The Philippine FSO Exam and Five Golden Tips to Help Pass It
So, you want to be a diplomat? The Philippine Foreign Service Officers Examination, or “FSO Exam” for short, is the exam you have to pass if you want to be Continue Reading
Interview on being a Philippine Consul
I was just sent an e-mail interview by a first year law student from Ateneo de Manila University which asked about my work as a Philippine consul. Since I have Continue Reading
Holy Smokes! It Works! How connecting to my wifi network with my iPhone 5 taught me a life lesson
HOLY SMOKES!!! It works!!!! Out of desperation I googled “why can’t I find my wifi network on my iPhone?” The top result was a forum which suggested I just try Continue Reading
10% Human: How Microbes Your Body’s Microbes Hold The Key to Health and Happiness
I picked this book 10% Human: How Microbes Your Body’s Microbes Hold The Key to Health and Happiness by Alanna Collen a science writer with a master’s degree in biology Continue Reading
The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal
How different is man from our closest ancestors? How much do we have in common? Is man really no more than hairless primate that has learned to walk on two Continue Reading
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
The book Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond is becoming increasingly relevant in today’s world, because its growing scars of environmental damage. In his book Continue Reading
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Society
I found out about this book from one of my older brothers. I think I was still in my early teen when he told me about this book and it Continue Reading
Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World
How did the languages we come to speak to day evolve? Where did they come from? Why have some languages flourish, while countless other vanished with out a trace and Continue Reading
The Language Instinct
Do babies really have an innate ability to absorb language? Is language learned from blank slate or do we have a blueprint of language in our brains? Can adults learn Continue Reading
The Selfish Gene
No book has fundamentally changed the way I see biological life more than The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins. Since I am an avid consumer of non-fiction books, I usually lean Continue Reading