Yogi Maricris' Chronicles

Patronizing a disguise that could lead to a lie

I hate being lied to.  I hate it if I could sense the secrecy over something that it seems the behavior of that person has changed significantly to hide that secret.  It makes the secret more obvious, and it makes me more mistrusting. If only I could scream that men

The message of the paranoid

There's been a lot of shootouts everywhere.  All over the world, there are incidences of several killings.  We've heard all about it, we've seen it, we've mourned over it.  What is the problem?  What is the solution? Let's start with the problem. The problem is, in some countries, issuance of

Today is a 'Gift'

Po: Maybe I should just quit and go back to making noodles. Oogway: Quit, don't quit? Noodles, don't noodles? You are too concerned about what was and what will be. There is a saying: yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That is why it

Tip: Escaping single quotes on SQL insert (ruby)

For quite sometime, I haven't tried executing SQLs manually in Rails.  But, try as I may not to create a specific model for this scenario, I just couldn't. So, in the meantime that I had to do the manual insert, I encountered a problem with strings with single quotes.  Particularly

Precision Shooting

For experienced shooters, its probably a non-issue how to shoot precisely.  You'd see them quickly draw, aim and shoot without effort.  In cases like mine, I'm still more of a beginner, and I love to challenge myself at precision shooting.  I'm sharing with you the resources I looked up, tried

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