What’s with me lately that I seem to be drawn into reading depressing books? Within days from finishing a very disturbing book, “Speak You Also,” I found myself flipping the pages of “The Muted Cry: stories of working children.”
I must clarify that a disturbing or depressing book does not equate to bad book. On...
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As we love to say among our dabakards, “let’s all ‘pitch in’ to this.” †I believe this is one cause that nobody will quarrel about and†everybody should contribute to.
I just cast my vote and I am inviting you to do the same. †It won’t take 2 minutes of your time. †And you can do...
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A mighty lot of people spend a lot of their waking hours with this guy, Web Browser. †But did you know that Mr. Browser just turned 15? †He — or rather the world — celebrated his 15th birthday on October 13. †How? †With lots of surfing, I suppose.
Read more about it at CIO.com.
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Procedures Recommended...
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I found a very interesting article comparing the newly announced Windows 7 with Mac’s OSX Snow Leopard. †It is, of course, an inevitable face off, with the Snow Leopard winning the contest as far as the author is concerned. †I am inclined to agree. †But I am not exactly an objective juror so you...
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Everyone is still in shock from the havoc wreaked by Ondoy and Pepeng. †And yet another weather system, Ramil, is again threatening in our eastern horizon.
Floods, it seems, are now to be expected every time a tropical storm — much more, a typhoon — comes our way. †In spite of Ondoy and Pepeng, however,...
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I found a copy of the article, “50 Ways to Never Waste Food Again, ” in my e-mail inbox. †I am re-posting parts of it here verbatim for my own future reference. †If you wish to view the complete article, click here.
Here’s a sample…
Donít toss those trimmed ends from onions, carrots, celery, or...
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I found this from a forwarded e-mail in my inbox this morning. †It is a ceiling-mounted mural painting. †A very elaborate “no smoking” campaign. †I say the message is loud and clear.
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Have you seen Smokey Mountain lately? †The same Smokey Mountain that has brought so much shame to our country? †That monstrous pile of stinking human refuse from all over Metro Manila. †Yes, that’s the permanent image of Smokey Mountain etched on the minds of millions here and abroad.
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“Trees removed from Metro Manila thoroughfares are properly ‘balled’ and replanted in parks.”
That’s the official statement often heard from both the MMDA and the DENR. †Just about two months ago I heard DENR Secretary Lito Atienza on radio claiming that none of the trees that are being removed from streets of Metro Manila as...
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I was cruising northbound along Roxas Boulevard near Intramuros the other day when four motorcycles passed me by.
The first thing that caught my attention was the fact that the motorcycles were being driven by policemen. †The last of the four motorcycle even had a policewoman for a passenger. †The second thing I noticed is...
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THE outpouring of support for Pres. Corazon Aquino is heartwarming. †Albeit impersonal, the yellow ribbons we see all around us — in cars, trees, fences, shirts — are an unequivocal expression of love and gratitude to the simple woman with a big heart who gave a diminished country back its dignity.
Now let’s get a...
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I SNAPPED this photo of a T-shirt with a nationalistic design from a mannequin on display by†Kultura in SM Manila a few days before Independence Day (June 12).
Thanks to the efforts of artists like the late Master Rapper, Francis Magallona, patriotic sentiments and nationalistic fervor are back in style. †I am not even sure...
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