Sunrise in Guimba

This was taken early Saturday morning after the Ondoy onslaught somewhere in a flooded rice area in Guimba, Nueva Ecija.

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Taken oct 10, 2009, 6.16am
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Ang alamat ng ube

Pagpasok ko sa BPRE, empleyado na si Nestor. Anim kami sa Dorm 114 kaya nagkakasama kami nang matagal-tagal kahit after office hours. Kung pipili ako ng tatlong matingkad na katangian ni Pards, eto ‘yun: Masa, Gifted Singer, Palabiro.


Kung meron mang bayani ng mga laborer, tiyak si Nestor ‘yun. Lagi nyang kahalubilo ang mga JO (tawag namin sa mga wage earners on Job Order basis). Malapit din sya sa mga guard. Pagkain, sweldo, renewal ng contract, DTR, inumin, pulutan, tulugan. Pangunahing nasa isip niya ang mga karaniwang trabahador ng BPRE.


Nasa isip niya rin lagi ang pamilya at kamag-anak sa Guimba. Kaya siguro hindi madali sya kanya mag-asawa kaagad ay dahil gusto niya pang makatulong muna sa kanila. Minsan, nabanggit niya na nais niyang bumili ng traysikel para sa kanila.


Syempre, dahil sa kanyang masa personality, magaling siyang makisama. Pero kahit mga directors, siya ang gustong kaharap sa maboteng usapan. Isa si Nestor sa mga mangilan-ngilan na tao sa BPRE na walang kaaway.


2009 ang isa sa pinakamatingkad na yugto sa kanyang career bilang agricultural engineer at researcher ng BPRE. Kamakailan, iginawad sa kanya ng BPRE ang Natatanging Kawani for Research. Bago iyan, nanalo na rin siya ng Best Research Paper at Best Poster sa scientific gatherings. Lumipas ang mga awards na ito ngunit parang wala lang nangyari. Ganyan si Pareng Nestor, trabaho lang. Simple pa rin.



Kung masipag-sipag sana ang mga staff ni Oprah na maghanap ng talents sa Pilipinas, tiyak kasama sana si Nestor ni Charice Pempengco sa kanyang show. Pag nakita niya si Nestor, baka itanong niya pa: “Magkamag-anak kaya tayo?”


Kung meron mang isa pang career na naghihintay ki Nestor, sigurado patok siya bilang vocalist. Meron siyang natural na singing talent. Hindi siya pumasok sa music school o dumaan ng voice lessons pero kapag bumira siya, baka magtanong ka kung original CD ang naririnig mo.


Very positive ang outlook niya sa buhay. Madali niyang naidadaan sa biro at tawa ang kahit anumang hamon ng buhay.


“Para makatipid ka, hingi ka muna ng ketchup. Tapos, order ka ng extra rice. Kainan na. Tuloy lang ang subo. Kapag may nakakita sa’yo, baka maging chicken joy ang ulam mo.”


Ibinigay niya sa amin ang tip na ito na parang isang napakahalagang sikreto. May galak at tawa sa kanyang bigkas. Pakiramdam ko, kahit kapos ka sa pera, hindi ka kawawa. Pwede ka pa ring mag-adventure sa Jollibee.


Napakagaling niya sa self-deprecating humor. Kung meron mang paligsahan dito, tiyak, Champion siya.


Siya mismo nag-volunteer magkwento. Sabi ni Direk, “Nestor, Sammy, ‘wag kayong lalayo dahil mag-iihaw tayo ng tilapia mamaya. Kailangan naming ng uling.”


Sa Juness Beach Resort, pwedeng magpatattoo. Meron silang 3 folders na catalog ng mga design. “E, paano ako? Meron ba kayong puting ink?”


Ganyan siya. Hindi niya kailangang laiitin ang iba para magbigay kasiyahan.


Minsan, nagkakursunada siya sa isang white lady. Tawagin natin siyang Dulce. Napakaputi. Sabi nga, kung sila ang nagkatuluyan, malamang, ang mga anak nila baka magmukhang Dalmatian. Tawang-tawa siya kapag naaalala niya si Dulce. Kapag nakabiyahe siya, magbitbit siya ng kahit anong pasalubong para sa kanya. Medyo mahiyain siya kaya ipinapaabot niya na lang sa gate guard ang pakwan, ubeng halaya, at iba pa. Sisilip na lang siya sa kung saang sulok at aabangan si Dulce from a distance kung sa front gate o back gate dadaan pag-uwi at para makapagtimbre siya sa guard para maiabot ang kanyang padala.


“Wala din palang epekto ang ganoong klaseng thoughtfulness,” buntong-hininga niya.


Ngayon, dalawa na yata ang anak ni Dulce.


Nung malaman niyang pumupunta pala ako sa bahay ni Dulce noong mga panahon na ‘yun, saka lang niya napagtanto ang misteryo ng nakaraan.


“Aba, kaya pala walang epekto ki Dulce, eh, iba ang kumakain ng ube!” Biglang liwanag ang mukha niya. Nasagot na ang isang malalim na palaisipan.


Hindi kami naging kami ni Dulce. Syempre, bumilib ako ki Pareng Nestor.




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Pards, Happy Birthday (this June 8)! Isa kang alamat! Sana mahanap mo na ang katapat mo. Pwede akong back-up photographer. Pwede rin akong bridal car service.

Kending man ::

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ohio state university

Letter to a brokenhearted friend

You're not alone.

No, I am not brokenhearted too, nor was I dumped for another. No, not yet. I am saying that I think I can identify with your disappointment.

To this day, I am still dazed in more ways than one after being hit by the hard-punching machine a la Pacquiao that is reality. I am ambitious and my dreams are capricious. I am pensive; my goals, elusive.

While I have resigned from changing the world into something better than yesterday, now I want at least to live so that I could have reasons to smile when I die.

Alright, that's not always amusing especially for family and friends who during the wake, accidentally looks through the coffin.

Well, reality doesn't always favor those with good credentials or even good intentions. Frustration has a way of finding its way into our system or lack of it. We may be bruised, broke and battered bitterly, at least we're still alive. And while we're still breathing, ya panting, we might as well find a way of staging another valiant hurrah.

Ok, let's go to (monkey) business. No, not funeral parlor or embalming services (though that may be profitable these days when people are going berserk) but to my promise(s) when you were mourning the demise of your love (story). Ops, don't blame me if something eerie happens to (your) Jerry.

May I suggest that you take up graduate studies. I am proposing this with the knowledge that your job contract is about to end and your grief (because of him) is just starting.

I am not saying that a Master's degree will give you both money and honey immediately. I am neither speculating that you're also nearly broke nor assuming that you need a masteral so that you'll be better equipped to discern romantic overtures the next time you meet someone like Jerry. Certainly not.

There are scholarships abroad that give fairly good allowance that you'll feel like being paid as an executive while studying. While this is attractive (to my eyes), it is not my main point. I was just thinking that maybe, learning Japanese or doing research abroad will heal your broken heart. And bones. For instance, scientific literatures point out that yoga, no, yogurt has excellent therapeutic value for better digestion and regal posture as it supplies calcium and therefore, it fights osteoporosis. Well, you'll surely look every inch a beaten creature when, aside from a bleeding heart, you have a fragile and deteriorating spinal cord. Think about it. Drink Anlene today.

And what has yogurt got to do with foreign studies? Well, I was told that milk products in some countries are cheaper and abundantly available. Or, you might want to do research on adding pili to milk-based products. If you can sell pili tarts to your classmates, then, I'll call your (ad)venture a successful business.

Since you're over 22 now, the major step I think is to think of a research, not marriage proposal as early as today. Application for research scholarship takes time.

What if a good research proposal is just as elusive?

Ya, good question, bad disposition.

I can teach you AutoCAD for the mean time. For free of course. If your proposal gets dumped (again), at least you can easily move on to other job opportunities. Acquiring a skill, not knowledge, dramatically increases your market value.

For the mean time, drink Anlene regularly. When you think of Jerry, remember me.

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I wrote this letter a few years ago and I thought it may fetch some amount of relevance this Valentine. I also learned that another friend (let's call her Sunshine) was brokenhearted recently. I don't know if her man was similarly named Jerry. Hopefully not or else that may tell you something about Jerrys. I am sure though that many details of this piece don't fit her case but at the very least, this piece might give her some diversion. The last and practical reason for posting this antique material is that I find my classes here dizzyingly fast so I don't have much time to compose longer, more decent articles. In fact, this is the primary practical reason of reviving my spot in this blog world. Updating is easiest compared to my other websites.

Spark plugs ::

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:: Spark plugs | Columbus, OH | Aug 5, 2008 ::

A night's tale

Trips to foreign land are made all the more memorable with some foible. I won’t disappoint you. I’ll end this brief report with one story of mine.

With piling paper works, I thought I’d need a computer I can use exclusively anytime as my schedule warrants. I was given one at the Graduate Students Office but it’s a struggle to go there during cold weather and football game days. Besides, the monitor quality and lighting in the room were straining my eyes quite badly.

One time on a scouting trip, I realized I missed the last bus and I was at a computer shopping store 75 km away from my dorm. Buses are few (about 1 hr interval) and their availability varies depending on route and day of the week. There was no taxi and I don’t have a phone or a phone card. It was already 8pm and the stores were closing. I had no choice so I braced for the worst. I separated my money, ID, debit card in different pockets. I had to walk home. If I walk at 5 km/hr, it would take me at least 15 hrs but this wasn’t the big problem. The first trip the next day was 4am so the longest walk until the next bus was about 8hrs. Definitely, I can’t run or jog back to the dorm even if I can. It was already dark and I might be suspected as a fleeing criminal. I was also worried getting mugged or robbed. I was wondering how a crime report about me will be written on tabloids. Probably, something like:

Thieves sue Fulbright scholar
for empty wallet, fake dollar

Then, the story would print my picture, pockets inside out, bruises and all. The caption reads: Buckeye with a blackeye.

Also, I don’t know by heart the route back. I had to rely on the map and trust that my interpretation is correct.

After 35 minutes into the journey, I saw a group of young adults across the street. Someone yelled: “How ‘ya doin’?” And so, I approached them while recalling all my self-defense lessons (I mean, the Jet Lee moves in his shaolin movies). He introduced himself as Andy, probably the oldest in the group. He said he can take me along in their car if I pay the $30 full tank fuel to the collective groans of his companions. For fear of me being a predator in the end or for rebuking Andy’s “extortion”, that I would never know. He backed off and instead called a taxi for me. While waiting for the cab, he asked if I want sex for $5, pointing to one of his lady friends. Of course, to make my loved ones and PAEF proud, I stuck with the predilection of a good Filipino and Fulbright grantee (ehem!). He dropped the sex but later, he again asked $5 from me. I didn’t budge. His companions reprimanded him.

All the while I was thinking if he really called a taxi. He showed signs of mischief but was kind enough to offer help to a stranger. The taxi did arrive and I was spared walking for 8 hrs through the night.

What can I say? Kindness comes in many forms.

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Jones Tower, OSU, Oct 30, 2006

Blushing (thorny) blossoms ::

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:: Blushing (thorny) blossoms | North Market, Columbus, OH | Aug 5, 2008 ::

Romantic exploits of Lolo Albert

I started reading Einstein's biography with the preconceived notion that he was shy with the ladies. Although I already knew about his two marriages to Mileva Maric and his first cousin Elsa Einstein, I still suspected that his love life was dull. Or, I was hoping I had some adventures with girls that he sorely missed in favor of Physics equations.

One time at Ali Mall Cubao bus terminal, a girl caught my fancy. An idea came to mind. While still single and unattached, I better jump into adventures which my unique freedom allows. How does it feel to approach a girl out of the blue, with no introduction whatsoever? How will she react? Out of the paper receipt of a McDo Happy Meal, I created a flower by folding it a la origami. After summoning some inner strength, I finally approached and offered her the paper flower.

“Merry Christmas,” I stuttered.

She was puzzled. She just looked at me blankly.

“Kunin mo na, kunin mo na” her seatmate elbowed her.

She was frozen.

“Kunin mo na, kunin mo na” her seatmate nudged her again. And every time, I would extend the flower closer to her.

Maybe on the third or fourth “Kunin mo na” I was already blushing. No, my (very thick!) face was all red. For those who don't know, that Cubao Bus Terminal is always crowded, like a giant supermarket. I felt like everyone was looking at me.

I dropped the flower on her lap and I fled.

“Saan ka ba nagpunta? Ikaw na lang ang hinihintay!” the conductor furiously scolded me.

I was grinning.

In another occasion, I just approached a girl I don't even know at a school market. “Merry Christmas” then I extended to her a copy of Youngblood (the first ever essay anthology of twenty-something and below from Inquirer).

She was surprised. All she could mutter was “H-ha?”

Before she could regain her composure, I left the book beside her. My exit was swift.

That copy, though old, was still valuable. I attended the launching of that book and I even got the autographs of several authors in the anthology, plus that of Tintin Bersola and Julius Babao who happened to shop at a pet store at Megamall.

Later still, I would send about 30 text messages a day to someone I didn't know. All I know was her name and phone number. On the other hand, she knew everything about me in advance because of a partially-leaning common friend. I didn't know how she looks like for all the 6 months of texting (which oftentimes means, I text, she reads) and occasional calling. My messages were not the usual greetings or forwarded messages. I was basically sending her essays, stories about anything. On the pretense of a candlemaking workshop which I would teach at our house, she finally agreed to meet me with her two friends. I fetched her from her house. For a few moments, I was cross-eyed. That is, she looked like a cross between Maxene and Heart. While her aunt was interrogating me, I was thinking “What am I doing here? She's too innocent, too beautiful for me.”

The candlemaking was successful because years later, she became my wife. She still looks the same although I would chide her sometimes that I was not quite right about the innocent part. :)

From the latest and probably the most comprehensive book about Einstein, I learned many things including the realization that I don't even come close to his exploits with the ladies. There were 10 women in his romantic life from his teens up to his seventies. They were:

1] Marie Winteler [p. xxii, 27]

2] Mileva Maric [p. xxi, 42]

3] Anna Meyer who later became Mrs. Schmid [p. 153]

4] Elsa Einstein [p. xix]

5] Betty Neumann [p. 360]

6] Toni Mendel [p. 361]

7] Ethel Michanowski [p. 361]

8] Margarete Lebach [p. 362]

9] Margarita Konenkova [p. 503]

10] Johanna Fantova [p. 535]

The indicated pages are just some markers on the same book (reference cited at the end of this piece) where you can read about those characters. There was no special section for the ladies of Einstein. They were just mentioned every now and then, generally on a chronological circumstance. There was another lady who was with him for a long period but there was no concrete proof of romantic ties. Her name is Helen Dukas, a long time secretary (p.xix).

My vote could have gone to Marie if my opinion matters at all. They both showed sweetness and passion in their innocence. There was a good relationship between families. Even in the long run, the Winteler family has been closely associated with Einstein. His sister Majah later married Marie's brother. His bestfriend Michele (pronounced Mi-kel) Besso married Marie's sister. [p. 27] Einstein would still write to Marie's father in later years.

The first known love letter of a teenage Einstein to Marie is quoted below [p. 28]:

Beloved sweetheart!

Many, many thanks for your charming little letter, which made me endlessly happy. It was so wonderful to be able to press to one's heart such a bit of paper which two so dear little eyes have lovingly beheld and on which the dainty little hands have charmingly glided back and forth. I was now made to realize, my little angel, the meaning of homesickness and pining. But love brings much happiness- much more so than pining brings pain...

My mother has also taken you to her heart, even though she does not know you; I only let her read two of your charming little letters. And she always laughs at me because I am no longer attracted to the girls who were supposed to have enchanted me so much in the past. You mean more to my soul than the whole world did before.

His consenting mother even scribbled her own note on this same love letter. “Without having read this letter, I send you cordial greetings!”

Later, when Einstein was drifting apart, Marie wrote his mother. Pauline Einstein (Albert Einstein's mother) replied: “The rascal has become frightfully lazy. I have been waiting in vain for news for these last three days; I will give him a thorough talking-to once he's here.” [p. 40-41]

Here's another interesting note about Einstein and Marie's relationship. Marie was washing the laundry of Einstein. The interesting side is that they were apart. Einstein was in another place (Pavia?) and he would send by post office his laundry to Marie in Aarau. She would long for love letters that may go with the laundry. Then, Marie mails the clothes back to Einstein. The historical notes of this aspect is definitely Hollywood material:

In one letter she wrote of crossing the woods in the pouring rain to the post office to send back his clean clothes. “In vain did I strain my eyes for a little note, but the mere sight of your dear handwriting in the address was enough to make me happy.” [p. 40]

I guess they were just too young to handle the weight of the relationship. Marie was the one more devastated.

On January 6, 1903, Einstein eventually married Mileva Maric, the only girl in his Physics class [p. 85]. She's not as beautiful as Marie but she was more intellectually compatible with him. Theirs was also a passionate relationship which even resulted to a premarital daughter named Liesrl [p.72] who was buried into oblivion for unclear reasons.

The other interesting account about Einstein's capability for romantic overtures involved Anna Meyer who was a 17 year old, unmarried girl. He wrote this poem in her album:

What should I inscribe for you here?

I could think of many things

Including a kiss

On your tiny little mouth.

If you're angry about it

Do not start to cry

The best punishment

Is to give me one too.

Apparently, this happened when he was about 20 years old. It wasn't clear if he was attached to Marie or Mileva at that time. There was no strong evidence that Anna was his girlfriend and he had the gall to write about kissing her!

In succeeding chapters, Einstein would knowingly stray to other ladies, even though he's married. It could be due to a mixture of being emotionally unfulfilled and his resignation to the belief that man is inherently predisposed to something beyond his control. A similar example was when he surrendered to rescuing his son Eduard from a mental illness [p. 418].

I leave you to find out about his other affairs. Einstein's life is definitely rich with interesting surprises. And that includes his love life.

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Reference:

Isaacson, W. 2008. Einstein: His Life and Universe. Simon and Schuster Paperbacks. New York. ISBN-13:978-0-7432-6474-7.

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:: The Best of ... | North Market, Columbus, OH | Aug 5, 2008 ::

Light

The heaviest anchor of Physics is light.

Lando Asisten, Jr. and I have been contemplating recently on the foundations and frontiers of math and physics. (Lando is a genius Pinoy mathematician. Among his feats is a perfect score in Praxis Test, an international standard licensure examination and certification for teachers [1].) As a start, we are looking at the properties of light. After all, light should illuminate our way forward.

It has been widely believed that time is the great equalizer. All of us have 24 hrs a day, 7 days a week and so on. Technically speaking, this is false. Einstein's Relativity made it so. Instead, what is constant is light, or specifically, the speed of light. At least, this is the currently accepted principle among modern physicists.

When I checked the literatures, it appears that physicists eventually agreed to make the speed of light constant. The next question is, if it is constant, what is the value? Interestingly enough, the constant value varied or evolved through the years as a consequence of refinement on measurement experiments. The currently accepted value is 299,792,458 m/s (or about 186,000 miles per second) which was adopted only in 1983 [2]. The first experiment was done in 1676 by Ole Christensen Roemer, a Danish astronomer. Roemer made his calculations by observing the motion of Jupiter. [3]

We intend to join the fray. Our approach is a more intuitive way. Find first the value of the speed of light and if the values are the same wherever, then the speed of light is constant.

From the Cerebral Laboratory of the Institute of Math and Science in Ohio and Maryland, we came up with following Asisten-delaTorre Equation for the Speed of Light, c.

A is a fixed point while B is a point in space equidistant from A. Hence, B is the set of points on a spherical surface domain.

Time t is equal to the quotient of distance CD and film belt speed r. CD is the distance on a constantly moving film belt perpendicular to the path AB. C is the starting point while D is the point where light hits the belt first. The measurement is valid when the film belt is equal or greater than the speed of light. With some tinkering on this speed range, we may be able to demonstrate the wave-particle duality of light, hence offering us a glimpse of both the realm of Relativity and Quantum Mechanics. This can be observed from the print that the light would make on the film belt.

If the film belt is too slow, the light may hit it very close to C or at point C itself which makes C = D. This is the lower limit of the experiment.

Why are we proposing this? Well, we could see shady areas in the previous experiments. If you are curious, maybe you should contact us. If you do, you are probably a brilliant scientist.

Or a psychiatrist.

And your common message is: wake up!

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References:

1] ETS. 2008. Praxis Test. http://www.ets.org/portal/site/ets/menuitem.fab2360b1645a1de9b3a0779f1751509/?vgnextoid=48c05ee3d74f4010VgnVCM10000022f95190RCRD&WT.ac=Praxis+Brochure+and+Front+Door. Last accessed: July 29, 2008.

2] University of California-Riverside Mathematics Department. 2008. How is the speed of light measured? http://www.math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/Relativity/SpeedOfLight/measure_c.html.

Last accessed: July 29, 2008.

3] Hawking, S. 1998. Space and Time. A Brief History of Time, Chapter 2, p. 19.

SurPrize::

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:: SurPrize :: Ohio State University :: 06.24.2008 ::

French Kiss

This is my latest experiment, which I call French Kiss.

“It's sweet?!” said a German friend who looked surprised.

And it is not supposed to taste sweet?

It's already cooked when I found out more about it. There are actually several versions of it from the internet but I just picked the first one with a picture. The recipe is called Spinach-Mushroom Quiche. The proper pronunciation is with a long e, ending with sh. It is \'kēsh\, not ki-che [2]. However, I insist to call my own quiche a 'kiss' because I learned that quiche is a French cuisine [1] with German roots. Kuchen is German for cake and it soon became quiche [3]. I am neither French nor German so I can be excused when I say, “Would you like to try my French Kiss?”

Quiche is a baked dish which closely resembles a tart. The ingredients, mainly spinach, mushroom, cheese and milk, are mixed and poured into the crust for baking. Ham is also a popular ingredient. In the original version, cheese is not included [3].

The crust is either neutral or a bit salty, but not sweet. Well, there was only one kind of crust at Giant Eagle and I presumed (incorrectly, I found out later) that all ready-made crusts are general purpose. When I rechecked the pack, it says “crust for chocolate mousse.” No wonder.

Dough and crusts will be included in my next experiments. For now, here's my sweet French Kiss.

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References

[1] Food Reference. 2008. Quiche. http://www.foodreference.com/html/fquiche.html. Last accessed: July 23, 2008.

[2] Merriam-Webster. 2008. Quiche. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quiche. Last accessed: July 23, 2008.

[3] Wikipedia. 2008. Quiche. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quiche. Last accessed: July 23, 2008.

John F. Nash, Jr.::

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:: A Beautiful Mind :: 07.27.2008 ::

Princeton University

Now I can say, “When I studied in the US, I went to the top school: Princeton University.”

I realized only after the trip how prestigious Princeton University is. It belongs to the Ivy League and is currently the top school in the US. The 2nd to 8th spots are taken by the following: Harvard, Yale, Stanford, University of Pennsylvania, CalTech, MIT, Duke. Ohio State University is 57th [3].

Wikipedia says Princeton has been at the top spot from 2001 to 2008. Worldwide, Princeton University can be easily spotted at the top ten [7].

In 2008, it has the 3rd most selective acceptance rate of 10%. Both Harvard and Yale have an acceptance rate of 9%. Other schools have these figures: Stanford, 11%; MIT, 13%; CalTech, 17% [2]

I never looked at this figure before. All I care about was visit the workplace of Lolo Albert.

While Lolo Albert contributed a great amount of fame to Princeton University, it is also true that this school is home to many other breeds of geniuses. In particular, my readings about Lolo Albert brought me to these three:

Sir Andrew Wiles. He is largely known for solving Fermat's Last Theorem in September 2004. (Actually, Pareng Jong introduced Fermat's Last Theorem to me a long time ago in Nueva Ecija.) Just imagine, this math problem has eluded the most brilliant minds for 330 years. Dr. Wiles, only 55 years old now, is the current chair of the Math Department [4, 1].

Dr. John Nash. This mathematician is the subject of A Beautiful Mind (2001, starring Russel Crowe). (Again, Pareng Jong introduced the movie and Dr. Nash to me.) In support of his application to Princeton University Mathematics Department, his adviser Dr RJ Duffin wrote a recommendation letter with one short sentence: “This man is a genius.” Later, Dr. Nash (along with two others) won the 1994 Nobel Prize in Economics for his game theory [6].

Dr. Edward Witten. He is widely acclaimed as the modern Newton for his leading role in superstring theory. He has numerous awards including the Fields Medal (1990) and Crafoord Prize (2008). [5] I have read part of his writings on string theory and it is the most easy to read and understand material that I have touched so far on advanced physics. Well, I don't pretend to have learned a lot so as to be able to teach it myself but at least, I feel I have progressed considerably about the subject (with only one such paper) compared to my struggles with several other papers on the same topic. Sometimes, a difficult subject is easier to face by going to the advanced source.

[more princeton pictures here]

With the amazing brains and elegant buildings around, I feel fortunate and dignified that at one point in my life, I breathed the same oxygen, walked the same path of Princeton grounds where Lolo Albert and the current geniuses of our time found home.



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References:

[ 1 ] Princeton University. 2008. Faculty Directory. http://www.math.princeton.edu/directory/. Last accessed: July 11, 2008.


[ 2 ] US News and World Report. 2008. Lowest acceptance rates. America's Best Colleges 2008. http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/webex/lowacc_brief.php. Last accessed: July 11, 2008.

[ 3 ] US News and World Report. 2008. National Universities: Top Schools. America's Best Colleges 2008. http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/t1natudoc_brief.php. Last accessed: July 11, 2008.

[ 4 ] Wikipedia. 2008. Andrew Wiles. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Wiles. Last accessed: July 11, 2008.

[ 5 ] Wikipedia. 2008. Edward Witten. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Witten. Last accessed: July 11, 2008.


[ 6 ] Wikipedia. 2008. John Forbes Nash. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Forbes_Nash. Last accessed: July 11, 2008.

[ 7 ] Wikipedia. 2008. Princeton University. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princeton_University. Last accessed: July 11, 2008.

Princeton::

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:: Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey :: 07.05.2008 ::