Saturday, August 14, 2010

Underground Electric Post

May ipinapasa si PNoy na gawing underground na lang ang mga poste ng kuryente. Ito ay dahil sa biglaang malawakang brown-out noong bagyong Basyang. Dahil sa lakas ng hangin, maraming poste at puno ang nabuwag at naging dahilan upang mawalan ng supply ng kuryente ang kalakhang Metro Manila at mga karatig bayan. Sa ibang bansa, wala tayong makikitang mga poste at kawad ng kuryenteng nakalawit sa mga kalsada dahil nasa ilalim pala ito ng lupa. Sana ay maipasa ito dahil maraming benepisyo ang kalakip nito dahil kahit may bagyo hindi na tayo mag-aalala na maya maya ay mawawalan na ng kuryente at maiiwasan din ang panganib ng mga live wires.

Friday, August 13, 2010

If my friends were OR instruments, what are they?

I'm browsing my OR lecture this morning when an idea pop-out of my mind-- how can I memorize those instruments using my friends as a reminder? and alas, here are some:

ate ai - (malleable) because she can adjust and adapt to wherever place she goes
pats - (metzenbaum) because a metz is long, slender and sexy
joan - (bobcock) because whenever she makes jokes, I just can't get over it
eula/gen - (balfour retractor) because the two parts can be separated but it comes together to be a balfour
gles - (bandage scissor) always on-the-go
jigs - (needle holder) because of its large built
james - (metz curve) male counterpart of metzenbaum
gerson/cams - (army navy) you can't call it army and the other one navy because just like the balfour retractor, it always come together

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