This is one of the most unique destinations in our Laguna Loop Tour. It’s quite bizaare actually, but it’s fun. It has been a long time dream of mine to go to this place. But work scedule and logistics usually hamper my travel plans. Continue here

“Among the important steps Aguinaldo took shortly after the declaration of Philippine independence in June 12, 1898 was the creation of the diplomatic corps to work for the recognition of the new Philippine republic by the foreign governments. In June 23, 1898, Aguinaldo appointed Galicano Apacible as member and sent him together with Rafael del Pan on a mission to the United States, to secure recognition for the newly established Filipino government and present the case of the Filipino people before the McKinley administration and the American people. Apacible’s credentials were impressive even by contemporary standards. A Filipino patriot and propagandist from Balayan, Batangas and a cousin of Dr. Jose Rizal, he was a physician trained at the University of Barcelona and an active member of the La Solidaridad in Spain. He collaborated with the likes of Marcelo H. del Pilar and Graciano Lopez Jaena and organized the Comite Central Filipino, a Filipino propaganda group in Hongkong during the revolution against Spain.”

read more: To the American people, an appeal

Kung mga jetsetters o first time niyo mag-cross continent, malamang ay naranasan niyo na ang common problems ng mga travelers; ang jetlag. Ang jetlag ay nangyayari dahil nag-a-adjust ang body clock sa timezone ng bansang pinuntahan. Ituloy mo lang.

I was lucky enough to get an invite from Ajay to this French Cooking Class at the Manila Diamond Hotel. Despite the very short notice, I was really excited about getting out of the house, possibly meeting new people and attending a cooking class. (At this point, ANY class would have excited me; I miss school.)

I had a feeling that I would meet the other local bloggers, and I was right. First, there was Christine, whom I met over at BootsnAll, Rache, wife of Anton of Our Awesome Planet whom I met during the Pampanga Culinary Tour, and of course, Ajay, whom I met during the same tour. I was also able to meet Noemi of Aboutmyrecovery.com, but she didn’t stay; she just went there to drop off her daugther, Marielli, who unfortunately, I wasn’t able to talk to
The class was headed by Chef Jean-Pierre Migne, Executive chef of Restaurant Le Bellevue. I have to admit that for the first few minutes at the start of the class, I can hardly concentrate on the lesson because his accent was so…French. Yes, certainly one of those moments when I was mentally kicking myself for not getting my digital camera repaired sooner.

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Dear God, make Ms. Nono a National Artist someday. But in the meantime, get more people to watch her repeat show (moved from the PETA Theater to Sinag Arts Studio in Mandaluyong) on June 2, 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.

The concert, “Tinig: Sacred Chants and Intimations,” also serves as the culminating showcase of the lights design and sound design workshops conducted by the technical theater pillars behind Sinag Arts, premiere lighting designer Shoko Matsumoto (a Japanese woman with not a drop of Filipino blood who has opted to stay in the country to work with Filipino artists–kudos to her) and sound designer Jethro Joaquin.

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With no upgrade path for WordPress 2.1 blogs, users are being forced to upgrade to WordPress 2.2 sooner than expected due to a new attack that leaves your site vulnerable if you have your Admin user as user # 1 and your table prefix as WP_.

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I have to contend with the 300++ spam comments a day. Thanks to the Akismet plugin, these comments does not find it’s way into the blog. However, precious time is wasted going thru spam comments to de spam a valid comment. In an average, one or 2 valid comments per month is erroneously classified as spam. With the older version of WordPress, I can view all spam comments in one page, but with the 2.2 version, a maximum number can only be displayed per page, thus, the more spams you have, the more pages you have to browse.

It soo frustrating not to have knowledge on layouting or editing your blog. It doesnt make your blog colorful and cooler than before. The theme of my blog is a mere classic themes given by the blogger site.

I want to have new layout in this blog with the theme i want. I want to make this blog more colorful, but how? I don’t have enough knowledge to manipulate and edit my layout. If i will do so i might put my blog in a risk. I’m envy of what others could do in thier layout ;(… I am thankful to Clarice coz she gave me some tips on editing and layouting ( thnx’s Clarice..). Though i have that tips, i couldn’t still do it..huhu..

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This lifestyle is alien to most people who haven’t worked in TV. Even call center people have fixed shifts. This is the reason why most of the people who work in TV aren’t married, or are separated from their spouses. You want the nastiest, most stressful job evah? You looking for a way to get rid of your nagging girlfriend? You itching to ditch those grubby college friends of yours? You want your weird-ass family to stop giving a sh*t about you? Try TV, man. It will ruin every single aspect of your life in one fell swoop. You’ll never make it to dates. You’ll never have time for nights out with your buds. You’ll never have the luxury of family time.

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I’ve just been invited to join Facebook by an online friend. Bored like hell, I decided to bite and I registered. Plus, I also decided to update all my social networking accounts. And I just realized there’s a lot.

How many social networking sites do we really need? Or want, for that matter. I’m thinking sure, you get to stay updated with the lives of your real life and online friends, classmates, co-workers, and old flames. But you also encounter spammers, stalkers, posers, losers, and other types of freaks.

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Have you ever had problems eating chips with friends who doesn’t seem to think they’re not the only one eating from the bag? Or do you prefer eating chips on a bowl, but hate cleaning up after? But, maybe you’re just outside, and you just can’t find that bowl to eat comfortably from? Or you just hate digging into the bag with cheese and barbecue stuck on the sides, consequently making the back of your hand so sticky. Then, this post’s for you!

Hubbah is a five-month-old, brown Labrador that my cousin gave to us after hearing about our loss of Eckman. He is supposed to be the family pet but Melmac assigned all pet-related duties to me: feeding Hubbah twice in a day, bathing him at least twice in one week, walking him after every meal (if the weather permits), and cleaning the dog house (which is newly constructed beside our Amsterdam-side gate). Bladder, of course, shares with the responsibilities but as I am the one who buys Hubbah’s food and other stuff, I take it that I shall be his daddy and Bladder is his to be his caring “manong”.

Read more: Daddy Duties on ABCruz.com

Just when I thought the car chase in Matrix Reloaded was the best action scene ever captured in film, then came this…

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What do Jose Rizal, Cory Aquino and Dolphy have in common?

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I am part of the organization of working mom’s at our office and many times I would receive how-to’s, where-to’s, and invites to parenting talks and seminars. A few days back a fellow mom forwarded an article she wrote about her daughter which was published in the office newsletter. I asked permission from her and here I am sharing it with you.

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I don’t know why am I writing this when I don’t give a rat’s piss at everybody there at all. But things got a little overboard around “the house” last night (Wednesday) that if I don’t get this off my chest anytime soon, I’m gonna flip the fuck out every time I watch it.

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IMHO, ever since Roger Federer became the world’s no. 1 in February 2004, men’s tennis has been… BORRRRRING! Everytime you watch a tennis tournament with Federer in it, you just know he’ll win. His icy cold demeanor, his flawless technique, and his superior court sense just send his opponents running for cover.

There are no exciting tennis rivalries nowadays in the likes of Sampras vs. Agassi. In the beginning, I thought that there would be a rivalry between Federer and Andy Roddick. But the formerly arrogant American who looks like Stifler in American Pie appears to have lost his mojo and is now as meek as a lamb ever since Federer beat him in two Wimbledon Finals. I think their current record now is tremendously lopsided in Federer’s favor at 11-1. It’s so bad that sometimes, I think that Roddick just simply lets himself lose in the early rounds of tournaments just so that he wouldn’t meet Federer in the finals.

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My bestfriend, Rosanna, says that I’m obsessed with commas. Because I am. (Hmmm, should have been a comma or semi-colon instead of the period separating both sentences back there but — but oh well.) I even once fell in love with a man because his command of English grammar was superior to mine. Every time I read his letters, I swear, I practically salivated. I called it comma sutra.

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When we had our Laguna Loop tour last week, we literally passed through the Royal Gates of Pagsanjan, Laguna, Philippines.

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The adverse and accelerated effects of global warming are more evident in the polar ice caps and its ecosystems than any other places in the world.

Here are some articles showing why…

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Joost has launched a new Beta version of its great cable-TV-in-your-PC software. This version 0.10.3 otherwise known as “Joost Friends Edition” enables existing “Official Beta Testers” like me to invite as many friends or contacts as my time would allow it. In short, unlimited Joost invites for those who want to try the future of web-based cable TV.

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