Opinions and Writings
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...
Is there a better payment service for Pinoy Web workers?
A lot of my friends are doing rakets here and there to augment almost barely-scraping-by salaries by consulting for clients abroad. Receiving payments has been one heck of a problem with the lack of a reliable payment service. Western Union has always been the most...
Not my scene anymore
I went to the ToyCon last Saturday and had an epiphany - it was not my scene anymore. That meant a lot given that I was co-conspirator of the UP Anime Manga Enthusiasts anime fair and yes, I was president of that org too. I mean, I still maintain an interest for some...
The prices of gas (and a crappy car) and weekend dates
I just can believe how expensive everything is nowadays. I was cleaning my desk a couple of days ago and stumbled upon an old Shell receipt with the price per liter of their then flagship fuel Velocity was Php 16 per liter. Php 16!!! Those were the times when me and...
Test shots with my S5 IS
I haven't really tried using my camera for anything else than a few test shots here and there. But so far, I've clocked around 424 shots already and most of them are crap. Here are a few of my attempts at using this contraption. And yes, I suck. At least that means I...
Ideologies, Robert Downey Jr and Harrison Ford
I have to admit that I haven't watched the new Indiana Jones movie yet since I rarely watch a movie without my fiancee (no rings yet, semantically, at least) but Iron Man, I watched twice. At least, I've seen the first three Indiana Jones movies unlike probably many...