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April 11th, 2006
Why Should We Exercise Our Brain
POSTED AT 04:19 PM
The brain is the most important organ in your body, even more important than the one we follow much of the time. The one would'nt work if we had no brain; in fact studies shows that sex happens mostly in the brain and the rest are just delivery devices. Why then do stupid people seem to have more sex than the rest of us? Because the universe has a warped sense of humor.
Also, as a wise man said, "Free your mind, and your ass will follow."
Exercising your brain:
1. Get some form of regular physical exercise.This may seem antithetical to the idea of neurocize, but the brain does not need a steady supply of fresh oxygen in order to function effieciently. Physical exercise is the best way to get that oxygen up there, not to mention the endorphins are nice.
2. Learn to be ambidextrous. We are told that there are left-brained and right-brained people, and that this determines whether you're left-handed or right-handed. If you're right handed, teach yourself to write with your left-hand, and vice versa.
3. Vary your routine. Doing the same things in the same sequence for the same time over and over again causes the brain to atrophy. If you've followed the same routine for 5-10 years, you dont even have to think about it anymore, your muscles do it automatically.Your brain gets bored and kills itself.
4. Write backwards in mirror images. Another fun thing to do. Instead of just scribbling a sentence, imagine that you're looking into a mirror. Write backwards, then stand in front of a mirror and read it.
5. When stuck in traffic, convert street signs, billboards, and store names into anagrams. This will relieve your boredom and irritation while exercising your head. A simple example is "Starbucks" which becomes "Bart sucks". "Metrobank" becomes "Mr. Beatnok". "Bank of the Philippine Islands" becomes "Bless plaid hippo, think Fenian" or "Asphodel Beatnik Flips Hip Inn".
6. One way to give your brain a workout is to learn a language. Not only do you have to memorize the grammatical rules and vocabulary of the language, but you have to translate from your first language to that language and back, and eventually start thinking in that language. Thereby exercising many parts of your brains.
Adopted from: Twisted 7 by Jessica Zafra
"U'r in UP coz u can think and speak for yourself by your own two feet, and u can do so no matter what d rest of d ppol n d room m maybe thinking. U'r n UP coz no1 can tel u hav sumthing sensible and vital 2 say. U'r n UP coz u dread nt d povrty of material comforts but d poverty of d mind and u'r n UP coz u care about sumthing abstract and sumtyms as treacherous as d idea of 'nation' even if it kills u." -Dr. JOSE DALISAY-
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April 10th, 2006
POSTED AT 03:34 PM
"LIFE IS A PARADOX. WHAT YOU WANT YOU DONT GET; WHAT YOU  GET, YOU DON"T ENJOY: WHAT YOU ENJOY IS NOT PERMANENT:WHAT IS PERMANENT IS BORING."
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April 5th, 2006
MIsS Ko 'tO
POSTED AT 01:01 PM
I came accross this site the yupielbi.com, a site dedicated for UPLB students to share their ideas, shout-outs, opinions, and stories through categorized forums. I am not really aware of the existence of this site, and i feel angry for not knowing it during my college days, and i believe the site has been in the worlwide web for quite a long time. shame on me, that i never had the opportunity (since i never knew about it0 to participate in these forum of dedicated ufielvi students. Anyway, there's this alumni forum so might as well focus on this, but wait, i am yet to register an account first before i can share my thoughts and views. What can i do then, so just browse the site and read matters that interest me, and suddenly finding myself relating to these voices. Some may sound cheesy, others would express silliness on their mushings, and it brings smile and laughter on me as it reminisces my LB life. From campus crushes/icons/figures, to apartments/dormliving, to pancit-canton, kwek-kwek, proven, tacos, and sumptuous Ellen's fried chicken, Batcave, to Mang Pogs, to terror professors (e.g. I really can relate myself to those who express their angst to Mr. Saniano of Socsci 2 coz i myself became a student of him, and luckily was able to pass it, thanks to old exams! I made it), to teachers who became mentors, to much awaited theater plays, to carabao park, Kwek-kwek tower, Maria Makiling, fertility tree,Peak 2, Pegarao, etc. and of course, to tatak Iskolar ng Bayan involvemnet in social and campus issues, alumni discussions (hay life after LB!!! where are we now, time is running and so am I?), and there's this sex and intimacy forum, philosophy and spirituality forum, fashion and beauty, sports and , quizzes and games forum, acad, sorority. fraternity organizations, gimiks and nightlife and a lot lot more that completes u as a bona fide UPLB student.
I couldnt help it but miss my LB life, my friends,acquiantances, my mentors that i couldnt exchange to anything, one can vicarioulsy experience living in the suburban. Yes, agriculture they say, but a center of excellence in the field of science and technology, home of internationally renowned R & D institutions, scientists, biotechnologists, biologists, and ranked number two by CHED in their ranking of top Philippine universities. I even came across these international travel book, finding a picture of the Carabao Park captioning it: UPLB, the most beautiful campus in the Fat East. O, san ka pa!!!! UPLB a fusion (?) of nature, science, technology, agriculture, and a wonderful, serene, peaceful townliving.
A lot of thanks that i became part of the UPLB community, once my home, now a place where i could go back anytime i want to bring back my LB Life.
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Excerpts from the site:
"The mind once expanded to the dimensions of larger ideas, never returns to its original size." -Oliver Wendell Holmes
"A machine has value only as its produces more thanit consumes, so check your value to the community." -Martin H. Fischer
"No man should escape our universities without knowing how little he knows." -j robert oppenheimer
"How hard it is to escape from places. However carfeully one goes they hold you. You leave little bits of yourself fluttering on the fences...like rags and shreds of your very life." -Katherine Mansfield
"Nostalgia is a file that removes the rough edges from the good old days." -Doug Larson
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March 29th, 2006
POSTED AT 04:57 PM
Missing so many things make me feel like incomplete. At this point in time, I feel all alone and left-out from the realities of this vast world, and all i can do is to go with the flow without realizing where it could lead me. Yes, I'm a career-oriented person, but the problem with me is that i dont get easily satisfied with what God is giving me, i always thought that He' s always putting me into situations that tests my ability, patience, perseverance, and of course my faith. I consider myself a devil these days, that sometimes i tend to forget Him and only remember Him in times of adversities. I cant even realize how important He is in my life, I used to be a very prayerful person during my young age but why is it like that, as i grow older it seems that my faith is in peril. I even lost the power in my prayers that i am praying just for Christ's sake, attends mass just for Sabbath Day's sake, and recites prayers over and over again. I even resisted in reading the well-known "Purpose Driven Life" actually i just read a few pages of it. What's wrong with me? Am i just in desperate of needs? I know that the problem is with me and i feel so helpless. I need spiritual advise on how to strenghtened my faith in Him. I want to rely evrything in my life to Him and i know that He knows what's best for me. I really would like to be back at His hands, bring back my faith, and forget about thinking negative thoughts towards evrything because He's in charge of it as dey say, " Nasa Diyos ang awa, nasa tao ang gawa" so i need to move on with my life, ask forgiveness in Him, so as to live in peace and mercy.
" It is madness to hate all roses 'coz you got scratched with one thorn, to give up on our dreams, 'coz one didn't come true, to lose faith in prayers 'coz i was not answered, to give up on your efforts 'coz one of them failed, to condemn all your friends 'coz one betrayed yiu, to not believe in love 'coz someone was unfaithful or didn't love u back, to throw away allyour chances to be happy 'coz you didn't succeed on the first attempt, don't give up 'coz God is with you."
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March 28th, 2006
MY FEARS
POSTED AT 05:34 PM
(x] the dark [X] staying single [] getting married [ ] being a parent [ ] giving birth [x] being myself in front of others [ ] open spaces [ ] closed spaces [x] heights [ ] cats [ ] dogs [ ] birds [ ] spiders and/or other insects [ ] driving or being in cars [ ] flying [ ] being put to sleep (anesthesia) [ ] flowers or other plants [ ] being touched [x] fire [ ] water [ ] the ocean [ ] pools [x] failure [ ] success [ ] germs [x] thunder/lightning [ ] frogs/toads [ ] mice/rats [ ] jumping from high places [ ] snow [ ] rain [ ] wind [ ] cemeteries [ ] clowns [ ] large crowds [x] demons or evil [ ] crossing bridges [x] death [x] Hell [ ] Heaven [x] being robbed [] being sexually assaulted [ ] men [ ] women [x] having great responsibility [ ] doctors, including dentists [ ] tornadoes [ ] hurricanes [ ] being punished [x] diseases, including cancer and STD's [x] snakes [x] sharks [ ] dinosaurs [ ] Friday the 13th [ ] poverty [ ] ghosts [ ] Halloween [ ] school [ ] trains or railroads [ ] fear [ ] being alone [x] losing my friends [x] being blind to things [x] being deaf [ ] growing up [ ] being murdered in my sleep BE HONEST. I WAS. Repost saying: "I fear 17 out of 66 things
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