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WHAT'S WITH YOUR BUBBLE GUM?

by Lanilane Ocbina

If your mom always complains about your annoying jaws that keep on chewing, do not spit that gum out  because I got perfect alibi to share to you. You may love the goat because of this… 

There was a scientific study claiming that chewing gum can improve one's memory by more or less 30%. (oh come on, i think you're about to try it later huh?).  Such research study was not well proven however, based on the tests that they have completed, the theory formed was that: THE CHEWING GUM RELEASES INSULIN TO STIMULATE CERTAIN PART OF THE BRAIN THAT'S RESPONSIBLE TO MEMORY.

Does this theory imply that singaporeans are of poor memory? (oh come on!) Based on statistics, Singapore is the the country with the lowest consumption of bubble gum. This is not because of the pleasure for enjoyment of the taste, but for pleasure of health. You cannot buy a gum in Singapore unless you give your name and identification. Chewing the bubble gum was banned in 1992 as a way of reducing littering. In 2004, the gum is finally available in the market. the big irony is that, you can only chew it for medicinal purposes. wekek!

In the US, it is very obvious that people love bubble gum. Stastistics show that an average american manages to chew about 300 pieces of gums in a year. Their love of the bubble gum is manifested in a place at San Luis Obispo california known as the "Bubble GUm Alley". This is like a big art structure that involves two walls that are decorated with chewed gums that are deposited by passers-by for the past years. This place has become a hot spot in San Luis with 300 sightseers a day.

If you want to earn through bubble gum, you may not need to sell your sweat out. Did you know that in a dental museum located in University of Arizona, one of the most valued chewed gum is displayed? This one was chewed by gangster John Dillinger when he's captured. IN 2002, the $10,000 gum was bought by Curt Mueller. This gum belonged toLuis Gonzales who was a popular baseball player. Now, who says that earning money is the hardest thing to do? Bubble gum is small but awesome. See, your memory and pocket can both earn from it.

So now, always REMEMBER that it is possible to be rich with your bubble gum. It may be the crazy thing to do but once you encounter a star, bend your knees as you ask him/her to chew a gum for you. Dont forget  to take the video to show that the gum was really chwed by that popular icon. Then, bring it on ebay and presto, you may jsut be an instant businessman! (this is a joke but you can make it real wekek!) Now you know the perfect alibi whenever your mom forces you to spit it out. Tell her these facts and watch how your mom transforms into a pefect partner for your new business.

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(this was how i used to think when i was not yet reading the bible)

SUPERNATURAL NOT ABNORMAL! 

  by lanilane ocbina

FLOCCIPAUCINIHILIPILIFICATION, getting tongue-tied with it, is the longest word in the oxford English dictionary. This word simply means “the act of estimating as worthless”.. 

Most people would find it easy to prejudge and floccipaucinihilipilificate me because of my low stature. I may look feeble and may seem weak but, I don’t need to recite the longest word in Webster’s 3^rd New International Dictionary, Pneumonoultramicroscopicsiliconiosis, which connotes a lung disease, to impress them all. 

What animates me to defy these partial people then? Well, I don’t need to defy them. Flocci blah blah people are just…uhh forget it. I always wanted to be a cartoon hero, of course the villains are the flocci blah blah people again.

Sometimes I escape from reality when life seems so partial. I become a supernatural being with extraterrestrial  intelligence and extra-dominating powers. This may seem that I’m insane but I always assure that my mental processes are still normally running.

There are times that I wanna fly back to history . I wanna visit the eight wonders of the ancient world. All eight on their feet. Still in existence. 

I wanted to see how the Egyptians started to construct the only existing ancient structures among the eight. The 450-feet PYRAMIDS AT GIZA.

I wanted to visit the HANGING GARDENS OF BABYLON built by Nebuchanezzar for his queen. I wanna discover their love story and get inspired.

I wanted to be in the temple of EPHESUS AND TOMB OF MAOSOLUS. I wanted to see the PHIDIAS STATUE OF ZEUS before it was destroyed in the wars. I wanna witness how the COLOSSUS OF RHODES was thrown down by the earthquake about 224 BC, and I wanna feel serenity as I stay in the PHAROS AT ALEXANDRIA, a lighthouse built on the island of Pharos, outside the port of Alexandria, before it was leveled to the ground by another earthquake.

There are also times that I tried to have ESP or Extra Sensory Perception. This ability grows beyond the range of known sensory processes. I wanted to have the TELEPATHY to read the minds of people who are of bad intentions to good people. I wanted to be a CLAIRVOYANT to solve mysterious problems with mysterious objects and events. I wanna have PRECOGNITION or RETROCOGNITION powers to perceive the future or visualize past events. 

I believe that all people carry their third eye.

However, most of these eyes are hesitant to see the truth behind enigmatic mysteries. Mine would be one of them.