Free Cocktail Doughnuts from Cello’s
Although I try my best to avoid doughnuts, I do succumb to temptation. And when I do, one of my choices is Cello’s Doughnuts and Dips. They’re not very sweet plus the business is home-grown and run by a young entrepreneur. How can I not support the store?
And how can I resist further when they’re giving away free cocktail doughnuts?
The reason why I got # 1 in Search Engine for Pac Man Fight
Many are asking on how I did it, thinking that there are lots of blogs and news craving to be at the # 1 spot in Google for this keywords ” Manny VS Barrera fight result “.
The post that you will be seeing today might be worth something for you and it is free for you to read and to link to my site to help fellow blogger and newbie to attain what I got thru my little experiment.
Tech News: Atma Xplorer
Phew! Hirap ng graduating.. halos wala na time anyway.. recent updates for me:
Dell Latitude XT Tablet
And here I was thinking that the Tablet PC market is quite dead. Dell plans to release it’s first Tablet PC called the Latitude XT although they’ve been quite silent about it. I confirmed the project sometime in May up till now, the only information that you can find floating on the net is this picture as well as the specs below.Read the rest of this entry »
MSNBC acquires Newsvine
I was new to the service (newsvine) so I was a bit surprised to see a post on digg about the issue as well as the new logo.
MSNBC has acquired Newsvine, a socially driven news site (like Digg, Shoutwire, etc). Newsvine will continue to operate as an independent news site and will not be folded into MSNBC.com, but Newsvine technology will be added to the MSNBC website.Read the rest of this entry »
Racial slur on Filipino med staff? Throw them to the gators!
Carlos Celdran’s latest post on the Desperate Housewive’s issue (which comically morphed into the “Cory Aquino as ’slut’” issue) led me to the news of how five Filipino nurses saved a man whose arm was bitten off by an alligator in South Carolina.The man, who was snorkeling in a lake adjacent to where the Filipino nurses were picnicking, stumbled up to shore crying for help. The nurses worked to stop his bleeding and kept him awake until paramedics arrived.
Does Lea Salonga Works Magic for Les Misérables?
Is she the secret weapon of this musical comeback? I am obviously biased here because we share the same Filipino heritage. However, when Les Misérables (The Miserable Ones) re-opened in November 2006, it initially advertised itself as a limited six-month engagement. Now ten months later, it has an open-run date and has scheduled shows all the way to January 2008. She wasn’t among the original revival cast, she came in 3 months prior to its supposed closing in May 2007. In that short time the role Lea currently plays had to be replaced not once but twice before everyone was comfortable with the character fit. Although majority of the original cast are no longer in the show for various reasons, Lea maintains her role (7 months and counting) with the only two remaining original revival cast Adam Jacobs and Ali Ewoldt, who happen to be Filipino-Americans!
Sputnik and RP education
In the US, there are scientists who are hoping for another “Sputnik” to spark more interest in science and space exploration. The Philippines needs another “Sputnik” too. But hopefully, educators will not be distracted from their primary mission of eradicating illiteracy and lack of basic skills among students.
Read more at Mongster’s Nest
Face Transplant
I can’t imagine going through Isabelle’s experience — living with a mutilated face for more than two years and then having someone else’s face (a suicide victim) for the rest of her life.
Pacman Wins, VP de Castro pats him on the back
After the first seemingly uneventful rounds at the Mandalay Bay, Pacman finally scored his first blow to Barrera in the 3rd round amidst the rowdy Filipino crowd chanting his name. It wasn’t as exciting as his other fights, but I can see my Dad moving up and about his seat as he watched the Pambansang Kamao dance inside the ring with his signature fast jabs and hard-hitting hooks. After 11 rounds into the fight, it was already obvious who the winner will be: the Mexicans have lost their steam shouting Barrera’s name, the commentators were already giving out praises for Pacman’s energy and tenacity and the Pinoys were already jumping, shouting and skipping for Pacman to KO his opponent. Everyone knew yet no one blinked for even a second. Even Barrera’s foul punch didn’t seem to set Pacman off: he was restrained and everyone could see just how composed he was. In the end, Pacman won by unanimous decision: everyone expected that. But honestly, the biggest surprise for me was seeing the country’s VP, Noli de Castro, give Manny that extra ‘political congratulatory pat on the back’ after the official announcement. I was irked. Is this a sign that we will see more of Pacman in future Philippine elections?
Let It Go
(cross-posted from my blog)
It is the Tao of the schoolyard: the best way to deal with the bully is not to stand up to him, but to walk away. It is not cowardice or self-preservation, but a matter of denying the bully his power. It is a matter of being bigger than the bully, of being more capable than he will ever be in letting it go.
“It,” to the Filipino nation today, is the “Desperate Housewives” issue. As of this writing, a troop of Filipino healthcare professionals are protesting outside the ABC Studios in New York demanding more than an apology for how they were “demeaned.” It’s just like a schoolyard: only the game is played in cyberspace. Everywhere from YouTube and online petition services, we see some Filipinos rising up in indignation… or maybe something to that degree.
Master Yoda says that anger leads to hate, and hate leads to suffering. We have now come to that point where anger over Teri Hatcher is slowly metamorphosing into hatred, and in many cases, sheer anti-Americanism. One need only see a protester outside the ABC Studios bearing a placard with the word “bigot” in it.
I cannot blame the Filipino: 300 years of being considered second-class human beings by colonizers have led us to believe that we should also extract our pound of flesh. Restitution in the Philippines has always been equated with retribution, and justice is put at the same level as revenge. It’s the same everyday story of the schoolyard bully: a man murdering his father’s killer, the demand that Joseph Estrada go to jail, Joey de Leon demanding that Willie Revillame apologize for the umpteenth time. The “Desperate Housewives” protest is just another one of those things where the blinding flash of anger becomes a heavy burden. The only way to get rid of a burden is to let it go.
As long as we keep weeping – and weeping – and dwelling – and dwelling – over the “racist remark” made in “Desperate Housewives,” we will never leave the schoolyard. The boy who stands up for his manhood in the schoolyard stands up to the actuality of a busted nose, a bloodied lip, and a black eye. It is not cowardice to walk away and let go: it is cowardice to stay in the schoolyard trying to pick a fight when you only win in the schoolyard of your dreams.
Any person who has had an experience with a bully in the schoolyard will know that you cannot expect an apology or anything more when you stand up to him. To be above the bully, though, means to do something a bully can never do: walk away and let it go. As long as you’re in the schoolyard, you can never defeat the bully. To deny the bully his power means to fight him where he can’t fight back: where the strength of your character far surpasses the strength of his fist.
Pacquiao Won But…
I just finished watching the rematch of Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao against Marco Antonio “Baby Face Assasin” Barerra live via sattelite at SM Cinema. As expected, Manny won the fight, unfortunately, it was not via knockout but unanimous decision.
I thought this was a boring and dirty fight courtesy of Barerra. Barerra’s battle plan is not to engage but to hit and run, thus, it became boring. And when Barerra is about to be knocked down, Barerra hit Pacquiao with a hook while the referee is trying to break them up. This cost Barerra a point deduction. He also suffered a bad cut under his right eye.
Herewith are lessons to learn that I thought can be applicable either to our work or life
