Pang Cellphone. Haha!

The Only Two Things That Matter

Mr and Mrs Christie

For my encore post, I give you the Doug and Jackie Christie story.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=knight-_WWW_SPRT_12382139&prov=knight&type=lgns

Feel free to insert your "franz's future" joke here.

Join the fight!

Forget about Bush or Hillary Clinton, here's the next American president.

http://www.walkenforpres.com/

2008 baby!

This just might suck...

Scientists find errors in global warming data


By Dan Vergano, USA TODAY Fri Aug 12, 7:32 AM ET
Satellite and weather-balloon research released Friday removes a last bastion of scientific doubt about global warming, researchers say.

Surface temperatures have shown small but steady increases since the 1970s, but the tropics had shown little atmospheric heating - and even some cooling. Now, after sleuthing reported in three papers released by the journal Science, revisions have been made to that atmospheric data.

Climate expert Ben Santer of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, lead author of one of the papers, says that those fairly steady measurements in the tropics have been a key argument "among people asking, 'Why should I believe this global warming hocus-pocus?' "
After examining the satellite data, collected since 1979 by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration weather satellites, Carl Mears and Frank Wentz of Remote Sensing Systems in Santa Rosa, Calif., found that the satellites had drifted in orbit, throwing off the timing of temperature measures. Essentially, the satellites were increasingly reporting nighttime temperatures as daytime ones, leading to a false cooling trend. The team also found a math error in the calculations.

"Our hats are off to (them). They found a real source of error," says atmospheric scientist John Christy of the University of Alabama at Huntsville, whose team produced the lower temperature estimates.

When examining the balloon data, Yale University researchers found that heating from tropical sunlight was skewing the temperatures reported by sensors, making nights look as warm as days.

Once corrected, the satellite and balloon temperatures align with other surface and upper-atmosphere measures, as well as climate change models, Santer says.

Global warming's pace over the past 30 years has actually been quite slow, a total increase of about 1 degree Fahrenheit. It is predicted to accelerate in this century.

Mark Herlong of the George C. Marshall Institute declined to comment. The group, financed by the petroleum industry, has used the data disparities to dispute the views of global-warming activists. In recent years, however, the institute has softened its public statements, acknowledging that the planet is indeed getting warmer but still maintaining that the change is happening so slowly that the impact is minimal.

My E-mail Correspondence with Bret Hart

Sucks...

I sent him an e-mail which contained exactly these words:

Dear Mr. Hart:

Greetings!

You cannot believe how excited I am to be sending you this e-mail. I have been following you and your matches since God knows when here in the Philippines. You are still a very big wrestling figure here in our country. A lot of us still talk about you and your matches (you vs. your bro-in-law the British bulldog, you vs. mr.perfect) even after we don't watch much wrestling these days (the current product seems to be boring to us now). Personally, the best move that I've seen is how you use the figure-four on the steel post. Haha, all of us get a kick on how you would use that to fight bigger opponents.

Anyway, will there be a remote possibility of you visiting the Philippines? Even for a vacation? hehe, we have some of the best beaches in the world. I would very much like to meet you personally. You were a part of my childhood (I was a very big wrestling fan, and wanted to be a wrestler when I was still a toddler hehehe).

More power!

Regards,




Wilson Tang

And he replied me with these :

Hi. Thanks for writing to me. The fan mail I receive at this address
is given to me weekly. I enjoy reading your letters and have always
genuinely appreciated your feedback, so keep it coming! I try to answer
as many of you as I can but sometimes there just aren't enough hours in
the day. It sounds like just a line, but it's so true. I'm currently
in Toronto appearing as the genie of the lamp in a fun stage play
called Aladdin, The Magical Family Musical. After that I'll be returning
home to Calgary where I look forward to going to lots of Calgary Hitmen
games, which I've missed a lot while being away. I'll probably be doing
some autograoh sessions in the states in the Spring if it can be worked
out, but it's only in the early talking stages so if it actually comes
to be there won't be a schedule until after the first of the year.
Info will be posted on brethart.com - or to set up a booking e-mail
Marcy, my always swamped but forever tireless friend ( who really doesn't
like compliments even when they're deserved so this is a rib that will
drive her nuts! :-) ) She's also my office manager so e-mail her if
you want to look iinto booking an appearance. marcy@brethart.com
Best wishes to each and every one of you for a happy and healthy
holiday and New Year. Bret

Sigh...I guess I better send the bald Chinese guy covering WWE for Star Sports another hate mail...

Planning out

This announcing plans thing sounds cool, so here's mine from next year onwards.

1) Transfer to California on January 2006 where I'll be dorming it up on what will be most certainly, a co-ed dorm.

2) late feb 06: spring break. Will be licking whipped cream and knee deep in boobs somewhere in Daytona or Tijuana.

3) Mid July 06. Going back with Glenn and Pierre.

4) Mid July 06 a day after: Pierre and I pick up a half drunk half delirious Glenn as he discovers that 80% of the most beautiful women in the world reside in California.

5) Sept 06. Fall break. Stip and Eug join us just in time for... One word: Vegas. One more time: VEGAS!

6) Feb 07. Spring break. Two words: Mardi gras. One more time: Pares!

7) Aug 07. Move in to our own place.

So that's the two year plan. Oh and we graduate, get our degree, work and live happy and meaningful lives. But that's just a side point.

My Plans for the Future

A lot of people, quite coincidentially, has been asking me what are my plans for the immediate future. I don't know, maybe its because I'm nearing graduation from college or something. Could it be an indication that I'm in demand by my colleagues? Haha, how I wish.

Anyway, my immediate goals for the future in order of when I wish to start my plans are:

1.) Start a business on 2006, while graduating with a BS Chemistry degree.
2.) Evaluate my business on 2007, start a new one if possible, while finishing my BS Materials Science and Engineering degree.
3.) Start grad school by pursuing an MS Chemistry degree at the Ateneo or apply for an Erasmus Mundus scholarship for a possible MS Nanoscience degree at Leiden University.
4.) Start my MS Materials Science and Engineering Degree at U.P. Diliman in 2008.
5.) Apply for a Doctoral degree at a U.S. , European or Japanese Grad school.

Yeah, I know all of these seems pretty ambitious. And in fact, I know some, if not all of these might not work out, am I'm prepared to face that reality. But this is the path that I would like to take for the present moment. The sole reason why I want to pursue a Ph.D. degree in science is because I believe in the power of science in transforming a nation (well, a Ph.D. degree won't hurt in scoring a few chicks here and there, but I'd probably be too old to do that by that time). The Philippines is in a crucial stage in its history where it needs science and engineering the most. It is a developing country in dire need of proper scientific applications to achieve national growth and prosperity. Hopefully, my dream will bear fruit and I would be able to contribute to science in the Philippines.

Are you a poker addict?

Here are some questions to find out if you truly are, a poker addict;
If most of your choices are poker related, then yeah.. you are one.
Welcome to the club heh.

Would you rather...

Successfully bluff off a pot with only ten high on 10-20 play chip table or hit a spare on a bowling alley?

Hit your nut straight on the flop at the 50-100 play chip table or score 20 points at a random basketball game?

Catch the nut flush on the river at a 200-400 play chip table or find a five peso coin on the ground?

Have your AQs beat someone's AK at a 1000-2000 play chip table or get a friendster request from some girl you dont know?

Make a royal flush at a 2000-4000 play chip table or get a free can of coca cola?

Have three people call your pre-flop all in with you holding AA at a 20 peso buy in table or get a text message from a friend?

Successfully bluff off a huge pot at the turn making the other player fold AA at a 100 peso buy in table or get a free burger?

Catching the nuts on the flop at a 500 peso buy in table and have the other player move all in on you or get a free movie ticket?

time for art appreciation!

hindi to ranchiki dance lol. its an artsy-artsy website that appreciates the female form. very classy heheh. it has high quality pictures, and loads of galleries sa tour page. sorry to disappoint some of you guys, but it's not your typical smutty, asian fetish, and deviantly illegal material (you know who you are heheh).

The fall of Little Penny

Remember Penny Hardaway's sidekick, Little Penny?

Well, like they always say, fame is fleeting.

http://fuzzandzapper.com/pennynews.html

Shotgun rules

One of the most critical skill to have in life is the art of the shotgun, knowing when to call, the speed of the actual call and calling rules. It's as important as buying life insurance. Well, not really, but you get the point.

So what is "calling shotgun"?

Calling shotgun means getting first dibs on the suggested object or deed. It means whoever called it first gets to enact said action on it first.

Shotgun rules:

Car
Rule 1: The power of shotgun is absolute and binding. The first person who calls shotgun gets to sit in the front.
Rule 1a: This rule can only be overturned if a) The driver denies the shotgun call, b) The car owner denies the shotgun call and/or c) The car is a two-seater and your fat-ass friend can't fit in the back.
Rule 2: The shotgun call is only valid if the caller sees the car. If the caller does not see the car and calls shotgun anyway, he loses his chance to call shotgun for that turn.
Rule 3: The shotgun call is only valid if there are no positions in the car. If say buddy A always sits behind the driver seat, then calling shotgun on a particular occasion is invalid.

Dating
Rule 1: The power of shotgun is absolute and binding. If a buddy calls shotgun on a girl that you all met at the same time, the buddy gets first dibs on the girl.
Rule 1a: This rule can only be overturned if a) Your buddy called shotgun on another girl last time out and didn't do anything with it, b) Your buddy calls shotgun too many times, this means the shotgun calling buddy gives dibs on the other buddies, c) Your buddy keeps on getting all the action, meaning he is obliged to give you your chance providing you dont screw it up.
Rule 2: If you're at a bar/party and your buddy called shotgun, he gets first dibs. If you spot another hot girl, the buddy who called cannot call anymore for the rest of the night.
Rule 3: If said girl is a friend of your buddy (meaning he met her first), then its automatically assumed that he gets first dibs and will be assumed until he verbally gives up said priviledge.
Rule 4: The biggest exception is the "true feelings" argument. If your buddy called shotgun on said girl, he can only be obliged to give it up if you develop "true feelings" for said girl.
Rule 4a: True feelings can be explained by a) real tears (if your buddy does this over some new girl, you are given the right to stone him or knock him senseless), b) passive-aggressive behaviour and c) using the term "true feelings" (stoning is also allowed here).
Rule 4b: mis-using the term "true feelings" enables you to make your buddy wear an "I love the Titanic T-shirt."
Rule 5: If said girl has already been met by everyone, calling shotgun in her abscence is allowed. If no one has met said girl, calling advanced shotgun is prohibited.
Rule 6: Calling shotgun on a buddy's mother, sister, daughter, cousin or any related kin are grounds for being severely beaten with a sharp object.
Rule 7: Calling shotgun on your own current girlfriend is grounds to have to wear a "Hi. My name is Doug Christie" jersey (providing you clean it up after use and properly return it to Franz so he can wear it again).

That's the shotgun rules for vehicles and dating.

If any such ammendment is needed or advised, please comment.

Am I misunderstood?

The situation: Bored on a Sunday evening, decided to read (for the first time) forwarded friendster messages and saw this:

One day , a girl's mom died. She bathe in> > flowers petals so the girl made a BIG heart in the> > mom's room sayin i miss u. Everyday a petal> > dissapears. Soon it was the girls birthday. and> > wen she go takes a shower the flower petals> > were> > in the tub saying:> > > > honey, i miss u 2. i luv u but if u need me. Ill> > always be in ur heart. I will never let go of u,> > tell ur dad i luv him.> > > > MOM> > > > Post this in less then an hour or ur mom will die> > and never come back to u> >

So I decided to send her a message containing these words:

> Umm, not wanting to sound offensive or anything, > but please don't forward any messages that > contain stupid insinuations like "your mom will > die " etc. > > Thanks.

And she replied with these:

wilson dear, come on!!! ok that message was way off, but dont you freakin blame me for forwarding it, why did you open it in the first place?! Man, dont read my messages ok?! its such a shame you're on my network, you are not even my friend (oh yeah, i remember! you've used most of my friends huh? pathetic user). Damn! you added me you jerk! Wilson, dont fucking mess with me! after all these years. Dude, i really should start believing what people say about you, its true! you are Abnormal!so long ugly LOSER!!!!!

Ok, So you might think that I really had too much time. So much free time in fact such that I was able to pick a fight even though I never really intended to. (Oo na, Ke gaw na). But I don't think I deserved a violent reaction from her. Anyway, I don't even understand why she called me a "user". Its not like I ever asked any favor from her nor from her friends. Heck, I haven't talked to them for almost two years already!

On a deeper note, I just couldn't help but think that what was happening to us is a microcosm
of whats happening to the Philippines where people misunderstand each other. How I wish I could write a longer piece, but I got to go now, bye!

Random observations about women

1.) Why do women wear make-up to school?

2.) Why should women wait for a man to court them?

3.) Why would women cry when they break up with their boytoy for like..uhh...weeks? Even years?

4.) How important is looks, really?

5.) Why do women rush to have a husband...except for the biological time-clock factor that almost every women deny...

Random Thoughts...

10 questions I have wrestled with for the past couple of days...

1.)What exactly happened at the Council of Trent?

2.)Why is ethics hindering the growth of stem cell research?

3.)What would the Philippines be right now without EDSA 2? (Malamang hindi Agriculture Sec. si Sec. Yap hahahah)

4.)If there is a God, why are there people that are filthy rich and dirt poor?

5.)Does the determinability of what is good and bad depend on the person? If yes, then what can we exactly know?

6.)When will I graduate? Do I even want to graduate from college?

7.)How good will Lebron James be?

8.)What is the most effective way to end mass starvation?

9.)Who could be my future wife?

10.)Why can't math book writers write in plain English?

nh

Lulunurin ko nlng kyo ng poker talk heh.

Here's a favorite hand I played in the cardplayer rooms.

I sat at the seat 3 (BB) and check the low pocket pair.
I flop trips and ahead from there on in.
I check the trips and wait for the rest to make a hand.
Turn gives nothing for everyone.
The river gives my money card 4h.
It gives seat 9 a flush and seat 5 trips.
It gives me a full house and wait for the bets.
Once they commit to the pot I raise them all-in.
They call and it's all over.

Here's a play by play.

Hand #5850847-4402 at Play Chip 306t (No Limit play money Hold'em)
Powered by UltimateBet
Started at 05/Jun/05 07:08:57

peppericious is at seat 3 with 4690.
thunderchild is at seat 5 with 5400.
evowned is at seat 8 with 1740.
Obssessionz is at seat 9 with 980.
The button is at seat 8.

Obssessionz posts the small blind of 10.
peppericious posts the big blind of 20.

peppericious: 2d 2c
thunderchild: -- --
evowned: -- --
Obssessionz: -- --

Pre-flop: thunderchild calls. evowned calls. Obssessionz
calls. peppericious checks.

Flop (board: 2h 4c 6h): Obssessionz checks. peppericious checks.
thunderchild checks. evowned bets 80. Obssessionz
calls. peppericious calls. thunderchild calls.

Turn (board: 2h 4c 6h Kd): Obssessionz checks. peppericious checks.
thunderchild checks. evowned checks.

River (board: 2h 4c 6h Kd 4h): Obssessionz goes all-in for 880. peppericious raises to 1760. thunderchild raises to 2640. evowned
folds. peppericious goes all-in for 4590.
thunderchild calls.

Showdown: peppericious shows 2d 2c.
peppericious has 2d 2c 2h 4c 4h: full house, deuces full of fours. thunderchild mucks cards. (thunderchild has Ah 4s.) Obssessionz shows Th 9h. Obssessionz has Th 9h 2h 6h 4h: flush, ten high.

Hand #5850847-4402 Summary: No rake is taken for this hand. peppericious wins the main pot 3040 with full house, deuces full of fours. peppericious wins the side pot 7420 with full house, deuces full of fours.

Lechon

The aroma of the heated banana leaves overreaches the curtains of the windows and spills to the crowds outside the house
It rouses the man from where he has slumped in bed
He sleepily follows the cunning smell of fresh roasted pork
Until he breathes in the cloud of smoke rising from the shiny surface of the Lechon and is satisfied by the ceasing of the hunger he felt within.

Its bronze skin, sunkissed by the heavens;
Its smile with an apple,

A temptation to anyone,
Applealing to everyone.

The Succulent splendor of the Lechon,
Mystifies the precious flesh of the divine.
The luscious taste of its freshness,
Melts like the manna of heaven.

Unceasingly you'll want to crave for more.
From the rustling crisp of the skin,
To the piquant sauce it delights,
Surely there's nothing more like the Lechon.

You Will Forget Batangas

Ma. Pamela Arellano
Michael Glenn Kho

Litera2

You Will Forget Batangas

If you stay in comfort too long
You will not know
The rewarding feeling
Of passing Sir Javier’s Filipino Psychology class.

You will forget
The feeling of getting enough sleep
Because you were awake the whole night,
Transcribing.

You will forget
The gratitude
From the old lady you interviewed.

Sure, if you stay in comfort too long
You will not know the pain
Of getting a negative score in your rural research paper.

You will forget
The thirst and the heat
Of walking from one Sitio to another
Trying to look for more interviewees.

You will forget
The clucking of the roosters
at dawn, waking you up.

You will forget
Being scolded very midnight…

4, 5, 6

4 days till I leave.
5 days till I arrive.
6 days till I beach it up.

mmmmmm....

Xmas party pictures

Okay, i've loaded my picture blog with xmas pictures from the party last time.
Check it out and have fun.