tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22863671354015333532024-03-13T09:50:29.002+08:00RIC VIL HORI'S VISIONThe Vision remains. Meanwhile, this blog is under construction and always will be.Ric Vil Horihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816478748501059732noreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286367135401533353.post-51307242035214108422014-11-22T05:11:00.001+08:002014-11-22T05:13:06.775+08:00rocket's quote<span style="font-size: x-large;">"We get bored because it's a wide World out there and we see only the nest." </span><span style="font-size: large;">- rvh</span><br />
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Ric Vil Horihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816478748501059732noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286367135401533353.post-29679360693905190412014-11-14T06:29:00.001+08:002014-11-14T06:29:19.833+08:00pumpkin zombies LOLRecalled back with this blogger's hypothesis (or isn't it a theory??) <a href="http://maharlikan.blogspot.com/2014/10/consciousness-as-source-of-gravity.html">"Consciousness as source of Gravity"</a> borne from discussion at a Physics chatroom (being a Physics enthusiast) that occurred year 2000, it had since then stirred waves from across the Physics Community. The Physics Community was never the same again after that.<br />
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Eventually, articles, books, peer reviews on Physics and Consciousness began to surface in the Science World by the mid 2000's. About a decade ago A Physics forum website from where this blogger posted many years back had its forumers discussing and eventually publishing a Physics book on Gravity and Consciousness. The Science forum website once had a rule that prohibited challenging Einstein's. This blogger inadvertently forgot the rule and by the time it got posted on a thread, it was too late and had already been discussed. The site administrator announced the temporary closure of the website, citing sponsorship withdrawal. Months later the website returned with new sponsorship. This blogger then checked on the forum rules that prohibited challenging Einstein's and found it deleted. The blogger's thread however, remained. Haha. A chatter who finally introduced himself as a Doctor-Physicist (a pleasant surprise), who turned out not just a scientist but does seminar for fellow scientists, expressed his thanks, curiously profusely, to this blogger in behalf of other chatters in the Science rooms being frequented. When asked, he recounted having able to befriend a brilliant individual who requested one-on-one seminar, turned he was the co-inventor of a lifesaving maneuver used Worldwide. After sharing this blogger's views shared at the Physics chat we frquented, to the co-inventor, the latter actually agreed and thus began a valuable friendship between them. Year 2014 and this civilization witnessed the rendition of what could be another Classic Sci-Fi masterpiece on its film industry, the movie Interstellar. The movie actually tackled the hypothesis (or theory??) in its plot.<br />
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However, after posting the hypothesis (or theory, duh) on a local Philippine social media page, there encountered amusingly arrogant, materialistic individuals but utterly ignorant of things BEYOND the material (with such products of a mainstream educational system, with due consideration to some dedicated teachers who were fellow seekers of Truth, makes one question what systematic manipulations had been committed to result such mediocrity in this part of the World). In our country such despicable attitudes are referred to as "utak talangka" or crab mentality (based on observation when crabs pull each other down in attempt to escape from a basket), the fugly green eyed monstrosity to pull down anything that stood against one's whimsy egotism, or arrogant ignorance. That got this blogger inspired to create this meme (also inspired from a popular alternative 80's music band "Smashing Pumpkins):<br />
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Ric Vil Horihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816478748501059732noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286367135401533353.post-63043609965558665292010-05-10T07:14:00.006+08:002013-05-19T03:19:35.474+08:00my YELLOW WOLF joke compositionsMy YELLOW WOLF joke compositions for the 2010 Philippine Elections, where many Filipinos were supposed to vote a candidate with zero accomplishment, except because he was the son of someone else:<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">YELLOW CRYING WOLF: </span><span style="font-style: italic;">(flaunts psychiatric test)</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Peke yan! peke talaga yan!! sabi nang peke yan!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">BOY SUPPOSED TO DO THE CRYING: Hoy linya ko yan!</span><br />
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YCW: That's a fake! that's a fake! that's really a fake!!<br />
BSDC: Hey that's my line!<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">YCW: <span style="font-style: italic;">(twists face while munching some fruits from "relatives inc." surveys and still managing to pretend a grin)</span> My yummy grapes aren't for sourgrapers. SARAP!</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">BSDC: Enngg... LEMONSITO yang ningunguya mo!</span><br />
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BSDC: Idio.... those were LEMONSITOS you're munching! <span style="font-style: italic;">(smaller local variety of lemons, somewhat sized like grapes)</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">YCW: My Kamag-anak Inc. say that my False Asia and SWStik surveys are credible!</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">BSDC: relatively speaking, wala kang credibility</span><br />
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YCW: Kamag-anak Inc. i.e. Relatives Inc.<span style="font-style: italic;"> (referring to an election survey machinery that turned out to be co-owned by his relatives and stockholders from his political camp, False Asia and SWStik came from Pulse Asia and SWS, the name of said survey companies. SWStik came from the local slang </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">switik</span><span style="font-style: italic;">, meaning a cheat)</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">YELLOW HYPOCRITE WEREWOLF: MEOW! MEOW!</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">BOY TURNED INTO VAN HELSING: Catnip bullet lang katapat mo!</span><br />
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BTVH: Takes only a catnip bullet to match you!<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">( The FULLMOON fiasco was a black propaganda text message brigade by the suspected yellow camp accusing about an attempt to rig the election machines by a very promising rival corrupting it with bogus CD's. except for one glitch that exposed them: the machines don't use CD's but flash drives)</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">YELLOW WOLF TO GULLIBLE YELLOW SHEEPLES: TRUST Mee-eee-eeh!</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">YELLOW CRYING WOLF: WE WON! WE WON!</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">BOY SUPPOSED TO DO THE CRYING: Hoy, contest yan para sa ZERO ACCOMPLISHMENT!</span><br />
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BSDC: Hey, that's a contest for ZERO ACCOMPLISMENT!<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">(the yellow camp with its inept candidate who never passed a law as lawmaker for more than a decade, is presently holding the record as the dirtiest mudslinging camp in Philippine election history while portraying themselves as a supposedly clean, incorruptible, good-while-the-other-candidate-is-evil farce.)</span><br />
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LOLRic Vil Horihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816478748501059732noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286367135401533353.post-30339653659816345172009-12-18T11:11:00.000+08:002009-12-18T11:12:08.496+08:00my amazing prediction about Davao being the so called "new Jerusalem"<em><br />This was actually my post on another </em><a href="http://www.davaoexchange.com/topic.php?topic=1053&page=0"><em>thread</em></a><em> discussing about my blog </em><a href="http://maharlikan.blogspot.com/2009/11/did-humanity-originate-in-foothills-of.html"><em>'Did ancient humanity originated from the foothills of Mt. Apo?!?</em></a><em><br /></em><br /><br /><br />I have been contemplating....<br /><br />based on my definitely unconventional research. in the ancient times when less advanced natives would definitely see the scientific technologies of today as "miracles" when transported to their space-time era, the ancient natives would then consider its highly advanced proponents as "gods," hence the creation of religions.<br /><br />It was observed that, especially among ancient cities and locations, there existed grid patterns that correlate with each other such that these patterns would actually be 'visible' once viewed relative to the scope of the planet, or seen from above the heavens. Examples would be the ancient Sumerian cities, the alignment of Angkor Wat (highly considered to be the capital city of Sri-Vijayan empire in which our archipelago islands were once part of), Teotihuacan in Mexico and the pyramids of Egypt relative to star system Sirius, as well as the famous Nazca lines.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqYfeILvFKmmYQ7IzDH3xm3k7ANJ7tzBzJUo_do2BGMAge3GLY4VFec-FoA0GzRlyuRyLuwrw-C2zV63IKw6hpncmBgM8N9cYxC-ZO9Ju-qwq6A7CrdGjkOjUomr1Grk5xaDSUVbOz9MpG/s1600-h/Temple_mount%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqYfeILvFKmmYQ7IzDH3xm3k7ANJ7tzBzJUo_do2BGMAge3GLY4VFec-FoA0GzRlyuRyLuwrw-C2zV63IKw6hpncmBgM8N9cYxC-ZO9Ju-qwq6A7CrdGjkOjUomr1Grk5xaDSUVbOz9MpG/s320/Temple_mount%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416407278089858594" /></a><br /><br /><br />It would also be interesting to note that the huge platform in Jerusalem from where once stood Solomon's temple, and presently the Dome of the Rock, actually was very old and existed even before the biblical Hebrews invaded its original inhabitants. By definitely unconventional assumptions, this huge platform, in the same manner as the Ziggurats or pyramids had its own ancient mysterious functions, was said to be remnant of a (gasp) SPACEPORT!<br /><br />The fame of Jerusalem may actually be due to its ancient importance as the SPACEPORT of the "gods' or Elohim!<br /><br />There were rumors of Davao being the "new Jerusalem". in the light of my personal researches revealing the very important role of Davao that would definitely bring huge impact once revealed to the rest of Humanity (my research would definitely strengthen the Out of Sundaland theory as to the origin of Humanity), as well as certain, 'less mediocre' individuals such as amdg and others who saw the vision, and relative the coming future Technologies, this is my prediction:<br /><br />I predict that in the coming brighter future, Davao, in the light of revelations from my personal quest as to its profound role in the hidden history of Humanity (that obviously the present mainstream pathetic colonial mentality-induced educational system in this country didn't do much part, yet) would be the next, not just internationaly, but interstellar and even intergalactic(!) Future cosmopolitan (there's more to what this means!) Capital of Humanity, its dubbing as the <em>"new Jerusalem"</em> by certain individuals would actually mean, in more understandable technological terms: our beloved Planet's <strong>NEW INTERGALACTIC SPACEPORT!</strong><br /><br />Yes! Yes! and lemme' predict it too, the spaceport may be practically located in, er, Sasa- Panacan area (chuckle)!<br /><br />Remember that! And when it finally happens, remember who told you so, me!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-GlV_P0xQ-ft2dk7GlVB5ID8hRqx2LsYWEqtwKXDndvwXw5zHJjCcV5XcpSfSkA1JkctOc0UAn-Olfn2HXybg7F95nwpmOUpQSvIGWL-vcESVSHTz71Qb7XGci-EQbtKjMcYoz0Hg1OIY/s1600-h/space+earth.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 381px; height: 335px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-GlV_P0xQ-ft2dk7GlVB5ID8hRqx2LsYWEqtwKXDndvwXw5zHJjCcV5XcpSfSkA1JkctOc0UAn-Olfn2HXybg7F95nwpmOUpQSvIGWL-vcESVSHTz71Qb7XGci-EQbtKjMcYoz0Hg1OIY/s400/space+earth.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416407584406320482" /></a>Ric Vil Horihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816478748501059732noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286367135401533353.post-105881159646806712009-11-24T14:58:00.002+08:002009-11-24T15:01:39.922+08:00quote on Science and Human Phenomenonmy impromptu composition from a <a href="http://pinoyexchange.com/forums/showthread.php?p=39048726#post39048726">pinoyexchange</a> thread :)<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">"Subjectivity is the issue, a claim about objectivity can easily be used as excuse for subjective purpose by the motive of so called adherents, as evidenced by machinations of materialistic ideologies.<br /><br />Science in a philosophical viewpoint is far from subjective, rather it is relative to one's environment and of the Human phenomenon, being another facet of Truth.<br /><br />Science not having detached to the Human Phenomenon is not far from the essence of its Truth, but nearer."</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">-Ric Vil Hori</span>Ric Vil Horihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816478748501059732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286367135401533353.post-13767533980190371342009-07-12T23:05:00.003+08:002010-04-15T09:16:15.663+08:00Mother Nature gave me a gift!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Aj6vEwpSOyiHSky1_cCpS4lfGv4gddC7Be5HNOOFjwzgn6J20dJvn76eVdkPwaEATNifNfDr4qCG0euNDSWlNtUZwoe6J-AiLOpPNkkktUvoRb1u0FlvV-ecGacApmrCkFzp8IdCbsVF/s1600-h/swswt+news.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Aj6vEwpSOyiHSky1_cCpS4lfGv4gddC7Be5HNOOFjwzgn6J20dJvn76eVdkPwaEATNifNfDr4qCG0euNDSWlNtUZwoe6J-AiLOpPNkkktUvoRb1u0FlvV-ecGacApmrCkFzp8IdCbsVF/s320/swswt+news.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357571021657405570" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Today, Sunday, this afternoon after my illustration of a chick on a nest for our writers group's supplementary literary page was printed in a Davao newspaper, Mother Nature gave me a gift!<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_4md8h5vfYnSGkwDVakArgSinjx8m4u2yzkazl4Ve_HWbaHKhgoDjmkxMmZFC6qa6YkuwozcQupWz-HhOBzhsP2FSciF8FzBGtr8TjoD0gQxoc1MnapWUnn6tm4AUa8y8yPX5bUE3f9TO/s1600-h/swswt+1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_4md8h5vfYnSGkwDVakArgSinjx8m4u2yzkazl4Ve_HWbaHKhgoDjmkxMmZFC6qa6YkuwozcQupWz-HhOBzhsP2FSciF8FzBGtr8TjoD0gQxoc1MnapWUnn6tm4AUa8y8yPX5bUE3f9TO/s320/swswt+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357571726423389346" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />The awesome gift was just that, a newly fluttering chick I befriended that I perched right in my very hands! During those amazing, ethereal, infinite minutes, the chick allowed me to pick it up, it then flew somehow on my shoulder from which I perched it up again in my hands, and savored every second of these unforgettable moments!<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRpdk-0wYXz6XS7NgrTgvEk5Q4QmVf4RiYhpk2IO73RhcuMiARCp-W75zTnF1PiY8sie_zv-lqIjUQVXpSKQDPq_wXuGEHS9YS2-_rx1EEkARC_YV5vHmSZtQa3lqAZ0G8SWfrd_d0DQgJ/s1600-h/swswt+2.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRpdk-0wYXz6XS7NgrTgvEk5Q4QmVf4RiYhpk2IO73RhcuMiARCp-W75zTnF1PiY8sie_zv-lqIjUQVXpSKQDPq_wXuGEHS9YS2-_rx1EEkARC_YV5vHmSZtQa3lqAZ0G8SWfrd_d0DQgJ/s320/swswt+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357572183915275426" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />We gazed at each other, me acting elated and overwhelmed, and it acting curious, and as the afternoon sky finally loomed overhead, my friend chick chirped excitedly as if to translate, "hey it's really gonna be late, and I really hav'ta go!" and off my little friend flew, as butterflies suddenly appeared and fluttered everywhere.<br /><br />I'm gonna call my little feathery friend as Swswt! And haha, you have to whistle to pronounce it!<br /><br /><em>(I was listening to this music from a French internet radio station while blogging it, and even if I don't understand its lyrics, the language of music is universal and this did express the elation I felt during that awesome moment, so I decide to embed it too:)</em><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /><br /><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjGNDluuK2s">Je te donne -Jean Jacques Goldman</a><br /></span>Ric Vil Horihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816478748501059732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286367135401533353.post-59629747888520067632009-01-14T23:26:00.007+08:002009-01-15T12:44:25.259+08:00Mates<em>This is an excerpt from my sci-fi story eentitled Mates. It was published in a local daily (Sunstar Davao) last Sunday, 11 January courtesy of our writers' group advocating local literary works thru a one-page supplement named Dagmay. I intend to reveal the full story when I get to publish a small book compiling my other sci-fi compositions. It may also be found in http://dagmay.kom.ph. I re-edited this from the printed version:</em><br /><br /> MATES<br /> (excerpt)<br /><br /><br />They knew each other. From the moment they first laid eyes, he recognized her, and she him. Nothing would separate them; not even the war that had caused so much misery that brought their once magnificent civilization to its tragic downfall. Nothing would interfere with their bliss. They were soul mates.<br /><br />Together with fellow human survivors in the escape fleet, they fled the havoc wrought by their nemesis, the Banac’ans. Their home planet had been pierced through its very core, causing its horrendous destruction. With it, the civilizations, the lives they once knew, the whole planet itself, vanished from the face of the galaxy.<br /><br />Yet with the seething menace lurking in the vast shadows of space, the survivors could not tell when the enemy would strike again. Banac’an probes discovered their underground colony hidden in an obscure planet and a bloody skirmish ensued. Noble warriors sacrificed themselves and fought valiantly, desperately, just to buy the precious seconds that would allow their beloved kin to escape towards the starship carrier fleets and into the expanse of outer space.<br /><br />The Leadership assigned her to the communications sector of an escort starship cruiser; he, in turn, commanded one of the enormous carriers with its precious cargo of civilian survivors. Though the war had momentarily separated them, both remained grateful that the other was yet alive. They waited for the time when peace would finally return, so that they might be reunited once again. But hope remained elusive. The overshadowing darkness of the conflict still asserted its presence over their diminutive existence.<br /><br />The surviving fleet hid at a nearby solar system, positioning itself in between the aggregate belt of a ringed planet and a medium sized sun. The sudden enemy attack had left them ill-equipped to proceed with the original escape plan. They needed to amass enough energy to power a massive warp-space that could teleport the entire fleet. Already they had identified the coordinates of a distant star system, whose uncharted course could yet spell hope. With raw tachyon harvested from solar flares and hydrogen fuel from water accumulated from the ring aggregates, they hoped to recharge energies before the agile Banac’an probes could penetrate their lair.<br /><br />Then, a Banac’an probe capable of penetrating their stealth defense systems came threateningly close. In a last ditch effort, they launched a paralyzing web over the unmanned craft and bombarded it with frequency scramblers. It was futile but might still gain them time to prepare for hurried teleportation. Experience had taught them that destroying the probe instead hastened the enemy’s arrival. But the probe activated its own self-destruct mechanism: reacting against the suppressing mesh, its internals triggered an ignition. The exploding probe appalled the survivors as they braced to fight the indomitable foe to the death.<br /><br />First came the borers. Innumerable metal piercing abominations swarmed towards the fleet with swiftness capable of dodging the rapid shots of their defense turrets. Small enough to fit into passageways and air ducts, the borers were programmed to penetrate deep through a ship’s shield defense sector and annihilate any who stood their way.<br /><br />With much damage and casualties, some of the ill-fated ships succumbed with their shield defenses, leaving them vulnerable and at the mercy, if there were any, of the vicious enemy. In their very eyes they saw the huge but unshielded starship carriers that nestled their brethren ravaged by ruthless attacks from enemy fighter crafts as Banac’an battleships delivered the final blow with powerful death rays<br /><br />In the midst of the chaos she silently hoped that his ship survived the onslaught even as her fellow crew struggled to resist the overwhelming invasion. But that was not to be. The borers ultimately penetrated deep into his carrier and reached its shield sector. Death rays tore through the chambers of his ship. Inevitably, he signaled the alarm to abandon the carrier as crew and passengers scrambled towards available escape pods and vehicles.<br /><br />The countdown to open warp-space commenced. It will be a race for survival for the accumulated but inadequate energy could only accommodate a portion of their fleet. But true to the ideals of their once glorious civilization, the survivors stood firm. In the midst of widespread destruction, demonstrations of nobility, heroism and sacrifice ruled over the tense atmosphere. For the last time, families and friends comforted and strengthened each other.<br /><br />Over her wrist-held com-link he informed her that he had survived the destruction of his ship. With a hundred survivors, he managed to board an escape vehicle. They hoped to dock with the nearest intact ship but only debris seemed to surround them. He told her not to wait for him, that she must go on. He could only ask for her to survive, and nothing else.<br /><br />All inter-ship communications abruptly stopped. All remaining energy had to go to the teleportation procedures. With deep heaviness in her heart she proceeded with the task assigned to her as their ship braced for hyperdrive.<br /><br />At hyper speed, all the surviving and still functional battleships, cruisers, and carriers raced towards the warp-space portal. The survivors suddenly found themselves in another space; the distant stars shimmered, the deep darkness suddenly serene. A brief battle ensued as one of the enemy ships managed to trail behind them. It was promptly eliminated before the enemy could send the coordinates. Eerie calm again pervaded in the unfamiliar space.<br /><br />She called to him from her com-link. No answer. She tried all means of communication that the ship technology could provide, but still no answer. She cried, and the survivors with her.Ric Vil Horihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816478748501059732noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286367135401533353.post-66192145529525815212008-12-22T08:43:00.005+08:002008-12-22T08:51:08.328+08:00ConsciousnessI sometimes use the quote from my 'rocket's philosophy' that <span style="font-size:180%;"><strong>"Consciousness is the source of gravity."</strong><br /></span><br />But, from added observations and contemplations, I would like to add this, <span style="font-size:180%;"><strong>"But Consciousness wants out of it too."</strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong></span><br />I prefer to perceive the realm of Consciousness, as unbounded and from the realm of Pure Energy.<br /><br />Consistently with my views, Consciousness manifests life, and <em>Life is Pure Energy in its eloquent patterns</em>.Ric Vil Horihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816478748501059732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286367135401533353.post-18864117926855404422008-10-01T16:38:00.005+08:002008-12-22T08:52:42.797+08:00PURE ENERGY is the realm beyond...Now I recall one of my 'rocket's Theory' on the boundary of space-time and the realm beyond it:<br /><br /><em>Think beyond the box, my perspective beyond all the physical manifestation of space-time whether above or below the planet and all the stars and galaxies that you see is ultimately curved and bounded in this space-time fabric. I believe the Realm that extend beyond the boundaries of this space-time, is PURE ENERGY. It is with this PURE ENERGY that I perceive causes the vortices within the core of each and every object, from the tiniest atom to the largest galaxy found in the universe, and it is within this core that Gravity manifests. </em><br /><br />I posted it on the thread that I opened up at a local Davao-based website:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.davaosale.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=106207&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0">These Future technologies will soon exist</a>Ric Vil Horihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816478748501059732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286367135401533353.post-82159557371520385512008-09-25T20:41:00.003+08:002008-09-25T20:46:53.701+08:00these Future technologies will soon existHere are links shared to me by my inventor friend. His ideas are similar with the devices featured here:<br /><br /><strong><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvB3PiPBozU"><span style="font-size:130%;">No-Fuel Magnetic Motor</span></a></strong><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><br /><br /><a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=770563497668406528"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Gravity defying Machine</span></strong></a>Ric Vil Horihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816478748501059732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286367135401533353.post-56262867204544232962008-08-30T17:07:00.008+08:002008-08-30T19:01:41.501+08:00my paintingsHere are some of my paintings.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVh3-emno80J3Yn8nvysM6Ut6Q5JG-BrVR1baFLUOO5dTlmM9rdsKjzLKD2GQlJWJGudIxo3ytSaK_zZixD2FFUtIcYpqJTwdUjEIE2RDJUN6vITH9vlUpiapc5jHUK7HtuBJmZtvu-Qq_/s1600-h/Apo%252Bglimpse.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240236313711279058" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVh3-emno80J3Yn8nvysM6Ut6Q5JG-BrVR1baFLUOO5dTlmM9rdsKjzLKD2GQlJWJGudIxo3ytSaK_zZixD2FFUtIcYpqJTwdUjEIE2RDJUN6vITH9vlUpiapc5jHUK7HtuBJmZtvu-Qq_/s320/Apo%252Bglimpse.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><strong>Glimpse of Apo Cliffs</strong><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq_wBQOvdd-fUXnqtqn5rBvgpy9DnqAtzC-sVDZZKcrDWe1uFGRbMsZe8hU7KuF44d1cu4XAbr9eG_oT3zvLEgXLiI-pIxMcfahnwDoj7pQ4f6xPS178I0tbsEHKnmx1MCz5R2lkhjMaoB/s1600-h/Apo%252Bpath.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240236024424878178" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq_wBQOvdd-fUXnqtqn5rBvgpy9DnqAtzC-sVDZZKcrDWe1uFGRbMsZe8hU7KuF44d1cu4XAbr9eG_oT3zvLEgXLiI-pIxMcfahnwDoj7pQ4f6xPS178I0tbsEHKnmx1MCz5R2lkhjMaoB/s320/Apo%252Bpath.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><strong>Mountain Path (Mt. Apo)</strong><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Q6SzY_8Cvu25YSCPGwUGTyaOBA7SDqHuGUb-nxgQE1VqlyMsF-3LleL6Z3MgGIvCu9RofvOa9T_RJRR-0AHhSYLiU64U-_JYpdNJRBnEF9f7PY9I1Q8HLb1NqnrjwmfO3Otlr6AyAL6a/s1600-h/Like%2520river%2520it%2520flows%5B1%5D.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240235664033409986" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Q6SzY_8Cvu25YSCPGwUGTyaOBA7SDqHuGUb-nxgQE1VqlyMsF-3LleL6Z3MgGIvCu9RofvOa9T_RJRR-0AHhSYLiU64U-_JYpdNJRBnEF9f7PY9I1Q8HLb1NqnrjwmfO3Otlr6AyAL6a/s320/Like%2520river%2520it%2520flows%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><strong>Like River it Flows</strong><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj34Bnn8bVyyNTpm3ay7yuEQXnJeHZ1MDqLnvZhQcwBPKzy1xclKUxcIk6WAbRtUj2w0jA25-RaC0NOYBo_8fU0y8VsK3j3SfVbMgXqWexldZuz0JxQwTjZOemksvsGi9Ggs2IDgWmUIum6/s1600-h/River_ballad%5B1%5D.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240235382981314690" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj34Bnn8bVyyNTpm3ay7yuEQXnJeHZ1MDqLnvZhQcwBPKzy1xclKUxcIk6WAbRtUj2w0jA25-RaC0NOYBo_8fU0y8VsK3j3SfVbMgXqWexldZuz0JxQwTjZOemksvsGi9Ggs2IDgWmUIum6/s320/River_ballad%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><strong>River Ballad</strong>Ric Vil Horihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816478748501059732noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286367135401533353.post-38230701129130711032008-07-30T12:25:00.006+08:002008-07-30T13:50:43.543+08:00observing childrenHere's my observation on the phenomenon of Human resilience:<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">"Children like to play among ruins."</span></strong><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">- Ric Vil Hori</span>Ric Vil Horihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816478748501059732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286367135401533353.post-53182988538992193352008-07-03T22:45:00.006+08:002012-01-27T09:22:15.308+08:00measure<span style="font-size:180%;">"The measure of how deep one probes the past will determine how high one aims for the future."</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">-Ric Vil Hori</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span>Ric Vil Horihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816478748501059732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286367135401533353.post-56351293225021255462008-06-29T08:28:00.002+08:002008-06-29T08:32:29.075+08:00My comment to a discussion at pinoyexchange regarding a supposed phenomenon beyond this planet that may occur as 2012 approaches:<br /><em></em><br /><em>Being skeptical may be beneficial, but it remains to be seen whether one has enough discernment when amidst the hoaxes, the fragility of the truth would be noticed and preserved when the valuable moment finally comes. In this case, especially in this country with a naive people subliminally manipulated to servitude of their foreign masters seen or otherwise, so obviously glaring by name of country itself yet they do not even notice it, the lack of discernment could result to destroying and loosing certain fragile truths that such damage may be tragically wasted like pearl thrown to pig stye.</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>The issue does not rely whether you or I believed it or not when such mysteries in universe will always exist and extend and it will always be there in the great vastness that starkly contrasts myopic, narrowminded opinions like tiny irrelevant speck.</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>The issue is how one replies to the vastness of the yet to be seen, whether to be humbled, be discerning, vigilant, keeping an open mind, willing to learn in contrast to reactions that are closeminded so blinded by pathetic arrogance that amplify a hollow degree of contemptous ignorance.</em><br /><em></em><br /><a href="http://pinoyexchange.com/forums/showthread.php?p=27021420#post27021420">http://pinoyexchange.com/forums/showthread.php?p=27021420#post27021420</a>Ric Vil Horihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816478748501059732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286367135401533353.post-90923091963298564982008-06-20T18:00:00.011+08:002008-12-22T08:54:28.827+08:00my new quoteI composed a new quote today:<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">"Those who insist on seeking outside never found it inside." </span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">- Ric Vil Hori</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;"></span></strong><br />The insight came from my obervation of bigots.Ric Vil Horihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816478748501059732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286367135401533353.post-69942132225858459222008-06-10T08:20:00.003+08:002010-04-13T09:40:57.200+08:00MaharlikanI created another blogsite called <a href="http://maharlikan.blogspot.com">'Maharlikan'</a> with a nice caption about 'freeing oneself from national mediocrity.'<br /><br />Posted will be my musings, research and frustration at the state of cultural and historical drought of otherwise valuable sources of inspiration that any self-respecting country should have done.<br /><br />It continually amuses that with a population of more than 70 million, that majority seemed naive and unaffected that the country was obviously named to continually condition the Filipino psyche that they remain in colonial bondage with a foreign authority. And they wonder why this country is so messed up.<br /><br />Maharlika means a free person.Ric Vil Horihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816478748501059732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286367135401533353.post-6419003422945997512008-05-26T22:10:00.004+08:002008-05-26T22:21:13.654+08:00new Dagmay websiteDavao Writers Guild co-member Dominique recently created a website for our Dagmay literary project:<br /><br /><a href="http://dagmay.kom.ph/">http://dagmay.kom.ph/</a><br /><br />My works may be viewed at the <a href="http://dagmay.kom.ph/list-of-authors/">'Index of Authors'</a> link.<br /><br />Here is Dom's blogsite <a href="http://villageidiotsavant.blogspot.com/">"Sketches of a village idiot savant."</a><br /><br />Thanks Dom!Ric Vil Horihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816478748501059732noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286367135401533353.post-77643267372112221382008-05-18T17:24:00.003+08:002008-05-18T17:35:42.379+08:00DagmayLast April, I co-edited the Dagmay issues, a literary project sponsored by our local group, the Davao Writers Guild in coordination with the National Commission for Culture and the Arts and Sunstar Davao, a local daily newspaper in the city. The project encourages local writers to submit their works and have it published in the weekly one-page Sunday supplement.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxt9AhjPGcXmdXl2AylAok09AGo3EJcKP1AFcT6UFqg-m6D1Q1WjA4HZhCFXg46PwEqKv4UUDYVeQxxBzUQSdkeqr7qWuYnxCf4rLFL95mGj-TeNVojlXSM94zOCVSG8De06oSVu12I0Cs/s1600-h/Dagmay%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxt9AhjPGcXmdXl2AylAok09AGo3EJcKP1AFcT6UFqg-m6D1Q1WjA4HZhCFXg46PwEqKv4UUDYVeQxxBzUQSdkeqr7qWuYnxCf4rLFL95mGj-TeNVojlXSM94zOCVSG8De06oSVu12I0Cs/s320/Dagmay%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5201648105851777650" /></a><br /><br />I also did some of the illustrations.Ric Vil Horihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816478748501059732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286367135401533353.post-70797857618621174912008-05-15T21:54:00.011+08:002008-08-05T01:25:55.416+08:00perceived threat to China's materialistic communist regimeIt is intriguing that unlike the other communist states in the West, Communist China had managed to survive the tides of change. I surmised the crucial factor that caused the crumbling down of Western Communism was generally due to its materialistic based ideology. Materialism may be a practical tool, but I believe that elevating it into an institution would be an error.<br /><br />However, witnessing the atrocities committed by a materialistic government against the peaceful, noble people of Tibet only managed to expose its flaws. Tibetan history and culture, and its profoundly philosophical belief system spanning for centuries was firmed indomitable enough against threats implemented by an outside force and attempts at 'reimmersing' the Tibetan people. Like the Chinese culture, The Tibetan legacy withstood impressively for many centuries. The materialistc Chinese regime, which seemed to treat these noble souls of a noble country as if mere commodities and statistics for the communist machinery, only began in the early part of the 20th century.<br /><br />Materialistic communism in China may have managed to hold on despite the collapse of its counterparts in the West, but I analyze that there is, after all, a challenge strong enough to crumble one of the last bastions of materialistic ideology, for even this regime perceived it as the threat to its pedestal.<br /><br />The challenge shall be with Tibet. Tibet is a worthy catalyst for China to free itself from the bondage of a materialistic ideology and for China to once again achieve its greatness.Ric Vil Horihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816478748501059732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286367135401533353.post-41786239635065499682008-05-12T14:06:00.008+08:002008-08-05T01:22:00.873+08:00Tibet and BuddhismWith the events that recently occured in Tibet, these movies had somehow opened me up to the profound importance of that enchanting yet real place and the atrocities committed against them. The movies provide a glimpse of the profoundly high degree of philosophy that these noble people possess, transcending even beyond this secular world:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_cjkmYB6MA">Kundun</a><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghtml0Xk0M0">Little Buddha</a><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcD3yutwkWA&feature=PlayList&p=0CF5C51A24CDAC38&index=0">The Life of Buddha</a><br /><br />One of those that impressed me in the films were the animal 'actors' (of course the large snake in "The Life of Buddha" was a prop, I meant those real animals) and how 'well' the creatures played their part.<br /><br />(I discovered later that an Earthquake occured in China 12 May 2008)Ric Vil Horihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816478748501059732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286367135401533353.post-64556096591465507902008-04-06T12:02:00.008+08:002008-04-06T13:58:58.220+08:00Lost HorizonThe recent events occuring in Tibet made me recall the classic film "Lost Horizon."<br /><br />Actually, this film by Burt Bacharach (he is a gift to humanity) was my childhood frustration in which I could still remember up to now. We also had a vinyl record of it and my insistent demands had kept it playing most of the time. I even drew sketches of the palace copied from the record case. It was the early 70's and I was very, very young then. I watched with great enthusiasm as the movie was shown on TV. Then...a brownout occured!! Aaarggh!!<br /><br />Thanks to the youtube era I recently got a glimpse of this wonderful film, but only managed to get just that...glimpses (sigh).<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlE0Lb46rVE&feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlE0Lb46rVE&feature=related</a><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFGayvuO2Rw&feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFGayvuO2Rw&feature=related</a><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fp8vydLWGJk&feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fp8vydLWGJk&feature=related</a><br /><br />The recent outcry in Tibet manifests that the Human Spirit shall not be stifled in a box, not even by secular government.<br /><br />Hey, they made a replay on Star Wars, why not Lost Horizon?<br /><br />I want replay! I want replay!Ric Vil Horihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816478748501059732noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286367135401533353.post-56306281141000423732008-03-13T11:36:00.003+08:002008-03-13T15:02:00.640+08:00what is your opinion?Perhaps you may want to answer this question on Philippine education that I posted at answers.yahoo.com.<br /><br /><em>It seems that the state of education in this country, even among top schools was geared to teaching into making graduates as mere efficient commodities for the economic machinery, rather than teaching or encouraging students how to build this nation.The educational system seemed to disregard the value of Culture, Art, Literature in nation building so as to give it valuable 'soul '. That is why most Filipinos are not supportive of artworks or have no passion for reading, and are easily manipulated by crass commercialism or succumb to foreign interest. It seemed the educational system had failed on these.Do you agree or otherwise? What is your opinion?</em><br /><em></em><br />You can post your answers by clicking <a href="http://sg.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080310172126AA7S35Z&r=w">here</a>, or even at the comment section of this blog.Ric Vil Horihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816478748501059732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286367135401533353.post-33211213646092065202008-03-13T08:13:00.003+08:002008-03-17T02:24:08.002+08:00questions, answers, and stuffs they don't let you answerRecently, one of yahoo's services got my interest at <a href="http://answers.yahoo.com/my/my;_ylt=AvkuLcaU6c9aSBxlkqDgYGTpy6IX;_ylv=3">answers.yahoo.com</a>. Cool, so I began sharing answers ranging from dream interpretation to seemingly non-sensical "do you think monkeys are funny?" (to which I replied, 'if you find humans funny, then they are').<br /><br />Another dreamer had this 'nightmare' about witnessing a school shootout, hiding inside a closet with his girlfriend and them getting amorous, until he got shot eventually. I found the dream sequence shallow though and lacking in indepth symbols as the subconscious use as language, so I answered maybe he got too engrossed with violent films that profited much on his fears. He replied, excitedly, that he had always wanted to be a movie director! Strange though, the thread got deleted from my list.<br /><br />Then there's this question, "Are there any intelligent Americans left?", which was a poster's ranting about Bush signing the waterboarding (no, it's not a surfer's lingo) torture against Guantanamo prisoners.<br /><br />I posted this reply, and I believe my equally pis_ed-off American e-friends at a politics chatroom I frequented will agree with me regarding their decadent fellows:<br /><br /><em>I consider an American to be pathetically lacking in humane intellect if he/she:</em><br /><br /><em>- relies too much on puppet corporate media for information</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>- thinks Bush is the best president</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>- worships a money god as hypocrties do for their greed</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>- votes for politicians with the agenda for continuing the WAR economy</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>-thinks he/she is better than the rest of humanity just because he/she sucks better</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>-abhors organic food over chemical lazed junk foods.</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>-points to Asia in the map when asked where his/her country is located</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>- concludes that waterboarding is a surfer's lingo because he/she didn't bother to look at a search engine.</em><br /><br />Weird, but that controversial thread also got erased from the list.Ric Vil Horihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816478748501059732noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286367135401533353.post-3973279517062709102008-02-29T10:23:00.008+08:002008-02-29T10:36:20.131+08:00water for car fuelThis is the link of the Filipino who invented a device that uses water for car fuel. He was the one I referred to from my other blog <a href="http://ricvilhori.blogspot.com/2008/02/dream-car.html">'dream car'</a>. My inventor friend sent this link.<br /><br />The good thing about this video is that the inventor, Mr. Dingel was able to express his sentiment regarding the IMF-World Bank and the investors he encountered. Those phrases are something one can't hear from corporate media that featured him.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVhXrvCCILw">Water Car...Daniel Dingel</a>Ric Vil Horihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816478748501059732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286367135401533353.post-49723370687842735932008-02-28T09:17:00.006+08:002008-02-28T09:35:31.338+08:00tall hotel<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDJFw9t5tMNqARed_EBqwssO_JBO7-pRvlmnB2SEHwPjqJSesF6rYvK1F4dF4cI7rLzfJcO6XY394yUmDa7uMtJvIGufoTBDvH_DP0mUVG-q-bgRdNJEg85XeePSTLcQEM2bL2SHjze8wz/s1600-h/Marco_polo%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDJFw9t5tMNqARed_EBqwssO_JBO7-pRvlmnB2SEHwPjqJSesF6rYvK1F4dF4cI7rLzfJcO6XY394yUmDa7uMtJvIGufoTBDvH_DP0mUVG-q-bgRdNJEg85XeePSTLcQEM2bL2SHjze8wz/s320/Marco_polo%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5171834839616890786" /></a><br /><br />This giant 'hiding' behind the bushes is the city's tallest building. Although this hotel may seem midrise (18-storeys) compared to taller structures of major cities, it nevertheless stood up over most of them when it won the highest guest satifaction survey rating in all of its company's hotel chains in Asia.<br /><br />Oops, I'm supposed to post it at my <a href="http://anywheredavao.blogspot.com">anywhere davao</a> blogsite, but anyway will just link it up.Ric Vil Horihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816478748501059732noreply@blogger.com0