way sir I'm a Christian :-)
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Other meanings for AMDG
superboink replied to your post: AMDG
i knew its malicious cebuano equivalent but there’s also another one which isn’t mentioned here, a response to “ang mangopya dakog grado” which is “ang masakpan disgrasya gayud”.
Haha! Yes I have heard of that too! And in one of my classes, I think one of your batchmates, I am not anymore sure if it was Mr. Gellor or Mr. Paalam, uttered those lines after I...
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AMDG
I was browsing through @overheardattheateneo when I came across this:
Kahit ilang “amdg” ilagay nyo dyan sa papel ninyo, pag bagsak, BAGSAK.
This got me laughing! I didn’t know there are also AMDG fanatics on this side of the country!
For those who do not know, AMDG (whoever wrote that on the Tumblog should have capitalized the letters) means Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam, Latin for For the...
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Walking the Amazon →
Got the pic from the site. But got wind of the story through CNN. And this is what Ed Stafford wrote for CNN.
Ed Stafford, 34, from Leicestershire, central England, has been walking the length Amazon River since April 2, 2008, to raise awareness of the region. He began his trek at the source of the river in Peru, encountering pit vipers, electric eels, anaconda, mosquitoes and scorpions. He...
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Social Media Population
mohandasgandhi:
ellobofilipino:
frakyeahsocialmedia:
joanmarc:
Social Media will become a new nation.
http://bit.ly/cuEpCc
I tried searching for demographics on Tumblr users but didn’t find any. I wonder where Tumblr would be in this ranking…
Tumblr is currently at 6.5 million.
Thanks Bapu errr Anna! Google gave me a lot of confusing links. I guess Tumblr is still relatively...
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100M Facebook Profiles Now Available For Download →
Got this story of Emily Price on PC World from some of my Twitter contacts…
One hundred million Facebook user profiles containing personal information such as e-mail addresses and phone numbers, are now available as a 2.8GB torrent download. Ron Bowes of Skull Security created the torrent using a Web crawler program, harvesting data from public profiles of users who have chosen not to...
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74 years of SONA →
Some thoughts on the previous State of the Nation Addresses from veteran journalist Stanley Palisada. Here are some excerpts from his column in Iloilo’s The News Today.
It’s that time of the year when presidents face the people to give their take on the nation’s state. The people’s eyes will be opened to realities around them, through a speech that enables the incumbent president to paint...
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Dissecting Aquino's SONA
Yesterday’s State of the Nation Address was the first by done by a person other than Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo after almost a decade. And while some were already cynical as to what President Benigno Simeon Aquino III had to say, most were actually anxious to hear him. Some of those willing to listen wanted to know what situation the country was really in. The others wanted to know what he...
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“What’s the most resilient parasite? An Idea. A single idea from the human...”
– Dominic Cobb, Inception
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Disaster Politics: Why Earthquakes Rock... →
Excerpts from a good article written by Professors Alastair Smith and Alejandro Quiroz Flores of NYU:
Governments cannot prevent earthquakes and other natural disasters, but they can prepare for them and ameliorate their effects. Measures to do so are well known. That so many countries in earthquake-prone regions of the world fail to adequately regulate construction, for example, seems to defy...
