The capitalistic Americans. Almost everything is a commodity. They now have baby planners?!? A mom pays someone to plan everything for the baby from months before its born and even months after birth. They even get to chose the name of the baby. Crazy! Maternal responsibility can now be passed on to someone at a price. Amazing and not so amazing. Great you have a helper to do everything for you - to the point of even naming your baby...

In the future, you will hear people say, "that'll be $98.38 for 40 pounds of fresh oxygen." The battle for the environment continues, and it comes with a price. The environment is now a commodity - its priced! Is this capitalism at its finest? But how can someone give a monetary value for air? Who gets to say that your quality of air should be better than mine simply because you earn $1 M a year versus my hourly salary? Sad, but its inevitable. Hopefuly its not inevitable to the extent that I'm portraying here, but surely there will be a price on GREEN stuff. Yes, the environment is now up for grabs. Everything will eventually have a price tag on it, that's the only way the capitalistic market remedies itself. Well of course there's the idea of public policy, but maybe i can factor that in later on. When economist study market behavior they usually try to say, "Ceteris paribus," - all other things equal.

Even joy and childhood comes with a price. If I were asked what my favorite past time was during my childhood days, I would in a split second say paper airplanes. I think I spent a good chunk of my youth wasting paper (i wasnt that environmentally friendly back then) and trying to make them fly. Where am I heading? Well, I work for a company called MAD Science, and one of our philosophies is to instill the love (or curiosity or interest if you must) for science in children. I like the idea, but I sometimes feel that there's a dumbing down of science going on. Well first of all, they really don't emphasize on the concepts, but they just want the kids to be exposed to it. Sure, I don't totally disagree with that, I mean first graders don't need to memorize what folium and cilium are, but when they hear again it might ring a bell. Great!? Well, I think that the kids should not be deprived of concepts - if they grasp it great, and if they don't maybe next time. But they should not dumb down concepts and ideas because they're too young. Back to the paper airplanes... Our next class will be about airplanes. Yeap, a class on paper airplanes?!? crazy! if I were 6 years old and i attended a class in paper airplanes it would have been ecstatic, but wait a minute. These kids had to pay a couple hundred bucks to be in this class, while i had my paper airplane experience for free! Welcome to the world of capitalism where everything can be priced.

Btw, just as a reminder to the readers (and to myself). This is just a blog.. its not a research paper or anything, so don't expect much. but any opinions or topics of discussion is greatly appreciated.

I'm going to end this with a few thoughts on market economy. I certainly believe that there is no perfect form of market economy, just as there is no form of perfect government structure. Its all man made, and humans have always been found to have flaws. So what's the best way to go about it? The beauty of it is the ability of a system to change and to adapt. This is the idea behind ergonomics. Our surroundings should be able to adapt us. If we can change it, we can improve it. I guess there is no cap in improving.

Egg
Pepper
Ham
Red bell pepper
onions
spinach
tomato
cheese

= the bomb!

yeap, college = learn-how-to-cook-or-starve-unless-you-have-enough-money-to-go-out-all-the-time...

I'm currently working two summer jobs, but it feels like I'm simply breaking even with all my bills and expenses. I've been currently trying to save enough money, so that during the rest of the semester I have enough money to live on. I dread the idea of asking my parents for money, because they've definitely given me their support, and I don't want to burden them with anymore financial concerns.

God has surely showered upon me his love and blessings - even though I feel that I deserve no more. God was so awesome to grant me a full ride to UC Berkeley, but I feel selfish in thinking that I'm honoring God simply because he gave me a scholarship. The thought of it just scares the wit out of me. I know I should honor God no matter what. But I honestly can't even imagine how I'm going to pay for college if it wasn't for this scholarship. Lord, I promise to make the most out of this scholarship you have given me.

God deserves nothing but the BEST.

Each question is worth a point unless otherwise stated... Good luck! Don't cheat...

1. How many bones do we have?

A. 12
B. 206
C. 542
D. It varies some have more than others

2. What is a joint?

A. It is a tissue
B. Its what connects the bones together dummy!
C. Both A and B
D. Its what you call your house example: Let's go to my joint.

3. How much hair do we have?

A. About a billion
B. Nah. 5 Million!
C. 2,125,876,298
D. Infinity!

4. What is the largest organ?

A. Brain (unless you don't have one...)
B. Heart (its the most important and the largest one)
C. The skin (yes it is considered an organ)
D. Your Limbs (they're kinda big)

5. What is considered the perfect eyesight?

A. 0/0
B. 20/20
C. 300
D. it depends how old you are

6. What is the largest muscle?

A. Gluteus Maximus (your butt!)
B. Deltoid (its the muscle that surrounds the contour of the shoulder)
C. Quadriceps Extensor ("hita" as we say in Tagalog)
D. Abs (specially if you have a six pack)

7. The Pancreas is responsible for... (choose the BEST answer)

A. laughter and joy
B. absorbing toxic substances from the body
C. the release of adrenaline
D. digestive enzymes and various hormones

8. How many teeth do we have?

A. 24 (I counted it)
B. 32 (nope, my friend counted otherwise)
C. 28 (the upper teeth has 14 and the lower has 14)
D. It varies from person to person

9. How much pints of blood do we have?

A. 17
B. 16
C. 12
D. 11

10. DNA is a long ______ made from repeating units called __________.

A. Polymer, nucleotides
B. strand, chromosomes
C. chocolate, M&Ms
D. Carbon bond, ions

ANSWERS WILL BE POSTED NEXT WEEK!

Now I have to put subtitles on some of the items on this website. I have to cater to the American culture. Here are some updates to Version 3.01.

* Subtitles


Hmm that's about it...

Here's the down side...

GOOGLE ADS didn't agree to put ads on my webpage because of the following reason:

"Unsupported language: We've found that the content of your site is primarily in a language we do not support at this time."

NO GOOGLE ADS = NO EXTRA MONEY

Even though I placed a few English translations, they didn't approve of it because they saw some Tagalog words in it! oh well....

Yes, say good bye to the old picture.


This was my version 2.01 picture. Welcome VERSION 3.0! Here are some new ideas, direction, revisions, news, and other construction going on in my blog. I've decided not to delete my previous entries, its good to preserve the past.

Here's an overview of what's new and what to expect:

-> The quiz portion is going to be back again.

->Click on the Google Ads, so I can get money! (ops, Am i allowed to advertise that?) JUST CLICK IT!

-> I've decided to focus more on topics about renewable energy and environmental economics. I'm not particularly interested in Global Warming, but I am interested in the Green Industry.

-> The profile on the left has changed... Last time my age said "18" LOL

-> I really hope to gain more traffic in this website again. Spread the good word!

-> Yes, I have Myspace, Facebook, and Multiply. The info is under the profile section.

-> I have currently removed the right hemisphere section of the blog; its temporarily under construction.

-> Yes, Christian is still alive.