On the 27th day of June 2009, a Supreme Student Government Leadership training was held in St. Joseph School of Mactan. The activity was done to elect the SSG members for the Division of Lapu-Lapu City.
The seminar had a lot of activities, one of the highlights was the Spiritual Leadership where the students were educated about the qualities of a good leader and was traits he must possess to become a holistical leader.
The program ended after the Oath Taking of the newly elected officers and SSG advisers.
welcome
Sunday, June 21, 2009
EARTH FACTS.....!!!! :)
- Jellyfish have been on Earth for over 650 million years, before sharks and dinosaurs.
- Sharks have survived on earth for about 400 million years.
- There are more than 50,000 earthquakes throughout the world every year.
- On Venus, the Sun rises in the west and sets in the east.
- The Earth is about 4.5 billion years old.
- A space vehicle must move at a rate of at least 7 miles per second to escape Earth's gravitational pull.
- All the coal, oil, gas, and wood on Earth would only keep the Sun burning for a few days.
- The Amazon rainforest produces more than 20% the world's oxygen supply.
- The Dead Sea has been sinking for last several years.
- There are more insects in one square mile of rural land than there are human beings on the entire earth.
- The Sun contains 99.8 percent of the total mass of the solar system.
- The meaning of Siberia is "sleeping land."
- The Sun is approximately 149 million kilometers from the earth.
- Approximately 70 percent of the Earth is covered with water. Only 1 percent of the water is drinkable.
- The world's highest capital is La Paz, which is the capital of Bolivia.
- The Pacific Ocean covers 28% of the Earth's surface.
- The oceans of the world would rise about 60 meters if Antarctica's ice sheets melted.
- Of all known forms of animals life ever to inhabit the Earth, only about 10 percent still exist today.
- One Neptune year lasts 165 Earth years.
- An earthquake in 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River to flow backwards.
- A galactic year is 250 million Earth-years.
- Copper is the second most used metal in the world.
- Pigeons and hummingbirds have tiny magnetic particles in their heads that are used for navigation.
- The Atlantic Ocean is saltier than the Pacific Ocean.
- Of the twenty-five highest mountains on Earth, nineteen are in the Himalayas.
- The deepest point on the Earth's surface is in the Pacific Ocean located in the Marianas trench.
- Russia is the world's largest country with an area of over 17 million square kilometers.
- A neutron star is the strongest magnet in the universe.
- A pulsar is a small star made up of densely packed neutrons.
- A volcano has enough power to shoot ash as high as 50 km into the atmosphere.
- About 27 tons of dust rains down on the earth each day from space.
- Finland is also known as "the land of of the thousand lakes".
- It is impossible for a solar eclipse to last more than 8 minutes.
- If you were standing on Mercury, the Sun would appear 2.5 times larger than it appears from Earth.
- The Earth travels through space at 660,000 miles per hour.
- Each day the sun causes about one trillion tons of water to evaporate.
- If all the salt were to be extracted from the oceans, there would be enough salt to cover all the continents five feet deep.
- Aluminum forms one-twelfth of the Earth's crust.
SCIENCE trivias!!!
- Kangaroos and Emus can't walk backwards.
- Butterflies taste food by standing on top of it! Their taste receptors are in their feet unlike humans who have most on their tongue.
- Most of the dust in your home is actually dead skin! Yuck!
- Although the Stegosaurus dinosaur was over 9 metres long, its brain was only the size of a walnut.
- Humans get a little taller in space because there is no gravity pushing down on them.
- Rabbits and parrots can see behind themselves without even moving their heads!
- A hippopotamus may seem huge but it can still run faster than a man.
- Even if an analog clock is broken, at least it shows the correct time twice a day.
- Sneezing with your eyes open is impossible.
- The trickiest tongue twister in the English language is apparently "Sixth sick sheik’s sixth sheep’s sick". Give it a try and see for yourself.
- The noise that is thunder is created when the air around lightning gets rapidly heated and expands at a rate faster than the speed of sound.
- Rather than putting on weight from eating celery you actually lose it, you burn more calories from the chewing than you put on from the food itself.
- Sound travels 4 times faster in water than it does through air.
- Cranberries can be tested for ripeness by bouncing them, if they are ripe they should have a bouncing quality.
- Travelling at 80 kilometres per hour, a car uses half its fuel to overcome wind resistance.
- The largest living structure on Earth is the Great Barrier Reef. Found in Australia, it is over 2000 kilometres long.
- The QWERTY keyboard layout used on most computers was invented way back in the 1860's.
- Some types of bamboo can grow nearly a metre a day!
- Diamonds are the hardest known substance.
- Light from the sun can reach a depth of 80 metres in the ocean.
- When you crack a whip, it makes a loud noise because the tip is actually moving faster then the speed of sound!
Math Trivias.... :D
this post is a sequel for the 'english trivias' post. expect more sequels after this post. :D
this post is a sequel for the 'english trivias' post. expect more sequels after this post. :D
- A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
- 1 and 2 are the only numbers where they are the values of the numbers of factors they have.
- 'Forty' is the only number that has all its letters in alphabetical order.
- 'FOUR' is the only number in the English language that is spelt with the same number of letters as the number itself
- Multiply 37,037 by any single number (1-9), then multiply that number by 3. Every digit in the answer will be the same as that first single number.
- 1x9 +2 = 11 , 12x9 +3 = 111 , 123x9+4 = 1111 etc
- 2 and 5 are the only primes that end in 2 or 5.
- The 772-778 digits of pi are 9999998, the greatest sum of 7 consecutive digits in the first 1,000,000 or so digits.
- There are 2,598,960 five-card hands possible in a 52-card deck of cards.
- The largest prime number is 13,395 digits long; more than the number of atoms in the universe.
142857 is a cyclic number, the numbers of which always appear in the same order but rotated around when multipled by any number from 1 to 6. 142857 * 2 = 285714 142857 * 3 = 428571 142857 * 4 = 571428 142857 * 5 = 714285 142857 * 6 = 857142
Tycho Brahe, a 16th century astronomer, lost his nose in a duel with one of his students over a mathematical computation. He wore a silver replacement nose for the rest of his life.
If you multiply 1089 x 9 you get the exact reverse, 9801.
1. Longest English Word
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanocon
The word above is said to be the longest english word according to the Oxford English Dictionary. The word means 'a lung disease caused by the inhalation of volcanic ash, causing inflammation in the lungs.'
It occurs chiefly as an instance of a very long word. The 45-letter word was coined to serve as the longest English word and is the longest word ever to appear in an English language dictionary. It is listed in the current edition of several dictionaries.
2. No rhyme for orange?
It is widely accepted that no single English word is a true rhyme for orange, though there are half rhymes such as hinge, lozenge, syringe, flange, Stone henge, or porridge. A commonly referred to word on this subject, however controversial, is "door hinge".
3. Others:
a. The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."
b. "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".
c. No word in English language rhymes with "month," "silver," "purple," or "orange."
d. The symbol used in many URLs (Web addresses) is called a tilde. (~)
e. The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
f. The word "set" has more definitions than any other word in English.
g. "Underground" is the only word in English that begins and ends with the letters "und."
h. There are only four words in the English language which end in "-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
i. The longest place-name still in use is Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwe-nuakit natahu, the Maori name of a hill in New Zealand.
j. Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reinade los Angeles de Porciuncula" and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size, L.A.
for more facts, visit this site: http://www.webenglishteacher.com/text/lingtrivia.txt
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanocon
The word above is said to be the longest english word according to the Oxford English Dictionary. The word means 'a lung disease caused by the inhalation of volcanic ash, causing inflammation in the lungs.'
It occurs chiefly as an instance of a very long word. The 45-letter word was coined to serve as the longest English word and is the longest word ever to appear in an English language dictionary. It is listed in the current edition of several dictionaries.
2. No rhyme for orange?
It is widely accepted that no single English word is a true rhyme for orange, though there are half rhymes such as hinge, lozenge, syringe, flange, Stone henge, or porridge. A commonly referred to word on this subject, however controversial, is "door hinge".
3. Others:
a. The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."
b. "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".
c. No word in English language rhymes with "month," "silver," "purple," or "orange."
d. The symbol used in many URLs (Web addresses) is called a tilde. (~)
e. The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
f. The word "set" has more definitions than any other word in English.
g. "Underground" is the only word in English that begins and ends with the letters "und."
h. There are only four words in the English language which end in "-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
i. The longest place-name still in use is Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwe-nuakit natahu, the Maori name of a hill in New Zealand.
j. Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reinade los Angeles de Porciuncula" and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size, L.A.
for more facts, visit this site: http://www.webenglishteacher.com/text/lingtrivia.txt
Friday, June 19, 2009
Today, we spent most of the reports that our classmates presented was doing an activity:an outdoor game. The highlight game was "I love,I hate". It was a really fun game but it was unfair to people whose names are really short because they are the people who are called frequently. We also played message relay and dragonas taila (dragon's tail). XD
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Influenza A virus subtype H1N1, also known as A(H1N1), is a subtype of Influenza Virus A and the most common cause of Influenza (flu) in humans. Some strains of H1N1 are endemic in humans and cause a small fraction of all influenza-like sickness and a large fraction of all seasonal influenza. H1N1 strains caused roughly half of all human flu infections in 2006. Other strains of H1N1 are endemic in pigs (swine influenza) and in birds (avian influenza). In June 2009, WHO declared that flu due to a new strain of swine-origin H1N1 was responsible for the 2009 flu pandemic. This strain is commonly called "swine flu".
The common symptoms of this virus are fever, cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, body aches, headache, chills and fatigue. A significant number of people who have been infected with this virus also have reported diarrhea and vomiting. Also, like seasonal flu, severe illnesses and death has occurred as a result of illness associated with this virus.
Ways to prevent this virus:
1. Keep antibacterial wipes in your pocket or bag.
2. Maintain a balanced diet.
3. Always make sure to wash your hands properly.
4. As much as possible, provide vaccinations to keep yourself protected.
Be safe everyone!!!!
In Science and Technology Education Center, a mass was held for a schoolyear blessing. The mass was held to bless students and teachers in STEC that they will do their best. It was also held so that the holy spirit of God will bless the students and teachers and all the faculty members of STEC.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Today, we participated in the city-wide road clean-up (supposedly Coastal Clean-up). We were assigned to clean the area near BSM and the on-going Gaisano. We cleaned a lot and experienced new things such as cleaning under the heat of the very hot sun!!! well, inspite all of that, we still helped in saving mother Earth from destruction.
Aside from that, after cleaning, we went to my classmate's house to make designs for our bulletin board. While doing our task, we watched videos of SUJU and Farenheit. They are all so adorable!!!
We must support them!!! XD
Aside from that, after cleaning, we went to my classmate's house to make designs for our bulletin board. While doing our task, we watched videos of SUJU and Farenheit. They are all so adorable!!!
We must support them!!! XD
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
A new loveteam!!!!!
So Yi-Jung and Ga-Eul from BOF is the hottest loveteam!! With the 'kilig scenes' from BOF, we can really conclude that they like each other. At last, with the help of Ga-Eul, So Yi-jung was able to get over his past and move on. With that, he developed an interest for Ga-Eul.
Also, they have a commercial seen in Korea entitled "AnyCall Bodyguard".
Super Junior often referred to as SJ or SuJu , is a boy band from Seoul, South Korea that was formed under SM Entertainment in 2005. With a total of thirteen members, they are the largest boy band in the world. The members are Leetuk (the leader), HeeChul , Han Geng, Yesung, Kang-in, Shindong, Sungmin, Eunhyuk, Donghae, Siwon, Ryeowook, Kibum, and later Kyuhyun. The Chinese member, Han Geng, was chosen among three thousand applicants through auditions held in China by SM Entertainment in 2001.
Super Junior has released and contributed in 19 different kinds of records with varying degrees of success. Over the years, they have been divided into smaller sub groups, simultaneously targeting different music industries and audiences. Largely due to Super Junior's success as entertainers, other Korean entertainment managements began to train their music groups in other areas of entertainment, such as acting and hosting. In addition to their commercial success, Super Junior has earned four music awards from the M.NET/KM Music Festival, another four from the Golden Disk Awards, and is the second singing group to win Favorite Artist Korea at the MTV Asia Awards after JTL in 2003.
Kim Bum, as we all know, plays the part of Yi Jung, the playboy of the F4 from the Koreanovela "Boys over Flowers". I believe that Kim Bum is most handsome from the four of them. He is a potter in the movie and is still in love with his childhood friend until he developed an interest for Ga-Eul, Jan-Di's bestfriend.
Kim Bum is a South Korean Actor who appeared in many Korean Movies but is most well-known for his role in BOF. He also appeared in a famous commercial with Kim So-Eun "Anycall Bodyguard".
I hope you like him too!!! :D
The newest movie addicted by Filipinos is the Korean version of Hana Yori Dango and Meteor Garden: Boys Over Flowers. This koreanovela has the same plot with the forementioned telenovelas. Though there are some differences, you can definitely say that this something that you can call as a sequel for the two telenovelas.
Boys over flowers is a Korean adaptation from the Japanese manga Hana Yori Dango. Starring
Lee Min-Ho, Kim Hyun-Joong, Kim Bum and Kim Joon as the famous F4, Koo Hye-Sun as Jan-Di and Kim So-Eun as Ga Eul. Lee Min-Ho plays the part of Gu Jun Pyo, the successor of Shinwa Group and develops a lasting love to a laundry girl, Guem Jan Di. Jan-Di is a poor girl who came to Shinwa University and develops a first love to Ji-Hoo, but eventually, learns to love Gu Jun Pyo. Ga Eul is Jan-Di's bestfriend and likes Yi Jung, a playboy from the F4.
Throughout the story, they will all encounter challenges but still, because they have each other, they will eventually surpass challenges and obstacles. The story will end with Gu Jun Pyo proposing to Jan-Di as his soon-to-be wife.
Enjoy watching this Koreanovela in this link: http://www.mysoju.com/
Boys over flowers is a Korean adaptation from the Japanese manga Hana Yori Dango. Starring
Lee Min-Ho, Kim Hyun-Joong, Kim Bum and Kim Joon as the famous F4, Koo Hye-Sun as Jan-Di and Kim So-Eun as Ga Eul. Lee Min-Ho plays the part of Gu Jun Pyo, the successor of Shinwa Group and develops a lasting love to a laundry girl, Guem Jan Di. Jan-Di is a poor girl who came to Shinwa University and develops a first love to Ji-Hoo, but eventually, learns to love Gu Jun Pyo. Ga Eul is Jan-Di's bestfriend and likes Yi Jung, a playboy from the F4.
Throughout the story, they will all encounter challenges but still, because they have each other, they will eventually surpass challenges and obstacles. The story will end with Gu Jun Pyo proposing to Jan-Di as his soon-to-be wife.
Enjoy watching this Koreanovela in this link: http://www.mysoju.com/
Friday, June 12, 2009
hello everyone!
It's my first time to write a blog. I hope you will welcome me in this group. I hope to meet some new friends in here.
It's my first time to write a blog. I hope you will welcome me in this group. I hope to meet some new friends in here.
Maybe you are thinking about disabled children when you read "Special School". But no, I don't mean a school for the disabled children but a school for the special children- highly gifted. Currently, I am studying in a special school, Science and Technology Education Center. This is a school for children who is described as "bright".
I am not boasting but this school is really different from others. And let me tell you, this school is a public school supported by the government. But it has a big difference from other public schools. Public schools usually carry 8 subjects. But in STEC, we have 10 subjects. Public schools end their class at 4:30 pm. But STEC ends at 6:00 pm.
What's more special in this school? Teachers in STEC focus in training the students to talk in front of many people and develop confidence. This school is also very advance in their lessons. Students who graduate from this school usually takes college an easy level. Since STEC has already trained them to cope up with lessons that are very advance in each level, alumnae comments on college as "chicken".
The training in this school is very intense. With homeworks everyday, projects to be passed on deadlines and groupworks to be presented, students can also consider Saturday as a classday. In order to stay in this school, you must maintain at least an 85 average grade at the end of the schoolyear.
I am not boasting but this school is really different from others. And let me tell you, this school is a public school supported by the government. But it has a big difference from other public schools. Public schools usually carry 8 subjects. But in STEC, we have 10 subjects. Public schools end their class at 4:30 pm. But STEC ends at 6:00 pm.
What's more special in this school? Teachers in STEC focus in training the students to talk in front of many people and develop confidence. This school is also very advance in their lessons. Students who graduate from this school usually takes college an easy level. Since STEC has already trained them to cope up with lessons that are very advance in each level, alumnae comments on college as "chicken".
The training in this school is very intense. With homeworks everyday, projects to be passed on deadlines and groupworks to be presented, students can also consider Saturday as a classday. In order to stay in this school, you must maintain at least an 85 average grade at the end of the schoolyear.