Consider Design

When people first hear the word "design", very often the first thing that comes to mind is fashion, graphics, or advertising.

Hardly anyone ever thinks of business as design (unless of course your line of business has something to do with graphics or web design).

But here's what I propose: A business, regardless of what industry or line it is, needs to consider design seriously. And I'm not just talking about creating a fancy logo and letterhead. I'm referring to the over-all "look" and image your business will have to your market.

Many people often think that the most influence design has in a business is only as far as a product or company logo is concerned. What they don't realize that any representation of a business NEEDS design. By any, I mean EVERYTHING that stands for your business: from store fronts to employee uniforms, from billing invoices to telephone greetings, from brochures to bulleting boards.

Now you may probably be thinking,
"So why is that so important?"

The answer to that lies in another question
"How much do you value being distinct in the market?"

If you plan on being "just another supplier / provider of so-and-so gadgets", then by all means, DON'T consider design seriously. After all, your goal is to be just like everyone else.

But if you truly believe that you can stand out from the rest. Then you need to take the necessary measures in order to achieve that. Make your message seen and heard by giving thought into everything that stands for your business. It may take time and resources, but as it is with any business venture, it's an investment that will reap gains in the future.

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Whattakoinkidoink!

The ratio of the observed frequency of double crossings-over to the expected frequency, where the expected frequency is calculated by assuming that the two crossing-over events occur independently of each other.

the same value of the denoted intension in the actual world-time.

Say whut?
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1 Message received.
"Hi ma'am! Di raw pwede si Michelle 2nyt. May hahabulin daw cya n project. Some othr tym na lang rw ds wk."

Options.
Reply.

"Okidoki."

Send.

But I'm already here.

You could use the walk.

Tama.

Down the long strip that runs outside the mall.
A hundred nameless faces per 50 meters. Easy.

And then. There was one. Perpendicular to your path.
You're heading east.
Him south.

Walks right past. Crosses the street.
Completely oblivious.

Call stiffled.
Why bother?
But what were the odds of that happening?
The moment's too rare to pass up.
Call, you idiot.

10 rings.
You're about to hang up, when he picks up.

"Are you at SM?"
"Yah. Where are you."
"I can see you from across the street."
"Hold on, i'm coming over."

End call.

"Wanna grab something to eat?"
"We don't have to."
"But what are the odds of this happening?"
"Guess you're right."
"Coffee then."

A few meters.

"So what brings you here?"
"I got stood up. You?"
"Thought I'd look something up at some store."
"Cool."
"Yeah."
"What were the odds..."
"You already said that."
"oh yeah. sorry."






"It is kinda cool."
"Yeah it is."

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occurs when unexpected parallels can be drawn from two or more events. In the popular sense it is used to describe events (or, more accurately, combinations of two or more events) which are of low probability.

Coco Jello!!!

So what if I'm sooooo like 5 minutes ago? I'll still say it.

I've discovered Nata de Coco.



Of course you can argue that the thing has been in packaged existence for more than a decade now. But until recently, I haven't really paid attention to it.

So much so, that it has led me to Google the thing. And here's what I came up with:

1. According to the Dept. of Science and Technology, we owe our chewy coco dessert to this man: Mr. Teodula Afrika of that really, really old school along Espana, Manila.
(As an aside, the makapuno, a less resilient relative of our coco companion, was developed in the 1970s by a Dr. Guzman who called her creation a "mutant coconut". Bet you won't look at your halo-halo the same way again, will yah?)

2. Apparently, as it is with cheese, Yakult, beer and vinegar, nata de coco traces its beginnings from little microscopic animals we call bacteria. Now if only the more complex organisms like homo sapiens could just be as useful...

3. Other than dessert, nata de coco has been found to have some non-food applications:

- bacterial media
(made from bacteria, so it's home sweet home, i guess.)

- wound dressing
(here's an idea: dress your wound AND have dessert! --- yummmm...)

- acoustic diaphragm for audio products
(if your mp3s start to sound coco, now you know. Hey that rhymes! Ain't I soooo clever??!?!)

- cloth
(Hungry? Eat your shirt.)

- computer chips
(Coco computers! what will they think of next?!)

- candles
(They make everything into candles. I mean, I won't be surprised if they made them out of used bubble gum. Eww.. that's just gross - even for me...)




That said, I enjoy my coco jello with a twist of calamansi.

If I ever get around to doing it, I was thinking of getting shaved ice, sweetened pandan syrup and topping it off with a generous helping of nata de coco cubes.

Then I'd give it some awfully original name like
"nata de coco over shaved ice and pandan syrup".

Think it'll work? If you get to do this before I do, let me know.

Lucky Number Seven

Instructions: Each player starts with 7 random habits/facts about themselves. People who are tagged need to write on their own blog about their seven things, as well as these rules. At the end of your blog, you need to choose 7 people to get tagged and list their names. Don't forget to leave them a comment telling them that they have been tagged and to read your blog!

1. I cannot sleep with dirty feet. I know I'll probably gross others out when I say that I can hit the sack without taking a shower, just as long as my feet are clean.

2. When I walk, I count the number of steps it takes me to get from point A to B. Funny thing is, when someone asks me 2 minutes later how many steps I took, I can't remember so I count all over again and then forget it. (You can see where this is going....)

3. My coin purse is compartmentalized. The 1 and 5 peso coins stay in one section, while the 10 peso coins occupy the same section as the 25 centavo coins. All this on the idea that I won't mistake a 10 peso coin for a 1 peso. (It's been working so far...)

4. I make it a conscious effort to smell the inside of my nose.
'Nuff sed.

5. I learned about the birds and bees through Ghostbusters the Movie. Also 'nuff sed.

6. I eat fried fish in a way that will make cats cry.

and finally....

7. I wore braces for 7 looooong years.


I tag Lloyd, Armi A., Anne, Sandi, Armi C., Kaligay and Nanay.

That Solomon guy sure knew what he was talking about....

You can tell that work's become an obsession when you find an articled titled as this.

And still we wonder why Americans have no qualms shooting each other?

May I never find myself needing to read such an article.

How to Go on Vacation

When was the last time you took a vacation? A real vacation? Two polls released this month show that Americans not only have trouble getting away from work, but they also have trouble staying away. A recent Yahoo HotJobs poll found that 45 percent of respondents didn’t use all of their allotted vacation time and that 39 percent were too exhausted to even take a vacation. Today, an AP-Ipsos poll revealed that one-fifth of Americans work while on vacation.

Interestingly enough, I'll let on about my vacation some time soon. With all the action, excitement, drama and blood (yes, you read right --- blood...) Abangan...