I have a Ph.D. degree. I love to travel, visit museums, national parks, and places few people know. I share my travel stories and more on this blog.
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I wonder why the tap water in my apartment in Brookings South Dakota is colored yellow. It started on Wednesday last week (June 5) when I wanted to cook and noticed the water coming out of the faucet to be a little murky. I then checked the water in the…
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Phil Cooke, author of the book “Jolt!: Get the Jump on a World That’s Constantly Changing” shared his thoughts about the 25 “jolts” that anyone can follow as a guide to improving personal life. Cooke divided it into 5 critical categories: ‘Jolt Your Direction’, ‘Jolt What Matters’, Jolt Your Potential’,…
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I wonder. Does Yahoo post your twitter updates on its homepage? At first I thought it does not, until few minutes ago when I saw this on its homepage. Yahoo posted a tweet update from a user named Dr. Frank Simon (@silverstar22b). Dr. Frank Simon has over 200,000 tweets, mostly…
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According to a blog, Time Magazine featured an article by news director Marilou C. Martin entitled “Philippines: Most Stupid Country to Elect a 20-Year OJT as a Senator.” The blog wrote:
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I have heard a lot of good stuff about Hibachi Grill & Supreme Buffet in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. I have heard, as well, that the restaurant offers unlimited supply of sushi. I love sushi! So my friend and I decided to give the restaurant a visit last weekend. The…
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No doubt, Storm Wanda, will go down in history as one of the severe Midwest storms. In my 6 years of living in South Dakota, this is the first time that I have heard schools and universities being closed because of the worse weather condition. Snow has been falling for…
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My Catholic community back home in the Philippines used to sing this Marian song that we called the “Magnificat”. The real title is actually “I Will Sing” written by Vince Ambrosetti. Magnificat is found under the Gospel of Luke. It describes Mary praising God for all the things He has…
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Note: Below is a guest post from my Costa Rican friend, Christopher Solis Ocampo. Chris is a PhD student in Biochemistry at South Dakota State University. Nowadays, I have been finding myself under so much struggle and hard work. Here is the thing: I have been thinking myself as somebody…
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