Opinions and Writings
Inhibitionism
Overexposed in the Blogosphere was a really interesting post about from a few years back. Are we really that overexposed online? Should we fear overexposure? Have we thrown our Miranda rights out of the window because of this? That everything we say or do online will...
Christmas complacency
Filipinos are not traditional. We're complacent. Every year, we subject to ourselves to the dreary rituals no matter how adulterated these traditions have become. People would consider doing "the same thing" every year during that long stretch of 100 Days before...
Synchronizing Pinoy time
It's funny what kinds of laws our lawmakers are trying to spring on us. There was that flag change. Now, it's making sure that Pinoy time is synchronized with HB 6905. But hey, it's not like we don't have our own time zone (+8 GMT). We could just hope whatever this...
Boom goes the caroling
It's quite funny how many would consider Christmas caroling as a Pinoy Christmas tradition as Pinoy as puto bumbong and the parol. (Though one can always argue that Christmas or Christianity for that matter is native.) It's quite interesting to look back at past...
There and back again
Oh that should be the least of your worries, Senator Angara. Those 100 academics you helped ship should come back but their return shouldn't be tied to utang na loob. It's a worthy cause for the academic but the government must be able to capitalize on these scholar's...
Challenges to e-learning continue
After a week of research and seminars, I'm compelled to re-examine my takes on e-learning in the Philippine setting. Here's a post on e-learning as an investment from two years back and here's on ICT learning in general. Technology has changed so much over the past...
Hakuna matata
I really admire how Hyundai made a killing in the US market mostly through clever marketing techniques. Offer a buyback option without impact on credit score to car buyers who are to lose jobs after the purchase during the recession? Gutsy and risky for the company...
Trying to catch a fourth wind
August is marked by health issues - clear signs that I have taken very little care of myself. I have gained back all the weight I've lost during those bouts of weight-loss regimens over the past couple of years. Thing is, I'm already in my mid-20s and that's the age...
Malware maladies
As an advocate of eLearning, I've been trying to maximize the use of technology for teaching. Since, I'm not that active in the academic circle recently, as a service, I decided to put up an online forum for us in the business of language studies and research and that...