Saturday, March 11, 2006

Brother S.

God, I did not even get his full name. We were told he was Brother Sese (Se-se, that's the pronounciation, the spelling is unknown to me at the moment), a La Sallian Brother. He started like a lightning. He drew these one line and then, an overlapping line, and another, and then another. He said that this was from another brother (Vic Franco, who is in Rome right now) ...and that it was 1974 when he first heard this - thirty two years ago. He then proceeded, those lines are us, him and Sir Voc. We came from different places, countries (we have a Kenyan classmate, Fr. Justus), and with different experiences, emotions, happy and sad moments. Yet, on one such day, we intersect at one point. That alone makes the meeting holy. It was a one point in history - and it has never happened, nor will it happen again. Ever. Wow. That alone, and he would have made that eternal impact in my life. In thirty seconds flat. See what I mean?

The meeting of lines at one point has special meaning to me, since I am a mathematician. Indeed, in the Euclidean plane, lines intersect only at one point.

Anyways, he proceeded with many other stories, read us some of his text messages (which are exactly 160 characters long), and recounted to us his daily schedule. In the end, I was the only one who asked him a question: Brother, can I post your session in my website? To which, he acceeded. So here it goes.

There are so many stories that I got from that one hour session - yes, one hour. I was glued to him the whole time. It's like I am listening to my father once more. One last time. I think they are about the same age.

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Monday, March 06, 2006

Omahans

I just found out - silly me for not paying attention to details - that Paul Williams is from Omaha, Nebraska. That makes two great influential people to me from Omaha!

Of course, the first one is the Oracle, Warren Buffett.

Paul Williams is the writer of my favorite song - there are two hundred of them - "Travelling Boy". I also found out he is only 5 feet tall, that his is the voice of Penguin the Batman Animated Series. He is a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame, had one Academy Award, two Grammys and several Golden Globe Awards.

I found his entry in the wikipedia when I searched for the lyrics of Rainbow Connection. It is a song he wrote; one of my childhood favorites. It will be sung by the kinder at SPMS. Master Li asked me to find the lyrics out. Ha ha.

Why the post?

Nothing, I am just considering living in Omaha later in life.

Be the perfect Renaissance man for the modern world.

Just like my two idols.

Sunday, March 05, 2006

Oleanna article

I finished my Oleanna article, and submitted the same to the IVLE. My friend Andy was telling me that he thought I sent him a Supreme Court document. I really did my best in analyzing that movie/ case. I spent 3 nights typing until about 1 or 2 in the morning. Of course, I did this with the Blues on my Yahoo music - Steve Vai, Clapton, Satriani, Eric Johnson and Liquid Tension Experiment - what do you expect? Hehe.

Anyways, I was commended by our teacher, my idol. I could not link the site but she said something like she commends me for my efforts on the intricate considerations on the legal issues on Oleanna. That was enough to pay for my effort. I mean, you have a very good lawyer and teacher, whom I admired the first 30 minutes of meeting (as a teacher, for political correctness. hehe)

I put my work on Oleanna on my website. Click here if you want to see it.

Conversations with my student on Physics and Einstein and Philosophy

jean andrei de la cruz: ser
jean andrei de la cruz: andrei 2
Godfather: hi
jean andrei de la cruz: ser one way annova ba paghati s upper 50% ng batch at lower
jean andrei de la cruz: ?
BUZZ!!!
Godfather: t test lang yun. pag 2 samples lang t-test lang
jean andrei de la cruz: tpos always, often....
BUZZ!!!
jean andrei de la cruz: t-test..?
Godfather: pano ba gusto mo gawin?
jean andrei de la cruz: kung may significant difference ba sa upper 10 at lower 10 ng class ung mga influence gling s peer grp
Godfather: significant difference, 2 samples. t-test lang yan. ang compare mo - upper 10 vs lower 10
Godfather: pwede sa excel yan
jean andrei de la cruz: di aq mrunong
jean andrei de la cruz: pp2ro aq ky gino
jean andrei de la cruz: chi square nga gnmit ko
jean andrei de la cruz: oo ng oo ung panelist
jean andrei de la cruz: lam q nmng mali kya
jean andrei de la cruz: nkakainis
jean andrei de la cruz: hehe
Godfather: chi square ginagamit lang kung nominal ang variables (yes/no, pass/fail). yung questionnaire mo me interval eh (1-5?) so di pwde ang chisquare
jean andrei de la cruz: ahh.
jean andrei de la cruz: opo
jean andrei de la cruz: ty po
jean andrei de la cruz: ser bgsak aq s UP
jean andrei de la cruz: hehe
jean andrei de la cruz: di aq nkapagreview
jean andrei de la cruz: c dianne pumasa..
jean andrei de la cruz: bs Chemistry
Godfather: i think si dianne lang nakapasa? pati ang mga study hall group namin di din nakapasa eh. anyways, pasado naman sila sa iba.
jean andrei de la cruz: ang tigas
jean andrei de la cruz: chem..
jean andrei de la cruz: nkktmad
Godfather: ok lang yun. madami pa school
jean andrei de la cruz: DLSU -taft pasa q
jean andrei de la cruz: ateneo bagsak den
Godfather: dun ka na. hehe
jean andrei de la cruz: oo nga.. mhal
Godfather: malay mo makuha ako ng dlsu eh di teacher mo ulit ako.
Godfather: hehe
jean andrei de la cruz: ahh.
jean andrei de la cruz: nagapply kau ser
jean andrei de la cruz: hehe nice
jean andrei de la cruz: com. sci. aq dun eh
jean andrei de la cruz: nkapasok s quota..
jean andrei de la cruz: hehe
jean andrei de la cruz: prang ayoko magcom sci ser
Godfather: ah ganon? di ba science gusto mo?
jean andrei de la cruz: gus2 gumawa ng game
Godfather: ust ba di ka nagtry?
jean andrei de la cruz: pero gus2 q mag p6
jean andrei de la cruz: di po
jean andrei de la cruz: nal8 aq nung exam date
Godfather: sayang.
jean andrei de la cruz: ska com sci po kc
jean andrei de la cruz: aus po ba com sci dun
Godfather: kasi, parang pag science dapat ust hehe.
jean andrei de la cruz: may p6 po b dun?
jean andrei de la cruz: hehe
Godfather: alam ko dlsu ang merong physics at la salle
Godfather: pati up
Godfather: ewan ko lang ust.
Godfather: baka hindi bs physics
jean andrei de la cruz: ah
Godfather: baka bse major in p6
jean andrei de la cruz: p6 nmen ngaun ok e
Godfather: kaso by bse meaning bseducation
Godfather: baka ayaw mo nun
jean andrei de la cruz: aeronautical eng. gradua8
jean andrei de la cruz: sawi teacher lng..
jean andrei de la cruz: pero gling dami alam ser
jean andrei de la cruz: wide reader...
jean andrei de la cruz: yoko nun
Godfather: ah ganon, that's nice to hear
jean andrei de la cruz: bale ser pag dting ng araw...
jean andrei de la cruz: may mag tatanong sken
jean andrei de la cruz: "san ka graduate?"
jean andrei de la cruz: ssbihin q la salle s taft
jean andrei de la cruz: "anong course?"
jean andrei de la cruz: BS physics
jean andrei de la cruz: !!
jean andrei de la cruz: may masteral at doctorate degree pa!!!
Godfather: pag ganun, ayos yun.
jean andrei de la cruz: "eh anong trabaho mo?"
jean andrei de la cruz: Ahhh, ehhh.....
jean andrei de la cruz: wala eh...
jean andrei de la cruz: hehe
Godfather:
jean andrei de la cruz:
Godfather: di mangyayari yun. magaling ka naman eh. punta ka agad usa. hehe
Godfather: apply sa NASA
jean andrei de la cruz: d q lam kung nong tabaho pag gradute s p6
jean andrei de la cruz: oo nga 20/20 pa vision q pde pa...
jean andrei de la cruz: eh ser prang 3p q quantum p6 eh...
Godfather: quantum physics. ayos yan. parang si...sino ba yun? yung naka-wheel chair na magaling. grabe makakalimutin na ako. gumawa ng The Beginnings of Time...
Godfather: cosmologist yun
jean andrei de la cruz: c stephen hawking
jean andrei de la cruz: may book aq nun
Godfather: hawking. ayos yan
jean andrei de la cruz: paralyzed b un
Godfather: ganun pala trip mo ha
jean andrei de la cruz: ehhe
jean andrei de la cruz: na-curious aq ser..
Godfather: nakita ko ang movie about him sa hallmark channel
jean andrei de la cruz: lalo n ung teacher nmen n dumating...
jean andrei de la cruz: di q p po napapanood..
Godfather: nakakainspire
Godfather: dahil nga dun ata kya ako naging interested again sa math
jean andrei de la cruz: ahh
Godfather: ...and in trying to speak up...even though everybody thought otherwise
jean andrei de la cruz: nwalan b kau ng interest ser??
jean andrei de la cruz: kelan..
Godfather: kasi nung time nya parang steady state ang focus...tapos syempre si hawking bent ke einstein eh
Godfather: so big bang siya
jean andrei de la cruz: c einstein ren big bang ska
jean andrei de la cruz: gnab gib theory den
Godfather: ah, hindi ako nawalan ng interest sa math per se. kasi tinabi ko muna yun dahil kumuha ako ng ma education leadership sa lasalle eh. so parang, teka nasan na ako....?
Godfather: tapos nagka-meaning nung nakita ko yun.
Godfather: na still me chance pa bumalik sa math (doctorate) ....kaso sa research na ang punta ko....statistics
jean andrei de la cruz: principal kau ser d b?
Godfather: yeah principal
jean andrei de la cruz: di ko machempuhan ser e
jean andrei de la cruz: oo nga ser
jean andrei de la cruz: san?
Godfather: ano nga ang gnab gib theory? di ko ata alam yun ah. hehe
Godfather: educate me. hehe
jean andrei de la cruz: big bang speeled backwards
Godfather: sa st paul montessori
jean andrei de la cruz: spelled
Godfather: ah, ok
jean andrei de la cruz: na pag d nraw ata kya nung universe n mag strectch out
jean andrei de la cruz: magcocompress pabalik
Godfather: parang going back... yeah i heard it.
jean andrei de la cruz: tpos..
jean andrei de la cruz: tpos n ang mundo
Godfather: yun pala tawag dun
Godfather: tnuro ko pa yun sa p6 last last year
Godfather: hehe
Godfather: big crunch tawag ko..yun kasi ang na sa book
jean andrei de la cruz: hehe
jean andrei de la cruz: preho ren ser..
Godfather: anyways, malayo pa yun. we are still going faster and faster.
jean andrei de la cruz: c ms. sablayan ok magturo kso medyo mabagal
jean andrei de la cruz: oo nga
jean andrei de la cruz: tposser dun p papasok ung parallel universe..
jean andrei de la cruz: dmi
jean andrei de la cruz: lalo n kung theoretical physicist ka...
Godfather: good good
Godfather: madami ka na palang alam.
Godfather: go right ahead sa physics.
Godfather: para tanggalin ko na sa alalahanin ko yan
Godfather: ikaw na gagawa ng di ko magagawa
Godfather: hehe
jean andrei de la cruz: hehe
jean andrei de la cruz: mhilig lng mgbasa ser..
jean andrei de la cruz: c einstein pla ser tlagang malupet..
jean andrei de la cruz: kaso atheist xa...
Godfather: ganun ba?
jean andrei de la cruz: bnabasa q eh
jean andrei de la cruz: michio kaku...
Godfather: akala ko hindi
jean andrei de la cruz: ung author einsteins cosmos...
jean andrei de la cruz: lam q aethist eh
jean andrei de la cruz: nung una
Godfather: what's michio kaku? author?
jean andrei de la cruz: pero cnuko nya ren pra magfocus s p6
jean andrei de la cruz: who ser.. hehe
jean andrei de la cruz: opo
jean andrei de la cruz: author
jean andrei de la cruz: jap. n inampon ng kano
Godfather: kasi mdaming magandang quotes sa kanya about God being the author of the big bang and all.
jean andrei de la cruz: cmple lng ung grammar
jean andrei de la cruz: ah..
Godfather: sa la salle madaming books about him
jean andrei de la cruz: d q lam un ser ah..
jean andrei de la cruz: kala q nga di aq ppsa dun ser e
Godfather: meron pa nga dun na original manuscripts ng relativity
jean andrei de la cruz: pero swerte puamasa
jean andrei de la cruz: o?
Godfather: pero alam ko di complete
jean andrei de la cruz: orig?
Godfather: parang citations lang
jean andrei de la cruz: ah kopya nung publication nung theory
Godfather: dun ko nga lang nalaman na ang e=mc^2 pala eh simplification lang. kasi as delta c approaches zero, nakancel lahat ng delta c, binomial expansion pa ginamit
jean andrei de la cruz: ahh.. kla q may nkuha cla..
Godfather: saka ang basehan, would you believe? pythagorean theorem pa din
jean andrei de la cruz: ang tnde..
jean andrei de la cruz: tlga
jean andrei de la cruz: kc c einstein
jean andrei de la cruz: cmple lng xa magicp..
jean andrei de la cruz: pero astig tlga..
jean andrei de la cruz: lging nababanggit un eh
jean andrei de la cruz: "kung di raw maiintindihan ng bat ung theory eh senseless daw un"
jean andrei de la cruz: kya ung mga theory nia ang cmple nung mga examples ang dali intindihin..
jean andrei de la cruz: ung general caobariance theory ata un..
Godfather: i heard that pero di ko pa siya nababasa
jean andrei de la cruz: covariance*
Godfather: ...me anecdote pa yan na ang nagdeliver ng professorial lecture niya minsan, driver niya.
Godfather: hehe
Godfather: kasi namemorize na.
Godfather: lagi kasi niya naririnig ke einstein
jean andrei de la cruz: galing
jean andrei de la cruz: ang tnde
jean andrei de la cruz: ung gen. covariance.?
Godfather: ay oo nalimutan ko sabihin. hehe. sa relativity
Godfather: pala
Godfather: hehe. nakalimutan ko isulat
Godfather: are you at home?
jean andrei de la cruz: yes sir
Godfather: ok
Godfather: i heard from mj kanikanina lang (sa chat) na di daw ok ang retreat?
Godfather: baka nabitin siya
jean andrei de la cruz: de ser
jean andrei de la cruz: ala kc c kristel
jean andrei de la cruz: di kc pngsabay
jean andrei de la cruz: ung 2 sections
jean andrei de la cruz: nanliligaw c shox ky kristel e
jean andrei de la cruz: pero ok ren
jean andrei de la cruz: dameng pagkain
jean andrei de la cruz: kso 2 days 1 night
jean andrei de la cruz: pero nung gbi ang ingay nmen
jean andrei de la cruz: hanggang 2 kme
Godfather: ah ganun
jean andrei de la cruz: napagalitan kme ni ms. gratel
Godfather: kaya pala sad si mj
Godfather: malapit na end ng school year
jean andrei de la cruz: oo nga po
jean andrei de la cruz: e
jean andrei de la cruz: c mj mapua
jean andrei de la cruz: ska c carlo
jean andrei de la cruz: ska meljohn po
jean andrei de la cruz: c angelus lasalle
jean andrei de la cruz: c paul bwal s manila hehe
Godfather: paul?
Godfather: sinong paul?
jean andrei de la cruz: duque
Godfather: ah oo nga.
Godfather: nakalimutan ko na. bakit daw?
jean andrei de la cruz: yaw ata ng magulang
jean andrei de la cruz: perpetual xa
jean andrei de la cruz: nursing
jean andrei de la cruz: ayaw nia nmn
jean andrei de la cruz: PERApetual
jean andrei de la cruz: hehe
Godfather: tapos 60 sa isang class
jean andrei de la cruz: HA!
jean andrei de la cruz: ehhe
jean andrei de la cruz: no choice xa
jean andrei de la cruz: ayaw ng erpats at ermats nia eh
jean andrei de la cruz: ser lam nio ba ngka-honor grades aq
Godfather: bakit? makulit kasi siya
jean andrei de la cruz: tops 1 aq s rose..
jean andrei de la cruz: hehe
jean andrei de la cruz: nung 1st at 2nd
Godfather: ganon? hehe ayos ah
jean andrei de la cruz: di tkot s peer pressure ung nanay at tatay nya
jean andrei de la cruz: tlgang 6 ata n line of 9
jean andrei de la cruz: tpos alang below 85
jean andrei de la cruz: kc nung 1st q
jean andrei de la cruz: cmplenbg aral
jean andrei de la cruz: nag top 1
jean andrei de la cruz: aq
jean andrei de la cruz: tpos inayos q nung 2nd pra ma retain ung spot
jean andrei de la cruz: tpos nung 3rd
jean andrei de la cruz: tnmad aq
Godfather: dapat naman kasi top ka
jean andrei de la cruz: top 1-0 n q ngaun ser...
jean andrei de la cruz: 10
Godfather: pag ayaw mo kasi ng isang bagay ayaw mo na
jean andrei de la cruz: oo nga ser..
jean andrei de la cruz: hehe
jean andrei de la cruz: pero p6 q aus p ren..
jean andrei de la cruz: lam mo ba ser
jean andrei de la cruz: sikreto lng
jean andrei de la cruz: ala dpat honor ngaun
Godfather: bakit?
jean andrei de la cruz: kc wlang nkaabot ng 85 s p6 nung 1st q
jean andrei de la cruz: bago p lng po kc ung teacher nmen
jean andrei de la cruz: kya di pa nkakaadapt s style
jean andrei de la cruz: nia
jean andrei de la cruz: ska di pa open maxado
jean andrei de la cruz: tignan nio ser
jean andrei de la cruz: aq pasado aq sa p[eriodical bagsak s summative
jean andrei de la cruz: pero 80 lng aq
jean andrei de la cruz: eh cla diane
jean andrei de la cruz: alang pnasa dun s dalawa
jean andrei de la cruz: kc nung bgo p lng ung teacher di open
jean andrei de la cruz: pero mgaling tlga..
Godfather: ah ganon...
Godfather: anyways...
jean andrei de la cruz: dinoktor ser
jean andrei de la cruz: daya
jean andrei de la cruz: 85 p cla
Godfather: anyway ano ba ang pagiging honor.
Godfather: basta patunayan mo ang sarili mo sa college
Godfather: nangyari din sa akin yan
Godfather: pero pagdating ng college, wla na sila masabi
jean andrei de la cruz: oo nga po
jean andrei de la cruz: kung p6 aus
jean andrei de la cruz: enjoy kc
jean andrei de la cruz: pero kung com. sci. prang tgiled
jean andrei de la cruz: ang pangit kc ng computer studies s d'can
jean andrei de la cruz: panget ung background ko
Godfather: Godfather: nga pala, if you have time and all... read my website and blog . hehehe
Godfather: http://georgeatento.blogspot.com
Godfather: http://atentocorp.bravehost.com
Godfather: wala masyado picture yan
Godfather: hehe sorry copy ko sa ym ko ke ted. sorry. send ko din sa yo yan
Godfather: godfather pala ang name ko dito
Godfather: you're right. ang previous batch me mga bumagsak sa dlsu canlubang
Godfather: kasi nga pangit ang background sa programming
Godfather: dapat ayusin nila
Godfather: kasi ang ibang school ang gagaling na sa programming
jean andrei de la cruz: oo nga
jean andrei de la cruz: sobrang panget
jean andrei de la cruz: ang bulok
jean andrei de la cruz: tpos ung calculus nmen yare
jean andrei de la cruz: dun aq madadale s college
jean andrei de la cruz: ung p6 ang l8est nmen power
jean andrei de la cruz: ata
jean andrei de la cruz: ska universal gravitation
jean andrei de la cruz: ala maxadong lecture
jean andrei de la cruz: ska ser
jean andrei de la cruz: gus2 q maintindihan mbuti ung q.p6
jean andrei de la cruz: kc pra maintindihan q ung time travel at kung anuano pa
jean andrei de la cruz: kc gus2 ko ren maintindihan ung light maige
Godfather: by light...yung light sa relativity?
jean andrei de la cruz: oo
jean andrei de la cruz: kso s relativity
jean andrei de la cruz: di pde mapantayan ung speed of light
jean andrei de la cruz: khet anong mangyari
jean andrei de la cruz: E-mc^2
Godfather: that's the first postulate
Godfather: pero postulate lang yun
Godfather: hehe
Godfather: what if...
Godfather: bahala ka na sa tatlong tuldok na yan
jean andrei de la cruz: einstein is wrong
jean andrei de la cruz: hehe
jean andrei de la cruz: lgi nmang what if
Godfather: yun din kasi ang tanong ni einstein when he was a kid.
Godfather: tapos he was expelled kasi he was different from the rest.
Godfather: me mga tanong siya na kinakainisan
Godfather: ng mga teachers nya
Godfather: sa physics
jean andrei de la cruz: arrogant xa
jean andrei de la cruz: kya xa na drop
jean andrei de la cruz: tpos nagulo ung future nia
jean andrei de la cruz: kc s teacher nia ser
jean andrei de la cruz: my agreement n pagkagradua8 nia mgiging assistant xa nun
jean andrei de la cruz: kso dhil s pagka arrogant nia
jean andrei de la cruz: nbd3p
jean andrei de la cruz: di n tinuloy
jean andrei de la cruz: saswitzerland xa nag-aral e
jean andrei de la cruz: mganda b ung p6 s switzerland ser?
Godfather: sa germany mas maganda
Godfather: lahat naman ng ibang countries mas maganda
Godfather: sa canada todo din ang support sa sciences
jean andrei de la cruz: pilipinas lng bulok
Godfather:
jean andrei de la cruz: 51 n lng piso ser
Godfather: oo nga
Godfather: ang dollar
Godfather: oo nga
Godfather: pero tingin ko di yan permanente
Godfather: ewan
Godfather: basta sa economy natin negative ako lagi
jean andrei de la cruz: oo nga..
jean andrei de la cruz: hehe
Godfather: gwa ng politics
jean andrei de la cruz: oo nga ser..
jean andrei de la cruz: pero cguroaaus din ung pilipinas
jean andrei de la cruz: dhel s leader
jean andrei de la cruz: tpos bblik uli hehe
jean andrei de la cruz:
Godfather: hehe
jean andrei de la cruz: di qlng maintindihan ser
jean andrei de la cruz: ung future infinite ba..
jean andrei de la cruz: kc prang di possible ung time travel
jean andrei de la cruz: kc kung s mga 2m yrs. from now
jean andrei de la cruz: o kya bsta
jean andrei de la cruz: future
jean andrei de la cruz: dpat my nag time travel n d2
Godfather: philosophically - and that's how they view astrophysics now - it is impossible
jean andrei de la cruz: astrophysics?
Godfather: astronomy / cosmology with physics. yun yung mga last things - what lies beyond the universe, what was before the big bang...
jean andrei de la cruz: di q lam un ah
jean andrei de la cruz: may alam kaung reference ser?
Godfather: teka lang
jean andrei de la cruz: k
Godfather: Heino Falcke, Peter L. Biermann, Frontiers of Astrophysics: Workshop Summary

Herman Roth, "A Slowly Contracting or Expanding Fluid Sphere and its Stability" Phys. Rev. 39, 525–529 (1932) [Issue 3 – 1 February 1932 ]





Godfather: tingan mo din ang article sa wikipedia. it's more of a branch of astronomy, that includes relativity and quantum physics
Godfather: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrophysics
jean andrei de la cruz: bt kc ser nbuhay pa tpos ang daming tnong s srili
jean andrei de la cruz: prang di mo nga alam kung sn 22ngo
jean andrei de la cruz: haay
Godfather: ganun talaga
jean andrei de la cruz: kaya may FAITH eh
Godfather: ako, my first ever read book was Ecclesiastes
Godfather: sa Bible
Godfather: siguro me meaning yun
Godfather: na the starting point of wisdom, sabi nga...is fear of the Lord
jean andrei de la cruz: oo nga ser
Godfather: it's humility
jean andrei de la cruz: takot n takot nga q.. ngan l8ly..
jean andrei de la cruz: dhil i dont know anything
jean andrei de la cruz: i am nothing
jean andrei de la cruz: i will go nowhere w/o him
jean andrei de la cruz: \prang gnun ser
Godfather: baka dapat magpari ka
Godfather: hehe
Godfather: malay mo
jean andrei de la cruz: philosophy..
jean andrei de la cruz: hehe
Godfather: oo
jean andrei de la cruz: ok ung philosophy kso..
jean andrei de la cruz: iba e
jean andrei de la cruz: c thomas aquinas tlga idol q eh
jean andrei de la cruz: ung summa theologica b un ser
jean andrei de la cruz: nung may doubt aq
jean andrei de la cruz: isa ung naicp q lng
jean andrei de la cruz: dun
jean andrei de la cruz: ung gran design ata
jean andrei de la cruz: galing nia e
Godfather: grabe ka. eh idol ko yun ah. i have the summa. i have been reading that since my fourth year high school.
jean andrei de la cruz: idol nio ren un ser
Godfather: question 2 yun on existence of God
jean andrei de la cruz: oo nga ser
Godfather: basahin mo website ko andun ang mga thoughts ko sa philo- mostly about thomas aquinas.
Godfather: i also wrote some things about him on my blog ata.
jean andrei de la cruz: aus un ser ah
jean andrei de la cruz: hehe
jean andrei de la cruz: blog..
jean andrei de la cruz: free ser?
Godfather: free lang. hehe. di ko pa kaya magmaintain ng registered site. hehe
jean andrei de la cruz: hehe
jean andrei de la cruz: bale ser pag s oxford na kau nagttrabaho kyang kya nio na ser...
Godfather: pero balak ko na din kasi meron ba namn ako pinsan sa us na pnrint nya lahat ng sinulat ko. baka kako mabasa ko na lang na me iba na meari ng mga works ko
Godfather: dapat mapacopyright
Godfather: pero i think it's automatic na pag published.
Godfather: pero just to be sure...para wala na legal battle
jean andrei de la cruz: oo nga ser
jean andrei de la cruz: syang
jean andrei de la cruz: un
Godfather: btw, can i publish this sa blog? our chat is so educational di ba?
jean andrei de la cruz: hehe
jean andrei de la cruz: aus lng ser..
Godfather: i mean, if you don't want your name to appear ok lang.
Godfather: saka siyempre yung mga binanggit natin tungkol sa dcan
jean andrei de la cruz: bhala kau ser
jean andrei de la cruz: kung ano mas ok s inyo..
Godfather: hehe
jean andrei de la cruz: ay oo nga pla..
jean andrei de la cruz: pno un...
jean andrei de la cruz: aus lng un ser.. totoo nmn eh
Godfather: nakabilib kasi na - how old are you? 15? with high thoughts like that. God, tama nga kami ni ms. leah. ikaw pinakamatalino (at pinakatamad na matalino-hehe) diyan sa inyo
Godfather: edit natin yun para wala problem
Godfather: hehehe
jean andrei de la cruz: 16 n q ser
jean andrei de la cruz: heh
jean andrei de la cruz: nung jan.6
Godfather: ah ganon ba. tingnn mo yan. naalala ko pa nung first time kita nakita sa first year. ang liit mo pa nun.
Godfather: hehe
Godfather: tapos ngayon, kachat na kita tungkol sa philo at physics.
Godfather: grabe
jean andrei de la cruz: hehe
jean andrei de la cruz: bka ngkataon lng tau ng hilig ser
jean andrei de la cruz: kung c ms. leah ka-chat q at biology ang pnguusapan
jean andrei de la cruz: no comment aq...
jean andrei de la cruz: hehe
jean andrei de la cruz:
Godfather: oo nga. it's nice to hear na me mga students ako like you.
Godfather: hope of the future
Godfather: i mean of the now... dapat ganun na
jean andrei de la cruz: oo nga ser..
jean andrei de la cruz: mraming mtalino s skul e..
jean andrei de la cruz: mnsan mlalaman mo n mtalino dhil s ambition nla..
jean andrei de la cruz: mnsan insight s buhay..
Godfather: that's nice
Godfather: akala mo lang pasaway sila at puro laro ang na sa isip
Godfather: yun pala naman mas malalim
Godfather: ako din, that's how they view me at times
Godfather: pero siguro when i speak to them real close - i mean, get to know me and all- they realize na di pala ako mababaw at puro patawa lang. ewan ko. siguro ganun ka din
jean andrei de la cruz: oo nga ser
jean andrei de la cruz: kung titignan aq
jean andrei de la cruz: npka immature pero pag nkausap mo ko nung gni2 prang mabibigla cla..
jean andrei de la cruz: mhrap kc mkhanap ng kausap ser...
Godfather: yeah
jean andrei de la cruz: cla shox at mark ang kausap q pag-gni2 e
Godfather: ok din yung 2 yun no?
jean andrei de la cruz: opo ser
Godfather: si ted naka-chat ko din.
Godfather: pansamantala lang.
Godfather: di na sumagot eh
jean andrei de la cruz: c ted ang l8est kay ted ser..
Godfather: baka me gnagawa
jean andrei de la cruz: ung kay yana hehe
jean andrei de la cruz: alyanna
jean andrei de la cruz: hehe
Godfather: ganun ba
jean andrei de la cruz: ung 2 tlga kausap q
Godfather: ok naman si alyanna ah, mabait yun
jean andrei de la cruz: tapos ang matinde pa ser ung magugulo ung isip dhil merong mga distortion sa mga beliefs mo
jean andrei de la cruz: ung alam mo n un pero ndi
jean andrei de la cruz: pla
jean andrei de la cruz: ung da vinci code
jean andrei de la cruz: di nmn maxadong malakas ung impact sken ser pero xempre di maiiwasan ung
jean andrei de la cruz: what if. .
jean andrei de la cruz: ...
Godfather: hey andrei, sorry pero gtg na. i wanted to chat with you about life and light and ends of the universe kaso ihave a class pa tomorrow in dlsu-manila.
jean andrei de la cruz: cge ser
jean andrei de la cruz: kta kits tau s la salle
jean andrei de la cruz: ay ser
jean andrei de la cruz: may orientation aq dun s 11
Godfather: di ko pa nabasa yan. gusto ko nga yan basahin eh
Godfather: mar 11?
Godfather: sure ka na dun?
jean andrei de la cruz: orientation 2ngkol dun s course q
jean andrei de la cruz: opo ser ngpdala ng letter
Godfather: ok naman dun - kaso dapat tngnan mo ang course mo kung ok sa yo yun
Godfather: kasi ang compsci ng dcsr palpal
Godfather: palpak pala
Godfather: hehe
jean andrei de la cruz: oo hehe
Godfather: mag physics ka kaya dun
Godfather: basta pag nakapasok ka
jean andrei de la cruz: un nga eh
jean andrei de la cruz: magshishift aq pg d q ngus2han ung comsci.
jean andrei de la cruz: ska
Godfather: magtanong ka kung pano lilipat. hehehe
jean andrei de la cruz: gus2 q po tlga magp6
jean andrei de la cruz: pra may prestige ska may thrill ska enjoy
jean andrei de la cruz: hehe
Godfather: sayang di ka nakapasa sa admu no?
jean andrei de la cruz: kulang aq s review ser
jean andrei de la cruz: kung ano ung alam ko nung HS un lng ung dla q nung nagentrance aq
jean andrei de la cruz: hehe
Godfather: kasi ang leading bs physics (babae pa- maganda daw at young pa, teacher, summa cum laude) dun nagtuturo sa admu
jean andrei de la cruz: ahhh..
jean andrei de la cruz: tinde..
Godfather: anyways, maabot mo din yun
Godfather: don't compare with anybody.
jean andrei de la cruz: hehe
Godfather: basta make the best of yourself
jean andrei de la cruz: oo nga
jean andrei de la cruz: 'desiderata di ba ser
Godfather: oo nga
jean andrei de la cruz: hehe
Godfather: ikaw lahat ng quote ko alam mo
Godfather: hehehe
jean andrei de la cruz: hehehe
jean andrei de la cruz:
Godfather: siya gtg na tlaga. pang 4 na araw ko nang ala-una ang tulog.
jean andrei de la cruz: hehe cge ser
jean andrei de la cruz: gnyt
jean andrei de la cruz: lgi b kaung ol?
Godfather: this might be too unhealthy na. hehe. buti ikaw bata pa.
jean andrei de la cruz: aq ngaung wik gni2 ata eh
Godfather: oo. gawa ng mga assignments at gawain ko sa la salle.
jean andrei de la cruz: ser ano cel no. nio?
Godfather: cel no. 0921-7733737
jean andrei de la cruz: smart..
jean andrei de la cruz: mag-globe n kau ser
Godfather: pakilagay mo na lang pangalan mo
jean andrei de la cruz: mas sulit
jean andrei de la cruz: hehe
Godfather: bakit ok ba globe?
Godfather: dati globe ako eh
Godfather: ah ganon
jean andrei de la cruz: oo 50 pesos 5 days unlimited
jean andrei de la cruz: hehe
Godfather: automatic.
jean andrei de la cruz: cge ser
jean andrei de la cruz: nsa la salle po ba kyo s 11?
Godfather: ok goodnight! publish ko ang mga magagandang bagay na sinabi natin dito sa blog ko. hehe.
jean andrei de la cruz: hehe cge ser
Godfather: tingnan mo na lang sa http://georgeatento.blogspot.com
jean andrei de la cruz: tgnan q ung blog nio
jean andrei de la cruz: hehe
Godfather: mar 11 ay sabado. oo andun ako.
jean andrei de la cruz: dpat ng d2 s dcan may science mag eh
jean andrei de la cruz: pra ok
Godfather: next week pala yun
jean andrei de la cruz: ay ser
jean andrei de la cruz: syang may stargazing dpat kme
jean andrei de la cruz: dis year
jean andrei de la cruz: ni-reject ng admin..
jean andrei de la cruz: bwiset
jean andrei de la cruz: aus p nmn un
jean andrei de la cruz: hehe
Godfather: ganun? loko talaga mga tao diyan sa inyo
Godfather: anyways.
jean andrei de la cruz: hehe
Godfather: malapit ka na makaalis diyan
Godfather: siya matulog ka na din
Godfather: goodnight
jean andrei de la cruz: oo nga eh..
jean andrei de la cruz: cge ser
Godfather: say hi to all your friends...
jean andrei de la cruz: opo ser
jean andrei de la cruz: sbhin ko i-add kau
Godfather: ang your parents... they are lucky to have you as their son
Godfather: they added me na kanina, si mj, si ted, si mark
jean andrei de la cruz: dmi p yan.. puro nagyym
Godfather: good night. and good luck sa lahat.
jean andrei de la cruz: opo ser thank u
jean andrei de la cruz: same 2 u
Godfather:
jean andrei de la cruz: ala qng emoticons na gnyan ser..
jean andrei de la cruz: gnyt n lng

Song lyrics

Some song lyrics I really really like. They are like the coolest things that I have ever heard.

Time is on my side - Rolling Stones

(meade)Time is on my side, yes it isTime is on my side, yes it isNow you always sayThat you want to be freeBut you’ll come running back (said you would baby)You’ll come running back (I said so many times before)You’ll come running back to meOh, time is on my side, yes it isTime is on my side, yes it isYou’re searching for good timesBut just wait and seeYou’ll come running back (I won’t have to worry no more)You’ll come running back (spend the rest of my life with you, baby)You’ll come running back to meGo ahead, go ahead and light up the townAnd baby, do everything your heart desiresRemember, I’ll always be aroundAnd I know, I knowLike I told you so many times beforeYou’re gonna come back, baby’cause I knowYou’re gonna come back knockingYeah, knocking right on my doorYes, yes!Well, time is on my side, yes it isTime is on my side, yes it is’cause I got the real loveThe kind that you needYou’ll come running back (said you would, baby)You’ll come running back (I always said you would)You’ll come running back, to meYes time, time, time is on my side, yes it isTime, time, time is on my side, yes it isOh, time, time, time is on my side, yes it isI said, time, time, time is on my side, yes it isOh, time, time, time is on my sideYeah, time, time, time is on my side

Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan

Once upon a time you dressed so fine
You threw the bums a dime in your prime,
didn’t you?
People’d call, say, beware doll,
you’re bound to fall
You thought they were all
kiddin’ you
You used to laugh about
Everybody that was hangin’ out
Now you don’t talk so loud
Now you don’t seem so proud
About having to be scrounging for your next meal.
How does it feel
How does it feel
To be without a home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?

You’ve gone to the finest school
all right, miss lonely
But you know you only
used to get juiced in it
And nobody has ever taught you
how to live on the street
And now you find out
you’re gonna have to get used to it
You said you’d never compromise
With the mystery tramp, but now you realize
He’s not selling any alibis
As you stare into the vacuum of his eyes
And ask him do you want to make a deal?
How does it feel
How does it feel
To be on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?
You never turned around
to see the frowns
on the jugglers and the clowns
When they all come down
and did tricks for you
You never understood
that it ain’t no good
You shouldn’t let other people
get your kicks for you
You used to ride on the chrome horse
with your diplomat
Who carried on his shoulder
a siamese cat
Ain’t it hard
when you discover that
He really wasn’t
where it’s at
After he took from you
everything he could steal.

How does it feel
How does it feel
To be on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?

Princess on the steeple
and all the pretty people
They’re drinkin’,
thinkin’ that they
got it made
Exchanging all kinds of
precious gifts and things
But you’d better lift
your diamond ring,
you’d better pawn it babe
You used to be so amused
At napoleon in rags
and the language that he used

Go to him now, he calls you,
you can’t refuse
When you got nothing,
you got nothing to lose

You’re invisible now,
you got no secrets to conceal.
How does it feel
How does it feel
To be on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?

Sympathy for the devil by Rolling Stones

Please allow me to introduce myself
I’m a man of wealth and taste
I’ve been around for a long, long year
Stole many a man’s soul and faith
And I was ’round when jesus christ
Had his moment of doubt and pain
Made damn sure that pilate
Washed his hands and sealed his fate
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name
But what’s puzzling you
Is the nature of my game
I stuck around st. petersburg
When I saw it was a time for a change
Killed the czar and his ministers
Anastasia screamed in vain
I rode a tank
Held a general’s rank
When the blitzkrieg raged
And the bodies stank
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name, oh yeah
Ah, what’s puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, oh yeah
I watched with glee
While your kings and queens
Fought for ten decades
For the gods they made
I shouted out,
Who killed the kennedys?
When after all
It was you and me
Let me please introduce myself
I’m a man of wealth and taste
And I laid traps for troubadours
Who get killed before they reached bombay
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah
But what’s puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, oh yeah, get down, baby
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah
But what’s confusing you
Is just the nature of my game
Just as every cop is a criminal
And all the sinners saints
As heads is tails
Just call me lucifer
’cause I’m in need of some restraint
So if you meet me
Have some courtesy
Have some sympathy, and some taste
Use all your well-learned politesse
Or I’ll lay your soul to waste, um yeah
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, um yeah
But what’s puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, um mean it, get down
Woo, who
Oh yeah, get on down
Oh yeah
Oh yeah!
Tell me baby, what’s my name
Tell me honey, can ya guess my name
Tell me baby, what’s my name
I tell you one time, you’re to blame
Ooo, who
Ooo, who
Ooo, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Oh, yeah
What’s me name
Tell me, baby, what’s my name
Tell me, sweetie, what’s my name
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Oh, yeah

Friday, March 03, 2006

Of Gulong ng Palad and Similar Stupidities

I was making my way home from La Salle. It was a tiring day, mind you. I took off from the usual jeepney ride to Buendia and... wow! Meron na palang BBL Balibago kahit gabi na. So I boarded the bus, and waited...patiently....

I am a patient man...lalo na nung UST days. Sometimes, I had to wait for 6 hours for my PE class - na sinadya ko maging gabi - in the library.

Matagal ang hintay, so I just looked at the TV, and my seatmate from time to time. My seatmate, kasi baka ninanakawan na ako. Kayo talaga.

Saka, showing ang mga bata sa Extra Challenge - which I abhor mind you - pero I just love their episode now. So ok lang.

Kaso, this assistant of the driver - kapamilya ata. So, nilipat niya sa channel 2. Eh, Gulong na Palad ang palabas. Grabe.

Ganun pa rin pala style ng mga telenovela?

I mean, the dialogues are still theatrical and unreal. And they still depict the Filipina being weak and helpless. Na laging minamaltrato ng isang masamang tao. I mean, dapat i-educate ang mga tao na we have a choice. The women lalo na. They have a choice.

We have laws and we must rely on ourselves. We can make things happen.

Eh pano, we are always trapped in that idea of being the helpless bida na biglang babawi in the end. I mean, why be helpless in the first place?

Why don't we start showing a different kind of Filipina? Na lumalaban, alam ang batas at karapatan niya? Parang member ng Gabriela? Hehe.

Kasi, it's already pathetic to the bones.

These unreal theatrical dialogues - di mo magagawa magsalita ng tuloy-tuloy na walang sasabad - are killing me.

I think they should realize na they are not helping the Filipino culture. I know no legal impediment and all pero...it's more of conscience. Stop these kind of shows! Make the Filipina more brave! Like Danaya!

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