Do you easily forget things that happen in the past? Are tired writing in a diary book, which deacy later if not use? I have something for you it is called Blogging.
Blogging is posting important moments in your life not only the important moments but you can also post the moments that happens daily in the web! Web?
It come from the word blog. A blog is a user-generated website where entries are made in journal style and displayed in a reverse chronological order.
Blogs often provide commentary or news on a particular subject, such as food, politics, or local news; some function as more personal online diaries. A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs, web pages, and other media related to its topic. The ability for readers to leave comments in an interactive format is an important part of most early blogs. Most blogs are primarily textual although some focus on photographs (photoblog), sketchblog, videos (vlog), or audio (podcasting), and are part of a wider network of social media.
The term "blog" is a portmanteau, or, in other words, a blend of the words web and log (Web log). "Blog" can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog.
In November 2006, blog search engine Technorati was tracking more than 57 million blogs.
Yes in the web, but first you must register. You go to blogspot.com, where you can log in with your
People have, since it started, complained about the fact that there is junk on the web. And as a universal medium, of course, it is important that the web itself doesn't try to decide what is publishable. The way quality works on the web is through links.
It works because reputable writers make links to things they consider reputable sources. So readers, when they find something distasteful or unreliable, don't just hit the back button once, they hit it twice. They remember not to follow links again through the page which took them there. One's chosen starting page, and a nurtured set of bookmarks, are the entrance points, then, to a selected subweb of information which one is generally inclined to trust and find valuable.
A great example of course is the blogging world. Blogs provide a gently evolving network of pointers of interest. As do FOAF files. I've always thought that FOAF could be extended to provide a trust infrastructure for (e..g.) spam filtering and OpenID-style single sign-on and its good to see things happening in that space.
In a recent interview with the Guardian, alas, my attempt to explain this was turned upside down into a "blogging is one of the biggest perils" message. Sigh. I think they took their lead from an unfortunate BBC article, which for some reason stressed concerns about the web rather than excitement, failure modes rather than opportunities. (This happens, because when you launch a Web Science Research Initiative, people ask what the opportunities are and what the dangers are for the future. And some editors are tempted to just edit out the opportunities and headline the fears to get the eyeballs, which is old and boring newspaper practice. We expect better from the Guardian and BBC, generally very reputable sources)
In fact, it is a really positive time for the web. Startups are launching, and being sold [Disclaimer: people I know] again, academics are excited about new systems and ideas, conferences and camps and wikis and chat channels and are hopping with energy, and every morning demands an excruciating choice of which exciting link to follow first.
And, fortunately, we have blogs. We can publish what we actually think, even when misreported.
Saturday, March 24, 2007
Sunday, March 18, 2007
Who will save the saviors of the Philippine economy?
In deniably, the $5.3 billion in remittances of overseas Filipino workers (OFW) in 1997 and their remittances in 1998 have helped save the peso from further collapse amid the Asian financial crisis. However, the same financial crisis is threatening their jobs abroad. Will the government help them get through this labor crisis? In a press conference on the rights of migrants held last December 17, participants of the "Rights and Roots Campaign and Regional Consultation on Migrants’ Savings for Alternative Investment" expressed their disappointment over the absence of government in reintegration processes. __ "What infrastructure support can government gives migrant workers? What financial channels? What production incentives so that our savings create value added production, instead of being squandered on apples, 21-inch TV sets, chocolates and other imported goods?" they asked. _The consultation gathered 60 grassroots migrant workers, unionists, migrant families, advocates and support groups from Japan, Hong Kong, Korea, Malaysia, Taiwan, Indonesia, Nepal, Thailand and the Philippines. The event was organized by the Asian Migrant Center (AMC), Kanlungan Center Foundation (Kanlungan), Kapisanan ng mga Kamag-anak ng Manggagawang Pilipino (Kakammpi), and Unlad Kabayan (UK). The organizers said that it was a pioneering endeavor aimed at upholding migrants’ rights and demand for jobs in their homelands. Overseas migration of Filipino labor dates back to 1972, when the Philippine government adopted labor migration as a temporary measure due to an economic slump which increased unemployment. For the government as well as the families of OFWs, overseas migration has been an economic plus. Even former President Fidel Ramos recognized this and consequently raised the status of labor export, coining the term "modern-day heroes" to describe migrant workers. But along with the dollar remittances and the short-term luxury that money can afford is the brutal reality of migration’s ugly side. Maricris Sioson, Flor Contemplacion, Sarah Balabagan, Heidi Juperatum and all the other victims of injustice and violence whose names didn’t make it to the headlines are among the grimmest pictures of migration. Some 700 workers, mostly women, die each year following mistreatment by their employers, according to recent figures released by the House of Representatives’ Committee on Overseas Foreign Workers. Women activists say the mortality figure is likely to be even higher. An anonymous source at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport said that 40 foreign workers arrive home in coffins each week.
___With the economic crisis continuing to engulf Asia, thousands of Filipinos are terminated from work. Organizers of the consultation reported that in Malaysia, thousands of Filipino domestic helpers will have to return to the country in line with that government ‘s policy passed last October not to approve new work permits, and limited existing work permits to a maximum of six years. In Hong Kong, more than 25,000 foreign domestic helpers have already been terminated due to the crisis; 160,000 others experienced a 36 per cent wage reduction last December.
___Deported migrants are not welcome in their home countries, said Rex Varona, AMC executive director. The Philippine government, for instance, has encouraged OFWs hit by crisis to find work in other countries – instead of coming back to the country.
___"For those who ultimately return, it will be like jumping from the frying pan to the fire – no jobs, no property or land to farm on, huge debts to pay and a family to feed. Those who are allowed to remain in the receiving countries are re-deployed in 3-D jobs (dirty, dangerous, demeaning) as in Malaysia. Many have been cheated out of their wages and benefits (e.g., in South Korea) or can’t find work (e.g., in Japan, Korea)," wrote Varona in his article "A Year After: Surveying the Impact of the Asian Crisis on Migrant Workers" published in the Asian Migrant 1998 Yearbook.
___"The era of export of Philippine labor has to end," the consultation participants declared in a statement. Varona said that the government is on a denial stage when it claims that "there is no policy on labor export." "It has to fully accept the diaspora that it has created, and account for the thousands of OFW lives that have been sacrificed."
___While the organizers recognize the efforts of the government in protecting OFWs, they are also resigned to the fact that these efforts are "too weak, too inadequate, too late."
___"We demand more resolute and aggressive initiatives by the government to institute bilateral, international and national protection mechanisms, laws and agreements for Filipino migrants," the participants said.
___More importantly, the participants emphasized, the government must address the root cause of overseas migration. "Staving off attacks and abuses on migrants’ rights is not enough nor sustainable. The real, substantial protection for OFWs is to provide decent jobs for them at home."
___"No amount of paper protection nor government pleading will stop the abuses against the OFWs. We are hired abroad precisely because we are cheaper, more exploitable than local workers."
___The era of Filipino dominance in the international labor market, according to them, is drawing to a close. The international labor market has been saturated. The economic crisis has further narrowed down opportunities, and created a ‘double push’ pressure. Even Korea, a destination for Filipina domestic workers, is reportedly planning to export its own migrant workers. Other sending countries like Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh have been aggressively exporting their labor.
___And like goods in a globalized market, there is a stiff competition in terms of cost and quality. As the organizers said, "In order to gain market hold, there is intense undercutting – migrant labor from other countries are offering themselves at cheaper rates, in worse working conditions, in more vulnerable situations."
___If the Philippines wants to maintain its level of deployment, it has to accept reductions in migrants’ wages, benefits, rights and protection. OFWs will therefore be exposed to more abuses. "The worse can be expected," lamented Tolentino of her constituents in Japan.
___At present, the only "semi-protection" that OFWs have is the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families promulgated by the United Nations in 1991. However, only 10 countries have so far ratified it. A minimum of 20 signatory countries is required for the covenant to be enforceable among member countries.
___Uncertain of their future abroad, not to mention the poignant feeling of homesickness, participants declared: "We demand our right to work, our right to life and to be with our families. We demand that the government start creating reintegration processes and mechanisms now so that there can be jobs and opportunities later that we can return to."
___As the Filipina domestic workers in Hong Kong said: "We sell only our labor but not our rights and dignity."
___With the economic crisis continuing to engulf Asia, thousands of Filipinos are terminated from work. Organizers of the consultation reported that in Malaysia, thousands of Filipino domestic helpers will have to return to the country in line with that government ‘s policy passed last October not to approve new work permits, and limited existing work permits to a maximum of six years. In Hong Kong, more than 25,000 foreign domestic helpers have already been terminated due to the crisis; 160,000 others experienced a 36 per cent wage reduction last December.
___Deported migrants are not welcome in their home countries, said Rex Varona, AMC executive director. The Philippine government, for instance, has encouraged OFWs hit by crisis to find work in other countries – instead of coming back to the country.
___"For those who ultimately return, it will be like jumping from the frying pan to the fire – no jobs, no property or land to farm on, huge debts to pay and a family to feed. Those who are allowed to remain in the receiving countries are re-deployed in 3-D jobs (dirty, dangerous, demeaning) as in Malaysia. Many have been cheated out of their wages and benefits (e.g., in South Korea) or can’t find work (e.g., in Japan, Korea)," wrote Varona in his article "A Year After: Surveying the Impact of the Asian Crisis on Migrant Workers" published in the Asian Migrant 1998 Yearbook.
___"The era of export of Philippine labor has to end," the consultation participants declared in a statement. Varona said that the government is on a denial stage when it claims that "there is no policy on labor export." "It has to fully accept the diaspora that it has created, and account for the thousands of OFW lives that have been sacrificed."
___While the organizers recognize the efforts of the government in protecting OFWs, they are also resigned to the fact that these efforts are "too weak, too inadequate, too late."
___"We demand more resolute and aggressive initiatives by the government to institute bilateral, international and national protection mechanisms, laws and agreements for Filipino migrants," the participants said.
___More importantly, the participants emphasized, the government must address the root cause of overseas migration. "Staving off attacks and abuses on migrants’ rights is not enough nor sustainable. The real, substantial protection for OFWs is to provide decent jobs for them at home."
___"No amount of paper protection nor government pleading will stop the abuses against the OFWs. We are hired abroad precisely because we are cheaper, more exploitable than local workers."
___The era of Filipino dominance in the international labor market, according to them, is drawing to a close. The international labor market has been saturated. The economic crisis has further narrowed down opportunities, and created a ‘double push’ pressure. Even Korea, a destination for Filipina domestic workers, is reportedly planning to export its own migrant workers. Other sending countries like Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh have been aggressively exporting their labor.
___And like goods in a globalized market, there is a stiff competition in terms of cost and quality. As the organizers said, "In order to gain market hold, there is intense undercutting – migrant labor from other countries are offering themselves at cheaper rates, in worse working conditions, in more vulnerable situations."
___If the Philippines wants to maintain its level of deployment, it has to accept reductions in migrants’ wages, benefits, rights and protection. OFWs will therefore be exposed to more abuses. "The worse can be expected," lamented Tolentino of her constituents in Japan.
___At present, the only "semi-protection" that OFWs have is the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families promulgated by the United Nations in 1991. However, only 10 countries have so far ratified it. A minimum of 20 signatory countries is required for the covenant to be enforceable among member countries.
___Uncertain of their future abroad, not to mention the poignant feeling of homesickness, participants declared: "We demand our right to work, our right to life and to be with our families. We demand that the government start creating reintegration processes and mechanisms now so that there can be jobs and opportunities later that we can return to."
___As the Filipina domestic workers in Hong Kong said: "We sell only our labor but not our rights and dignity."
March for Women?
March is Women's History Month, a fine time to celebrate the historic achievements of women -- in politics, culture, and, of course, WORDS! In honor of this event, I thought it might be fun to write a series of posts all month long ... about women authors and artists or fascinating female characters in books I come across this month. So far, I know that over the next two weeks, I'm going to tell you about the amazing author Jhumpa Lahiri, about a new website for gutsy girls who love to read, and about an artist who plays with words. I'm also going to keep my eyes open and see what else comes up because this is the way it goes with being an editor: Once you have a topic or theme on your mind, everywhere you turn, you see things and people that remind you of it. Anyway, enough tangents! Today, I want to tell you about a fabulous new book I recently read. Flora Segunda, by Ysabeau S. Wilce, is about an adventurous, spirited girl (named Flora) who lives in a country called Califa in a house (called Crackpot Hall) that has eleven thousand rooms and a red dog. Flora is almost 14 years old and one of the few remaining members of the once-glorious Fyrdraaca family - her mother is the Commanding General of the Army of Califa and her father, a wounded warrior/soldier is there, but not quite there (if you know what I mean). Crackpot Hall used to be an enchanted mansion where rooms appeared, disappeared, and shifted shapes. It was a living being with an elevator that had its own mind and could carry you to far, unknown corners of the house. Now, it is a ghost of a home, falling apart. Unlike the other great homes of Califa, it has a banished and vanishing magical butler named Valefor who wants Flora to help him get his powers (and rule) back. On the eve of her 14th birthday, Flora is dismayed. She's about to be initiated into the world of soldiers: "When Fyrdraacas turn fourteen and celebrate ... off we go to Benica Barracks to learn to march, to learn to ride, to learn to shoot, to learn to die," she tells us. Flora doesn't want this. "I want to be a ranger, a scout, a spy. Rangers don't follow orders; they slide around the rules, scoot around the edges of the law. They hide and they listen and they uncover things that are concealed. They discover the truth though it be surrounded by a bodyguard of lies," she says. And, so the drama begins:
Flora Fyrdraaca knows taking shortcuts in Crackpot Hall can be risky. After all, when a House has eleven thousand decaying rooms that shift about at random, there's no telling where a person might end up. But it's not just household confusion that vexes Flora, what with Mamma always away being Commanding General of the Army, Poppy drowning his sorrows in drink, and Crackpot Hall too broken down to magickally provide the clean towels and hot waffles that are a Fyrdraaca's birthright.Yet Flora is nothing if not a Girl of Spirit. So when she takes a forbidden shortcut and stumbles upon her family's biggest secret--Valefor, the banished Butler--she and her best friend Udo plunge happily into the grand adventure of restoring Valefor to his rightful (or so he says) position. If only Flora knew that meddling with a magickal being can go terribly awry--and that soon she will have to find a way to restore herself before it is Too Late.
Flora Segunda is a fantasy novel written in an original voice and filled with quirky characters. I was immediately captivated by Flora's character and if you're like me, you'll identify with her intense desire to be true to herself and her willingness to take risks, even if it means having a bit of explaining to do to her Army General mother! The world of Califa is imaginary, but somehow it seems very real too and is one that I'd love to visit again (thankfully, there's a sequel on the way!).I had the chance to have lunch with the author Ysabeau Wilce a few weeks ago and was fascinated to learn that she based the world of Califa on a real city in which she used to live and that she drew maps for every part of this world she created. If you plan on reading the book or have read it, I wonder if you can guess what city that is? (Yes, this seems to be the week of blog posts about cities!). If you guess right (click on comment below), I'll see what I can do about getting you an autographed copy of Flora Segunda.
Flora Fyrdraaca knows taking shortcuts in Crackpot Hall can be risky. After all, when a House has eleven thousand decaying rooms that shift about at random, there's no telling where a person might end up. But it's not just household confusion that vexes Flora, what with Mamma always away being Commanding General of the Army, Poppy drowning his sorrows in drink, and Crackpot Hall too broken down to magickally provide the clean towels and hot waffles that are a Fyrdraaca's birthright.Yet Flora is nothing if not a Girl of Spirit. So when she takes a forbidden shortcut and stumbles upon her family's biggest secret--Valefor, the banished Butler--she and her best friend Udo plunge happily into the grand adventure of restoring Valefor to his rightful (or so he says) position. If only Flora knew that meddling with a magickal being can go terribly awry--and that soon she will have to find a way to restore herself before it is Too Late.
Flora Segunda is a fantasy novel written in an original voice and filled with quirky characters. I was immediately captivated by Flora's character and if you're like me, you'll identify with her intense desire to be true to herself and her willingness to take risks, even if it means having a bit of explaining to do to her Army General mother! The world of Califa is imaginary, but somehow it seems very real too and is one that I'd love to visit again (thankfully, there's a sequel on the way!).I had the chance to have lunch with the author Ysabeau Wilce a few weeks ago and was fascinated to learn that she based the world of Califa on a real city in which she used to live and that she drew maps for every part of this world she created. If you plan on reading the book or have read it, I wonder if you can guess what city that is? (Yes, this seems to be the week of blog posts about cities!). If you guess right (click on comment below), I'll see what I can do about getting you an autographed copy of Flora Segunda.
All About Hulk
Hulk does not like change very much because every time somebody thinks Hulk should change it is things like "Hulk should smash less" and "Hulk should not watch Dora the Explorer and should instead go and fight stupid Stilt-Man" and let Hulk tell you that fighting Stilt Man is a problem for Daredevil or Spider-Man!!!!Also: Hulk thinks you should read good article that was written on the internet where Hulk and the rest of the people he worked with for a while called The Defenders answered questions. OK? OK!
Hulk has gotten a lot of emails and comments wanting to know why Hulk hasn't updated his diary that is on the internet lately and Hulk wanted to also address some rumors that have been floating around about Hulk that need to be talked about because people need to know the truth about what has happened to Hulk of late, ok? OK! Hulk will put the things Hulk will say in a list because Hulk learned from Iron Man that it is the best way to tell people what is going on with Hulk and other things that need to be put in language that is clear.
1. Hulk is not dating crazy Lindsay Lohan. Hulk only wanted to help the nice girl from that movie about mean girls get from the nightclub she was in back to her limousine. She kissed Hulk on the cheek and all of the papers in New York City (yes, I am talking about you, J. Jonah Jameson and stupid Peter Parker at the Daily Bugle!!!!) decided to run a picture of it like it was a fact that Hulk was spending time with her. Hulk only was nice to her that one time and Hulk really hopes that she enjoys her time in Wonderland. Hulk read about Wonderland in Peter Pan (or maybe Hulk saw the movie) and it sounds like a nice place to learn to stop drinking that stuff that looks like water but really isn't!!!!
2. Hulk is not in outer space. That is a story in comic books that Marvel Comics puts out about Hulk. Hulk knows this is hard to understand, but COMIC BOOKS ARE NOT REAL. Hulk has had to move to "Brooklyn" because Hulk can't afford the place Hulk had in "Greenwich Village," but Hulk has a nice neighborhood and nobody stares at Hulk too much because compared to some of his neighbors, Hulk is quiet and nice.
3. Hulk is not dead. Hulk just has been busy saving the world instead of writing in his internet diary! Did any of you hear about Hulk stopping The Leader's stupid beam that erased people's brains and made them all his slaves? That is what Hulk spent time doing instead of typing in the computer internet! Hulk also punched out a big monster in Tokyo after Doctor Strange sent him there and played golf with Thor (who is not dead either so stop asking Hulk about that) in ASGARD, which is a very nice place to play golf but Hulk thinks you may have a tough time getting there.
There. That is what Hulk has been up to lately! What have you been doing?!?!?
Hulk has gotten a lot of emails and comments wanting to know why Hulk hasn't updated his diary that is on the internet lately and Hulk wanted to also address some rumors that have been floating around about Hulk that need to be talked about because people need to know the truth about what has happened to Hulk of late, ok? OK! Hulk will put the things Hulk will say in a list because Hulk learned from Iron Man that it is the best way to tell people what is going on with Hulk and other things that need to be put in language that is clear.
1. Hulk is not dating crazy Lindsay Lohan. Hulk only wanted to help the nice girl from that movie about mean girls get from the nightclub she was in back to her limousine. She kissed Hulk on the cheek and all of the papers in New York City (yes, I am talking about you, J. Jonah Jameson and stupid Peter Parker at the Daily Bugle!!!!) decided to run a picture of it like it was a fact that Hulk was spending time with her. Hulk only was nice to her that one time and Hulk really hopes that she enjoys her time in Wonderland. Hulk read about Wonderland in Peter Pan (or maybe Hulk saw the movie) and it sounds like a nice place to learn to stop drinking that stuff that looks like water but really isn't!!!!
2. Hulk is not in outer space. That is a story in comic books that Marvel Comics puts out about Hulk. Hulk knows this is hard to understand, but COMIC BOOKS ARE NOT REAL. Hulk has had to move to "Brooklyn" because Hulk can't afford the place Hulk had in "Greenwich Village," but Hulk has a nice neighborhood and nobody stares at Hulk too much because compared to some of his neighbors, Hulk is quiet and nice.
3. Hulk is not dead. Hulk just has been busy saving the world instead of writing in his internet diary! Did any of you hear about Hulk stopping The Leader's stupid beam that erased people's brains and made them all his slaves? That is what Hulk spent time doing instead of typing in the computer internet! Hulk also punched out a big monster in Tokyo after Doctor Strange sent him there and played golf with Thor (who is not dead either so stop asking Hulk about that) in ASGARD, which is a very nice place to play golf but Hulk thinks you may have a tough time getting there.
There. That is what Hulk has been up to lately! What have you been doing?!?!?
Monday, February 19, 2007
If I were an Astronomer
What if one day an ant would say, “I want to know what is going on in the world? I also want to know where everything comes from!” Do you think that an ant, with its size, could learn everything about the Earth? You would probably say, “What an ambitious ant!”
If I am like the ant or in a simple way, if I would like to know the entire thing going on in world or where everything comes from, what things I must know or learn?; what interesting things must I discover?; and how could I discover these things?
In some ways an astronomer is like a tiny ant trying to figure out what is going on in the universe. An astronomer studies the space beyond the Earth’s atmosphere. The space is a mighty big place. The Earth is just a dot compared to the seize of the Sun. The Sun on the other hand, is just a tiny speck in the arm of the Milky Way Galaxy. There are millions of other galaxies in space.
Astronomers are scientists in the field of science called astronomy. Astronomy is the scientific study of everything in the universe beyond the Earth’s atmosphere. Astronomy has different areas of study. There are astronomers that concentrate on the study on the stars and interplanetary dust; other astronomers study the galaxies; while others study the solar system. As most of the people get ready for bed at night, astronomers are just starting their work. Although the stars are still up in the sky during daytime, we cannot see them too clearly. It is because the sun’s light is much brighter than the light of the other stars. This is why most astronomers like to work at night.
The workplace of astronomers is called an observatory. Here, powerful telescopes are used to study stars and other heavenly bodies. The word “telescope” literally means seeing far. The telescope is probably the most important instrument of astronomers.
Observatories are usually built in high places with dry climate. These high places usually are above the densest, dustiest, and dampest part of our atmosphere thus, they provide clearer views of the heavens.
Our galaxy, the Milky Way, is composed of around 100,000 million stars. Some are dwarfs, which are much dimmer than our Sun while some are giants, which are far brighter than the Sun. If our own Sun is so much bigger than Earth that Earth appears as a small dot compared to it, can you just imagine how huge the space is which is occupied by 100,000 million stars? And what’s more, there are millions of other galaxies.
Astronomers have a lot of interesting things to study. There are millions of galaxies that contain millions of stars; some of the stars even have their own planets. Astronomers, just like an ambitious and curious ant, look for clues to answer the question: “How did the universe begin? Where did everything come from?”
Ahhh… I know all these longings would forever remain dreams in my imagination. They’ll remain part of my imaginations for I know that I could never be an Astronomer. Thanks for reading, anyway.
If I am like the ant or in a simple way, if I would like to know the entire thing going on in world or where everything comes from, what things I must know or learn?; what interesting things must I discover?; and how could I discover these things?
In some ways an astronomer is like a tiny ant trying to figure out what is going on in the universe. An astronomer studies the space beyond the Earth’s atmosphere. The space is a mighty big place. The Earth is just a dot compared to the seize of the Sun. The Sun on the other hand, is just a tiny speck in the arm of the Milky Way Galaxy. There are millions of other galaxies in space.
Astronomers are scientists in the field of science called astronomy. Astronomy is the scientific study of everything in the universe beyond the Earth’s atmosphere. Astronomy has different areas of study. There are astronomers that concentrate on the study on the stars and interplanetary dust; other astronomers study the galaxies; while others study the solar system. As most of the people get ready for bed at night, astronomers are just starting their work. Although the stars are still up in the sky during daytime, we cannot see them too clearly. It is because the sun’s light is much brighter than the light of the other stars. This is why most astronomers like to work at night.
The workplace of astronomers is called an observatory. Here, powerful telescopes are used to study stars and other heavenly bodies. The word “telescope” literally means seeing far. The telescope is probably the most important instrument of astronomers.
Observatories are usually built in high places with dry climate. These high places usually are above the densest, dustiest, and dampest part of our atmosphere thus, they provide clearer views of the heavens.
Our galaxy, the Milky Way, is composed of around 100,000 million stars. Some are dwarfs, which are much dimmer than our Sun while some are giants, which are far brighter than the Sun. If our own Sun is so much bigger than Earth that Earth appears as a small dot compared to it, can you just imagine how huge the space is which is occupied by 100,000 million stars? And what’s more, there are millions of other galaxies.
Astronomers have a lot of interesting things to study. There are millions of galaxies that contain millions of stars; some of the stars even have their own planets. Astronomers, just like an ambitious and curious ant, look for clues to answer the question: “How did the universe begin? Where did everything come from?”
Ahhh… I know all these longings would forever remain dreams in my imagination. They’ll remain part of my imaginations for I know that I could never be an Astronomer. Thanks for reading, anyway.
Ms. Muffet's Guest
You remember the rhyme about Little Miss Muffet? She was sitting on a tuffet, having a snack, when she had an unexpected guest that scared her so. Her surprise visitor was, you guessed right, a spider. Like Miss Muffet, many people are afraid of spiders because of the way these animals look.
I remember this rhyme because when I see big spiders in our province which my brother afraid of. Anyway, what is a spider?
Spiders have eight legs and most of them have bodies covered with hair. Spiders may be short and fat, long and thin, round or flat. They are usually colored brown, grey or black, but some are s colorful as butterflies.
Spiders are not insects. They have eight legs, while insects like ants and beetles have six. Also, most insects have wings and feelers or antennae. Spiders have none of these.
There at least 29,000 kinds of spiders. Some of them are as small as pinheads, while the larger ones, like the tarantula of South America, are about 10 inches long.
A spider’s body has two main parts. One part is made up of the head and the chest, and the other apart is the abdomen. Each of these sections has appendages or attached parts. The pedicels, or the spider’s waist, connect the two main sections.
If you were to look at a spider face-to-face, you’d find that a spider’s face has several parts. You’d find that a spider’s face has a several parts. You would find a spider’s eyes, some kind of mouth opening, then the chelicerae, and fangs.
Most spiders have eight eyes arranged on the top of their heads in two rows of four eyes each. But some spiders have only two eyes, while others have four or six. Some spiders, which live in caves and other dark places, do not have eyes.
A spider’s mouth is just below its eyes. They do not chew and can eat some solid parts of their victim’s body by dissolving these parts with digestive juice and then sucking them. This juice is so strong that a tarantula, for example, can turn a mouse into a pile of hair and bones in about 36 hours.
The chelicerae, which are also just under the eyes, are a pair of appendages that a spider uses to catch and kill its prey. Each chelicera ends in a claw, which are the spider’s fangs. The tips of the fangs have openings, which are connected to the spider’s poison glands. When hunting other insects, spiders use the chelicerae for stabbing, and then let the poison flow to the victims through their fangs.
Each spider has four pairs of legs. Each leg has seven parts. The last part of the spider’s leg has two or three claws at a tip. A pad of hair surrounds the claws; these help the spider hold on to ceilings or walls.
Spiders also have spinnerets, which are like fingers attached to the end part of their abdomen. Most spiders have six spinnerets but others have four, and still others only two. These spinnerets are what the spiders use to spin silk. Liquid silk from the abdomen of the spiders flows through spinning tubes at the tip of the spinnerets. When this liquid silk flows outside the body of a spider, it hardens into thread. This thread is used in making webs.
All spiders spin silk, but not all spiders make webs. Spiders make webs in the air so they can trap flying insects. Web- spinning spiders make different kinds of webs. Webs may look like curtains, bowls, domes, tubes, circular mazes, triangles, or sheets. A spider avoids getting trapped in its own web by using the special claws on its feet.
Spiders are helpful to people because they eat harmful insects. A spider’s bite is deadly for insects, but only few spiders are harmful to human beings. These are mostly the “widow” spiders – the black widow, the brown widow, the red-legged widow, and the varied widow.
Many spiders live only a year but the large wolf spider can live up to several years. Tarantulas are believed to live the longest among spiders. Some can last for more than 20 years.
Now I know about these spiders. You must not be afraid of spiders; spiders are not like monsters that eat us like other animals they harm us when we harm them first. Spiders are like us so you must not fear them.
I remember this rhyme because when I see big spiders in our province which my brother afraid of. Anyway, what is a spider?
Spiders have eight legs and most of them have bodies covered with hair. Spiders may be short and fat, long and thin, round or flat. They are usually colored brown, grey or black, but some are s colorful as butterflies.
Spiders are not insects. They have eight legs, while insects like ants and beetles have six. Also, most insects have wings and feelers or antennae. Spiders have none of these.
There at least 29,000 kinds of spiders. Some of them are as small as pinheads, while the larger ones, like the tarantula of South America, are about 10 inches long.
A spider’s body has two main parts. One part is made up of the head and the chest, and the other apart is the abdomen. Each of these sections has appendages or attached parts. The pedicels, or the spider’s waist, connect the two main sections.
If you were to look at a spider face-to-face, you’d find that a spider’s face has several parts. You’d find that a spider’s face has a several parts. You would find a spider’s eyes, some kind of mouth opening, then the chelicerae, and fangs.
Most spiders have eight eyes arranged on the top of their heads in two rows of four eyes each. But some spiders have only two eyes, while others have four or six. Some spiders, which live in caves and other dark places, do not have eyes.
A spider’s mouth is just below its eyes. They do not chew and can eat some solid parts of their victim’s body by dissolving these parts with digestive juice and then sucking them. This juice is so strong that a tarantula, for example, can turn a mouse into a pile of hair and bones in about 36 hours.
The chelicerae, which are also just under the eyes, are a pair of appendages that a spider uses to catch and kill its prey. Each chelicera ends in a claw, which are the spider’s fangs. The tips of the fangs have openings, which are connected to the spider’s poison glands. When hunting other insects, spiders use the chelicerae for stabbing, and then let the poison flow to the victims through their fangs.
Each spider has four pairs of legs. Each leg has seven parts. The last part of the spider’s leg has two or three claws at a tip. A pad of hair surrounds the claws; these help the spider hold on to ceilings or walls.
Spiders also have spinnerets, which are like fingers attached to the end part of their abdomen. Most spiders have six spinnerets but others have four, and still others only two. These spinnerets are what the spiders use to spin silk. Liquid silk from the abdomen of the spiders flows through spinning tubes at the tip of the spinnerets. When this liquid silk flows outside the body of a spider, it hardens into thread. This thread is used in making webs.
All spiders spin silk, but not all spiders make webs. Spiders make webs in the air so they can trap flying insects. Web- spinning spiders make different kinds of webs. Webs may look like curtains, bowls, domes, tubes, circular mazes, triangles, or sheets. A spider avoids getting trapped in its own web by using the special claws on its feet.
Spiders are helpful to people because they eat harmful insects. A spider’s bite is deadly for insects, but only few spiders are harmful to human beings. These are mostly the “widow” spiders – the black widow, the brown widow, the red-legged widow, and the varied widow.
Many spiders live only a year but the large wolf spider can live up to several years. Tarantulas are believed to live the longest among spiders. Some can last for more than 20 years.
Now I know about these spiders. You must not be afraid of spiders; spiders are not like monsters that eat us like other animals they harm us when we harm them first. Spiders are like us so you must not fear them.
If I were the President
What if one day a little child would say, “I want to lead the whole country. I want to manage everything about the whole land.” Then you would probably say “What an ambitious child!”
All of us know that being a president of a country is not an easy task. It needs a strong, intelligent, preserving and hard – working person to rule a nation of 7,100 islands with all eyes of the world observing your administration. But even then, I wish I were the President so that I could restore order to this very chaotic society we are in, now.
A President is head of state and chief political executive, of a republic. It is also the highest-ranking member of an organization or institution; the highest-ranking executive officer of a business or corporation; the highest-ranking executive officer of some universities, colleges, government departments, legal divisions, and other public offices; somebody who is appointed or elected to oversee a meeting; in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, a man who is a member of the church's governing board. Together with counselors and the Council of the Twelve Apostles, he makes major church policy and decisions.
And if I am the President of the Philippines:
I want to make our surroundings clear, orderly, presentable and pleasant to live in. It’s so frustrating to see all these ‘ukay-ukays’ displayed everywhere! In this hi-tech world, we should not have retreated backward. Why have our people resorted to these surplus, goods which make us look the more miserable! These ‘ukay-ukays’ should have been distributed for free to our people in the hinterlands. The Mangyans, the Timawas, the T’bolis, etc.
Cleanliness is next to Godliness. Nature has blessed us with beautiful seas, rivers and falls. There should have been a law passed prohibiting people to build their houses in the seas or along the shores. These are eye sores to our shoreline aside from the fact that they are health hazard. Their wastes go directly to the sea since they only holed their floors as their comfort rooms. Why has the health authorities allowed this very unsanitary practice?
If I were the president, I would also see to it that all college graduates every school year could be given jobs so as to sustain their hopes and idealism in finishing their studies. I would create more jobs with the help of all sectors to minimize brain drain. We could achieve this if our leaders would eradicate graft and corruption and if our lawmakers would sacrifice their pork barrels as alibis for their corruption. Their pork barrel this time should be used for income-generating projects.
Foremost, if I were the president, I would create a law banning married Filipino women or mothers to work abroad leaving the family. Mothers’ role in rearing children greatly affects the quality of our future generation. Their absence in the Filipino homes results to many of our youth indulging drugs, crime and vices since the light of the home is extinguish by this desire to earn much. The law would preserve the sanctity of the Filipino home and minimize the emergence of broken homes.
Ahhh…I know that all this longings would forever remains dreams in my imagination. They’ll remain sand castles for I know that I could never be a president. Thanks for reading, anyway.
All of us know that being a president of a country is not an easy task. It needs a strong, intelligent, preserving and hard – working person to rule a nation of 7,100 islands with all eyes of the world observing your administration. But even then, I wish I were the President so that I could restore order to this very chaotic society we are in, now.
A President is head of state and chief political executive, of a republic. It is also the highest-ranking member of an organization or institution; the highest-ranking executive officer of a business or corporation; the highest-ranking executive officer of some universities, colleges, government departments, legal divisions, and other public offices; somebody who is appointed or elected to oversee a meeting; in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, a man who is a member of the church's governing board. Together with counselors and the Council of the Twelve Apostles, he makes major church policy and decisions.
And if I am the President of the Philippines:
I want to make our surroundings clear, orderly, presentable and pleasant to live in. It’s so frustrating to see all these ‘ukay-ukays’ displayed everywhere! In this hi-tech world, we should not have retreated backward. Why have our people resorted to these surplus, goods which make us look the more miserable! These ‘ukay-ukays’ should have been distributed for free to our people in the hinterlands. The Mangyans, the Timawas, the T’bolis, etc.
Cleanliness is next to Godliness. Nature has blessed us with beautiful seas, rivers and falls. There should have been a law passed prohibiting people to build their houses in the seas or along the shores. These are eye sores to our shoreline aside from the fact that they are health hazard. Their wastes go directly to the sea since they only holed their floors as their comfort rooms. Why has the health authorities allowed this very unsanitary practice?
If I were the president, I would also see to it that all college graduates every school year could be given jobs so as to sustain their hopes and idealism in finishing their studies. I would create more jobs with the help of all sectors to minimize brain drain. We could achieve this if our leaders would eradicate graft and corruption and if our lawmakers would sacrifice their pork barrels as alibis for their corruption. Their pork barrel this time should be used for income-generating projects.
Foremost, if I were the president, I would create a law banning married Filipino women or mothers to work abroad leaving the family. Mothers’ role in rearing children greatly affects the quality of our future generation. Their absence in the Filipino homes results to many of our youth indulging drugs, crime and vices since the light of the home is extinguish by this desire to earn much. The law would preserve the sanctity of the Filipino home and minimize the emergence of broken homes.
Ahhh…I know that all this longings would forever remains dreams in my imagination. They’ll remain sand castles for I know that I could never be a president. Thanks for reading, anyway.
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