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From an NHK program : WIP

Liar spotting

From a TED talk given by

Lying is actually a social collaborative activity. There is the liar of course but without an accepting audience the lie will not succeed and die.

Lying is mainly a mental activity and psychologists have devised ways to identify liars and their lies by pointing to red flags and traits found in lying persons.

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Isang pagbubulay tungkol sa pagiging relihyoso ng ibang mga tao

Sinisikap kong intindihin kung bakit at paano may mga taong buong buo ang pagtanggap sa kanilang partikular na relihyon at isara ang isip sa libong iba pang relihyon.

Isang palagay ko sa pagkarelihyoso ng mga tao ay dahil sa kanilang relihyon, nakakakita sila ng 'komunidad' na kung saan meron silang nakikitang lugar nila na nagbibigay kabuluhan sa kanilang buhay.

Ngunit isa pang maaaring paliwanag kung bakit kumakapit ang mga tao sa relihyon o sa idea ng isang makapangyarihan diyos na dapat sambahin as sunurin kahit ang batas nito ay gawang tao lamang ay sa dahilang karamihan sa mga tao ay may mga sitwasyon na gusto nilang mawala kaya nangangailangan sila ng taga sambot nito. Maaring ito ay isang kasalanan, pagsuway sa batas panlipunan, matinding kalungkutan o kung ano pa man.

Hindi ko hahadlangan ang mga tao na piliin ang kanilang paniniwala. Ang sa akin lang, sana ay makita ng mga tao ang pagkakaiba ng pagiging relihyoso sa pagigign ispirituwal.

The value of prototyping

Prototyping an idea from a brainstorm is the first step in realizing an idea.

Instead of finding arguments against the idea, the better practice is to come up with a prototype, no matter how simple in order to create a hard physical model of the idea. If the idea truly has merit, then the prototype can be further improved and leveled up until it reaches a more realistic stage until it becomes fully functional.

The language of consequence

When leaders become drunk and demented by power, they become blind to reason and begin to act with impunity. They speak with arrogance and lose the capacity to speak the language of civility. They fancy themselves as gods, above the law and infallible.

Some people may just prefer to tolerate or ignore these leaders. But in doing so, they may be unwittingly just encouraging the behavior of these leaders' arrogance.

The better way to deal with them is not to talk to them in the usual way but to teach them a well deserved lesson in civility and diplomacy through the language of consequence.

Life hack- understand the difference between dreams, goals and a plan

Almost all people have dreams and fortunate are those who get to realize them.

But dreams do not happen by themselves. It is people who made plans to get to their dreams who are rewarded by its realization or attainment.

Since dreams are free, many people entertain grandiose and very ambitious dreams without really have a plan to make their dreams happen, and so nothing really happens.

It is better to have more modest dreams but with a clear step by step plan to reach them. Or perhaps, we should break down our grand dreams into smaller doable units that we can realistically act upon for the moment.

Big dreams may paralyze us into inaction but the important thing is that we get moving even with little steps that move us forward. And before we know it, we are where we want to be.

Vietnam. Philippines. Friends.

Salamat Vietnam. Salamat kaibigang tunay!!!

IDEA: K-12 Plus Bookstore

Inspired by a vision of a highly literate and educated people, this bookstore will be a place where people can find and buy books for their level.

Philippine May flowers and Sakura envy

 Cherry tree in full bloom. (photo taken from the internet.)

Many Filipinos are aware of the Cherry blossom season in Japan and they usually envy the Japanese for having such a great and beautiful flower.

As for me though, while I also admire the great beauty of cherry blossoms even if just through pictures, I think we have the capacity of creating our own local attraction with our native or nativized flora. 

Dona Aurora plant, just one of many native flowering plant in the Philippines

What people should reaize is that it while the cherry blossoms are beautiful in themselves, it is what the Japanese people did, planting thousands of trees, planting strategically with a view to how it can look in the future and taking very good care of the trees that enhanced the beauty of the flowers and enabled a tradition to grow around it.

Holiday ideas

1. Science Day
2. UN Day
3. WPS victory day
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