yup. still living in a waterworld. reminds me of that apocalyptic movie…similar circumstances: the movie showed that they were fighting for scarce resources; while opportunistic bastards here are taking advantage of our desperate situation. a store here sells a 5-gallon mineral water for P160 whereas under normal circumstances i can buy at least 15 gallons [...]

metro manila is under a state of calamity. no-brainer.  80 percent of metro manila is submerged in our own filth. pasig-cainta area —where we are—is one of the worst-hit places in the metro. Other Half and i are lucky that the floodwaters didn’t enter the house; it only reached the garage and thankfully the cars [...]

two nights ago, i dreamed about a friend. a very close friend from highschool. she saved my sanity during those years. we remained close even until after college. she was on my speed dial in those days. Other Half and I went to her place almost 9 years ago so that she would get to [...]

News magazines and newspapers should think hard about how we would be able survive this changing world.
“Far Eastern Economic Review to shut down in December
The Far Eastern Economic Review (FEER), one of Asia’s most respected English-language news magazines, will close in December, its owner Dow Jones and Co. announced on Monday.
“Unfortunately, despite several attempts at [...]

Saturday, 19 September, 2009 04:30:55 PM PHT
so some colleagues and i were wrong about the noynoy-mar thing being a gimmick (that noynoy would eventually say he’s backing out in deference to mar, who is more prepared to run for president).
so aquino would carry the torch for the liberal party. hmmm…
they say he has integrity [...]

a newsweek article on its sept 14 issue summed up what i’ve been trying to say in the past year or so.
“Can’t We Get Along?
by Laura McFeely
Ever since blogs took over the internet, mainstream media companies have been wringing their hands about bloggers’ corrosive influence, even as they’ve scrambled to get on the bandwagon…”
yeah, that [...]

…err, not really new. let’s just say “intensified” adventure.
i’m talking about this plan to document my travails towards financial freedom i.e. being more responsible with personal finance. i don’t know where it would lead me but blogging about it may help other people (just like my budget wedding entries, which received many requests for info).
it [...]

they say you have to spend 10,000 hours in order to master something.

i have never mastered anything in life. the closest thing i have “mastered” is writing but i am not yet good at it since i still commit so many mistakes, my prose doesn’t “flow” like the river, my narratives could use more help…
but [...]

after all the hoopla of proposing on wowowee, the much-publicized wedding preparations, the political ads—he then backs out “for love of country”?
i don’t think so.
Mar Roxas announced to the world that he is backing out so the heroes’ son, Noynoy Aquino can run for president. mar painstakingly lined up the adjectives, the adverbs and all [...]

i read that book and i had a chance to tour taiwan with the author about 2 years ago. we talked about the book and the personalities involved there.
i remember julie y*p d*za telling me that it is a mortal sin for a mistress to think and wait for the man to leave his wife [...]