Malu Fernandez: return of the comeback. Coming from Manila Standard news sources itself, it's true: The Divalicious will resume publication this Monday. An insider said: "while Malu Fernandez indeed has submitted her resignation, her resignation has not been accepted by higher management, hence we will continue publishing her column." It's a free country after all. And since this is a free country, please be informed that Divatrocious and the pictures therein is a trademark of annalyn.net. You may use the the term freely under copyleft ... Continue Reading...
Archives for August 2007
Welcome to Post # 500
I know you!. Revised to read as : "I feel like I practically know you because of your hair-splitting blog entries." anyway, welcome to post number five hundred and you guessed it right, this is such a milestone for me all of this blogging hoopla is harder than i originally thought i feel like i've been writing forever in fact i've entertained the delusion that what i've been writing all along are of epic proportions in the league of melville's moby dick the good thing with blogging is that I've beaten an indian actor in the google search for ajay and ... Continue Reading...
WikiPilipinas: Call for contributions
My Blog-O-Rama column in Manila Bulletin this week deals with "WikiPilipinas and today's knowledge revolution." If you belong to the older generation (like me), do you remember the time when passing a term paper entailed being holed up in the library for hours? Poring through thousands of titles was a great challenge as finishing the paper itself. Of course during this time, buying a 24- or 30-volume encyclopedia was a status symbol in Filipino families, much like owning a piano or having a member of the family work in Saudi or Southern California. Who would ... Continue Reading...
When blogs can take down royalty (and Malu Fernandez)
Malu Fernandez for Wow Philippines!. The Bitch has resigned, and if there's one thing that the Malu Fernandez issue has taught us, it is the viral capability of blogs and assorted online media, to make things happen. In 1986, people converged in army camps with rosaries and warm bodies to topple down a dictatorship. In 2007 and beyond, it appears like the rules have changed. Causes and advocacies will no longer be waged in the actual battlefront but in the arena of blogs, wikis and other influencers of public opinion. Still bloodless like People Power ... Continue Reading...
Oh sweetness! Manila welcomes first Mrs. Fields Cookie Cafe
Mrs. Fields treats. Cookieholics rejoice! The well-loved Mrs. Fields has grown into a fully-functional Cookie Cafe and it's coming in our beloved city of Manila on September 1. Having been a few of the lucky ones to be given a preview of the cafe before it opens to the public, we must say Mrs. Fields at the Manila Pavilion will soon become a hit because of its diverse offerings and heavenly dessert delights, all aimed at satisfying the sweet tooth in you. Just a few of its mouthwatering selections: giant cookie cakes which you can have inscribed ... Continue Reading...
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