How's everyone? It's been a while since I blogged here. I miss tBlog and my friends here. I'm doing well at work and in my life. Everything seems to be fine. I'm happy. :) Finally I had the chance to acquire my own web domain. Please do visit my new webspace: http://joseparis.info
I do post my recent updates there, with links to my other sites such as Twitter , Multiply , Friendster , and delicious among others. I still love tBlog, and will always be, it became a part of my life for years. Thanks for everything. Hope to hear from you tBloggers soon! :D
Howdy everyone! Hope y'all tBloggers, my readers and friends are doing well.
Last July 23rd, I got hired for my very first job. I now work at TELUS International Philippines as a technical support associate. I was a walk-in applicant and got the job at the same day. It was unexpected since some of my co-applicants had previous work experience. Currently I'm still on training for the next two weeks. It's a bit challenging but fun, and I'm learning a lot of new things. I'm starting to love the work environment and my officemates. I believe that I'm capable of doing my job to the best of my ability and that I can further develop my skills.
Just to let you guys know, I'm going to take a break on tBlog for a while. Although you won't be seeing any new posts, I do check and read comments, and probably update this site from time to time. I'll try to get back soon once I have the opportunity. I had other plans for the future, like creating my own personal site among others. In the meantime, you can visit my Friendster profile or my Multiply page for anything latest 'bout me (you can add me but lemme know first who you are.) Thanks everyone and see y'all soon! Ciao!
Those superstitious types who freaked out last year when the calendar read 06/06/06 will have something to smile about on the 7th day of the 7th month, 2007.
Believing the triple appearance of the number 7 will bring luck, many people are planning important events for this first Saturday in July. Brides and grooms, especially, looking for a little extra dose of marital fortune, are flocking to the altar in droves on 07/07/07, according to wedding watchers.
If they only knew what the Chinese were thinking.
The number seven is considered lucky due to its frequent and favorable appearance in the Bible, say historians.
"As the number of the days of God's first week, of the levels of heaven...of the numbers of angels and trumpets, etc., the number came in the last few centuries BC to represent divine perfection," said David Frankfurter, professor of religious studies and history at the University of New Hampshire. "Something organized seven-fold meant that it corresponded to God's own arrangement."
Numbers control our fate?
Just as some people wouldn't dare get married on a Friday the 13th or live in a house with the address 666, believing in the positive influence of the number seven is just another technique humans use to have some jurisdiction over the chaotic world around them, said Frankfurter.
"In our modern American society we have a tendency to look for magical ways to control the world or fate, so numerology is especially important for us," Frankfurter said.
The obsession with numerology-and other para-sciences like astrology-tends to get stronger especially during significant life events like marriages, he added. "It represents Americans' rather weak (compared to Asian cultures') attempt to exert some numerical or calendrical control over important life-cycle, transition, or other crisis situations," Frankfurter told LiveScience.
Seven not lonely in luck
Trying to find meaning in numbers is a practice that goes back to ancient times, say historians, and doesn't begin and end with 6, 7 and 13.
There are many other numbers in the Bible that were thought to have sacred meanings, said Frankfurter, including twelve (for the tribes of Israel and the zodiac), five (books of Moses) and four (archangels, gospels).
Lucky numbers also vary from culture to culture, proving, skeptics say, that coincidental connections between an event and the influence of a number can always be found if you're looking hard enough, no matter what the digit.
Chinese culture, for example, associates "degrees" of luck according to how a number is pronounced. Eight, whose Chinese name rhymes with the words for prosperity and wealth, is considered particularly auspicious. The Beijing Olympics, as a result, will open next year at 8 p.m. on Aug. 8, 2008.
OT: Happy 84th Birthday to my loving grandmother Lola Mering! We love you very much! :)
Recently a number of Philippine municipalities were granted cityhood status after a successful plebiscite. These include Borongan City in Eastern Samar, Bogo City in Cebu province, and Tabuk City in Kalinga.
Here in Metro Manila, two municipalities formally became cities this month, San Juan and Navotas. This makes Pateros the lone municipality in the metropolitan area.
So what makes a city special? They get bigger share from the internal revenue allotment (IRA) which forms part of the city's budget, this would mean more projects and investments for development. Philippine cities are classified as Highly Urbanized City (HUC), Chartered City, Independent Component City or Component City. For HUCs, there must be a minimum population of two hundred thousand and an annual income of at least fifty million pesos.
Unilever Knorr recently launched "Makulay ang Buhay sa Sinabawang Gulay", an advocacy to promote vegetable eating to children. Dr. Jose Chuaunsu, consultant at the Manila Doctors Hospital Department of Pediatrics, said that parents must be role models by encouraging their children to eat vegetables for these will help build their immune system, brain development and improving learning skills.
Well, Rejoice has done it again. After Jaboom Twins' "Sumusunod sa Galaw", Sandara Park's "Walang Sabit" and Mish Maravilla's "Instant Ayos", here's Pinoy Big Brother Teen Edition Winner Kim Chiu's take on the popular Rejoice series of jingle-inspired ads. Just look how she "carries" herself, not to mention the dance choreography.
