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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The National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. is a beautiful walk through all the meanders of our memory. The Presidental Gallery and the American Origins Gallery are galleries not to be missed. Housed in the old Patent Office building, the National Portrait Gallery is connected to another gallery, the Gallery…
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December 25th in Brookings, South Dakota… It is Christmas 2012 and everything around me looks so gloomy! Sitting by the glass window and tapping my fingers on the wooden table, I stared outside watching for movements on the snow-covered walkways. No one is outside on Christmas day. The fact that…
Read moreImage courtesy NASA Goddard Photo “It’s the end of the world, as we know it…” Predictions all point to December 21, 2012 (this Friday) as the end of the world! These doomsday circumstances and theories all originated from the Mayan Factor, occurrence of solar storms, Nostradamus, alignment of heavenly bodies,…
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I love the name: Church of 100 Walls. The church is actually the Chapel of San Pedro Calungsod. The structure was built at the South Road Property to pay homage to the newly canonized Saint from Cebu, Pedro Calungsod. New York-based, Filipino-Colombian architect Carlos Arnaiz said, “Each wall is different…
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I can spend days and days just watching animated movies! Yes, I transform into a kid when stuck in front of the PC monitor watching short animations that I consider a unique form of artistry. Here is my own list of uplifting, yet fascinating animated short films that I have…
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Here are the latest satellite images of the super typhoon Bopha aka Pablo that is currently making a landfall in the Philippines. The images were taken by the NASA/NOAA Suomi NPP satellite’s VIIRS instrument around 0435Z on December 3, 2012. I posted few useful links below if you want to…
Read moreHere is the next round of Bisaya jokes for everyone to enjoy! If you have have not read the previous Pinoy jokes, check out the “Filipino” section for more giggles. *** Sa grocery, naay usa ka dalaga sige ug sunod2x JUAN: “Ms, stalker ka ba? Nganong sige ka sunod sunod…
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These are lovely captures of the moons of Saturn showing the Pac-Man pattern (from the popular 1980s video game icon) on their surface temperature images. The first was found on Mimas in 2010, and the most recent one was found on the moon Tethys. Scientists theorize that the Pac-Man thermal…
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