This site supports the One Day of Blog Silence on April 30 in honor of those who died in Virginia Tech and other crime victims around the world. Let us all say a prayer for them. Close to home, this blog particularly grieves for Julia Campbell, the Bicol-based US Peace Corps volunteer who was found in a shallow grave last April 18 in the tourist spot of Banaue, Ifugao. Reports state she could have been murdered after going on a solo hike to see the famed rice terraces of Batad. Shame that a great woman can encounter such fate, and in a country she sought to help ... Continue Reading...
Post-SM holdup robbery: security measures that don’t mean a thing
SM bomb sniffing dawg. Was riding the taxi from the domestic airport yesterday when I heard this piece of news on the radio: armed men stormed two banks located inside the sprawling SM mall in Fairview carting away an undetermined amount of cash... The radio report certainly reminded me that I was back to the organized chaos of Manila after breathing fresh country air. After all, in the provincial places where I came from, I rode a bus at four in the morning without having to fear a holdup or anything. What happened at SM yesterday must have left ... Continue Reading...
Hello it’s summer ! My 15 things …
Writing this in Ayala Center Cebu's Netopia while waiting for a ferry ride to Leyte. Geez, I can't believe I missed the Supercat to Ormoc by a few precious minutes. I was about to say my alleluia to this shipping company for having a very informative website, now it turns out their published online and print media schedules are not what it is in real life. Point in fact: what they really mean when they say 11:35 a.m. is that the boat departs at 10:45 a.m. Being no freakin' psychic, how was I supposed to guess that? I guess my mistake was failure to double-check and be ... Continue Reading...
The Blog Awards on MB’s Technews
PBA column Just in case some people didn't see Manila Bulletin's Technews street edition last Monday, featuring my little write-up on the just-concluded Philippine Blog Awards.. here are scanned images. PBA pics@MB Nice to see happy, smiling faces. Special thanks to my editor and the lay-out artist :P And of course, Karla who provided the photos. Just a little erratum: "Marketmanila bags the Bloggers Choice Award from Globe " ... Continue Reading...
Why bloggers are the new block… new (spoiled) kids on the block
Close to three years of being a blogger and more than two years of covering the blog beat has led me to observe the emergence of a "blogging culture" and how, little by little, these bloggers - the so-called new kids on the block - are running over the mainstream. A few examples: Blogger: Six-figure monthly salary, if you're an A-lister, no age required Journalist: Six-figure monthly salary, if you're a seasoned editor-in-chief, pushing 40 to 50 Blogger: Work from home Journalist: Surely you can bring work. At home. Blogger: Flexible hours. Journalist: ... Continue Reading...
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