TEACHER: Why are you late?
WEBSTER: Because of the sign.
TEACHER: What sign
WEBSTER: The one that says, "School Ahead, Go Slow."
TEACHER: Cindy, why are you doing your math multiplication on the floor?
CINDY: You told me to do it without using tables!
TEACHER: John, how do you spell "crocodile?"
JOHN: K-R-O-K-O-D- A-I-L"
TEACHER: No, that's wrong
JOHN: Maybe it's wrong, but you asked me how I spell it!
TEACHER: What is the chemical formula for water?
SARAH: H I J K L M N O!!
TEACHER: What are you talking about?
SARAH: Yesterday you said it's H to O!
TEACHER: George, go to the map and find North America.
GEORGE: Here it is!
TEACHER: Correct. Now class, who discovered America ?
CLASS: George!
TEACHER: Willie, name one important thing we have
today that we didn't have ten years ago.
WILLIE: Me!
TEACHER: Tommy, why do you always get so dirty?
TOMMY: Well, I'm a lot closer to the ground than you are.
TEACHER: Ellen, give me a sentence starting with "I."
ELLEN: I is...
TEACHER: No, Ellen..... Always say, "I am."
ELLEN: All right... "I am the ninth letter of the alphabet."
TEACHER: "Can anybody give an example of COINCIDENCE? "
JOHNNY: "Sir, my Mother and Father got married on the same day, same time."
TEACHER: "George Washington not only chopped down his father's cherry tree, but also admitted** doing* *it. Now do you know why his father didn't punish him?"
JOHNNY: "Because George still had the** axe **in his hand."
TEACHER: Now, Sam, tell me frankly, do you say prayers before eating?
SAM: No sir, I don't have to, my Mom is a good cook.
TEACHER: Desmond, your composition on "My Dog" is exactly the same as your brother's. Did you copy his? DESMOND: No, teacher, it's the same dog!
TEACHER: What do you call a person who keeps on talking when people are no longer interested?
PUPIL: A teacher.
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Thursday, November 23, 2006
Filipinos on top of the world!
Filipinos have shown the world what it takes to be the best among the rest as it outplayed, outclassed, and outsmarted other countries even from well-developed nations in three events: Billiards, Boxing and Robotics.
Billiards
Aside from Dr. Jose Rizal, Calamba now has a new hero! Last November 12, the unheralded Ronato Alcano, the 34-year-old native of Calamba, Laguna, became the only third Filipino after Efren “Bata” Reyes and Alex Pagulayan to win what is considered the world’s most prestigious 9-ball tournament. Playing with class, Alcano overwhelmed the former World 9 Ball Champion ,Germany's Ralf Souquet, 17-11, in a marathon match he dominated from the start to win the World Pool Championship at the PICC in Pasay City.
On his way up to the finals, Alcano beat two other world titlists Efren “Bata” Reyes and the prodigious defending champion Wu Chia-ching of Taiwan.
Alcano is a great example of how Filipinos overcome tremendous difficulties to reach their dreams. Alcano, the third of five children, lived a simple life and grew up in an impoverished community in Pasilyo 5, Barangay 4 in Calamba, just several blocks away from the residence of our national hero Dr. Jose Rizal. The Alcanos’ lived in a one-bedroom, 50-square-meter house which is located on a privately owned lot. Aside from a television set and two electric fans, the house is bare of electric appliances.
Alcano pocketed $100,000 for winning the World pool tournament and a brand new CRV. In the following days after his victory, he received P1 Million plus the Presidential Lakandula medallion from President Gloria Arroyo, and awarded A fairy tale story that came true.
It was not an easy victory for Alcano, the last man to qualify for the 64-man knockout phase of the tournament he almost lost it when on the 25th frame, while leading, 15-9, and just two racks away from victory, Ronnie holed in one ball after the other. Only one ball is blocking his way to a $100,000 purse, the 9 ball. When he hit the ball, he missed, sending shock waves to all the audiences in the arena as well as to the millions of televiewers worldwide. Ralf Souquet took advantage of it and dropped the 9 ball easily, moved to 10 points, and added more pressure and drama to this culminating event. Was that the end of Ronie? Of course not!. He had gone this far, he will not be denied with this championship after defeating Bata Reyes and the defending champion Wu Chia-ching He went back with a fury after the debacle and became the world champion.
I like what John Pages wrote on Sun Star, he said “Ronnie Alcano’s win was the triumph of “We Can!” Who says the Filipino can’t? We do. We say it. Many of us everyday. We say the Americans are better, we say the Singaporeans are better, we say everybody else but the Filipinos can. You know what? Here are wise words from my eight-year-old daughter Jana: “What you say is what you are.”
Boxing
The second world class act came from Manny Pacquiao. When Manny got his hand raise in victory, it was boxing that really won. The atmosphere inside the joint wasn’t just electric, it was nuclear. These are just some of the comments made by some boxing experts: To read more to what they have to say about Manny, please visit:
There is nothing like Manny Pacquiao in all of professional sports.
His nation stood still- literally- for "The Battle." Politicians, clergy, elites, commoners and criminals alike took a long pause to witness their idol face down the man who had defeated him less than a year ago. They traveled to Vegas in the thousands and the millions who stayed home watched it on television or listened to it on the radio.
Manny is their Super Bowl, World Series, Final Four and World Cup. He's that big- all 130 lbs of him.
As an American, I find myself somewhat envious of what the people of the Philippines have. We have nothing close to what they share with Manny Pacquiao.
Not long ago we had our Michael Jordan. Millions of Americans wanted to be like Mike. Then again, millions of Americans couldn't have cared less. It didn't come close to what Manny means to the Philippines.
Twenty-five years ago a man named Sugar Ray Leonard transcended the sport and became a larger celebrity, but I'm not sure I can accurately call him a "national hero."
-Tom Thompson
http://tigerboxing.com/articles/index.php?aid=1001245413
In the immediate aftermath of Manny Pacquiao's three-round destruction of Mexican icon Erik Morales this past Saturday night at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas, no words really needed to be said. Writers, boxers, managers, publicists and fans all looked at each other, shaking their heads near ringside with awe and astonishment. Their countenances said it all - ‘COT-DAMN!!! That's the baddest mother...'- Uhh, I better shut my mouth. But I don't want to hear about anybody else, 'the Pac Man' is the best fighter in the world pound-for-pound, bottom line, end of story.
-Steve Kim
http://www.maxboxing.com/Kim/Kim112006.asp
It has been a pure pleasure to watch a scruffy, one-dimensional fighter from the Philippines mature into a world class boxer with expanded skills and repertoire move
focused aggression.
-east side boxing
Here’s the blow by blow account of each round:
http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=8953&more=1
Robotics
It may take another another 10 years for the Philippines to win any gold medal in the Olympics but certainly not with the Philippine Robotics contingent. After only joining for 5 years at the World Robotics Olympiad, the Philippines finally got its first gold medal from a group of young Batanguenos.. High school students from First Asia Institute of Technology and Humanities (FAITH) in Tanauan City, Batangas brought home the champion’s trophy in the open category of the World Robotics Olympiad in Nanjing China for their entry “Rossum’s Unversal Restaurant, El Batangueno Coffeeshop.”
Kim Marco Perez, Dann Joseph Garcia and Francisco Gabriel Nunez impressed the judges with its entry inspired by Karel Capek’s play “Rossum’s Universal Robots.” Where the term “robotics “ was first used. Their entry outsmarted 30 other countries which included robotics giants such as Japan, China, Singapore, and Denmark
Their design features a big doll house which is actually a restaurant scene where a waiter robot serve’s freshly brewed Batangas coffee, the cashier, security guard as well as the customers were all robots made from Lego. It features the new NXT Lego model. The native flair to the entry gave them the gold medal and a trophy. This year’s competition had humanoids, or robots which display human-like characteristics and behavior, as its main theme.
Team coach Merlina Placino, whom I find very friendly and accommodating each time we meet during the national competitions deserved a round of applause and a standing ovation for bringing home the gold medal. Their team won the rights to represent the Philippines in the World Robotics Olympiad after beating other schools such as La Salle Greenhills, Grace Christian High School , Claret School, and Philippine Science High school in the National Robotics Olympiad.
Sadly they arrived last weekend from China without any fanfare nor given a ticker tape parade and not a single cash incentive was ever given to them. They also equally deserve the honors given to our two sports heroes.
Billiards
Aside from Dr. Jose Rizal, Calamba now has a new hero! Last November 12, the unheralded Ronato Alcano, the 34-year-old native of Calamba, Laguna, became the only third Filipino after Efren “Bata” Reyes and Alex Pagulayan to win what is considered the world’s most prestigious 9-ball tournament. Playing with class, Alcano overwhelmed the former World 9 Ball Champion ,Germany's Ralf Souquet, 17-11, in a marathon match he dominated from the start to win the World Pool Championship at the PICC in Pasay City.On his way up to the finals, Alcano beat two other world titlists Efren “Bata” Reyes and the prodigious defending champion Wu Chia-ching of Taiwan.
Alcano is a great example of how Filipinos overcome tremendous difficulties to reach their dreams. Alcano, the third of five children, lived a simple life and grew up in an impoverished community in Pasilyo 5, Barangay 4 in Calamba, just several blocks away from the residence of our national hero Dr. Jose Rizal. The Alcanos’ lived in a one-bedroom, 50-square-meter house which is located on a privately owned lot. Aside from a television set and two electric fans, the house is bare of electric appliances.
Alcano pocketed $100,000 for winning the World pool tournament and a brand new CRV. In the following days after his victory, he received P1 Million plus the Presidential Lakandula medallion from President Gloria Arroyo, and awarded A fairy tale story that came true.
It was not an easy victory for Alcano, the last man to qualify for the 64-man knockout phase of the tournament he almost lost it when on the 25th frame, while leading, 15-9, and just two racks away from victory, Ronnie holed in one ball after the other. Only one ball is blocking his way to a $100,000 purse, the 9 ball. When he hit the ball, he missed, sending shock waves to all the audiences in the arena as well as to the millions of televiewers worldwide. Ralf Souquet took advantage of it and dropped the 9 ball easily, moved to 10 points, and added more pressure and drama to this culminating event. Was that the end of Ronie? Of course not!. He had gone this far, he will not be denied with this championship after defeating Bata Reyes and the defending champion Wu Chia-ching He went back with a fury after the debacle and became the world champion.
I like what John Pages wrote on Sun Star, he said “Ronnie Alcano’s win was the triumph of “We Can!” Who says the Filipino can’t? We do. We say it. Many of us everyday. We say the Americans are better, we say the Singaporeans are better, we say everybody else but the Filipinos can. You know what? Here are wise words from my eight-year-old daughter Jana: “What you say is what you are.”
Boxing
The second world class act came from Manny Pacquiao. When Manny got his hand raise in victory, it was boxing that really won. The atmosphere inside the joint wasn’t just electric, it was nuclear. These are just some of the comments made by some boxing experts: To read more to what they have to say about Manny, please visit:There is nothing like Manny Pacquiao in all of professional sports.
His nation stood still- literally- for "The Battle." Politicians, clergy, elites, commoners and criminals alike took a long pause to witness their idol face down the man who had defeated him less than a year ago. They traveled to Vegas in the thousands and the millions who stayed home watched it on television or listened to it on the radio.
Manny is their Super Bowl, World Series, Final Four and World Cup. He's that big- all 130 lbs of him.
As an American, I find myself somewhat envious of what the people of the Philippines have. We have nothing close to what they share with Manny Pacquiao.
Not long ago we had our Michael Jordan. Millions of Americans wanted to be like Mike. Then again, millions of Americans couldn't have cared less. It didn't come close to what Manny means to the Philippines.
Twenty-five years ago a man named Sugar Ray Leonard transcended the sport and became a larger celebrity, but I'm not sure I can accurately call him a "national hero."
-Tom Thompson
http://tigerboxing.com/articles/index.php?aid=1001245413
In the immediate aftermath of Manny Pacquiao's three-round destruction of Mexican icon Erik Morales this past Saturday night at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas, no words really needed to be said. Writers, boxers, managers, publicists and fans all looked at each other, shaking their heads near ringside with awe and astonishment. Their countenances said it all - ‘COT-DAMN!!! That's the baddest mother...'- Uhh, I better shut my mouth. But I don't want to hear about anybody else, 'the Pac Man' is the best fighter in the world pound-for-pound, bottom line, end of story.
-Steve Kim
http://www.maxboxing.com/Kim/Kim112006.asp
It has been a pure pleasure to watch a scruffy, one-dimensional fighter from the Philippines mature into a world class boxer with expanded skills and repertoire move
focused aggression.
-east side boxing
Here’s the blow by blow account of each round:
http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=8953&more=1
Robotics
It may take another another 10 years for the Philippines to win any gold medal in the Olympics but certainly not with the Philippine Robotics contingent. After only joining for 5 years at the World Robotics Olympiad, the Philippines finally got its first gold medal from a group of young Batanguenos.. High school students from First Asia Institute of Technology and Humanities (FAITH) in Tanauan City, Batangas brought home the champion’s trophy in the open category of the World Robotics Olympiad in Nanjing China for their entry “Rossum’s Unversal Restaurant, El Batangueno Coffeeshop.”Kim Marco Perez, Dann Joseph Garcia and Francisco Gabriel Nunez impressed the judges with its entry inspired by Karel Capek’s play “Rossum’s Universal Robots.” Where the term “robotics “ was first used. Their entry outsmarted 30 other countries which included robotics giants such as Japan, China, Singapore, and Denmark
Their design features a big doll house which is actually a restaurant scene where a waiter robot serve’s freshly brewed Batangas coffee, the cashier, security guard as well as the customers were all robots made from Lego. It features the new NXT Lego model. The native flair to the entry gave them the gold medal and a trophy. This year’s competition had humanoids, or robots which display human-like characteristics and behavior, as its main theme.
Team coach Merlina Placino, whom I find very friendly and accommodating each time we meet during the national competitions deserved a round of applause and a standing ovation for bringing home the gold medal. Their team won the rights to represent the Philippines in the World Robotics Olympiad after beating other schools such as La Salle Greenhills, Grace Christian High School , Claret School, and Philippine Science High school in the National Robotics Olympiad.
Sadly they arrived last weekend from China without any fanfare nor given a ticker tape parade and not a single cash incentive was ever given to them. They also equally deserve the honors given to our two sports heroes.
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