Strumming Some Heartstrings


Thursday, November 23, 2006
at 11/23/2006 05:59:00 PM

The term is ending and ang dami ng ginagawa! The problem is, ang gulo pa ng sked ko next term.. and then wala na ung privilage na maka adjust ako ng maaga.. may mga advantages rin pala ang pagiging BSA.. hahaa
xoxo,
you know you love me



Saturday, November 11, 2006
Posts at 11/11/2006 07:57:00 PM

Awwww.... this reminds me of SOMEthing... harhar.. posted by joyce on friendster.



Dear Diary,
I saw him passing my way;
I didn t know what to do.
I used to smile and greet him but
I feel so awkward
so I looked the other way.
Besides, he s the star of the basketball team.
He ll never notice a geek like me..



Dear Diary,
I passed by the corridors and saw the pretty smart girl
I usually sit with during chemistry,
I tried to smile at her but she looked the other way.
Besides, I m just a guy who could shoot some hoops
while she s this pretty honor student.
She ll never like a guy like me..


(memories.. haha!)

Want to have laughs?? haha basahin nyo toh pinost din yan sa friendster.

EVER WONDER where we are headed ...

Why the sun lightens our hair, but darkens ourskin?
Why women can't put on mascara with theirmouth closed?
Why you don't ever see the headline:"Psychic Wins Lottery"?
Why "abbreviated" is such a long word?
Why Doctors call what they do a "practice"?
Why you have to click on "Start" to stopWindows 98?
Why lemon juice is made with artificial flavor, whiledishwashing liquid is made with real lemons?Why the man who invests all your money is calleda "Broker"?
Why there isn't mouse-flavored cat food?

Who actually tastes dog food when it has a "new& improved" flavor?
Why Noah didn't swat those two mosquitoes?
Why they sterilize the needle for lethal injections?
Why they don't make the whole plane out of thematerial used for the indestructible black box?Why sheep don't shrink when it rains?
Why they are called apartments when they areall stuck together?
If con is the opposite of pro, is Congress theopposite of progress?
Why they call the airport "the terminal" if flying isso safe?

AND...In case you need further proof that the human raceis doomed because of stupidity, here are someactual label instructions on consumer goods.

On a Myer hairdryer:"Do not use while sleeping".
(Darn, and that's the only time I have to work onmy hair).

On a bag of Chips:You could be a winner! No purchase necessary.
Details inside.(The shoplifter special?)

On a bar of Palmolive soap:"Directions: Use like regular soap".
(And that would be how???)

On some frozen dinners:"Serving suggestion:
Defrost".(But, it's just a suggestion).

On Nanna's Tiramisu dessert(printed on bottom):
"Do not turn upside down".(Well...duh, a bit late, huh)!

On Marks & Spencer Bread Pudding:
"Product will be hot after heating".(And you thought????...)

On packaging for a K-Mart iron:"Do not iron clothes on body".
(But wouldn't this save me more time?)

On Boot's Children Cough Medicine:"Do not drive a car or operate
machinery aftertaking this medication".(We could do a lot to reduce the rate of
construction accidents if we could just get those 5year olds with head colds off those forklifts.)

On Nytol Sleep Aid:"Warning: May cause drowsiness".
(And...I'm taking this because???)

On most brands of Christmas lights:
"For indoor or outdoor use only".(As opposed to...what?)

On a Japanese food processor:"Not to be used for the other use".
(Now, somebody out there, help me on this. I'm abit curious.)

On Nobby's peanuts:"Warning: contains nuts".
(Talk about a news flash!)

On an American Airlines packet of nuts:"Instructions: Open packet, eat nuts".
(Step 3: maybe, uh...fly Delta?)

I don't blame the company, I blame the parents forthis one:
On a child's superman costume:"Wearing of this garment does not enable you tofly".
Now that you've smiled at least once,

it's your turnto spread the stupidity!!!
xoxo,
you know you love me



Tuesday, November 07, 2006
blogging @ comp2mm class at 11/07/2006 08:49:00 AM

B*tch!! L8 nanaman ako! Kainis talaga ang LRT! Kung may ibang way lng para makapasok sa skul, except for jeep at car na baka dumoble ang travel tym ko, na hindi ka dadating na parang nagshower ka ng ibat ibang scent ng pawis, uhog at putok! And then pagpasok ko, wat would they ask, "mahangin ba labas?", I'll just aswer, "Hindi, ine-LRT ko lng yan!". Wahh!!! corny! hehehe 4 short, sabog ako ngayon pag pasok ko! Hndi kinaya ng Hair Doctor ang powers ng mahiwagang LRT!! yes naman!

So how will I do my SPSS??? NO IDEA!! We got a 95% ng hindi ko naiintindihan ang report namin. Panu banaman, andyan ang ever reliable internet na pinagkunan ko lahat ng question pati sagot! yehey! may conclusion pa un ha... haha

Sabi nila, may gagawin daw ngyon, kaso hindi ko alam kung ano! Ano nga ba?

Magtatanong muna ako! *ciao*
xoxo,
you know you love me



Monday, November 06, 2006
happy happy happy beehappy! at 11/06/2006 06:12:00 PM

nop, d naman ako masyadong masaya!! haha mejo lng... hehe Finally, may direksyon narin ang mga inaaral ko!!! hahaha Thank God ^-^

Anywez, happy parin kahit na puro hapon ang class ko nxt term, half day parin e. hahaha

ganda n2ng article.


PINOY KASI!
World's best
Michael Tan
Oct 25, 2006

Published on Page A15 of the October 25, 2006 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer SOME time back, i wrote about the ratings of Asian universities given by Asiaweek magazine. Sadly, Asiaweek has closed down, so I thought we would no longer be able to compare universities in the region. But it turns out that there are global surveys as well, one of which was just released last Oct. 5. This is the Times Higher Education Supplement-Quacquar elli Symonds (THES-QS) World University Rankings. With thousands of universities in the world, it is an honor to make it to this list, which is based on several criteria, including faculty-to-student ratios and ratings given by more than 3,000 academicians and 700 leading international employment recruiters.How did the Philippines fare? I'm going to keep you in suspense and just say, for now, that four of our universities did make it to the top 500 universities.Global ranksLet's look first at the THES-QS list of 20 leading universities. Note that there are ties so there might be occasional skipping of numbers: Harvard (1st), Cambridge (2nd), Oxford (3rd), Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Yale (tying for 4th), Stanford (6th), California Institute of Technology (7th), University of California in Berkeley (8th), Imperial College London (9th), Princeton (10th), University of Chicago (11th), Columbia (12th), Duke (13th), Beijing University (14th), Cornell (15th), Australian National University (16th), London School of Economics (17th), Ecole Normale Superieure (18th), National University of Singapore and Tokyo University (tying for 19th).Most of the universities are American and British, but there is also representation from Australia, France, China, Singapore and Japan.


Most of the leading American universities are private; in fact, on that top 20 list, the University of California Berkeley is the only American public institution. When I went on to the top 500 universities, I found that inall countries of the world, with the glaring exception of the United States and one other country (which I'll name later but which you may have guessed), state universities lead in the rankings.Asia's bestI decided to pull out the Asian (to include Australian) universities from the THES-QS list and found that among the world's 500 leading universities, 90 are from Asia. Japan leads with 28, followed by China (including Hong Kong) with 16, Taiwan with 8, South Korea and Thailand with 7 each, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines with 4 each, Australia with 3, Singapore with 2 and Bangladesh with one.Do be careful with those figures since it's not just a numbers game. Australia and Singapore have few universities on the list, but they are all high up in the ranking.Enough with the suspense. Let's look at how the Philippines did. The University of the Philippines (UP) came in 299th globally and 47th among Asian universities. I have to say that's not too bad, considering how UP has had to plod along with shrinking budgets and with the flight of so many good professors. Trailing behind UP were three private universities: De La Salle (392nd), Ateneo de Manila (484th) and, talk about a photo finish, the University of Santo Tomas at 500th.LessonsInstead of bombarding you with more numbers, I'm going to analyze those rankings and spell out three important implications for our own educational system.First, you don't need to be a rich country to have good universities, India being the best example. Even before independence, Indian nationalists had formed a commission to plan out their future and early on, they sought to form a network of science and technology institutions. After independence, funds were put in to establish a whole network, with several Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) campuses. IIT ranked 57th in the THES-QS global list.Indonesia, a country less developed than the Philippines, is another example. It had three universities, all state-run, beating us in rankings: University of Indonesia (250th), Bandung Institute of Technology (258th) and University of Gadja Mada (270th).Second, the other countries seem to recognize that excellence in education must be spread out throughout the country. Note that our four best universities are all in Metro Manila. In contrast, the Indian Institute of Technology has campuses in several states, all of which fared quite well when Asiaweek rated each unit back in 2000. The three Indonesian universities I just named are all on the island of Java, but at least they're found not just in the capital, Jakarta, but also in Bandung and Yogyakarta.Thailand's best universities -- Chulalongkorn, Thammasat, Mahidol, Kasatsart, Chiang Mai, Khon Kaen and Prince of Songkla -- are all state universities and they are located in different parts of the country.Third (and I've made this point time and time again), the state needs to invest in universities.

The THES list is clear in showing that, with the exception of the United States and the Philippines, the leading universities in every country are state-owned. Sure, UP is the leader in the Philippines, but in other countries, several state universities – not just one -- made it to the THES list.Most governments in the world have the wisdom to look at education as something too important to leave to "free market forces" (read: "profit"). Unless we learn from them, we will continue to see more diploma mills, more scandals in licensure exams and more Filipinos having to work overseas as cheap labor to develop other countries. Note that the THES-QS rankings also relate to international competitiveness, meaning if you graduate from those that lead in the rankings, you also stand a better chance of getting a well-paying international job.UP is still among the world's best, but if we worked harder on the entire educational system, we should have more reason to be proud. Ultimately, we should be able to look at these university rankings as indicators of our current development strategies, as well as predictors of the country's future.

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Friday, November 03, 2006
*Dreams* at 11/03/2006 10:42:00 PM

Yup, dreams! what's so good about it? It's a one way road out of reality! But have you ever thought that what you dreamt have a lot to do with what is going on in reality? Or what you have dreamt will most likely came true? Can't we just dictate ourselves on what we want to dream about. Dreams play with our minds. Sometimes you feel that it was to good to be true, yet sometimes you just wish for the nightmare to be over. So called predictions simply flashes in your mind without the guarantee that it is true. It is so controvertial for me for it almost always reflects what will happen to me. Creepy..... haha! But sometimes, I wish it wouldn't always be like that.. I wish I could choose what dream I want to come true!
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you know you love me




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