Today is known as crucifixion day or “Good Friday.” Christians today from all over the world, take time to pause, reflect and remember the death of Jesus in the cross. Churches hold services and ministers usually preach on the last seven words of Jesus. The crucifixion of Christ has become such a familiar subject to all of us that even if we “remind” ourselves about it every year by remembering the last seven words of Jesus, we sometimes fail to really grasp the pain and the agony that Jesus went through in the cross at Calvary. I really wish that I could be transported back in time to witness the crucifixion and hear the last seven words of Jesus. However even if we did not actually witness the actual crucifixion, the Bible gives us a really graphic depiction of the events in Calvary and this is more than enough for me. Every time I meditate and reflect on the crucifixion, I feel humbled thinking that the Son of God has given his life for me. Fortunately for us in the 20th century … [Read more...]
Understanding the true and real meaning of the Lenten Season
Today, April 1, 2010, Thursday is what we call “Maundy Thursday” or what is also commonly known as “Holy Thursday.” For the next 4 days we celebrate what we know as the “Holy week” otherwise popularly known as the Lent season. The Lent Season starts with Holy Thursday which is known to be the day that commemorates the last Supper of Jesus Christ with the apostles. Good Friday is traditionally acknowledged by most as the day that Jesus Christ was crucified. Black Saturday is when Jesus was still in the tomb. Lent ends with Easter or Resurrection Sunday, which is the day in which Jesus rose again from the grave. For some people Lent means having a long vacation. This is not only a religious holiday, but a non-working holiday in most predominantly “Christian” nations. For us in the Philippines we have non-working days from Thursday to Saturday, well traditionally Sunday is also a non-working day for most business establishments. Because of the long holidays, people go on vacation, … [Read more...]
Want to understand animal talk ? Check out Google translate for animals
Do animals talk ? Ever wish you could be just like Doctor DoLittle and understand animal talk ? You can now throw away your "How to talk to animals for dummies" book and ditch your plan of teaching your monkey sign language because finally Google has really outdone itself this time as it introduces its latest application, Google Translate for Animals. Translate for Animals is an application in Google’s Android phones. The app is considered a marvelous scientific breakthrough in the field of linguistics. The technology has been developed in partnership with the world's top language synthesis teams, leaders in the field of animal cognitive linguistics which includes senior fellows at the Bodleian Library in Oxford. To translate what your animal is saying, all you have to do is turn on the app, select the animal, select record and the device will record the animal talk. The application will then translate into words what your animal is saying. I wonder what Microsoft should do to … [Read more...]
Results of September 2009 Philippine Bar Exams finally released !
(Update: Bar exams results finally released please see results below . . . ) Rumors have it that the 2009 Philippines bar exams will be released tonight, Friday March 19, 2010. As you all know the Philippine bar exams is the hardest exam in the country. It is probably 100 times harder than undergoing gmat prep. According to rumors, initially only about 17 % of the 6,079 bar candidates has passed. However, the Supreme Court has deliberated on the matter and is said to have raised the passing percentage to more than 20 %. This is good news to all 2009 Philippine Bar Exam candidates if indeed this is so. To all who will pass the 2009 Philippine Bar Exam, congratulations in advance! I will be posting he results here soon. For those who will not be able to make it, don't give up! If at first you don't succeed try and try again. For those preparing for the 2010 bar exams and beyond, you might want to check out the Lex Pareto Notes, a bar exam based, statistical based, codal based … [Read more...]
Manny Pacquiao vs. Joshua Clottey youtube video and live streaming
If the Manny Pacquiao vs. Ricky Hatton is the fight of the year in 2009, then the Manny Pacquiao vs. Joshua Clottey is the definitely the 2010 fight of the year ! Definitely the entire Philippines will come to a stop on the night of the fight (March 13, 2010) (Sunday morning here in the Philippines) as people will be looking at the Manny Pacquiao vs. Joshua Clottey youtube video and live streaming. (I hope there will no brown outs !) Manny “The Pacman” Pacquiao will try to add Joshua Clottey as his no. 12th “victim” in his 11 winning streak. He has proven that he is indeed the best pound for pound in the world as he has demolished legendary fighters such as former WBC lightweight titlist David Diaz, future Hall-of-Famer Oscar De La Hoya, British pride Ricky Hatton and more recently Puerto Rican Miguel Cotto who defeated Clottey by split decision last year. Pacquiao’s sterling 50-3-2 with 38 KOs needs no further elaboration as the record speaks for itself. His trainer the great … [Read more...]
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