Every four years, an added day on February appears. When there’s a 29th day on February, the year is called a leap year.
A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing one or more extra days (or, in case of lunisolar calendars, an extra month) in order to keep the calendar year synchronised with the astronomical or seasonal year.
A person born on February 29 may be called a “leapling“. In common years they usually celebrate their birthdays on 28 February or 1 March. For legal purposes, their legal birthdays depend on how different laws count time intervals. In some situations, March 1 is used as the birthday in a non-leap year since it then is the day just after February 28.
In Japanese, leap year translates to the word uruudoshi.
Uruudoshi is composed of 閏（uruu)+年（toshi)=year. The kanji “uruu” is structured of two kanji 門（mon)=gate and 王（ou)=king, it ’s an deogram. [In leap year the king would stay inside the gate, never go out, it's not regular thing.] That is to say “urudoshi” has the meaning of an irregular year.
In short.
uruu = leap
doshi = toshi = year
‘uruu bi’ = leap day (=bi)
‘uruu byou’ = leap second (=byou)
‘uruu zuki’ = leap year’s feb.
Sources: Wiki, Yahoo! Answers
Every time there’s an exam result coming up regarding Nurses (Nursing), my mom and my other relatives, always reminds me to look for the results on the Internet. I’ve already subscribed the exam result page at Inquirer to my feed reader, but I think it’s not updating properly. Anyway, if you are having trouble finding the results, here are the links to get you started.
All the exam results can be found at http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/examresults/. Everything is there, from Aeronautical Engineering to Midwife, from Nurse to Veterinarian.
The Nursing Board Exam Results for December 2007 was released just today, February 21, 2008. You can view it at http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/examresults/NURSE/20080221/
NURSE LICENSURE EXAMINATION - RETAKERS AS PER C.A. DECISION can be found at
/NURSE_LICENSURE_EXAMINATION_-_RETAKERS_AS_PER_C.A._DECISION/20080221/
NURSE LICENSURE EXAMINATION - RETAKERS FOR C.G.F.N.S. is at
/NURSE_LICENSURE_EXAMINATION_-_RETAKERS_FOR_C.G.F.N.S./20080221/
Unlike last year, they didn’t released the PDF format with contains the whole list of names, instead they broke down the names by letters of the surnames. So if you are looking for your name click on the first letter of your surname. I guess they did that so the page load on a single page will not be heavy, but right now I’m having errors accessing some of their page.
UPDATE: I found out after I posted this, that there are some pages in Inquirer that are not linked properly. So If you are having trouble going to a certain page (because it is crashing due to server load), you can visit other sites for the results list.
Nursing Board Exam Results for December 2007
PRC Nursing Board Exam Results for December 2007 PDF
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It’s the day of hearts, roses, chocolates, cupids, and sex. Happy Valentines.
Belldandy (Ah! My Goddess)
Tohsaka Rin and Saber (Fate/Stay Night)
Kinomoto Sakura, Daidōji Tomoyo, and Keroberos (Card Captor Sakura)
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Gung Hay Fat Choy!
This year celebrates the year of the Rat, particularly Earth Rat (February 7, 2008 - January 25, 2009). The Rat is the first of the 12 Chinese zodiac animals, followed by Cow, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Hen, Dog, Hog.
There is a related story for children. Once the God of Heaven wanted to choose 12 animal names as the sequence of the calendar. He announced to hold an animal racing to determine the order. When the racing date is closing, Cat forgot the time and asked Rat the schedule. Alert Rat gave Cat the wrong time on purpose. Smart Rat stayed on the horn of Ox while crossing the river, then jumped over the bank to reach the final line to win the champion. Cat missed the racing time and swear to kill Rat for generations. That’s why Cat always chase Rat forever. [chinesefortunecalendar.com]
The Rat (Chinese:鼠) was welcomed in ancient times as a protector and bringer of material prosperity. It is the first of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar. Rat is associated with aggression, wealth, charm, and order, yet also associated with death, war, the occult, pestilence, and atrocities. The Year of the Rat is associated with the earthly branch symbol 子. [wiki]
This post is a start for a series of posts that are… random… or anything that comes into mind. I was thinking of a post like this last night, while I was on a long journey back home in a bus. Although I’m tired and somewhat sleepy, random thoughts filled my mind. Here are some that I remembered since last night:
- If you are looking for cheap but high quality (small) anime figurines here in the Philippines, visit Toy Kingdom (in SM malls). Comic Alley is a good anime shop, but Toy Kingdom has much more figurines on sale than the former. While Comic Alley is usually filled with “common” animes like Naruto, Bleach, Tsubasa Chronicles, and endless hordes of Pokemon; Toy Kingdom has those anime which are not usually popular except for those true anime fans (and otakus).
- And while on the subject of toys. Why do they call those toys that you need to assemble first then put it up in your display case, 4D? I mean it’s just 3D right? Why the 4D title?
- Here in the Philippines, and contrary to popular belief, the fastest land based transportation (except trains) are the ordinary buses. Not those air conditioned ones, but those with open windows and the doors are at the middle part of the body. Mixed emotions and feelings are usually encountered while riding this land (to air) based transport. I’ve seen smiles on peoples faces that are on the rush to get to their destination. I’ve seen tears by an old lady at the back fearing for her life to end in this thrill-of-a-ride transportation. I’ve also seen angry men at the front shouting out loud that they have to get off the bus because their destination has a already passed a couple of blocks away. So if you are in a hurry and are passing through commonwealth or EDSA, just hop in an ordinary bus and be prepared to be blown away.
- As a side note for above. I only ride ordinary buses in ‘extreme’ situations, like when it’s already early dawn. Because I don’t really like dirt in my face and pollution in my lungs.
- A couple of years ago jeepney fares are much cheaper than aircon buses. Now it’s almost opposite. An example would be from SM Fairview (Quezon City) to Pleasant Hills Subd. (Bulacan). In a regular jeepney you pay 11 pesos, but in an aircon bus you only pay 10 pesos. One peso cheaper, with added aircon for a cool ride.
So there. This is the first of many randomness you may encounter in this blog.
