[for my dear blockmates, CE pips] While I was trying to fix my DSL, I checked the connection status of my phoneline.. it said.. "xDSL line is not synchronized..".. the first thing that entered my mind was.. "eh di pasok mo sa PLL and then shift mo by 90'!"
I dare my blockmates to take this online quiz (link below), kulit..
You scored as Physics/Engineering/Computer, You should strongly consider majoring (or minoring) in Engineering, or Physics, or related majors (e.g., Architecture, Astronomy, Astrophysics, Biochemistry, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer/Management Information Systems (CIS/MIS), Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Genetics, Environmental Science, Industrial Engineering, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering).
It is possible that the best major for you is your 2nd, 3rd, or even 5th listed category, so be sure to consider ALL majors in your OTHER high scoring categories (below). You may score high in a category you didnt think you would--it is possible that a great major for you is something you once dismissed as not for you. The right major for you will be something 1) you love and enjoy and 2) are really great at it.
Consider adding a minor or double majoring to make yourself standout and to combine your interests.
Actual memo written by our Physics Chairman, Doc J. Funny.
Office Memo – AY 2005-06
To:Fr. Daniel J. McNamara, SJ
Dr. James B. Simpas
Dr. Nofel D. Lagrosas
Dr. Benjamin O. Chan
Dr. Raphael A. Guerrero
Dr. Emmanuel G. Anglo
Mr. Ivan B. Culaba
Mr. Quirino M. Sugon
Mr. Joel T. Maquiling
Fr:Dr. Jerrold J. Garcia
Chairman, Department of Physics
Date: 29 June 2005
Apparently, the DOST has awakened again from its slumber, and now intends to inflict on us another of their innumerable surveys; this time it is a survey of the research projects we did from 1 January 2003 to 31 December 2003, whether funded by the DOST – which it should have if it knew what it's supposed to do – or not, which is the usual case.
According to their explanatory letter, the DOST us conducting this survey to, in their very own words: "help government set R&D directions and formulate better science and technology policies and programs". A similar miracle occurred once, when water was turned into wine in a wedding feast in Cana.
Nevertheless, I am forwarding to you certain sections of questionnaires. I know this will take precious time from your research work. But, inasmuch as we periodically beg – rather assidiously, I must say – for crumbs out of the billions of pesos of tax money that we, taxpayers, pay the government, which money subsequently dusappears into the pockets of politicians and bureaucrats with nary a trace, I am afraid we have to humor those who hold the purse strings and accomplish the survey forms.
Now, why 2003 of all years, I have absolutely no idea. It could be that some people in DOST is into numerology. Or it could also be that their resident feng shui expert has determined 2003 to be an especially auspicious year – who knows? If it is 2003 now, can 2004 be far behind? Probably not. And neither is 2002, 2001 and 2000… in fact, this can go back all the way to the inauguration of the Malolos Republis in 1899. so, for those of you who may have done some research at that time, I suggest you start digging up your records now. Of course, DOST could save us a whole lot of time and aggravation by asking – just once – for the complete records of ALL research projects we have done, starting from the time when two of every sort of animals boarded an ark. But, no, we have to get it in small doses.
Before you fill up the survey form, please that some time to admire and appreciate the jargon, euphemisms, circumlocutions and prolixity of the questionnaire. You have to admit that the DOST has it all down to an art form. If there is any question you don't understand, don't come to me for help; I don't understand it either. Wing it.
After you have been moved to answer the questionnaire, submit it to this office and I will compile all your answers into one grand panorama of awesome research prowess and frenzied scientific activities. This compilations will then go to the Dean's Office, which, in turn, will forward it to the DOST where, finally, it will sleep the sleep of the dead in some filing cabinet, never to see the light of day again until the 30 th century perhaps, when, upon discovery, it will stir up the same excitement among circles of archaeologists that the Dead Sea scrolls once did.
IF YOUR BLUE BLOODEDNESS WOULD BE GRADED, WHAT WOULD YOUR FINAL MARK BE?
Place an X inside the box if it applies to you.
[x] Bought something from the A Shop [x] Got an A for at least one subject [x] Understood the definition of "HELL" week… [x] and regretted finding out what it meant [x] Has taken/ Currently taking PE 101
score: 5
[x] Crammed three papers in one night whoa! [x] Gave a class presentation that you now regret [x] Know at least one photocopy lady because of professors who loved Xerox machines [x] Got an F in a long test [x] Promised to do better but didn't in general [So ateneo spirit ba to?, mali ata a]
score: 5
[x] Exerted effort to be exempted sa finals [x] Striven for bonus points [x] Slept in the library [x] Ate lunch outside the caf [x] Got a Jesuit for a teacher
score: 5
[xxxx] Ate at least in 10 establishments in Katipunan [ ] Got an attack from a higad [x] Watched BlueRep and TA plays required [x] Preferred Manang's food over the Caf's [x] Screamed your lungs out in Araneta for the Blue Eagles
score: 4
[x] Puked at Math 19 and 20 [18, 21, 22] [ ] Went to CERSA night [x] Signed-up for an Org [ ] Joined an org that has a screening [x] Became active in that org
score: 3
[x] Joined a socially oriented org [x] Played cards during long breaks [May time na pinagbawal nga to sa caf eh] [x] Found immersion trips meaningful [x] Went to school in flip-flops [slippers ba to?] [x] Went to school in "pambahay attire"
score: 5
[ ] Went to school wearing chucks [x] Hated your random number [ ] Been to Drew's [ano to?] [x] Have an organizer, whether it be from Starbucks, Go Nuts, Belle de Jour or whatever! [x] Went to class without showering after P.E.
score: 3
[ ] Wanted to tell the guards to... umm... Go Fry! [x] had accidentally seen a make-out session [x] Used consultation times properly [x] Brought an umbrella but it didn't rain [x] Left an umbrella and then it rained
score: 4
[ ] Went to school trying to make porma but no one noticed [x] Went to school looking crappy and everyone noticed [ ] Camwhored a lot [x] Saw artistas and completely ignored them [x] Spoke in a conyo way
score: 3
[x] Found a Chinese girl/boy hot (hindi naman hot) [x] Nagulat sa lumulubog na block sa SOM-Overpass walkway [x] Had a block party [xxx] Cut class to watch a movie with blockmates [xxx] Have at least 25 Ateneans on your Ym list
score: 5
[ ] Became an FFL (Free Loader) [x] Traded dvds of American tv shows with your friends [x] Went to Eastwood for nothing [ ] Wore aviator glasses in Ateneo [x] Ate in class
score: 3
[x] Became EMO for no apparent reason in school [x] Thought friendster is a bust and multiply is SOOO much better [x] Voted in the Sanggu elections [x] Read the Guidon and Matanglawin thoroughly [x] Tried to avoid the guards because you left your oh-so-precious id
score: 5
[x] Engaged in deep-thinking while in Ateneo gardens such as Zen and SOM walkway [x] Bought coffee from Figaro sa MVP basement! [x] Nakapaghang-out sa isang MVP room [x] Became an official YouTube addict while waiting for class [x] Knew why Jesuit education is priceless
score: 5
[x] Learned a lot about life due to your Philosophy and Theology subjects [xxx] Went to Ateneo even if you had no class [x] Knew at least 7 famous Ateneo Alumni [ ] Laughed at Tapdancers [ ] Ran out of ink due to numerous papers you had to pass
score: 3
[x] Maximized the use of your flash drive [x] Celebrated diversity in the Ateneo [x] Kept OrSem memories [x] Watched a movie with fellow Ateneans that aren't from your block [x] Had the hots for a fellow Atenean (hindi naman hots, exagg naman to)
score: 4
Worth 3 points each: [ ] Attended simbang gabi at Gesu [x] REGed2Vote [x] Screamed in Araneta for the Blue Eagles [x] Know at least 3 Ateneo cheers [ ] Memorized and sung A Song for Mary whole-heartedly [ ] Got to be on the Dean's list for at least a semester [ ] Prayed to St. Ignatius of Loyola
In a linear regression model where the system of this world is the regressand and each one of us is a regressor, i find the coefficient of my existence indeterminate and my sigma, infinite. I guess somewhere in this multivariate, complex model, i still haven't found that one single regressor i'm perfectly collinear with. If i detect her and we both get transformed, then we'd find that together, our joint existence is in fact "highly significant" and our joint standard deviation is substantially small.
math tells us the three saddest love stories: tangent line who had one chance to meet and then parted forever; parallel lines who were never meant to meet; and asymptotes who can get closer and closer but will never be together.
loving someone is not as easy as simple algebra you have to love infinitely without bounds but learning to let go of someone is harder because the cure can not be derived and simply does not exist!
Got this from my blockmate.. sa inyo lang talaga to makukuha..
Got this from Ravi Zacharias' talk last Wednesday, I decided to look up the whole text..
Half-Joking, Half-Serious.. Modern Thinker's Creed Steve Turner, English journalist
Here is the creed for the modern thinker.
We believe in Marx, Freud, and Darwin
We believe everything is OK
as long as you don't hurt anyone,
to the best of your definition of hurt,
and to the best of your knowledge.
We believe in sex before, during, and after marriage.
We believe in the therapy of sin.
We believe that adultery is fun.
We believe that sodomy is OK.
We believe that taboos are taboo.
We believe that everything is getting better
despite evidence to the contrary.
The evidence must be investigated
And you can prove anything with evidence.
We believe there's something in
horoscopes, UFOs and bent spoons;
Jesus was a good man
just like Buddha, Mohammed, and ourselves.
He was a good moral teacher
although we think His good morals were bad.
We believe that all religions are basically the same--
at least the one that we read was.
They all believe in love and goodness.
They only differ on matters of
creation, sin, heaven, hell, God, and salvation.
We believe that after death comes the Nothing
Because when you ask the dead what happens they say nothing.
If death is not the end, if the dead have lied,
then it's compulsory heaven for all
excepting perhaps Hitler, Stalin, and Genghis Khan.
We believe in Masters and Johnson.
What's selected is average.
What's average is normal.
What's normal is good.
We believe in total disarmament.
We believe there are direct links between warfare and bloodshed.
Americans should beat their guns into tractors
and the Russians would be sure to follow.
We believe that man is essentially good.
It's only his behavior that lets him down.
This is the fault of society.
Society is the fault of conditions.
Conditions are the fault of society.
We believe that each man must find the truth that is right for him.
Reality will adapt accordingly.
The universe will re-adjust.
History will alter.
We believe that there is no absolute truth
excepting the truth that there is no absolute truth.
We believe in the rejection of creeds,
and the flowering of individual thought.
"Chance" a post-script
If chance be the Father of all flesh,
disaster is his rainbow in the sky,
and when you hear
State of Emergency!
Sniper Kills Ten!
Troops on Rampage!
Whites go Looting!
Bomb Blasts School!
Found this while purging my old computer... For all the women out there..:)
In a brief conversation, a man asked a woman he was pursuing the question,
"What kind of man are you looking for?"
She sat quietly for a moment before looking him in the eye and asking,
"Do you really want to know?"
Reluctantly, he said, "Yes." She began to expound...
As a woman in this day and age, I am in a position to ask a man what he can do for me that I can't do for myself. I pay my own bills. I take care of my household without the help of any man, or woman for that matter.I am in the position to ask, "What can you bring to the table?"
The man looked at her. Clearly he thought that she was referring to money. She quickly corrected his thought and stated:
"I am not referring to money. I need something more. I need a man who is striving for perfection in every aspect of life." He sat back in his chair, folded his arms, and asked her to explain.
She said:
* I am looking for someone who is striving for perfection mentally because I need conversation and mental stimulation. I don't need a simple-minded man.
* I am looking for someone who is striving for perfection spiritually because I don't need to be unequally yoked... believers mixed with unbelievers is a recipe for disaster.
* I need a man who is striving for perfection financially because I don't need a financial burden.
* I am looking for someone who is sensitive enough to understand what I go through as a woman, but strong enough to keep me grounded.
* I am looking for someone who I can respect. In order to be submissive, I must respect him. I cannot be submissive to a man who isn't taking care of his business. I have no problem being submissive...he just has to be worthy.
God made woman to be a helpmate for man. I can't help a man if he can't help himself.
When she finished her spill, she looked at him. He sat there with a puzzled look on his face. He said, "You are asking a lot."
