Sunday, March 27, 2011

Free Rice (dot)com

The header tells it all, for every correct answer they donate 10 grains of rice to World Food Programme. Why don't you try it? Just select the right synonym of the words, answer as many as you can, and you're doing a work of charity without spending a any of your money. I tried it for 4 minutes and got 49 correct answers.

Friday, March 25, 2011

Stress Buster - Samorost 1&2 (flash game)

Try this very addictive game by Amanita Design. Since its flash based, there's no need to download the game, just interact with the character and solve the puzzles on each stage.

Gameplay:
The player interacts with the world with simple point and click interface directing a small, white-clad humanoid with a little cap and brown boots (called simply "gnome" by Dvorsky). The goal of the Samorost games is to solve a series of puzzles and brain teasers. The puzzles are sequentially linked forming an adventure story. The game contains no inventory or dialogue, and the solving of puzzles mainly consists of clicking onscreen elements in the correct order. Solving a puzzle will immediately transport the player character to the next screen.

Screenshots:
The home world of the main character in Samorost
Samorost 1

Samorost 2

Links:
Samorost 1
Samorost 2

Thursday, March 17, 2011

My Paranasal Sinus

I always have a cold and flu. Every month or two I have to visit different hospitals for checkup. The usual routine was to take CBC and urine test. Urine test OK, CBC white blood cell count, not good. In the end, I always take antibiotic for about week which doesn't work (btw, I always take megadose of sodium ascorbate (Vit.C)). Because this is ongoing for about five years, and even taking around 5-7g of vit.C sometimes doesn't work, we decided to consult a specialist. I was advised to have a CT scan because of a 3cm cyst in my sinus. We went to STI De Los Santos Medical Center here in Quezon City for a paranasal sinus scan (plain scan is 5,000 pesos).

 
where's the nurse?








she's at the back...
people are lining up for...
the FEARSOME double door with radiation sign, the red light will lit up if someone is being contaminated... scary