Stop and Stare

Unplanned trip to Don Salvador Benedicto
Negros Occidental, Philippines

Thursday morning our team decided to go to Don Salvador Benedicto, Negros Occidental. It was a gloomy morning, a safe trip to the mountains. I've passed by in this side of town during a long trip from Cebu but have not appreciated the place. It's a cliche but most of the time we never notice some things around or even things right beside us. I realized that sometimes we need to just stop and stare to appreciate things which are within our reach.

Don Salvador Benedicto Rice fields

So for those who are always on the go make a stop, stare and start to be conscious of things near you; more so, be grateful of what you have rather than complaining of what you do not have. Count your blessings!!!

Recently Discovered Fault Caused Negros Earthquakes

 

A recently discovered fault line caused the magnitude-6.9 quake that shook Dumaguete and its neighboring regions (Visayas region) on the afternoon of February 6, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs).

 

 

 

 

 

The earthquake was caused by the sudden shifting of two tectonic plates in the Visayas area. The shift was from a "blind fault" some 20kms below the earth between Negros and Cebu.

 

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Shots Taken At Kota Beach Resort In Bantayan Islands

Shots could have been better if taken using DSLR cameras. Oh well, let's be contented with these..

Shots taken using Sony Ericsson W700 with 2.0 mega pixel.
Location: Kota Beach Resort, Sta. Fe, Bantayan Islands.

Kota Beach Beach at Sunrise.

How To Make Your Own Solar Cell

I stumbled upon an article on how to make your own Solar panel. I got hooked to it because the process quite simple and doable. So I read along and planned to try it at home. 

Here’s some prominent steps on how to make a solar cell right in your kitchen.

Make a solar cell in your kitchen

Our solar cell is made from cuprous oxide instead of silicon. Cuprous oxide is one of the first materials known to display the photoelectric effect, in which light causes electricity to flow in a material. 

Thinking about how to explain the photoelectric effect is what led Albert Einstein to the Nobel prize for physics, and to the theory of relativity.

Materials you will need