A True Hell Week

This passed week has been too much like hell for me. I've been tormented every night by series of heavy dilemmas, and it seemed to me that I couldn't get out of them easily. Aside from having no more money left on my wallet and lack of time to review for difficult exams, the documents for my dissertation were ALL corrupted, without any back-up files to relieve my worries. My 2G-capacity flash drive had been attacked by notorious, totally-frustrating worm virus. Out of desperation, I just rewrite anything from the very start, but I couldn't recall all the good ideas. Ironically, this is the best birthday gift for me! I was really stunned.

Still fortunate enough, my professor hasn't deleted the copies of my documents so I was able to retrieve all of them. Yeah, I smiled a lot! But I already learned my lesson, so I hurriedly created a back-up file to my email accounts and online storage, even gave a copy of my documents to my friends' flash drives to be 101% sure I won't be wasting another couple of days lamenting with my deceased corrupted files. Now I'm back in the game, but I'm already left behind. Doh.

King's Kingdom in Miami

Maybe the biggest and the most exciting decision LeBron James has ever made in this year is to shift team. Fans have been so enthusiastic about what team King James will be joining. These past few days, news circulating the Web says that teams such as New York Knicks, Chicago Bulls, and Miami Heat were finding a good space to court him. Even his former team Cleveland Cavaliers had to take a run. It's like a group of soldiers bowing down to a lone king.

But just this day, the King's eenie-meenie has ended. Packing his things up, leaving Cleveland and moving South Beach. He'll be joining Chris Bosh and Dwayne Wade surprisingly. Now, Miami Heat is scorching like hell having three big, talented dudes stuffed on their team. Just hoping that these three will work everything out, and King James will have his own championship ring this time.

June 20 is Dad's Day!

It's Independence Day!

Should reminds us all that today is the 112th anniversary of Philippine Independence. Freedom day!

An Emotional Derek Fisher

You just can't hide and deny your tears of joy. Now I can feel how important this victory is for Derek Fisher. He had tried everything to win, and in the end, he succeeded.



Tough men do cry!

My Last 'First'

Time flies so fast. I can still remember my very first day in college. I was clueless, nervous, trying to gain some confidence. Everybody's a total stranger for me. I didn't know what to expect. I was in a perfect, mild culture shock. But now, I try to look at myself in the mirror. It's been three years ago. And it all came down to my last 'first'. My last first day of school.

Since it's already my senior year in college, this is my last chance of feeling the same way what the undergrad students are feeling, too. Maybe I felt it the least. The feeling of "hurray!-this-is-my-last-year-here" was primarily governing my mind. I'm fully excited to see my Paulinian friends again, yet I see same bunch of faces.

Now I know what to expect at this moment. Academic papers, research, internship, laboratory, pressure. But I'm only aiming for this one - GRADUATION!

Guatemala's Second 'Hole'

I was shocked and frightened at the same time after seeing this photo of a massive sinkhole created last May in Guatemala City that swallowed a factory and killed 3 people.

Yeah, it's odd but it's real. This deadly hole is approximately 18 meters (60 ft) wide and 60 meters (200 ft) deep. It was said to be developed after a typhoon.

Scary. But this ain't the first time unlucky Guatemala City had this kind of sinkhole. It was three years ago (2007), a deeper hole was created due to the fluid from a sewer that dissolves the rock beneath the surface. It is said to be 100 meters (330 ft) deep, too deep that it can swallow the whole Statue of Liberty, or even two of its kind.

The Longest Daytime Darkness of The 21st Century

Image from Y! News of the total solar eclipse seen in India

I heard on the news last night about this total solar eclipse that will occur in some parts of Asia, so I browse the web and got some information about this incredible celestial phenomenon. Then, I just found out that this is a once-in-a-lifetime experience because this roughly 6 1/2-minute eclipse is (they say) the longest occurrence among all solar eclipses of this century, and it will never be as long as this until year 2132. So last night before going to bed, I set my mind that I really ought to see this!

The total darkness will occur mostly in central Asian countries like India and China, and here in the Philippines, it will only be partial. This will be my first time to witness a solar eclipse, and I eagerly want to see the moon covering the sun, though sadly, it's only partial so I'm only expecting just about 1/4 of the sun will be covered. The early morning news announced that the covering of the moon will be clearly seen at 8:33 am and will last for about 3 hours.

It's 8 am and I feel like celebrating, with a bit of cold feet. I keep on checking the sun, but it was past 8:45 am when looked at it with a piece of camera film, and I saw the moon covering about 30% of the sun's bottom-right part. It's intensely and definitely cool! And so I got the whole family with me to see it, too.

It maybe fascinate us, but in other countries like in India and Thailand, people, especially the pregnant women, tend to hide themselves inside their home or pray inside the temples for believing that the sudden daytime darkness carries bad omen.

On the other hand, China synchronized the eclipse with simultaneous wonderful fireworks display. While in Japan, many had to take themselves in a safe place due to a tornado warning. But here's the funny thing:

Some villagers reported that their cows gathered at a feeding station, apparently mistaking the eclipse as a signal that it was dinner time, he said.

Others may have some impressions about the said eclipse, but appreciating this special happening makes me truly believe about His wonderful works.