A colleague and I were going back to the office after spending a hellish morning at Quezon City Hall. Naturally, our conversation topic was about local government units. She was a sweet old lady that everybody liked. But since our responsibilities at work don’t always intersect, I really didn’t know all that much about her.

“Makati’s City Hall is a lot better than Quezon City’s. Have you been there?” she asked me.

“Really? I don’t think so,” I replied.

“Oh it’s really nice. The lines are much shorter. It’s not as hot. And they even have an elevator.”

“Cool. Hey, how do you know? Do you live in Makati?”

She said yes. Then she proceeded to tell me about the perks of being a Makati resident.

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It is not easy to be in a new work setting especially if you are dealing with a close knit group—with its own set of norms and subculture that are intensely engraved in their way of doing things. This is doubly hard when you begin to realize that your authority is being insulted, and respect and courtesy are forgotten virtues of basic social interaction. If these ever happened among friends, it is easy to forgive and forget. However, it becomes a larger concern if these would ever occur in a work setting. Add to it the group’s tendency to spew seemingly pleasant but piquant words that make you cringe in consternation because of the feeling of debasement.

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By now, much would have been said on the unexpected arrest of erstwhile Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founder Jose Ma. Sison. Some of the initial responses, I have already mentioned in an earlier post.

In the meantime, the International Day of the Disappeared was commemorated yesterday. Also, Inday Nita Daluz, a popular martial law era radio host and anti-dictatorship icon in Cebu, died of heart and kidney illness.

At the moment, the Dutch envoy defends the arrest. The trial is already set. The military goes into red alert to prepare itself for possible reprisals from the NPA as the NDF affirms the fears expressed by Bayan the other day, saying the arrest would mean the end of peace talks.

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The story is so touching and the main character Yui is super cute “cho-kawaii” she looks a little bit like Maja Salvador.

starring : Takashi Tsukamoto, Kishitani Goro, Asagi Kuniko, YUI .

Directed by : Norihiro Koizumi

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Tapos na naman ang buwan ng Agosto, tapos na ang buwan ng wika. Ibig sabihin ay simula na ng Ber months. Malamang sa unang araw ng pagpasok ng September ay magpapatugtog na ang mga radio stations ng mga Christmas songs. Medyo magsisimula na rin ang christmas shopping sa mga tiangge at pagsiksikan sa Divisoria. Tuloy lang.

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hi everybody…im just curious..is there any place here where i can get any advises regaring house construction,any recommended architect  ,and how to deal with these people so that your hard earned money wont go into waste..im planning to start a house by next year and by now im trying to look for some advises and ideas how to deal with it from choosing what style  to how to have a nice house with minimal expenses..please help me…..

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My buddy who works at an ad agency is asking me to pimp the new TV Ad they just finished. He wants to generate as much exposure for this ad so feel free to pass it around.

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Yeba! Got my HP Book 7 via LBC kagabi. May free owl softie pa na pingalanan kong Hedwig, hehe! Sarap talaga ng libre! Jalessa, an OL friend, gave it to me.

Galing Aussie yung book. Pinadala lang n’ya sa cuz n’ya nung umuwi ng Pinas para ipadala naman sa akin via LBC. Bloomsbury edition s’ya at mas maliit kesa dun sa Scholastic edition na makikita sa mga bookstores sa Pinas.

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Oh, come on Ka Bel.

I know the Netherlands to be one of the most democratic, one of the most liberal in the world that is why communist leaders prefer to hide there than in the mountains of Samar or Quezon.

Just because one of them got arrested, the Dutch government is now labeled “fascist!”

Hmm … I disagree.

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Reflections on the film The Day After Tomorrow

The Day After Tomorrow takes us to one of the many possible future scenarios that faces our planet, the very real possibility of catastrophic man-made disaster. And although the scenes portrayed in the film were somewhat exaggerated, altogether, the film raises a point that is very relevant to every one of us.

The film essentially showed the perils resulting from human kind’s reckless abuse of nature, especially through the wasteful burning of harmful fossil fuels such as coal and other substances. This is directly related to the long standing issues of energy consumption and conservation in the poorer nations.

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Sadly, another one bites the dust, courtesy of Hazing.

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Insired by Jego, who has begun translating CS Lewis into Filipino, I begin my translation of George Orwell’s Animal Farm. He was probably spurred by the discussion at Manolo’s blog over the lack of good translations of English works into the vernacular. I took the liberty of changing the setting from England to the Philippines. Inihaw, pagdamutan po ninyo ang aking pagsasalin.

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Attention Mac users!

Power Mac Center in Greenbelt offers both free and paid seminars to help you get he most out of your Mac.

Please visit PinoyMacLovers.com where I’ve posted Power Mac Center’s September 2007 Training Calendar.

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MAGSASAKA: Lalake na talaga ang aking anak kasi nagsasaka na at brusko pa!

Ano ang plano mong itanim sa sakahan ko aking anak?

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Ano kaya ang sagot ng anak? [alamin…]

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Passwords are very common in today’s world of technology. We use it to login to our email accounts, office computers, social networking sites and many others. Passwords keep personal information and other important stuff safe from unauthorized or malicious users.

However, some of us neglect or take for granted the importance of these passwords.

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