busy as always

Im too busy this week... lots of things to finish yet undone ... well.. its a busy week to all i know but i am looking forward for december holiday ...it's goin to be soon ,,,,,,8 more weeks to go and home sweet home again ..
i just got the articles done by my students to be publish in our school magazine souvenir for December Grand Open House . hhahaha i havent read it all but they are all good in writing ,,anyway i'll keep you posted evey now and then ,, need to go coz i need to harvest my fruits and vegetables and opps milk the cows in my Farm ,,,

TGIF

Thank's God its friday,,,, for some friday is the best day ,,,,,,,,, yah maybe ,, but not for me ,,coz tom need to go to school, we need to practice for the upcoming Grand Open House... tom is gonna be fun ,,,, i will be meeting my talented students in music ,, my special group The Marching Band ,,,, see u all tom..

oh by the way ,, shes selina ,, shes good in playing lyre and piano,,, shes good in singing as well,, one of the my lyre player in the group... we a re planning to make an album but im too busy ,, no time yet ,, im sorry sel, but ,,,for sure will do the recording ,, lets just find time ,,she's going to be famous one day ,, heheheheheh

see u tom ..

Tired But Excited

im so tired,, today,, aside from my teaching load ,, i have a lot of things to do in school,,well ,,being the event coordinator is not an easy task,, we had just finished our children's day celebration last week ,, and i considered it as one of the our school's big event,, well onother one is coming .. our Grand Open House on the 12 december 2009,,,it will be the last big event before going off for chirstmas holiday ......my time table is set,, things to do ,,, things to prepare,,schedule of practices ,,,renting of costume ,, talking to sponsors, doing a souvinier magazine,,,( waiting for my P5 students acticles ,need it asap) and all ,aaaaaaaaaaaaa to many to mention ,,, just to make that event a nice one,, actually im excited to see my students performace on that day ,, aside from my beloved sec 4 band who will be the main attraction on that day,, all the students will do a field demonstration..,,,and thats the most exciting part ,,,its going to be fun ,, fun ,,,fun ,,, the litle ones will do a Calisthenics,, the middle ones will do a traditional dances from aceh, padang and papua and the big ones will do cheer dancing on thier colourful costume,,,

My New Instrument

The ocarina (陶笛) may be known as a "pottery flute" in Chinese. However, it doesn't look anything like a classical flute. Rather, it is shaped like the body of a small goose. In fact, "ocarina" is Italian for "gosling", a name given to it more than 100 years ago by Italian Giuseppe Donati, who created the ocarina's shape and added tone holes.
These tone holes are on the front of the instrument. There is also a sound hole on the back. The ocarina is small enough to be held in two hands with the fingers used to cover and uncover the holes, while blowing through a mouthpiece. The lowest tone is generated when all the tones holes are covered and the sound hole is uncovered. The tone becomes higher as the tone holes are uncovered one by one.
Altough the origins of the ocarina are somewhat unclear, it appears to be related to a number of similarly-shaped instruments that developed separately in most of the world's great civilizations. For example, in China an egg-shaped instrument has six tone holes and dates back some 7,000 years

Singapore School Medan, Celebrates Children's Day '09

Close on the celebration of Batik Festival here in Indonesia, Children’s Day was celebrated with gaiety and fervour at Singapore School, Medan (SIS) on Thursday 8 October 2009. It was a fun-filled day for the students. The teachers and the PSG (Parent Support Group) made the day special, as they had a lot of fun-filled activities and games lined for them. All items were organized and performed by the teachers except for the last performance perform by the orphans from Sunshine Medical Center.
The day began with the warm opening remarks by the school principal Ms. Jee, she also led the releasing of balloons with a tag on it (each class released balloon as well). A big banner rolled down from the 3rd floor to the ground floor saying “Happy Children’s Day” creatively done by the teacher aides. Teachers prepared small banner for their own class as well. Informative and entertaining “show” by the teachers was followed. Special games was held at the school ground, different levels have different games like,( sack race, hit the pot, and more, “Pabitin” and hit the pot was the most highlighted games and all levels participated which the students enjoyed most. Pre primary played a special role as they had their special booth (face painting) and a booth where you can buy a card worth Rp. 5000 proceeds will be donated to the victims of Padang Earthquake in Padang Indonesia. Primary 4- JC classes adopted Orphans from (Sunshine Medical Center ) an orphanage located need the school and shared some special moments with them and food as well.
SIS, Medan celebrated Children’s Day with great pomp and show. The uniqueness of the programme was that the students were the chief guests while the orphans’ is our guest of honours. The Prefects headed by Frenado (head prefect) extend help too by assisting the teachers. The teachers presented a colourful and magnificent presentation for the children. The guests’ of honours (orphans) had fun and received presents from SIS students.
The day was celebrated and ended with great enthusiasm and fervour at SIS, Medan. The campus was buzzing with excitement and joy as they see their beautifully dressed-up teachers in various presentations. The celebration was a success…

Suicide bomber kills 5 at UN office in Pakistan

A suicide bomber disguised as a security officer struck the lobby of the U.N. food agency's Pakistan headquarters Monday, killing five people a day after the new leader of the Pakistani Taliban vowed fresh assaults, authorities and witnesses said.
The blast raises questions as to how the bomber managed to evade tight security at the heavily fortified World Food Program compound in the capital, Islamabad. It could also hamper the work of WFP and other aid agencies assisting Pakistanis displaced by army offensives against al-Qaida and the Taliban in their strongholds close to the Afghan border.
Hours after the attack, the world body said it was closing its offices in Pakistan temporarily.
Militants have carried out scores of suicide attacks in Pakistan over the last 2 1/2 years, several of them targeting foreigners and their interests. Under U.S. pressure, Pakistani security forces have recently had some success combatting the extremists.
The blast Monday shattered windows in the lobby of the compound in an upscale residential area of Islamabad and left victims lying on the ground in pools of blood, witnesses said. The office is close to a home belonging to President Asif Ali Zardari.
"There was a huge bang, and something hit me. I fell on the floor bleeding," said Adam Motiwala, an information officer at the U.N. agency who was hospitalized with injuries to his head, leg and ribs.
Medical officials at two hospitals said five people had been killed in the attack, including an Iraqi working for the agency. Two of those killed were Pakistani women. Several others were injured, two of them critically, the WFP said in a statement.
"This is a terrible tragedy for WFP, and for the whole humanitarian community in Pakistan," said WFP Deputy Executive Director, Amir Abdulla, speaking from the agency's headquarters in Rome. "These were people working to assist the poor and the vulnerable on the front lines of hunger in Pakistan."
Interior Minister Rehman Malik said the attacker was wearing the uniform of a paramilitary police officer and asked a guard if he could go inside the building to use the bathroom. He was carrying around 8 kilograms (18 pounds) of explosives.
Police official Bin Yamin said the attacker, who was in his 20s, detonated his explosives in the lobby. It was unclear how he made that far. Typically, visitors to U.N. buildings in Islamabad are screened and patted down for weapons and explosives in secure chambers some distance from the entrance to the building.
The British defense and home ministers were visiting Islamabad at the time of the attack but were unaffected.
The bombing was the first such attack in Islamabad since June, when two police where killed. A blast in June on a luxury hotel in the northwestern city of Peshawar killed two U.N. staffers and injured others.
On Sunday, Hakimullah Mehsud, the new leader of the Taliban in Pakistan, met with reporters in the country's tribal areas for the first time since winning control of the militants. His appearance, flanked by other Taliban commanders in a show of unity, ended speculation that he was killed in a leadership battle within the militant group sparked by the August slaying of his predecessor, Baitullah Mehsud, in a missile strike.
Mehsud vowed to strike back at Pakistan and the U.S. for the increasing number of drone attacks in the tribal areas along the border with Afghanistan. He spoke to a small group of reporters on condition that his comments not be published until Monday.
Unmanned drones have carried out more than 70 missile strikes in northwestern Pakistan over the last year in a covert program, killing several top militant commanders along with sympathizers and civilians. The Pakistani government publicly protests the attacks but is widely believed to sanction them and provide intelligence for at least some.
American officials have said they are considering a strategy of intensified drone attacks combined with the deployment of special operations forces against al-Qaida and Taliban targets on the Pakistani side of the border - part of an alternative to sending more troops to Afghanistan in what is an increasingly unpopular war.
As part of the offensive against the Taliban leadership, Mehsud's brother, Kalimullah, was killed last month. Analysts say the group is struggling to regroup from the attacks on its leaders. Pakistani officials had speculated that Hakimullah had been killed in a recent shootout.

Holiday in ASIA

HONG KONG : DISNEYLAND

Hong Kong Disneyland is a dream come true to me,, not to mention that ever since .i realy wanted to go there and finally i been there ,, it was like 9 degree when i went there and i was wearing a short hahaah funny ,, then all the people are wearing jockets and all ... it was fun ,,,i really had fun

MALAYSIA : KUALA LUMPUR ( PETRONAS )

Wonderful building ,, i always passes by here everytime i go back to the philippines for holiday .... one of malaysia's treasure .. the petronas tower

SINGAPORE : SENTOSA ISLAND (UNDERWATER WORLD)

Underwater world is located in sentosa island in singapore , it was amazing looking to those sea creatures back then .. this is just one of the places i visited when i went to singapore ,, i was able to go around singapore in just two days .. the country is very small but wow very clean ... i want to live there hahhhaha... just for holiday maybe ...singapore i shall return ...

INDONESIA : LAKE TOBA

This place is one of the pride of north sumatra in Indonesia .. a very peaceful place ,relaxing and calm... i will visit this place again and again and again ,,,,, i went here many times .. i brought singaporean students when they had immersion program in our school ,,, i taught them how to make a kite hehehe .some of them wasn't able to but some did it well,, i remember i girl who cried coz until we went off the place ,,she's still doing it and she ever brought it back to singapore hahah ..she said she will finish it there ..wow persistent isn't it? ..good .. don't surrender girl..

PHILIPINNES : BORACAY ISLAND

The well known boracay island ,, in the philippines .. i can't say that this is the best place to go if you are planning to go the philippines but ,, this is one of the best place to be specially summer time .. hohoho swimming time.. well normally,, you will see celebrities , models and tourists all over the world ,,during summer in boracay ....it is popular to have a white sand made of tiny corral and shell crust .. well its not the people who did it ,, its the nature haahahaa.

Typhoon Parma set to spare Philippine disaster zone

(Picture courtesy of ABC news) typhoon ondoy (ketsana) hit vietnam: after philippines

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MANILA (AFP) - – A typhoon that threatened to bring more devastation to millions of flood survivors in the Philippines veered from the disaster zone Saturday, but officials warned it could still cause major damage.
Typhoon Parma, billed earlier as a supertyphoon as it raced toward the country, altered course towards the northernmost tip of the Philippines' main Luzon island and away from the nation's partly submerged capital Manila.
"The threat of typhoon Pepeng to us (in and around Manila) has eased," weather bureau spokesman Nathaniel Cruz said in a radio interview, referring to Parma's local name.
"That is good news."
Parma was now expected to land Saturday evening on the province of Cagayan, north of its earlier predicted landfall in Aurora province and about 400 kilometres (250 miles) from Manila.
It was packing sustained winds of 175 kilometres per hour (109 mph) and gusts of up to 210 kph, easing slightly from Friday but still capable of inflicting major damage.
The Philippines had been fearfully bracing for Parma, which churned toward the country just a week after tropical storm Ketsana triggered the worst flooding in 40 years in and around Manila, leaving 293 people dead.
Of the more than three million people affected, about 400,000 remain in overcrowded and poorly supplied evacuation centres in Manila and nearby areas.
National Disaster Coordinating Councilspokesmanm Lieutenant Colonel Ernesto Torres said that with the threat from Parma easing, "we can now focus on relief efforts" for the Ketsana victims.
However Defence Secretary Gilbert Teodoro, who heads the council, cautioned people in the disaster area against becoming complacent and warned those in evacuation camps not to return to their homes.
"While the storm has changed course, it does not mean there will be no rains... We're not yet sure if it will not rain and if it will not flood again," he said in a radio interview.
Heavy rain showers had already fallen across Manila on Friday night and before dawn Saturday, adding to the burden of the sprawling city of 12 million people that was awash with flooding six-metres (20-feet) high last Saturday.
Parts of Manila and its outskirts remained flooded a week after the disasters, and even relatively small amounts of water could cause problems for dangerously swollen rivers and lakes.
After being accused of not preparing the nation properly for Ketsana, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on Friday placed the Philippines under a "state of calamity" to expedite relief efforts and get ready for Parma.
The Philippine weather bureau said that before dawn Saturday, Parma was plotted 260 kilometres (161.5 miles) southeast of Cagayan, an agricultural and fish farming province.
It was forecast to move northwest at 17 kph and smash Cagayan and northern parts of nearby Isabela province in the evening.
"As of now, we are thankful that the storm is not wreaking much havoc but we are expecting the worst," said Isabela police chief Senior Superintendent Jimmy Rivera.
He said residents who were deemed to be in danger had been evacuated.
But he said all roads and bridges remained passable in the province, one of the country's top rice producers and where fish farms are a main source of livelihood.

ANOTHER SUPER TYPHOON PEPENG (PARMA) STRONGER THAN ONDOY WILL HIT PHILIPPINES TOMORROW

MANILA - Weather bureau PAGASA on Thursday said typhoon Pepeng (international codename Parma) is forecast to bring more rains and very strong winds in Northern Luzon including Metro Manila once it makes landfall Saturday afternoon.
In a press conference Thursday afternoon, PAGASA said Pepeng has intensified further, now packing winds of 195 kilometers per hour near the center, and gusts of up to 230 kph.
As of 5 p.m., PAGASA weather branch chief Nathaniel Cruz said the typhoon was sighted 440 km east of Catarman, Northern Samar and is moving 24 kilometers per hour in the general direction of Northern Luzon and the Taiwan area.
Typhoon Pepeng (Parma): Forecasts
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Manila Observatory
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US Navy: Joint Typhoon Warning Center
US NOAA Satellite and Information Service (Satellite Image Loop)
The typhoon is expected to be 100 km northeast of Virac, Catanduanes or 300 km southeast of Baler, Aurora by Friday afternoon.
Cruz said the typhoon is forecast to make landfall over Aurora-Isabela by Saturday morning or afternoon. He said the typhoon will bring occasional rains over the eastern section of Luzon and Visayas and more frequent rains in Samar and Bicol Thursday afternoon.
Gale-force winds are also forecast over Visayas and Mindanao.
Storm Signal no.1 has been hoisted in Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, Catanduanes, Albay, Quezon (including the Polilio Islands), and Aurora.
"Residents in low-lying areas and near mountain slopes under signal #1 are advised to take all the necessary precautionary measures against possible flashfloods and landslides," the PAGASA weather bulletin stated.
"The public and the disaster coordinating councils concerned are advised to take appropriate actions and watch for the next bulletin to be issued at 11 P.M. today (Thursday)," it added.
Stronger than Ondoy, similar to Reming
Cruz, in an earlier press conference, said Pepeng is much stronger than last Saturday's tropical storm Ondoy (international codename Ketsana), which brought record amounts of rainfall and triggered the worst flooding in Metro Manila in 40 years.
"In terms of wind intensity, Ondoy was only half of the strength of Pepeng. When it made landfall, Ondoy only had winds of 85 kph while Pepeng is 175 kph. However, we cannot really compare the two because it was the rain that was really destructive about Ondoy," he said.
He added: "Our major concern with Pepeng is the disastrous winds - 175 kph to 210 kph. We expect typhoon Pepeng to intensify further as it moves towards northern Luzon."
He said the weather bureau will give a forecast on the typhoon's estimated rainfall intensity before it makes landfall.
Cruz also likened typhoon Pepeng to super-typhoon Reming (international codename Durian), which killed at least 734 people in the country in 2006.
"This could be like Reming. We are not just talking here about Metro Manila. We are talking of the entire Luzon area where there is probability of devastation in terms of flooding...and wind," he said.
Dams to release water
Dr. Susan Espinueva, assistant weather services chief of the Hydro Metrological Division of PAGASA, said major dams in Northern Luzon have been releasing water before Pepeng hits.
"All major dams in Northen Luzon wll be releasing water to lower the water level so that when the storm hits, there will be a buffer of storage capacity in our dams and the spillover will not be as severe,' she said.
Among the dams that have released water are the Angat Dam in Norzagaray, Bulacan; Binga Dam in Itogon, Benguet Province; Ambuklao Dam in Bokod, Benguet; Magat Dam in Ramon, Isabela province; and Pantabangan Dam in Nueva Ecija.
Espinueva said Angat Dam started releasing water since 10 a.m. Tuesday to lower the water level from 214 to 212 meters. She said maximum outflow of 500 cubic meters per second was released from the dam.
She said that as of 3 p.m. Friday, the Caliraya Dam in Lumban, Laguna also started releasing water. "Water coming from the dam will affect the towns of Lumban and Pagsanjan," she said.
The government has started preparing more evacuation centers as it anticipates more people to be displaced by the new storm.
Disaster officials fear more rains spawned by the typhoon could trigger another massive flood as streets and drainage systems remain clogged from the tons of debris left by the previous deluge caused by tropical storm Ondoy (international codename Ketsana).
As of 6 a.m., the National Disaster Coordinating Council said more than half a million families of 2.50 million individuals have been affected by Ondoy in 11 regions, including Metro Manila and the Calabarzon area in southern Luzon.
It said that a total of 686,699 people are now staying in 726 evacuation centers. It said Ondoy’s death toll has reached 277 and 42 were still missing.
The storm, which also devastated Vietnam and Cambodia, damaged crops and infrastructure worth at least P4.80 billion.
Coast Guard limits sea travel
Coast Guard commandant Vice-Adm. Wilfredo Tamayo said he has placed all Coast Guard units in affected areas of the new storm on heightened alert.
He said all sea vessels below 1,000 gross tonnage have been barred from sailing in Catanduanes, Camarines Sur and Camarines Norte as of Thursday morning.
"If Storm Signal no. 2 is hoisted, no vessel will be permitted to sail. We are warning fishing bats and smaller vessels not to venture out to sea. Maritime travelers going to the affected areas are advised to delay their trips,

10 INVENTIONS NEEDED IN THE FUTURE

This was a wish list that was originally intended to provide inspiration for inventors. First written in April of 1997, click links for you to "check out" inventions that are, are close to, or kinda close to what I am hoping will soon exist in the technology available to us presently. Let's all hope that all these 10 inventions will be available to us soon ...

1. Future Technology - Free Energy I want my energy bill to come only once, not every month. So be it solar or electro-magnetic, please make it personal and portable with batteries that keep going and going.
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2. Future Technology - Transporter What kind of technology is required to scramble a person's atoms and send them for regrouping in foreign lands all in the blink of an eye? Imagine, I could work in Tokyo and sleep in Paris. Beam me up.
Quantum Teleportation or Scientists Report 'Teleported' Data

3. Future Technology - Replicator Technology (Stuff for Free)Every time I saw Captain Picard (Star Trek Next Generation) ordering his Earl Grey Tea or Councilor Troy getting a triple alien fudge dessert from one of those replicators on the Enterprise, it made me jealous. I imagine you could send the dirty dishes back to the void where they came from. BTW, a replicator is a device that uses transporter technology to dematerialize quantities of matter and then rematerialize that matter in another form.

4. Future Technology - Universal Communicator Forget long distant bills and roaming charges (especially with me working in Tokyo and sleeping in Paris). I want a very small device that lets me talk and see anyone, anywhere and anytime. All for the price of the device and please throw in the ability for universal translation for a modest surcharge.

5. Future Technology - The Cure For you name it.
Curing Brain Diseases by Growing New Cells?

6. Future Technology - Fountain of Youth As a woman I consider this as a no-brainer desire for future technology. The "Fountain of Youth" was a legendary spring that renders anyone who drinks of its waters permanently young. What is the real future technology that will extend our lives and keep us looking youthful without surgery?
Scientists discover cellular 'fountain of youth' and Anti-Aging Medicine or Longevity and Anti-Aging Medicine.

7. Future Technology - Protective Force Field To shield me from the sticks and stones.
A Force Field for Astronauts?

8. Future Technology - Flying Cars I want a smooth ride all the way and I hope it's a convertible.
Check out - How Flying Cars Will Work, Flying Cars Ready To Take Off, Flying car more economical than SUV.

9. Future Technology - The Battery Operated Butler Did It What can I say
Robotics and Robots

10. Future Technology - The Time Machine I have a few famous inventors I would love to meet in person and the idea of messing with the time-space continuum is exciting as well.
Attention Chronic Argonauts and fellow Time Travelers