I recently snapped some shots of two pieces of history. One of the pieces is a flintlock musket which was supposedly bought long ago from a Manobo hunter in Mindanao. It’s definitely old. Flintlocks were made primarily in the 17th and 18th centuries. It is probably Spanish in origin. But it also has what looks like a Union Jack marking so it could also be from the British, from their colonization of what is now Malaysia or even possibly from during their brief occupation of Manila. The other piece is a Remington 1903A3 Springfield bolt action rifle. It was the standard rifle of American troops from 1903 up to 1936. But was still in use for the sniper role during World War II, the Korean War, and even until the very early stages of the Vietnam War.
I’m a clutter person but I call it organized chaos. Or so I thought. This morning I woke up extraordinarily early. I got up and went over to my work desk and, in the dim light of dawn, surveyed the clutter. I thought to myself “Ah but I know where each and every thing is.” Myself replied “Yeah right. You don’t know where your ID is.” Smugly I returned “Oh but I know where it is!” A few days back I thought I had lost my UP ID but after some thinking I’ve decided I’ve left it at the gate of a friend’s village. So that’s that. I head over to the kitchen table to check out the revel bars I am going to take to the office. I counted them, checked them, and lo and behold! There’s my ID just sitting there on the table. Myself laughed at me.
It’s the season for giving. Now here’s an interesting thought: Potentially, giving is a negative economic benefit activity. And that’s no good. But if there’s giving, there is also receiving, a positive economic benefit activity. Considering both together, we get a zero-sum economic benefit situation which is not so bad anymore. But we haven’t yet considered goodwill which is generated by the two activities. And it gets even better, we can just give again what we received and so on and we could potentially have unlimited goodwill! Cool huh?
Darn! I think I’ve been studying too much :P
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Happy Feet started off with high expectations cut down to shreds. My friend Val and I went to the IMAX theater of the SM Mall of Asia expecting to watch a 3D version of the film. Alas, it was not to be :( They were showing only the 2D version (to make more money on the 3D version later, no doubt). But since we’re already there, we decided to go watch anyway. Fortunately, the movie turned out to be quite entertaining, especially when the lead penguin was still a chick (cute and fluffy) and, of course, the adelie(?) penguins. Those little guys sure were a riot :)) There was a point in the movie where it could have already ended as a poignant reminder of the misery brought about by man onto this world. But no, as the title would clue you in, this is after all a happy movie. So the movie had to drag on a bit more for that happy ending. Reminds me of AI.
Rating: 3/5