rolly still life

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Fun with posting

Tried this 4d 1st tym using my iphone =)

Haha pictures uploading didnt worked! Anyway wuz fun posting somethin here from my phone..

Here at Psbc grounds using free wifi acess.. Waiting for my departure tym..

Wuz watching mr n ms psbc pagent..

Thursday, December 23, 2010

THE “X” IN “XMAS” DOESN’T TAKE THE “CHRIST” OUT OF “CHRISTMAS”

Myth: “Xmas” is a non-religious name / spelling for “Christmas”.

It turns out, “Xmas” is not a non-religious version of “Christmas”. The “X” is actually indicating the Greek letter “Chi”, which is short for the Greek

, meaning “Christ”. So “Xmas” and “Christmas” are equivalent in every way except their lettering.

Although writing guides such as those issued by the New York Times; the BBC; The Christian Writer’s Manual of Style; and Oxford Press discourage the use of XMas in formal writing, at one time, it was a very popular practice, particularly with religious scribes. In fact, the practice of using the symbol “X” in place of Christ’s name has been going on amongst religious scholars for at least 1000 years.

Eventually, this practice spread to non-religious writings. Pretty much everywhere “Christ” appeared in a word, the Greek Chi would replace that part of the word. For example, in the 17th and 18th centuries, there are numerous non-religious documents containing instances of “Xine” being a common spelling for someone who’s name was Christine.

Bonus Factoids:

The “-mas” part on the end of Christmas and Xmas comes from the Old English word for “mass”.
Other classic common abbreviations for “Christ” were: “Xp” and “Xt”, again both an abbreviated form of the Greek for Christ.
The Greek letters “X” (Chi) and “p” (Rho) superimposed together was once a very common symbol signifying Christ and was called, somewhat unimaginatively, the Chi-Rho.
The Chi-Rho was also used by scribes in a non-religious sense to mark some passage that was particularly good, with it literally implying “good”.
In 1977, the Governor of New Hampshire issued a press release stating that journalists should cease taking the “Christ” out of “Christmas” as “Xmas” was a pagan spelling of Christmas. Perhaps he should have run that press release by a religious scholar before issuing it.
Although, even those well versed and respected in Christianity often make the same mistake, such as Franklin Graham in an interview on CNN: “For us as Christians, this is one of the most holy of the holidays, the birth of our savior Jesus Christ. And for people to take Christ out of Christmas. They’re happy to say merry Xmas. Let’s just take Jesus out. And really, I think, a war against the name of Jesus Christ.”

Monday, December 20, 2010

12 Christmas Traditions around the world

12 Christmas Traditions From Around The World

[Source: Today I Found Out]

Saturday, November 6, 2010

About lobsters

[Source: Today I Found Out]

10 amazing facts about animals

[Source: Today I Found Out]

Fun with names

1.Real Name: Rolly Bagamano Caidic

2. YOUR GANGSTA NAME: (first 4 letters of your name + zzie)

rollzzie

3. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (fav color and fav animal)

green dog!

4. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, and current street)

bagamano quesada

5. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first name, first 3 letters of mom's name)

cairolia

6. SUPERHERO NAME: (2nd favorite color, favorite drink)

red juice???

7. IRAQI NAME: (2nd letter of your first name, 3rd letter of your last name, any letter of your middle name, 2nd letter of your moms maiden name, 3rd letter of your dads middle name, 1st letter of a siblings first name, last letter of your moms middle name)

Roiblvro

8. MONUMENT NAME: (fathers or mothers middle name)

blanco

9. GOTH NAME: (3rd favorite color, and the name of one your pets)

white cutie

10. SCREEN NAME: (any of your tv's brand and your mom's middle name)

sharp bagamano