National Museum of the Filipino
when we had our dinner at sentro (a small Filipino restaurant greenbelt 3), I picked up a small card that speaks to the National Museum of the Philippines. and I said why not. and then. on Sunday, we went. The museum is near the Luneta Park. you can not miss it.
i Noticed The Crowd. There Was A bunch. I Thought We Were and definitely not in "makatey (makati With A collegiate emphasis hehe - private joke)" anymore. Were a lot about kids hanging. Perhaps Practicing dance for a school presentation. Some couples and families. There Were aussi calesas (horse driven buggies) of different shapes and sizes.
a prominent figure
Near the entrance of the Museum was a regal statue of lapu-lapu reminiscent of grecian statues from the old world perhaps made of bronze but i'm not so certain as i didn't go near it. i would definitely make time next time.
the receptionist at the front desk. she wasn't very friendly. not a smile on her old and wrinkly weather beaten face. i wonder if she is like that all the time. or just to us fellow filipinos. or she probably didn't like the idea of going to work on a sunday. the museum is open on wednesdays to sundays by the way. and it is FREE ENTRANCE ..
there were interesting stuff at the museum although naturally lacking. it pales to other national museums i have been too. it is a wonder that it took me this long to visit this place of cultural goodies.
i have never seen so many earthen jars used for a variety of purposes including burial jars and medieval chinese ceramic wares featuring uniquely and individually painted plates which seemed to have been a priced commodity at its time. all of it were treasures rescued from a shipwreck called san diego.
there were also anthropology exhibits from the pleistocene period, on islamic culture and spanish influence, ancient burial practices, briefly on philippine languages, and then to bio diversity and modern art.
the collection seemed fragmented or diverse, depends on how you look at it which illustrates that fundamentally, we are relatively a young civilization (only 100~ years old).
perhaps that is why on the way out i couldn't help to feel a bit fustrated because i Thirst for Knowledge of Our Culture and not Much Can Be Done About It. Little has Survived Of Our pre colonial past. MOST of it if not all of it Have Been Lost or should i say Systematically demonized, and finally forgotten Replaced by a foreign religion.
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Saturday, February 26, 2011
What If Scorpio Lost Interest In You
Alexander the Great against the Indians
note that the photo is the last epic battle against the Greeks (myself) and India (Taxila).
his armies are composed of war elephants, the swordsmen, catapults, and a lancer. Unfortunately for him, my armies are larger. I brought the phalanges, catapults, and hypaspistes.
1. August 324 BC, I started the war against poros
2. January 323 BCE, I captured sogdiana (poros)
3. February 323 BCE, I captured Kokala (poros)
4. March 323 BCE, I captured the capital city of patalla (poros)
5. March 323 BCE, poros is destroyed.
5. October 323 BCE, I captured Masalla (Taxila)
6. February 322 BC, I captured the capital city of Taxila (Taxila)
7. February 322 BCE Indians were crushed.
Alexander the Great was victorious conquest type!
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Steel Wood Stove Fabrication Plans
(Hypaspiste by Johnny Shumate)
Alexander the Great in the war against Darius of Persia and the Egyptian Mazes. there are also poros Indian who is angry with me.
I'm playing Civilization 4.
my generals alexander the great
the cid
jeanne arc
javayarman II Nebuchadnezzar II
autizol
my favorite unit
the hypaspiste:
combat units closer
single unit replaces
Greek empire soldier with ax
+25% against mounted units
+50% cons units near
history
1. June 336 BCE. I captured Sardinian (Persian)
2. April 335 BCE. I captured Halicarnassus (Persian)
3. January 334 BCE. I captured Gordion (Persian)
4. September 334 BCE. I captured tarsus (Persian)
5. May 333 BCE. I captured Sidon (Persian)
6. February 332 BCE. I captured tyr (Persian)
7. October 332 BCE. I captured Damascus (Persian)
8. November 332 BCE, I made peace with Mazes and darius
9. 331 BCE in April, I declared war on the Mazes and darius
10. November 331 BCE, the golden age has begun
11. November 331 BCE, I captured Thapsacus (Persian)
12. May 330 BCE, I captured Nineveh (Persian)
13. December 330 BCE, Vercingetorix defeated cid (Persian)
14. March 329 BCE, I captured Nineveh (Egyptian)
15. July 329 BCE, I captured Arbel (Persian)
16. February 328 BCE, I captured Babylon (Persian)
17. November 328 BCE, I captured Memphis (Egypt)
18. March 327 BCE, I captured susa (Persian)
19. May 327 BCE, I captured Paraetonium (Egyptian)
20. September 327 BCE, I captured Ecbatana (Persian)
21. December 327 BCE, I captured Ammon (Egyptian)
22. December 327 BCE, the Egyptians were crushed
23. May 326 BCE, I captured rhagae (Persian)
24. June 326 BCE, I captured etruscan (Barbarian)
25. June 326 BCE, I captured perseplolis (Persian)
26. October 326 BCE, I captured Pasargadae (Persian)
27. November 326 BCE, I captured Hecatompylos (Persian)
28. ... 325 BCE, I captured Herat (Persian) ...
this is not the end yet ..
in fact, I use BCE (Before Common Era or Before the Christian era) because it is politically correct.
Friday, February 18, 2011
Prom Dress For Rent In Manila
alexander the great places that I want to visit HK
in May 1st to 4th May, my family is going to HK for holiday.
1. Victoria Peak where I could see the entire city.
2. Ocean Park because I enjoy watching fish (alive).
3. Temple Street for souvenirs and also see traditional Chinese operas.
4. Stanley to see the temple dedicated to Tin Hau Queen of Heaven
5. Po Lin Monastery & Tai O a Buddhist temple
never forget that there are free tours in museums Wednesdays ..
in May 1st to 4th May, my family is going to HK for holiday.
1. Victoria Peak where I could see the entire city.
2. Ocean Park because I enjoy watching fish (alive).
3. Temple Street for souvenirs and also see traditional Chinese operas.
4. Stanley to see the temple dedicated to Tin Hau Queen of Heaven
5. Po Lin Monastery & Tai O a Buddhist temple
never forget that there are free tours in museums Wednesdays ..
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Womens Tweed Jacket Elbow
fossil evidence
i gathered together a plausible view of human evolution that goes all the way back to the carboniferous period (345 million years ago), i thought this is more amazing than some fairy tale.
the missing link reproach is no longer missing if we consider what we have in terms of conclusive fossil evidence today. the mammal like reptiles most especially caught my attention which depicts continuity from fish to reptile then to mammals then to primates and then to the early hominids.
one of particular interest is called KNM ER 1470 (homo rudolfensis) which is viewed as a good candidate for the transition from australopithecus to homo speciation because from the neck down it was indistinguishable from an australopithecus and the cranial capacity and dentition looked that of the homo. there is an indication that the early hominids changed their diet from plant to eating meat and from being arboreal to terrestial living which scientists supposed placed pressure on the population to a trend for smaller teeth and increased cranial capacity (bigger brains).
345M (carboniferous period) - first reptiles
280M (permian period) - mammal like reptiles
180M (jurassic period) - first mammals
65M (end of cretaceous period) - first primates
38M (oligocene epoch) - first catarrhines
5M (pliocene epoch) - first hominids.
for the nth time. humans didn't evolve from monkeys. and never has it been said that it was except in ignorant or misinformed circles. or at the least one should question everything especially from an unreliable source. humans and monkeys share a common ancestor.
25M - 20M Aegyptopithecus
20M - 15M Preconsul
15M - 10M Ramipithecines
5M - Australopithecus
4.0M - 3.5M A. afarensis
3.0M - 2.0M A. africanus
2.0M - 1.5M H. habilis
1.5M - 1.0M H. erectus
0.5M - present H. sapiens
i gathered together a plausible view of human evolution that goes all the way back to the carboniferous period (345 million years ago), i thought this is more amazing than some fairy tale.
the missing link reproach is no longer missing if we consider what we have in terms of conclusive fossil evidence today. the mammal like reptiles most especially caught my attention which depicts continuity from fish to reptile then to mammals then to primates and then to the early hominids.
one of particular interest is called KNM ER 1470 (homo rudolfensis) which is viewed as a good candidate for the transition from australopithecus to homo speciation because from the neck down it was indistinguishable from an australopithecus and the cranial capacity and dentition looked that of the homo. there is an indication that the early hominids changed their diet from plant to eating meat and from being arboreal to terrestial living which scientists supposed placed pressure on the population to a trend for smaller teeth and increased cranial capacity (bigger brains).
345M (carboniferous period) - first reptiles
280M (permian period) - mammal like reptiles
180M (jurassic period) - first mammals
65M (end of cretaceous period) - first primates
38M (oligocene epoch) - first catarrhines
5M (pliocene epoch) - first hominids.
for the nth time. humans didn't evolve from monkeys. and never has it been said that it was except in ignorant or misinformed circles. or at the least one should question everything especially from an unreliable source. humans and monkeys share a common ancestor.
25M - 20M Aegyptopithecus
20M - 15M Preconsul
15M - 10M Ramipithecines
5M - Australopithecus
4.0M - 3.5M A. afarensis
3.0M - 2.0M A. africanus
2.0M - 1.5M H. habilis
1.5M - 1.0M H. erectus
0.5M - present H. sapiens
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Investment Derivatives For Dummies
Chapter 3: Biology and evolution
at lunch time, i brought up the topic of homo sapiens having at the minimum 1% to 4% trace of neandertal DNA. reactions were varied. i detected hostility in some. and a few haven't even heard of what a neandertal is or any of the early hominids. and others still displayed utter uninterest. i didn't know much of it (in detail) either until i found this anthropology book filled with colorful illustrations from booksale. ;p
the conversation spilled over to the missing link which i gladly responded to with the fossil evidence of australopithecus and the earlier ramipithecines. there is a vast library of fossils found if only people would care to educate themselves.
i brought up the factors of change that facilitates the process of evolution. what is a theory in a scientific sense. And should there be another sense to that word? Dispelling common misconceptions of what evolution is. thinks like thinking humans evolved from monkeys. i wonder who perpetuates this misinformation. who stands to benefit from misunderstanding science?
it pays well to be reading up on the subject.
DEFINTIONS
genes are actual units of heredity.
alleles are alternate forms of a single gene.
genotype the genetic composition of an organism.
evolution is a heritable change in genotype which becomes effected in the gene pool of a population.
FACTORS FOR CHANGE
1. mutation is chemical alteration of a gene that produces a new allele.
2. genetic drift are chance fluctuations of allele frequencies in the gene pool of a population.
3. gene flow is the introduction of allelles from the gene pool of one population into that of another.
4. natural selection is the evolutionary process through which factors in the environment exert pressure that favors some individuals over others to produce the next generation.
5. adaptation is a process by which organisms acheive a beneficial adjustment to an available environment.
6. speciation is an evolutionary process resulting to an establishment of a new species caused by isolating mechanisms.
at lunch time, i brought up the topic of homo sapiens having at the minimum 1% to 4% trace of neandertal DNA. reactions were varied. i detected hostility in some. and a few haven't even heard of what a neandertal is or any of the early hominids. and others still displayed utter uninterest. i didn't know much of it (in detail) either until i found this anthropology book filled with colorful illustrations from booksale. ;p
the conversation spilled over to the missing link which i gladly responded to with the fossil evidence of australopithecus and the earlier ramipithecines. there is a vast library of fossils found if only people would care to educate themselves.
i brought up the factors of change that facilitates the process of evolution. what is a theory in a scientific sense. And should there be another sense to that word? Dispelling common misconceptions of what evolution is. thinks like thinking humans evolved from monkeys. i wonder who perpetuates this misinformation. who stands to benefit from misunderstanding science?
it pays well to be reading up on the subject.
DEFINTIONS
genes are actual units of heredity.
alleles are alternate forms of a single gene.
genotype the genetic composition of an organism.
evolution is a heritable change in genotype which becomes effected in the gene pool of a population.
FACTORS FOR CHANGE
1. mutation is chemical alteration of a gene that produces a new allele.
2. genetic drift are chance fluctuations of allele frequencies in the gene pool of a population.
3. gene flow is the introduction of allelles from the gene pool of one population into that of another.
4. natural selection is the evolutionary process through which factors in the environment exert pressure that favors some individuals over others to produce the next generation.
5. adaptation is a process by which organisms acheive a beneficial adjustment to an available environment.
6. speciation is an evolutionary process resulting to an establishment of a new species caused by isolating mechanisms.
Friday, February 11, 2011
Is Masterbate Good Without Cream
sta. ana manila
hier soir, nous avons déménagé à la maison de mes parents. et devine quoi! IL Y THE INTERNET! world tattoo work! it's slow but it exists.
hier soir, nous avons déménagé à la maison de mes parents. et devine quoi! IL Y THE INTERNET! world tattoo work! it's slow but it exists.
I want to thank RC dandy and who had helped us with a hunter (who was cute by the way) and 2 assists.
the next day, we explored the city, market, and Robinsons Ermita mall that was near the hospital where Dad died. I remember. we had our lunch and my brother called us. and then he told us that we need to go to the hospital. put it is something I'll never forget.
when I bought the router for about CDR King 800, we installed the network at my house and we played a game of warcraft. and now I want to install Internet Connection Sharing for the other computer can connect too.
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Beautiful Locations In Reno Area
Friday, February 4, 2011
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