Top 10

I read in the Inquirer about a new Filipino Web Portal patterned after Wikipedia. They named the site Wikipilipinas – Hip and Free Philippine Encyclopedia. Since I am a huge Wikipedia user – I decided  to visit the sirte. It certainly has the Wikipedia feel. I am not to sure yet on the content as I have just started visiting the site – but I become an instant fan of the “Top Ten List” – medyo weird lang kasi yung hindi naman puro top 10 lang ang laman … minsan top 40 etc..etc.. so why Top Ten? Ewan.  

I am a huge top whatever list fan. I still remember during my early highschool days —my cousin and I would be glued to the fm radio stations in the Philippines every Dec 31. Bakit? The year-end song countdown! We would have our pen and paper at hand – switch from station to station and made sure that we list all the songs. Problem is — sabay-sabay ang start nung countdown so we have to listen to multiple stations (DZMB, DWKC, DWLS, DWRR ang natatandaan ko) – and we only have 1 radio. Isipin nyo na lang kung anong strategy ang ginagawa naming  para mailista ang mga songs. We would even go in shifts — to make sure that at least 1 person is monitoring. And I am proud to say that every year – we are able to list down all the songs from the 4 radio stations mentioned.  And what do we do with the list? Wala… kinakalimutan na afterwards.  Come to think of it — its not exactly the list which made it fun – it was the process of creating the list. The scheming para di kami mapansin ng mga oldies, ang pagtiming on when one song ends and another starts… ang strategy to make sure at least one person is left beside the radio para walang mamiss na song.  Hay.. those were the days when I was still young and naïve hehehehe….. 

Back to the lists……tulad ng nasabi ko… Wikipilipinas has a Top Ten List section which gives quite interesting trivia information. While reading the list I may mga bagay akong naliwanagan….  

1.        I do not have any relative or friend or even an acquaintance na nasa top 40 richest Pinoy. Puro dukha at maralita lang talaga ang madalas kong ka-rubbing elbow!Karamihan din ng nasa richest ay involve with Airlines, Banking, Mass Media, Pharmaceutical, Retail, Communication and Food business. Walang yumaman kasi isang techer or government employee. This only means na mas malakas ang chance na yumaman if you will be your own boss…. Risk entering into a business or something. Mukhang walang chance if you are just an ordinary employee.

2.        Same as the richest — wala rin akong karubbing elbow na Socialite….. hmm… san kaya yung top ten Social Climbers…. Baka dun ako may kilala!

3.        Nueva Ecija – province where I came from — does not have any popular tourist spot. What (kunwari gulat!)?????

4.        Not to go to the Calayan! Wala pala sila sa top 10… hmm.. odd……

5.        Na posibleng maging next millionaire yung mga students na nag-ka-cutting class para mag bilyar.  It seems that billiards is a very lucrative sports. Na-eclipse nya ang basketball! Golf may pay well…. Pero mahal din naman kasi ang capital mo dito.  Billiards on the other hand — marami namang bilyaran dyan sa tabi-tabi na mura lang ang rent.

6.        Niknok was snubbed in the top ten characters in Philippine Komiks! Sino ba yung Kulafu na yun? Wala yata akong kakilala na hindi lumaki kasama ang Funny Komiks! Every Friday is like Christmas day! Ito kasi ang labas ng new issue ng Funny Komiks. I remember when I was still very young and hindi pa marunong magbasa — iipinin kami nung older cousin ko para basahan ng Funny Komiks. And she will do it with the emotions and all. Pati yung tunog ng suntok, sampal at tadyak ng character kasama. Pak. Pok. Tadyak.  Hindi nya pinalalampas yan. She was our Lola Basyang at that time and Funny Komiks provide the kwento.

7.        A very good one liner dialogue can put a movie in classic status. Who would forget Lavinia’s “Your nothing but a second rate .. trying hard.. copycay”? Or  “Ibalik nyo sa akin si Junjun”… or “ Si Bal na walang malay”?  Napapansin ko lang sa mga local movies ngayon – medyo madalang na ang mga classic lines na tulad ng mga nabanggit.  Parang nauubusan na ng idea yung mga scriptwriters.  Hay… “I…. never…. tell you…..  that  I love you….”….

8.        There are a lot of great Filipino movie titles before… Nagalit ang buwan sa haba ng gabi is one great movie title. I haven’t seen this film — but the title is very intriguing. It must be a really long night….  Kasi pati ang buwan nagalit… OT na raw sya.  “Gaano Kadalas ang Minsan?” is good as well.  It says a lot right?  Hay… ngayon .. wala na kwenta mga titiles… puro na lang galing sa kanta. Dapat ibalik yung dating proseso — think of a great title — then create the theme song. Not the other way around – aiyah…. 

8 lang ang naisip ko… so top 8 lang yan…. Would have wanted to add more… pero kailangan ko na work…. Ayon sa aking to do list — I am way behind schedule na….  If you want to visit Wikipilipinas — link is http://www.wikipilipinas.com/.

Buhay Opis - Inside Dexter’s Laboratory

1.        I am getting sleepy. My eyelids are slowly closing…. Nope – I am not trying to hypnotize myself.  I am still taking the medicines the doctor has given me last Monday and a couple of medicines have the disclaimer “ May cause drowsiness”. Drowsiness indeed. After taking the pills — I do get sleepy. I am not sure if I am just plain lazy or due to the medicine I am taking. Hmm…. I do think its because of the medicine as I am a very hardworking person. J Fine – itutulog ko na ito —- kung ano-ano na sinasabi ko e. Kaso di pwede matulog dito sa officezzzzzzzz…….

2.        Okay… medyo gising na ako…  I have been very voacal that I am bored with my current job. Boring with a capital B. My previous job is eventful and exciting. Nga lang – tambak talaga ng trabaho at stress. Hindi nawawalan ng problema.  Factory yata ng issues at stress ang Siyudad ng Bangko e. I used to complain about my previous job… and is currently complaining about my current job. These past few days – napapaisip talaga ako. Siguro tama nga ang kasabihan na the grass is always greener if its raining este on the other side of the fence. Pero come to think of it — hindi naman ako umalis sa Siyudad na Bangko dahil sa dami ng trabaho. Hay – ewan. Basta nababato ako dito. Pag nagtagal-tagal pa ako dito – baka sabihan ako ng mga tao na “Rolly — istatue?”. Hehehehe… cute ng joke. Ang hindi tumawa – nakasimangot!

3.        Whenever I send a work-related mail here in the office – I always make it a point to tick the “request a read receipt for this message” box.  Wala lang – I wanted to know if my mail has been read by the recipient. Ganyan din kasi ang nakagawian ko na sa Siyudad na Bangko.  However – hindi pala nila gusto dito yan sa Progresibong Bangko ng Singapore.  Just this morning – I again sent a work-related mail to someone with my lead and supervisor copied. After a few minutes – tinawagan ako nung isang Pinay na kateam ko. Pinasasabi daw nung Suprevisor naming na wag akong mag “request a reade receipt”. Nakakaabala daw.  Hmm… Ganun? As in pati yun kailangan pakialaman?As in naabala sya ha? As in ganun sya kabusy? Aiyah. Wala lang. OA naman. Pero di pa dyan natatapos — nung medyo tumigil na ako sa katatanong ng “As in”… napag-isip-isip ko na bakit kailangan pa nyang ipasabi dun sa kateam ko (na malayo din naman sa akin nakaupo) yung kaniyang nararamdamang inconvenience.  Bakit hindi na lang nya ako padalhan ng email? Or tawagan? Or i-SMS? Or magleave ng Comment sa aking Blog? Ayaw ba nya akong kausap? Di naman ako bad breath a. Or masyado syang busy kaki-click nung “request a read receipt” button? Or di nya lang ako kalevel?  Wala lang – weird di ba? As in.

4.        Maraming weirdo dito sa aming grupo. Kasama na ako dun. Pero dahil blog site ko ito – hindi ko ikwento ang mga kaweirdohan ko.  Baka sa blog nila – dun nakakwento ang kaweirduhan ko.  Simulan natin kay team lead 1 na itatago natin sa pangalang Ate Vi.  Nabanggit ko na yata ako previous blog ko. Tinawagan nya ako minsan at sinabing dalhin ko sa kanya ang hardcopy nung pinagagawa nya sa akin.  Yung softcopy kasi ay nabigay ko na sa kanya previously. So – akala ko idiscuss namin yung pinagawa nya.  Ako naman nagprint at pumunta sa pwesto nya na medyo malayo-layo din from my cubicle. Pagdating ko sa lugar nya – inabot lang nya yung hardcopy at saka nagpasalamat. Ha? Ganun? Gusto mo lang talaga  na ako magprint at dalhin ko sa yo? Considering na may printer malapit sa kanya — mga 15 steps away siguro – di nya kayang magprint mag-isa? Naisip ko nga na dapat basahin ko ulit yung kontrata ko – baka may nakalagay dun na “part time secretary”. Wala lang. Feeling ko its unnecessary and rude. Nagkaroon na rin naman ako ng tao – pero never kong ginawa yun (sa pagkakaalam ko ha). Sabihin ko man siguro na dalhan ako ng hard copy — pero idiscuss ko yung hardcopy na yun.  Wala lang — weird.

5.        Si lead 2 naman  ang pagusapan natin. Itago natin sya sa pangalang Lola. Last week — dami naming ginagawang documents review na kailangan within the same day ay maipasa. Syempre – nagcoconcentrate ako mabuti. Ayaw ko silang bigyan ng satisfaction na di ko mameet ang mga deadlines. Biglang nag-ring ang phone. Si Lola. Tinanong nya ako kung siguro daw ba ako sa sinabi kong mali ang file length na nasa worksheet.  Sabi ko – OO… pero idouble check ko ulit kung gusto nya. Kahit naabala ako – check naman ako ulit… ginamit ko yung “sum” ng excel.  Mali talaga – tinawagan ko si Lola – sabi ko confirmed! Sabi nya – e sabi nung isang team mali.. di bale ako na lang titingin. (in English nya sinabi ha.. hindi Tagalog). Medyo napikon ako — bakit ayaw maniwala sa akin. Anyway – deadma… dami work e…  Pamaya-maya ay tumawag na naman si Lola at pinapunta ako sa pwesto nya. Punta naman ako. Tinanong nya ako kung paano ko ini-add para makuha ang total file length. Sabi ko — ginamit ko ang sum ng excel. At sabi ba naman — wag ko raw gamitin ang excel kasi minsan nagkakamali ito. Add ko daw manually. What????? Mali ang excel????? Kailangan ireklamo natin ito sa Microsoft! How dare them sell this software na mag-add lang nagkakamali pa! Its an abomination!!!! Anyway – dahil sinabi ni Lola na i-add ko manually… at ako ay may galang sa matatanda…. bumalik ako sa cubicle ko para mag-add manually… as expected…tama pa rin.  Balik ako sa pwesto ni Lola… sabi nya… tama nga daw… iniadd nya using Excel! *&#$$^%$@$&%#) nga naman buhay ito o. Moral lesson  - magtiwala sa Excel.  

6.        Sa Siyudad na bangko — we heavily use the E-mail and Telephone for communication. E-mail is a must kasi nagsisilbi itong  “evidence” ng mga agreement.Telephone naman pag may mga ilang tanong lang na pwede naman na hindi face to face ang discussion. Dito – kakaiba.  As I mentioned before – nasa kabilang end ako nung floor nakaupo – kaya medyo malayo ako sa mga leads at boss. So – in the normal sane world — pag may mga simple lang naman na queries or tasks — pwede na itawag na lang opr i-email. Pero hindi dito — kadalasan – pupuntahan nila ako personally. Minsan para lang sabihin na  — nagsend sila ng mail… or may meeting…. or something very simple. Hello!!!! Kaya nga may telepono. Minsa nga gusto ko sabihin na “Leads.. this is the telephone.. have you met?”.  Wala lang – siguro di lang ako sanay sa ganun. Masyadong pa-close. Or feeling ko waste of time nila. A.. basta.. I find it weird…

7.        Marami pang kaweirdohan dito….. pero sa mga future blog entries na yung iba. Para naman may maisulat pa ako next time.  Pero alam nyo – come to think of it – dahil lahat sila ay naweweirduhan ako …. Hindi kaya ako ng weird? Hmmm… di naman siguro. Teka lang ha — icharge ko lang yung aking electronic spaceship. Susunduin ko mamaya si Kokey e.  J  

8.        Last  … and definitely not related to the previous items above. Wala lang — naisip ko lang na maganda na mayroon din napupulot na kaalaman sa aking blog entries. For this entry — naisip ko lang ito ng mabasa ko sa newspaper na wala nang drought sa Pinas.  Sobra na nga ang tubig e.. kaya baha naman. J Dahil dito – di na daw kailangan ng “cloud seeding”. Cloud seeding? Ano yun? Paano yun? Nacurious ka ba? Ako nacurious …….. kaya eto  – mula sa http://ask.yahoo.com/20020920.html

                  

Dear Yahoo!:

What is cloud seeding?

Stel Singapore

Dear Stel:

We couldn’t shake the mental picture of a gardener in the sky, digging little holes in the clouds and dropping in seeds, but we were pretty sure that wasn’t how cloud seeding worked. We set out to learn more by doing a little rain dance, then typing “cloud seeding” into the Yahoo! search box. Here’s what we learned. Cloud seeding is a form of weather modification. It can be used to disperse fog, suppress hail, or control winds, but is most often used to increase precipitation. In order to understand the process, however, a basic understanding of clouds and how precipitation is formed is needed. As warm air rises from the Earth, it begins to cool and forms tiny droplets of water that condense into cloud droplets. Cloud droplets are formed around particles of dust, salt, or soil (called cloud condensation nuclei) that are always present in the atmosphere. These cloud droplets group together into clouds, which can form precipitation in one of two ways. In warm temperatures, the droplets in the clouds merge with many other droplets and become heavy enough to fall to the Earth as rain. (It takes millions of cloud droplets to form a single raindrop.) In colder temperatures, the droplets of water form ice crystals. Other droplets freeze onto these ice crystals, which grow larger and heavier until they fall to the ground as rain, snow, or hail. Cloud seeding is actually a very complex process. In the simplest terms, it introduces other particles into a cloud to serve as cloud condensation nuclei and aid in the formation of precipitation. There are three types of cloud seeding: static mode, dynamic mode, and hygroscopic seeding. Static mode cloud seeding seeks to increase rainfall by adding ice crystals (usually in the form of silver iodide or dry ice) to cold clouds. Dynamic mode cloud seeding increases rainfall by enhancing “vertical air currents in clouds and thereby vertically process more water through the clouds.” Basically, in this method of seeding, a much larger number of ice crystals are added to the cloud than in the static mode. In hygroscopic seeding, salt crystals are released into a cloud. These particles grow until they are large enough to cause precipitation to form. Clouds can be seeded from above with the help of airplanes that drop pyrotechnics, or from the ground by using artillery or ground-to-air rockets The science of weather seeding is not without controversy. Many question the validity of the results, since they are difficult to prove. Others feel that science shouldn’t interfere with nature. Still others claim that increasing rain in one area decreases it in another, in effect, “stealing” rain from other lands that may be in need. Many states have also passed legislation that attempts to regulate cloud seeding and other forms of weather modification.