What tiny objects did you spy? Here is the list of the Find It Kids objects from the Find It Kids challenge:
Thank you very much for playing. 
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15Mar
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14Mar
This is what parents hammer into the minds of their children when they are growing up.
But with today’s unconventional ways of living, people do not really rely on having good education to have that dream job to be able to have some form of purchasing power.
A lot of the parents now are probably a product of this kind of philosophy which they got from their parents. I am sure this line of thinking is what exactly they are telling their children who go to school.
Sure, it is a comforting thought to have a solid educational background to up the resume. Who wouldn’t want to hire someone with an MA or MBA or PhD? Who wouldn’t want to hire someone whose GPA is somewhere near 4.0? More often than not, these people are highly qualified to apply to a job that would need their expertise. But are they up to the challenge to maintain that status they so want to achieve?
There is NG. He is currently having his second (?) MA degree. He studied hard, got good grades and found a job. Another job, another job. He never seem content and he doesn’t look successful. In fact, he is dissatisfied is and proverbially looking for the right opportunity. As what should happen when that formula has been achieved.
There is JM. He finished college. He was able to work with a multinational company, traveling all over the world. When he was about to be promoted, he refused a top spot that will make him even more successful. He declined and resigned to put up his own company. Though the company has had more downs than ups, still, he persevered or rather is persevering to make his mark in the fast-paced and ever changing business he decided to join.
There’s JAS. He did not finish his studies but was able to join the corporate world of high technology business, traveling to different places and doing well. Now, he went back to school to finish his thesis which was rejected at first because the professor can’t seem to understand the high tech language he used. He has a hard time simplifying terms and objectives suited to the university level, I think, because he has experienced the “real” world of work. Whatever his reason for going back to school must be very motivating because he finally relented.
With the varied opportunities to learning new skills, improving one’s craft and learning to adapt to the ever-changing trends, one still needs to study hard, get good grades and get a job. Or maybe not in that order.
Come to think of it, it is not bad to have a diploma to fall back on when the adventures to “search the meaning of life” and “searching to find your own place under the sun” are foiled. But that doesn’t mean that that diploma may not be one’s ticket to be a successful person.
Drive. Hard work. Dedication. Right opportunities. Calculated risks. These are some of the formula to have the success one wants to achieve.
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08Mar
Splog or spam blogging is a menace. Sure it links to your posts and may even up blog’s links. But in truth, these are fake blogs. These fake blogs copy the first few sentences from blogs and post these in their site with some links going to where the posts were copied. Some popular topics covered are about gambling, poker, home mortgage and even parenting.
Here is an example of splogging which I have removed the link attached to the permalink (the permalink is linkless
) :I Wear My Sunglasses At Night » Zenni Optical Glasses | iwearmysunglassesatnight.sunglassesbargain.com/2008/02/22/zenni-optical-glasses | IP: 69.41.230.6
[…] unknownnHBifocal lens, tinted sunglasses, sunsensor, progressive and single exteroception lense are offered. The Best Thing Found: Zenni Optical add sells internationally and candid to the customers the drug eyeglasses so the prices are not … […]
When I clicked the link, the splog site was gone. Instead, I found this:
The website you are trying to view has been suspended due to a breach of our Acceptable Use Policy.
Anyway, what can be seen when the link is clicked is my post. Yup, this is a repository of posts written by other bloggers, aiming to achieve high search engine result through the use of keywords and links found in posts written in blogs. These rake in money from pay-per-click ads.
Click these articles to read more about splogging:
The Guardian’s Cashing in on Fake Blogs
Wired’s Spam + Blogs = Trouble
Mark Cuban’s A Splog Here, A Splog There…
Maria Langer’s Google, Adsense and Splogging
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07Mar
The Evening Darkens Over
a poem by Robert Bridges
The evening darkens over
After a day so bright,
The windcapt waves discover
That wild will be the night.
There’s sound of distant thunder.The latest sea-birds hover
Along the cliff’s sheer height;
As in the memory wander
Last flutterings of delight,
White wings lost on the white.There’s not a ship in sight;
And as the sun goes under,
Thick clouds conspire to cover
The moon that should rise yonder.
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03Mar
First day of February, this email came:
—– Original Message —–
From: A___ K____
To: abcdefg@teacherjulie.com
Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 12:19 AM
Subject: can i buy an ad on your teacher julie site?Hey ______,
Your list of “you might be in Education” is really funny…and true. I like #14
Say, I was wondering if I can place an ad on this page http://teacherjulie.com/2006/08/05/you-might-be-in-education/
for someone who runs an online learning site?I don’t have much, but I can pay $___ for an ad there. If this works for you let me know and I’ll send you over the ad and the payment.
Thanks,
A___K____This was the reply I made:
From: abcdefg@teacherjulie.com
Sent: Thu 1/31/2008 2:28 PM
To: A____ K______
Subject: Re: can i buy an ad on your teacher julie site?can i buy an ad on your teacher julie site?
A____,
Thank you for the interest in putting an ad in that particular page. I am skeptic though because you see, the post I made was not my own since the source can be found below it, www.teachingheart.net. I think that that would not be fair to the site where I got the article.
I am sorry I think I have to refuse your offer, even if it sounds so tempting because your $____ is a lot of money where I am.I hope you understand.
Best Regards,
http://teacherjulie.com
http://homeschooling.teacherjulie.com
http://greenbucks.teacherjulie.comP.S. #14 is funny, yes, I am a teacher but I do homeschooling.
To which the man replied again:
Magandang Umaga!
Thanks for getting back to me so soon. Great News - I took another look at your site and found 6 pages that I’d like to get ads on. I can offer you $_____ for advertising on these 6 pages.
Here are the 6 pages I’d like to get ads on:
http://homeschooling.teacherjulie.com/2007/11/11/sibika-mag-anak-family/
http://teacherjulie.com/2007/11/23/amazing-blogger-award/
http://homeschooling.teacherjulie.com/2008/02/01/science-centrum-field-trip/http://homeschooling.teacherjulie.com/category/photo-hunters/
http://homeschooling.teacherjulie.com/2007/09/07/bodies-of-water-anyong-tubig/
http://homeschooling.teacherjulie.com/?s=fruitsOn this page http://homeschooling.teacherjulie.com/2008/02/01/science-centrum-field-trip/, here’s the ad that I’d like:
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http://www.dimacc.com/users/Alex/teacherjulie.html
—————————————–Please avoid using the words “ADS” or “SPONSOR” as this actually decreases clicks.
If this works for you I’ll send you over the other 5 ads for the other pages. Once they’re live, I will pay you through PAYPAL or a CHECK (whichever you’d prefer).
Thank you for your time,
A____
I don’t know but I didn’t reply back.
Then in a group mail subscription that I am a part of, JMom included a link that made me think about this harder.
Were those offers I got were from underground text link server?
