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Sunday, May 16, 2010

Laziness

I don't know but I really feel lazy today. I even refuses my friend's invitation on their fiesta. I am supposed to have my hair done but nah I'm too lazy for today.

Lazy

1. averse or disinclined to work, activity, or exertion; indolent
2. causing idleness or indolence: a hot, lazy afternoon.
3. slow-moving; sluggish: a lazy stream
4. (of a livestock brand) placed on its side instead of upright.

See, I'm even so lazy to write a blog. hehehehe
That's all for now! 



Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Simala Scandal

Friday, September 18, 2009 - two ex-monks and a former devotee of a popular shrine in Simala, Sibonga town revealed yesterday allegations of corruption and sex, saying these have tainted the pilgrimage site for years.  The said allegation was aired on radios and televisions, and it was unanswered by shrine’s officials.  

It is said that the former monk, Venancio Cabillon, who was expelled from the congregation for leaving without notice.  He allegedly told reporters about the deviant acts of the monks such as – corruption, sodomy and Miss Gay Pageant.  He said that the pageant was held inside the shrine where he won second prize.  Moreover, Cabillon a self-professed homosexual, revealed that he had experienced having sex with his fellow monk inside the shrine.  He added that before he left the congregation a security guard confessed to him that he was sexually harassed by some of the monks.

Dodong, a novice monk, said that he spent his time counting loose change that was donated by the devotees. He added that he himself was not spared from homosexual deeds. He alleged that one of the senior monks had him sit on the other’s lap.

Cabillon denied that he was expelled from the congregation but he formally resigned with the permission of Fr. Fray Martin and Archbishop. Ricardo Cardinal Vidal.  He pointed that the report that was published in “Ang Bag-ong Lungsoranon,” an Archdiocese’s publication was a lie.


Cebu Archbishop Ricardo Cardinal Vidal urged the concerned parties to file a complaint with his office, so the alleged corruption and sex in the Simala shrine can be investigated.  During the anniversary of the Bag-ong Lungsuranon yesterday, Cardinal Vidal told reporters that he will not act on the charges unless Cabillon files a proper complaint in his office.  In an interview, shrine workers Pastora Superable and John Louis Savellon told Sun.Star Cebu their allegations against Cabillon. They accused him of, among others, collecting donations without authorization. 


Cardinal Vidal said that he does not allow any pageant inside any holy place. He laughed when he heard that Frater Martin supposedly asked for his permission to hold the pageant.
“That’s the problem; they say something without asking me. I hope that he was just name-dropping, because they have not come to me (for permission),” said Cardinal Vidal.
Vidal added he also doesn’t allow any member of any religious congregation to secure or carry firearms.
“Who in his right sense would do that? It’s not proper,” said the archbishop.
He also defended the monks against reports they have been conducting money-making schemes inside the shrine, and said that some of the wares being sold were on consignment.

This issue is not new to us.  It happened years ago already, as you can remember Jose Rizal wrote about this already in his novels.  It’s just simply a repeat of history.  It’s up to the people which side they should believe in.  Let us not make this issue over rated.  There are a lot of issues that are more important to deal with.  For Cabillon, for more than 17 years of being a monk, why did he reveal it now?  Is it really because he was humiliated?  Or there’s another reason for this.  If he had experienced the deviant deeds before, why didn’t he come out in the open right away?  He waited for 17 years to reveal it, what’s his purpose?  As what I observed both camps are trying to outdo each other in an attempt to squeal.  Like other issues, this will just die to its natural death.


Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Supersonic Jets

I just bumped into this article about breaking the sound barrier by Yahoo News. I was actually amazed with the picture that's why I decided to read the article. Just wanna share it with you.
Enjoy reading! And be Amazed with the latest techonology!
Robert Roy Britt Editorial Director LiveScience.com Tue Jun 30, 9:35 am ET

The breaking of the sound barrier is not just an audible phenomenon. As a new picture from the U.S. military shows, Mach 1 can be quite visual.

This widely circulated new photo shows a Air Force F-22 Raptoraircraft participating in an exercise in the Gulf of Alaska June 22, 2009 as it executes a supersonic flyby over the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis.

The visual phenomenon, which sometimes but not always accompanies the breaking of the sound barrier, has also been seen with nuclear blasts and just after space shuttles launches, too. A vapor cone was photographed as the Apollo 11 moon-landing missionrocketed skyward in 1969.

The phenomenon is not well studied. Scientists refer to it as a vapor cone, shock collar, or shock egg, and it's thought to be created by what's called a Prandtl-Glauert singularity.

Here's what scientists think happens:

A layer of water droplets gets trapped between two high-pressure surfaces of air. In humid conditions, condensation can gather in the trough between two crests of the sound waves produced by the jet. This effect does not necessarily coincide with the breaking of the sound barrier, although it can. To learn more, click here.

The aircraft carrier was participating in Northern Edge 2009, an exercise focused on detecting and tracking things at sea, in the air and on land.

In The Water Cooler, Imaginova's Editorial Director Robert Roy Britt looks at what people are talking about in the world of science and beyond. Find more in the archives and on Twitter.

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