Thursday, May 10, 2012

Shameless war predictions + Major aircondition fail

 9:52 PM - Manila Philippines (desk is not mine)

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MY PERSISTENT WAR THOUGHTS

"If each one of our citizens spit, then the whole Philippines will drown".

That's a comment from the CHINESE press (paraphrase is mine and mine only). Now I'm not going to spark a war on this blog (owing it to the fact that I personally know a lot of Fil-Chinese people and they are really good well meaning friendly people that I know and who knows me and what not).

Anyway, this led me to a "what if" moment wherein I thought along this lines:

....What if the Philippines find themselves in the brink of war...and the state calls on its able bodied citizens to TAKE UP ARMS and serve in the military as enlisted soldiers....

The constitution has that provision. If we ever go to war, then all BOYS who are eighteen and above are REQUIRED to go to war in defense of the state.

What if?

I think any of the following COULD HAPPEN:

1. The state decides I'm not able bodied (for lack of abs and excess of flabs in the wrong places), in which case I am not required to go to war (lol)
2. The state runs out of M-16 rifles, in which case they'd let guys like me hide behind the hills.
3. P.Noy surrenders the Philippines to the Chinese, in which case there is no bloodshed and we'll all get transported to Shanghai.

And in case they really do spit on us, I just hope we have some sort of saliva-proof gear to defend ourselves.

Gross.

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AIRCON BREAKS DOWN, EMPLOYEE BREAKS LOOSE

Question. What happens when an office centralized airconditioning system suddenly breaks down?

ANSWER: Then a guy like me is suddenly given a choice to stay at home and do all his work without going to the office.

And that's what happened today. Here am I sipping a cup of coffee for the umpteenth time, working my daily routine tasks, communicating to my co-workers and bosses through Skype. What a day. :) All because I was given the permission to NOT go physically to the office and instead complete all my tasks at HOME. Yipee.


A mixture of stress and fun. Workaholism and spinning my wheels. Procrastination and meeting today's deadlines. And I admit, a little bit of work and play. :)

And the good thing about it? No Makati traffic (which, I do have to face tomorrow again). lol

Past tense.

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

summary of albert einstein (a lame attempt) [HD]

So it's Labor Day today, so it's practically a day for people to work and for mothers to give birth. Not exactly. To me, it's a day to get laid back and just be the happy-go-lucky guy that I never was. lol.

In my search for something worthwhile to do, I said, hey why not catch up on my reading and learn some new stuff. Its been a while since I've really fed my mind with some academic stuff. Mind boggling jargon that make people sound smart.

 Of all the topics out there, I chose Physics and Albert Einstein just for fun. Why? Because it's the high school subject I never really loved but my teacher was really patient and kind and considerate so I got a passing grade. And aside from Albert's fashionable bushy white hair, I never really knew a lot about him and his theories. Really.

Reading Einstein material was supposed to be fun, except the part when terminologies came up which can barely be deciphered, stuff like (with my own definitions in blue):

Space-time continuum - It's the theory they're using to build a time machine.

Theory of relativity - I think what he's saying in this text is relevant to each other. I mean, somehow, they're all connected.

E=MC2  = A code phrase for dropping nuke bombs. 


So I think we can all sum up Einstein's views in these statements and definitions. That's great, we all learned something today! (although I'm not sure if physics professors would agree, lol)

On a serious note, I found a quote which is really interesting. On his 70th birthday, Einstein said the following words:


"Now you think that I am looking back at my life's work with calm satisfaction. But, on closer look, it is quite different. There is not a single concept of which I am convinced that it will stand firm and I am not sure if I was on the right track after all:"

So you see, all the work he did for his entire life, he eventually questioned them. he was never really sure if he was correct, or he was never really convinced if what he did was truly meaningful.

Proof that no matter how smart you are and no matter how much you know, there is no guarantee of satisfaction or happiness.

I just wished he found God, and knew him.


Oh, well, let's leave the physics stuff to the physicists. :) I'm officially retired as a physicist now, after two hours. lol