Archive for October, 2009

28
Oct
09

Dumaguete 9/20 – 9/21/09

This post was long overdue.
It’s only when I looked at some photos and videos on my phone did I remember what exactly happened.

 

September 21 (Dumaguete – Cebu ride)

Let me start first with THE bad experience. I usually don’t have too many complaints when I ride economy but this time, as luck would have it, I was in the wrong place because my spot had a leak above! Yes, it was leaking water.

dripping

“So what” you say? Well, it’s like the problem with “who gets the arm rest when you’re in between two people in an airplane“ situation. IT DOES MATTER when it’s a long journey. Just multiply that drop of water by 30 seconds or a minute and see how much water you can get in 6-7 hours. I know it’s economy class but really? Does it have to leak water too?

Going back…

 

September 19-20, 2009 (Cebu – Dumaguete)

It was a fun ride going to Dumaguete. The 6-hour boat trip brought so many happy moments of college but the shadow of work never left. I had to bring it along so I could reach the deadline by the time I got back.

When I arrived in the port, I took a little nap until it was 5:30AM. I went and ate at a place where I left so many memories.

jabee

Jollibee Silliman. This was the place where I studied late for my quizzes, midterms, and finals. At times I study five days ahead. At times, one. The life of a student. (Oh, and I won a Lexmark printer here too.)

I had so much time to “waste” so I visited the boulevard and saw people jogging early in the morning. Some store keepers were cleaning ready for another busy day. Some were still closed perhaps not to open on a Sunday. Churchgoers were also in their attire probably going to Immaculate or Perpetual Church.

Dumaguete didn’t change much. You still could feel the rush of people early in the morning… the noise of pedicabs looking for  passengers and bringing them to work. Offices and stores just starting to open up. It was still 10 in the morning.

dumagueteD1

 

Later that day, I checked into Hotel Palwa. The room was comfortable enough and they were kind enough to let me stay there earlier than check-out time.

myroom1

 

I got to visit our old professor, Dr. Bandal. She’s a very kind but difficult professor who knows a lot about physics. When I got there, she gave a guide on how you can improvise an apparatus for heat experiments which will prove very useful this upcoming semester in my line of work.

One of the most “amazing” things I’ve seen is the MCX Raptor 125cc. I’ve never seen one… not even in Cebu City. But in Dumaguete, the so-called Land of the Motorcycles, I finally saw one. (It’s the white one.)

MCXRaptor

 

September 21, 2009

A few hours before going back to Cebu, I was at Worlds of Fun (WOF). While there, I was asked to join their weekly? competition on basketball. Boy, were those balls really inflated. Inflating it made it hard to shoot because it would rim out much easily. I got through the first round (1st place) but lost in the second round (only two rounds, 2nd place).

I remember visiting the furniture shop in Lee Plaza. They had so many affordable yet gorgeous furniture I wished I brought some home. *sigh* Hope my room finishes soon.

furniture2
Yeah. It was a fun trip.

 

 

 

 

 

 

DID I SAY LAST? Time for you to see part of my stuffed animals collection taken from different Skill Crane Machines in Dumaguete and Cebu City. (May seem like a small plastic but it’s tall at around 3-4 ft.)

toys1
toys2

07
Oct
09

2,000 Invisible Dogs

Makes you want to own one?

05
Oct
09

Quote #1

“Science is nothing without discovery.”

03
Oct
09

Science and Politics Don’t Mix

PoliticsVsScience

In any academic institution, there exist politics. Yet, most are powerless to do anything about it. Even if most tried, they ended up pursuing something better that not only helped themselves but also other people. In the end, the act of pursuing that better thing gives a different meaning to life goals–something people wouldn’t understand… or wouldn’t want to.




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Bryan King is currently a teacher somewhere giving his kids a chance to get the science they deserve. He is a graduate of the undergraduate BS Physics program in Silliman University and was a member of the Junior Philippine Physics Society. His interests once lied in anime, online gaming, alternative music, and heavy dinners but now they're in science and technlogy, logic games & puzzles, classical & rock music, motorcycles, and side dishes. His thesis was on radiation of mangoes. He believes he was once a lost sound wave in the milky way.

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