Someone who proved many wrong.

This story baffled me over and over again, so I want to relay it to you.  This is the story of a regular Finnish man : Simo Hayha.

He was born on 1925, in Finland. He was just a hunter, killing prey to support his family through harsh winters.

Then in 1939, the Winter War broke out. The Russians stormed into Finland, killing many civilians. The Finnish, outnumbered 2 to 1 lost quickly. Many of them gave up, except for our guy. He began his duty as a sniper. He fought in "Kollaa River", in temperature between -40 to -20 degrees Celsius in completely white camouflage. White reflects the light coming from the sun, so he doesn't absorb as much heat as his fellow soldiers. But this caused him to be invisible. Everyday, the Finnish snipers would have to "account" how many they killed each day,and Simo reached a whooping 5 per day. That means he killed a total of 505 soldiers in his service.

His main armament was a hunting rifle. The same he used hunting deer and wolves. He didn't use a sniper scope, preferring "iron sights" because the glare coming from the reflection coming from the sun to the scope could give away his position.

He was nicknamed the White Death by the Russians, and they tried so many times to kill him. They tried counter-snipers and even artillery strikes. They had their soldiers walk in giant lines through forests to try to find him. On March 6, 1940 he got shot in the head. He did not die, but half his head was missing. They let him retire, but he still decided to fight for his country. After the war, he hunted deer with the Finnish president. He died in 1998, and when asked if he regretted killing all those people, he just said: They were threatening my country, I only did my duty.

Even after getting shot, he still fought for his country. And when others gave up, he still fought. That is a true soldier.

Requirements Everywhere!

I have to do a Drafting Project by the end of the week, and I have several long tests in between. Right after that, we have our Periodic Exams! But after that, we have a gimmick to Eastwood, so that is something I can look forward to after this "hell week". =))))

Some funny horse trivia:

1.) An average horse weighs nearly one-half of a ton, and its brain is just the size of a potato!
2.) A horse poops about 12 times a day
3.) Horses don't throw up (or sideways?)
4.) Most of the time, horse point the ears when they are looking.
5.)  Horses lock their muscles in their legs when they go to sleep, so that they can sleep standing up and not fall over!
6.) A horse's hoof is analogous to the human fingernail, so technically, horses stand on their middle fingers!

http://www.dressageart.com/horsefacts1.htm

Time Budgeting Tips

Too much HW, too little time. Or I just spent that time sleeping. I have to learn how to budget my time more wisely, and spend all of it doing something productive.

Somethings I thought of that would help budget time.

1.) Keep time limits in everything you do which is not important.
2.) Savour every minute you spend with friends or family
3.) Do school work first, then talent building (piano or sports), then leisure stuff last.
4.) Spend enough time building your talents because now that we are young is the best time to develop them!
5.) Don't waste time. Every minute is important.

Remember! Every minute could be your last!

Following a Banana and a Bicolano, help us, this is our project. =)))
http://thetalkativebanana.blogspot.com/
http://napakagayungbicol.blogspot.com/

Treasure your lives! =)))

I saw a theory on the internet, The Vacuum Menstability/Instability Effect.


They say that the universe is a giant bubble, and that the pressure from all the mass in the universe (ever growing) is causing stress to that bubble.

And at any minute, that stress could be too much, and that bubble would pop.

This would cause everything, and I mean EVERYTHING in the universe would pop out of existence.

This is just a theory, many don't believe, but it made me shudder. And then I realized there are many things that could end all of our lives at this very second.

So the lesson here is to treasure every second of our lives because it could be our last. And that waking up everyday is a miracle. =))

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_vacuum

I'm here, grazing in the fields in ComSci. Have to make a blog, so I made this. Neigh. =))))))