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Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Updated NCAA Team Standing -- July 5, 2010

                                                
Teams
W-L
Pct
SCC-R Stags
2-0
1.000
SBC Red Lions
2-0
1.000
MIT Cardinals
1-0
1.000
CSB Blazers
1-0
1.000
AU Chiefs
1-1
0.500
JRU Heavy Bombers
1-1
0.500
CSJL Knights
0-2
0.000
EAC Generals
0-2
0.000
UPDSD Altas
0-2
0.000

Saturday, July 3, 2010

President Nonynoy Aquino adamant about no siren policy

In his inaugural speech, President Noynoy Aquino has pledged not to use sirens and follow the traffic rules like any other Filipino students. This is admirable but how long would he keep his pledge? Personally, I would think of him less if he starts using his privilege as President. Under the law, the president, vice president, the senate president, speaker of the house, Supreme court justice, military and emergency vehicles are allowed to use siren and drive through red lights. His pledge as admirable as it may be, is not necessary for a someone who holds the title of President of the country. He has to consider his safety and the amount time he will be spending stuck in traffic. The amount of time he wasted stuck in traffic could have been use in a more productive way.

He was late for a military turnover ceremony on Friday when he got stuck in traffic for 40 minutes. It. may have set a good example to other Filipinos but being late for an event is not something a president should be doing on a normal basis.

Security wise it would be dangerous for the presidential convey to stuck at a certain location over a long period of time. He really has to reconsider his no sirens policy. But like I said before, I don't think it is point against him if starts using sirenes.

The Last Airbender



When I first wrote about the movie adaptation on Avatar the last Airbender, I didn't have that much of an idea about the series that it is based upon. So I did my research and started watching the whole series and ended up finishing it in a week, I thought that the animated series is more suitable for young kids since it is from Nickelodeon. But after I finished watching all three seasons, I found out that it is a great series. Since the film is about to be released this July, I thought of updating my previous post. The film is an adaptation of first season of animated series. It is the first film of the trilogy based on the three seasons of the animated series
In the beginning of the story Katara, the only waterbender from the southern water tribe is honing her waterbending skills with her brother Sokka. They discovered a boy stuck in a big ball of ice. The boy is Aang, the last existing airbender from an extinct nomad tribe. Not only is he the last airbender but he is also the Avatar. The avatar has the power to control air, water, earth and fire. The Avatar also has the ability to access the knowledge of the past avatar. After waking up from a 100 year slumber, Aang realize that there was a war going on that was started by the Lord Ozai of the Fire nations. He also found out that his whole tribe was annihilated by the fire nation, 



Aang was able to talk to his predecessor, Avatar Roku, and learned that he has to beat Lord Ozai before the sozin's comet arrives again. The comet would greatly enhance firebenders' powers. In order to beat Lord Ozai, Aang has to master all four elements starting with water. Since Katara is just beginning to learn waterbending herself, they decided to go to North Pole to learn water bending from waterbending master from the northern tribe. But Aang, Katara and Sokka faced a lot obstacle along the way. His biggest obstacle is Prince Zuko the banished prince of the fire nation and Fire nation’s admiral Zhao. Prince Zuko forced to exile by his own father Lord Ozai plans to capture the Avatar so that he may return home and regain his honor.

They eventually reached the North Pole and learned waterbending skills from   Master Pakku of the northern water tribe. Sokka will meet Princess Yue the daughter of Chief Arnook of the northern water tribe. Yue was once given some of the moon spirit’s energy when she was still a baby. Admiral Zhao caught up with Aang and an invasion fleet to attack the northern water tribe. Outnumbered, Aang seek the assistance of the Moon and ocean spirit to defeat the massive fire nation forces. But Admiral Zhao had beat Aang to the spirits. Zhao killed the mortal manifestation of the moon spirit which turned the moon red and rendering the water tribe powerless. Angered by Zhao’s action, Aang goes in to Avatar mode and merged with the ocean spirit and attacked the Fire navy’s fleet. In order to revive the moon spirit, Yue decided to sacrifice her life. The first season of the animated series ended with Fire Lord Ozai giving her daughter Princess Azula an order.



From what I have seen from the trailer, it seems that M. Night Shyamalan has stuck with the original plot of the movie. I might have seen Tuff the blind earthbender girl who will teach Aang earthbending. I’m not sure it is her though. It seems that we won’t see much of Aang’s cheerful side. Based on the trailer he seems so serious. I don’t see Sokka as the joker of the group. Fans have criticized the Shyamalan’s casting choices. Noah Ringer, the actor playing Aang seems fit in some ways to the role. He is a first degree black belt Taekwondo practitioner. Although I don't see him being jolly enough for the role. Maybe the theme of the story is serious and Shyamalan removed the comedy in the story. But I have to say that the is the reason why I enjoyed watching the series. Jackson Rathbone (Jasper in the Twilight Movies) also doesn't seem fit to play Sokka. Sokka is the Joker of the group and I don't see him cracking jokes. Nicola Peltz is playing Katara. In the animated series, Katara is the responsible one and was portrayed as motherly. I don't see how the actress playing her role acting motherly since she seems so young. Dev Patel of Slumdog Millionaire plays Prince Zuko. In the animated series, Prince Zuko is of Asian lineage. He doesn't look like Zuko at all. We just have to wait and see if they pull off playing their roles. 


Click here to watch the trailer







Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Weird signage along EDSA



This is one of the weirdest signs that I have seen here in the Philippines. As I was on my way to the office I saw this sign along Epifanio De los Santos Avenue (commonly known as EDSA),  In English it means "Do not cross. Somebody already died here". If the message is not clear enough, I don't what is.

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

If there are gentlemen, are there any gentlewomen?

The title sounds weird right? While I was riding the Metro rail transit (MRT) with my pregnant wife, we opted to ride the first couch which is dedicated for the elderly, disabled and women. It felt weird for me since I was the only guy in the couch but I couldn’t subject my wife to the crowded couches. As we entered the train, there were no available seats. My wife was 7 months pregnant at that time and I expected that someone would give up their seat for her. I was surprised that no one bothered giving up their seat. They were like the men on the other couch that pretended to be asleep or pretended that they didn’t notice her.  When I am riding the MRT I always give up my seat to the women, the elderly or those travelling with their children. So I asked my wife if there is such a thing as a gentlewoman or to better put it, would another give up their seat for someone who needs the seat better? She said there is no such thing. I really couldn’t believe it. Maybe I was just because the people who were seated that time were simply not willing to give up their seat.

After that incident we did ride the MRT again twice and in both occasion, nobody gave up their seat. Could it be coincidence that the people we encountered were not willing to give up their seat or is this an acceptable social behavior? I guess I just have to see the next time we ride the MRT.

High-grade rain gauge installed in Telecommunication cell sites

The Philippine Disaster Recovery foundation (PDRF) headed by PLDT chairman Manuel Pangilinan has agreed to install PAGASA’s high grade rain gauge inside the cell site of Smart Communications, Inc. (SMART) to monitor the amount of rainfall ad give reliable and timely warning. This is also to give better preparation against the massive flooding like the one experience during Typhoon Ondoy.

Philippines would the first in Asia to install rain gauges in cell sites. This is possible since PAGASA is getting support from the private sector and the other two big telecommunication companies. On March 22, a memorandum of agreement (MOA) between PAGASA, Smart, Globe and Sun was signed to allow the co-location of rain gauges in the cell sites. The benefits of having the rain gauge installed inside the cell sites is continuous power source that it provides as well as real time data transfer to PAGASA using SMS (short message service).

The Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) has given a grant for the rain gauge. A rain gauge cost about Php500000. Chief of PAGASA’s Hydrometeorological Division, Dr. Susan Espinueva, said that about 15 to 20 rain gauge station would be installed within the year. The rain gauge would be strategically installed in areas were the expected volume of flood waters is high. A rain gauge has already been installed in Pasig-Marikina basin where massive flooding was experience last year when typhoon Ondoy struck the country. Last year, the amount of rainfall dumped by Ondoy in about six hours is equal to month’s worth of rainfall. These project is aim to be better prepare the country in case a storm of that magnitude happens to hit the Philippines again.

Saturday, June 26, 2010

Discovering Twitter

I am so outdated. Twitter has been on the internet for years and I haven't even bothered trying to learn about the features. I fell like everybody is using MP3 players while I am still stuck with a walkman. I always thought that it was not that useful but after reading a fews posts on different blogs, I decided to give it a try. They say that it could really bring traffic to a blog. Might as well try it. And if it doesn't work out there is always the delete widget option. While I was searching my blog using Google, I have discovered that a few of my post were retweeted. (is that even the right term?). So I asked myself why do people even bother?

So what is twitter? It is a social networking site like Facebook. It is similar to a shout out in Facebook. At first I found the site unattractive. Compare to Facebook where you could see face and other information of the person doing the shout out , Twitter is a lot more simple. Twitting is like sending a text messages to all those in your list.You could reach a lot more people faster if you have a lot friends linked to your account.

I haven't fully utilized their service and I am still experimenting with it. Right now I am using to promote my blog and attract traffic. I have just added a tweet this option in my blog. It is quite boring though if you do not have that much friend in twitter. Anyway let's see how it goes and i'll tell you the  result of my experiment.

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