Captured 4.0

...my holiday has been extended...LOL... I have well lots of things to share as there were so many many things that happened in my life, my family, and friends for the past two weeks alone. But before I will write about them later, so for the mean time allow me to share again some humble shots of Heil here.

Edge

Escape

Curtail

Track

Bound

... that's it... indulge yourself to these beautiful photos... My personal favorite is the first one... pick your choice...

I Was Tagged

It's holy week and I intentionally opted to leave my blog some days of quietness... But before I indulge for the long weekend vacation, I would like first to share this... Yes, I have been tagged by Watz... So here it is...

001. Name → Joseph Glenn.
002. Nickname(s)→ Glenn, Jad, Seph, Koopsit, Joe, Totep, Tep.
004. Zodiac sign → Gemini.
005. Male or female → Male.
006. Elementary → Malinao Central ES, Tabaco South Central ES.
008. High School → St. Louise de Marillac Sch of Tabaco, Tabaco National HS.
009. College School → Aquinas University of Legazpi.
010. Hair color → Black.
011. Long or short → Long.
012. Loud or Quiet → Loud and Quiet.
013. Jumpers or Jeans → Jeans.
014. Phone or Camera → Camera.
015. Health freak → Not so much.
016. Drink or Smoke? →.
017. Do you have a crush on someone? → Crushed someone? Many times :))!!!!
018. Eat or Drink → Eat.
019. Piercings → 1, left earlobe.
020. Tattoos → None.

FIRSTS:
023. First piercing → Last year Oct... many times since childhood, I pierced my thumb with a sewing machine needle and my left foot with concrete nail! Awful.
024. First best friend → Can't remember.
025. First award → Pre-school 1st Honor.
026. First crush → Can't remember.
027. First pet → Sushmita, A Japanese peach dog.
028. First big vacation → Big???.
030. First big birthday → Another Big???.

CURRENTLY:
049. Eating → Mr. Chips.
050. Drinking → Propel.
052. I'm about to → Poo.
053. Listening to → Diana, by Paul Anka and other oldies songs (Monro, Sedaka, Sinatra, Charles, name it... want to try? Click here.
054. Plans for today → Finish my blogs and head home for the weekend vacataion.
055. Waiting for → uhm, payments, hehehe.

YOUR FUTURE:
058. Want kids? → Yes.
059. Want to get married? → Hopefully.
060. Careers in mind → Becoming a US Senator... Lawyer... Computer Mogul...

WHICH IS BETTER IN THE BOY/GIRL YOU LIKE?
068. Lips or eyes → Eyes and Lips.
070. Shorter or taller - Just fine, average.
072. Romantic or spontaneous → Spontaneous.
073. Nice stomach or nice arms → Stomach? for what? Am I allowed to choose legs?.
074. Sensitive or loud→ Sensitive.
075. Hook-up or relationship → Relationship.
076. Trouble maker or hesitant → Hesitant.

HAVE YOU EVER:
080. Lost glasses/contacts → No.
081. Ran away from home → No.
082. Held a gun/knife for self defense → Hahaha.
083. Killed somebody → The muts!!! If I had then I would not be answering this, right?.
084. Broke someone's heart →.
085. Been arrested → Not yet, planning to be.
087. Cried when someone died → Yes.

DO YOU BELIEVE IN:
089. Yourself → Yes.
090. Miracles → Yes.
091. Love at first sight → No.
092. Heaven → Yes.
093. Santa Claus → No.
094. Tooth Fairy → No.
095. Kiss on the first date → Never...

ANSWER TRUTHFULLY:
097. Is there one person you want to be with right now → Yes. Hon.
098. Are you seriously happy with where you are in life → Yes.
099. Do you believe in God → Yes.
100. Post as 100 truths and tag 20 people→ NO... (It said, answer truthfully...) :))

This is it... I'm ready to leave... Advance Happy Easter to y'all...

A Summer with Less of the Sun

You read it right! According to observations on the Sun's activities conducted by NASA scientists, the sun had recorded the lowest sunspot for a century. Scientists even compared this latest attribute of the sun to the present situation of the stock market. The sunspot are observable movements in the sun's surface caused by the ejection of solar flares, magnetic field, and radiation. So what are the effects of this "very deep solar minimum" to Earth and humans? Well, there are a handful to say.

One effect of this sun quietness is the decrease of temperature and UV rays that can reach the Earth. Scientists also observed that there is a decrease of about .02% in the transmitted heat from the sun. Though sounds negative, the geniuses still are positive that this is a normal activity of the sun. In fact, that decrease in its temperature transmission cannot even make a change in the present global warming. Although the radiation and the magnetism brought about by the sun will affect the brightness and frequency of the auroras that can be seen at the polar regions.

This year, the sun recorded 78 days without sunspot. The date span was from Jan 1 to March 31, 2009. In that case 87% of the 90-day period, the sun did not show any activity. To say that last year was never close is an early prediction because there are still 9 more months to 2008's record of 266 "sunspotless" days.

What lies ahead on the suns future or even the Earth's future is still vague. There are assumptions that this will just be temporary and that the sun is just following a sequence just as what had happened in 1901 and 1913. But nobody can predict what will happen in the future; even modern equipment has no capacity to do so.

Well, for the moment let's enjoy summer. Lower radiation from the sun would mean more outdoor activities right? Oh just don't forget to still apply a sunscreen - 10.7 cm of decrease in radio wavelength is negligible and can still be harmful.

More info here.

Starbust Spider

Photo of what known as the Starbust Spider, taken from NASA's MRO

At first glance you would think that this place is just somewhere in the north or south pole. Or better yet a place somewhere in Colorado or within the ranges of the Rocky Mountains. But this is not. This place can only be found in Mars. That's right. This is a seasonal cap of carbon dioxide ice from the surface of Mars. With constant studies on Mars and surface footages are being produced by the MRO or Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, scientists are given more clips of ideas of what it is happening on Mars. The presence of ice in Mars don't necessarily give the scientist a chance to prove the existence of water on the red planet. Unfortunately, the ice do not undergo condensation so no presence of water is created rather it sublimates - a proces in which carbon ice directly becomes vapor. Oh, the name of this place is attributed to the spider leg through or web like trenches that are created by the gas escaping out from under the ice formation.