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THERE IS a new cult in the Philippines. †I call it the “cult of the biggests, longests, and the mosts.”††The singular goal seems to be a few millimeter-square of print space in the†Guiness Book of World Records. †We have the longest longanisa, the most number of plates washed by a single sachet of a...
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THIS IS THE TITLE of an article recently written by my good friend Boogie Boydon. †It is also the central theme of ‘Ang Bagong Pinoy’ (‘The New Filipino’), an online forum also launched by Boogie, first as a simple Yahoo Group, and now as a full blown online community (http://www.angbagongpinoy.org/).
I invite you to read...
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THIS IS gruesome! †But this can happen to anyone even, or perhaps especially, in the Philippines.
Click on the link below to view the short video clip of a real road accident that took place in Shanghai, China:†
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AAP (Automobile Association Philippinnes) has a Road Safety advocacy program called THINK BEFORE YOU DRIVE. †It is actually...
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I CHANCED UPON this very interesting material in a local magazine while waiting my turn for a hair cut last week.
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If you could shrink the earth’s population to a village of precisely 100 people, with all the existing human ratios remaining the same, it would look something like the following.
There would be:
57 Asians
21 Europeans
14...
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I KNEW THAT my friend, Mitz Picardal, is really serious with his new-found hobby when he sent me a copy of his award-winning photo dubbed Banca Smoke earlier this year. Banca Smoke was awarded first prize under the ìnatureî category in an online photo competition, a contest participated in by thousands of photographers, both...
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THIS WEEK I have launched StarTeacher.ph.† StarTeacher.ph is the online version of Star Teacher Magazine, a quarterly publication of Sa Aklat Sisikat Foundation (SAS), produced and printed by Summit Media.
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My involvement in the StarTeacher.ph project is minimal.† I acted as the de facto project manager in behalf of SAS.† My only actual “hands on”...
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TWO SATURDAYS AGO (June 14 ) I joined my ex-girlfriend and her officemates in doing a few hours of volunteer work at the Gawad Kalinga – Philips Village in Calamba, Laguna.
It was over in just about two hours, and although dog tired, everybody agreed that it was “bitin” (not quite enough). An 8-hr...
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In keeping with the many ecology-related events and activities that are an offshoot of the recent Earth Day celebrations, I would like to allot some time (and space on my Blog) to encourage my friends, colleagues, and acquaintances to support Greenpeace in the Philippines.
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Possibly not known to many people yet, Greenpeace, the organization known...
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