Anger

Yes! Indeed I committed a crime

I killed him with my own hands

These stains of blood are proofs

Alas! I killed him with my own hands!

The blood rushes as my heart beat

It was the glory of once soul that I feel

Satisfaction! Death in my hands!

I made it. I killed him with my own hands!

Have I not been hauled by my conscience?

Yes, I have, but the glory of my soul

I feel worthy of doing such action

Joyous! I killed him with my own hands!

And what has driven me to such action?

It’s the fierce in my heart

That flaming fury of my eyes

Success! I killed him with my own hands!

Now that I made my revenge,

Let this death be my judgment.

Alas…I made it joyous and successful!

I killed him with my own hands!

And now I have to end my life.

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Exploring the other side of me

These past few weeks, my blog have been completely dead. No updates, no posts, nothing! I was just passing a very depressive and unstable state of uncertainty asking myself if I am worthy of the miseries I am experiencing right now. But as days passed, my eagerness to extrapolate the skills of my scribe alter ego was getting me into a decision of having my upcoming posts to present literary works of my own.

For the coming weeks, I’ll be posting a series of poems called The ABC of Life. The said compilation, as you may call it, will be covering different aspects of a man as he travel in his journey in the sphere called earth. I am expecting that I’ll be able to have variety of styles to incorporate on my poems.

I am not that good in writing poems and I don’t have proper literary training. Still, I am proud to say that the upcoming articles are the expressions of my soul. They are not perfect; they are merely contemplating my thoughts. I have nothing too much to offer you. The aforementioned is completely a group of messy and rubbish thoughts from my little mind.

So much with the talk, I still have to prepare my first poem for this compilation. Rest assured that I will do my best to make it worth your time. Remember, it’s not the in the looks, not in the achievements, not in the glamour; it’s the name, Alfore, which will make the legend.

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Facebook app pages serve up Javascript and Acai Berry spam

Alert to my Facebook Pals!

There's a nasty round of Facebook app pages dabbling in Javascript shenanigans to spam Acai Berry diet pages on your profile walls. Simply visiting these pages while logged in is enough to post some spam, most of the pages involved promising (surprise, surprise) a video to watch:



If you try to navigate away from the above app page, a message will pop up claiming you're about to "corrupt the Flash install". Total nonsense, but it's just enough to result in something like the below being posted to your profile:



"I am living proof that this works", claims the "facebook sponsored weight loss product". No sign of anyone yelling "Beefcake, Beefcake" but let's dispense with the South Park references and see where the spam link leads to:



Oh look, a fake news site touting logos from various news sources. Needless to say, you don't want to be handing over any money for the above. Though the code in the below screenshot may look like a load of tech related jibber-jabber, you can still see many pieces of text used for the various spam messages:

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Spam messages will also be sent out in both wall postings and facebook chat that look like this:

"Hey, What the hell are you doing in this video? Is this dancing or what?? Bahahah"

You can see that in the above screenshot, too (look near the bottom of the code). If you don't want to strain your eyes, here it is in action:



There appears to be one main domain for this, franebook(dot)com (although it's currently serving up 404 errors) and many of the related application pages also appear to have been taken down by facebook. apps(dot)facebook(dot)com/bergamoleyra/ and apps(dot)facebook(dot)com/hellenismkpmga/ are both giving "page not found" messages, although there seems to be a number of app pages still live and redirecting to the Acai berry spam sites.

As always, be careful what you're clicking on in facebook - random messages promising junk will usually give you just that (and perhaps a little more besides).

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Tech Gap in PH Public Schools

The educational system of the Republic of the Philippines is a cluttered one. Besides the crowded rooms, the limited books, and the obsolete curriculum, our schools are faced with numerous unsolved problems which need immediate solutions. Our nation is a home to great minds, but with the absence of a good educational system, our hope might as well go fade away.

It is not hidden to our naked eyes that schools in our nation are not at paced with the technological advancement that other academic institutions abroad are experiencing. Our schools are home to second-hand outdated computers. We lack e-learning facilities. A large fraction of schools don’t even have laboratories and if they do, the ratio of computers to students might go higher than one is to fifty.

We keep on claiming that we are becoming the technological hub of the ASEAN with our fast growing costumer support industry, our skilled and talented coders, and our growing number of IT workers. Now, it is really ironic that we are declaring such a glamorous name when we cannot offer our elementary and high school students quality education specially in field of Information and Communication Technology.

What I see right now is that our officials are not that interested with regards to educational reforms. They are more interested in publicly displaying their capabilities of interrogating criminals and witnesses on the plenary hall when issues like corruption, killings and scandals surface but not in passing resolutions for the development of our educational system. One can even deduce that they are not interested with issues regarding our school because they are less publicized.

This is one of the primary reasons why we have not moved as a nation. We have always been behind when we talk of technological and educational development. Yes, we have world champions in academics, but these champions are products of private schools where mentoring is way better as compared to much of our public high schools. Face it, when you are in the Philippines, you can only have a good education if you are capable of spending more than a common Filipino can afford.

Technological gap in our classrooms and schools in the past few years have been slowly addressed with the aid of our NGO’s and generous individuals who believes in the importance of technology in making our students equally competitive in the field of computer science. I believe that our financial need to meet this gap is not that big as compared to what have been stolen by our corrupt officials. We can still go on track and join in the race if we start now. We may not go as far as other nations can but at least let’s not get lost in the trail of the modern era of computers science.

This is the challenge that we must impose to our government. Make our educational system better by addressing concerns in the field of ICT. Give our students the equal opportunity other nations are giving to their young ones in this fast growing field. Let us drive our nation towards the road of Information Superhighway!

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The Amazing Restaurant Called Life

You can visit it once, but you can never be back!

There was this restaurant named Life. With their glittering plates, sparkling glasses and exquisite service to offer, a lot of people have gone through this small restaurant. Everybody come to this establishment not knowing what will be served to them. And much to the dismay of most costumers, only a few were offered with a good menu. One time a customer visiting this bistro was served with a dish of wealth, a glass of fame and a big bowl of luxury while at the same time someone on the table was a client that isn’t happy to what was served to him. Who would be if the main course is a dish of problems placed in a rusty plate, a small plastic cup with misfortune for the drink, and a salad of thorns for the dessert?

A lot of stories were written about this restaurant, events inside are happening in ways you can’t ever imagine. One time a person was served with victory as an appetizer but the main course was failures. This man was not able to finish his entire meal. He took one of the knives and stabbed his own chest while eating the main course. Funny things are happening in here too. Once, a young lady that was so ambitious was served with the opportunity of eating gold beside this dirty old man if she agrees to marry this man whom she have known just for a day. What was funny was that on the day of their marriage the old man died and the young lady was left with a big chunk of gold. Having eaten too much and thinking that she still have a lot. She kept on sharing this to opportunistic people together with her on the same table. But before she realizes it, she was left with nothing but a small bite of dust. Having no food to eat, she died poor and hungry.

The fact is that every costumer in this restaurant is served with a unique menu. Some are budget meals, others are so expensive, a few are priceless and most are cheap. But everyone is given the chance to change the food they are eating. That is if they are ready to work for it and to fight for it that was served to another costumer. Some consumer even share their food and are generously giving to people who are less privilege and are eating the cheap ones. Another interesting fact, these menus are flexible also. You may be served with a bottle of Joy or another bottle but of sadness the choice is yours. Then again, what is mostly unacceptable is the fact that others are given the good menu without striving for them while some needs to struggle just to eat better food.

As you can see, this restaurant can offer everybody an assortment. The gourmet may be delightful and appealing or it may be the worst and full of bitterness. But it is up to you, if you are willing to eat bad food for the rest of your meal. We can’t avoid the fact that some are given better food while others are given awful menus. Remember one thing, what ever is given to you, be thankful to the chef.

By the way, this article was written by someone who is still eating inside this bistro and everything he has told you is completely true. He was even served not the best menu, just a fine one. Nevertheless, he is satisfied and pleased.

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