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.

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...]

English translation of President Noynoy Aquino’s 2010 SONA

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Last Monday, July 26, 2010 our beloved President, President Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino III  or popularly known as "P-Noy" gave his first state of the nation address or SONA. The intention of the SONA is to get the legislative support of congress in order that the president's agenda for the country might be fulfilled. Aside from that the President also laid out to Congress what how will realize his campaign promises, what is his platform of government and how Congress can help him achieve this. Majority if not all of the SONA was delivered in Filipino, so most foreign dignitaries there were there listening were probably just scratching their heads. As one news paper put out, the only thing they probably understood were the applauses. :-)  Anyway it was a great SONA and I love how our president spoke plainly and straight from the heart. I've featured the full transcript of President Noynoy Aquino's 2010 SONA here in a previous post as he has delivered it in Filipino. In this post … [Read more...]

President Noynoy Aquino’s 2010 State of the Nation Address (SONA) full transcript

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This coming Monday, July 26, 2010, all eyes will be glued to their television sets and the entire Philippine nation will literally come to a halt as people will be listening to President Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” Aquino’s 2010 State of the Nation address. (Or Commonly referred to as the Noyoy Aquino SONA 2010) on television or in live streaming through the internet, or probably wait for the videos uploaded to youtube or the various video sharing sites. This is the first SONA of President Aquino since assuming office last June 30, 2010. What makes this SONA very special and very well anticipated is the fact that the office of the president has declared that the SONA of President Aquino will have “shock and awe value” as it will reveal “shocking” anomalies aside from the depletion of the P1.54-trillion national budget and calamity fund. Well the office of the President clarified that it will not be all expose or accusations but that the SONA will be educational and “truth-telling” and is … [Read more...]

Philippine elections 2010 results & updates

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Voting in some precinct has just been completed. Other precincts have already transmitted the results while the other Precincts are just about to transmit the Philippine elections 2010 results. They must have some trouble with the receipt printer in their PCOS machines.  They say that before 1 a.m. today, May 11, 2010, we will have the complete results of the local elections and in within 24 hours more or less we will hopefully have the complete results for all national positions if not 80 % to 90 % of it. I will be posting updates or the partial unofficial results of the Philippine elections here from time to time. However this is only for the President,  Vice President and the top 25 Senators.  If you want to view the details by precinct visit the official COMELEC website at http://electionresults.ibanangayon.ph News flash: Manila City has just completed its results. Mayor Lim has been proclaimed as winner at about 12:00 a.m. plus. Update: Partial Unofficial Tally as of … [Read more...]