It was a time were there are no emails... I am currently working as an email agent in a call center and there were hours that we don't get to download one or there are only a few to answer. Instead of chatting with friends or roam around the production floor, I just honed my spatial skills to kill time using Microsoft Paint.

I finished this within two weeks. hehe...(just kindly click on the image to enlarge.)

The 2008 Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony was held at the Beijing National Stadium or "Bird's Nest". It began at 8:00 PM or 20:00 China Standard Time on the 8th of August 2008. The number 8 is associated with prosperity and confidence in Chinese culture. The ceremony was directed by Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou and the event was comprised of 15,000 cast. It was said that it was the most spectacular Opening ceremony at the history of Olympics ever produced.

A rich assembly of ancient Chinese art and culture dominated the ceremony. It opened with the beating of Fou drums for the countdown. Subsequently, a giant scroll was unveiled and became the show's centerpiece. The official song of the 2008 Olympics was performed by Britain's Sarah Brightman and China's Liu Huan, and was titled You and Me.


Former Chinese gymnast Li Ning ignited the cauldron.

The entry parade of the competing athletes was in a different order from previous Olympic ceremonies, because it was not in ordinary alphabetical order of the names of the competing nations but in order (lowest first) of how many strokes are in their Chinese character transcriptions; for example, Australia was near the end because the first character of the Chinese name of Australia has 15 strokes.


Reviews of opening ceremony from around the world called it spectacular and devoid of politics.




Source:Wikipedia.org

As I have promised guys, I will be posting stuff related to technology. This will be my first entry for my Tech Bytes section.

Dubai is really crazy... Haha! I wish I am there to witness their craziness. Dubai creates a multitude of world records. The tallest building, the largest mall, the largest man-made Marina are just one of them. In this post, A milestone in technology and architecture I should say was revealed as a different kind of infrastructure will be erected on the amazing land of Dubai. The tower will be called: "Dynamic Architecture Tower".

The Dynamic Architecture building, which will be constantly in motion changing its shape, will be able to generate electric energy for itself as well as for other buildings. Forty-eight wind turbines fitted between each rotating floors as well as the solar panels positioned on the roof of the building will produce energy from wind and the sunlight, with no risk of pollution. The total energy produced by this inbuilt ‘powerhouse’ every year will be worth approximately seven million dollars.

As average annual power consumption of a family is estimated to be 24,000 kilowatt-hour, each turbine can supply energy for about 50 families. The Dynamic Architecture tower in Dubai will be having 200 apartments and hence four turbines can take care of their energy needs. The surplus clean energy produced by the remaining 44 turbines can light up the neighborhood of the building.

As average annual power consumption of a family is estimated to be 24,000 kilowatt-hour, each turbine can supply energy for about 50 families. The Dynamic Architecture tower in Dubai will be having 200 apartments and hence four turbines can take care of their energy needs. The surplus clean energy produced by the remaining 44 turbines can light up the neighborhood of the building.

However, taking into consideration that the average wind speed in Dubai is of only 16 km/h the architects may need to double the number of turbines to light up the building to eight. Still there will be 40 free turbines, good enough to supply power for five skyscrapers of the same size.

The horizontal turbines of the Dynamic Architecture building are simply inserted between the floors, practically invisible. They neither need a pole nor a concrete foundation. In addition, they are at zero distance from the consumer, which makes maintenance easier.

The modern design of the building and the carbon fiber special shape of the wings take care of the acoustics issues. Producing that much electric energy without any implication on the aesthetic aspect of the building is a revolutionary step in tapping alternative energy sources. Furthermore, this energy will have a positive impact on the environment and economy.

BYTES AND BITS:

-The Dynamic Architecture Tower will be the first Prefabricated Building. This means that the components of the tower will be built in a factory and then it will be just assembled on the construction site. Imagine yourselves manufacturing a building. (haha!) 90% of the building will be built in a factory and the only thing that will be constructed on the site is the core itself.

-The total cost of the building is 23% cheaper than the normal skyscraper of the same size. Majority of the workers will be based on factories which is safer and only 90 people will work on the said building. It will also be expected to be constructed within 18 months only.

-It is expected to be completed in 2010. The Dynamic Tower will also be called "The Da Vinci Tower".

Truly, Charice's popularity and stardom is unstoppable. She has ben through a lot of setbacks and struggles yet she managed to take at it though as it were challenges. With a passion that fanned her burning desire to achieve her dreams plus the hardwork, and the support of her mother, the once farfetched mirage has finally became within her reach.

Can I just say that Charice is so bongga?

I'm not making up stories her okay but her first appearance on MTB ( a local noontime show in the Philippines) was not the first time I saw her. I even witnessed her singing prowess and vocal abilities LIVE on a school program when she sang "dakilang lahi" by Ciara Sotto. Charice was a special guest and I was one of the student performers. She was really young then but as what Ellen and Oprah were trying to fathom, you would really think how in the world did that small body obtain such strong and powerful voice?

I knew then that her talent will really get her somewhere and I was not mistaken. My mom and I where rooting for her on the TV shows especially on "Little Big Star". We were even SOOOOO disappointed when she only ended up third during the grand finals.

Anyway, just I've mentioned, good thing Charice didn't give up her dreams. I was right about her voice getting her somewhere..I mean internationally. I just watched her life story at MMK last night and I was so touched. I am so proud of her being a Filipino and a home-grown Santa Rosa Teen.

Keep it up!


P.S. the reason why I was so touched during the MMK is because of the scene where Charice changed the word "man" to "mom" in the song: And I am telling you I'm not going. That is just so sweeet!

I didn't know that Falsevoice (the person behind Charice's youtube vids) is a male. Good Job, bro!

I will be posting a series of entries within the next few days that will surely interest, captivate ,and excite your minds. You are reading it right. I will put posts that will help you discover and cope with the Techonlogy trends (especially the internet) and things that you have not yet discovered with your computer. I will be entitling it as: "Tech Bytes". Let me go ahead and do the drafts first. Haha! 'Till the next time!

If you should ever be forced by a robber to withdraw money from an ATM machine, you can notify the police by entering your PIN number in reverse order. For example if your pin number is 1234 then you would put in 4321.

The ATM recognizes that your pin number is backwards from the ATM card you placed in the machine.

The machine will still give you the money you requested, but unknown to the robber, the police will be immediately dispatched to help you.

This information was recently broadcasted on TV and it states that it is seldom used because people don't know it exists.