http://tinyurl.com/LibraryOndoy
Ondoy Lib Damage, Googledocs. Anyone can update. Might be helpful for anyone doing a study in the future.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Ondoy Library Damage / Status Report
http://tinyurl.com/LibraryOndoy
Ondoy Lib Damage, Googledocs. Anyone can update. Might be helpful for anyone doing a study in the future.
Announcement for Ma'am Iyra's Students
From Ma'am Iyra:
LIS 171: Final proj presentation moved from Oct.7 to Oct.14.
LIS 51: Class discussion on Wed, Oct. 7. Final exam will be on the 14th or 16th.
LIS 171: Final proj presentation moved from Oct.7 to Oct.14.
LIS 51: Class discussion on Wed, Oct. 7. Final exam will be on the 14th or 16th.
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Monday, September 28, 2009
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Feeding the Starfish Troll
Clocking Hate?
Clocking Flames?
How fast hate makes people post.
A flame-bait post on facebook (http://tinyurl.com/jbfb09)
traced her multiply account
flamed her guestbook.
Yun nga, to echo the thoughts of some, maybe we should all think first before posting anything.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d__Mhu5LH9s
Saturday, September 26, 2009
KFC vs JOLLIBEE Nobody Showdown
Got it from Youtube. Wala lang, naaliw lang ako. :D -- KFC Chuck and Jollibee on the streets dancing together. It's funny and it's good to see friendly competition by two of the largest fast food chain in the country.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7elkmsPaJs
Friday, September 25, 2009
Misc Pics of the Day
Pic 1: Not from my class... The only classes before mine were of @npf007. Lagot kayo kay @sabbypar.
Pic 2 and 3: What keeps the growing BLC family alive? Marty's. This afternoon the guys and gals downed 4, count'em 4 Marty's Veggie Chicharon. healthy pa. :D
Pic 4: Newest addition to my weapons collection. Telescopic metal baton from Cash and Carry. Heavy, not the old thin type. This is thicker and heavier!
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Misc LIS Pics
A normal day in LIS with a fonecam.
Hmmm... Org bulletin boards looking good. :D
Kung sinuman kumwechat nung T-U-D-S ng SC board pakibalik na. (lmao)
It looks weird without those letters.
Finally got a xerox copy of the article (which came out Saturday) where I was interviewed.
Lastly, "colorful" LIS 163 seatwork submissions. I normally don't accept and check things like these but for once naaliw ako. One's in orange, another's in green, and another's in purple. O_o;;
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Tulak, Taob, Tumba, Tira, Ligpit, Lapag
As it happens, we traced the path of my mom's stolen wallet around Las Pinas and part of Cavite. My childhood acquaintance spared me the sordid details of the entire ordeal and I just drove them from place to place to track down the culprits. He forbade me from going with them deep, better for his contacts not to see me, better for me not to see them. That I understood. The "akyat bahay" guys who stole from us turned out to be young, "Trabaho nila talaga yang magnakaw. Balewala namang ipakulong yan, sa kanila parang bakasyon lang yung selda." Quite disturbing but true. I remember cheap 5k chrome Danao-made .45s being sold when I was a kid so nothing around here surprises me anymore. By the afternoon my acquaintance was able to recover my mom's wallet, but the cash and check were gone, though. Heck, 18k is easy to lose in one day. In a mater of hours a large chunk of it was already drug money. After a while another part made its way down red light districts (note that with 24hr paid services around that's quite easy to squander). Along the way I refreshed my vocabulary.
Trabaho - usually said as "Trumabaho," criminal act, "nakaw", steal.
Tulak - Pusher. Someone you shouldn't mess with. For most part they know what's going on in their area, a useful source of information.
Bata - Usually anyone junior or younger than you, may or may not be below 20.
Taob - Can be used in multiple ways. As a verb it indicates taking someone down, though no indication of the degree of physical result. it also denotes a certain degree of heirarchical set up, ie "Taob yung mga yun sa akin."
Tumba, Tira, Ligpit - May be used interchangeably, though "ligpit" seems more permanent. May denote different degrees of bodily harm, eg. beaten up, stabbed, maimed or made to sleep with the fishes.
Loob - Literally "inside", means incarceration / being incarcerated.
Mayores, Mayor, Segunda - A heirarchy denoting organizational responsibilty and (sometimes, not always) respect in jails. From what I gathered Mayores > Mayor > Segunda with Mayores being top dog of the whole block, Mayor for a smaller area or probably a cell, and Segunda as second in command. (May be wrong, though, especially the difference between Mayores and Mayor, might have mixed that up, didn't have enough time to clarify. Didn't want to.)
Bagsakan - Place to drop off stolen goods for fencing.
Lapag - May denote the act or a place. As an act, it is the habit of gathering together as a group in one place to divide monetary spoils and decide where to dispose of the other physical spoils. Another "lapag" is the act of an indiviual of the group settling somewhere after the division, probably to lie low. "Lapag" can also refer to the exact geographical area. Usual initial "Lapagans" would be a place nearby a "Tulak" or a place near a "Bagsakan" to facilitate easier division of monetary spoils first then do business transactions with the "Tulak" or at the "Bagsakan". <- (which happened in this case)
Kara y Krus - Underground coin gambling game, high stakes incognito as opposed to piso-piso street version.
Babae - In "May babae dun kina Ramon," it denotes loose women, may or may not be paid. In "Kumuha sila ng babae," it takes on the meaning of prostitute. Sexist, I know.
Other observations:
* It's a known fact that if you want something recovered that you don't go to the police. They may have the infrastructure yet don't have the network to accomplish such a task.
* Too much of one type of drug (shabu?) makes your body droopy and smell bad, despite hygenic practices.
* Consanguinity and Affinity matter a lot, which is why sometimes a false / made-up relation (eg. "Insan", short for "pinsan", though the only thing that's common is the province of origin) is sought after. Gee, I wonder if I'm bad deep inside since I value this very much. I always look for other Cabbabs and consider someone like Karia a cousin since we're both Aquinos from Nueva Ecija. O_o;;
* I think it's all about life choices. My kababatas, acquaintances and I took different paths yet still talk to each other. I don't preach about paths to them, I don't think I have to. We made our own choices. They, on the other hand, provide others and me with insights as to how not to lead our lives. And that is good.
* DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT try this at home unless you have the people to back you up. Even if you do have the means, I would suggest you NOT do it. It's dangerous out there.
* Yeah this whole thing bothered me, notice how I'm still not asleep even though it's 4am.
Facebook Mafia Wars my ass..
Here's to a life less ordinary.
Trabaho - usually said as "Trumabaho," criminal act, "nakaw", steal.
Tulak - Pusher. Someone you shouldn't mess with. For most part they know what's going on in their area, a useful source of information.
Bata - Usually anyone junior or younger than you, may or may not be below 20.
Taob - Can be used in multiple ways. As a verb it indicates taking someone down, though no indication of the degree of physical result. it also denotes a certain degree of heirarchical set up, ie "Taob yung mga yun sa akin."
Tumba, Tira, Ligpit - May be used interchangeably, though "ligpit" seems more permanent. May denote different degrees of bodily harm, eg. beaten up, stabbed, maimed or made to sleep with the fishes.
Loob - Literally "inside", means incarceration / being incarcerated.
Mayores, Mayor, Segunda - A heirarchy denoting organizational responsibilty and (sometimes, not always) respect in jails. From what I gathered Mayores > Mayor > Segunda with Mayores being top dog of the whole block, Mayor for a smaller area or probably a cell, and Segunda as second in command. (May be wrong, though, especially the difference between Mayores and Mayor, might have mixed that up, didn't have enough time to clarify. Didn't want to.)
Bagsakan - Place to drop off stolen goods for fencing.
Lapag - May denote the act or a place. As an act, it is the habit of gathering together as a group in one place to divide monetary spoils and decide where to dispose of the other physical spoils. Another "lapag" is the act of an indiviual of the group settling somewhere after the division, probably to lie low. "Lapag" can also refer to the exact geographical area. Usual initial "Lapagans" would be a place nearby a "Tulak" or a place near a "Bagsakan" to facilitate easier division of monetary spoils first then do business transactions with the "Tulak" or at the "Bagsakan". <- (which happened in this case)
Kara y Krus - Underground coin gambling game, high stakes incognito as opposed to piso-piso street version.
Babae - In "May babae dun kina Ramon," it denotes loose women, may or may not be paid. In "Kumuha sila ng babae," it takes on the meaning of prostitute. Sexist, I know.
Other observations:
* It's a known fact that if you want something recovered that you don't go to the police. They may have the infrastructure yet don't have the network to accomplish such a task.
* Too much of one type of drug (shabu?) makes your body droopy and smell bad, despite hygenic practices.
* Consanguinity and Affinity matter a lot, which is why sometimes a false / made-up relation (eg. "Insan", short for "pinsan", though the only thing that's common is the province of origin) is sought after. Gee, I wonder if I'm bad deep inside since I value this very much. I always look for other Cabbabs and consider someone like Karia a cousin since we're both Aquinos from Nueva Ecija. O_o;;
* I think it's all about life choices. My kababatas, acquaintances and I took different paths yet still talk to each other. I don't preach about paths to them, I don't think I have to. We made our own choices. They, on the other hand, provide others and me with insights as to how not to lead our lives. And that is good.
* DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT try this at home unless you have the people to back you up. Even if you do have the means, I would suggest you NOT do it. It's dangerous out there.
* Yeah this whole thing bothered me, notice how I'm still not asleep even though it's 4am.
Facebook Mafia Wars my ass..
Here's to a life less ordinary.
Monday, September 21, 2009
Break In
We were about to leave when mom noticed her wallet was missing. Then we realized that the lowest jalousy of her window was removed and that the screens were ripped. We went outside and discovered that the aluminum doors at the back of the house were opened and the screens were also ripped. Good thing the metal and wooden door locks held. We also found a straightened hanger which was probably used to try and turn the doorknobs and hook my mom's wallet. Waiting for the baranggay tanods and police.
Sunday, September 20, 2009
SLIS Indoor Games
| Start: | Sep 30, '09 4:00p |
| End: | Sep 30, '09 7:00p |
| Location: | Rms. 3 and 4 |
Sign up sheets are posted at the SC bulletin board.
Join now!
Friday, September 18, 2009
LISSA Sept Bdays
Happy Birthday Yet, Hazel, Vjay and Rico!!!
September 18, 2009
Henry's Grill, Teacher's Village, QC
Being BLC
Nice to Know You: A Meeting of Minds
UP Bibliotech
September 18, 2009, 5:30pm
SLIS Rms 3 and 4
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
The Bipolar Bears: Nocturnal Journal
http://bipolarbears.net/
Nocturnal Journal is the second music narrative of The Bipolar Bears.
It includes the songs:
· Comet Comes
· Midnight Picnic
· The Moon as a Stalker
· Joana, the Falling Satellite
· (I Love You) Like I Love the Night
· God Made a Star to Shine on You
· Apology to the Apogee
· Show Me a Constellation
· The Night is Too Short
· Ikaw ang Nais Ko
Monday, September 7, 2009
Cleaning my Knives and other pointy stuff
They say that when you try one out at a shop and it cuts you, you have to buy it. "Naghahanap ng amo" kumbaga, meaning you have to tame it. These are the ones which have cut me at one point in time through the years.
I don't do this annually, I do this mostly on a whim. Mostly they're part of this collection, with a few stragglers out there given away (one balisong pambutas-piso given to Jo, one mini-balisong to Bambi and one throwing knife to Jon before he entered the US Armed Forces. How he got it past US customs I don't know).
Today I cleaned them. Metal polish to remove the grime and a coat of vaseline to prevent rusting. They're all still in good condition at the moment, save for a few rust and discoloration spots on some of the local balisong: the bone, the wood, the all-brass and the blue dragon. The three Rostfrei stainless steel balisong (butterfly knives) are still okay (I love those three).
The stainless steel samurai-style hunting knife, the cheap and slim stainless steel hunting knife, and the dual mini fantasy knives are still spotless. The wood and americana folding knives and the numerous shuriken are all okay. The lighter switchblade (from Cecil) has a few rust spots while the stainless steel black switchblade (from Bambi) is still okay.
The ones that rusted the most were the old heavy WWII hunting knife (got it from my dad, probably belonged to my grandfather), my Dad's belt-buckle knife, the southern kris-type dagger and the northern itak / barong (?). Will probably sand them down over the weekend.
Haven't checked the katana and the ornate Indonesian sword yet.
I have a yoyo collection. Yoyo string-making is zen. I also have a weapons collection. Knife-cleaning is zen...
Friday, September 4, 2009
LIS Wizard Screening 09
Congrats to Kelvin and She! :D
Moral: Mag-SA... Sa SLIS Lib.
See you at TNL for the LIS Wizard on November 17!
(Sure na ako dyan. Hehehehe.)
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