Life Hacks for Polymaths

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Welcome polymaths !

Ever get the feeling that you seem to don't know what to do with your life because there are just so many things that you want to do ? I know, I've been there, so welcome to the club.

My name is Zigfred Diaz and I am a polymath. After more than 6 years of bloging about almost anything under the sun and having sort of a "blogging identity crisis." I've finally embraced who I am and decided to turn my main blog into some sort of guide for people with so much interest. Feel free to poke around.

Just joined a Philippine stock exchange stock trading game

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I was browsing the Philippine stock exchange website today and found out that there will be another stock trading tournament that will be conducted starting on June 1, 2009 and ending on February 26, 2010. Being an avid fan of the Philippine stock market, I’ve always wanted to join stock exchange games. However I did not get to join before because it’s either I learned about a game when it has already started or that the available tournaments are not open to the public. This time, I have learned about this a week earlier so I wasted no time in entering my registration. This stock grading game is dubbed as the “PSE Manila times equity challenge (Open edition)” Basically the objective in this game as in any Philippine stock exchange stock trading game is to get the highest portfolio value at the end of the game. At the beginning of the game you are given a million pesos “Virtual money.” You are make that money grow. Kind of like the Bible story of the “Parable of the talents” … [Read more...]

My 6 year old son’s first violin concert

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My son Zed Avalon Diaz had his first violin concert last May 16, 2009 at the Sacred Heart School Jesuit Canduman campus. Lol heheheh it’s not really a violin concert but a violin recital :-). I just used the words violin concert for keyword ambush heheheehhe…:-) To prepare for the “violin concert”, my son has been taking violin lessons for almost 1 year now at the Pilar B. Sala Institution for Music and the Arts. By the way special thanks to my son’s teacher Dr. Wayneth Ibales for helping him prepare for the “violin concert.” Pilar B. Sala Institution for Music and the Arts is operated by the Salvador Pilar Sala Foundation Incorporated (SPSFI). The school was established in 1945 and widely known as Battig Piano School. Until today most Cebuano know the school by that name instead of its new name. In fact the average Cebuano refers to the place as “Battig.”In 1993, the school was renamed to its new name. Lessons in various instruments such as strings, wind and percussion … [Read more...]

Our One Visayas experience

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Last March 2009, after our “Disappointing weekend at Plantation Bay Cebu” we dropped by at the Cebu International convention Center as it is the last day of the “One Visayas” expo. This mother of all festivals is a brainchild of Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia who also initiated a “cultural renaissance” in Cebu province through her program called “One Cebu.” Cebu Daily news describes it as “the most serious attempt to bring together the provinces of the three Central Philippine regions to showcase the best of their culture and art forms.” This year’s theme is “One People, One Vision.” Representatives from 20 provinces from the three Visayan regions came under one roof and showcased the best of what the Visayan culture has to offer. It is about time that something like this is initiated. The Visayan people should realize that the more we discover that we have something in common, the more we will be more united as a people. I did some research on the history of the Visayans. … [Read more...]

AJ Banal vs. Mbwana Matumla youtube video and live streaming

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One of Cebu’s most promising boxer, AJ “Bazooka” Banal will once again either wow or stun his home crowd this coming Saturday as he battles the “African Golden boy” Mbwana Matumla of Tanzania Africa at the Cebu Coliseum in the fight dubbed as “Tuloy Ang Pagsubok” (Translated as - The Challenge Continues) If you remember last July 2008 AJ Banal’s Bazooka went Kaplang! instead of KaBOOM! when he was KOd in the 10th round by Rafael “Little Bull” Concepcion in the fight dubbed as “The holy fight.” (Laban na banal) AJ’s defeat became very unholy when the little Bull silenced the crowd at the Cebu Coliseum as Bazooka’s cannon failed to deliver the necessary fire power. Well I hope this won’t happen again. I hope this time AJ’s Bazooka will send the Golden Boy of Africa back to his Safari home land. Ranked No. 6 by the IBF, No. 9 by the WBA and considered as “heir” to Manny Pacquiao’s throne, AJ’s near perfect record of 18-1-1 with 15 KOs makes him the top bet for this fight. On the … [Read more...]

The Ramon Magsaysay Credo

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“He who has less in life should have more in law”  This one of the most popular phrase that the great president, Ramon Magsaysay, the champion of the masses is best remembered for. Law students are quite familiar with the statement as this has often been used in law school most especially in the subjects of Political law and Labor law. More often the phrase is used in Labor law especially in decided cases wherein the Supreme Court favors the argument of laborers. I have decided to write about this because one of my readers dropped me a comment and asked exactly in what speech did “Ramy” as what he called him, used that phrase. He was asking this question in connection to the post I wrote entitled “Giving more of the law to those who have less in life.” Well, the phrase “ . .. He who has less in life should have more in law” is taken from what we know as the “Ramon Magsaysay Credo.” The Ramon Masaysay Credo is a ten point credo that the great President tried to live by when he … [Read more...]