Archive for October 30th, 2008

Special Thanks!

October 30, 2008

Special thanks to my former senior manager in CICROHQ for remembering my birthday kahit late na nya ako greet atleast naalala nya pa rin ako! Salamat sa friendster reminder este sa good memory nya for remembering my beerday! Miss ko na interco group Ms. Jopay! see you next year = )

Back to the Future..

October 30, 2008

The Mark 1 computer is developed by Harvard graduate Howard H. Aiken at IBM in the early 1940s. Officially known as the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (ASCC), the machine can add or subtract two numbers in three-tenths of a second, multiply them in four seconds, and divide them in ten seconds. The computer is 50 [...]

What is it called?

October 30, 2008

Sometimes it’s on the tip of your tongue… “What is it called again?” It’s not always easy to remember those out-of-the-ordinary things but to refresh your memory, here’s what it is called.

Did you know?
The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.
Ducks are never male. The males of the species are called drakes.
Shoemakers [...]

1 year!

October 30, 2008

Few months more I’ll be one year here in Qatar and still vivid to my memory the day I left the pinas.  I can still remember when I was inside the NAIA airport around 2pm  while checking my bags inside and etc.. I went outside for a couple of minutes just to say one more goodbye to my [...]

Personal Empowerment

October 30, 2008

by: Marlene Blaszczyk
Use Empowering Words When You Talk to Yourself
(whether you are speaking out loud or silently)
How do you talk to yourself?
Do you use the words “can’t”, “won’t”, “don’t need to”, “why try”?
Many people do.
Do you find that what you say to yourself turns out to be true?
Why is this?
You see your brain is [...]

Lessons Learned

October 30, 2008

One day, the father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the express purpose of showing him how poor people live.
They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor family.
On their return from their trip, the [...]

Just Five More Minutes..

October 30, 2008

While at the park one day, a woman sat down next to a man on a bench near a playground.
“That’s my son over there,” she said, pointing to a little boy in a red sweater who was gliding down the slide.
“He’s a fine looking boy” the man said. “That’s my daughter on the bike [...]