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.

Continue reading. 

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.

FULL STORY

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

watch movie:

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.

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…..

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.

Continue reading: 

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.

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.

View the photo here.

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

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.

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.

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

Ano ang plano mong itanim sa sakahan ko aking anak?

*****
Ano kaya ang sagot ng anak? [alamin...]

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.

Continue reading “How Safe Is Your Password”

I found this photo while rummaging through the pictures Mom sent me. It was the summer of 1983 (well, summer in the Philippines, spring in North America). And this was taken in Elizabeth Park, in Vancouver, Canada.

More at Toe’s Kurokuroatbp. 

In celebration of the 40th Anniversary of ASEAN, the ASEAN embassies in Cambodia each featured a fashion show of traditional Costumes. The show of the Philippines featured colorful costumes from the Luzon highlands; spectacular dresses from the south of the Philippines; Spanish-inspired baro’t saya and terno from the Christian lowlands, including the only dress named after a literary heroine – the Maria Clara, and a traditional wedding dress. And this is the video. I do hope you’d have the patience to download it… it’s almost 10 minutes. Notice that the pink terno and the white terno are early creations of Rene Salud (when he wasn’t famous yet). They were contributed by my boss who used to wear them when she was younger.

Read more and watch the video here.

Wowowee is the center of publicity (particularly on YouTube) yet again due to an incident on a segment of their show. The show is being accused of manipulating the outcome of the prizes. If in fact he is holding the 2M film then there would be no chance in hell that the contestant will be able to win the 2M. Or another assumption is that if he feels like it, he can just stick the 2M film on the chosen coin and let the contestant win the 2M.

Continue reading

Everyone is invited to join the 2007 National Pilgrimage to Lipa

A Day of Prayer and Reparation for World Peace and Sanctification of the Clergy

For more details, please visit http://www.marymediatrixofallgrace.com

The arrest of communist leader Jose Maria or Joma Sison in Netherlands for the killings of his former comrades in the Philippines has opened an old wound too in the case of the Plaza Miranda bombing.

The infamous bombing of the Liberal Party Proclamation Rally at the popular Manila plaza on August 21, 1971 led to the declaration of martial law in the country for the next 15 years. Six LP senators won in the last pre-martial law election held in November that year.

Joma is said to be the mastermind of the bombing

Please continue here.

AN OPEN LETTER TO ZARAH AND FAMILY

To Ayah’s Family : First and foremost, i and ayah would like to apologize for what had happened, it had caused so much trouble on on your family and on our part. I accept full responsibility of what had happened. I’m trying to contact you from time to time to ask if there is any way i can help to resolve the situation and i am reassuring you that i’ll do my best to help mend all of the problems that we’ve caused you. I’d really like to apologize in person and try to rebuild a relationship but the thing is i am currently committed to my work right now but i’ll do my best to make it possible. I am just hoping and praying that you’ll give me a chance of proving that never a chance that i’ve tried to desert nor abandon your daughter in this time of dilemma and suffering. Only God knows how much i really care for your daughter. We ask for your forgiveness and hoping that you will give me a chance to prove that i only have clean intentions for your daughter. We are very sorry… hoping for you to give me a chance…

To Ayah : Yab, please do forgive me if i can’t do a damn thing about our problem right now. I know that you are in a great distress and suffering right now. How’d i wish that i’m at your side at this time of burden and trial. If you only knew how much i want to go home and be with you. Even if my presence is not at your side right now, please let me try to comfort you because its the least way that i can do for now. And do always remember to pray everyday… as i was telling you, always ask Him the right things and He’ll do the rest. I’ll do my best to fix things up for you and our baby. I love you so much… i sincerely do…

Three new theater productions are opening in various venues within the next three days, plus one more that’s running on its last weekend:

1. Actor’s Actors Inc.’s “Children’s Letters to God,” at the RCBC Theater, Makati City.

2. Dulaang UP’s “As You Like It” by William Shakespeare, at the Guerrero Hall, Palma Building, UP Diliman.

3. Entablado’s production of Chris Millado’s “Buwan at Baril,” at the Rizal Mini-Theater, Ateneo de Manila University.

4. Floy Quintos’ “Fluid,” at the Fine Arts Hall, Gonzaga Building, ADMU.

Give yourself a dose of intrepid Pinoy theater this weekend!

Read complete post here.