penny May 30th, 2008
My pre-dinner post mid-afternoon snack:
Cheese, red grapes, mini grissinis (breadsticks), almonds and nutino (chocolate spread).
Gotta love Babybel cheese.. I am such a kid 
Paminsan lang yung ibang mga sosyal na cheese. Hehe.
Ubos na!
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AJ Jorge May 27th, 2008
May 27, 2003 when the first fork of WordPress was formed from the b2/cafelog blogging sofware.
It’s been a sweet ride WordPress! Thank you for the wonderful 5 years and looking for many years to come!
There’s an official party organized by WordPress god Matt in the US and there’s even one in Sydney!
AJ Jorge May 26th, 2008
The Great Singapore Sale ’08 officially kicked off last May 23. Ang una kong pinuntahan ay ang Adidas Warehouse Sale. Bagsak presyo ang mga apparel nila. Yung mga dating 50sgd, naging 15sgd na lang ~1,500 pesos naging 450pesos!
There were shoes, bags, shirts, pants, socks, even golf clubs! I managed to buy 5 shirts. Isa lang ang para sa akin. Yung iba pampasalubong. Nakabili rin ako ng bag na pwede kong gamitin as my laptop bag.
penny May 26th, 2008
Years ago, I wrote about a centipede bite I experienced. There have been a steady number of comments building up over the years, and I hope I had compiled the websites I had looked up that time about centipedes. I remember finding a site with pictures of different centipedes. I cant seem to find the website anymore, but I tried to find a picture of the species of centipede that had bred in our garden.
I wasn’t very descriptive before in my last post, aside from the length of the centipede (the one that bit me – TOTBM). The usual centipede I would imagine had I not seen TOTBM, would be the long red kind (Vietnamese centipede, Scolopendra subspinipes). But TOTBM had a grayish fat body, with yellow legs, a huge orange head and tailtip. I found several pictures that looked like TOTBM, one called the Tiger centipede (also known as Asian giant-red headed centipede, Scolopendra heros). I had shivers just looking at different ‘real pictures’, but I can live with a cartoon to attach here:
(centipede experts, welcome to correct the names I found)
Somewhere I had also read that centipedes are cousins of crustaceans (e.g., crabs, lobsters) owing to their segmented bodies (Phylum: Arthropoda). There are about 8,000 different species of centipede, and the most colorful ones are in the tropics (such as of course, the Philippines). I haven’t met anyone who actually ‘collects’ centipedes, but there are who do. Wonder what they think, and how they can surpass the tingly sensation that most of us get from just seeing these wiggly creepy slithery crawlies.
*shiver shiver*
In Wikipedia, it says that the hazards of a centipede bite to humans are mostly just great pain due to the poison/venom (as we all know now). However, people who are known to have allergies to bee stings have are in risk to be in greater danger. This also applies to small animals and children.
So may our pets and babies be safe and kept very far away from them!!! They’re gone from our house now (or so I think… and hope!) ever since we had the place cemented over. I can remember there were just sooooo many baby centipedes (as small as less than a cm long) and a few big ones (an inch or two long). And TOTBM which was of course the largest one I saw, more than half a foot! But yeah just to say, my mom was the one who killed it by pouring hot water on it when it got trapped!
AJ Jorge May 24th, 2008
The Great Singapore Sale has officially started.
This morning, I went to Singapore Expo for the Adidas warehouse sale and the Robinsons sale. Managed to grab four shirts from Adidas and a good deal for a luggage at Robinsons.
March of the Trash
Singapore Expo
penny May 22nd, 2008
I’m so happy to be fever-free!!
After some days of being ill, I can finally say I’m better. Still the occasional hack and cough, but I can stand up and walk around with ease now. The headaches are gone and so are the body pains.
It’s been a while I’ve had a fever as high as I had Monday night. >42C. The thermometer I borrowed from Rina only registered until 42, so I don’t know the exact reading.
I really can’t tell why I got sick. Sure, medicine is no exact science but my reason why I can’t tell is because a lot of either inopportune or otherwise stupid things come to mind on Monday morning. I just can’t tell!
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AJ Jorge May 21st, 2008
Bought a Computer Chair a few weeks ago from Ikea. Every furniture bought in Ikea is a DIY kind. So the consumers are expected to build their own chair, table, cabinet, drawers and even bed frames.
So, I started with these:
and ended up with this:
Successful! Hehe. First chair I have assembled in my entire life. Now I only need a table to match the chair.
AJ Jorge May 20th, 2008
For some reason, I am listening to Debbie Gibson songs this very moment. I have no idea why.
Electric Youth is blaring in my earphones.
Feel the power see the energy
the future only belongs, in the hands of itself
and the future is electric youth!
Pen: idol ko yan dati
AJ: napapaindak ako dito
AJ: para ba syang si britney nung panahon natin?
Pen: yep
Pen: pero wholesome
AJ: wholesome din naman si britney nung una ah
Pen: hindi flirty
AJ: di ba?
Pen: ano ka
Pen: pigtails and short skirt
Pen: cleavage
Pen: screaming sex na agad e
Well, after a few google searches, found out the Debbie did posed for Playboy. Sites are blocked in the office. Tignan ko mamaya sa bahay kung totoo.
AJ Jorge May 13th, 2008
From wikipedia:
In infrared photography, the film or image sensor used is sensitive to infrared light. The part of the spectrum used is referred to as near-infrared to distinguish it from far-infrared, which is the domain of thermal imaging. Wavelengths used for photography range from about 700 nm to about 900 nm. Usually an “infrared filter” is used; this lets infrared (IR) light pass through to the camera but blocks all or most of the visible light spectrum (and thus looks black or deep red).
When these filters are used together with infrared-sensitive film or sensors, very interesting “in-camera effects” can be obtained; false-color or black-and-white images with a dreamlike or sometimes lurid appearance known as the “Wood Effect.”
Here is my try (image from Teejay). This is the original unprocessed images straight from the camera with IR filter:
And here are the processed pictures done in Photoshop:
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penny May 12th, 2008
Fabio and I gave a joint presentation for the Centre for Health Informatics, about our work on tuberculosis.
Look at this page… (scroll to halfway down the page)
http://www.chi.unsw.edu.au/CHIweb.nsf/page/Past+Talks
That’s another hit for me on the internet, hehe. And free name-dropping for UP Diliman too!
