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Tuesday, July 29, 2008

The eMO FEVER: joining the bandwagon






I came across a blog of my friend that posts about certain stuff about emo.
I can't help but get attracted to the post and the next thing I know here I am ranting about these emo stuff. So, I surfed the net and here are some few stuff I found.
History:
Apparently, emo comes from an unknown anagram in the mid 1980's. Some sources say the term emo described a subgenre of hardcore punk which originated in the Washington, D.C. music scene.It has gotten even more popular when the Indie fanatics coined the term. Now, emo is largely associated with hardcore punk.

What's your say with this "emo" thing?

The water cube; China's newest great wall!




It turns blue!!
it turns green!!
The water cube is indeed a site to behold!
Though not as vast as the China's great wall which can be viewed from the moon, the Water cube is just as promising!with its glowing color, one can help but turn one's head as oe passes by this great modern day architectural wonder.Its edge is the innovative use of energy efficient membranes in a translucent cell structure.

Also known as the National Aquatic Centre, the Water Cube, lit up at night during the opening of the Good Luck Beijing 2008 Swimming China Open in Beijing, China last January 31, 2008.

Beijing Olympics: Bird's Nest now ready to be filled with "eggs"



The structural elements support each other and converge into a grid formation, just like a bird's nest with interlocking branches and twigs.Beijing indeed gave a new definition in the word, Bird's nest

Designed by Swiss architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron, global engineering consultant
ARUP and China Architecture Design and Research Group, the bird's nest is indeed a site to behold.

42,000 tons of steel and hundreds of tons of concrete went into creating the main stadium for the 2008 Summer Olympics.The main body of the stadium is composed of 24 columns of trusses, which surround the bowl-shaped stands in the stadium.


some fast facts about the nest:

Name: Beijing Olympic Stadium
Scheduled inauguration: 2008
Building costs: $500 million
Capacity: 80,000 seats (100,000 during the Olympic games)

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Communicating needs not be expensive

Just recently, my best friend together with her family migrated to Alberta, Canada. I felt so sad of the idea of us being oceans apart since I know the cost of long distance phone calls cost a lot these days. I assured myself I need not to worry since short messaging service is available but later on I discovered that most of the time it usually takes ages for me to receive and send messages. It really pisses me off. I browsed on the world wide web and looked for practical and reasonable sites which can help me in my communication problems because I really need to get through this friend of mine most of the time since most of her business transactions are left for me to handle. Thank goodness, I came across Tabrio. Com
This site is totally amazing!I bet that what they said in their ads are all true and these guys really heeded the plea of most of us, of how we wanted a better way to connect with the people we care about.

Tabrio is not just about cheap long distance and two-way global text messaging. Today, Tabrio is a complete communications platform plus they've got both desktop and web applications, and with a mobile web version! With all exciting new features like web search and instant messaging that they will soon release!
Visit this site and you'll be surprised on the many features and surprises that awaits you!
tabrio.com

an apple a day, keeps the hope up at bay

"Hope is good for breakfast, but not necessarily for supper."

When we dream, we start with a vision. We look at an image, a successful image that is, of our lives transforming into a real yet fairytale like one.
Say for a runner, a runner might envision himself winning that ever coveted race.He d dreams, usually at the start of training for the race. He will keep this vision of himself first at the finish line when he is waking up early for his daily running exercises or maybe when he is disciplining himself to eat that right kind of diet to sustain his training. He is keeping his hopes up, as he massages tired ankles and weary knees, still refusing to give up on that vision of him winning the race. On the day of the race, there is no need for hope.What he needs is action!Action to master all the strength that he has and to to trust his race on the hope he has been keeping for so long. Thus, to communicate the vision is to live the vision especially on that one fateful racing day.
Hope is good for you to run the race, but Action is more important in winning it.
Yes, hope is good for breakfast but it ain't necessary for supper!What one needs for supper, is activity!

You might be wondering where this boggling yet inspiring quote came from.
Mort Zuckerman the keynote speaker at the Big Apple Awards quoted this. He has his own interpretation of this quotattion though so why don't you see it for yourself!Indulge and Take a look at this video!

it pays to be nosey

do you agree with me?
it really pays to be nosey...
i will tell you why, if you care to read my story.
one time I came across a friend of mine whom I have been desperately wanting to rub elbows with. I browsed over several websites but I still haven't got any traces of her. But when a write-up suggested about nosey-people.com, I just said, well, I haven't got anything to lose for being nosey. This is a website where people could have "small reunions" by just simply typing a relative or friends name. They can eve do background search for you!
wow!this site is really amazing!
They can even show you a list of people who might be looking for you!
cool, isnt it?
so whether it is your grade school friend who always bully you at the swing, your cheater boyfriend you have not get even with, or your dear professor who have taught you everything from a-z, nosey-people knows where exactly to find them.
what are you waiting for?hit that keys and start entering names only at nosey-people.com

it really pays to be nosey!

Thursday, July 3, 2008

heart of the shepherd

one wonderful year with wonderful people.
thank you for making each and every experience an enriching one..

the days we spent are truly memorable and they will be kept in the dungeons of my heart. The pressure i felt leading 3500 people was so kept light because I have these angels to work with...and of course I have God to guide me:)