featured article from the Washington Post
Filipinos Draw Power From Buried Heat
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/03/AR2008100303843.html
Interview of Pherj Villa by Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2008/10/03/VI2008100301679.html?referrer=emaillink
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Saturday, October 25, 2008
Monday, October 06, 2008
Tomato Story
this one is worth reading. it was from a friend'e email. i could not resist putting it in here as there is something truth about the story... here it goes
Morals of the story
Moral 1: Internet is not the solution to your life.
Moral 2: If you don't have Internet, but work hard, you can be a millionaire.
Moral 3: If you received this message by email, you are closer to being an office boy/girl, than a millionaire.
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A Jobless man applied for the position of 'office boy' at Microsoft. The HR manager interviewed him then watched him cleaning the floor as a test.
'You are employed' he said. Give me your e-mail address and I'll send you the application to fill in, as well as date when you may start.
The man replied 'But I don't have a computer, neither an email'.
'I'm sorry', said the HR manager. If you don't have an email, that means you do not exist. And who doesn't exist, cannot have the job.'
The man left with no hope at all. He didn't know what to do, with only $10 in his pocket. He then decided to go to the supermarket and buy a 10Kg tomato crate. He then sold the tomatoes in a door to door round. In less than two hours, he succeeded to double his capital. He repeated the operation three times, and returned home with $60.
The man realized that he can survive by this way, and started to go everyday earlier, and return late. Thus, his money doubled or tripled everyday.
Shortly, he bought a cart, then a truck, and then he had his own fleet of delivery vehicles.
5 years later, the man is one of the biggest food retailers in the US. He started to plan his family's future, and decided to have a life insurance.
He called an insurance broker, and chose a protection plan. When the conversation was concluded the broker asked him his email. The man replied,'I don't have an email.' The broker answered curiously, 'You don't have an email, and yet have succeeded to build an empire. Can you imagine what you could have been if you had an e mail?!!' The man thought for a while and replied, 'Yes, I'd be an office boy at Microsoft!
'You are employed' he said. Give me your e-mail address and I'll send you the application to fill in, as well as date when you may start.
The man replied 'But I don't have a computer, neither an email'.
'I'm sorry', said the HR manager. If you don't have an email, that means you do not exist. And who doesn't exist, cannot have the job.'
The man left with no hope at all. He didn't know what to do, with only $10 in his pocket. He then decided to go to the supermarket and buy a 10Kg tomato crate. He then sold the tomatoes in a door to door round. In less than two hours, he succeeded to double his capital. He repeated the operation three times, and returned home with $60.
The man realized that he can survive by this way, and started to go everyday earlier, and return late. Thus, his money doubled or tripled everyday.
Shortly, he bought a cart, then a truck, and then he had his own fleet of delivery vehicles.
5 years later, the man is one of the biggest food retailers in the US. He started to plan his family's future, and decided to have a life insurance.
He called an insurance broker, and chose a protection plan. When the conversation was concluded the broker asked him his email. The man replied,'I don't have an email.' The broker answered curiously, 'You don't have an email, and yet have succeeded to build an empire. Can you imagine what you could have been if you had an e mail?!!' The man thought for a while and replied, 'Yes, I'd be an office boy at Microsoft!
Morals of the story
Moral 1: Internet is not the solution to your life.
Moral 2: If you don't have Internet, but work hard, you can be a millionaire.
Moral 3: If you received this message by email, you are closer to being an office boy/girl, than a millionaire.
Work Smart Not Hard!
work visa and fluid mechanics
Today is the 2nd week for waiting of my work visa. I have not heard anything significant from my employer, except that they are working/processing on it. I was told earlier that it would take 14 days (presumed working days) to have it after I submitted a scan copy of my passport. If my counting is correct then I could have it next week. I am hoping that it will be available then.
For the meantime, I am having a good time with my unpaid vacation leave. To spend my time, I'm busy sorting my digital files in my backup hard disk. I realized that I don't have a good file management system. Some of my files are duplicated or even more... in triplicates. In order for me to be a one notch higher, I need to have good file management systems to implement. In this age of digital files, the first thing you will have is a good file management system.
In-between fixing my digital files, I take some readings on fluid mechanics to review some of the basic concept. In my reading, I began to appreciate the works of Prandtl and Taylor on the modern fluid mechanics. I need to review this in order to prepare and equip myself in my next career as a CPD&T Engineer. I know that it will need a solid knowledge foundation on fluid mechanics. Also I need to submit an engineering explanation of the reason why the MicroMod testing I conducted during the month of August, while I was still in EDC, is not successful. In the draft report that I have submitted, I have argued that the reason for unsuccessful testing is because it did not attained complete tracer dilution in the mixing length (the distance between injection and sampling point). Although the report did not include an engineering proof, I felt that I still owe an explanation to that reasoning even if I am no longer connected to EDC.
Work Smart Not Hard!
For the meantime, I am having a good time with my unpaid vacation leave. To spend my time, I'm busy sorting my digital files in my backup hard disk. I realized that I don't have a good file management system. Some of my files are duplicated or even more... in triplicates. In order for me to be a one notch higher, I need to have good file management systems to implement. In this age of digital files, the first thing you will have is a good file management system.
In-between fixing my digital files, I take some readings on fluid mechanics to review some of the basic concept. In my reading, I began to appreciate the works of Prandtl and Taylor on the modern fluid mechanics. I need to review this in order to prepare and equip myself in my next career as a CPD&T Engineer. I know that it will need a solid knowledge foundation on fluid mechanics. Also I need to submit an engineering explanation of the reason why the MicroMod testing I conducted during the month of August, while I was still in EDC, is not successful. In the draft report that I have submitted, I have argued that the reason for unsuccessful testing is because it did not attained complete tracer dilution in the mixing length (the distance between injection and sampling point). Although the report did not include an engineering proof, I felt that I still owe an explanation to that reasoning even if I am no longer connected to EDC.
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Wednesday, October 01, 2008
Geothermy chapter is closed
A.T.N.S
Geothermist (Geochemistry and Geothermal Engineering)
May 23, 1994 - October 1, 2008
Today, I concluded my geothermy career with EDC. It's kinda heavy, emotional, and confusing. It seems that a thousand vacuum is inside me. But it is inevitable. It is necessary to jump to other energy level... to grow... to seek opportunities...and to be near to my dreams!
For every door that closes, a thousand is opened for new opportunities.
Work Smart Not Hard!
Geothermist (Geochemistry and Geothermal Engineering)
May 23, 1994 - October 1, 2008
Today, I concluded my geothermy career with EDC. It's kinda heavy, emotional, and confusing. It seems that a thousand vacuum is inside me. But it is inevitable. It is necessary to jump to other energy level... to grow... to seek opportunities...and to be near to my dreams!
For every door that closes, a thousand is opened for new opportunities.
Work Smart Not Hard!
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