When My Mom and Grandparents Talked About LTCi…

It's been a long time since I've posted some brief and insightful entries here. So, after a serious discussion about my mom and grandparents’ plans on assisted living in the future; I started browsing nursing homes, long term care insurance quotes, and other related health care thingies on Google to understand fully its terms and the benefits of it. BECAUSE… I AM TOOOOO YOUNG TO COMPLETELY CATCH ON THESE CONCERNS!!!

Here's one of the most comprehensive infographics created by Angie's List. This graphic material clearly stated the answers on why we really need insurance for long term care. 

And here's another visualized interpretation from Obizmedia that is also helpful in comparing the difference between an assisted living and nursing homes.

Unbelievable Macro Photos of Shikhei Goh

Photo credit by http://cielbleumedia.com
Shikhei Goh was born in Riau Islands, Dabo, Singkep. He is currently residing in Batam Island in Indonesia. The renowned macrography master began his passion using a DSLR, just two years ago. Nonetheless, he tried taking photographs but decided to exert more fondness for Macro images. Shikhei Goh is self-acclaimed a macro-addict. After so many trials and errors, he is now becoming a living legend in the field of Macrophotography.

The passionate snapper has a real desire and ambition, and does giving an earnest fortitude to his job. So as to improve more his craft, he responsively accepts constructive criticisms.

Most of his aficionados think that Shikhei is one of the best photographers to admire, for he can immortalize creepy-crawlies and small living species into life along with its subliminal hilarity and distinctive creation.

When he was asked to share his top secret in triumph of macrophotography; he modestly replied, “Perseverance is the key. I went through trials and errors, hard times where people despised my works, but I never gave up. Indeed there were times that I felt like giving it up but I decided to press on.
I read, I browse the webs every day, and I keep on practicing and challenging myself.”

Take a look here and like his page https://www.facebook.com/pages/Shikhei-Goh

Joys of Going to School Early

With insomnia seeping in to the body clocks of more college students by the decade, it is a true struggle to wake up in the morning let alone go to school at the traditional breakfast time in one’s time zone.  It is a struggle but still attainable.  Read on for the benefits of going to school as early as the sun is just rising and setting it’s space in the sky.

Less crowded

Campuses usually start to get crowded by past 7 or before 9 in the morning. And so being at school before those times can give you a vantage point of being able to enjoy a little of solitude and more room to walk or even glide around with your bag and books and your electronic buddies like your tablet and phone.

Fresh air

Really, really fresh air is hard to breathe nowadays and are at their finest only during the mornings.  So, if you are yearning for a good blow of wind against your face, then get up and get out of your dorm a little after six in the morning and walk to school.  The air during that time of the day is fresh and pleasing to the lungs and skin and overall well-being.

Last-minute note peeking is less stressful

We are all prone to just looking at our notes a minute or so before lectures begin and so coming to school as early as the school janitor will give us more to just to sit and go over our notes and insert those much-needed to know notes that might be part of the next lecture or a pop quiz.

No heavy traffic

This is probably one of the joys of being an early-to-bed-early-to-school college student.  Heavy traffic is a source of early morning stress to college students who commute going to school and to some extent, those who live on-campus.  The beautiful hours of 5:30 to 6:30 in the morning are free from congestion of vehicles and people walking or running around.

Howard Gardner's Visual-Spatial Intelligence

According to Howard Gardner, people who are mostly considered to have highly fostered spatial intelligence include engineers, surgeons, sculptors, visual artists and sailors. Their ability involves a perception to visualize what they see very precisely. On the other hand, these capabilities are not alike, for this reason most of them may be proficient at visual perception but they are not skilled enough to illustrate, sketch, as well as to imagine.

Typically, most of the people who are adept to spatial intelligence can formulate a patterned learning model, generate mental imagery and structure graphic representations of spatial information.

Each individual has the capacity to perceive the visual realm; but it is exceptionally significant on those people who are blind as they have no access to the visual world.

Spatial intelligence encompasses not only a mishmash of the capabilities as depicted by Gardner, but also other skills like inventiveness and utilization of motor movement. The principle of a sculptor, for instance, lies in visual-spatial intelligence. In creating any form of graphic art, a high level of compassion and understanding to its categorical acumen is prerequisite.