what is para-di-chlorobenzene?

the rain started pouring when i'm on my way home after a visit to my girl's house. too bad because i intend to walk and feel the good weather. 

i pulled my wallet and found out that i have 20 pesos - too big for a tryke ride. so, i went back to mercury drug and started to roam around - look for something cheap to buy to have a change. my feet brought me to para-di-chlorobenzene. so what's para-di-chlorobenze? i am a chemical engineer and knows this organic substance very well.

para-di-cholorobenzene is one of the three forms of di-chlorobenze - other two are meta-di-chlorobenzene and ortho-di-chlorobenzene. in terms of molecular weight, they are all the same. but in terms of stability, halides (common organic term for halogens like chlorine and bromine) are electron withdrawing group (EWG) but tend to directs the second halide into an ortho or para position.

picture of para-di-chlorobenzene from here.

so what am i talking about? everything on earth tends to look for a place or state which has the lowest energy level. so as these reactions. people thought that these elements/chemicals are just irritants. but most often than not, they make our lives more comfortable. we just tend to overuse them. you can see more details in aromatic reactivity and electrophilic aromatic substitution.

anyways, what's this para-di-chlorobenzene? if you buy albatross, try to read the label. they are now used to replace the traditional naphthalene. 

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RH Bill: my stand, my thoughts v2

here's the second part of my point on RH Bill. 

d. controlling the population is controlling the economy. i am not here to discuss the implications of controlling the population but my stand here is simple - controlling the population will not solve the issue on poverty. in fact, of all arguments made by pro-RH peeps, this is where (i think) i appreciate much. population is really growing and so as the poverty level. but, what we need is political will from our beloved politicians. we need someone who can turn the tides. please allow me to quote on this from former manila mayor lito atienza - 

"Population control and the size of the family are not the problems. Good governance is the challenge. Spending so much time and effort to cause a reduction, and to intrude in the life of families will merely destroy the values - primary of which is the valuing of life - which will merly serve as a band-aid solution.". 

lito atienza may not be the best person to discuss about good governance but i think he pretty hit my mind. also, i quote again - 

"Population control damages people's thinking by permanently accepting the distorted notion that pregnancy is a problem to be avoided. Materialism has overtaken values in today's world. The young are taught that they can engage in sex as long as they do not get pregnant. This is exactly the unwritten message, the signal if you will, of the RH bill you are supporting."

i love kuya kim but not his father. lol. but i think his statement gave me a pretty good impression that he has his values in tight. it is true that materialism has overtaken values in today's world. for me, it's like you don't want to bring another baby a chance to live simply because you wanted to buy your growing kid - iPad, iPod, hi tech television, etc. these modern day technology is just to remind everyone that our world is a lot better now than 50 years ago and not to engage ourselves to such. i can give a lot of examples but it won't fit here. =) . you can read the open letter of former mayor lito atienza here. 

e. talking about sex. just like any other filipino families, i grew up basically in a family where talking about sex is a big "NO-NO". actually, it is my environment who taught me about it. it's the older people - not my parents. this practically lead to a great disaster - misconception about sex. my environment showed me that sex is synonymous to acceptance. you need to have sex so you are in. this misconception made a monster inside me - until now, i am still in war against this monster.

a few weeks ago, a friend is asking if having pre-marital sex is unacceptable and immoral? and who's fault is it if someone got involved into it? it's good that the question wasn't directed to me. =) . reality sucks but it should unfold naturally. having pre-marital sex is immoral and unacceptable to catholic church because it should be done within the boundary of marriage. one man loving a woman. who's fault is it if someone was put in that situation? no ones fault is it. it is still a choice if you wanted to have sex. you should not be condemned. but one should think that virginity is the best gift that you could ever give to the person you love. will i hate my girl if she's no longer a virgin? no. virginity is the best gift but there are a lot of other things that you could offer. are you immoral if you had sex with someone with your boyfriend/girlfriend even if you love each other so much? yes, you are. but important thing here is, Jesus is willing to forgive you from all of your sin because He loves you so much. 

f. responsible parenthood is the answer. last state of the nation address, pnoy mentioned something about responsible parenthood. yes i agree with it. but people say that this pnoy's way of being a responsible parent is educating people that they have access to family planning - throught IUD, condoms and etc.

one thing that pnoy and i had in common is that we do not have family of our own. we're both single men oozing with ideas to make this country a better place to live. but we have different perspective of what responsible parenthood is. and it will be summarized in this post >>

picture is from here. 

every year, we have convivence in neo-catechumenal way. and last year, we talked about sex, chastity and parent's responsibility over it. allow me to quote a part of the manuscript >>

...i already presented a document of the pontifical council for the family on sexual education. it is said in the introduction to this book as help to the parents that...

among the several difficulties that the parents have today is certainly that of offering the children an adequate preparations to the adult life, in particular for what concerns the education to the true significance of sexuality. 

in the past, the family would not be able to provide an explicit sexual education, because the general culture was helping and was objectively helpful in protecting to keep chastity, etc.

the school, then, often replacing the family, gives more information then formation. sometimes it is given a deformation rather than formation.

it is very urgent that the parents have the right-duty of transmitting them a healthy sexual education.

thus, responsible parenthood is the key to population growth. but, do parents really know that they have these responsibilities? i don't think so. how many of us have parents who taught us about sex? i can only count a few people - not even 10.

six points. i hope that i can convince you that RH Bill will really kill people. let's fight against RH Bill.

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eucharist will be eucharist

eucharist will be eucharist. every night is a night to remember. every celebration is a conversation to cherish. for the past two saturdays celebrating the eucharist, i should say that the priests rock! father glen and father migz were really great in delivering their sermons/homilies. 

father glen. august 25 eucharist is more than like a eucharist. it's a conversation with God which tells us what love and marriage is all about. it's so funny because a lot of people shared about the readings. one particular thing that struck me is the second reading from ephesians 5: 21 - 32. you can read it here - its in tagalog because i am a tagalog. =) . 

in the reading, it talks about submission - not just the wives/women to their husbands/men but vice versa. father glen talks about this submission by giving an example about a "may-december" love affair - where a woman is a lot older than a man - of course it can be the other way around. father glen said and i quote

ang tunay na pagpapasakop ay yung pag-tingin sa kagandahan at biyaya ng bawat isa. 

real submission is looking into the gifts and inner beauty of one another.

and it's true right? this is why, it is important to look for someone that will not just make you feel comfortable dealing with (e.g. physical features) but also look for the gift of one another. something that will make you say, "she changed me for the better.". and i think i found the one. 

thank you father glen for this. 

father migz. september 1 eucharist is a completely different thing. i see a God who reminded me that life must go on. i must say that i'm not doing good these past few days because of assessments and probably promotion. and quite devastated about it. of course, i can't talk things in detail but God reminded me of something. 

it was almost the end of his homily. father migz stopped and talked about the following God's will. 

ang kalooban/kagustuhan ng Diyos ay napakahirap unawain. pero kung tayo ay papa-loob sa Kanyang kagustuhan ay saka lang tayo magiging kaloob ng Diyos, isang regalo. 

following God's will is difficult to comprehend. but if you'll just obey His spirit, that is when you'll become a gift. 

probably, it's really not yet my time. not time to have a rating that i want. probably, i'll do something different this year. something i never did before. just like the lesson in "who moved my cheese?" by spencer johnson, i just have to look for another way to get what i want. well, i guess this is enough. God talked to me last night  in the presence of father migz and i know i feel better. 

thank you father migz for this.

one of our eucharistic celebrations.

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jack and jill

i think adam sandler is a funny guy. he portrays his roles well, in most of his movies. and i must be honest - NOT IN THIS MOVIE. i think this movie lacks something vital - some personal moments. the story is a little cracky with a lot of empty spaces in between. something that viewers like me will say  - that's it?. it's really not funny at all. i almost fell asleep while watching it. oh come on!

and the robert de niro thing isn't also good. it made the movie worse. acting wise, it's plain and lacks the sensitivity. i don't know.

picture is from here.

i'll give this movie a 3.5.

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