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Here’s one of the great vids from the E-heads reunion concert:
Eraserheads perform ‘Alapaap’

More vids found here with additional thoughts from Raimund Marasigan.

News from Soundtrip:
Excerpt:
MANILA, Philippines — The Eraserheads Reunion Concert was cut short Saturday night after lead singer Ely Buendia was rushed to the Makati Medical Center due to overfatigue.
The concert’s sudden end was announced by Buendia’s sister Lally who went onstage after a 20-minute intermission of the planned 30-song concert.
Raimund Marasigan also came out onstage, [...]

Interesting thoughts from journalism associate professor Jay Rosen of PressThink and New York University.

Imagine the same scenario during the 2010 elections in the Philippines?
Excerpt from the CNET article:
It is true that the Democratic National Convention Committee handed credentials to a record number of bloggers for the Denver convention this week, but more nevertheless appear to have gathered at the Big Tent. Adding to the lure of the unofficial [...]

That’s a video interview by INQUIRER multimedia reporter Izah Morales.
You can also read her interesting story that features a young man pushing makeshift “trolleys” as a way to make ends meet. They use train tracks as platforms to transport people from one place to another.
A snippet from the story:
“Minsan may nabangga ng tren at namatay. [...]

I read this story today and wondered why people still go to malls despite today’s inflation rates and dubious eVAT charges? Anecdotal evidence points to several reasons. One of them is that people go there to cool. Due to lack of public parks to mill around, they would rather go to malls and stay there [...]

I found this helpful tips for kids and parents on how to ensure online safety.  Kids are especially fond of social networks (more than their parents, heh). So it’s best that parents should also understand how social networks work.
Here’s an example:
Set reasonable expectations. Pulling the plug on your child’s favorite social site is like pulling [...]

Picked this up from Vox Populi:
Apart from the congested traffic during the daily rush hours, a normal sight along Katipunan Avenue in Quezon City would be the colorful tricycles that quickly traverse down the streets against monstrous trucks, missing nearby vehicles by mere inches.
But the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has banned tricycles from the [...]

An interesting article done by Alex Villafania for Inside Science. Apparently, some people do care about where electronic waste go. In Europe and some states in the US, there are now laws against dumping e-waste in landfills, according to Alex’ report.
Excerpt:
MANILA, Philippines — Electronic device purchases in the Philippines are increasing despite the dire economic [...]

I’ve missed days of posting in this blog.
So just to keep this blog going, I’m going to talk about the Beijing Olympics and how it has kept me pasted on the boob tube during the weekends. I’ve seen the various boxing matches. But I was really up all night waiting for the men’s basketball to [...]