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Category: Lifestyle

  • Gordon-Bayani three-point plan against corruption

    Dear Friends, Now that the campaign for president and vice-president is in full swing, Gordon and Bayani need you to join them in transforming our country. Together we will build a new future, without corruption and dishonesty, a future of opportunity, jobs and development. With your help success is guaranteed. The first step is to…

  • Berso sa Metro posters on the MRT promotes reading and Spanish literature

    Every time I ride the MRT or the LRT here in Manila, I take some time to read and appreciate the “Berso sa Metro” series of posters. Sponsored by the Instituto Cervantes of Manila, the posters feature Spanish poems displayed alongside its Filipino translation. To compliment the mood of the poem, the backdrop features works…

  • Matter of Taste: Filipino eye for the European guy

    Found this in a forwarded e-mail. Mr. Sutherland if you are reading this, please drop me a line. If a foreigner writes something good about the Philippines and does it with such a flair, I say he gets free coffee from me! Matter of Taste by Matthew Sutherland I have now been in this country…

  • How do locals affords ANYTHING in the Philippines?!

    Probably one of the most insulting things about the Philippines I have ever read. Sad thing here is there really are people around the world who think like this. Very entertaining post and really made (i.e. ruined) my day. How the heck do they get through life with NOTHING inside their heads?! Huge discrepancy: How…

  • Funny photo: Manny Pacquiao’s Taxi?

    I was on my way to work today when I almost choked at the name of this cab owned by “Pacquing Transport”. Could this be Manny Pacquiao’s taxi? Maybe he got tired of fighting and decided to retire and be a cab driver. Either way, I wonder what people do inside a “pacquing taxi”? Guess…

  • De Quiros to GMA: Your days are numbered

    Conrado de Quiros recently published a scathing piece on his column on the Philippine Daily Inquirer, entitled “May araw din kayo”. For non-Taglog speakers, the closest English translation I could think of is “Your time will come”. While I think this is a good translation, it doesn’t really translate the true emotion behind “May araw…

  • Video: Exercise to reduce stress

    I have a hard time dealing with stress. It’s become so bad that over the past few weeks stress has prevented me from getting a good night’s sleep. Sometimes I would fall asleep at 5 A.M. Sometimes I do not get any sleep at all. It’s past 4 A.M. as I’m writing this. I found…

  • Modus operandi of the most common crimes in the Metro Manila, Philippines

    Crime is everywhere. It can happen to anyone at the most unexpected times. As good citizens it is our duty to practice due diligence in order to mitigate criminal activity. To combat crime we must keep ourselves informed of the various modus opeandi (modes of operation) of criminals. I recently received a very informative e-mail…

  • Video of Obama in an online game

    I was just watching this hilarious video of U.S. President Barack Obama recreated in an online game called Aion. I have a slight suspicion this may have been created as a viral ad by the company that distributes Aion in the U.S., but whoever made this really did a good job with the script and…

  • Former Philippine President Corazon “Cory” Cojuangco Aquino passes away after a year of battling colon cancer

    It is a sad day for many Filipinos. At around 3:18 a.m. on Saturday August 1, 2009, former president Corazon “Cory” Aquino, 76 years old, passed away after being diagnosed with advanced colon cancer early 2008. She was confined in Makati Medical Center for more than a month, and very memorable thing for me as…