Archive for August, 2006

Dragonfly!

Thursday, August 31st, 2006

Yesterday morning, while inspecting the plants, I saw a large dragonfly in the garden. Of course, I asked it to stay put so I can get my camera and take a photo. It was this large beautiful green and black colored dragonfly (almost like a tiger design). It landed on one of my […]

Morning update :)

Wednesday, August 30th, 2006

These are some of the other flowers that has been growing in the garden for a long time now. The light pink and yellow flower below is from a speckled leaf (with reddish serrated edges) plant with a slightly bulb-like body near the roots. It is also a cutting and is very easy to grow. […]

Promise kept

Tuesday, August 29th, 2006

Finally, as promised to myself, made it to see my doctor! I asked Gemma to come with me which was so nice because then I had someone to talk to and listen to while waiting. But before going to the clinic, I got some cash (anticipating need to pay consultation fee and buy more medicine) […]

In the garden this morning

Saturday, August 26th, 2006

My cutting plant has a flower blooming again. All the cuttings that I made are now doing very well, some of them even already have buds just waiting to bloom. Later, I hope to make more cuttings of this plant around the garden, to add more color in the area and provide a […]

Plant a tree

Friday, August 25th, 2006

Today is tree-planting day. Some 2 million people are expected to plant trees (as well as ornamental plants) along national roads all across the country. One of the intentions was to have more trees to help reduce air pollution.
Since there’s hardly any space here for trees, maybe I can just plant some more labuyo, chilli […]

Opening up sexual prejudice

Thursday, August 24th, 2006

Last August 12, 2006, former supreme court justice and PDI (Philippine Daily Inquirer) columnist Isagani Cruz penned an opinion entitled “Don we now our gay apparel” presenting an argument against what he perceived as a “gay invasion.”
The opinion column solicited much uproar especially in the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) community. PDI columnist Manuel L. […]

Futile

Thursday, August 24th, 2006

adjective
1.    incapable of producing any result; ineffective; useless; not successful: Attempting to force-feed the sick horse was futile.
2.    trifling; frivolous; unimportant.
[Origin: 1545–55; < L fūtilis, futtilis easily broken, vain, worthless, equiv. to fūt- (akin to fundere to pour, melt) + -ilis -ile]
—Related forms
fu‧tile‧ly, adverb
fu‧tile‧ness, noun
—Synonyms 1. See useless.
fu·tile (fytl, fytl)
adj.
1. Having no useful result.
2. Trifling […]