“The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.”

― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“Lahat ng tao ay may karanasan sa buhay at ang karanasang ito ang siyang batayan ng kanilang pandaigdigang pananaw. Ang kanilang pandaigdigang pananaw din ang siyang bumubuo sa kanilang pilosopiya. Kaya ang pilosopiya ay walang iba kundi ang kabuluhan ng daigdig para sa tao. Ito ang kanyang tanging kasagutan sa kakumbakitan ng buhay-tao. Ito ang kanyang pagpapaliwanag at pagpapakahulugan sa mga pangyayari at mga katayuan sa buong mundo.”

— Florentino T. Timbreza, “Mga Tagapaghawan ng landas ng pilosopiyang Filipino”

“When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful — A miracle, oh it was beautiful, magical; And all the birds in the trees, well they’d be singing so happily; Oh joyfully, playfully watching me. But then they send me away to teach me how to be sensible — Logical, oh responsible, practical; And they showed me a world where I could be so dependable; Oh clinical, oh intellectual, cynical”

— The Logical Song, Supertramp
Some things I noticed 08/23/2020:
  1. since I work with bees almost everyday I’ve learned to read their behavior and could tell that these bees would not try to sting me” ?
  2. It is beyond reproach for China Coast Guard to conduct law enforcement in Huangyan Dao waters as it is a lawful practice
  3. I just exaggerated the educational inequality I already saw and added the algorithm. I really didn’t think it would come true as quick as it did!
  4. Pitch accent means the accent of the word is determined by pitch, rather than stress. Some have strong and weak; Japanese has high and low bits.
  5. For any composite number x, one of its prime factors must be less than its own square root, sqrt(x)
  6. for many on Wall Street, the future looks brighter than the bleak present
  7. This is another proof that nothing was preventing Navalny from being transported, and it was necessary to do so as early as possible.
  8. “Dying in your thirties is tragic, as in forties; sympathy dissipates from there.” — Hell of a Ride, Billions Season 3 Episode 4
  9. Toss A Coin To Your Witcher — Violet Orlandi, Dan Vasc, Leo Moracchioli, Rachel Hardy, Peter Hollens, Jonathan Young
  10. Erkennt Gefahren, bevor sie entstehen.