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Beau Sancy at $9.57 million

lofty — Thu, 17 May 2012 08:09:46 +0000

In yahoo news last week, it was announced that the historical Beau Sancy is for sale. It is a 34.98 carat pear-shaped diamond that weighs 7 g. This diamond has been owned by a majority of European royal houses.

According to yahoonews, the gem was being passed down from royalty of France, England, the Netherlands and Prussia, will already leave its noble past behind when it is sold at Geneva auction.

Just few minutes ago, I have read another eye catching news title at bullionstreet.com that the Classic Beau Sancy fetches $9.7 million. It made me eager to know the story behind Beau Sancy.

Image credit: Google

In my deep research, I found out that Beau Sancy is really a very precious gem, romantic, amazing, expensive, historic, classical and worth keeping jewel.

In 1604, it was bought for Henri IV of France as what her wife Marie de Medici. She wore it at the top of her crown during her coronation. Isn’t it amazing?!Later, it was used in binding Willem II to Mary Stuart the daughter of Charles I of England.

When Charles II needs to fight for their throne, Mary decided to pawn the jewel for they need to fund her brother. Then it became in the ownership of the king of Prussia.

As of the moment, nobody knows who is in possession of that precious gem for the buyer was anonymous.

US Attack Submarine is in Zambales

lofty — Wed, 16 May 2012 01:47:58 +0000

A nuclear-powered submarine owned by the United States Navy set ashore in Zambales . The US embassy officials said that the submarine is one of the most current and high powered in US fleet. You might be thinking what this submarine is doing here. Let’s find out.

Photo not mine.

Image credit: abs-cbn

The submarine is here for its routinary visit. It is not even mentioned in the news that it is in connection with the recent wrangle between China and Philippines to the Scarborough Shoal claim.

The Most Difficult Language

lofty — Tue, 15 May 2012 05:55:59 +0000

The most difficult language I ever encounter since birth. Well, anyway, I haven’t studied this one yet. Defense! Lol. If I was able to do it in other sections of this blog, those were from the net and techy friends who are always there, always ready to help. By and by at least there is what we call a little improvement.

Below is what I got from googling around. Putting Ads in the Header. The two screen shots and the explanations are clear. It looks so easy, right?

Source: wordpress.org

After a careful study of these HTML code, I was confident to proceed thinking that I can do it within few minutes like when I added some ad codes on the side bar and etc.

BUT, I find it so amazing. The codes are indeed amazing Here they are below. The screen shots of the code under HEADER.

OMG! I can’t locate the area where ads will be destined to be posted.

And scrolling down made it complicated.

It made me more curious but confused.

So, I ended up posting about it. I want to add it below the MENU. Please feel free to leave your comment and suggestions. It may be helpful to others too. Thank you in advance!

Best Mother’s Day Quotes

lofty — Sun, 13 May 2012 01:21:33 +0000

Your arms were always open when I needed a hug. Your heart understood when I needed a friend. Your gentle eyes were stern when I needed a lesson. Your strength and love has guided me and gave me wings to fly. - Sarah Malin
A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials, heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine, desert us when troubles thicken around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavour by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts. - Washington Irving
A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie. – Tenneva Jordan
There is no way to be a perfect mother, and a million ways to be a good one – Jill Churchill
The mother’s heart is the child’s schoolroom. – Henry Ward Beecher
An ounce of mother is worth a ton of priest. – Spanish Proverb
There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it. – Chinese Proverb
There is no undertaking more challenging, no responsibility more awesome, than that of being a mother. – President Gerald R. Ford
Being a full-time mother is one of the highest salaried jobs… since the payment is pure love. – Mildred B. Vermont
To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power. - Maya Angelou

PBB Teen 4 Third Eviction Result

lofty — Sat, 12 May 2012 15:25:08 +0000

Five days ago, Claire, Karen, Mariz, Yves and Kit were nominated for the third eviction. The week was spent with joy and a lot of beautiful memories despite the little misunderstanding.

Just few minutes ago, Toni Gonzaga announced the result of the third eviction. The male housemates were first mentioned to be safe followed by Mariz and then Karen.

Claire Bercero, PBB Teen 4 housemate will be celebrating Mother’s day with her Mom tomorrow. After Toni’s announcement, Claire bid goodbye to her housemates.

Claire is a Filipino-French and a 16 years old PBB Teen Housemate and she is from Makati City. She got the lowest percentage of vote this eviction night. Karen got the highest followed by Yves, Kit and Mariz.

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Jessica Sanchez on Top 3 of American Idol

lofty — Fri, 11 May 2012 14:54:06 +0000

Jessica is now in the top 3 of American Idol, one of the most popular shows on T.V. Her public presentation “And I’m Telling You I’m Not Going,” really made her stay and be on the top 3 with Joshua Levet and Phillip Phillips.

Jessica-a Filipino Mexican is now of the same height of the contest like Jasmine Trias-a Filipino American who was also with Season 3.

Tommy Mottola, Music Executive admired Jessica’s performance on stage. Mottola made Jennifer Lopez and Mariah Carey renowned in the music industry.

Jennifer Holliday, the original singer of “And I’m Telling You I’m Not Going” appreciated Jessica of her rendition of the song. She even tweeted what she felt for the Philippine contestant.

Best College Courses to Take

lofty — Mon, 07 May 2012 13:50:27 +0000

Are you looking for the best paying college degree? Then you must be interested in reading the rest of this entry. I was searching for courses I can recommend for somebody who is going to enroll in college this year. Anyway, I bet there are career guidance program done in every institution to all graduating students in high school. However, they are also taking an aptitude test that would tell them their interest. But this does not mean they can already decide immediately on what course will they take. To some, they will be asking what course is best to take this time. A course that is in demand nowadays.

Here’s what I have found:

Source: realonlinedegrees.com

petroleum engineering
aerospace engineering
chemical engineering
electrical engineering
nuclear engineering
applied mathematics
biomedical engineering
physics
computer engineering and
economics

PBB Teen 4 Second Nomination

lofty — Sat, 05 May 2012 10:59:53 +0000

The three housemates nominated this week were Myrtle, Karen and Nikka. But who among these three will say goodbye tonight? Myrtle, Karen, or Nikka?

When voting was closed and the result was revealed, Myrtle and Karen were announced to be safe while Nikka who got the lowest score have to say goodbye to the teen housemates.

Who is Simsimi?

lofty — Fri, 04 May 2012 08:27:30 +0000

Simsimi was born at Korea in the year 2002. According to its maker, Simsimi is a collaborative robot. He answers immediately when you begin talking with him. He also knew a lot of languages around the world. When you speak to him, he will answer you according to the language you used.

He is very smart but his intelligence is artificial. According to Simsimi’s blog, about 300,000 people said first hello to SimSimi a day. Many wondered how he answered them all simultaneously.

Sometimes, Simsimi sounds like an evil. Did you know why? It is simply because he imitates what people said to him. People made him bad. But don’t hate him for what he always wanted is to become a good robot. Despite all the odds Simsimi is still a good robot.

Labor Day 2012

lofty — Tue, 01 May 2012 06:15:16 +0000

Happy Labor Day Philippines! Oh, wait is it really a happy labor day? I was just struck by this photo when I was searching fro something on google. I mean it’s the line the struck me most, “Sahod Itaas Presyo Ibaba.”

Filipinos will for sure be very happy if this cry will be heard and will be given attention to. Well, anyway, Pnoy already announced that the salary increased for the government teachers will be given earlier this June. Happy are they.

Image credit: Google