tiger text

for those who want to be super cautious with their text messages... here's one application for you. read it from a blog and as she has said, it is a technology product from tiger's scandal. heheh... decided to post it here also cause it's really quite interesting. now i just need to have a new phone .. :) i'm sure this app will not work with my 5110 :)

SEND TEXTS THAT DON'T LIVE FOREVER. MESSAGES ARE DELETED FROM BOTH USERS' PHONES. BE IN CONTROL OF THE RECORD YOU LEAVE. TRY TIGERTEXT FOR FREE.

Get it from appshopper.

how does tigertext work?
When you send a regular text message, the message is sent from your phone, routed through a server, and then delivered to the recipient’s phone. The message you send will live on the receiver’s phone until the recipient decides to delete it. The text message will also reside on the cell phone company’s server for an unlimited amount of time.

TigerText is different because, even though it looks and feels identical to a normal text message, the content of your message is never sent to the recipient’s phone and you control when the message is deleted from our server so you control the lifespan of the message!

how do i know if my messages are deleted?
Messages are displayed on both users (sender and receiver) phones until they are deleted from our server. All expired texts are cleared from our servers every minute of the day. Once you see the TigerText paws, you know your tracks have been covered and the message no longer stored anywhere.

what does "delete history" in setting
mean?
Some TigerText users really want to cover their tracks. Delete History will destroy the record of your conversation on your device once you exit the application. Thus, the next time you login there will no record of your ever having had a conversation on your device.

what happened if i send a message and it expires
before the recipient reads it?
The message is gone forever!

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insecure

why are some people always on the defense mode when being asked even by a very non-provocative, innocent question ?

they always make an issue that it is always about them. sus. they are so insecure about their work (or by not working or not knowing their job, for that matter).

a question answerable by a yes or no will get several paragraphs of explanation sounding them more guilty of a crime that they are not being accused of.

it was just a question. they always provide answers as if their capability in doing their job is being doubted. well, in fact, it's not. not yet, at least.
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seriously?

they are not taking me seriously when i expect them to be ...
and they are taking me too seriously when they should not be ...

the saddest part is they can't help themselves spurting out nasty comments.

what's wrong with these people?!
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an inconvenient truth in manila

al gore live in manila - sm prime

came across this while browsing the sm prime holdings site. i've seen the documentary in hbo(?) and i noticed there were also copies in the suking piratas. i don't know what's with the "updated asian version". it will be on 30 april, a week or so after the earth day. and a week or so before election day. i'm sure marami na namang politicos ang pupunta dito.
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my birthstones

so if i were to follow the lists i provided on my previous post (not the one the having all stones and wear the specific stones/s for the current month), i must have 5 stones ...

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the sapphire, which i really like eversince

from flickr, by hopechestjewelry

a peridot

from flickr, by awesomejewelry

agate

from flickr, by moonmystic

the cat's eye

from wikipedia

and the now popular moonstone (remember, bella's moonstone ring?

from flickr, by desiree desiree desiree

or i can have a ring like this and spread all my birthstones

from flickr, by anixijewelry

or have them stacked like this (peridot and blue topaz on this one) from flickr, by decadence_2artbar

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birthstones

i never thought i have different birthstones. from the start, i know that my birthstone is sapphire. and specifically, i feel that it is blue sapphire cause i like the color blue. when i did my research on birthstone (via wikipedia of course), i have 5 birthstones!

sapphire, from the natural sapphire company

(contents are from wikipedia, summarized and edited for the purpose of this blog entry)

history of birthstones

the first century jewish historian josephus proclaimed a connection between the twelve stones in aaron's breastplate, the twelve months of the year and the twelve signs of the zodiac.

the precise list of birthstones can be found in Revelation 21:19-20 where the foundation stones of the new Jerusalem are listed, in the order of the Roman calendar.

the custom of actually wearing birthstones first gained popularity in Poland in the fifteenth century. tradition suggested everyone wear the birthstone for each month, since the powers of the gemstone were heightened during its month.

for the fullest effect, individuals needed to own an entire set of twelve gemstones and rotate them monthly.

traditional birthstones
often combined with modern birthstone lists, traditional birthstones are older society-based birthstones. since many different cultures had their own list, jewelers' lists are often inconsistent over what constitutes a traditional birthstone.

january : garnet

february : amethyst

march : bloostone, jasper

april : diamond, sapphire

may : emerald, agate

june : alexandrite, emerald

july : ruby, onyx

august : sardonyx, carnelian

september : sapphire, peridot

october : tourmaline, aquamarine

november : citrine, topaz

december : zircon, ruby

modern birthstones
In 1912, in an effort to standardize them, the american national association of jewelers, jewelers of america, officially adopted a list, shown in the "modern" column in the table below. it is currently the most widely used list in the USA and many other locations.

january : garnet
february : amethyst
march : aquamarine
april : diamond
may : emerald
june : moonstone, pearl
july : ruby
august : peridot
september : sapphire
october : tourmaline, opal
november : citrine, topaz
december : turquoise, blue topaz

mystical birthstones
are of tibetan origin and date back over a thousand years.

january : emerald

february : bloostone

march : jade

april : opal

may : sapphire

june : moonstone

july : ruby

august : diamond

september : agate

october : jasper

november : pearl

december : onyx

ayurvedic birthstones
the ayurvedic birthstone list is from the ancient indian medicine and philosophy dating back to ancient india (1500 BC).

january : garnet

february : amethyst

march : bloostone

april : diamond

may : agate

june : pearl

july : ruby

august : sapphire

september : moonstone

october : opal

november : topaz

december : ruby

by signs of zodiac
early civilizations such as india and babylon have attributed gemstones with magical properties. over time, astrologers assigned gems of certain colors to the twelve signs of the zodiac to help people influence the planets in their favor.

aquarius : january 20 - february 19 : garnet

pisces : february 20 - march 20 : amethyst

aries : march 21 - april 19 : bloodstone

taurus : april 20 - mary 20 : sapphire

gemini : may 21 - june 20 : agate

cancer : june 21 - july 22 : emerald

leo : july 23 - august 22 : onyx

virgo : august 23 - september 22 : saphhire

libra : september 23 - october 22 : peridot

scorpio : october 23 - november 21 : beryl

sagittarius : november 22 - december 21 : topaz

capricorn : december 22 - january 19 : ruby

birthday stones
while this word has also been used as synonym of birth stone, this is a separate list of assignment according to the day of the week of birth:

monday : pearl

tuesday : garnet

wednesday : cymophane (cat's eye chrysoberyl)

thursday : emerald

friday : topaz
saturday : sapphire

sunday : ruby

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the avatar is aang, aang is the avatar

when i heard about the movie avatar, i thought this is about aang, the cartoon series that our family watches in nickelodeon. was surprised that it was another avatar.

i've watched the other avatar and i like the nickelodeon's avatar more. really. good news is aang's movie is now coming to theaters this july! woohoo!!! we'll watch it. i hope aquim will be allowed to watch it. it's not titled avatar though, movie rights rules, i supposed. it is titled "the last air bender".

aang, from wikipedia

if you're not familiar with aang, the avatar, the last air bender (official nick website) , let me give you some background. there were 4 nations in the planet: air, water, earth and fire. in each nation, there are gifted members called benders. benders are people who have the gift to control the element of their nation.

aang is a monk that belongs to the air nomads. he is an air bender. i wasn't sure how it has been decided or how it has happened but aang happens to be the avatar. an avatar is the only human being that is able to master the 4 elements and is said to bring balance between the 4 nations.

aang was 12 years old but was preserved inside an iceberg for 100 years (making him 112 years old, technically). thus when he "woke up", the world is now being ruled by the fire lord (and fire nation) and that all air benders are now vanished. hence the subtitle, the last air bender.

the story has 3 seasons or 3 books, water, earth and fire. i've watched books 1 & 2, but i'm not sure if it is complete though hehehe deebeedee kasi and we seldom catch it on nick. but it's fun. i've seen the last air bender's movie trailer and i have a feeling that it is serious movie, a bit different from the nick version that is light and comical.

here's the movie version of aang (from wikipedia, still).

the official website of the movie http://www.thelastairbendermovie.com/.

for the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9W1dhqc-JBs (don't know how to post youtube videos here).

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