The Gray Matter

Top Universities in the Philippines

2009-09-27T19:20:00.000-07:00

The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) released the Top Universities in the Philippines for 2009 ranked according to the study they conducted once every 10 years. (Well, this is yet to be confirmed.)

Top 20 Universities in the Philippines for 2009:

1. University of the Philippines (Diliman Campus / Luzon)

2. University of the Philippines (Los Banos Campus/ Luzon)

3. University of the Philippines (Manila Campus / Luzon)

4. Silliman University (Dumaguete City / Visayas)

5. Ateneo de Davao University (Davao / Mindanao)

6. Ateneo de Manila University (Manila / Luzon)

7. University of Sto. Tomas (Manila /Luzon)

8. Mindanao State University (Iligan Institute of Tech/ Mindanao)

9. Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (Manila/Luzon)

10. Saint Louis University (Baguio City / Luzon)

11. University of San Carlos (Cebu City / Visayas)

12. Xavier University (Cagayan de Oro / Mindanao)

13. Mindanao State University (Main / Mindanao)

14. Urios College (Butuan City / Mindanao)

15. Polytechnic University of the Philippines (Manila / Luzon)

16. De La Salle University (Manila / Luzon)

17. Mapua Institute of Technology (Manila / Luzon)

18. Adamson University (Manila / Luzon)

19. Central Mindanao University (Bukidnon/Mindanao)

20. University of Southern Philippines (Davao /Mindanao)

Top Songs (September 22, 2009)

2009-09-25T18:57:00.000-07:00

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Okay, let's get down to business. The table at the left shows the top 20 songs according to one of my two fave radio stations which brags about the upper classes being its target audience. Though I agree with the entirety, I just can't understand why on earth Kyla snatched the top spot. Anyhow, I prefer not to name the radio station to save 'em from humiliatiion.

This, meanwhile, is another chart from a music website. Do you agree with this or you like the first one?Lol. Well I seriously ain't have any grudge over this list.

Gauge Your IQ

2009-09-21T02:20:00.000-07:00

How many triangles do you think are there in this diagram? Comment and give your answer. Include your e-mail address for reference and see if you got it right or otherwise. (If you don't have any google account just sign in as anonymous in the ''select profile'' field.)

Profile: Gilberto Teodoro, Jr.

2009-09-20T05:42:00.000-07:00

The 2010 national elections may be fast approaching, but the whole game is still at a jump start to thrill. Many aspirants went on early, some had early retreats , and new stories unfold from tandem revamps to resurrection of issues about murder , corruption, and all; to disunity of members within a party or sector; to unique mudslinging( as usual); to a comparatively unheard-of candidate like Teodoro. I thought, it would make the race better to help this man a little for his delay at such a critical point. Hence, I did a little research for all to know:

Gilberto Cojuangco "Gibo" Teodoro who made his presidential bid for the upcoming elections public in March 2009, is the current Secretary of National Defense of the Philippines proceeding Norberto Gonzalez, and at 45, the youngest among the 34 ever appointed to the post. Contemporaneously, he is also the Chairman of National Disaster Coordinating Council and is married to present Tarlac First district Representative Monica “Nikki” Prieto-Teodoro. They have a son named Jaime Gilberto.

Gibo as he wants to be called, was born to the prominent Cojuangco clan on June 14, 1964. He is the only child of former Social Security System (SSS) administrator Gilberto Teodoro, Sr. and former Batasang Pambansa member Mercedes Cojuangco-Teodoro. He is the nephew of Eduardo Cojuangco Jr., chairman of San Miguel Corporation, while the late president and democracy icon Corazon Cojuangco "Cory" Aquino is a cousin of his mother, making fellow presidential aspirant Benigno Simeon "Noynoy" Aquino III his second cousin. However, the entire clan was long split by political and business ideologies.

Education and Early Political Career

After spending elementary and high school years at Xavier University, Teodoro got his first grasp of what actual politics was when in 1980 he was elected President of the Kabataang Barangay for hometown Tarlac and concurrently rose to being president of the Kabataang Barangay for Central Luzon for five years. He also became a member of the Sanguniang Panlalawigan of Tarlac from 1980 to 1986. Teodoro then earned a degree in Bachelor of Science in Commerce Major in Financial Institutions in 1984 at the De La Salle University Manila.

After that, he decided to pursue law studies at the University of the Philippines where he was awarded the Dean’s Medal for Academic Excellence and later on ranked first in the Philippine Bar Exams both in same year (1989). Gibo practiced his profession at the Estelito Mendoza Law Firm for seven years. Subsequently, he went to Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Massachusetts where he completed his masters degree and passed the New York State Bar examinations both in the same year as well (1997). The secretary holds distinct memberships in the Integrated Bar of the Philippines, UP Alumni Association, UP Law Alumni Association, Harvard Alumni Association and the Harvard Law Alumni Association. Also early this year, he was given the first honorary Doctor of Laws degree by West Negros University of Bacolod.

Political Career

In 1998, Tarlac’s First District granted him three terms (nine years) as representative succeeded by his wife. He assumed the position of Assistant Majority Leader in the 11th Congress and head of the Nationalist People's Coalition House members. He was also a member of the House contingent to the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council. Apart from these, Gilberto Teodoro is a licensed commercial pilot and a Colonel in the Philippine Air Force Reserve. His tenure as Defense Secretary started in August 2007 (he was 43 then).

2010 Elections

A year prior to his announcement of 2010 plans, he left his party Nationalist People's Coalition to barge in the short list of candidates of the administration party, the merged Lakas-Kampi-CMD---which comprises more or less 80% of the local government officials in the country. Halfway through this year, he was endorsed by 50 or so governors which may probably be the reason why an executive committee of the party officially selected him as the presidential candidate with ostensible ease on September 16, 2009, overcoming the other nominee, MMDA Chairman Bayani Fernando.

Administration members and cronies sell Teodoro to the public as the candidate with perfect résumé. Well, his track record has notable likeness to those of most former presidents of the country. ( A table is shown below.)

With much said, the clock goes "tick tack" to the first poll automation on record whose multifarious contenders will surely create fervor in the millions of Filipino hopefuls. While many forget that sensationalism doesn't need to  be the deciding factor, our part certainly is to scrutinize platforms, capacity and integrity so we can choose that with which our visions really coincide. . .there's Gibo Teodoro the topnotcher, Noynoy Aquino the son of Cory, Manny Villar the corporate billionaire, Chiz Escudero the 39-year-old representative of the youth, Eddie Villanueva the evangelist, and Erap Estrada the actor.

(Hint: get to know the presidentiables from a third-party source like Wikipedia or the like to know not only their positive attributes but as well the negative issues that hound them.) 

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2009-09-19T21:27:00.000-07:00

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Top 25 Facebook Games (as of Sept. 2009)

2009-09-17T02:09:00.000-07:00

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Well, it’s been quite the month for Facebook as we continued to see the astounding growth of games centered around the simple concept of farming! While it was last month that Zynga FarmVill e, this month proves to be no different. However, while the standings are the same, the numbers behind those standings are quite astonishing. reached the #1 spot with its brand new title,

Zynga continues with an impressive five titles within the Top 25 and two within the Top 5. Playfish also continues to hold strong with six titles in the top 25, showing the value of highly polished and creative designs. Nonetheless, this past month also played host to a number of new faces as well.

Here are the highlights from the past month:

Easily the top story of the month is FarmVille. Having only been around since July, this Zynga title has become one of the single, fastest growing games on Facebook, effectively doubling its monthly active users over the course of August to reach 33 million people.
Mafia Wars regained its #2 spot with about 19 million monthly uniques as Slashkey’s Farm Town moved back up in the rankings to #3 with over 18 million.
Playfish’s classic title, Pet Society gains over 1.5 million users to overtake, long time favorite, Texas HoldEm, coming in at #5.
A popular MySpace game from Playdom made its first appearance in the Top 25 with almost 5.5 million monthly actives at #11 - Sorority Life – and Playfish’s own rendition of simple living, Country Story also makes its debut at #14
The German social developer wooga also gets its new game up in the charts at #16 with the quiz game, Brain Buddies, which, surprisingly, beat out the classic Playfish app, Who Has The Biggest Brain?, which fell behind at #17.
Lastly, another developer, Offbeat Creation, gets its first appearance at #23 with a drinking challenge game, Chug It!

Certainly, August has been an eventful month, and the momentum isn’t slowing down any time soon. With new games and apps appearing constantly, it is impossible to predict who will climb in popularity next. To that end, if ever you feel something ought to be included on this list that I missed, let me know.

La Grande Illusion

2009-09-16T23:29:00.000-07:00

Seeing does not always equate to believing in many instances. One of which is the case of optical illusions---a noted phenomenon you wouldn't like being into for long as it may subsequently cause vertigo headaches, wooziness; to name a few(quite an exaggeration there). So, how do these things work? In a broad sense, the visually perceived images when you look at illusions are interpreted by the brain differently from what they really are because the different cells and receptors in your eyes distinguish images and colors at dissimilar speeds. The eye can only receive a limited amount of visual stimuli, but as your brain constantly processes the visual information, it gives you the illusion of continuous sight. Illusions are classified into three: literal optical illusions that create images that are different from the objects that make them, physiological ones that are the effects on the eyes and brain of excessive stimulation of a specific type (brightness, tilt, color, movement), and cognitive illusions where the eye and brain make unconscious inferences. Check out some of interesting illusions below—but beware, you may not be able to absorb them all in one sitting.

The brown leaf shapes against a green background make this look as if the entire group is flowing—making waves if you focus on the picture as a whole.

These bright purple and green star-like shapes appear to be moving, which can be a little nauseating if you stare at it for too long.

The blue almond-shaped objects look as if they’re all passing over three separate columns.

A scintillating grid illusion. Shape, position, colour, and 3D contrast converge to produce the illusion of black dots at the intersections.

'Play Corner'

2009-09-15T23:23:00.000-07:00

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The pioneer game in cellphones, try your eye-hand coordination with SNAKE.

This is pure fun in simplest form. (Hint: press spacebar to reload your gun)