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Feb 24, 2016

Candaba Viaduct

The Candaba Viaduct (also known as Pulilan–Apalit Bridge) is a 5 km (3 mi). bridge passing over the Candaba Swamp and adjacent Pampanga River in the North Luzon Expressway. It is one of the longest bridges in the Philippines consists of 4 lanes (2 northbound and 2 southbound). Overlooking Mount Arayat, viaduct is raised over Candaba Swamp which keeps the highway open to traffic, even when the swamp gets flooded during the rainy season.

This bridge is the reference in a joke,

"Mula sa kabila,itlog.Pagtawid naging 'ibon' na sa haba ng tulay"

("From the other end,was still an egg.When they reached the other end,it became a 'bird' due to the bridge's length")

Learned this from early morning conversation with my filipino colleagues LOL

Aug 25, 2012

[Change] Blog Description

Gonna change my blog description from

"Be suave. Be compose. Be bold."

to 

"Debonair & enigmatic"

Learnt the word "enigmatic" when I spend 3 hours of my sleeping time reading "Fifty Shades of Grey", which is so unnecessary and that stuffs is obviously for women to read. Ahhh, what a waste of time (and sleep). Oh, well. Anyways, enigmatic means a person, thing or situation that is mysterious, puzzling a ambiguous (according to dictionary.com). Ambiguous means something that is difficult to understand or/and has different meanings. Okay, the latter description is for my own reference. I know, i am still trying to improve my English encountering many different terms when reading recently. Even making a note for it! Well, you could it is one of the ways of me passing my time and also its one of my interest of learning a new words.

Cheers. Could be denonair, would be enigmatic.

Jan 29, 2011

Avant-garde

Avant-garde (French pronunciation: [avɑ̃ɡaʁd]) means "advance guard" or "vanguard".[1] The adjective form is used in English, to refer to people or works that are experimental or innovative, particularly with respect to art, culture, and politics.

(from Wikipedia)

Jan 22, 2011

New Term

learn a new term today : Disco Nap

sounds funny but it can be used! According to urbandictionary.com, it means :-

sleeping when ya got something goin' later on that you need to get ready for.

"i was about to go to the club, but i needed a disco nap to feel refreshed."