Sa GMA 7 mayroon silang special na program na "Isang Tanong", kung saan binigyan nila ng pagkakataon ang mga simpleng mamamayan para magtanong sa mga tatakbo sa susunod na Philippine Presidential Election. Nais ko sanang magpadala ng sarili kong isang tanong, pero hindi ako makapagdesisyon kung anong tanong ang ipapadala ko. Dahil sa totoo lang hindi kasya sa iisang tanong lang ang mga nais kong malaman mula sa mga naghahangad na ma-upo sa mataas na pwesto sa gobyerno.Kaya naman naisipan ko na...

Friday the 13th occurs when the thirteenth day of a month falls on a Friday, which superstition holds to be a day of good or bad luck, but often bad luck. In the Gregorian Calendar, this day occurs at least once, but at most three times a year. Any month's 13th day will fall on a Friday if the month starts on a Sunday. In 2009 this applies to the months of February, March and November. The next instance of this appears on the calendar for the...

If there is one thing I hate about the people in the Philippine government specially it's officials, that would be that they don't have brains. These people always boast of their educational backgrounds or during the election they would always lay down their beautiful plans to improve things here in the Philippines. But even if they graduated with degrees or graduated from a reputable and well known university, their credentials are nothing more...

by: Bong Barrameda, Pinoy Trivia Vol. 3 Q.  On a yearly average, how many typhoons visit the Philippines? A. 20 For the Record.  You can determine how far away a thunderstorm is without using any special instruments.  First, wait for a lightning flash.  Then count the seconds that pass until the sound of thunder is heard.  Sound travels about 1 mile (1.6km.) in five seconds.  Thus if there are five seconds between...

Barely a week have passed when typhoon "Ondoy"(international name: "Ketsana") ravaged and caused so much damage in Luzon here in the Philippines.  The cities and families that was affected have just started to recover from the damages, these five days after "Ondoy" have left the country. But as if Ondoy's damage is not enough, another typhoon is now entering the Philippines and once again it is going to pass Luzon. According to the Severe...

Yesterday, the tropical storm named "Ondoy" by the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), wreaks havoc to all the places that it passed by as it moves through Luzon.Me and my family personally experienced it's devastating force as it passed by out town, trees are plucked from the ground, part of our roof got blown-off by the force of the wind, and water came in and flooded part of our house. But compared to other places I can say that what we have...

Somewhere in Georgia back in the 1800's a poor farmer and his wife were expecting their 5th child. The farmer knew that he and his wife could not provide for this child because crops had been bad that year and he could barely feed his family of six.When the wife went into labor the farmer called for the doctor. Unknown to the wife, the farmer and the doctor had already made arrangements to get rid of the baby. Their plan was to take the baby...

DEFINITIONAn urban legend, urban myth, or urban tales is a form of modern folklore with little or no supporting evidence that spreads spontaneously in varying forms and often has elements of humor, moralizing or horror. It's consisting of stories thought to be factual by those circulating them., the term is often used to mean something akin to an "apocryphal story" involving incidents of the recent past. Like all folklore, urban legends are not...

Due to problems with my Internet connection I wasn't able to update my blog for a long time, but now with a new Internet Service Provider, I am back. The long period of being offline gave me time to think of other topics I want to share here in the owlery, starting with this topic.Last week news came out, stating that the Philippines would face a problem with power shortage as announced by the Secretary of the Department of Energy Angelo Reyes.In a budget hearing at the House of Representatives,...

PROBLEMSProblems, everybody has them, no body is exempted from having problems. Whoever you maybe or whatever you do, you would always face problems everyday. It doesn't matter how big your problem is, what matter is how you tackle these problems to come-up with a solution. Problem solving is one of those abilities that allegedly distinguishes human beings from other animals. Though many creatures can solve problems, and some even uses tools,...