Living and Working in Thailand
The aim of this article is to give a brief overview about Thailand’s teaching industry. The opinions in this article are based in my long working experience in Thailand as a TEFL teacher. If you have any questions and comments that would be useful, please feel free to email me at alfredo.j@psu.ac.th.
uncertain
im 27 years old and after several years of planning my life, im in a situation where in im not sure of my so-called future. i just migrated in a foreign land with culture, tradition, laws, ideals and priorities are almost different from where i came from. im not complaining for ive seen it coming years ago. i have to go through applications, reviews, exams and the uncertainty of everything else. and worst thing is that, at this very moment i dont know where to start.
Harry Potter Publishers Takes Legal Action Over Online Leaks
After the brouhaha regarding the online leakage of Harry Potter’s Book 7 on several p2p and torrent sites, Scholastic Inc. is finally taking legal action to bring down the culprit.
Los Angeles Times wrote:
The publisher announced it was taking immediate legal action against Levy Home Entertainment, a distributor, and DeepDiscount.com, a customer of the distributor, which it said had mailed out the copies in “a breach of the on-sale agreement.”
Scholastic — already stung by pirated versions of the alleged manuscript that had begun appearing the day before on the Internet — filed court papers Wednesday in Chicago against Levy Home Entertainment, based in Illinois, accusing the distributor of a “complete and flagrant violations of the agreements that they knew were part of the carefully constructed release of this eagerly awaited book.”
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Or rather, I asked Maki to interview me. 
Here are the questions:
1) How do you see yourself blogging 3-5 years from now? Will you still blog?
Of course, I’d still be blogging! Even if I’d be very busy with training then, I know I’ll still find the time to update my blog. Actually I see myself blogging ’til the day my fingers are all arthritic and I can’t type on the keyboard anymore. Or maybe until the day I die. Imagine being able to type in your last entry before succumbing to inevitable death. Poetic.
2) What was your most significant experience in blogging?
Meeting various people who leave comments in my posts. It’s different in chatting in most chatrooms because getting to know people in through my blog usually started as discussions about relevant issues.
3) How do you budget your time as an MD and blogger?
I’m not working full-time as a doctor so, I guess I’ve got a day or two available for blogging. And even if I’d become busy working full-time, I think I’d still be blogging. Like make time for it before bedtime or before going to work. It’s just that the number of posts I usually write in a month would obviously dwindle down to just few posts. But, for sure, I’ll be maintaining my blog.
Tesla Roadster: The Ultimate Electric Sports Car
And the look, wow. Finally a zero emission car that give both time to form and function. This car is probably my ultimate dream car. Unlike most green cars, this masterpiece doesn’t look like a shoebox, has an energy mileage that will put most sports car to shame and to top it off it can also outrun most of them.
The Electric Jeepney: NOT made in the Philippines
China created the e-jeepney. I mean come on, we’re Filipinos, the concept of jeepney as a cultural icon is embedded within us. How come we can’t manufacture our own?
The 1st HR Philippines National Convention
- Convention Fee: P 1,100.00
- Early Bird (paid on or before Aug. 1, 2007): Php 900.00
- If HR Philippines Member: Php 900.00
- If HR Philippines Member and early bird (paid on or before Aug. 1, 2007): Php 700.00
When : August 29, 2007, 8:00 AM-5:00 PM
Where : Angelo King Hotel, The College Of St. Benilde, De La Salle University
P l e n a r y
- The State of HRD in Asia by Mr. G. K. Lim, Vice-President and Secretariat Director of HRD Gateway.
- Latest Supreme Court Rulings on Labor by Atty. Bisquerra, Dean of the College of Law of the University of Manila
- Efficient Training Delivery by Ms. Serely Alcaraz, past President of the Philippine Society for Training and Development
B r e a k O u t S e s s i o n s
- If Training is the Answer, What is the Problem? (A Quick Lesson
on Needs Analysis) by Ms. Maribel Aglipay- Competency Based Interview Techniques – by SGV-DDI
- Employee Discipline – by Mr. Sonnie Santos
- Job Evaluation and Salary Structure Design – by Mr. Raffy Perfecto
Please fill-up and complete registration form and fax to Marlito Sy at Tel # 939-5839
- You can download the registration form here: hrphilippines-registration-form.doc
Payment Options:
- Cash Deposit to ARIVA!
- Account Name: ARIVA EVENTS MANAGEMENT
- Account Number: 286 – 3 – 28651442 – 2
- Bank: METROBANK (Metropolitan Ave corner Pasong Tamo, Makati)
- Cash by your messenger to Ariva! Office
- Check (three working days clearing) to Ariva!
- ARIVA BUSINESS CENTER
Suite 701, Metropolitan Terraces Bldg.,
Metropolitan Avenue, corner Sacred Heart and Kamagong Streets,
San Antonio Village, Makati City near Meralco & Toyota Makati.
(landmark: BANCO DE ORO at the ground floor)
Contact numbers: 895-9527 / 890-9651
Fax number: 895-8058
Contact person: JM, Julia, & Kristine
- ARIVA BUSINESS CENTER
- Must fax bank deposit receipt at 895-8058 c/o JM, Julia or Kristine
R E G I S T E R N O W A N D A V A I L O F T H E E A R L Y B I R DD I S C O U N T !
Personal Thoughts On The New Ratified Ranking System
As a person who regularly checks my blog’s statistics and rankings every morning. It didn’t took much of a second glimpse for me to notice a sudden change on Pinoy Blogero’s Ratified Rank.
From a previous rank of 125, Pinoy Blogero instantly plummented behind the ranks at 322. Almost 200 ranks behind the original rank! This had me alarmed because I was really aiming for my blog to reach the top 100 of the said rankings. I checked out other blogs and almost all of them have the same problem.
What could have caused the change?After some research, I found out that Ratified.org has undergone a minor reconstruction. Not anymore is Ratified dictated by Technorati authority alone because the PageRank and Feed Subscriptions are now added to the algorithm changing the way how Ratified ranks blogs.
The Biznez of War
Didja knows dat da Philippine government has received $260 million worth of “military aid” from the United States from years 1999 to 2004? Kaya nga ang tanong, bakit di makaya ng powers ng AFP na puksain ang terrorists? Basahin ditoh!
Eh kasi bata
What should be the priority of the 14th Congress? Eradicating poverty is a sweeping goal. I have a proposal: focus on children. Children are not voters but they deserve special attention from politicians. The 2010 presidential election is just three years away and it is feared that socially-relevant bills will be sidestepped by too much politicking.
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