Opinions and Writings
Death by jargon
A tip for lawyers and law students. As professionals you have to deal with your clients. Mind you that, in the future, when we pay you your retainers and per-hour/per-case rates, we're paying you to translate law to a language we can understand (and guide us in making...
Ely Buendia and the Spiders from Mars
If you don't get the word play on the title, I suggest you Google vintage David Bowie. And yes, the reference will be off since Ely did not play it left hand. Anyway, I first heard about the Eraserhead's reunion concert from Risha. At first I was a bit skeptical about...
The best Batman movie ever
I know people's takes on the The Dark Knight remain polarized. Some people loved it. Others people hated it. Well, I loved it and that's that. For those who belong to the opposite pole, better close your browser tab. Go surf porn. While I wouldn't make this a...
Word through the gripevine
I hate this economic crunch. All prices are sky-high thanks to inflation. My hundred peso bill seems like the ten pesos of old. It barely even buys you a decent meal at McDonalds any more. A trip to anywhere costs a fortune whether I take public transport or my car....
‘Wanted’ on dealing with bosses
There's probably not a day that goes by when someone I know complains about having a horrible boss. I mean, lucky is the person who have not had a stupid/power-tripping/arrogant boss. And since most of the people I know are smart people who graduated from UP, there's...
Trip management
Premium gasoline is at Php 60+ and it's a killer. Dealing with it does entail a lot of planning and trip management. That's why I'm splitting my time between being a pedestrian and a motorist. I only use the car about thrice a week whenever I have to go to UP and...
2008 in sports… so far
I am a sports nut and I've been paying attention to a lot of sporting events this year. (Except for tennis, though. Pretty Russian players aside, never liked the sport.) I have teams that I root for and teams that I hate. Unfortunately for me, most of them fell on...
Professional Regulation Commission website is malicious?
My old buddy from college were discussing a few things when the subject of getting a teaching license came up. Since these license exams are administered by one single office (the PRC) in the office, I tried getting some more information from their website. But lo and...
Avenue Q is not Quezon Avenue
One of the trade offs of working everyday and studying on the side is you miss out on a bit of culture. I'd have to admit that I haven't listened to the radio in a long time (both AM and FM) so I know diddly-squat about who's who in music industry. Sure I watch movies...