tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37590882012-02-08T01:56:34.210-08:00These are just rantings of a Fool.Binghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04415610242573093145noreply@blogger.comBlogger2791100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759088.post-66253683232099822332008-02-23T18:16:00.000-08:002008-02-23T18:17:22.909-08:00

Sometimes courage manifests itself in the strangest quarters, and integrity springs suddenly from the hearts of the most timid of souls. Thus are heroes made, not to answer to some grand destiny, but to fulfill the simplest of obligations : to do what is right.But while all of us subscribe to this belief, very few live by this basic tenet. And few still dare to put a risk jobs and careers, and

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From Tessie Ang See:The piece below is more powerful than anything I've written or spoken. Krysty is in her early 20s, she was born here but of Chinese parents, so she has a Chinese passport .. but wow! read her Tagalog! if she doesnt deserve to be a Filipino, I don't know who does... and since she first wrote for Tulay, when she was just 12 years old, the depth of her love for the Philippines

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THE FILIPINO SPIRIT NEEDS THIS!Tony Meloto, the visionary and driving force behind the Gawad Kalinga movement, is gifted with a Doctorate of Humanities, Honoris Causa, by the Ateneo de Davao. He then delivers a speech to the graduates of the university, a challenge actually, for patriotism and heroism. The same message will be given to eight other colleges and universities who have asked Tony

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SENATOR JOHN OSMEñA KILLED UP DREAM, EXEC SAYS(this is old but still relevant due to current reelection bid of John Osmena.)Posted: 1:14 AM (Manila Time) Mar. 21, 2004 By Tina Santos Inquirer News ServiceUNIVERSITYof the Philippines president Francisco Nemenzo lambasted Senator John Osmeña for blocking the passage of Senate Bill 2587, which would have given way to a more responsive state

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JUNK O, SAVE UP by Jojo Robles, Manila Standard 8 March 2004IF I may add to the cacophony of voices raised against this or that candidate: Please do not vote for one John Henry Renner Osmeña, reelectionist senator from Cebu.This suggestion was prompted, though left unmentioned, by a recent letter I got from another prominent Cebuano, University of the Philippines president Francisco "Dodong"

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I am watching Studio 60 for the first time.Don't know what episode... but i am watching it because I was/am a huge fan of "friends".1. Its not definitely not comedy...I guess i was waiting for a "friends" like show the way the follow-up show "______" was/is comedy.2. "chandler"s acting is great.3. Halfway through the show and i haven't been hooked yet with the story line. Maybe later.

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At about 9:30 AM, March 28, as I am blogging this, 32 Day care students, two teachers on a fieldtrip to Tagaytay are being held hostage outside Manila City Hall by a certain Jun Ducat. Pictures on TV of the bus windows showed the kids to be 4 years old thereabout.Senator Bong Revilla who aparently is well acquainted with the Hostage taker has entered the bus, talked with Jun for 45 minutes and

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“128 great ways to harness your personal power!”By Olivia StefaninoBE YOUR OWN GURU!Discover the 128 ways to harness your personal power at both home and work...A unique, inspirational and dynamic approach is being brought to the business world by executive coach Olivia Stefanino, whose blend of western techniques and eastern philosophies has led to the creation of the powerful “Be Your Own Guru”

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LAPTOP, WIFI and the NETIts 6.45 AM... i am waiting inside a bus parked at Jupiter street at the back of a government office. We're bound for a Training in Tagaytay. I flipped open my HP laptop. Pushed the blue tooth button open and wonders of technology... a wireless network was found. In short, i was able to access my emails, send messages, download something from the net and in fact post this

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Turntable BerserkI've gone berserk...yep.. i've gone Turntable berserk...I've been buying units from thrift shops the past years. I clean them up and install them and store the unit i was currently using in the attic. Two days ago, this huge cabinet got released from our walk in dressing room and i decided to stack my turntables in the cabinet.I counted the turntables that I have and counted 11

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Rinker BuckSelf-confidence is one of the hardest things to teach kids. Here's what my father taught me about self-confidence…Teach kids to question conventional wisdom. There will always be people who say that something can't he done. Help kids identify the difference between those who have real wisdom and those who are just naysayers. Emphasize that practical knowledge is just as important as

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Stephen Hochschuler, MDTexas Back Institutereprinted from Bottom Line/PersonalURL: http://www.bottomlinesecrets.com/blpnet/article.html?article_id=13268 Sooner or later, we’re all likely to develop lower back pain. Four out of five Americans do. In the vast majority of cases, the culprit is a sedentary lifestyle. Chronic inactivity weakens back muscles, making them vulnerable to strain. It also

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A mathematician, a physicist, and an engineer are brought into a large room and told to stand against one wall. On the floor of the room is a very precisely drawn grid; on the opposite side of the room are three sacks.The three learn that each sack contains $1 million, and that the object is for each of them to cross the room and grab a sack. The only rule is that they must cross the room in half

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Good Stuff, Lotus Totus, and so on...One: Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully.Two: Marry a man / woman you love to talk to. As you get older, their conversational skills will be as important as any other.Three: Don't believe all you hear, spend all you have or sleep all you want.Four: When you say, "I love you," mean it.Five: When you say, "I'm sorry," look the person in the

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GraceLast week I took my children to a restaurant. My 6-year-old son asked if he could say grace.As we bowed our heads he said,"God is good. God is great. Thank you for the food, and I would even thank you more if mom gets us ice cream for dessert. And Liberty and justice for all! Amen!"Along with the laughter from the other customers nearby I heard a woman remark,"That's what's wrong with this

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A few weeks ago, I was shuffling toward the basement with a steaming cup of coffee in one hand and the morning paper in the other. I turned the dial up into the phone portion of the band on my ham radio in order to listen to a Saturday morning swap net. Along the way, I came across an older sounding chap, with a tremendous signal and a golden voice. He was telling whoever he was talking with

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If I knew it would be the last time thatI'd see you fall asleep,I would tuck you in more tightly and pray the Lord, your soul to keep.If I knew it would be the last time that I see you walk out the door,I would give you a hug and kiss and call you back for more.If I knew it would be the last time I'd hear your voice lifted up in praise.I would video tape each action and word, so that I could

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This short write up packs a huge wallop at the end. This has gone the round of emails and blogs already for a while. Finish it please...ISTORYA NG PUTA...(Don't know who wrote this but... ang galing at tumatalab talaga...!!!)Tingin ng mga bobong kapitbahay ko puta daw ako. Nagpapagamit, binabayaran. Sabi nila ako daw ang pinakamaganda at pinakasikat sa aming lugar noon. Ang bango-bango ko daw,

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Yes there's Gold be dug in the mountains of Japanese Surplus Audio stores at the Pier. Well, it used to be mountains but the inflow of Japanese surplus audio equipment has now trickled to small hills. So says, Mr. HERNANI DE LEON, Mindanao Bureau Chief of Business world online in his BW audiophile article on Japanese Surplus audio equipment. Mr. Hernani is a BW Mindanao Bureau Chief. He is

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I have four pieces of vintage pioneer stuff:Three receivers:PL516 TurntableSX1250 - its a big monster.SX1050 - another big one.PL 630 turtable which is parly hidden.SX636, the one at the lowest shelf.

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Its too tame for me. I thought this is going to be a lame show, what with all the censoring thats going to happen. I guess I was wrong as i am often wrong.

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I just met Janette Toral of Digital Filipino in an ecommerce training.What a Trainor!!!Visit her site.http://www.digitalfilipino.com/Janette is the first Filipino author published by McGraw-Hill Education Asia.

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I bought this vintage Pioneer Turntble PL630 in a thrift shop in cubao.The unit did not have the dust cover and the arm was without the shell and needle.It's working sweetly now and sounds better than the Dual 505.2 and the Maranta TT2200 that I also have.Analog Rocks!!!

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This was too good of a life lesson not to pass on! A carrot, an egg and a cup of coffee... You will never look at a cup of coffee the same way again. A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up. She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed as one problem was solved, a

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About 2 years ago we were on a cruise through the western Mediterranean aboard a Princess liner. At dinner we noticed an elderly lady sitting alone along the rail of the grand stairway in the main dining room. I also noticed that all the staff, ships officers, waiters, busboys, etc., all seemed very familiar with this lady. I asked our waiter who the lady was expecting to be told she owned

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At Duke University, there were four sophomores taking Organic Chemistry. They were doing so well on all the quizzes, midterms and labs, etc., that each had an A so far for the semester. These four friends were so confident that the weekend before finals, they decided to go up to the University of Virginia and party with some friends there. They had a great time, but after all the hearty

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Eto Magandang istorya, totoong kayang nangyari ito sa RCBC Tower sa Makati???? Gretchen Barretto regularly visit THE SPA dyan sa RCBC Tower. Dahil nga demonyita, este donya kung umasta, ayaw nyang may kasabay sa elevator pagpapunta na syang THE SPA. Take note, laging 4 ang body guards nya pag pupunta sya dun at walagang walang nakakasabay sa elevator. Eto maganda, eto lang December

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By Ed Tadem Associate Professor of Asian Studies, University of the Philippines Diliman The violence that recently erupted in Hacienda Luisita where seven people died has its roots in the stock distribution option (SDO) implemented in the sugar estate in 1989 as a means of evading land reform. This scheme was inserted into the so-called Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law (R.A. 6657) by

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an audio freaks diary... Sept. 21, 2004. Finally, i convinced the seller of a 2nd hand ADCOM 585 Limited Edition Power amp and ADCOM 500II Tuner Preamp to sell the pair to me for about 4,000 pesos (71 dollars) plus a working Yamaha RXV793 receiver. The pair of adcoms had been on display on the thrift shop I frequented for more than 2 months but the store owner didn't budge much from the 300

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Hi. I just disccovered Kotse.com. Its a very useful site. Members are very helpful re: any car questions. Have something to sell? or buy? Try their forums. Kotse.Com is the Philippines First and Most Complete Automotive Website. Online since September 1998, Kotse.Com provides everything News and Information to Car Classifieds. Local automotive enthusiasts get the inside track on the latest car

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Yesterday, I received two astounding news. First the Good news... Yahoo. just increased its free storage space to 100 Megabytes. "As of June 15, 2004, you'll enjoy the following benefits: Increased storage capacity – from your current level to 100MB Increase in total message size to 10MB A streamlined interface that's even easier to use." Then the Bad news... Globe increased its text rate

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There are few sources of used audio equipment in Manila. I've been on the lookout for vintage audio equipment for a while now and I'd like to post here the locations/sites of the sources that i have found so far. 1. online classified adds. 1.1 Philippine Buy and Sell online is a gold mine of used audio equipment. www.buyandsellph. com is the online version of your good old Philippine Buy and

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I just had a short chat with a friend: jules_2001ph: may nag text sakin "pls patronize pirated pinoy dvds and vcds so that the phil movie industry will die and we wont have any more actors and actresses running for public officials" pls pass jules_2001ph: hahaha...ganda ng text jules_2001ph: witty and funny lordfoo1: why didnt i think of that jules_2001ph: galeng nga eh jules_2001ph: ako pa

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I'm so happy with a vintage Infinity Kappa 7 speaker i bought through an ad in ebili. That site ROCKS!!! SPECS OF THE Infinity Reference Standard Kappa 7 Series Introduced: 1987 Dimensions: 94 x 43 x 31 cm Bass: 1 x 30 cm Mids: 1 x Kappa-Polydome Highs: 1 x EMIT Suggested for amplifiers with: 40-200 Watts per channel Frequency range: 37 Hz - 45 kHz Crossover frequencies: 800 Hz, 4500 Hz

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A long time ago, i read my first Michael Crichton novel. The Andromeda Strain (1969 book). this was followed later by Eaters of the Dead (1976) and then The Great Train Robbery (1975). Other Books followed, and then movies...lots of movies - the Jurassic park movies, Terminal man, Congo, Sphere, rising sun, the lost world and recently The 13th Warrior. I didnt know this was a crichton novel

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Do you want to know how to copy those copy protected CDs that the big labels have been quietly slipping into the market? Check out this site, Evade Copy Protection. Please don't buy CD's with copy protection. I hate it when I can't borrow your CDs and copy them. :)

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Gusto ba ninyong tumingin ng classified ads na online sa pilipinas? 1. BuyandSellPlus provides the best venue for optimizing on-line trading.http://www.buyandsellplus.com 2. Asia's First and The Philippines' No.1 - updated every Tuesday and Friday evening. 3. Baratilyo.com pop 4. Carfinder pop The car buyer's guide, the only colored photo ads of cars for sale. This weekly publication

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Ano sa palagay ninyo? sinong mga magwagi sa Oscar Academy Awards ngayung gabi (US TIME)? Wala yatang acting awards na makukuha ang Lord of the Rings. Nung nakaraan nga si Gandalf ( Ian Mckellen) lang ang nakakuha ng isang nomination. Palagay ko Best Picture pero walang individual acting awards. Unless matalo ito ng

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Audio Hunt continued. Saturday morning I opened all the boxes, and located the speakers, amplifier, speaker stand, and DVD player where they will be installed. I didnt wire them yet since i had to do some errands at the megamall. I came back from the Mall before lunch with a brand new Sony Microphone. I asked for the latest and best Sony microphone that the SM appliance center has at the

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Audio Hunt. Well, my audio hunt is almost ended. Last Friday, I went back to the Yupangco Building in Buendia and came home the proud owner of a set of Tannoy Mercury Speakers. For my 5.1 setup, I went for a pair of MX4 speakers for my main Front Speakers, a pair of MX1 for my rear speakers. For the Center speakers i bought the MXC center speakers. ( intend to later get another MXC center

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Through the eyes of love By DR. MINGUITA B. PADILLA (Dr. Ma. Dominga "Minguita" B. Padilla is the founding and current president and chair of the Eye Bank Foundation of the Philippines. For more information, you may contact the Eye Bank at any of the following nos. 893-5995, 893-4367, 0917-8935995 or visit their website at http://www.eyebankphilippines.org/ The Eye Bank Foundation of the

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BusinessWorld Internet Edition OPINION A fishy fish tale Bernardo V. Lopez Thursday, February 19, 2004 It would seem that GMA gave a monumental order favoring fisherfolks which won their hearts, but her very own people are now subverting it quietly under the table in behalf of vested interests. They, perhaps, do not realize that such covert moves will go against GMA's reelection bid. In fact

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Yes!!! My visitor count as of this point for this site is 19,666. I hope to reach 20,000th very soon. If you visit this site and get the visitor counter at 20,000 please send me a tag note that you're my 20,000th visitor. I just might give you a price or something. ( Most probabaly a something.) heheh.

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The 'wasted vote' by Conrado de Quiros ON SEVERAL occasions these past weeks, friends have raised the issue of the "wasted vote." Raul Roco, they say, may be out of the running, having already slipped to third, if one goes by the Social Weather Stations survey. Whatever the reason, he may soon be hard put to catch up with either Fernando Poe, Jr or Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. A vote for him would

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The Triumph of Malice A Report to the UP Community and Alumni Francisco Nemenzo President University of the Philippines When the Senate adjourned last February 6, we saw eight months of intensive lobbying for a new UP Charter gone to waste. It was not the opposition of a loud minority that brought this about, but the masterful filibustering of a single senator and the ineffectual Senate

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i am on an audio hunt. i've visited several stores selling speakers systems but i havent made my final decision yet. First i visited the SM appliance stores in Mega mall. At the SM Appliance store, the speaker set ups that interested me were the packages matching either an onkyo TX SR 601 or SR 501 with Bose Acoustimass Home Theater speaker Systems (Bose acoustimass 15-II, 10-III. Cash price

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Below is Vic Corpus' letter to Abaya on that Loren thing. *************** GENERAL NARCISO L. ABAYA Chief of Staff, Armed Forces of the Philippines Camp Emilio Aguinaldo, Quezon City 12 February, 2004 Dear Sir, There have been calls during the last few days by Vice President Guingona, Senator Biazon and some other members of the political opposition for the leadership of the Armed Forces

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Here's another mushy short story going the rounds of the blogs...i'ts so utterly jologs...heheh. hi! its been 4 months since i saw him and talagang namimiss ko na siya... pero what can i do? it seems that i have loved the wrong person.... but still the pain keeps on hurting me and kung walang magbibigay ng gamot para dito sa nararamdaman ko.... baka mamatay na ako.... to give you a

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Humor : Phil Politics Cory Aquino watches “Mano Po 2” everyday and cries everytime... Dito lang kasi niya nakita na ikinasal si Kris! Bakit sa Pilipinas kung mag-aaply ka ng clerk kailangan college graduate ka, pero kung mag-aaply ka for president, high school drop-out ok na? Just curious ha.. bakit??? Noong araw, ERAP na ERAP na. Ngayon ARROY, AROY!, wag na POE, wag na POE. Baka maLACSON ang

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How to hypnotize a guy in 2 simple steps: Instructions: 1) click on the link below 2) Click on the picture, and drag it a little to the right, or left, or up right ... what ever you prefer! and then drop it....... and watch... http://www.mxfiles.kneib.biz/drag_and_go_back_spezial.html

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This story reportedly came from Sports Illustrated: The game was played in Wellington, Florida. In it, a seven-year-old first baseman, Tanner Munsey, fielded a ground ball and tried to tag a runner going from first to second base. The umpire, Laura Benson, called the runner out, but young Tanner immediately ran to her side and said, Ma'am, I didn't tag the runner. Umpire Benson reversed

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How to become a rich nation - Carmen Nakpil 'We Filipinos need more integrity and less charm.' How to become a rich nation ACTUALLY, it doesn't matter who wins what in May. Even if we resurrect Rizal and Mabini and put them in Malacañang, pack 12 archangels into the Senate, sit the gnomes and elves of China, Japan, Switzerland and Denmark in our congress, Giuliani and Lee Kwan Lew in the

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Okay, my topic today is the Friendster phenomenon. Why? Because, though i've heard about it ages ago and have known about for quite a while, it was only last week that i really sat down and registered. I am still making "kutingting" the thing. (Friendster was launched only last March, 2003) Para din palang eGroup (a yahoo adjunct) pero focused siya sa friendship ek-ek. I found the site a

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Hi Friends! I'm back...I was too busy to post anything during the year end. I hope everything's A-Okay in your part of the world. I will try to post more from now on. Hmmm. Let me see.... My Great Dane, Dama ( a 28 kilo 7 month old behemoth) is doing fine...very fine ....She's shredding evrything into very fine pieces. Work is the same toxic grind. Friends are still friendly. Health is as

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Needed: real-life 'Panday' Posted:10:46 PM (Manila Time) | Nov. 14, 2003 By Letters to the editor RAUL F. ALEJANDRINO, professor, Philosophy Department, Miriam College, Quezon City MANY Filipinos, especially traditional politicians, are pushing for Fernando Poe Jr.'s presidential candidacy in the 2004 elections. They argue that he is very popular with the masses and he is not the center of

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Silverio Aquino, a pinoy old timer reminisces about the past Philippine presidents, "life under them was good" he says. Check out his article Shattered hope from the Inquirer. "I have lived through the administrations of Quezon, Osmeña, Roxas, Quirino, Magsaysay, Garcia and Macapagal, and life under them was good. I was a boy during Quezon's time and I know little of Osmeña's rule, but I know

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Why I Have Hope for the Philippines by Franco Varona A Fraternity Brod sent me an email with an intro that goes, "As long as we’re discussing the country’s plight, might as well forward this to you guys (both the frustrated and the hopefuls)...Here’s a copy of some hopeful individual’s reply to the young Korean’s essay on the Philippines. Candy Varona (Filipino-Canadian) wrote:" Please indulge

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An Open Letter to FPJ This is a letter campaign intended to let FPJ know our sentiments while he is deciding whether or not to run for president. The original of the letter below is en route to Mr. Poe via hand-delivery. We need the cooperation of as many people as possible. Forward this to everyone in your email address book. Print out a copy of the letter, sign & snail-mail it. Make

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When the LOPEZ family backed Marcos for president...He turned against them completely and totally. Now they are backing Noli De castro for president... presumably since Noli is part of the ABS CBN stable of connections. Just this morning a brod sent me an email with the following recommendations, "I suggested that Senator Noli de Castro, who continues to lead in the public opinion surveys on "

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AFI AWARDS 2002 OFFICIAL SELECTIONS ANNOUNCED Distinguished AFI Juries Select Ten Most Outstanding Motion Pictures and Television Programs of the Year ABOUT A BOY PRINCIPAL CAST Hugh Grant, Toni Collette, Rachel Weisz, Nicholas Hoult RATIONALE: ABOUT A BOY is a pure comic pleasure. This mature look at immaturity is witty, smart and heartwarming without being sentimental. In a world where

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Top Movies of the Century. i watched a movie last weekend, that Matrix three-quel that left me perplexed at the end. I enjoyed it but i am not ecstatic about it the way i was at the end of the first matrix. It got me to thinking, what's a good movie? what are the best movies ever? I turned to the people in the industry. Here's a list from the American Film Institue... AFI ANNOUNCES 100 GREATEST

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Ayala Young Leaders Alumnus, Christian R. Vallez, wins Palanca Award as 2nd Place in the Dulang May Isang Yugto (One-act Play) Category for his literary piece entitled "Twenty Questions." But by far the funnier is this one about conotica,

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Visit this Site and Learn how to focus

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Drilon: Senate will honor SC ruling on impeachment Finally some sense in the whole crazy circus. Senate President Drilon said that if the Supreme Court ruled that the charges were unconstitutional, the Senate would not accept the articles of impeachment even if submitted by the House of Representatives. Drilon also urged the high tribunal to release its decision before noon of Nov. 10,

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Davide impeachers: We're no errand boys of party elders Crap!!!

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Defend your right to vote! We have been given less than three months to register 12 million new voters and validate the registration of old voters -- a total of 37 million souls to be processed. While using the most primitive instruments known to man. Comelec it seems is at it again. The Inquirer report on the first day of registration, Aug. 4, suggests the scale of the mess the Comelec has

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Following is a speech by a Phil Science High School Teacher in Iloilo which she, as guest speaker, delivered at San Miguel's Best Practices Forum last week. Very inspiring. . . Related Stories about the Teacher Asteroid Named after Filipino Teacher Plum for high school biology teacher Metrobank Award for Outstanding Teacher in 1987 TOYM award for secondary education in 1998. Article with

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A handy list to keep come election time or when they decide to run for senators! "THE ONLY THING NEEDED FOR EVIL MEN TO PROSPER IS FOR GOOD MEN TO DO NOTHING." - Edmund Burke THE FOLLOWING ARE THE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WHO VOTED TO IMPEACH DAVIDE. PLEASE REMEMBER THEIR NAMES, ESPECIALLY ELECTION TIME: 1.) Bautista, Jose Virgilio (SANLAKAS) 2.) Magtubo, Renato (Partido

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Do you think Press undersecretary Heracleo "Rocky" Nazareno should be fired for pissing on the plane during GMA's Paris trip? What a monumental stupidity. You think so? Yap..that was stupid, what is criminal is his being drunk at the time. Yep. He should be locked-up in jail for wasting OUR money.

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Bloger jobert pointed me to this list of: THE 100 GREATEST COMICS OF THE 20th CENTURY The top five slots goes to: 1. Action Comics #1 The Man of Steel ushers in a new Golden Age of heroes. Faster than a speeding train...Yes! Its Superman. 2. Detective Comics #27 The Batman begins his crusade against crime. And Yes its Batman. zip pow thunk zzzzzp. 3. New Fun Comics #1 The first comic book to

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Philippine Blog Awards 2003 I would like to point you to the site listing the entries who made it to the Philippine Blog Awards 2003 They have categories for: Filipino blog site of the year Most informative blog of the year Filipino blogger of the year Hahaha isaisahin nyo yang mga sites na yan.. gaganda ng blog nila.

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CORRUPTION INDEX: BERLIN - A global corruption index released today by sleaze watchdog Transparency International highlights countries perceived by business leaders, academics and risk analysts to be the least and most corrupt. The new index lists countries in terms of the degree to which corruption is perceived to exist among public officials and politicians. Following are some of the key

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Getting Rid of Corruption in the Philippines, A Worthwhile vision, A Hong Kong anticorruption expert Tony Man-Wai Kwok , Monday expressed confidence that the Philippines could rid its government bureaucracy of deeply ingrained corruption. Kwok said Hong Kong shed its image as a corrupt base for business in the 1960s to become one of the least corrupt places in the world. "Corruption was a way of

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Enuff with Dog tales... Another Phil election related post landed on my inbox: There is word circulating around that FPJ has indicated his intention to run for the Presidency and will be joined by Sen. Loren Legarda-Leviste as his candidate for Vice President. Allegedly, both will announce their intentions on October 25 at the Luneta.... Is this true? Well if it is, let me share to you some

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How to avoid dog bites By Cymbeline R. Villamin Editor, Infoscience Mrs. Villamin's sixteen-year old son Jun Paolo, suffered multiple or third degree dog bites a few months ago. She writes, prevention is always better than cure. So, the first important thing is —avoid being bitten by a dog. Tips to Avoid Dog Bites 1. Never assume a dog won't bite. 2. Don't run past a dog. The dog's

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While searching for info on Philippine Dog Trainors via the internet, I kept getting in to sites featuring horror stories of Malpractices of dog trainers in the Phil. It seems that NEC uses electricity to train dog and one dog, Francis was electrocuted. The incident resulted in a rally in Bonifacio Estates Global City in Makati City held against the trainor. Francis, a one-year old yellow

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Tuesday. Travails of a Great Dane lover wannabe. I woke up at 2:20 AM to discover that it had rained while i was sleeping. We had spread an old pink wooly blanket for Queen Maldita's use in the terrace. It was still cold outside though and so, mindful of the Dane's comfort, I coaxed her into the staircase landing which also served as the terrace entryway. Before we slept, she made those

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I went to UP Los Banos last night, Sunday and got myself a Lady Friend. Yup. I bought myself a Lady. I call her Maldita. She's a 4 month old Harlequin Female Great Dane. Sire: Cromwell Von Daneland DAM: Dona of Kev Kat Date of birth june 6, 2003 Litter Mates of Maldita are: Abyss, anucron, atrocity, avalance, airdevil, acrid, adamantine, anarc, aurora Breeder, Rodrigo

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This was in FLIP a few months ago. by Jessica Zafra Does anyone else find it funny that people who make much more money than we do are appealing to us not to deprive them of their income? You have the nerve to charge me P450 for a CD that is being sold on the street for P60 and you expect my sympathy? The campaign against pirated software, CD's, VCD's, audio and cassettes, would have us

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JESSIC ZAFRA Three weeks ago last Sept 27, Flip: The Official Guide to World Domination magazine closed shop after only 8 pages. FLIP was going to change the world. Or at least Philippine magazine publishing. FLIP was going to swim against the tide, push that boulder up the mountain, and defy conventional wisdom. FLIP was going to produce a magazine that was intelligent and ironic, that

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Do i really want a Great Dane. I do? Danes are the tallest of the giant breeds and among the most powerful. I have to ask myself, do i really relly, want a 130 lb. plus dog who thinks she's a Chihuahua? It is said that Great Danes are "people" dogs and should be kept as a close part of the family, NOT a kennel dog! I really had to think this one through. I also read up on Great Danes. Here are

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I Need a New dog. LADY, Our Old Dog, a sweet tempered German shepherd died a few months back. Our period of mourning is over and its now time to get a new dog. I want a Great Dane. Referred to as the "Apollo of dogs", the Great Dane combines such impressive physical and mental characteristics as to make it one of the most majestic breeds known. Pictures in Egyptian tombs, dating as far back as

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Ripple Grateful Dead If my words did glow with the gold of sunshine And my tunes were played on the harp unstrung, Would you hear my voice come thru the music, Would you hold it near as it were your own? It's a hand-me-down, the thoughts are broken, Perhaps they're better left unsung. I don't know, don't really care Let there be songs to fill the air. Ripple in still water, When there is no

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KAYA Last night we had dinner at this korean place in Powerplant. Asked the waiter for their best offerings and she adviced us to take the beef stew (the staple food yata ng mga koreano) the grilled chicken. I added kimchi and tuna sashimi and the free house tea. Dinner was superb. Then i went to this bookstore in the mall, and saw this small book "who moved my cheese" by Spencer Johnson, M.D.

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Try this Pinoy site. Nice site Mr. Sicat.

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China is alive and awake. China successfully completed its first manned space flight Thursday with the re-entry capsule of Shenzhou V and astronaut Yang Liwei safely returning to Earth and being found by recovery teams. Yang unveiled the Chinese and United Nations flags while in orbit in what the Chinese media said was intended to highlight the pursuit of peaceful space exploration. That was

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Here's one of those online color tests.

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Ibagsak ang Digital Imperialism Ni Dr. Francisco Nemenzo Sa artikulong ito ni Dr. Nemenzo, ipinaliwanag niya na ang paggamit ng libreng LINUX ay isang paraan upang makaalpas sa "digital imperialism" ng microsoft. Mukhang ililipat sa LINUX ang network ng UP System. ang desisyong ito ay political at ekonomical. "Linux is the antidote to monopolistic control. It is truly liberative and

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The Greatest Mistakes of All Time Martha Brokenborough writes about her selection of The great mistakes that turned out well, mistakes that turned out to be some of the most valuable, most important, most memorable, or most delicious accidents in history. We already know, for instance, that Christopher Columbus meant to sail to Asia, not America. Where would Jack be if his mother hadn't

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HAKA Ka mate! Ka mate! Ka ora! Ka ora! I die! I die! I live! I live! Ka mate! Ka mate! Ka ora! Ka ora! I die! I die! I live! I live! Tenei te tangata puhuru huru This is the hairy man Nana nei i tiki mai Who fetched the Sun Whakawhiti te ra And caused it to shine again A upa ... ne! ka upa ... ne!

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I am scared. I am scared of a powerful man. I am scared of a powerful Filipino government official. I am sacred of Senator Panfilo Lacson. Why? Because he wants to become our president and there are too many scary stories about his exploits. He is the same man i heard saying on TV news, "Maghanap sila at lahat nang makita nila ay sa kanila na (They should search and they can have everything

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"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but I know World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones." - Albert Einstein. "How on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love?" - Albert Einstein.

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Richard Altschuler says no in his article DO MEDICATIONS REALLY EXPIRE? He concludes, "I think I’ll take a swig of the 10-year dead package of Alka Seltzer in my medicine chest - to ease the nausea I’m feeling from calculating how many billions of dollars the pharmaceutical industry bilks out of unknowing consumers every year who discard perfectly good drugs and buy new ones because they trust

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If you have ever had to deal with a major corporation's customer service then you will really appreciate this: My Aunt died this past January. Citi Bank billed her for February and March for their monthly service charge on her credit card, and then added late fees and interest on the monthly charge...the balance had been $0.00... now was somewhere around $60.00) I placed the

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(Note: The airwaves are still awash with the splash from the Kris and Joey bruhaha. A lot of jologs are joining the fray. Here's one dirty droplet that dropped into my mailbox. The pathetic scandal is veritably a cornucopia of sick, funny, jolog, pedestrian, commercial humor. The scandal is a lose-lose situation that diverts the filipinos from the heart breaking situation we find our country in.

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The same universe that has a Parañaque city mayor as a comedian. The same universe that has a leading presidential candidate as a former voice over of See True, The same universe with a Senate that does nothing but investigate in aid of legislation. The same universe that has a government being led by a lap dog of the USA. (Note: If i may add a series of questions: Sino ba talaga ang api sa

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INCREDIBLE KRIS Katrina Stuart Santiago In what universe is Kris Aquino "api"? In what country can she be called hero? Not in this one where she has the gall to talk about her jewelry as "katas ng Hacienda Luisita"; where she has the audacity to talk about owning, and actually encourages us all to buy, 13,000-peso jeans (because they fit really well!); where she says of making commercials: "Wala

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I wonder what this thing is for. I try to drown him (it?) but to no avail.

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I found this old armageddon story, 20 Ways the World Could End " in Discover Magazine By Corey S. Powell . Natural Disasters 1 Asteroid impact 2 Gamma-ray burst 3 Collapse of the vacuum 4 Rogue black holes 5 Giant solar flares Solar 6 Reversal of Earth's magnetic field 7 Flood-basalt volcanism . 8 Global epidemics Human-Triggered Disasters 9 Global warming 10 Ecosystem collapse ,

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I found this site showcasing words that sound dirty but aren't. Some samples are: cock-a-leekie A Scottish soup made with capons and leeks. Usage: "I certainly had my fill of cock-a-leekie that day." hairy woodpecker A woodpecker with a large, long beak. penal Relating to punishment.

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