tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41075462863848470792024-10-09T10:34:17.891+08:00bits and pieces of random stuffUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger202125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4107546286384847079.post-51185802660742822932011-06-16T22:09:00.000+08:002011-06-16T22:09:20.994+08:00

If you run after things, nothing will come to you.  The sea never sends and invitation to the rivers.  That's why they run to the sea.  The sea is content.  It doesn't need anything.  That's the secret in life.  Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.                 

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apparently, rejection, ROMANTIC rejection, that is, really, absolutely, truly (need i stress more?) does hurt us physically... need proof? read this: the pain of rejection

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who's guilty?

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In 1901 a curious mechanism was recovered from the Antikythera Shipwreck.   An analog computer built to calculate astronomical positions, its time of construction is now estimated to be between 150 and 100 BCE.   2000 years later, the mechanism was rebuilt using Lego.  Watch the whats and hows of the Antikythera Mechanism in this video :) The Antikythera Mechanism in Lego

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this will be a good excuse for being late... for non-geeks, that is :D

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 the power of reggae!

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lit's only yesterday from the very first time i became a patient of my doctor (way back 2008) that i noticed this at the reception area of his office: an A0 sized cork board full of keychains from different places.  i was amazed by the sheer volume of keychains attached to the board that i had to take a picture of it.  i know from our conversations that he has traveled to different&

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I was supposed to go to the mall on the 11th to buy a PS3 for someone who really wants it.  Oh well, just enjoy your flash games for now. comics from xkcd

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“Mamihlapinatapai: A look shared by two people with each wishing that the other will initiate something that both desire but which neither one wants to start.”

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how much progress have you made so far?

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Fallen from Sascha Geddert on Vimeo. coming to terms with what life has to offer, however short it may be.

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so i finally bought a new laptop after almost fourish years of using Acer dearie.  the reason being i thought Acer gave up on me already. i was wrong.  oh well, he has served his purpose (well, not really.  thesis is still in the making, hehe).  he's now in the care of my younger sister whose laptop just broke down. my new travel companion is a Lenovo Ideapad Z360, which i

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i've been amiss in my blogging duties lately.  been working, and traveling (on the side, hehe).  and i have pictures to prove that! during one of our 'digs'.  yes, i work in close proximity to heavy equipment, and i also wear one of those orange shirts with reflectorized stripes. plus a helmet. and safety glasses. oh, and steel-toe boots!  safety first! hmmm... so i work

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this travel bug will be traveling soon. =D

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i'm in the mood to update this blog today. it's another lazy saturday.  the skies are gray and it's relatively cool today.  i opted not to go home to the province in hopes of having a good long rest today.  i woke up to the sound of birds chirping (although i live in the city, there is a patch of land in front of my apartment cluttered with trees and shrubs which is home to

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it's been what?  two months? since i last wrote an entry here.   been busy lately.  will be working abroad soon.  for those who want me away, don't be too happy just yet, i'll still be in the country most of the time.  i'll be out 24 days (work) and be back in the country for 18 days (vacation); go back abroad for 24 days (work), back to the Philippines for 18 (

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  today is Earth Day I Love You Earth :-*

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take a look at these photos taken from the presently erupting Ejafjallajokull (ay-yah-FYAH-lah-yer-kuhl) volcano in Iceland:   photographers have reported seeing these spectacular bolts of lightning which seem to have come from the volcano. neat huh? i wonder what the science behind this phenomenon is. Photo credits: Jon Pall Vilhelmsson, Associated Press; Lucas Jackson, Reuters

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and i am talking about the food, not junk mails being too lazy to cook lunch, i decided to open up a can of juicylicous SPAM (which has been in my food storage for a while now), cut them into thin slices and then heat them up on the stove.  i didn't use any oil to heat the slices up as the pan i used is non-stick.  look how much oil accumulated inside the pan after all the slices has

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i'm currently loving the new color of foot bridges here in the metro: refreshing green =) although i am a big fan of pink, the hue (hot pink, whoa!) that MMDA previously chose for the footbridges is really an eye sore. repainting the bridges green is part of MMDA's new program, Go Green Metro, which is in line with the celebration of Earth Day this month.  Apart from footbridges, all

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 Now here's another treat from the "Dancing Inmates" of the  Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) choreography:  Travis Payne (long time choreographer of Michael Jackson)back-up dancers:  Daniel Celebre and Dres Reid

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today 3/14,  is PI day and Albert Einstein's birthday hoooray to two of the most famous and important entities on Earth!

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and this is what i've been tinkering on for the past two days cables   rusty tools and copper sulfate porous pots   i feel like a boy =|  

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