PMS: 04Abr2013

 

Eksistensyalismo

Bilang nakabase ako sa kasalukyan sa bansang sinilangan ng kilalang existentialist na si Jean-Paul Sartre, hindi siguro maiiwasang talakayin kong muli sa aking sarili ang paniniwalang eksistensyalismo.[1] Upang maintindihan kung ano ang paniniwalang ito, isipin muna natin na tayo ay isang gunting at hindi isang tao. Ngayon, kung itatanong natin sa ating sarili kung ano …

PMS: 21Mar2011

21-Marso 2011 Lunes. Pagod, pero kailangang pumasok. May 199 ngayon. Tinuruan kami ng MMC Alumni at ngayo'y  Institute of Mathematics Faculty member Vicman ng panimula sa pag gamit ng LaTeX. Binigyan din kami ng papel na para sa mga magiging adviser namin sa kinakabaliwang thesis ng mga gagradweyt na studyante. Di pa rin malinaw kung …

Pabili nga po ng π na kilo ng bigas

Bakit nga ba tayo pinag-aaral ng mga bagay na hindi naman natin magagamit sa pang-araw-araw na buhay? Sa aking palagay ay mayroon ditong dalawang kasagutan. Una, dahil malayo na ang narating nating mga tao sa iba’t ibang larangan ng pagtuklas, agham, at teknolohiya. Sa madaling sabi, kung walang natuklasang bagay na may pakinabang ay wala …

Lekum deenukum wa liya deeni

For you is your religion, and for me is my religion.[1] Back in the days when I was in primary school, I had a classmate who was Muslim. In a class of about 45 students[2], I remember him to be the only one. He seemed different, but if he indeed was it did not show. …

Weather forecasts and the nature of probability

I looked at the weather forecast over the internet and looked outside. There were a few clouds but it was sunny, with the temperature a little warmer that what I’ve been accustomed to this month. This observation made me doubt the validity of the 80% precipitation/rain forecast come 5pm. And as I decided to monitor …

Movie review: Delicatessen (1991)

Plot A weird post-apocalyptic film about a butcher’s daughter falling in love with a new tenant who she tries to save from her father who wants to make him food. Light comedy, not gory. Memorable scene The daughter is playing the bass and the circus guy is playing whatever the heck that instrument is. Something …

Movie review: American Beauty (1999)

Plot Through the lens of modern suburban society, protagonist undergoes a midlife crisis and discovers what ‘real beauty’ is. Memorable scene Lester asks Angela how Janes is. She tells him she’s in love. Lester smiles. Angela then asks how Lester is. He was caught off guard, not knowing how to answer the question. Relating to …

Movie review: The Godfather 2 (1974)

Plot The Corleone’s new patriarch desires to expand the family influence by establishing ground in Miami all the way to Cuba. His struggles both against business rivals and internal factions are told side by side with the story of how his father created the mafia decades before, in his arrival to America. Memorable scene We …