As a theft victim myself, I couldn't help but feel the pain of friends and acquaintances who've lost their precious gadgets recently. One is my Plurk friend Pau who lost his laptop and high-end cameras at the rooftop parking lot of MC Home Depot, The Fort in a span of less than 10 minutes! Last night, Plurk was abuzz again with news of another robbery. This time, somebody recounted how some rogue peeps broke into the trunk of a car and stole a MacBook Pro, MacBook Air and a Dell laptop amounting to more than P200,000 at the Podium parking lot in ... Continue Reading...
Archives for March 2009
Face-to-face with BB Gandanghari: out with the old, in with the new
A lot of girls had a crush with Rustom Padilla, way back when he was younger and married to Carmina Villaroel. I admit I found him attractive too. Here's an old picture: It was in 2003 that he came to full realization that he was gay and it wasn't until 2006 or so that he admitted publicly about his orientation. Fast forward to 2009 and everybody's talking about the birth of a new woman. Gone with Rustom, in with BB Gandanghari: Pictures from the bloggers' Meet and Greet with BB at mag:net Bonifacio High Street today. ... Continue Reading...
The airline wars: PAL or Cebu Pacific?
Over at Plurk yesterday, I asked my friends which airline they preferred - Philippine Airlines or Cebu Pacific - and the ensuing thread got a few interesting answers.Let us attempt to point their differences, one by one: Fares CebuPac: Cebu Pacific's aggressive marketing makes it appear that they're the budget airline to beat. Promos for seat sales are announced almost every week. There was only one time that I availed of their zero fare, and that was unluckily when Typhoon Milenyo struck. Ticket was non-refundable. Since then, I haven't booked for a CebuPac ... Continue Reading...
Visiting the Wedding Expo Philippines
One month and one week after getting married, the wedding hangover is still upon me. So I took time to visit the 14th edition of the Wedding Expo Philippines which ended yesterday at the PICC Forum. It was full of people and couples! You wouldn't believe the number of lovebirds engaged or about to be wed in this part of the world. It proves a number of things: love rules and 2) weddings remain a big business in the country, which also assures that it's as expensive as ever. Each move will cost you thousands, and that's why it's always advised to scout for the best, ... Continue Reading...
What I learned from… a sidewalk
The streets in Manila are crowded with vendors selling all sorts of wares. First picture shows a boy selling bubble toys and demonstrating it in the process by throwing bubbles in the air :) The second one is making her living telling fortunes of people. There are lots of fortunetellers like her just outside a church in Quiapo, a crowded district in our city. It seems an irony that you profess your faith and then outside, there are lots of old women claiming to tell the future, and more. ... Continue Reading...
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