September 28, 2006 – 9:02 pm
In a bid to redeem the sullied integrity of the country’s nursing profession and the professional licensure examinations, President Arroyo has ordered a retake of the June 2006 nursing tests which were earlier marred by leakage. Read the news. (Update: Nevermind reading—
September 27, 2006 – 12:33 am
The third game of twelve ended in a draw after Black’s 38th move, with Topalov playing the black pieces. Now it’s 2.5 to 0.5 in favor of Kramnik, and my starbucks is at stake….hehe PGN of the game follows:
September 24, 2006 – 8:07 pm
Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic Calendar, which each month begins with the sighting of the new moon. Basically, Ramadan is one whole month. Muslims believe that during the month of Ramadan, Allah revealed the first verses of the Qur’an,—
September 22, 2006 – 4:35 pm
After 13 years of schism in the world chess arena, they finally settled for a reunification of the two titles. FIDE champion Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria is staged to face PCA champ Vladimir Kramnik of Russia starting tomorrow, September 23, 2006, in—
September 22, 2006 – 3:05 am
On his lecture last September 12, 2006 regarding “Faith, Reason and the University” in the University of Regensburg, where he was formerly a professor, Pope Benedict XVI quoted the opinion of Byzantine Emperor Manuel II Palaiologos, saying: Show me just what Muhammad—
September 2, 2006 – 12:25 am
We arrived at the Doha International Airport at 11:20 (Doha time) in the morning of August 31, 2006. The temperature was particularly hot, at around 40 degrees centigrade. We are yet to report to the Ernst & Young Office on Monday, September—
