december 2007 nurse licensure exam results

the philippine regulation commission (prc) announced that only 28,924 out 67,728 examinees (first timers, repeaters, removals and voluntary retakers of all subjects) passed the nurse licensure examination given on december 1 & 2, 2007. for the complete list of examinees, click here for the TXT format and here for the PDF format and go to pinoy r.n. for the special retakers as per c.a. decision and special certification retakers results for cgfns. congratulations to all the new filipino nurses!

so what’s the latest on angie, brad and jen?

for now, i want to forget the hassles that have been making a mess of my life and concentrate on somebody else instead — at least people whose glamorous lives and fascinating affairs have been titillating and entertaining us for years.

speculations are rife that brad pitt and angelina jolie, Hollywood’s photogenic megacouple, could be in the process of planning for a hush-hush wedding.

the twosome, who have been dating for the past 3 years aside from siring a daughter (Shiloh) and adopting a few kids here and there, may also be expecting their second child — twins according to some.

another tidbit: there’s a possibility that jennifer anniston and ms. jolie may run into each other. both (along with Brad Pitt!) have been named as co-hosts for an upcoming fundraiser bash in a Beverly Hills Hotel this weekend. that is, of course, if both of them will show up as anticipated.

parking violation

i just had my first traffic violation: obstruction — 1st offense. to my dismay, the traffic officer can’t explain why i was parked illegally. grrrrr! can anyone explain to me what traffic rule have i violated here? scenario: i was parked at a creek adjacent to a mall here with no NO PARKING sign, no crosswalk, and definitely not within intersection of curb lines. the following are the only parking violations (with their corresponding fines) found at LTO:

optical illusions

an optical illusion is the erroneous perception of reality. in other words, what you see is not what’s there. how does it work? it is said that our eyes are not perfect; they can get tired and have a blind spot. when that happens, our brains will interpret every image we see. to demonstrate this, take a look at the image below. since the squirrel doesn’t trust the all-too-friendly smile of the boy, he wants to get out. do you believe you can make it disappear? you can by simply doing the followings steps:

1.  close your left eye, then look at the boy with your right eye.

2.  now slowly decrease (or increase) the distance to the screen until the squirrel is gone.

so do you have a blind spot? i also have and it’s large! it’s said to be located in the back of our eyes where the optical nerves ("wiring and cables") enter the eyes. check my album for more photos of this kind.