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I was watching a documentary today from BBC about Einstein’s life and his works. The documentary is entitled Einstein’s Unifinished Symphony. Einstein was able to unify the relationship between mass and energy in his formula E=MC2, and this paved way for harnessing nuclear energy, among other applications. Aside from unifying mass and energy, he also attempted to unify gravity with the subatomic forces, and he spent the last 30 years of his life trying to solve that. He was not able to finish the equation though, but it had me up my toes in anticipation. That would be really cool if someone could do that. Although I’m not really so well-versed in such matters–I’m not so good with computations–but it’s really an interesting subject for me. I admire Einstein for his perseverance in trying to answer those questions and to satisfy his curiosity.

ShopWiki is an online store where you can buy your favorite items. However, it is not just any normal e-commerce website. ShopWiki revolutionizes online shopping by allowing you to compare items from multiple stores! Unlike other online shopping centers, ShopWiki features ALL the items it can find on the internet and not just those that advertisers pay for. In a way, it is acting like a search engine like Google, Yahoo, or MSN, but ShopWiki is designed more for shopping online.

Anyway, I’ve checked out their desktop computers section for the latest and cheapest equipment I could find, and I’m quite pleased with the price ranges and the quality of the products. Their laptops are not so bad at all. But I guess that’s to be expected since they are relying on countless stores on the internet! ShopWiki is like the haven for techies who want to purchase computer peripherals and accessories.

Oh boy, and look at these cool Alienware Desktop Computers that are way out of this world. And the price for the specs are not so bad at all. In fact, I’m finding that it’s an intelligent choice to rely on their product search engine to shop a well-informed customer.

Well, what else can I say but check out ShopWiki.com. It’s a great site and its search engine loads fast and brings up the things I’m actually searching for pretty actually. The design is also light and clean, which I really favor over other sites that try to bomb me with information whenever I’m trying to shop online.

I’m recalling the words from one of my personal heroes, Murlidhar Devidas Amte from India. He established communities for lepers, orphans, and differently-abled individuals. But these communities were not for charity, because in these communities the people each have their own work to do and everyone is given a chance to contribute to society. Charity will only lead to self-pity, but work will lead to a sense of purpose, belongingness, and self-respect. This is what Amte believed.

Although I’m not really against charity, I believe that Amte’s words are just. My stand on charity and the idea that we shouldn’t give the man fish, but teach him how to fish, is that not everyone of us has the capacitty to “teach a man how to fish”, that is, to give him work. Charity is okay, because until that time that we can provide the man work and teach him how to fish, we have to help keep him alive. What’s the point of rambling about “teaching him how to fish” and thus withholding from him a couple of coins when he might not survive tomorrow if everyone of us did that?

Anyway, I felt quite good that despite not being paid yet for the work that we do, we are helping to employ people in our job. That’s one of the things that gives me strength amidst the challenges that come in the business.

People feel good sharing about themselves, their dreams, aspirations, and thoughts. This is why I try to begin sessions of training seminars or classes by allowing the students or participants to introduce themselves and share something about themselves. This helps to lift the mood in the room and it allows them to be less stiff and less self-conscious. This works both ways, not only for them, but for me. It’s easier to talk to people once you realize that they, too, are living, feeling, breathing humans.

Though, honestly, today the participants are quite young–in the high school and elementary school level. It’s a totally different atmosphere from when working with adults and teens. There is more laughter, more surprise, and it’s refreshing to teach them!

I’m really looking forward for the next episodes of the following ongoing anime.

K-ON – an anime about a music (band) club in highschool.The anime is light, funny, and cute.

Higashi no Eden – an anime in a future setting about Selecao’s, people selected to save Japan.

Devil May Cry – a really cool anime about Dante, who hunts demons using his double barreta and a huge sword.

One Piece - now on the 400th plus episode. It’s ana nime about pirates chasing after the greatest treasure in the world–One Piece.