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Realities 12 Apr 2013 | 07:16 pm
Is it just me, or am I now getting spammed lately by invitations to become an “editor” of some journal or book edition, or as a distinguished “invited speaker” for some conference I haven’t heard of b...
Muni-muni 29 Jan 2012 | 04:14 am
Hindi ko alam, pero bigla kong na-miss ang Pilipinas. Na-miss ko na magsalita ng Tagalog, hindi Ingles, hindi Hapon. At bigla ko na-miss magsulat sa Tagalog. Tapos napagmuni-muni ko na hindi pa nga at...
Specks 15 Nov 2011 | 01:41 am
I spend a lot of time imaging my samples. It is one of the routine characterizations I perform on my samples. It usually doesn’t take that long to get an image using a conventional SEM (scanning elect...
A Bit of Sleuthing at Saizeriya 10 Nov 2011 | 03:35 am
It’s been a while. I had to forego blogging for a few months in order to focus on the demands at work. Now that I’ve hurdled the two major conferences of the year, met deadlines for research proposals...
Aya, The Pokemon Artist 29 Jul 2011 | 01:41 am
Aya has been bitten by the Pokemon bug. She plays it on her DS every chance she gets. Well of course I let her play from time to time, kids will be kids! She is quite taken with it, that … Continue re...
Piano Recital 27 Jul 2011 | 12:12 am
Finally, a chance to perform on stage! Actually, Aya started taking piano lessons (in a group) as early as four years old; unfortunately, when we went to the UK, there had been no opportunity to conti...
Thoughts on The Hunger Games 21 Jul 2011 | 11:55 pm
My sister gave me a copy of Suzanne Collins’ book, The Hunger Games. At first I was repulsed by the idea of teens hacking one another to death in an arena for the purpose of punishment and televised e...
Privacy 14 Jul 2011 | 11:39 pm
Sometimes it seems that people have simply forgotten or otherwise blatantly ignored simple rules of social etiquette. Just because there is now a convenient medium where bits and pieces of our silly a...
Sportsy 18 Jun 2011 | 12:44 pm
I am currently watching about three dozen kids doing their warmup exercises just before their tennis classes. Yep, that’s about three dozen kids doing jumping jacks and stretches at 9am on a Saturday ...
Hot Air 17 Jun 2011 | 11:13 pm
When someone brags about accomplishing something before he/she has had the chance to do it, you give them the benefit of the doubt. You smile and nod, then hope that they will eventually make good on ...
