Why Do Some Countries Remain Poor While Others Grow Rich?

This is a question that has never stopped nagging me since the very first time I left this country eleven years ago. It is one thing seeing it on television growing up, it is another being in the First World yourself. Explanations by the likes of F. Sionil Jose – which basically say we are poor because of our culture – is simply unsatisfactory. Read here.

TypePad AntiSpam for WordPress and WordPress.com Stats for Movable Type

WordPress and WordPress.com are Automattic products, while Movable Type and TypePad are SixApart products. These two companies are fierce competitors for the blogging platform crown, but here’s a surprise: you can actually use two of their plugins for the “opposing camp”. Continue reading the whole post…

Lifehouse “You and Me Live in Manila” Concert

It seems like the concert of Lifehouse band in Manila will definitely push through as concert tickets will soon be available and be on-sale in the coming days.

Lifehouse “You and Me Live in Manila” Concert details at Music Picks blog!

Adding Milk to Your Skin Care Routine

A renowned beauty icon, Cleopatra regularly indulged in milk treatments for her skin; the royal bather filling her tub with camel’s milk. Today, milk turns up in a variety of skincare products, including masks, creams and cleansers. Skin benefits. An excellent exfoliant, milk contains natural alpha hydroxy acids, which help to gently slough off dead skin cells. “It’s a natural way to eliminate old skin,” Ann Robinson – CEO of Caswell-Massey, the nation’s oldest apothecary – tells iVillage. READ MORE HERE

Something wonderful on board just for you

The two of the most imaginative vessels afloat of Disney (The Disney magic and the Disney Wonder) are as the greatest ocean liners of years gone by. So, if you are dreaming of a magical voyage across land and sea or cruising to exotic island retreats, Disney cruises has something wonderful on board just for you.Day and night you will discover enchanting entertainment for all around to enjoy, because these ships have dazzling entertainment for all ages and with separate activity areas for adults, teens, and kids. READ MORE HERE

Some eGroups that I don’t understand & It’s importance!

Some eGroups that I don’t understand & It’s importance! I recently joined this new affiliate  marketing yahoo based egroup (affiliatemarketersphilippines@yahoogroups.com) because the group looks promising and a good venue to brainstorm with newbie and season affiliate marketers. Well, it was good knowing that a couple of numbers joined and a few newbies are not hesitant on throwing questions to the group specially the moderator, but sometimes the kind of culture that this type of egroups is the culprit as to why others left or why most egroups fail. A desired culture tailored according to the egroups rules and regulation is a very powerful tool in attracting/retaining potential and seasoned members on every particular niche, and can be your competitive edge in surviving the war for acquiring potential market base. The way I see it, some marketers out there just created various types of egroups just to acquire marketing touch points for their respective businesses.

Read more here..

Start a Junkshop. Garbage is Big Business.

Garbage may be a dirty business to some, but for the many people (and communities) who have earned from it, it is big business. The Recyclables’ Collection Event (of the Earthday Network Philippines, the Philippine Business for the Environment, DENR, and many other organizations) has collected over three milion — P3,143,345.00 worth of recyclables (monetary equivalent) to be exact, from garbage.

Three million is a big amount of money, and though the RCE group is in it for advocacy, you too, can do it, and earn.

How? Start a junkshop. If you wanna know how, click here.

Go to Sun Tech Days Conference, Discover Java

Sun Tech Days, now in it’s 10th year, is a Worldwide Developer Conference that spans 15 cities across the world reaching more than 100,000 developers. So if ever you want to enhance your skills in Java, learn new things, contribute to the community and meet new friends, this is the conference you don’t want to miss.

Continue reading here…

Two Posts.

Jun Lozada’s New Blog.

According to pinoyblurker, Bloggers Kapihan has launced a blog written by Jun Lozada himself.

I really think it is a great thing that he has a blog in part of his crusade to save the Philippines and maybe the world from utter destruction.

His latest blog entry “First Postings” talks about people who defame him and claim to be the voices of all pinoys around the globe that are actually paid dogs for the ever so corrupt officials.

His points and views are correct and makes you say your oh’s and ah’s, another good point is that it is in both Filipino and English, so everyone can understand. To top it all off, the layout is crips, clean, easy to acces and to the eyes. And a blog is a good communication medium even if you’re on dial-up or wi-fi. (more from Jun Lozada’s New Blog. )

Empty Goals.

So far, so good. This blog entry is just a reminder and a bulletin about our stay here in Hawai’i. It’s all because of the fact that I don’t have my own computer yet!

June 2 was that day and we went over to Hale’iwa, a super touristy spot for us to see the beach and for our new dad to see the turtles. (More from Empty Goals. )

Bill Gates Talks About Being a Harvard Dropout

Bill Gates dropped out of Harvard more than 30 years ago. We all know him as the founder of Microsoft. He held the title of being the richest man in the world for 13 years. This year, he’s no.3 mainly because he now focuses his time and attention to others in need. Gates has donated about $800 million to charities. Last year, Gates received an honorary degree from Harvard and he delivered the graduation speech for the class of 2007. If you wanna be entertained and inspired, watch the videos here

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