Tagaytay Vacation
October 29, 2007
Just got home from a Tagaytay escapade with high school friends. And it is certainly hard to be going home knowing that:
- Seemingly, another hacker trashed my site (tesstermulo.com) and caused it to exceed its bandwidth limit again.
- I’m going to face work and studies again.
Tagaytay is really the place for me. Not so urban and yet not so provincial. I like the weather and that there aren’t that too many people around, but not too few that will make me think I got exiled for doing naughty deeds. Haha. I think I can live in a house like this forever:
Theater, Liquor and Coffee
October 29, 2007
In the midst of darkness the queer blogger approaches the immense building of PETA, starve from the lack of theater play that he is. The cure suddenly appears right in front of his tantalizing eyes…
Thank you Migs, Gibbs and PinoyCentric for the wonderful talk about theater last Saturday, it was a great experience for me to be enlighten about the theater play here in the Philippines. Floy Quintos did an excellent job of putting all what the Philippine theater needs, from gaining its audience to the down part of each actor that portrays a role. I’ve been in a theater act once, it was a great act I should say, but it’s not enough for me to experience the whole theater feel it has to offer. So every time the university presented a play I was always present, I’m fascinated on the little things the actor do that releases a great responses from the audience. And I always ended up shouting with my all lung-out, laughing or sometimes crying…more?
Missing JPEPA (or missing the boat part 2)
October 29, 2007
The barangay poll takes place today. And playing with the old soviet slogan, blogger Mongster’s Nest proclaims “all power to the barangay.” So from the said article comes the quote for the day:
If Russia had soviets and China had communes and brigades (Antonio Gramsci proposed factory councils for Italy), I believe a newly conceptualized barangay system would have some role to play if ever the Philippines would embrace socialism in the future.
Last week I mentioned having a few laughs over the news of a reelectionist barangay captain signing the certificate of candidacy for barangay councilor instead. Well here’s a boat, so to speak, that some says we’re all better off missing. And this one’s no laughing matter.
But welcome or unwelcome, everyone, let’s get to know the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement or simply JPEPA.
Notwithstanding Solita Monsod’s counter-arguments in her recent columns (The other side of JPEPA and Under JPEPA, no export of hazardous wastes to the Philippines), I’m sharing the link to an online petition, which I received via email, that wants the agreement junked.
Are ORBS ghosts?
October 29, 2007
MY FORMER INTERNS borrowed my digital camera and had a photo session in the Speakers’ Guest House in Baguio City. It was in July 2006, and their last day in Baguio during their LGU exposure trip so they took turns on shooting each other’s photos for posterity. When they were done, I reviewed what they got, and was surprised to see an orb or two in some of the photos. These are indoor shots and apparently, these are the only indoor shots that have “orbs” in them.
uBlog, iVlog: “Pinoy Vlogging”
October 29, 2007
Now, in the spirit of celebrating the birth of my new home (thanks BratyFly!), I have whipped up a mini-blogging project for everyone - open for all interested bloggers. This aims to spread the word about the magic of the growing craft of vlogging (video blogging) in the Philippines and to encourage pinoy bloggers to try it out.
And come to think of it, there has not been much about Pinoy Vlogging when you search it in Google. Hope this will be a good start.
Wanna join? Let’s do it!
Smallville Season 6 Joins My DVD Army
October 28, 2007
Jhozel Won’t Mind Won’t She?
October 28, 2007
I was busy managing the queue today when a friend sent me an email. I LOLed my way until the end of the message and then remembered that Ade posted something like this. Even got death threats, I heard. LOL.
Anyway, I’m sure Jhozel Grace won’t mind me posting these screenshots of her Friendster blog. LOL. (click to view bigger size) Read more here…
The fall of Nescafe coffee
October 28, 2007
You all know how my husband and I love coffee — we rave about it, we write about it. But today, we were confronted by a question while shopping for groceries…
Is instant coffee really extinct?
Last year, I was very sad to part with my favorite instant coffee - the old flavor of Nescafé Classic. My husband and I really did not like the taste of the modified coffee flavor. To us, it tasted like coffee made from burnt rice. It was so bad for us that we refused to drink it even if we still had a full bottle.
October 28, 2007
Since the country’s back to where we started before 2001 (after deposing and convicting a plundering President and all that), I think it would also be appropriate to share something that’s all the rage back then: Erap jokes:
Top 5 Signs that Erap and GMA Have Indeed Become Friends
5: Mikey Arroyo and Jinggoy Estrada agreeing to star in the local version of Brokeback Mountain
4: Joseph Estrada and Mike Arroyo deciding to play golf together regularly
3: Gloria Arroyo and Loi Ejercito start calling each other “‘Mare”
2: Luli Arroyo and Jude Estrada start calling each other “Sis!”
1: Gloria Arroyo appointing Joseph Estrada as “Anti-Plunder Czar”
There’s more from the Professional Heckler. And while we’re at it, here’s something I stumbled over from the blog Futuresheet that everyone should find interesting. This one’s not a joke. Well, sort of:
LP 21: Heroes Say Cheese
October 28, 2007
Two things I’m not. A cook and a hero.
But I’d like to believe I once prepared food for heroes.
The 1980’s was a difficult time for the Philippines. The events culminated on three days in February 1986 in what we know now as the EDSA Revolution. People trooped to the streets to show support. They braved death, persecution and hunger.
Read more HERE.
All power to the barangays
October 28, 2007
Political forces are contesting for hegemony in barangays throughout the country. Right now, traditional politicians have the upper hand since they control the economic pie. Didn’t Malacañang distribute cash gifts to allow governors and congressmen to finance the candidacies of their purok leaders?
Read more at Mongster’s Nest
Gawad Kalinga 1World Expo 2007 Oct. 26-28 SM Mall of Asia
October 27, 2007
I can’t believe it’s GK Expo time again! Last year was a fantastic experience! This year, amidst our turmoil- and challenge-strewn path, GK is continuing to help restore the dignity of the poor, one home and community at a time. Photo above from GK Expo 2006. Text and schedule that follow come from the Gawad Kalinga official website where you can get more information about the expo and how you, too, can be a hero for the country.
This month, Gawad Kalinga celebrates its 4th year anniversary particularly the birthing of its vision to build 700,000 homes in 7,000 communities in 7 years or GK777 officially launched on October 4, 2003.
On Getting EON Cyberaccount and Using It in Paypal
October 26, 2007
I feel a general mistrust for online transactions using credit cards because of fear of hackers who can retrieve information I send online. Also, I do not trust myself with a credit card transaction online out of fear that I’ll lose control and overspend. These have limited my opportunities to earn online.
So, imagine my joy when I heard that Paypal Philippines can now receive and send funds. At least, now there’s a more secured way to transact online. And it accepts some debit cards too (visa electron)! Now that’s good news. I don’t have to suffer having credit card information sent online.
So, what did I do?
First, I applied for an EON cyberaccount online at Unionbank website (read more about EON Visa Electron here). Then I received an email that informed me that my card will be ready for pickup after 5 banking days at the branch that I picked during application. In my case, I picked Muñoz branch.
My Dick and Spam
October 26, 2007
My Dick is SPAM.
Uhm, well, ahh… Not the size of SPAM. (Though I wonnder how it would be like to have a dick like SPAM… err, weird!)
My Dick is a SPAM-Magnet!
Seriously, every time I read through my emails, I always get emails which seem to ridicule me and my little johnny boy. I’m sure many of you get these kinds of emails too. I don’t mind getting them, at least not anymore. I have gotten used to them that I noticed the creative minds behind these junk emails - phishing and scamming or leading you to doom. Those who are ignorant and insecure fall for these traps and end up blowing up their computers and but not their dick sizes.
An Appetite for Books
October 26, 2007
On my present reading list is The Oxford Book of Latin American Short Stories (hmmm, you might want to read contemporary short stories, so here, click this link), Mikhail Bulgakov’s The Master and Margarita, Haruki Murakami’s After the Quake and Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises.
And since Christmas season is near (yippee!), here’s another addition to my book wishlist (all of which are easily accessible in any local bookstores – yes, I don’t wish for books with freight costs attached.):
Ma Jian’s The Noodle Maker
From Dannyreviews.com
A professional blood donor, thriving on the rewards for his labours, visits his friend the professional writer, who is unenthusiastically facing a commission to write a short novel on the theme of “Learning from Comrade Lei Feng”. They eat dinner and talk, and out come the stories the writer would like to write.These stories are both within the framing story and part of it, with the writer and the blood donor making incidental appearances within them as well as commenting on them. Ranging in length from eight pages to forty, they are dark, visceral tales of love and obsession, of violence and death, presented with a sardonic, unsparing humour…
Ismail Kadare’s The File on H.: A Novel
Gays at the Resto and Rich People Like Me
October 26, 2007
I checked my inbox a few minutes ago. Whoa, I won 1,000,000 Euro in a Brandenburg Lotto and another 1,000,000 Euro in The British Global Lottery. Wow, 2,000,000 Euro in one day!
I’m rich! I’m rich! I’m so freakin’ rich!
The Estrada Pardon: A Mockery of the Philippine Justice System
October 25, 2007
Since Estrada’s conviction as guilty for the charge of plunder, there have been speculations that he will be asking for executive clemency from Arroyo. Set aside all other excuses that the Estrada camp has given, it’s all apparent that the Estrada and his cohorts are doing all that they can possibly do with money and connections just to keep him out of jail (and I mean, a real jail, a prison cell behind prison bars, not some comfortable two-storey summer mansion). And after a short while of denying that he’s asking for a pardon (even vehemently saying he refuses to think of asking for it), finally his lawyers have pleaded for the clemency from the President, despite the flowery language that Estrada do not actually acknowledge the legitimacy of Arroyo’s presidency but only is asking for pardon from someone who could give it to their client (and I think only the president of the country could do that isn’t?). Arroyo, on the other hand, has always been open to the idea of negotiating granting clemency for Estrada. I mean, what a grand way of exhibiting her advantage over the enemy right?
And now, the pardon has been granted to Estrada.
Belle De Jour Power Planner
October 25, 2007
Its finally here! And I have been given the chance to own this famous fashionista planner. A planner that all kikay girls should have.
Aside from the great design, it comes with discount coupons to selected branches of the following establishments: All Flip Flops/Havaianas, Bayo, BYSI, Celine, Charles and Keith, Chocolate Clothing, Claw Daddy, CMG, Cocorama, Crustasia, Culte Femme Rustans, Cupcakes by Sonja’s, Fiorgelato/Fiorcafe, FlyWear Eyewear, Freeway, Get Happy Accessories, Heaven ‘N Eggs, Karimadon, Kashieca, Laybare Waxing Salon, Levi’s Girls Store, Luna Rustans, Maybelline, Moschino Fragrances, New Orleans Restaurant, RedCrab Seafood Club, RedBox, Rred Rustans, So! Fab, The Ramp Crossings, Tomato, VNC, and Ace Water Spa!!
FRIDAY, October 26 : Blog Action Day for supporting the families of Glorietta Blast Victims
October 25, 2007
PBS supports Ding’s initiative and call for a Blog Action Day on Friday, October 26.
FRIDAY, October 26 : Blog Action Day for supporting the families of Glorietta Blast Victims
Announcement:
To all Pinoy Bloggers (especially from the PinoyBlogoSphere [PBS] Community), on Friday, October 26, marks the first week anniversary of the Glorietta Blast. Let us all be one in commemorating this event by posting a blog
showing support and sympathy to the families of Glorietta 2 Blast Victims. Just leave a message here at Ding’s post that you would be joining so that you will be included in the list of supporters for this.
For full story sbout this, please click the following links:
A Call for Pinoy bloggers for prayer and sobriety
and
E-flowers for Glorietta Victims’ Families
Ghost Stories
October 25, 2007
They are nowadays referred to as controversial anomalous phenomenon which is believed by some and shunned by the rest as mere figments of the imagination.
My eldest sister Fraulein could see them. Once during the night of a neighbor’s death, she saw the spirit of the dead man outside his house, looking in through one of the windows as if checking on his family. On another occasion, an hour before my brother Junior died in his hospital bed in a Makati hospital, Fraulein saw him sitting on the step of her house as she was coming home from work. Instead of approaching him, she immediately turned around and took a cab to the hospital. Already comatose, Junior was pronounced dead shortly after her arrival.
Read complete entry here.
What My Favorite American Presidents Said
October 25, 2007
As the US gears for another presidential elections, let me share quotes from my favorite American presidents.
I love the movies. I love how Hollywood makes them.
What follows is a list of my favorite American presidents on the big screen and what they said.
President Tom Beck (Deep Impact, 1998): Cities fall but they are rebuilt. Heroes die but they are remembered.
More quotes from American presidents HERE.
Multiples of Fear
October 25, 2007
Fear cripples.
Fear haunts you like a menacing spirit.
Fear thrives on doubts and mistrust.
Fear wakes us from thinking we are invincible.
A fire in a split second takes everything even your life. From the mansions to average size homes, you lose it to one flicker.
You casually go to the mall and boom! A bomb explosion and you see lifeless bodies around you and you try to run away. Morbidly, you find your mangled….www.filteany.com
*My heart goes out to the families of those who perish in the bombing of Glorieta Mall in the Philippines. To the officials of my country, please stop keeping track of your pork barrel and keep an eye on our nation’s security.*
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