Spin101: Life at Random

Weeeh...!!! I'm already halfway through another Dan Brown's novel. And again, it's awesome! The Da Vinci Code caused so many eyebrows to raise during its release. The Catholic Church reacted on the novel because they are afraid that the people's faith will be affected. The Hollywood even made a movie based on the novel, and the church tried to ban it. I remember my aunt warning me not to see the movie or even get hold of the novel. But that eventually just stirred up my curiosity. I've been wanting to read the intriguing novel, until my friend lent me a copy of it. If Angels and Demons talks about Robert Langdon's adventures in breaking the mystery behind the enigmatic ambigrams, The Da Vinci Code tells about how Langdon solved the puzzling codes through anagrams. An anagram ( Greek anagramma 'letters written anew', passive participle of ana- 'again' + gramma 'letter') is a type of word play , the result of rearranging the letter...

The Philippines had always been a rich agricultural country, that realizing its people are now facing a great dilemma over rice shortage just sounds really absurd. How can an agricultural country be facing such shortage? Never did I thought that this time will come when I will have to witness the chaotic crowds of people waiting for their rice rations. The government is now providing rice subsidy to the people- offering them NFA rice at lower cost. The once 25 to 30 pesos-per-kilo-worth of commercial rice, now mounts to 45 to 51 pesos per kilo. Imagine the increase? Shocking, indeed! The question now is, when will this dilemma end? Will a point come when people will do all sorts of things just to put something on their stomach? How long are Filipinos going to bear with the mayhem over a little ration of rice? Is this the end? Religious critics found this economic crisis a sign. Yup, one of the signs of God's return- the last judgment. My aunt even told me that she fears that the...

One day to go and Ate will already be hurdling the make-or-break Nurses' Licensure Examination. For the past months, I've seen all those stressful preparations she went through. From their whole-day reviews to their nerve-racking pre-Board examinations. Luckily, she topped these exams. Hence, I am confident enough that she will do the same on the real thing. I've always wanted to be a nurse. But, eventually, I got stucked in a really boring and dull course. I never really had a choice. It was maybe out of desperation. Well, yup. I really think I was really desperate. My mother once asked me why I decided to take up such course. But instead of answering her question, I just gave her a fierce glare. Then, she understood. I never hated her, nor my father, nor anybody for this, because there is really no one to blame. I guess, I just have to accept things as they are. What I do is, I just try to make the best out of the things that I can manage to do. (Uh-oh... Here I go agai...

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I just finished Angels and Demons, and it's another superb read. Well, what did Dan brown wrote that you can not consider superb? Brown's fictions are always great and mind-twisting that putting down the novel is always the hardest part of the ritual. Although critics wrote stuffs about the flaws in the novel, still it has become a bestseller. Here is a review I found at Shelfari . It takes guts to write a novel that combines an ancient secret brotherhood, the Swiss Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire , a papal conclave, mysterious ambigrams, a plot against the Vatican, a mad scientist in a wheelchair, particles of antimatter, jets that can travel 15,000 miles per hour, crafty assassins, a beautiful Italian physicist, and a Harvard professor of religious iconology. It takes talent to make that novel anything but ridiculous. Kudos to Dan Brown ( Digital Fort ress ) for achieving the nearly impossible. Angels & Demons is a no-holds-barred, pull-out-all-the-stops, br...

Here is an excerpt from Dan Brown's Angels and Demons , that i want to share with you. *********************************************************************************** "Father," Chartrand said, "may I ask you a strange question?" The camerlengo smiled. "Only if I may give you a strange answer." Chartrand laughed. "I have asked every priest I know, and still don't understand." "What troubles you?" Charland took a deep breath. "I don't understand this omnipotent-benevolent thing ." The camerlengo smiled. "You've been reading scripture." "I try." "You are confused because the Bible describes God as an omnipotent and benevolent deity." "Exactly." " Omnipotent-benevolent simply means God is all-powerful and well-meaning ." "I understand the concept. It's just... there seems to be a contradiction." "Yes. The contradiction is pain. Man's sta...

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