Category Archives: MY BAG OF TRICKS

Your “wonderful” blogger’s collection of tips, pointers, and other useful stuff, including jokes, lists, and so on ad infinitum.

Cool Stuff: Book Recycling Ideas with a Touch of Art

Posted on May 15, 2011 by bong

WITH more and more people switching to e-Books, traditional books will have to find some other ways to remain useful. Here are some really ingenious ideas from Recyclart.

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Television’s Filthy Rich & Famous

Posted on February 23, 2011 by bong

I remember clipping this sometime in the last five or four months of 2010.  It’s from a feature story of a major daily (I think it is the Manila Bulletin). I find the figures mind-blowing!

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When somebody throws a tomato at you, remember this!

Posted on February 9, 2011 by bong

Have you been a victim of a “tomato bomb”?   Or have you ever thrown rotten tomatoes to unsuspecting targets yourself? Did you know that throwing rotten fruits or vegetables, most often tomatoes, is one of our oldest forms of … Continue reading →

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Understanding Credit Card numbers

Posted on January 27, 2011 by bong

Have you ever wondered what your 16-digit credit card number means?  Well, collectively (that is, as a 16-digit number) it means nothing except that it is a unique number assigned to you so you can go ahead and spend all … Continue reading →

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Animal Photography Tip: Eye Contact

Posted on January 12, 2011 by bong

These two photos of an ordinary house cat were taken by my colleague and fellow amateur photography enthusiast, Sherwin De Jesus, using my Canon 550D DSLR camera.  With a little “post processing” by me using Picasa 3 on my Mac, … Continue reading →

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Stars & Bucks Cafe. Are you kidding me?

Posted on January 10, 2011 by bong

You see the caption — Bethlehem | ISRAEL.  That’s right. I snapped a photo of this shop in downtown Bethlehem last November. If this photo is not captioned some of you may have immediately blurted, “Onli in da Pilipins!” Apparently, … Continue reading →

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How the Germans Celebrate Christmas

Posted on December 28, 2010 by bong

Not unlike in the Philippines, Christmas is already in the German air before December although the season officially begins with the Advent. The tradition of  the four red advent candles adorned with a wreath made of holly, with each stick lighted … Continue reading →

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How the Norwegians Celebrate Christmas

Posted on December 26, 2010 by bong

Christmas in Norway is quite similar to those in the colder parts in Europe particularly in Scandinavia.  It is typically enveloped in snow and there are sparkling Christmas lights all over the place. Norwegian’s celebration of Christmas does not center … Continue reading →

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Merry Christmas to one and all! ~ From: Johan, Marielle, Marie & Bong

Posted on December 22, 2010 by bong

It took a lot of courage for us to do this.  But in the end we managed to do it.  We shed off all inhibitions and poured our hearts out for this (probably) never-to-be-repeated performance as our way of saying… … Continue reading →

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The horniest animal that ever lived

Posted on December 22, 2010 by bong

No animal — living or extinct — can be any hornier than a dinosaur called the Kosmoceratops. Even hornier than a bull in heat?  Absolutely.   Even hornier than people who watch “scandal” video clips?  Wait! What do you think I … Continue reading →

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Wanna blog? Use WordPress.

Posted on December 22, 2010 by bong

For those contemplating on starting a blog — or even putting up a Website (be it for business or pleasure) — I highly recommend WordPress. I have used WordPress since I started blogging about 3 years ago.  Aside from my … Continue reading →

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Learning FaceBook

Posted on December 21, 2010 by bong

I haven’t heard of anybody needing to enroll in a course to learn to use FaceBook.  But if you believe you are an exception then here is a good place to start. Please note that you will need to have … Continue reading →

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