Friday, December 30, 2011

Heartbeat

Soon after finding the largest black hole, NASA found another black hole, but it is the tiniest one and with a heart beat.

A NASA satellite has detected what astronomers said was a "heartbeat" of what could be the smallest known black hole.  A team of astronomers identified a specific X-ray pattern, nicknamed a "heartbeat", that indicates that a black hole is present in a binary system with the ordinary star. The "heartbeat" pattern is caused by the regular cycles of matter accumulated into the black hole from its neighbouring star. 

The system is located in the direction of the constellation Scorpius, but its distance is not well established. It could be as close as 16,000 light-years or more than 65,000 light-years away.
It is only fitting to remember the late Buddy Holly,   Written by Bob Montgomery and Norman Petty, “Heartbeat” was the last Buddy Holly single to be released during his lifetime.  He died in a plane crash on February 3, 1959, along with Ritchie Valens, and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson.
Heartbeat - why do you miss when my baby kisses me
heartbeat - why does a love kiss stay in my memory
Piddle dee pat - I know that new love thrills me
I know that true love will be
Heartbeat - why do you miss when my baby kisses me
Heartbeat - why do you skip when my baby's lips meet mine
heartbeat - why do you flip then give me a skip beat sign
Piddle dee pat - and sing to me love stories
and bring to me love’s glories
Heartbeat - why do you miss when my baby kisses me

Thursday, December 22, 2011

A Bag of Goodies

A bag of goodies for Christmas would contain several items good for Noche Buena.  Traditionally it will include, a bottle of wine, whiskey or brandy, a loaf of fruitcake, a ball of queso de bola  and a leg of ham.  Other items like pasta, a can of fruit cocktail, and some candies are stuffed into the bag.


A bandejado of chinese ham and another of marca piña and hot tsokolate E is indeed very Filipino.  Levi Celerio captures the festive mood of  Filipino Christmas Eve. 


Kay sigla ng gabi
Ang lahat ay kay saya
Nagluto ang Ate ng manok na tinola
Sa bahay ng Kuya ay mayro'ng litsonan pa
Ang bawat tahanan may handang iba't iba

Tayo na giliw
Magsalo na tayo
Mayro'n na tayong
Tinapay at keso
Di ba Noche Buena
Sa gabing ito
At bukas ay araw ng Pasko*


 *NOCHE BUENA: Felipe de Leon - Levi Celerio



Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Love's Been Good To Me

I have been a rover
I have walked alone
Hiked a hundred highways
Never found a home
Still in all I'm happy
The reason is, you see
Once in a while along the way
Love's been good to me


Written by Rod McKuen and sang by Frank Sinatra, the rover "Curiosity" will be landing in Mars sometime August 2012. The Curiosity's mission is to  see whether cold, dry, barren Mars might have been or is still hospitable for microbial life. No way of detecting life is on board; rather, the instruments will hunt for organic compounds.