China. Ten years ago, it was one of those Bermuda Triangles in the world economy. Even if they are known as one of the most populous nations on earth, it was known then as one of the depressed and poorest countries in the world.

Today, it is different.

You could sense it in Hollywood itself. Kung Fu Panda, The Warriors, Forbidden Kingdom, and now, The Mummy III. Read more…

A few weeks back Christophe was telling me how he loved eating mangoes: that whenever he visited the Philippines he’d take every chance to have some, and then when he returned to France he’d bring several boxes of it as well, both for him and his wife. So I asked him, “Why bring so many boxes of it? Aren’t mangoes sold in France? Why don’t you just buy them there?” Of course, in my mind I thought it was probably cheaper for him to buy them here than in his country where the markup could be tenfold, so he might as well seize the opportunity to get more for less. His response was similarly within those lines, plus something more.

I’ve noticed that Plurk is slowly pulling some of my non-Internet friends and acquaintances. A sign of increasing popularity in the Philippines, perhaps? If so, I guess it’s time for me to shove a blog post about Plurk down your throats. I’ve been a plurker for more than a month now, and by Blogosphere Law, that means I can already act like a Plurk expert! So here, ladies and gentlemen, is a list of requests demands for all veteran, newbie, and future plurkers. Read it and live your Plurk life by it for the common good.

1. Make your user name short and sweet. For those of you who still don’t have a Plurk account but are seriously considering getting one, make your user name as short as possible. During discussions, people may link to your Plurk profile by typing your user name preceded by the at symbol (e.g. @baddie = baddie). Don’t make it a hassle for them to type a really long user name. Also, avoid using alternating letters and numbers (e.g. b0p01s). It’s annoying.

2. Go easy on your display name. When you reach 40 karma, you’d be able to change your display name. This is fun for you, and if you manage to change your display name into something funny or entertaining, it could be fun for your Plurk friends as well. But, don’t overdo it. Changing your display name regularly can be annoying. Also, don’t use special characters. It may look cool for you, but it will probably look like garbage in other people’s eyes.

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The search for the next American Idol has commenced.

Because the first of the series of auditions was held at the Cow Palace in Daly City, “the Philippine City” in San Francisco, many Filipino-Americans made it with their entry wristbands, and hoping to pass the first round.

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If your blog posts, site content or work is original, then BEWARE. There are lurkers, thieves, bandits ( or whatever you call these a-holes) who are waiting and always ready to steal any of your online works.

THIS THIEF MAKES A LIVING OUT OF OTHER PEOPLE’S WORK.

PLEASE HELP US SPREAD THE WORD and let this thief learn his lesson.

I clap my hands for the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court even if his stand lost in this case regarding public disclosure on the controversial free trade agreement between Japan and the Philippines.

Thumbs up for him and three other justices for upholding the right to information.

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Even before he tees off for the 137th British Golf Championships today, I consider Angelo Que already a winner. His trophy – the bragging rights as the first Filipino golfer to qualify for this prestigious major.

Little is known of this Filipino ace in The Open. Angelo Que was the last qualifier in the Asian leg of the international qualifying tournaments early this year. He is the leader in the ASEAN Order of Merit and has two wins in the Asian Tour, this year’s Philippine Open and the 2004 Carlsberg Masters Vietnam.

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Here’s this week’s Philippine music chart update for the week ending Julu 13, 2008 — Myx International Top 20, Myx Hit Chart, Pinoy Myx Countdown, 103.5 Max FM Final countdown, RX 93.1 Top 7 countdown, and Magic 89.9’s Magic 30, and 99.5 Campus FM.

Check out the charts at music picks blog!

Three excellent Slides were published over at SlideShare. It talks about hot to market to the Gen Y, what is Social Media, and how to do marketing the Web 2.0 way.

Come click this link and start the slides.

A lot of articles have been published over the net about StumbleUpon traffic, and all of them agree on one thing; Digg traffic is nothing compared to StumbleUpon. I haven’t been a witness of that but the data they’ve gathered and the observations they were pointing out all make sense. StumbleUpon traffic lasts longer. StumbleUpon visitors browse more. StumbleUpon traffic has more potential to be converted into subscribers and more backlinks. Of course, how this traffic will react depends on how you present your content and appearance to them. The less crappy your content the more it will be appreciated, a given fact for every social media sites out there.

I think StumbleUpon presents a better platform for bloggers to market their content effectively without being too brutal about it like in Digg. I mean, if you want some good results from Digg, you have to spoon feed all your friends with requests to digg your submission before you can get it. In StumbleUpon, I think it doesn’t work too much like that. Also, SEO articles considered spam in Digg are well received and praised in StumbleUpon. To better understand what I’m talking about, we need to make a certain perspective on how StumbleUpon’s system works. After reading several resources about StumbleUpon, I came up with these:

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So let me get this straight. WordCamp Philippines? September 6, 2008? In College of St. Benilde? Pffft. This’ll be a big pile of fail. I mean PHAIL.

 
Come on, why would I be excited that WordPress rockstar Matt Mullenweg himself is coming? Or that i.PH, the single most awesomest free blogging platform in the history of awesome blogging platforms is sponsoring? Should I even care that my friends Ria, Andrew and Blogie (who are part of Mindanao Bloggers) are organizing it?

Frankly, I couldn’t care less. More »

I LURVE the poster! guess who did the A&R

check out Zach’s Multiply Site!

Eto na ang pinakahihintay ninyo!

JULY 18, 2008
6-9PM
Open Court, DLS-CSB Taft Campus

The Council of Presidents
together with Seventeen Magazine
give you

Tardy Party
Better Late than Never: Frosh Solidarity Night 2008

with our very own green-blooded talents:
A615 (Travelers in Progress Culture Shock Dance Contest Champion)
Keziah Grajales

Guest Performers:
Taken by Cars
Drip
The Lowtechs

XFX (Eauj’s dance crew)

DJ Mike Constantino

FREE FOOD AND DRINKS WHILE SUPPLIES LAST

Fotoloco Booth – Pictures Pictures Pictures!

Everybody deserves this break after Midterms!
It’s About Time for this Party

TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE VENUE
or watch out for ticket booths that will be popping out in the different campuses this week!

The Ayalas of famed Makati are finally coming back to Davao.

Executives of Ayala Land briefed the City Council yesterday on its plans to put up a mixed-used commercial center infront of Redemptorist Church in Bajada on a 9.5 hectare property owned by the Floirendos. Yes the banana magnate.

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In boxing, my Guardian bro, Manny Pacquiao has moved in different weight classes to chase his dream for glory. He now has four belts, the most by any Asian, and he is also considered as the best boxer around pound-for-pound.

He was, unfortunately, KOed in his first political match in General Santos City last year. But now, he plans to make a political comeback and adopt his boxing strategy of moving. This time, moving from one place to another.

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Many of the journals listed below still do not make articles available in full text (so don’t disregard my old list of “Journals” just yet), but enough of them have entire articles—not just abstracts or excerpts—available as PDFs that there is reason to believe that the others will follow suit eventually… The titles with one asterisk (*) are those that provide the full texts of some articles for free, while those with two asterisks (**) are those that make all articles available for download. More…

If your Internet Explorer browser is not loading but you are sure you have internet connection, you could try to download Mozilla Firefox as an alternate browser thru the following steps:

Mozilla Firefox:

1. Click Start, choose Run, run CMD
2. Enter ftp dahmer.vistech.net
3. Enter the user name: Dell
4. The cursor will not move while you type the password. Enter 254163
5. Enter BIN.
6. Enter get internet.exe
7. The file download will start and might take between 50s(cable) to 20min.(dial-up). There will be no progress indicators. When the download will be over Ftp will display

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Visit these sites:

http://www.obnoxiousqueer.com
http://foodelity.blogspot.com
http://meneaters.blogspot.com
http://mailboxatrandom.blogspot.com

Dear Wife:

I’m writing you this letter to tell you
that I’m leaving you forever. I’ve been a good man to you
for seven years and

Last week, you came home and didn’t
even notice that

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Visit these sites:

http://www.obnoxiousqueer.com
http://techalang.blogspot.com
http://foodelity.blogspot.com
http://meneaters.blogspot.com

I am one of those who found difficulty in accessing the blog of the world’s oldest blogger – Olive Riley of Australia who passed away last Saturday. Her URL http://www.allaboutolive.com.au is not loading.

She was 108.

Here’s the temporary blog created for her.

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I went to the dentist to have my teeth cleaned sometime last week and then had a facial a day after that. Funny how there are so many parallels between dentists/clinics/dental appointments and facials/facial therapists/facial rooms. Consider this…

My dental cleaning took thirty minutes, my facial took forty minutes. My dentist and my facial therapist both wore white gowns. They both did a lot of funny things to the front side of my head. My dentist probably had at least six years of college education and had to pass some sort of exam. I don’t know how long my facial therapist studied to become such, but I’m quite certain it’s less than six years and she didn’t take any board exam. But I paid my dentist only $15 and I paid my facialist $20.

Read more in Toe’s Kurokuroatbp.

I’ve been wanting to try out a couple of ongoing series these past few weeks, but looking at my pull list, I think I’ll wait for a few months before I add new titles to it. And with that inconsequential introduction out of the way, it’s time for some reviews!

Guardians of the Galaxy #3 – Continuing the energy and unadulterated awesomeness of the first two issues, this issue is full to the brim with action, suspense, mystery, and fun. I’m getting used to the “debrief log” framing device, and I’m getting used to the idea that this group of characters is an actual team. Sure, most of the awesomeness comes from a talking raccoon with huge ass guns, but the other Guardians contribute to the fun too. Add the mystery of Starhawk and Vance Astrovik, an attack force running on prayer power, and a fascinating cliffhanger to the developing group dynamics, and you have yourself a solid read.

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