Alex @ August 29, 2007 | | Politics and Society | Comments (18)
Author’s Note: This has been a very messy piece with a lot of terms thrown carelessly in the mix. I apologize if you’ve stumbled upon this mess. But such is the purpose of this blog. Mostly masturbatory and selfish.
I was working on a post entitled “Hegemony and the Pinoy blogosphere” and I can’t seem to finish writing it. It was starting to become more of a thesis rather than a blog post. For one, I don’t want to waste the better ones of my writing by self-publishing them here. And I do intend to work on this particular topic for my masters thesis.
A friend and I were discussing all the recent events in the Pinoy blogosphere. The (not so) recent issues of blogging elitism and other scandals have definitely caught our interest. The main issue of our discussion - the concept of a blogging elite.
Hegemony is the existence of dominant bloc of society, that, through influence over another bloc gained not through force but through gained acceptance by the subverted bloc.
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Tags: Politics and Society
Alex @ August 22, 2007 | | Business, Personal | Comments (6)
Recently, I received an e-mail from one Dave Barnedo, a supposed Chairman/CEO/President of a couple of startups (You have to be one if you us “my” with company). He’s supposed to be “proposing a business collaboration.” Well, those are in quotes since all he mentioned in the message is that he’s starting a call center and a Japanese language center.
I got the message through the contact form I have for this website. Headhunting via blogs. That’s smart. But I don’t think this guy is doing it smartly. A business proposal through e-mail riddled with grammar lapses. Now I’m really no grammar Nazi but teaching business writing absolutely made me critical of how you get messages through. And this absolutely sent “Wanna work a crappy job?”
I’ve been receiving a lot of job offers and interview invites from other companies and I’m not really in the job market now so I just dismissed it. I was supposed to forward it to my sister since it involved that “Japanese” catch word but I decided not to after I did a Google-driven credibility/background check on this guy.
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Tags: Business, Personal, Scam
Alex @ August 17, 2007 | | Personal | Comments (0)
Storms can really mess up one’s calendar. It sure did mine. But who am I to complain? The more days I could sit in front of the laptop blogging, the better. Funny since we were all expecting rain to pour yesterday when classes were canceled. But not a drop hit the ground until it was past nightfall. And today, classes were canceled yet again and we get something a bit more than a drizzle.
I’m not really feeling the full effects of the long weekend since I spent practically all of yesterday preparing for my class today. But guess what? No classes today so it seems like I’ve been suckered. Yesterday could’ve been spent blogging or watching DVDs.
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Tags: Blogging, Personal, Rant
Alex @ August 15, 2007 | | News | Comments (3)
Dimaks guessed it right off the bat. I’ve been working on a car blog - AutoJab.
AutoJab’s another Bloggy Network blog and I’m taking over it as site editor/lead blogger (Heck, I’m the only one working on it now). And I’m loving it. Despite my busy schedule, I was able to post 41 entries already. I’m a car blogging machine.
Funny how small talks with the boss can end up. I told him that some day I’d want to own a business something related to cars. So I shared to Jacob my interest with cars and suddenly he offered me AutoJab.
So if you’re a gearhead like me, please drop by AutoJab for the latest news and information about cars and driving.
Tags: Blogging, Cars, News
Alex @ August 12, 2007 | | Personal | Comments (2)
Cars… Cars… Cars…
One thing I haven’t really talked about on this blog is how I love cars. Well, it’s mostly because I don’t have one in the garage right now and talking about how I loved that car pains me. But some things you have to sacrifice once in a while. But I so swear, I’ll be getting one from my own blood, sweat, and tears real soon.
Many people don’t really see me as a car person but for me, driving is one of my guilty pleasures. Being behind the wheel is tantric. Haha. I remember a couple of my former colleagues got shocked knowing that I plan to have a business of my own someday. While I still don’t have an idea what it is (my own restoration workshop or something a la West Coast Customs would be great), I just have to content myself with dreaming. Oh, and saving up for a few million to put that business up.
In any case, I am working on something related with cars right now. Haha. Should be good in a few days or so.
Tags: Personal
