Living in the City

To most of us born in the 50's, yes, that's the Beatles song. Here comes the sun, here comes the sun, and I say it's all right Little darling, it's been a long cold lonely winter Little darling, it feels like years since it's been here Here comes the sun, here comes the sun and I say it's all right Little darling, the smiles returning to the faces Little darling, it seems like years since it's been here Here comes the sun, here comes the sun and I say it's all right Sun, sun, sun, here it comes... Sun, sun, sun, here it comes... Sun, sun, sun, here it comes... Sun, sun, sun, here it comes... Sun, sun, sun, here it comes... Little darling, I feel that ice is slowly melting Little darling, it seems like years since it's been clear Here comes the sun, here comes the sun, and I say it's all right It's all right

Apparently so... The Philippine Daily Inquirer , our local broadsheet carried a news item which talked about a Chinese man dying of exhaustion after playing online games . The news further says that the man from Guangzhou, China , about 30 years old was dead on arrival from the internet cafe where he had been playing for 3 days -- - straight. So all of us beware. Gggaaaasssspppp.

Apparently, this Japanese man aged 112, wants to. According to a Reuter's news item, Tomoji Tanabe, is recognized y the Guinness Book of World Record "as the oldest living male for the year 2006"

"Next time you want to wander the Web, forget about Googling it. Stumble it." --- The Wall Street Journal "Stumbleupon is a brilliant downloadable toolbar that beds into your browser and gives you the chance to surf through thousands of excellent pages that have been stumbled upon by other web-users" --- BBC World

This morning's paper tells about malunggay (leaves, fruits, flowers) a.k.a moringa oliefera lam can increase a man's sperm count. They found out that it is rich in Vitamins A and C, iron, calcium, protein, potassium and possess a good amount of HDL (high density lipoprotein) cholesterol. Now that's what I have been saying all along. I need not be convinced because I am a voracious eater of malunggay. Truth is I have it straight from my garden.

Can you imagine how many candles we'd need to get this kind of light? Amazing!

What if a great big earthquake devastates all of Luzon or a catastrophic event like a regionwide-tsunami occurs in Mindanao or the Visayas... and all the landline connections conk out... cell sites suddenly stop from working? Not likely? Think again... I read somewhere that during a disaster, everything that depends on infrastructure will not work. Forget mobile phones. Forget PDA's or wifis' or accessing ATM's. Only a satellite phone can provide a direct voice to voice communication link during a disaster like Katrina perhaps, or the recent Asian tsunami. The effects of global warming has finally dawned. Watch what's happening to the gulf states of the US. Typhoon signal level 5's occuring one after another in other parts of the world. Is it time to rent a satellite phone ? Satellite phones can call landlines worldwide. It can call other satellite phones or do voice mail, can send SMS, or even make data calls. "Satellite calls are made through space. Earth