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.

Solving Asia’s Poverty Problem – Part 2

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This is a continuation of my on solving Asia's poverty problem which is my official entry to the Asia Challenge 2010.  Click here to view  Solving Asia’s Poverty Problem – Part 1. Because of poverty Asia has the highest rate of human trafficking. Asians are lured into false hopes of having a good paying job in other countries only to find out that they have been trafficked into force labor. Trafficked women and children are often forced into prostitution and sexual exploitation. Statistics released by the International Labor Organization as reported by the United Nation’s Global initiative shows that an estimated 2.5 million people are in forced labor (including sexual exploitation) at any given time as a result of trafficking. A staggering, 1.4 million (56%), which is more than half are from the Asia Pacific region. 5 Poverty is also the cause behind Asia’s high illiteracy rate. There are estimated to be 625 million illiterates in Asia. This comprises 71% of the world’s total.6 … [Read more...]

Solving Asia’s Poverty Problem – Part 1

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This is my official entry to the Asia Challengee 2010 essay writing contest. Unfortunately I did not win this contest so I am posting it in my blog. Otherwise you would be reading it at Time Magazine, so be happy that you read it first here at www.zdiaz.com. hehehehehe :-) What is the most important challenge facing Asia over the next decade? Why? and what should be done about it ? These words stuck with me while I read the last page of the August 2010 issue of Times Magazine on the 29th of August. I usually do not read ads, but somehow for some reason I read this one and found out that the deadline for this essay contest is on the 31st. I quickly researched about Asia in the internet and realized that there are a lot of things to write on. Issues that affect Asia ranging from the most popular such as global warming to corrupt governments to birth control flooded my mind. I am in a quandary as to what to write on. Amongst all of these issues which is the most important? Having an … [Read more...]

Congressman Manny Pacquiao delivers his first privilege speech in Congress

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Emmanuel "Manny" Dapidran Pacquiao or more popularly known as Manny Pacquiao is probably the most sensational figure to emerge this last decade not only in Philippine history but worldwide. His fame and fortune has been primarily derived from boxing. Pacquiao has accomplished so much in the world of boxing, Aside from being a seven-division world champion, he is the first boxer in history to win nine world titles in seven different weight division. Further he is the first boxer in history to win the lineal championship in four different weight classes. Being just in his 30s, Pacquiao has truly accomplished so much what most people couldn’t even accomplish in their entire lifetime. Nevertheless despite having becoming so rich and having accomplished so much in boxing, Pacquiao continues to make himself useful to society by investing his money in businesses giving the good people of General Santos and the province of Sarangani job opportunities. His recent foray into politics has … [Read more...]

What went wrong in the Quirino grand stand hostage taking crisis ?

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Last Monday, August 23, 2010 was such a sad day. Twenty one Chinese tourists from Hong Kong and four Filipinos were held hostage in a bus. The 12 hours standoff ended in blood. 8 hostages were killed. The hostage taker was Rolando Mendoza a disgruntled former police senior inspector who was fired from his job. Mendoza demanded to be reinstated and that his case is reviewed. So what went wrong in the Quirino Grand stand hostage taking crisis ? Why did end up in such a mess? The mishandling of the hostage crisis has really put the Philippines in a bad standing with the international community. Before I begin this post, let me bluntly say that I am no expert on this. I have not taken any courses on public safety, criminology, negotiating or anything else relating to hostage taking. Nor do I have the experience. I am no expert when it comes to this matter. However despite this, it is very obvious that there are just plain and obvious things that should have been done last Monday that … [Read more...]

President Noynoy Aquino’s 2010 State of the Nation Address (SONA) youtube videos

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You must have missed a lot last July 26, 2010. You another day written in the history books. Last July 26, 2010 President Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino III  gave his first State of the Nation address (SONA) Most of the SONA was delivered in Filipino. A full transcript of the original State of the Nation Address (SONA)  as delivered by President Aquino was featured here. The English version of President Aquino's SONA was also featured last time. Whew being president is tough ! If I were president I'd get a massage every night and buy myself a good massage table. This time, I will be featuring  President Noynoy Aquino’s 2010 State of the Nation Address (SONA) youtube videos. So if you miss listening to the SONA live last July 26, 2010, relive the experience here ! (Good thing somebody uploaded it to youtube) :-) Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 … [Read more...]