marvinryan.com

I've already started customizing the wordpress blog software on my website marvinryan.com. Much of it is still under constructon, hopefully I'd be able to find the time to work on it a bit more. I'm still wondering how to submit the page to google. though I still don't know how this blog got into google in the first place. Lol.

storm winds and flood water

Since tropical storm Xangsane knocked out the power for the whole city, I guess there was nothing else to do but go out and take some pictures: What I like about my neighborhood is that there are a lot of trees around. However once in a while a tropical storm passes by and rips these trees off their roots and leaves them for dead. there were so much uprooted trees around, it would have made a grown druid cry. now these are what I call road blocks! tree branches left on the road after the wake of the typhoon. these leaves and branches were actually flying around like green winged bats and deformed broomstick during the storm. I even had to dodge them while driving home. I guess Someone upstairs is saying "thou shall allow parking here!" the bus won't be stopping here today... good thing no one was hurt though. Flood! 1: cars driving up thru the pedestrian sidewalk. 2: This guy just realized that his car won't make it thru the flooded area 3: if you drive a SUV, you could probably brave the waters. 4: this guy is smarter... going thru the side of the street where the ground is much higher. Guess the parking area is closed today. this one picture is from CNN.com

Economic models by Cows

Found this interesting & funny entry from Ngee Khiong's Blog: Learn about Economic Models from the Cows taken from MissIzzy.org, and originally from Harry Schultz newsletter. SOCIALISM: You have 2 cows, and you give one to your neighbor. COMMUNISM: You have 2 cows. The State takes both and gives you some milk. FASCISM: You have 2 cows. The State takes both and sells you some milk. NAZISM: You have 2 cows. The State takes both and shoots you. BUREAUCRATISM: You have 2 cows. The State takes both, shoots one, milks the other, then throws the milk away… TRADITIONAL CAPITALISM: You have two cows. You sell one and buy a bull. Your herd multiplies, and the economy grows. You sell them and retire on the income. AN AMERICAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You sell one, and force the other to produce the milk of four cows. Later, you hire a consultant to analyze why the cow has dropped dead. A FRENCH CORPORATION: You have two cows. You go on strike, organise a riot, and block the roads, because you want three cows. A JAPANESE CORPORATION: You have two cows. You redesign them so they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk. You then create a clever cow cartoon image called Cowkimon and market it worldwide. A GERMAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You re-engineer them so they live for 100 years, eat once a month, and milk themselves. AN ITALIAN CORPORATION: You have two cows, but you don’t know where they are. You decide to have lunch. A RUSSIAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You count them and learn you have five cows. You count them again and learn you have 42 cows. You count them again and learn you have 2 cows. You stop counting cows and open another bottle of vodka. A SWISS CORPORATION: You have 5000 cows. None of them belong to you. You charge the owners for storing them. A CHINESE CORPORATION: You have two cows. You have 300 people milking them. You claim that you have full employment, and high bovine productivity, and arrest the newsman who reported the real situation. AN INDIAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You worship them. A BRITISH CORPORATION: You have two cows. Both are mad. IRAQI CORPORATION: Everyone thinks you have lots of cows. You tell them that you have none. No-one believes you, so they bomb the shit out of you and invade your country. You still have no cows, but at least now you are part of a Democracy…. SURREALISM: You have two giraffes. The government requires you to take harmonica lessons HONG KONG CAPITALISM: You have two cows. You sell 3 of them to your publicly listed company, using letters of credit opened by your brother-in-law at the bank. Then you execute a debt/equity swap with an associated general offer so that you get all 4 cows back, with a tax deduction for keeping 5 cows. The milk rights of 6 cows are transferred via a Panamanian intermediary to a Cayman Islands company secretly owned by the majority shareholder. He sells the rights to all 7 cows’ milk back to the listed company, and proceeds from the sale are deferred. The annual report says that the company owns 8 cows, with an option on one more. Meanwhile, you kill the 2 cows because the feng shui is bad. NEW ZEALAND CORPORATION: You have two cows. The one on the left looks very attractive. SINGAPOREAN CIVIL SERVICE You have two cows. You scold each one everyday before and after milking. You teach one of them to scold the other. You instruct them to moo only on command. AUSTRALIAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. Business seems pretty good. You close the office and go for a few beers to celebrate.

My Dog Chico

Living most of my life in the Philippines, I've seen my share of strange written warning signs here and there, mostly murdering the english language. and whatever I get to shoot with my camera phone I post here. but when my fiancee sent me some of these pictures via email, I just had to check out this website chockfull of these strange signs by Jojie Alcantara. just thought I'd share some of these pictures... children please cover your eyes. :) wouldn't these would look so good with my LAWSUIT! Hareruya!!! this store owner might just be Japanese Christian would you like to buy some ladies, men or kids? you know you're in deep sh*ten if you have this in your vanity drawer. well it's not as bad as if you had some ded sh*t I hear Queen singing "Vicycle vicycle vicycle, I want to ride my vicycle I want to ride my vike" note: must not be confused with bicycle or vehicle. Lol cannot seen but can eating... note to label makers... no use translate tool of search engine for ads unless selling product to cavemen. I wonder... how stiff can slopes be? Another business waiting for a lawsuit. wanna fight biach!?! umm... I'm feel soooo much dumber now after reading this one.

Pervcam

Found this picture while mindlessly surfing, clicking on links, blah blah blah. what in heck is this guy doing? lol find out more at Sarasiru's otaku blog

face recognition: do I look like a Korean girl?!?!?!

My fiancée showed me this site where you can upload a your picture and run it thru their face recognition software and find out which celebrity you look like. I wonder why most of my hits are female tho. LoL

Almost ran over a kid today. It happened while I was driving out of the gate of the office. Since the surrounding brick wall made blind corners I drove slowly in case someone walks by the sidewalk abruptly. Unfortunately in this case, it was a kid roughly about 7 to 8 years old, walking all alone towards the wet market. I could barely see an inch of his head bopping up and down in front of the hood. (thank God I wasn’t driving the SUV) I was so startled that I honked the horn, only then did the kid realize he was inches towards being a bloody pancake! I stopped the car and went down to check on him, and told him not to walk around like that without an adult. But alas, his answer was, “Putang ina mo! Inutosan lang ako pumunta sa palengke na nanay ko” (you son of a bitch! my mom just asked me to run an errand at the wet market) then ran away. I would have slapped the kid on the head and washed his mouth with windex if I wasn’t so bewildered by his answer. But then again I shouldn’t expect much from a kid raised by a mother who carelessly makes him run errands without adult supervision.