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Jul
25
2009

Nobody

Some people think I’m too serious, but I’m not. :D

Nobody nobody but you!

For almost a week, the song Nobody by Wonder Girls has been stuck in my head. I keep on watching Nobody videos but this is my favorite so far.

Some people think I’m too serious, but I’m not. Hahaha!

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Jul
17
2009

Classes in UP Diliman suspended today due to Tropical Storm Isang

UP Diliman’s Chancellor Sergio Cao announced early this morning that classes in UP Diliman are suspended due to the tropical storm Isang. All offices in the campus shall maintain a skeletal force. Employees living outside the campus are excused from work.

Strong rains and winds have been conquering Metro Manila since last night. As of 5am today, no public storm signal was raised in Metro Manila.

TRIVIA: Tropical Storm Isang is internationally known as Molave, a native Filipino tree and a UP Diliman Dorm. :D

Anyway, I merged the storm track of PAGASA and Integrated Multi-Agency Tropical Cyclone Forecast and this is what I got:

mashup

PAGASA’s projections aren’t bad anyway. :D I’ve always questioned their credibility, and that’s bad of me. Here are the original maps:

MOLAVE track

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Jul
16
2009

Conrad Miguel will soon have interplanetary presence!

Send your name to Mars!

The cool blogger of this blog will soon have interplanetary presence! He’ll have his name not only on Earth, but on Mars, too.

On 2011, my name will be sent to Mars thru NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory Rover. Along with my name are thousands and possibly millions of other names. Martians will now have the chance to decipher Earthling names.

Do you want your name on Mars? Send your name to Mars now before time runs out.

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Jul
11
2009

Some really random stuff

I saw this image from the Internet around two days ago. I still can’t get over it up to now.

Funny Photo
Click the image to play the GIF file (it’s around 2.6MB but it’s worth it)

Good night.

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Jun
30
2009

Yemenia Flight 626 down, second fatal aviation disaster this month.

Last June 1, 2009, Air France Flight 447 fell into the Atlantic Ocean. The fleet used was an Airbus 330, the same equipment used by Philippine Airlines for medium to long haul domestic and international flights.

Yemenia Air Airbus A310
Similar aircraft to the Yemenia Air Flight 626’s aircraft. An Airbus A310 used by Yemenia.

Several hours ago, Yemenia Airlines Flight 626 (Yemenia Air Flight 626 or Yemenia Air Flight 627) carrying 154 people including 11 crew was reported down in Indian Ocean the coast of Comoros, an island nation in the Indian Ocean. The fleet used was yet another Airbus, specifically an Airbus A310. This is the second fatal crash of an Airbus this month. (more…)

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Jun
12
2009

Today is Independence Day!

Happy Independence Day to the Philippines!

The Philippines gained it’s independence from United States of America Spain last June 12, 1988. This means we’re celebrating our country’s 111th year of independence!

Google: Araw ng Kalayaan

Google is also celebrating Independence Day with us. Thanks to ate Aileen Apolo for plurking about the Google Doodle for the day!

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Feb
27
2009

Nursing Licensure Exam (June 2009)


In several days is the Nursing Licensure Exam in the Philippines. It will be administered by the Professional Regulation Commission.

For sure, it will be taken by thousands of nursing graduates and retakers around the Philippines. Some of them, with their eagerness to pass the exam, are looking for leakage. In result, other people have become very vigilant to maintain the integrity of the board exam. If you are looking for leaked questions, you can browse around and check websites that offer them.

A message to all takers of June 2009 NLE, do good in the examination. Review, review and review. You can also check out my tips for taking standardized multiple choice exams.

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Dec
31
2008

2008 is 1 second extended!

I read about this news in Reuters.

Several hours from now, we will all be ending 2008 — greeting a new year. But hey, we won’t be greeting a New Year at 12:00 midnight and 0.0 seconds. 2008 is extended by one second!

Unlike other leap years in which we add another day to a year, 2008 is something different — a leap second is added. This is a result to the gradually slowing rate of  spin of the Earth along its axis.

Countries around the World will be injecting the leap second on the last second of 2008 in UTC (December 31 2008: 23:59:59 UTC). The decision was made by the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service, an international body responsible for adding or removing a second to the World Time based on the Earth’s rotation.

The latest injection of a leap second was last December 31 of 2005. Leap seconds can be injected on the end of the months June or December.

Anyway, how do we describe the time during that instant? December 31, 2008, 11:59:60 pm?

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Aug
20
2008

McDo Delivery in Davao, Philippines

McDo (McDonalds) delivery hotline for Davao, Philippines is 22886236 (8McDo).

Hope I helped you.

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Aug
20
2008

McDo Delivery in Cebu, Philippines

McDo (McDonalds) delivery hotline for Cebu, Philippines is 3486236 (8McDo).

Hope I helped you.

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