blots of paint

Ika-labintatlo ng Hulyo, taong dalawang libo’t pito…

Isang makapagbagbagdamdaming tagpo ang naganap…

Sa unang pagkakataon ay nailabas din namin ang aming mga saloobin sa isa’t isa, mga ‘di pagkakaunawaan, tampuhan at kung ano ano pa…

First time kong nakita ang pagluha ng halos lahat ng honesty, aww…

Sa wakas ay nagkaayos na rin kahit papano…

Kahit ano pang unos ang dumaan sa amin, mananatili ang aming pagkakaibigan, at ang masayang samahan…

Mahal naming lahat ang isa’t isa…

Kahit di kami naiintindihan ni Baste (hahaha :D)…

…abling…roland…rj…babsie…randolph…baste…

merky…mondy…job…alvin…ian…spike…daryl

…k-ann…aeziel…wena…jasmin…nahdz…nichi…

pinkaw…mani…kass…abby…nashi…mara

…aly…sweet…realyn…glenda…delia…marejal…

jomie…wona…jec…jeka…meidie…jalenz

…nikwi…pam…aero…ronneth…gelyn…shashing…

mommy dhel…

merthonesty, mahalin natin ang isa’t isa, kahapon… ngayon… at hanggang sa magpakailanman… luv u ol!

Fruit Power

Did you know that some of the fruits and vegetables you eat could also help you make electricity? Try this and see!

Tools and Materials

• 3 lemons (limes will do)
• 3 shiny copper coins. We used US pennies
• 3 zinc plated screws
• 4 wires, preferably with alligator clips on the ends.
• a small knife
• small paper sticky labels
• a light emitting diode (LED) with a low voltage rating. We used part 276-330 from Radio Shack.
• a plastic 35mm film canister or similar small container. Use an opaque one, preferable black, not one made of clear plastic.
• a nail or small awl

The zinc-plated screws can be found at most hardware stores. They are also called “galvanized” screws. The zinc plating, which is there to prevent rusting of the steel screw, gives them a shiny look. The wires with clips can be found at hardware stores or at electronics suppliers.

What To Do

First, roll all of the lemons, one at a time. Press down with your hand and roll until you feel the lemon become sort of “squishy.” The purpose of this is to release the juice inside the lemon. This step is very important; it helps you get the maximum response from your lemons.

Push and then twist a zinc-plated screw into one of the lemons about 1/3 of the way from one end. With the knife, carefully cut a 1 cm (3/4 in) slit into the lemon about 1/3 of the way from the other end.

CAUTION: It might be better for an adult to handle the knife. In all cases, please work with the knife SLOWLY and CAREFULLY.

Insert a copper coin into the slit so that about half of the coin is inside the lemon.

Note: Make sure you use a shiny new coin for this. If it is old and dull, polish it with steel wool.

Believe it or not, you can now get electricity from the lemon!! It behaves like an electric cell, with the coin as the positive (+) terminal and the screw as the negative (-) terminal. Unfortunately, it is a very weak cell. But if you have a couple more, you can join them to make a lemon battery.

Add coins and screws to the other two lemons the same way you did with the first. Then, with the wires and clips, join the three lemon cells together, so that the screw of the first lemon is connected to the coin of the second lemon, and so on. Add wires and clips to the first coin and the last screw also.

Finally, label the clip from the first coin with a “+” and the clip from the last screw with a “- “. Like a real battery, your lemon battery has a positive (+) terminal and a negative (-) terminal.

When connected like this in what is called a series connection, the lemons work together to create about the same voltage, or electrical force, as a couple of small flashlight batteries, somewhere between 2.5 and 3 volts. But this lemon battery does not create enough electrical current to light a flashlight bulb.

How can we tell if we really have created a battery? One way is to connect it to an electronic device that needs no more than about 2.5 to 3 volts but that does not require much electrical current. One such device called a light emitting diode, or LED for short. A low voltage and small current can cause an LED to light up.

The specifications on our LED package are: 5mm Red LED, 1.8 volt, 20mA. This means the diameter of the LED is 5 mm, and that it requires 1.8 volts and 20 milliamps of current to light up. Actually, the LED will light up dimly with less than 20 milliamps. Our lemon battery has enough volts but not nearly enough milliamps. So we will have to find a way to see its dim light. We tried enclosing it in a film canister to shield it from outside light.

With the nail, CAREFULLY punch two holes in the sides of the film canister, about halfway down. You might want to get an adult to do this for you.

Next, mark one hole with a “+” label and the other with a “-“ label.

Bend the wires of the LED into smooth outward curves. Then observe the LED closely. It is mostly round. However, if you tilt it in a certain way, you will be able to see a flat surface near one of the wires. The wire nearest this flat surface is the negative terminal. In the photograph, the wire on the left is the negative terminal of the LED. Can you see the small flat surface by the leftmost wire?

Line up the negative terminal wire of the LED with the “-“ labeled hole in the film canister. Insert the LED into the canister. Thread the negative terminal wire of the LED through the “-“ labeled hole, and the other (positive terminal) wire through the “+” labeled hole.

Pull the wires through the holes and secure them in place with the labels. Add labels to the top of the canister as well. Make sure that the LED is facing up.

Let’s get everything prepared for the big moment. Line up the “+” side of the LED canister with the “+” clip of your lemon battery. Bring the “-“ clip of your lemon battery close to the “-“ side of the canister.

Now we are ready! Connect the positive terminal of the LED to the positive terminal of your lemon battery. Connect the negative terminal of the LED to the negative terminal of your battery. The LED lights up!!

The LED is very dim, due to the small electrical current from your battery. The dark canister helps you to see this dim light. The end of the LED acts like a magnifying glass. When you look directly into the end of the LED, you can see the light easily.

This proves that you really have made a lemon battery that works!!

Congratulations!!

If you can’t see the LED light up try these fixes:

1. You may have the polarity of the LED reversed, that is, the + and - switched. Reverse the LED and see if it lights up.
2. The LED may be very dim. Dry it in a darker room and let you eyes adjust to the dimmer light before testing.
3. Make sure all of the connections are secure: wires clipped to the coins and screws and coins and screws firmly in the lemons.

More Things To Try

• Over time, the voltage in your lemon battery will go down. See how long your lemon battery will last. After a while, you might notice a darkening of a lemon near the screw. If you remove the screw and insert it (or a new zinc-plated screw) at another place in the lemon, you can partially restore the strength of your battery. You can also “juice up” your battery a little bit by moving the pennies in and out of their slots from time to time.

• Try more than three lemons connected together. Is the LED light brighter? Does the lemon battery last longer?
• Try larger pieces of copper and zinc.
• Try using an incandescent bulb - the kind used in a flashlight. Can you make a fruit battery strong enough to light it?
• Try other fruits and vegetables, such as potatoes and tomatoes. What about grapefruit and oranges? Can you think of a way to try bottled lemon juice?

• Obtain an electronic instrument called a multimeter. This device allows you to measure voltage directly. What is the voltage of your lemon battery? What is the voltage from a single lemon cell?
• Now think BIG with the idea of the lemon battery: Build this supersized cell .

1. Look at your zipper. See the initials YKK? It stands for Yoshida Kogyo Kabushibibaisha, the world’s largest zipper manufacturer.

2. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.
3. A duck’s quack doesn’t echo. No one knows why.

4. 40 percent of McDonald’s profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.
5. 315 entries in Webster’s 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.

6. On the average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily.

7. Chocolate kills dogs! True, chocolate affects a dog’s heart and nervous system. A few ounces is enough to kill a small sized dog.

8. Most lipstick contains fish scales.

9. Ketchup was sold in the 1830’s as a medicine.

10. Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
11. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.

12. There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.
13. Leonardo da Vinci invented scissors. Also, it took him 10 years to paint Mona Lisa’s lips.

14. Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to slow a film down so you could see his moves. That’s the opposite of the norm.

15. The original name for the butterfly was "flutterby"!
16. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can’t sink in quicksand.
17. Mosquito repellents don’t repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito’s sensors so they don’t know you’re there.
18. Dentists recommend that a toothbrush be kept at least six feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.

19. The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley’s gum.
20. The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.

21. Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than the entire Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.

22. Marilyn Monroe had six toes on one foot.

23. Adolf Hitler’s mother seriously considered having an abortion but was talked out of it by her doctor.
24. The three most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser, in that order.

25. "Stewardesses" is the longest word that can be typed with only the left hand.
26. To escape the grip of a crocodile’s jaws, prick your fingers into its eyeballs. It will let you go instantly.
27. A mathematical wonder: 111,111,111 multiplied by 111,111,111 gives the result 12, 345, 678, 987, 654, 321.
28. The most common name in the world is Mohammed.
29. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
30. The "pound" (#) key on your keyboard is called an octothorp.
31. The only domestic animal not mentioned in the Bible is the cat.
32. Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
33. The average person’s left hand does 56% of the typing.
34. "Dreamt" is the only word in the English language that ends in "mt".
35. It’s impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
36. In Chinese, the KFC slogan "finger lickin’ good" comes out as "eat your fingers off".
37. A cockroach can live for 10 days without a head.
39. We shed 40 pounds of skin a lifetime.
40. Yo-Yos were once used as weapons in the Philippines .
41. Coca-Cola can be used as car oil.
42. Mexico City sinks abut 10 inches a year.
43. Brains are more active sleeping than watching TV.
44. Blue is the favorite color of 80 percent of Americans.
45. When a person shakes their head from side to side, he is saying "yes" in Sri Lanka .

46. There are more chickens than people in the world.

47. It’s against the law in Iceland to have a dog.

48. The thumbnail grows the slowest, and the middle nail grows the fastest.
49. The only word in the English Language with all vowels in reverse order is "s ub c ont in ent al".

50. There are more telephones than people in Washington, D.C.

We need to learn to thank the Lord for closed doors just as much as we do for open doors. The reason God closes doors is because He has not prepared anything over there for us.

If He didn’t close the wrong door we would never find our way to the right door.
 
Even when we don’t realize it, God directs our paths through the closing and opening of doors. When one door closes, it forces us to change our course. Another door closes; it forces us to change our course yet again.

Then finally, we find the open door and walk right into our blessing.

But instead of praising God for the closed door (which kept us out of wasting time), we get upset because we "judge by the appearances." And in our own arrogance, or ignorance, we insist that we know what is right.

We have a very present help in the time of need who is always standing guard. Because He walks ahead of us, He can see trouble down the road and HE sets up road blocks and detours accordingly. But through our lack of wisdom we try to tear down the roadblocks or push aside the detour signs. Then the minute we get into trouble, we start crying "Lord how could this happen to me?"

We have got to realize that the closed door was a blessing. Didn’t He say that "No good thing will He withhold from them that love Him?"

If you get terminated from your job - don’t be down, instead thank God for the new opportunities that will manifest themselves - it might be a better job, or an opportunity to go to school. If that man or woman won’t return your call - it might not be them, it might be the Lord setting up a roadblock (just let it go).

One time a person had a bank he had been doing business with for many years tell him "NO" for a $10,000 loan. The Lord led him to call another bank.  That bank approved a $40,000 loan for him at a lower interest rate than his own bank had advertised.

I’m so grateful, for the many times God has closed doors to me, just to open them in the most unexpected places. "The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, and He delights in his way." (Psalms 37:23) The Mountain top is glorious, but it is in the Valley that I will grow!

Always Remember God gives you…
 
Enough Happiness to keep you Sweet

Enough Trials to keep you Strong

Enough Sorrows to keep you Human

Enough Hope to keep you Happy

Enough Failure to keep you Humble

Enough Success to keep you

Eager Enough Friends to give you Comfort

Enough Wealth to meet your Needs

Enough Enthusiasm to make you look forward

Enough Faith to banish depression

and Enough Determination to make each day a better day than the last.

Life must be lived forward but can only be understood backwards.

"Commit to the Lord in whatever you do and your plans will succeed." (Proverbs 16:3)

Miss USA, Jeered by Crowd, Takes Fifth Place

1. who’s the last person in your
cellphone inbox?
-> Kuya Jess anog

2. sport you last played?
-> um, volleyball. (sa computer nga lang, hehe)

3. last movie you watched?
-> My Sassy Girl

4. what do people first notice when they meet you?
-> i dunno their first impressions on me eh.

5. Favorite animals?
-> dogs, cats, at kung anu ano pang cute na animals.

6. do you read comics?
-> sometimes, kapag trip ko magbasa…

7. how pretty/handsome is your crush?
-> basta cute! hehe, kelan ko kaya uli yun makikita? hmmm…

8. do you like earthquakes?
-> definitely not!

9. worst nightmare?
-> i dunno, nakalimutan ko na siguro.

10. what do u do when you’re lonely?
-> i watch tv / text my friends / surf the net and answer some surveys na ganito.

11. wanna be happy?
-> of course! sino bang ayaw?

12. your current school close friends?
-> III-Earth (06-07)

13. most people would describe me as
-> either shy or tahimik (sa simula lang yun…)

14. thing you hate about yourself?
-> i cram like there’s no tomorrow when i do my requirements.

15. vegetable you hate?
-> ampalaya

16. do you like to go out on a shopping trip?
-> of course…!^_^

17. favorite persons in the world?
-> family, friends and some famous personalities.

18. can u cry while smiling?
-> yes, sometimes…

19. favourite past time?
-> surf the net

20. Are you happy?
-> yes

21. what is the worst rumor you’ve heard?
-> nothing in particular, kadalasan eh rumor sa kung sino sinong tao.

22. what time is it now? ..
-> 5:04 pm

23. first thing you do when you wake up?
-> dapat magpray muna tayo.

24. where are you right now?
-> at home.

25. what are the things you like to do alone?
-> surf the net, listen to music, at kung ano ano pa.

26. are you ok now?
-> ok naman.

27. how many drinks before you get really drunk?
-> um, ewan ko. kapag marami nang nainom, hehe.

28. what can you say about the person who sent this to you?
-> actually, wala naman nag-send sa akin nito. Nakita ko lang jan sa tabi tabi, hehe.

29. what is love to you?
-> basahin nyo yung nakapost dito sa blog ko: "What LOVE means to me"

30. are you missing someone?
-> yes.

31. What will make you happy?
-> my friends, my family — (basta kahit anong gawain na kasama sila eh nagiging masaya na ako)

32. Do you love hurting people?
-> syempre no!

33. What’s your greatest wish?
-> Be successful.

34. Commit adultery or be the mistress?
-> neither

35. Do you wanna die now or die tomorrow?
-> not in the near future please.

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking. It is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil, but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.
Bible ~I Corinthians 13:4-8~

What is love?  This is commonly asked in a slum book.  Others say it makes the world go round and it’s a many splendored thing. 

According to some love experts, love is a feeling to be learned.  It is a tension and an achievement.  It’s a strong desire and a dislike.  It is happiness and also suffering.  All of these opposites are partners when defining what love is.  Happiness is only a part of love and lovers understand it very well, but pain and suffering is also a part of love.  This is the mystery of love and it is a feeling to be earned and learned.

There are different kinds of love that we could convey, like divine love which is our love to God, erotic love which is a love between a man and a woman and paternal love which is a love for our parents.  Whatever kind of Love it is, love is very fragile and it had to be handle with care. 
Others say that through love all that is bitter will sweet, all that is copper will be gold, all remains will turn to purest wine, all pain will turn to medicine, the dead will become alive, and the king will turn into a slave.  That’s how powerful love is.  Loving another person is not separate from loving God.  One is a single wave, the other is the ocean.  Love never forces.  Love is intelligent and brings only what you need.  The awakening of true love lies in finding peace within passion and passion within peace.  Love doesn’t need reason.  It speaks from the irrational wisdom of the heart.  A heart that has learned to trust can be at rest in the world.  Love is attention without judgment.  In its natural state, attention only appreciates.  Love is the beginning of the journey, its end and journey itself.  Love is like water.  If it doesn’t flow, it stagnates.  The mind judges what is good or bad.  Love brings only good.  True love is here and now.  Whatever you can remember or anticipate is only a shadow of love.

Perfect love is rare indeed, for to be a lover will require that you continually have the subtlety of the very wise, the flexibility of the child, and the sensitivity of the artist, the understanding of the philosopher, the acceptance of the saint, the tolerance of the scholar and the fortitude of the certain.

I may describe love as it cannot endure indifference. It needs to be wanted. Like a lamp, it needs to be fed out of the oil of another’s heart, or its flame burns low. Love is not composed of feelings and emotions for it is what you believed deep inside your heart. Whatever happens, GOD would make it last forever.]

The greatest of all virtue is love.  Love is patient. Love is kind.  It is not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.  It is not rude, it is not self-seeking.  It is not easily angered; it keeps no record of wrongs.  Love does not delight in evil, but rejoices with the truth.  It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, and always perseveres.  And as what I Corinthians 13:4-8 says, LOVE NEVER FAILS

–from my Journal in English

You know that,
I love you,
You know that,
I want to know you so much more,
More than I have before

These words are,
From my heart,
These words are,
Not made up,
I will live for you,
I am devoted to you,

Pre-Chorus:
King of Majesty
I have one desire
Just to be with you my Lord,
Just to be with you my Lord,

Chorus:
Jesus you are the Saviour of my soul
And forever and ever I’ll give my praises to you,
Jesus you are the Saviour of my soul
And forever and ever I’ll give my praises to you,

Bridge:
Jesus you are the Saviour of my soul(echo)
And forever and ever I’ll give my praises to you(echo)

7th National Youth Camp (May 16-18, 2007 at Rizal Re-Creation Center)

I had a great time dito sa camp na ‘to. Grabeh, love na love ko talaga si God!

* I met new friends and learned to socialize more.

*I somehow felt independent and I am proud of it.

*Kahit wala akong mga kakilala doon (well, meron din namang konti kaya lang…), naging masaya ako.

*The best talaga si Lord!

*I love worshiping Him!

*Ang cute ni — (hehe, di ko lam pangalan nya, sayang!… :D)

* ‘Asan na U? Isama mo Me!’ hehe, nakakatuwa ang activity na ito ih!

*Ang sarap ng food!

* ‘Now i Pronounce You!‘ - ang masayang preaching ni Ptr. Ito..

* I choose to be holy, set apart for you Lord… I choose to be holy, set apart for you my Master ready to do your will…

*Para sa Divided Session namin, ‘Kool ba Style ko??’, ginawa ba naman akong model na kunwari’y papuntang Church… (tinuro kasi sa amin ang proper na kasuotan ng mga Christians, hehe)… Weh, nahiya ako! Naka-make up pa at pinaakyat sa stage… (Suot ang mga damit and accessories ni Ptra. Ellen :D)

*First time akong nakapag-laro ng volleyball! Nyak, kahit di ako maalam.. (talo nga kami eh!) at least eh na-hit ko din naman yung bola kahit outside.. (ang bulok ko din mag-serve, hehe…)

*Sa banquet night naman, weh, kahit ang ewan ng costume ko eh ayuz lang yun.. hehe, masaya din naman… (dapat pala’y formal attire na lang sinuot ko, haaay, hehe.. meron pa ngang naka-gown - sosyal!).

* ang nakakatuwang showdown! hahaha…

* Ikaw ang hinahanap ko, sa buhay kong ito kung wala ka ay di makuntento. Sa t’wing sumasamba sa’yo, sagadsagaran ang kasiyahang tunay na nadarama ko… (masaya tong kantang to!)

*Hallelujah Jesus!

*ang mga papicture-picture which reminded me of my friends in 3-earth… kuh, may katapat na ata kame sa addiction sa picture, hehe…

*"say ESCUDERO…" imbes na "say CHIZ…" hehe…

*Take it from the ‘TOP’ with Rev. Joseph Mauk… He’s spreading the word of God with the aide of a very unique technique — that of the spinning top. (pretty amazing!)

*The Commissioning of Ptr. Art.

*Huli na naman kaming nakauwe.. hehe.. Nasiraan daw kasi ang jeep namin kaya alas-singko na ng hapon kami sinundo imbes na alas-tres…

*Sayang, di ko na let makikita si— (ahehe!)

Haay, napakasayang experience nito… Sana maulit muli, hehe..

The most powerful relationship that you can enter into, outside of your own family, is friendship.

Friends are someone who comes right in, when things don’t come out right.  When none of my dreams come true, they will.  They never look for my money except when I’ve lost it.  They never get in my way except to clear it for me.  Nothing is more important to them than making me important.  They are in my corner when I’m cornered.  They turn up when I get turned down.  All they want in return for their helping hands is my handshake.  They rap my critics when they’re wrong and take the rap for me when they’re right. You can do anything you want to with their friendship except buy it or sell it.  They make you realize that having real friends are like having an extra life.

There’s a poem saying a friend in need is a friend indeed.  On this cliché we agree.  Aiding the friend less fortunate.  Is a virtue, obviously.  But there is a rarer kind of a friend.  From my own point of view; The friend who with sincerity, rejoices, feel happy for me.  When I attain success denied her.  By fate; likewise fame and wealth, or through himself grown sickly, is glad that I’m in good health.  A friend who, as I rose higher, I left farther and farther behind, and lost track of, so that note she is hardly in my mind.  Yet despite the diverse luck.  The gap grown between us two, rather than feeling bitter, this friend takes real pride in me.  The greater friend is the friend who is not at all envious.

A friend knows there is another human being you can trust completely; realizing that someone else wants the best for you, too; providing a gentle haven where the other can be relaxed and feel safe; helping solve problems without taking over your friend’s life; sharing the grief times along with the great times; being together without needing to pretend; forgiving pretenses when they do occur; cherishing together the joys and traumas of change and growth; nourishing one another’s dream, hopes, and decisions along the path; encouraging a friend to stretch as far as possible; receiving feedback without questioning motive; easing pain instead of fueling the fire of hurt; loving another person in spite of differences and imperfections.

Accepting a friend’s anger toward me, mine is also sanctioned.  We send love even when we’re not together or in agreement; we come to a friend’s aid and expecting nothing in return; we free each other from the manipulations that undo many relationships; we dance through life together, not trudge along toward death and we soar to new heights rather than plunge into mark and mine; we find time to be together despite the obstacles of everyday living; we want no more than to be with each other at that moment; we understand the occasional need for distance; we take up right where you left off, even after several years; we know that our commitment to each other is always by choice; and we give freely when appropriate and take graciously when needed.

Friendship is not instantaneous, they are earned.  Friendship withstands the storms and upheavals of time.  Friendship surpasses the worn boundaries of acquaintanceship. Friendship often develops with unlikely people at unlikely times.  Friendship knows the difference between image and substance.  Friends stretch out in the glow of the other’s triumph.  Friends will be there when you need them.  FRIENDS ARE ONE OF GOD’S GREATEST GIFTS.

– from my Journal in English