Archive for November, 2007
Life expectancy
penny November 24th, 2007
Found this in Wikipedia. It’s like a heat chart for life expectancies. The redder, the shorter life expectancy is for individuals in that area. The greener, the longer.
It’s scary how Africa is screaming red in color. The Philippines is bright orange… implying the retiring age ’65′ leaves only a few years to enjoy retirement… Is this true?
Sigh, life is too short.
Academic genealogy
penny November 23rd, 2007
[edited on 24 November 2007, factual errors found. Typos still exist but I'm too lazy to change them =P I know Riemman should be Reimann!!]
I stalked my academic roots in the Math Genealogy Project, remembering a remark my supervisor (Tanaka) made when we were in Christchurch that it is possible to trace supervisors from him up to Euler and Gauss. The conversation came up when I met a few people (like M Palmer) from the Feldman Lab in Stanford in the Evolution conference.
I browsed the site and searched for my MS adviser (del Rosario) from UPD, and found the same was true for him! They coalesce [most recent common ancestor] at David Hilbert.
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Jotting down notes.
penny November 22nd, 2007
Here’s an article that tells how writing down lists of worries (and blessings) can help out with your emotional state.
Ajay and I have been with the habit of making lists and writing things down. It’s both fun and rewarding, coz it gives you a visual of your thoughts, and it makes communication easier and clearer, hence understanding.
I tried for a while not keeping notes of what I do at work, and I realise I get lost quite often, and hence disappointed at myself. I’ve gone back to writing down notes at least to log what I had been doing, and it generates motivation on what I need to do next.
Pinoy Cool Shooters @ Sentosa
AJ Jorge November 21st, 2007
Last time Pen and me went to Sentosa (part 1, part 2 and part 3), we were on the tourist road. We obviously went to the tourist attractions and never actually bothered to step on the beaches.
When I went back there with the photography buddies, we stayed on the beach the whole time we were there. Even though it’s oredi (heh, that’s how it sounds when Singaporeans say it) November, people are still trekking the beach and having summer fun! There was even a concert/band event when we went there so there were more people than the usual.
Thanks to the guys from Pinoy Shooters for these picture set.
Pasko? Ano yun?
AJ Jorge November 17th, 2007
Di ako makatulog. Napa-blog hop na lang tuloy sa mga pinoy bloggers. Ang mga entries ng karamihan ay tungkol sa nalalapit na pasko. Na-realize ko, oo nga ano. November na. November 17 na.
Putragis! Di ko maramdaman ang pasko!
Malamang sa Pinas, Paskong-pasko na ang pakiramdam ng mga tao. Dito sa Singapore, alaws talaga. Yung November 1 nga, lumipas lang. Etong Pasko mukhang lilipas lang din.
Mainit pa rin dito. Minsan umuulan. Ang ulan dito, matagal na ang dalawang oras. Any day, pwedeng umulan. Walang sabi-sabi, basta na lang uulan. Tapos pag umulan, dalawang oras lang ay solb na. Kahit na buhos talaga ang ulan, asahan mo after 2 hours, matatapos din yun at matutuyo ang kalsada in no time.
Ganyan ang weather dito. Walang kasimoy-simoy ng Pasko. Malamig sa gabi dahil sa aircon. Paglabas naman ng kwarto o pagbukas ng bintana, di ganun kalamigan. Olats talaga.
Ayan tuloy, na-realize ko lang yung sinasabi ng mga tao na iba talaga ang Pasko sa Pinas. Ngayon ko lang talaga naintindihan. Kailangan hindi mo ma-experience para maintindihan mo.
YPops and other mail issues.
penny November 16th, 2007
I found YPops, a nifty little application that allows me to sync my yahoomail to my client, AT LONG LAST. I have not known about this before, and always have to go to the YahooMail page. And it is a chore, I tell you. Since it is my oldest email address, and has accumulated tons of junk [hooray for mail filters], I don’t want to let go of it.
One thing I don’t like is I have to open two different Mail clients. It keeps things in order since I use two different internet connections, and I have to change outgoing mail servers each time if I use only one client. I have not found a workaround for this, and would appreciate suggestions.
Ugaling may pag-asa.
penny November 16th, 2007
Andami pa ding nagugutom na Pilipino. Gasgas na plaka kakasabi nito. Pero ano nga ba ginagawa ng mga lider natin sa Pilipinas tungkol dito? Sad and enraged… Jose Ma. Montelibano writes…
I’d like to know what our leaders are doing about poverty, about hunger — the president, the CEO, the bishop. I like to know how they can encourage our children to dream, to pursue their ambitions, to live out their greater destinies.
… In the depths of my own disappointment and impatient, I have time and again been lifted by a few heroes among us. Some work in government, some lead corporations, and some have red caps and the ring of Peter. Though not nearly enough in number to reverse the evil that dominates the landscape of our lives, they remind us that there is hope. All we have to do is be like them.
—- Jose Ma. Montelibano, INQUIRER.net Last updated 02:05am (Mla time) 11/16/2007
Pinoy ako, at iisipin ko pa din na may pag-asa, nang dahil sa mayroong pa ding nananatili na kabutihan sa ilan. Sana dumami pa ang tulad nila. Malaking bagay kung ikakalat natin ang ugali na nagpapalaganap ng PAG-ASA, kaysa puro negatibo [maski ako ay 'guilty' dito] at reklamo na lang. Lunukin na lang ang negatibo, subukang gawing positibo. Kung nahihirapan pigilan, magreklamo lang ng isang beses. Tapos tama na. Wag nang tuluyang apak-apakan pa. Kawawa na nga Pinas, tatadyakan mo pa.
Isang layunin na umahon, na may positibong ugali. Kung ang bawat isa sa atin ay may iisang layunin na iangat ang ating mga sarili mula sa hukay ng hikahos, makakaahon din tayo. Tunog ‘self-righteous’? Inaamin ko naman na ‘apathetic’ na ako kadalasan pagdating sa problema ng Pilipinas. Mahirap magbago. Pero sa tingin ko, mahalagang ibahin natin ang ugali natin patungkol sa bansa natin. Ang kagandahan naman sa situasyon na ito, ay nasa ‘nature’ naman ng Pinoy ang maging positibo. Kelangan lang buhayin ang ugaling ito, at panatilihin. Naisilid lang ng husto ang ugaling ito dala ng bugnot ng mga masasamang balita. Isang pang challenge sa atin pati ang pananatili ng ugaling may pag-asa maski na makakita ng mga masamang balita sa Pinoy news. Labanan lang natin ang ‘urge’ na magreklamo. Ipakita na lang natin suporta sa isa’t isa kesa maghanap pa ng sisisihin.
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Remote consultation
penny November 15th, 2007
I remember explaining a maths topic in email before to a student. I realised later how ridiculous it is to do this. Brief replies are sufficient, and should it be called for, a meeting should be arranged. How really truly naive I had been.
Should I be in the same situation, I just can’t be bothered doing that anymore.
Jorge Cham seems to be documenting my life.
Never-ending movie quiz… and still going.
penny November 12th, 2007
Addicting… Join Facebook and you can also play ’til you can’t play anymore…
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