Another newspaper writes 30

This piece of news was a surprise. I was just reading through the blogs at INQUIRER.net when I read this entry 572 issues from Current. It read:
Today we printed the last issue of Inquirer Compact, the company’s first venture in compact-format journalism. We had a great ride, but, well, all good things must come to [...]

decisions

Decisions we have to make everyday. But there are certain decisions that are hard to make. Getting married or not. Buying a new home or a car or not. Spending more time working than other things? We do make decisions and sometimes they pile up. What frustrates me though that some decisions will make some [...]

Feeling nostalgic about Pinoy music

I recently wrote an entry on Soundtrip, aptly titled “What is Pinoy Music?”
Excerpt:
I WAS “lost” last weekend in the piles of books in a local bookstore. I was hunting for a book that was recommended to me earlier by a literary friend. But fate brought me to the “entertainment section” of this bookstore. There I [...]

Abra and back

It took us more than 10-hour bus ride to get to Bangued, Abra from Manila. I was assigned there recently to cover an important event. I’ve seen mostly of the Cordillera except this province, which is now under the control of the Commission on Elections following reports of violence related to the elections and the [...]

Soundtrip

Finally, this is another dream come true. That sounds corny but please indulge me. I’ve been given the chance to blog about Pinoy music at INQUIRER.net. We launched it today and it’s called Soundtrip.
Excerpt of my first post:
I WAS once gifted with a T-shirt from Tower Records that says, “Know Music, Know Life.”
Perhaps that was [...]

Hot day!

I just can’t take the heat! The temperature says it’s 32 degrees Celsius here in Metro Manila. But I feel the temperature is more than that. It’s definitely humid.
Check this map and the effects of Global Warming on Asia.
This map is based on observations made by scientists all over the world. They explain:
Since the Global [...]

Summer classes

First day of school!
–Nemo
It’s been like eons since I took courses during summer. Now, here I am getting ready to face the music. And the music sounds more like my favorite Bluesy tunes; slow and thumping deliberate. But there are butterflies fluttering inside my belly. Yes, I’m a bit anxious, no, jittery.

Pacquiao wins

Finally, I can post this entry in this blog that was down for some time. This was posted earlier in my other blog.
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See the varying views and opinions of bloggers about the fight. Akomismo for instance did not mince words. Excerpt:

How do we define shameless? (Sa Filipino, walang hiya.)

Vote Manny Pacquiao signs on top [...]

Should bloggers follow code of conduct?

Tim O’Reilly has recently invited people to consider a proposed code of conduct for bloggers. This was prompted after his talk with Kathy Sierra who had received threatening and disturbing anonymous comments in her blog.
Eventually, this call for bloggers to adopt a code of conduct was picked up by the media and bloggers, including Blog [...]

Twitter and the power of one-liners

I have finally surrendered to the powers of Twitter.
To those unfamiliar with this new innovation in, er, communication and social networking, Twitter will test how well you are in one-liners. It is essentially blogging but you’re only allowed to tell everything in 140 characters (I think that’s the same limit as your regular text message).
Twitter [...]