THE LASER TEST ("HUWAG HAYAANG LUMUSOT KANDIDATUNG SHABURAKOT")

We will soon be voting for senators, provincial, and local officials. There
are candidates who deserve a second look and eventually our vote. Yet for
many of us it seems like a choice of the lesser evil.

But we do not have to fall into this trap. We can still choose the good and
avoid evil. We are not powerless. Our votes still have meaning.

³Dilaab² (³conflagration² or ³tongues of fire²), a volunteer-driven,
church-based movement for a transformed Filipino nation through heroic
Christian citizenship calls for a two-step action called the ³laser test.²

FIRST, apply the laser questions in addition to other voters¹ education
initiatives. LASER is: Lifestyle (unexplained wealth); Action (against
corruption); Supporters (people behind candidates); Election conduct (vote
buying/election rules); and Reputation (cases involving graft/corruption
and/or illegal drugs). The questions are meant to help people identify and
reject candidates engaged in graft/corruption and/or backed up by drug
lords.

But what if no candidate for a particular position can pass this initial
screening? What if the positions cannot be filled up by worthy candidates?
This brings us to the next phase.

SECOND, put a cross (circles or lines are also acceptable) on the spaces on
which the voter has not voted as signs indicating his or her desistance from
voting. This shall not invalidate the vote (Article xviii, sec. 211, par. 21
of the Omnibus Election Code)

Voters using this option can then declare that the candidate deserving their
votes have not yet been born or have not yet run for office. This option can
even be tied in with the voters¹ power of recall.

This two-step approach may yet help restore a sense of power among the
electorate. After all, public office is a public trust and power emanates
from the people.

Internet

After I went out of the office, I went directly to the Internet cafe, searching some videos in YouTube, I came across this beautiful video from Kansas University.



if you can comprehend what it means...then maybe you can understand who is using who.

We are the WEB, We are the machine or the other way around.

~ciao!

I miss my baby

Hmmm......after a tiring day in the office, I just want to go home and relax with my girlfriend...unfortunately, I can't! Because she has to go home early, and she had to work too you know, we both are busy with work, and are exhausted during the day.

We often see each other after work, just to unwind the workday, and eat our dinner together, then after that we hang out in my place. Spend some intimate time with each other, relaxing, watch a movie or what's on TV. After that, she would go home, and I let her ride on her way home. But today, we didn't see each other, we are so busy with office work and she has to go home early too. But I decided to stay in the office and finish the remaining jobs I had.

I will call her before I go out in the office.

I miss my baby!



~ciao!

Office Work, office work

Wow, I can't believe what I have done, I was productive today! I'm so proud of myself. Hehehe, just joking around really, but honestly I have done a lot today in the office.

1. CS160 Class, finished discussing, chapter 7 and five more chapters to go, and we are done! I also reminded them about the assignment due 6:00 in the evening. Another exam is on the way tomorrow, coverage chapter 5-7.
2. CS114 Class, I was about to begin discussing JavaScript, but I decided to let them finish the FORM and INPUT tag exercises. Discuss JavaScript tomorrow.
3. I had submitted my Lecturer's utilization for January to Karl, long overdue last Jan 31, but it was submitted nonetheless.
4. I gave the newly hired lecturers TNA(Traning Needs Analysis) an assessment of what subjects they can handle and capable of teaching, and needs more enhancement.
5. Assigned numerous lecturers, to upcoming ICL Courses this SAT and SUN, I had assigned a former Informatics student Abigail Mancelita to XP6MS Course(Basic Word, Excel, Internet & Email). At least she would have exposure to teaching, and I have to follow-up the teacher tomorrow for the MYOB course this coming sunday. And follow-up the lecturer for Advance Excel.
6. Updated the Part-time Lecturer's List for list of courses they can teach, contact numbers and merge them with Mam Lyn's list of part time lecturer. Tomorrow, I'm gonna assess the newly hired lecturers, so that I can post them on the list. This list is needed by the Course Consulting Department so that they would know what courses to offer, depending on the availability of the lecturers and their respective field of expertise.
7. I had to clean and organize the installers, used last week during the installation of ROOM A.

Wow, that's a lot, it consumed my whole day doing those stuff. It may not be that many in terms of numbers, but it took me the whole day just to achieved those!

Plans for tomorrow:

• Conduct CS160 Exam, Coverage: Chapters 5-7
• Lunch Break @12nn!
• Discuss JavaScript on CS114
• After my CS114 Class, assess newly hired lecturers, and assign possible course to teach/handle
  
• Follow up MYOB Lecturer for sunday.
• Talk to Jay regarding, Advance Excel Lecturer
• Give Lecturer's Manual to XP6MS lecturer
• Discuss Arrays/Structures/File Handling to CS115 Students
• Finish organizing the Installers in the drawer.
  
• update List of Lecturers both for part-time and full time
• update to do list!

Hmmm.....that's it for now....I have to go home and eat my chow! Im starving.!


~ciao

Suddenly I'm thinking of $iomai

Late last year, I have been contemplating on selling "siomai" one of my favorite snacks to eat, just thinking about it makes my mouth to water! *YUM*

I got this idea, from the place where me and my girlfriend eats siomai in Labangon. The name of the place is "Way Tugpahay", it's a place in Tisa, Labangon, Cebu where siomai is the main menu. As I have observed, many of the customers there eat siomai everyday. From snacks to dinner, many customers buy siomai at the same place.

My girlfriend suggested, "Why don't you sell siomai in your place". Hmm...what a good idea, and from that it give me inspiration to make business of selling Siomai! First off, let's get some recipe to get us started...wait, what's a "SIOMAI"??

Siomai is a dimsum of Chinese origin which is also quite common in the Philippines. One can order different kinds of siomai but the base is always pork. The ground meat should have some fat otherwise the cooked siomai will be too tough. I tried to experiment on chicken siomai some years back and made the mistake of taking out the skin and fat and it turned out to be tough. Prawns or shrimps can be substituted for part of the pork if desired. For the binder, some use flour or corn starch but I find it to leave a raw taste so I use egg instead (proportion is 1 egg to 1 kg pork).

Siomai Recipe

Ingredients:

1 cup chopped shrimps
1/4 cup ground pork
1 cup chopped singkamas
1/4 cup chopped green onions
1 onion, finely chopped,

1egg, beaten
1 teaspoon soy sauce
salt and pepper to taste
1 pack siomai wrapper
oil for brushing



more to come....


Recipe and Images Courtesy of:
http://recipes.com.ph/show/siomai/
http://pinoyfood.nimrodel.net/2006/08/08/pork-siomai-steamed-pork-dumplings/
http://karen.mychronicles.net/?p=6