Finally. I now have a Tumblr account. I’m wondering who took the URL sharkfire.tumblr.com because when I tried use it, it’s already taken. Another sharkfire.com on the moves.
Basing on the posts that I’ve seen in facebook, I think I would enjoy using Tumblr.. ;D
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Happy Birthday Mark Read
November 7 - It's Mark Daniel Read's 33rd birthday!! Mark Read is one of my favorite singers. One of the reasons why I want to be called Mark. :D
Like him on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/markreadmusic
Photo courtesy of Mark Read's facebook page.
UNDAS
It's November.. and the first day of the month is welcomed by a tradition, we Filipinos called "Undas". I've been thinking, saan nga ba galing ang salitang Undas? All Saints' Day ang pinagdiriwang sa November 1 na kung tatagalugin mo ay Araw ng mga Santo, at kilala rin ang araw na ito sa tawag na Todos Los Santos. Ang November 2 naman ay All Souls' Day na sa tagalog ay Araw ng mga Kaluluwa. Nakaugalian natin na pumunta sa sementeryo sa unang araw ng Nobyembre upang bisitahin ang mga minamahal nating namayapa. Kaya naman ang karamihan ay tinatawag ding Araw ng mga Patay ang November 1.
Saan nga ba talaga galing ang salitang Undas? Dahil nacurious ako bigla, medyo nagsaliksik ako sa etimolohiya ng salitang undas. Marami rin pala ang may gustong malaman kung saan nagmula ang salitang ito.. kung ito ba ay tubong Pilipino, hango ba sa wikang Griyego o kung saan mang bansa galing. Kaso, wala akong makitang concrete answer.
May nakita akong isang nakakatawang paliwanag saan galing ang salitang undas. Kung baliktarin mo daw ang UNDAS, eto ang lalabas:
SAD NU
Hahaha.. Sabagay, dahil ginugunita natin ang mga namayapang mahal natin sa buhay, medyo sad nga tayo sa araw na yan.. At dahil mahilig mambaliktad ng mga salita ang mga Pilipino, ginawa itong UNDAS para cool daw. Hahaha. Parang naligaw lang eh no, at babaliktarin mo lang ang damit mo para di ka na mawala.
Eto naman ang nakita ko sa Wikipedia.
Ang kapistahan ng Todos los Santos, Araw ng Lahat ng mga Santo o Araw ng mga Santo, tinatawag na All Saints' Day, All Hallows o Hallowmas sa Ingles (ang katagang “hallows” ay “santo” at ang “mass” ay misa), ay ipinagdiriwang tuwing ika-1 ng Nobyembre o unang Linggo ng Pentekostes bilang paggunita sa lahat ng santo o banal, kilala o hindi. Ang araw nito ay tinatawag na Halloween sa Ingles, katumbas ng "Ang Bisperas ng Todos los Santos" o "Gabi ng Pangangaluluwa". Ang Todos los Santos ay isa ring pormulang Kristiyano na humuhingi ng tulong sa lahat ng santo at martir, kilala o hindi. Sa Pilipinas, palansak na tinatawag itong Araw ng mga Patay, Pista ng Patay, o Undas.Sa Iglesya Katolika Romana, ang Araw ng Todos los Santos ay parangal sa mga taong nakatamo ng beatipikong pananaw ng kalangitan habang ang sumunod na araw, ang Araw ng mga Kaluluwa ay paggunita sa lahat ng yumaong mananampalataya na hindi pa nadadalisay at nakararating sa langit.
Bagama't di ako nagtagumpay kung saan nga galing ang salitang Undas, ang mahalaga'y alam natin ang kahulugan ng araw na ito at bakit ito ay isang importanteng tradisyon sa ating mga Pilipino. Malay natin, balang araw may isang historian ang matyagang mananaliksik ukol dito. Masyado lang talagang malawak ang internet, tinatamad na ko magresearch. Kaya eto muna.. hanggang sa muli.. :D
Friday, November 4, 2011
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Steve Jobs Final Words
"Oh wow, oh wow, oh wow." These are Steve Jobs' finals words, shared by his sister Mona Simpson in the memorial service of the late CEO of Apple.
Simpson describes final Job's final days and moments in a Palo Alto hospital, which was spent surrounded by family as his breathing gradually became shorter.
His breath, she said, “indicated an arduous journey, some steep path, altitude.”
Delivered at the October 16 service for Jobs at Stanford Memorial Church, Simpson, an accomplished novelist, began by describing her initial meeting of her brother for the first time when she was in her mid-20s. Simpson was born in 1957, two years after Jobs, who was given up for adoption as an infant.
“Even as a feminist, my whole life I’d been waiting for a man to love, who could love me. For decades, I’d thought that man would be my father. When I was 25, I met that man and he was my brother,” Simpson said.
Simpson went on to describe her strong relationship with the man now know for the revolutionizing computer world, while explaining Jobs’ work ethic and capacity for love — particularly for his wife Laurene and as a doting father to their three children.
“Steve was like a girl in the amount of time he spent talking about love. Love was his supreme virtue, his god of gods. He tracked and worried about the romantic lives of the people working with him,” she said.
In describing his illness from pancreatic cancer, which Jobs was diagnosed with in October 2003, Simpson paints a picture of Jobs as an enduring, “intensely emotional man.”
She concluded her eulogy by sharing Jobs’ final moments, which were spent staring lovingly at his family, and his final three monosyllabic words as he stared into the distance past their shoulders: OH WOW. OH WOW. OH WOW.
Simpson is currently a professor of English at the University of California, Los Angeles and was a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award. She has written five novels, and won the Whiting Prize for her debut, “Anywhere But Here.”
Pinoy Big Brother Unlimited: The Big Fiesta
Pinoy Big Brother Season 4 or Pinoy Big Brother Unlimited finally started after more than a year. The 13 official housemates were revealed last Saturday, October 29, 2011.
1. KIGOY ABARICO - Ang Bay Diskarte ng Ormoc
2. JOSEPH BIGGEL - Ang Promdihirang Tisoy ng Marinduque
3. PACO EVANGELISTA - Ang Hopeless Romantic ng Gensan
4. KEVIN FOWLER - Ang Dreamboy ng California
5. ROY GAMBOA - Ang Sales Lakay ng Pangasinan
6. SEICHANG USHIMI - Ang Pinoy Anime ng Japan
7. SLATER YOUNG - Ang Hotshot Engineer ng Cebu
8. DIVINE MAITHLAND-SMITH - Ang Darling Dude ng Cebu
9. JAZ MANABAT - Ang Sensual Siren ng QC
10. KIM DE GUZMAN - Ang Stunning Sweetheart ng Olongapo
11. PAMU PAMORADA - Ang Kitikiti Kid ng Batangas
12. TIN PATRIMONIO - Ang Captain’s Daughter ng QC
13. LUZ MCCLINTON - Ang Mom of Steel ng Muntinlupa
One of the 30 reserved housemates was also given a chance to enter the house through a lottery. He is Carlo Romero, a retail sales consultant from Chicago. For him to be an official housemate, he will play as a "Mole" and he needs to accomplish the tasks that Big Brother will give him, otherwise, he will need to say goodbye and leave the house by the end of the week.
The new PBB house is actually different this time compared to the previous seasons. The house looks like a slum area, as Big Brother wants the housemates to feel the plight and experience the life of most Filipinos who don't live a comfortable life. This would be a very challenging and exciting season and we're sure to expect unlimited surprises.
First challenge: Will they choose unlimited water, unlimited food or unlimited clothes? We'll find out tomorrow.
Photo courtesy of http://pbb.abs-cbn.com/.
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