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My Old Blog

Wow just read my old blogger again after all this time! Might have crossed my mind again after posting that ferret blog. Kaya pala isip ko parang deja vu nung pinost ko yung ferret post! Na-post ko na pala yun sa old blog ko wayy back

Hayyyya.. Sobrang nostalgia yung effect nung binasa ko siya ulit. Those were the more fun days of being VP Comm. Ngayon kasing President na ako, although happy ako kapag may mga projects na sobrang successful, parang not as felicitous yung effect sa akin dahil hindi ako ang mismong nagpagod mag-coordinate for that project like what I used to do when I was VP.

Anyway, I'm not making my old blog a secret anymore haha and I'm sharing it to everyone (like Julie, I think I'm a social blogger too haha group hug!). Enjoy!



Read my old diary.

JSA is a Knight of Wands and a Knight of Swords

I got this from Daph's blogger. Like her, I don't believe in fortune-telling, even if I believe in the supernatural and things beyond human. I believe that we, humans who are gifted with intellect and emotions, create our own destiny. All our actions lead to consequences and these consequences are a product of our choices. Fortune-telling and all those crystal ball crap just undermine our fundamental human capacity to choose.

Still, I find this test amusing and just now I realize that all that jazz (or all that philosophy) above is just a useless way of giving this tarot reading test a damn. At any rate, you can visit www.lotustarot.com and take the test yourself. Here are my results:

My Astrological Tarot

Knight of Wands (Astrological Sign: Leo)
Element: Fire
Personality: affectionate, generous, loyal, fun-loving, dramatic, impulsive, honest, proud, egotistical
Most suitable vocations: confidant, organiser, entertainer, actor, artist, sportsman, anything to be number one (JSA's comment: I like the sound of that! Bwahaha)
Most suitable lover or partner: Queen of Swords – Gemini, Libra, Aquarius

My Personality Tarot

Knight of Swords
Element: Air
Personality: versatile, adaptable, confident, changeable, communicative, energetic, enterprising, indecisive
Most suitable vocations: writing, directing, acting, fashion, lecturing, communications of any sorts
Most suitable lover or partner: Queen of Wands – Aries, Leo and Sagittarius

I want a pet ferret!

I wonder if ferrets are legal here in the Philippines. Heck, I don't know if they're being sold here in the first place! But are these ferrets cool or what?

**Photos taken from:
http://www.petoffice.co.jp/mbl/ph/zukan/mini300jpg/ferret.jpg
http://www.vtvets.org/img/ferret.jpg

More Theorems (err… Observations!)

Upon the recent “publication” of this blog, many people made mention of my “theorem” post. So here’s another one of the mathematical discoveries I failed to include in that post. Hehe enjoy sa mga readers ko haha!

My grade school Math teacher (forgot what grade that was) used to teach us that to test if a certain number is divisible by 3, you have to sum up the digits of that given number and if it sums up to a multiple of 3, then that number is divisible by 3. Thus, the number 87, whose digits sum up to 15, is divisible by 3. Similarly, the number 3,699,363,396 (adding up to 57, whose digits further add up to 12) is divisible by 3.

But why add if you can cancel?

Yes, I got this observation once again from my tricycle travels, jeepney journeys, and with the latest addition to the commuter’s collection: MRT misadventures. It sort of sprang out from the plate number additions I’m doing even until now. Anyway, this is just another method of divisibility test. The one our grade school teachers taught us is what I call the “addition method.” This, my brainchild (mwahahaha), is the “cancellation method” of testing the divisibility of numbers by 3.

Yup, instead of adding up the individual digits of 3,699,363,396, why not cancel all the digits that are already divisible by 3, which in this case is every single digit of the number: 3,699,363,396 (See? No need to add up the digits and waste neuron activity! You actually know that the number is divisible by 3 because every single digit is “duh-visible” by 3)

How about 10,326,962,001? Okay using cancellation, we take out the digits that are divisible by 3: 10,326,962,001. So the digits left are 1, 2, 2, and 1. However, adding these remaining digits gives you 6, which is divisible by 3. Therefore, without adding, you can say that 10,326,962,001 is indeed divisible by 3.

So, if one of these numbers are guaranteed to be divisible by 3:
a. 1,703,696,333
b. 2,820,039,615
c. 3,333,333,331
You would now know quicker.

Another method I observed is the “Power of Three” method (haha okay screw the Charmed Ones just this once!), where a certain number that has three digits which are repeating can instantly be acknowledged as divisible by 3, such as three hundred and thirty-three (333), one hundred and eleven (111), and yes, the lucky 888.

This goes for 111,111 (three elevens), 123,123,123 (three 123’s), and 878,787 (three 87’s).


Apparently, this is how bored I am. No actually, this is how BAD I need a break! Catch more of my life soon… I'll catch up first on it though.

Comment on Plate Number Arithmetic

Haha just realized something (and want to correct myself in the process as well):

How can one have a drive-thru while commuting?!

Haha funny me! I think I meant a "walk-thru" at McDonald's that time. *** Sorry Di! ***

Puno ng Pasasalamat

Mahirap maging seryoso, pero pipilitin ko.

Meron akong kuwento: Ayon sa kanya na nagpauso ng pilosopiya ng "meron", ang pinuno ay parang isang puno. Narra man o mangga, bayabas man o siningguwelas, saging o santol, atis o aratelis, basta puno.

Sa umpisa, kapag binigyan at biniyayaan ang isang binhi ng sapat na tubig at sinag ng araw, lalaki itong isang malusog na puno. Ang binhing ito na puno na ngayon ay produkto ng nakaraang puno at dala-dala nito ang mga katangian ng punong pinanggalingan nito.

Ngayon, sa pagtubo nitong punong-dating-binhi, kinakailangang may matitibay itong ugat na sumisipsip sa sustansya ng lupa, na siyang nagbibigay-suporta sa punong ito. Kung matibay ang pundasyon ng puno galing sa lupa, magiging matibay din ang punong ito. At kung matibay naman ang puno, nangangahulugang matibay din ang mga sanga nito. Kung matibay naman ang mga sanga, luntiang-tibay din ang mga dahon, at masasabi nating malago ang puno. Kung lahat ng katangiang ito ay kapuna-puna sa isang puno, kapuna-puna rin ang kanyang mga bunga - hindi lang marami, ngunit matamis at masustansya pa - at sa mga bungang ito lalabas ang bagong binhi, ang pangako ng panibagong puno na siyang magpapayabong sa hardin ng mga puno. At kapag ganito ang kalagayan ng puno, anumang unos ay malalampasan nito, dahil matibay ang pundasyon, sanga, dahon, at bunga nito.

Masasabi kong bilang isang pinuno, naging malago akong puno: Salamat sa pundasyon na ibinigay sa akin ng COA (Ana, Robbie, Celine, Oscar, at Maita); ICE (Luigi O, Pi, Louise, Anj, May, atbp.); OSA (Ate Mhir, Ate Joy, Sir Tatot, Ma'am Irene, Ma'am Julie, Sir Redg); si Clarence; si JLo; sa kapwa kong mga pinuno/puno sa hardin ng COA; at sa lahat pa ng hindi ko nasabi na tinulungan ako sa aking "pagtubo". Salamat sa pagbibigay niyo sa akin ng "pagkakapitan". At kahit kadiri itong pakinggan, gusto ko pa ring sabihin na marami akong sustansyang nasupsop sa inyo.

Sa aking Executive Board at mga project managers, sa mga "sanga" na kasa-kasama ko sa samu't-saring mga unos na naranasan natin ngayong taon (Hal: si Yoyong at si Sharky), kulang na kulang ang katagang "salamat" sa aking di-matatawarang utang na loob sa inyo. Wala ako kung wala kayo. Salamat sa iyong pagtitiwala at pag-angkas sa akin. Hindi ko kayang pasanin ang ganitong karaming dahon kung wala kayo. Hindi ko kayang alagaan ang bawat nating kasapi kung wala ang inyong tulong sa paghahatid ng tubig mula sa ugat hanggang sa dahon. Gayundin, nagkaroon tayo ng napakaraming bunga ngayong taon dahil na rin sa inyo. At hindi lamang marami ang ating naibunga ngayong taon, matamis din ito at masustansya, at nakatitiyak akong ikatutuwa at ikabubuti ng siyang sinumang aani ang ating mga bunga, dahil para rin naman ito ikabubuti ng ating "Tinubuang Lupa".

At sa kahuli-hulihan, maraming salamat sa "masustansyang tubig" na binigay sa akin ng aking mga magulang, at gayundin sa dakilang Araw na parating nandyan (oo, kahit pa sa gabi) at walang-humpay ang pagsuporta at pagpatnubay sa akin. Salamat sa mga sinag Mo.

Nagiging nobela na ito at pasensya na rito, ngunit bilang panapos, napagmuni-munihan ko na isa pala akong napakasuwerteng puno at kahit hindi ako perpekto, nabiyayaan pa rin ako ng matatag na pundasyon, matitibay na sanga, malulusog na dahon, at matatamis na bunga. Hiling ko lang na kung anuman, o kung sinuman, ang napiling binhi na susunod sa akin at na siyang magiging punong-dating-binhi rin, nawa'y maipasa ko sa kanya ang lahat ng kanyang kailangan para tumubo, magpatubo, at lalo pang palawakin ang hardin ng Celadon. Nawa'y siya'y maging... "puno".

Maraming Salamat, sa lahat.

JSA

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Hmm... naisip ko lang. Kung ako ay isang puno, ano kayang puno iyon? Alam ko na! Ponkan! Pero mas mainam siguro kung pinagsamang Mandarin Orange at Dalandan (Manda-landan!)