Moon is Smiling

(UP Diliman Information Office)- Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary General of the United Nations, was conferred an honorary Doctor of Laws degree by the University of the Philippines on October 29 in ceremonies held at the Malcolm Hall Auditorium of the College of Law.

Ban received the University’s highest academic distinction in recognition of “his accomplishments in the fields of diplomacy, specifically in his capacity as Secretary General of the United Nations, a prestigious position held by an Asian for only the second time” as well as his “determination to mobilize political will, for the allocation of adequate resources for development aid to benefit the poorest countries in the world.”

At the time of his election to the United Nation’s highest post, Ban was Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Republic of Korea. He has long-standing ties with the UN, dating back to 1975 when he worked for the Foreign Ministry’s United Nations Division. He has also been actively involved in issues of peace and economic cooperation on the global stage.

Accompanied by his wife Ban Soon-taek, he is currently in the country for the Second Global Forum on Migration and Development being held in Manila as part of his four-country tour in Asia.

Once in A Lifetime

I really love this song of Shinhwa (신화). We only live a single life. Be sure to do something you really want to before you literally fly to the sky.

ONCE IN A LIFETIME

Everyday I pray to help me through the day
to make myself stronger... and I pray

Gu oren kumduri jogumsshig dagawa nunaphe pyolchyojinun jigum
nan nunul gamgoso gasum soguro jonhe onun nugungaye gidol dudgo isso
sumanhun byoldulgwa yagsoghetdon modun kumdurul onjengan irwojindago mido
tamgwa i nunmulgwa sojunghan saramman itdamyon urin muoshidun he nelsu isso

Once in a lifetime fly to the star byolduri noui kumul jikhyo julkoya
once in your lifetime uri gu nal wihe
yongwonhi hamke manduro goya hal love for your dreams

Sulphugodo himdun naldurul da jinadorog he
ok open your eyes to the sky
then you can find the way for then better days
ije uri sesangul modu gathi da hamke hal su ikge

Himdulmyon shwiogado ok yo jamkan take a second gu oren kum
sumanhun star I know that you can take it hamkeramyon
jom do nal goya ni kumdurun passion it's all yours there's no question

Sumanhun aphumul gyondyonetdon modun kumdurun onjengan doraondago mido
tamgwa i yoljonggwa sojunghan saramman itdamyon urin muoshidun doelgoya

Once in a lifetime fly to the star byolduri noui kumul jikhyo julkoya
once in your lifetime uri gu nal wihe
yongwonhi hamke manduro goya hal love for your dreams

Teron salme jichyo uljiman (no baby no more cry)
noui himi doejulge (I'll pray for you and me tonight)
norul dalmun byorul bol su itdamyon naui sarangdo marhalgoya

Once in a lifetime fly to the star byolduri noui kumul jikhyo julkoya (jikhyo julkoya)
once in your lifetime uri gu nal wihe
yongwonhi hamke manduro gal everything for your dreams

Once in a lifetime fly to the star (fly to the star)
yongwonhi noui kumul gioghalgoya (gioghalgoya)
once in your lifetime uri gu nal wihe
yongwonhi hamke manduro goya hal love for your dreams

Picture taken from Korea Aeronautics Research Institute

Seeing Christmas with a Different Lens

Christmas is in the air. Last week, I had to shop for gifts. I just received my Christmas bonus so my purse is empowered to splurge for other people. The feeling is much better when you’re giving, and the amount I spent didn’t haunt me in my sleep. I still need to buy a few things for my best friends because I shop separately for them. I plant to buy Eugen fashion eyeglasses since she likes wearing a pair even if her vision is fine. Holiday Glass Frames From Zenni Optical would be a good way to gauge the looks of offline eyeglasses. I browsed the popular online eyeglasses shop and found this pair particularly elegant. And since a pair just costs $ 8 Complete Rx Eyeglasses, Zenni eye wear just fits my budget. I think I’ll be ordering from this site instead.

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A medium narrow size, fashion full-rim frame with pattern temples.

A Break from Monotony

I just got my new domain! ^^;
I'd appreciate it if you could link A Break from Monotony on your site.

Your Space in Cyberspace

It was just recently that I discovered the net to be a real gold mine. My aunt has been encouraging me to set up an online space—could be a blog or a shop—to help me boost my revenues even when I’m at home. This freely hosted blog did spare me from the monthly wi-fi bills. However, unique .com domains seem to have greater potentials, especially if you want to make your online space more than just a diary. Of course, with your own domain you can also fully customize your page. Web hosting is the way around the limited features of your freely hosted domains. The best pay you to post websites usually require bloggers to have their own unique domains. Their rates are higher than the rest of the lot, and they give easier tasks. I started scouring the net for a good web hosting site and have stumbled on web hosting geeks.com, which is a website that features independent, unbiased, and professional web hosting reviews. The homepage is very easy on the eye; yes, I was scouring, and the pursuit itself could be very tiring, but the layout is very straightforward. You can see top web hosting providers ranked under a single column, their basic features, special and bonus features, and of course, hosting feedback. Reviews featured here are all independent reviews of hosting websites under $10. Cheap doesn’t usually mean bad. We all deserve a stable, feature-packed web hosting blog that can make our blogging lives easier, more fun, and more profitable. Check out Web Hosting Geeks.com and read through web hosting awards: best budget hosting, best blog hosting, best ecommerce hosting, etc. If you want more professional reviews, then scroll down through the page and click on webhosting reviews according to hosting pundits.

When Luck and Hardwork Collides

Nobody really has to start from scratch. These days my mom and dad are thinking of investing our last ace to business; my father is retiring and how the separation pay would be invested would be the make or break of our immediate future. I thought it would be nice if I’d give them biographies of people who have become successful in the realm of entrepreneurship. Jim Piccolo is one of my parents’ contemporaries so I recommend them to take a look at his biography. They have considered opening up an English school here for underprivileged children so Mr. Jim Piccolo’s experiences are really invaluable. Mr. Jim Piccolo is currently the chairperson and CEO of Nouveau Riche University, an institute for higher education that specializes in real estate investment. Mr. Jim Piccolo’s business acuity and twenty years of business experience have made him one of the most successful entrepreneurs of our time. Not only has he have stakes in the education market and in the manufacturing sector but he also has prove his ability to create niches that are “outside” of his specialty. He is now a nationally-recognized, after-market, sport-truck accessory maker and designer. Opportunities are bucketful. I’d like my parents to hit the jackpot in the market as well. Who knows, if things go really well, we could really open an English institute. I’ll be the first one to enroll. ^^;

November Sun

I was disappointed when I lost one of my sunglasses because of my carelessness. I slipped it into one of my bag’s zipper-less pockets. I thought nothing would happen to it as the pocket was relatively secure. But yeah, the bus was crowded and I think it was pickpocketed by God knows who. Anyhow, I am definitely going to buy a replacement. Those glasses were not really expensive but are resistant against scratch (vulnerable to pickpockets) and have a durable frame. It was exactly like one of those Zenni Optical glasses. Zenni offers great eyeglasses for less. I wonder why people buy uber expensive, signature glasses when the public wouldn’t bother to know what’s beyond the face value. If you’re looking for great lenses for an affordable price, try out Zenni. Variable dimension frames from Zenni shouldn’t be missed out. Also, if you’ve been recently watching TV, Zenni Optical was on FOX news!