Thumbs up for the Chief Justice
July 17, 2008
I clap my hands for the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court even if his stand lost in this case regarding public disclosure on the controversial free trade agreement between Japan and the Philippines.
Thumbs up for him and three other justices for upholding the right to information.
The Obscured Art of Personal Blogging
July 17, 2008
Let’s face it—personal blogging is a profitable niche no more. It’s a sad fact, seeing as how the original purpose of blogging was to serve as a sort of online journal. People’s tastes have changed, and blogging isn’t the obscure medium it used to be. Now, no one can wade through the Interwebs without hearing the word “blog” being mentioned—and boy, what a meaning the word has. The term now conjures images of fat geeks making money from home, and of websites that deliver to us breaking-news information even before television and print media get a hold of the [...] Continue Reading…
Time Out Muna ang Turista
July 15, 2008
Malapit na akong ma-overdue bilang isang turista sa bansang Singapore. Dalawa lang ang pwedeng mangyari sa akin: 1. Palayasin ako ng immigration dito (Matapos akong i-cane. Que Horor!) or 2. Yakapin ako ng bansang ito at gawin akong “one of them.”
Kung anu’t ano man, nais kong gamitin ang oras na ito upang pagmuni-munihan ang mga bagay bagay na napansin ko sa tatlong linggong pamamalagi ko rito.
Halos nagre-rave ang mga taong nakausap ko tungkol sa bansang ito. Kesyo maganda raw, malinis at mapayapa. And true enough, ganoon nga siya. Bagaman, mukhang masyado yatang na-build-up ng mga manghang manghang mga taong iyon ang imahe ng bansang ito. Naging sobrang taas tuloy ng expectation ko.
To be honest about it, this place did not blow me away, contrary to what I expected. At gaya nga ng nabanggit ko, ina-attribute ko ito sa exag na description ng mga taong nagprovide sa akin ng vicarious sneak preview sa unang bansang napuntahan ko bukod sa Pinas.
Sa tuwing nakikita kong may kalat sa paligid, di ko mapigilang ihirit na, “akala ko ba walang kalat sa Singapore?” Siguro nga imposible naman talaga ang bansang zero litter. Mayroon siguradong pasaway na magtatapon ng used tissue paper, empty juice tetrapack at kung ano pang papel sa labas ng basurahan.
Sa mga nakaka-chat o text ko mula sa Pinas, madalas kong matanggap ang tanong na, “Maganda ba talaga diyan?” kung saan ang kaya ko lang isagot ay isang nonchalant na, “OK lang.”
Finding the Balance
July 12, 2008
I came across two articles from the GMA news feed two days ago, both about the establishment of proposed renewable energy power plants and the opposition they presently face from local constituents. I quote them both at some length and say my two-cents’ worth here…
Skinny-dipping in Manila Bay, anyone?
July 11, 2008
I read an article on the pollution of Manila Bay, which costs about Php 4 billion annually as a consequence of degradation. The major causes, as the article expounded: overfishing, pollution in coastal areas—thereby limiting tourism and other recreational uses—results in this equivalent monetary loss.
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Yale’s EPI 2008 and the Philippines
July 4, 2008
The July 7/14 issue of Newsweek featured Yale University’s 2008 Environmental Performance Index (EPI)—“a global ranking of nations with the best, and worst, environmental track records,” the magazine cover said. Find out how the Philippines fared, as well as “who’s who” in the best and worst in being green around the world. Also, some concerns are highlighted, particularly on the application of weights for some categories like climate change, including some intrinsic limitations to some indicators, which may not be adequate enough to describe the Philippines’ performance.
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Is Google really making people stupid? Yes and No, I think.
July 2, 2008
There’s this article written by John Naughton which I’ve read quite recently. The title of the article clearly states its case: “I Google, Therefore I am Losing the Ability to Think.” Is Google really making people stupid?
What’s in a Name?
June 29, 2008
I had to renew my Drivers’ License yesterday. It will be expiring this weekend *hint hint*. Good thing my dad brought me to LTO Aguinaldo/Cubao where there are significantly less people, cars and fixers. I abhor bureaucracy and its inefficiency and a crowded office makes it worse. I passed time waiting for my turnS (with an S because you have to wait for your turn several times as you have to go through several windows for processing, verification, cashier, 2 pictures and signatures, drug test and medical examinations etc. etc.) watching the Lakers-Celtics game (Go Celtics!).
The “Longest Quickie”, Frank the Typhoon, typhoons, and Ships
June 24, 2008
Typhoon Miding was the “longest quickie” in Philippine atmospheric history. That was way back in 1986. Frank the typhoon gave his (or her?) share of cataclysm, just like the other typhoons that went before him, although the scale of his madness is yet to be determined. And who can forget Rosing and Monang? More so, will we forget the tragedy of the Princess of the Stars just like the other princesses? Ah, if you will, you might get a taste of lashing from some woman.
What Constitutes You
June 22, 2008
It has been a habit since we’ve been partners in school to go out and shop after we get our shy pays. We can actually used it all up in one mall visit. There’s food, clothes, “unnecessary” things and more food tripping.
Then we decided to use some of our money to buy books. More deserving of our pays, I think. Thank God there’s Book Sale. You can find books as low as Ph30.00, like I did. I bought two hard bound books, one is for Php70.00 - Little Doors by Paul Di Filippo and After Dachau by Daniel Quinn for only Php30.00. A hundred bucks for two hard bound-used books (they’re clearly looked unused to me) is such a good deal to pass up.
I’m a one sitting reader. If and only if, I find the book really really interesting. There are stories that I can’t stop reading, and would only leave the book open to go to the bathroom or eat. And After Dachau is one of those worthy books for my time. My hundred buck purchase didn’t disappoint me at all. After Dachau is sucha good read if you’re into Reincarnation and English History. It is fictional and at the same time very informative on historical matters that dated back during 1920’s.
As it is.
June 21, 2008
I will be trying different things from now on. Things not including alcohol, nicotine, and partying. And spending my whole paycheck into empty things.
Like for example, useful and informative blogging. I have been trying to get into it for a long time now, I just can’t find the right timing and inspiration to actually do it. So what made me start now? Paid blogging. Fun right? Paid or not, I will still continue to blog.
For some blogging is a form of tension release, as well as mind therapy. When you have lots of things in mind, and you can’t stop fidgeting alone, you would always want to talk and say things aloud. Just for the sake of releasing it. The usual bigger problem on top of that is you don’t have anyone to talk to. No loved one to share it with, friends are all busy, or you’re a plain dead kid.. a loner.
I do that. Most of the time. Hell I do that everytime I blog. And often than not, I actually don’t care if someone reads and comments post after post. But I’m getting tired of my usual topics.. i mean topic.. myself. Boring. For most blog hoppers. Not for me. so it’s time to make a change.
From now on, I will keep my personal blogs in my multiply page, where most of my friends can annotate, and informative blogs here. Topics would vary from my passion: teaching to whatnots like grass or rain. Whatever that can be useful to any form of creature who flies around the cyber world. Music, movies, books, people, happenings. My grammar isn’t at all grand, but I learned English enough during my school years, so pardon me if I lack a little in my communication skills. I ask of you now for a little encouragement and appreciation that a small blogger like me can be an instrument to cater to whatever needs bloggers and non-bloggers have. For now, let’s just leave this blog as it is. An intoduction.
Thank you.
How to manage complex financial functions
June 19, 2008
Most of us know the important points of managing complex financial functions. There’s a tool that every organization must have to manage multiple scenarios and budgets throughout the organizational levels.
Time To Awaken The Rizal In All Of Us
June 18, 2008
Tomorrow, June 19 we celebrate — with much gratitude and adoration, Jose Rizal’s birthday. For the uninformed few (okay, very very few, if there are actually any), Jose Protacio Rizal is the Philippine’s National Hero. I guess there’s no need to elaborate on that.
I have the pleasure and honor of living (for almost 2 years now) in the same city where he was born — Calamba City, Laguna. And so, being a few kilometers away from Rizal’s Shrine (Rizal’s ancestral house), I feel that it is only appropriate and yes, expected that I blog about him today — not discounting the fact that I genuinely have the urge to write about him. Before anything else, I have a confession to make. In the (almost) 2 years that I’ve moved here with my family, I have not (and I am ashamed to admit this..) visited Rizal’s Shrine — not even once. And it’s not for lack of anything but “effort”. Read more
Policemen-Teachers
June 17, 2008
In one of the Philippine Daily Inquirer articles just last month, I read with interest the story about policemen taking the roles of teachers in far-flung areas with insurgency problems. They teach with gun on the side and chalk on one hand. The former is true while the latter is, well, just a thought, considering how anorexic the budget for education has been going on for years. But that’s another story. This is the story of how children cope with their pressing environment and of how “human adaptation” is worth thinking over.
(’Till death do us part) Share Victory - Share Defeat
June 13, 2008
A one for all - all for one great team work
where every one share victory and share defeat.
NO one will be left Behind.
CONTINUE READING
On the “Abduction” (or Kidnapping?) of Ces Drilon
June 11, 2008
In case you’ve missed it, there’s this storm that hit the media more recently, It’s about the “abduction” case of Ces Drilon, the noted journalist from ABS-CBN. Early reports indicate a request from ABS-CBN to the media to make certain “restraints” on issuing details about the case so as to protect Drilon and her crew, along with Octavio Dinampo, a professor and a member of the MNLF senior Shura. As of this time, negotiations are under way.
Open Comments Workgroup - Now Online
June 9, 2008
If you are a blogger, a website owner, or a commenter, you may have notice how comments are fragmented since Web 1.0 and how it gets even more fragmented today - Web 2.0. Discussions about defragmenting Comments sparked up in the Comments space and the Blogosphere these past few months, especially with the growing popularity of services like Disqus, Intense Debate, and well the two most pointed-out fragmenter today - Shyftr and FriendFeed (to which I’ve said, it has been like that since Web 1.0).
Read the rest here.
A Newbie’s Unsure Promises or a Veteran’s Mismanagement?
June 7, 2008
When America elects its next president come November, it will have to decide between two starkly different candidates—the seasoned John McCain, who believes in spending billions of dollars on the war in Iraq, but thinks twice about spending millions of dollars in education, or Barack Obama, who, in his charismatic speeches promises of a new direction for his country, for change we can believe in, but who many people believe does not have enough expertise to deliver his promises.
That is, in my opinion, perhaps the biggest dilemma voters face. Should they entrust the future of the world’s single largest superpower to a man who knows how to manage a country but in a wrong way, or to a young chap who promises radical change despite his short curriculum vitae?
NBI ID Card - de facto National ID
June 7, 2008
The NBI ID Card is now the most recommended and honoured Identification Card in the Philippines, with banks leading this “practice”, making it a de facto National ID. What is this NBI ID Card anyway? Is it really the National ID in practice? Will it become the National ID by law? Is it ready?
Learn more by reading here.
Gabby Concepcion in Lucida S Ad Board
June 5, 2008
I read about an article where Judy Ann Santos briefly explained about the issue with Meralco. Then when I passed by an ad board of Gabby Concepcion using Lucida S. I wonder if Gabby got his good facial complexion using such product. Anyone?
What can Judy Ann Santos explain in less than a minute…
June 5, 2008
You see these people wrestling over the thought of Judy Ann Santos defending what the Meralco people deems needed to be defended, God or Allah or Buddha knows what entertainment can truly bring and wring. It can bring political minds into hysteria over the first sight of a banana. It can wring political minds dry, too.
…that Meralco and the government find the hardest measures to explain? SYSTEM LOSS. (Lmfao)
Why Do Some Countries Remain Poor While Others Grow Rich?
June 4, 2008
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.
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