it’s undeniable. you just can’t ignore it. it’s screaming out loud.

it’s. SUMMER.

(photo: iris; unsuspecting model: anne; loc: batanggas)

and i’m loving it.

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The latest buzz in the island of Southeast Mindanao, Philippines is Camp Sabros located in Kapatagan, Digos City. A beautiful area atop a mountainous wilderness of lush greens, 3980 feet above sea level. The cool climate is welcoming in contrast to the 91 °F / 33 °C temperature in the lowlands. Just about every spot is a photo perfect opportunity! If you’re lucky, you can even see Mt. Apo’s majestic form on a clear day.

The zip line ride is a recent addition to the camp but now is primarily the reason people from all over flock the park. Find what the buzz is all about.. Read More…

Know more about the politics of haute finance and what it means when you hear ‘US recession’ and sub-prime crisis. Click here.

After the release of UK’s singer and songwriter Duffy (Aimee Anne Duffy) album Rockferry, it has been receiving positive feedbacks and reviews with some considering her as the new Amy Winehouse. In fact, she is being eyed to be one of the successful artists for 2008. Currently, she has taken the top spots in UK’s top albums and singles charts.

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More music updates and other music-related info at Music Picks blog.

Today, eNGy is visited by his friend at his office.  What do you think his friend would say? More toons here.  Please don’t forget to drop us a message.

In the recently held 2008 Samsung Digital Imaging Roadshow in Manila Hotel, Samsung has unveiled more than 20 new models of products ranging from point and shoot cameras to a full HD camcorder and a DSLR. You read that right. A DSLR complete with a variety of lenses that can suit your camwho-, um, professional and/or personal photography needs (whew, that was close). Kidding aside, think about it. With more than 20 options, an ideal personal solution for each consumers’ unique need may just be well within reach this time. At least in choosing a camera, that is.

Read more about two of the new products here >>

Was it that the legacy of some expansions that has been demonstrated in other studies which looked at the genetics of mideastern and northern africana populations. Their signs of recent europa of places to the region are more unusual.

Don’t why I read it, but this bbc news stuff on science was one of my random browsing.

The study focused on the Y, or male, chromosome, a package of material carried only by men that is passed down from father to son more or less unchanged, just like a surname. But over many generations, the chromosome accumulates small changes, or copying errors, in its DNA sequence. These can be used to classify male chromosomes into different groups (called haplogroups) which, to some extent, reflect a person’s geographical ancestry.

The scientist team analysed the Y chromosomes of 926 Lebanese males and found that patterns of male genetic variation in Lebanon fell more along religious lines than along geographical lines.  I also came upon ira, of the ira joxbido internet browsing. Which goes to say that I stray from my original browsing further and further. I ended up watching some tv shows of mundane proportions.

Music Roundup–-a summary of upcoming and previous events and happenings in the music scene abroad and in the Philippines plus music-related articles in the Philippine blogosphere from last week and this upcoming 1st week of April 2008.

What to watch out for next week? Upcoming events include a popular musical play plus performances from U2 and Toto. Aside from that, a music-reality TV show will premiere this week. World’s top-rated competition shouldn’t even be missed.

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More music updates and related-information at Music Picks blog.

Horrors of horrors, that was the first thing that came to my mind when I saw a local paper’s front page last Thursday. It carried the news of the destruction of one of Cebu’s oldest churches. The 160-year old Immaculate Conception Parish and its convent in the southern town of Oslob was gutted by fire.

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I think that the sun has finally beaten me. Today has been the hottest I have felt this year. It is so hot to the point that I feel feverish. Not a good thing especially if what I am craving for is one of the country’s famous halo halo.

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Finally, something related to the Holy Week. We briefly made a pit stop at Manaoag just to be able to do something that was connected to the Lenten traditions. Though I’m not a church person, (In fact I don’t think I’ve practiced my “religion” since the 6th grade.) I prepped my telephoto to snipe some shots.

Talk about mixed signals.

It was a particularly humid day and the many lit candles pushed the candle gallery’s temperatures to uncomfortable levels.

View the rest of the pics at Pinas or Bust!

After the very successful first volume of Power Hits, the most dominant compilation comes back for round 2, this time delivering more hits. This second volume contains knockout chart-topping singles like “Won’t Go Home Without You” by Maroon 5, “Don’t Stop The Music” by Rihanna, “Sorry, Blame It On Me” by Akon, and more smash hits. POWER HITS 2 rumbles on with other Billboard hits, including Amy Winehouse’s “Tears Dry On Their Own”, Fergie’s “Big Girls Don’t Cry”, Fall Out Boy’s “Thnks fr th Mmrs”, and Nelly Furtado’s “Do It”.

More hits included in this compilation are from Colbie Caillat, Soulja Boy, Ne-yo, One Republic, Amy Winehouse and Nicole Scherzinger.

Click here to win this compilation CD…

brought to you by Music Picks!

Again as they can to pace through in as much as the hours. The subtext is that different places in few hours so you don’t have to. Why would we have to? They are perhaps talented in their own way but it is they who deserves better forms than this, sums up the problem with his piece well. Places look numbingly the same. As if we are stuck in a loop, a labyrinth, where we keep entering the same place, over and over and over again, a seeing of our reflection in the same multiplying mirrors. Pieces like these are hard to keep selecting a place that contains some inherent.

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This coming Tuesday, I shall be off to the land of SARS and Jackie Chan films, Hong Kong, where I shall probably spread my retardery with them Chinamen Hong Kongers Kung Fungese Chinks. But I dunno, I think it’s gonna be hard for me.

Look at them. No sense of lulz whatsoever, these Chinese.

But still, I’ll be gone for six days and I’m expecting to have a blast. And by “blast”, I mean “not getting into another stupid embarassing situation that’ll make my familly finally cut all ties with me and will also probably get me deported. To Nigeria.” Read the rest of this entry »

Table 3. Distribution of Families By Income Classes: 1997, 2000, and 2003*

* Sourced from the Philippine National Statistical Coordination Board

Di ko talaga ma-knows… Needs ba talagang maglabas ang mga Pinoy broadsheets ng isang “society section” kung 99.8% naman ng populasyon ng Pinas eh ma-giraffe o middle-class? Para vah may pag-displeyan ng pagmumukha ang natitirang DALAWANG PORSYENTO na, sa tutuo lang, eh para namang pang-aasar lang yun? Pumarada bang umattend ng mga launching ng mga muk-ap, ng mga bagong selpown, o ng mga kung anik-anik na sosyalan for the sake of sosyalan samantalang maraming pilipino ang halos mamatay na sa gutom?

O sya, hindi maiiwasan… magkakaroon naman talaga ng mga ma-giraffe, mas ma-giraffe at may pera’ng grupo sa kahit na anong lipunan. Wala tayong magagawa… ganun talaga ang life. Pero ang hindi ko ma-took ever eh yung ipangalandakan pa ba nitong mga may pera’ng ito na ang laki ng kaibahan nila sa mga poor? Mega-smile, mega-papiktoryal para masabing “in” sila.

Sundan ang kabanata sa blog ni Ate Sienna: http://atesienna.pansitan.net

I know. It’s already March. But if you’re like me, you’ve probably procrastinated this long (almost) to get your christmas pictures done. (Much less share them with the relatives, ha ha ha).

I’ve been so busy putting up all my websites and getting them going that my digiscrapping had to take a back seat. Since January, I’ve only digiscrapped once and I haven’t even created any give-aways yet. (Altho I’m really aiming on giving you some freebies this weekend, hopefully But when I was browsing thru my sisters’ kits at Gotta Pixel, I kinda took a fancy to this beautiful Christmas kit. I know I have just the right Christmas photos to go with it.

The pictures I used were all taken last December 24 during our Christmas Eve midnight dinner with the family. We were all gathered at my MIL’s house opening our gifts before we partook of the food. The first LO is about our DD, Madonna, and our dear niece, Pearl. Pearl was wearing her nice red dress we bought for her and she wore when she attended her dad’s Marriott staff Christmas party. Madonna was donned and was going to meet up with her friends that night. This was a cute picture that I really had to create an LO for it.

See more of the Digiscrap Layout at Manilena.com (http://www.manilena.com) or at She’s Full of Scrap (http://www.shesfullofscrap.com)

Too much has been said about this issue of the looming Global Warming. However, aside from using this issue for political and popularity, and maybe, business gain, of some individuals and groups, very little is being done to solve this problem. Read More…

A total of 1,289 have passed out of the 5,626 law graduates that took the 2007 bar examinations, the Supreme Court announced on Saturday.

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As we celebrate the month of March for us women, I believe that the time has come for our women’s instinct that is calling to promote our basic essence that strikes for holistic betterment from within that is not just to prepare us in seeking for a higher career status to be dominant in any field but to put an essential meaning being a woman they all loved. Continue reading…

Ryan Boren tells us there’s a new password hashing scheme in WordPress 2.5 (along with a new format for cookie authentication). Why is this important for WordPress users with little knowledge about security? Continue reading the whole post…