My friend who used to work at the Japanese embassy informed me that in celebration of the Philippine-Japan friendship month, the Japanese embassy along with other sponsors will be featuring the 13th Japanese Film Festival which will run from August 2 to 7, 2011 in Ayala cinema Cebu city, Cebu. "Eiga Sai" which literally means "Film Festival" will feature some of Japan's award winning films. This year's featured films include Departures (81st Academy Award "Best Foreign Language Film" 2009), The Summit: Chronicle of Stones, The Chef of South Polar, One Million Yen Girl, Your Friend, Yunagi City, Sakura Country, Summer Days with Coo, Climber's High, Feel the Wind and Villon's Wife. The best part of all of this ? - Admission is free ! Click here to view details about each movie and or to download the details in .pdf format. Schedule for the 13th Japanese Film Festival is as follows: AUGUST 2 (Tuesday) 7:00 PM - The Chef of South Polar (125 mins) AUGUST 3 … [Read more...]
President Benigno “NoyNoy” Aquino III State of the Nation Adress 2011 English translation
Below is President Benigno "NoyNoy" Aquino III State of the Nation Address (SONA) 2011. For the Filipino translation of the 2011 SONA click here. Good thing all our t.v and radio stations have a honda generator, otherwise we would not be able to hear the SONA if there was a black out. :-) Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile; Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr.; Vice President Jejomar Binay; former Presidents Fidel Valdez Ramos and Joseph Ejercito Estrada; Chief Justice Renato Corona and the honorable Justices of the Supreme Court; honorable members of the diplomatic corps; members of the House of Representatives and the Senate; Local Government Officials; members of our Cabinet; members of the Armed Forces and the Philippine National Police; to my fellow servants of the Filipino people; And to my beloved countrymen, my Bosses: I stood before you during my inauguration and promised: we would do away with the use of the wang-wang. This one gesture has become the symbol of change, not … [Read more...]
President Benigno “NoyNoy” Aquino III State of the Nation Adress 2011 originally delievered in Filipino
To all of you who are looking for President Benigno "NoyNoy" Aquino III's 2011 State of the Nation address here it is. (Note this is the FILIPINO TRANSLATION (Speech originally delivered in Filipino) Click here for the SONA 2011 English translation) Don't go anywhere else you might end up looking at restaurant supplies. :-) State of the Nation Address of His Excellency Benigno S. Aquino III President of the Philippines To the Congress of the Philippines [Delivered at the Session Hall of the House of Representatives, Batasan Pambansa Complex, Quezon City on July 25, 2011] Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile; Speaker Feliciano Belmonte; Bise Presidente Jejomar Binay; mga dating Pangulong Fidel Valdez Ramos at Joseph Ejercito Estrada; Chief Justice Renato Corona at ang ating mga kagalang-galang na mahistrado ng Korte Suprema; mga kagalang-galang na kasapi ng diplomatic corps; mga butihing miyembro ng Kamara de Representante at ng Senado; mga Local Government officials; mga … [Read more...]
Banned by Google adsense . . . but now thankfully restored !
I’ve been a blogger for almost 4 years now and every blogger agrees with me when I say that Google adsense is the lifeblood of bloggers, especially those who are starting out. Considering this to be so, one can say that when your blog gets banned by Google, it seems that your whole blogging world has been torn apart. Last May 10, 2011, my blogging world almost fell apart when I received this email from Google: Hello, During a recent review of your account we found that you are currently displaying Google ads in a manner that is not compliant with our program policies (https://www.google.com/support/adsense/bin/answer.py?answer=48182&stc=aspe-1pp-en). -------------------------------------------------- EXAMPLE PAGE: https://www.zdiaz.com/2008/01/(name of post)/ Please note that this URL is an example and that the same violations may exist on other pages of this website or other sites in your network. Immediately, I went to work. I knew … [Read more...]
The not so well known Nikola Tesla and the story of the remote control
Every kid knows Thomas Alva Edison who is being always set out as an example on hard work and persistence but sadly they don’t know the guy who is behind the toy that every kid wants. Months ago, I watched a documentary on Nikola Tesla. I’ve heard about the man but I’ve never really realized the importance of his discoveries and inventions until I watched that documentary featured by History Channel (Which is by the way my favorite channel) Nikola Tesla (July 10, 1856 – 7 January 1943 )was an inventor, mechanical engineer, and electrical engineer and was one of the greatest mind in engineering, but he didn’t get the recognition he deserved. Tesla’s inventions contributed to the birth of commercial electricity. Without Tesla we would still be stuck with Edison’s DC (Direct Current) and we would have a limited ability to transmit electricity over great distances. Tesla pioneered modern electrical engineering and many of his discoveries and inventions were of groundbreaking … [Read more...]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 20
- 21
- 22
- 23
- 24
- …
- 103
- Next Page »