Good Luck Shamcey!

It's already Sunday and the Miss Universe pageant is just around two days away. Well, it's time to say good luck to Shamcey Supsup.  By now, the Top 15 has already been decided so let's just hope she made it to the list, so that in the contest proper, we have something to cheer for. 

Shamcey Supsup: Beauty and Brains

            Shamey Supsup is a new name for the ears of the many. She’s just owned the crown of Bb. Pilipinas - Universe 2011 held last April 10, 2011. She is a beauty queen title holder, meaning she got the beauty plus the brains! And not just the brains on stage, but the brains she carries every time. She is quite an achiever. Not to mention that she graduated as a magna cum laude in the most prestigious University of the Philippines – Dilliman in her degree in Bachelor of Science in Architecture. She even topped the June 2010 the Architecture Licensure Examination in July 2010. She is currently seen as a judge who gives out smart comments to the contestants in Showtime, aired in ABS-CBN before noon. For this pride of Filipinos, good luck to her in the upcoming Miss Universe 2011 pageant in Sao Paulo,Brazil on September 12, 2011. Make Filipinos more proud!

Jana Valencia: Beauty and Brains Summa Cum Laude from UP

I also finished in UP so I know how hard it is to get a passing grade there, but to get a GPA of 1.08, and be that beautiful, now that's something.  Anyhow, I read this article today on Jana Valencia, the daughter of one of my idols when I was younger, Tina Revilla, who achieved that impossible to get GPA, and in BS Psychology, to boot!  Not an easy group of teachers to please, mind you!  The Revilla women have always been known for their classic beauty and I see now that it has continued onto the next generation, this time though, they now have a summa cum laude added to the mix!  Tina must really be proud!

We Are Hosting the World Robotics Olympiad for Young Scientists!

Science and technology are not normally careers of choice among our youth, so it's good that the World Robotics Olympiad will be held here this coming weekend.  This should give an opportunity to many of our youth to see where their peers are already in the field of robotics.  Not that we're pushovers though. In the 2009 World Robot Olympiad in Scandinavia, the Philippine teams from First Asia Institute of Technology and Humanities in Tanauan City, Batangas and Grace Christian High School in Quezon City won gold medals. The country also won two silvers and a bronze.

This year, schools are invited to enter a team of three students to build a robot model that behaves like athlete.  Ester Ogena, director of the Science Education Institute, an attached agency of the Science department, said the WRO is an effective strategy to enhance the interest of the youth in science and technology.  "We are optimistic that through the WRO, we would be able to encourage the youth to become future scientists, inventors and engineers. Robotics competitions provide the youth the opportunity to grasp and apply electronics and information technology” Ogena said.