Since the new year is coming up, I’m sure many of you are itching to take pictures of fireworks. If you’ve read Jayvee’s post on the World Pyro Olympics, you might be excited to shoot there too. Mind you, getting a good shot isn’t easy, but it isn’t impossible either.

All you need is to prepare yourself, and you can head over here to get ready…

I don’t consider myself judgmental, but stupidity irritates me. I’m not talking about people who don’t know they’re being stupid (I actually have a lot of sympathy for these types) but those who know they are but are hoping they’ll get lucky and beat the odds. I’m referring to those who know their actions will lead to their eventual ruin — and when they find themselves bruised and broken at the bottom of the deep, dark well they willingly hurled themselves down while refusing all help to stay on top, they wonder how they got there in the first place and then whine about it

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40. “Oh, no, we’re not going to have any casualties.” —discussing the Iraq war with Christian Coalition founder Pat Robertson, as quoted by Robertson

37. “We need an energy bill that encourages consumption.” —Trenton, N.J., Sept. 23, 2002

32. “It is white.” —after being asked by a child in Britain what the White House was like, July 19, 2001

30. “For every fatal shooting, there were roughly three non-fatal shootings. And, folks, this is unacceptable in America. It’s just unacceptable. And we’re going to do something about it.” —Philadelphia, Penn., May 14, 2001

14. “I don’t know where bin Laden is. I have no idea and really don’t care. It’s not that important. It’s not our priority.” —Washington, D.C., March 13, 2002

6. “Those weapons of mass destruction have got to be somewhere!” —President George W. Bush, as he narrated a comic slideshow during the Radio & TV Correspondents’ Association dinner, Washington, D.C., March 24, 2004

3. “Too many good docs are getting out of the business. Too many OB-GYNs aren’t able to practice their love with women all across this country.” —Poplar Bluff, Mo., Sept. 6, 2004

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“Nasaan ang kabataang naglalaan ng magagandang sandali, ng kanilang mga pangarap at kasiglahan alang-alang sa ikabubuti ng kanilang bayan? Saan naroon ang handang magpakamatay upang hugasan ng dugo ang napakaraming pagkakasala? Upang karapatdapat ang pagpapakasakit ito’y kailangang malinis at busilak. Nasaan ang kabataang may lakas na tumanan na sa aming mga ugat, ng kalinisan ng diwa na narumihan na sa amin, ng apoy ng sigla na patay na sa aming puso? O kabataan, kayo’y aming hinihintay!” — Padre Florentino, in Jose Rizal’s “El Filibusterismo”

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I have two issues about wearing a bathing suit. First, I don’t exactly have a Baywatch body – I’ve been trying to lose fifteen pounds for the last thirty years now. Second, I’m a Filipina and I have the natural inhibitions of Maria Clara (timely metaphor, as today is Rizal Day). I mean, even in this liberal age, I’m sure you could still find beaches in the Philippines where the locals swim their bathing suits with a t-shirt and shorts on top.

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Convicted rapist Daniel Smith, a member of the US Marines, was transferred from Makati City Jail to the US Embassy in Manila tonight , TV and online news reports say.

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Last saturday, my hubby and I went to Rustans at Shangri-la Mall to buy stuff for our kids. After about 2 hours of walking along the department store aisles and skirting around little boys and girls and their mommies and daddies, we both became famished. We went outside the mall hoping to find a place with great food that will satisfy our intense hunger. We then came upon an interesting restaurant that had little hawaiian theme going. We looked at the huge menu that was on display and it took one look for my husband’s saliva to drizzle. I looked over his shoulder and was not surprised at all at his reaction. What he saw was an image that looked so tasty and delicious – besides it was his favorite – chili beans (uggh – for me).

Come HULA with me….

When parents separate, it is the children who suffer the consequences. In their growing years children do not only have bodily needs. They also emotional needs–needs which a stable and happy marriage provides. Here is a cute story of a strong and happy family.

For a drive by shooter, the tools of the trade are projectile weapons and fast-moving vehicles. More often than not, these are firearms and cars.
Being a drive by shooter myself, I also use a high-speed vehicle – my car. When it comes to what I carry, however, my choice of tools differs from theirs. I use a camera instead of guns. Of course, If I had some money to burn, I could use both – and really live up to my monicker.

With this little bad boy, I would really look like a drivebyshooter…

Are you using an earlier version of Firefox 2.0?

Well, not me for I’m still using the 1.5.X series on Ubuntu. Upgrading to the latest version of this popular browser’s actually very tempting but I got stumbled upon the news that there were reports of mass email deletions on Gmail via Firefox 2.0. Scary?

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my sis caught my name on their list

My sister got her first Smacker for free! I wrote a blog entry about my Penny Brown moment and it was chosen as one of those blog entries who won in their promo after I named my own Penny Brown combination (Sinful Escape). We got the free Smacker yesterday when we dropped by Food Choices in Glorietta 4, Makati.

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My plan for this day was going to Grouse Mountain and learn to ski but all of the slots are booked already until next week because its Christmas break for students. Instead i went to Metropolis and watched Happy Feet. Another musical movie for the second time this week.

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@ Objects and Pixels

Terible ang pagkawala ng internet ng ilang araw. Aba pati yung kapitbahay naming canteen hindi nakapagserve ng sandwich dahil sa pagkawala ng internet. Malay ko ba kung ano kuneksyon ng sandwich sa internet, baka dina-download pa nila ang mga pagkain through the net. Basa pa

@ Objects and Pixels

…The same video also indicates the puzzle that was Rizal’s influence on his countrymen, most of whom could not read Rizal’s works in Spanish. It must be noted, too, that only 2,000 copies of each of the books were printed in Europe, and that perhaps half made it to Philippine shores. More…

Officially,wala. It’s not even a holiday and people go to work. The children’s last day in school falls on the 24th this year. Japan being a Buddhist country is not big on christmas celebrations infact,when my kids were small,their friends were always surprised to hear that we have Noche Buena or christmas eve feast at home. You go to the department stores and you’ll see lots of christmas decorations and santa gift giving but all are being practiced for the sake of commercialism,this country isn’t called Corporate Japan for nothing. The cake industry…

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I’ve always thought that the most boring day of the Christmas season is Christmas day. All the gifts have been opened, the food eaten, and the parties partied. There’s nothing else to do but rest and perhaps meditate on the year that has passed and to make my New Year’s resolutions. And that is why I timed the publication of this meme from Ipanema on Christmas Day.

These are the ten things I would never do:

1. Overeat again. Harharhar! Well said after a heavy sumptuous Christmas Eve buffet.
2. Get a liposuction. Something to ponder about after that buffet for Christmas. Anyway, my medical knowledge is hazy but I heard that if you get your stomach liposuctioned, it would lose its ability to process fats. So when you eat fats, instead of going to your stomach, the fats would go to your knees. How disgusting to have fat knees!

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He was adamant about not accepting even a cup of tea from outsiders, not even from his girlfriend, who traveled alongside him. At Base Camp, he was still agonizing over some modest help he had accepted when his bicycle broke down on a remote road in the middle East.

Goran reminded me of my father — they shared a relentless good cheer, a passion for strenuous work, and an appreciation for the value of hardship and honesty.

- Touching my Father’s Soul
By Jamling Tenzing Norgay

The author is the son of Tenzing Norgay, one of the first two men who reached the summit of Mount Everest. The other man is the more well-known Sir Edmund Hillary. The Norgays are Sherpas – the Buddhist people who live in the surrounding area of Mount Everest and who have been accompanying mountaineers to its peak since 1921. In his story, Jamling Norgay relates his 1996 ascent with the account of his father’s historic climb.

Read more in Toe’s Kurokuroatbp.