i closed tomorrow’s issue today. on a sunday. the end of my virtual vacation.

i say ‘virtual’ because i really did not take a vacation. even during the christmas (dec. 24 and 25) and new year’s break (dec. 31 and jan 1), i was still on-call. i worked on rizal day. went home at 10 pm, [...]

happy new year!

i’m not really into new year’s resolutions but what the hell, i really must do these things this year:

1. finish my thesis. by sunday, i should be transcribing all the interviews i did for my data gathering and submit these to my adviser by next week.

it may probably be moot but it has to be discussed. and clear once and for all that what happened in mindanao is beyond the bounds of the constitution that the gremlin in chief desperately wants to destroy.

malacanang knew that declaring martial law in maguindanao without the presence of rebellion was [...]

watch avatar in IMAX—in full 3D glory or else you will miss half of movie history.

i skipped our office christmas party last night just to catch this movie on IMAX with Other Half. Don’t mind the dialogue (writing is not james cameron’s strongest points; he makes one of the cheesiest [...]

the last weekend before christmas is coming. this means today is the day most of metro manila will be holding their christmas parties. this means traffic would be so horrible that i would be spending 3 hours on the road just to get back home.

i wish i could just run and hide and return when [...]

i have successfully transformed the look of my aging ugly windows XP (toshiba satellite) into an apple OSX look-alike.

the only thing two things that leave a tell-tale sign that it’s a windows machine (visually) is the recycle bin icon and the shortcut to one of my folders that i couldn’t [...]

how bad are they really? if i remember it correctly, Time Magazine named these books as some of the worst inventions of 2009.

taken at powerbooks, greenbelt 3 using my ancient nokia 6120

bought 3 books for the Christmas holidays: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, Veronika Decides To Die [...]

nangangampanya na agad, namemerwisyo ng ibang tao.

last week, i got stuck in a traffic jam for an hour in pasig on my way to the office. and just as i suspected, there was a political parade choking a major thoroughfare (raymundo ave.). mayor bobby eusebio’s hakot crowd nearly drove me mad. it was a campaign [...]

i cannot express how much i really regretted reading that book—make that two books. i wonder if stephanie meyer even had an editor.

this blog entry about the twilight series really cracked me up. more fun to read than any of those books.

The Catalog

yes, 27 journalists killed in one swoop. the philippines is more dangerous than iraq for journalists.

List compiled by the Center for International Law

1. Ian Subang, Socsargen Today, General Santos City
2. Lea Dalmacio, Socsargen News, General Santos City
3. Gina De la Cruz, Saksi News, General Santos City
4. Maritess Cablitas, News Focus, General Santos City
5. [...]