Of grave diggers and tombstone makers

Here are two great video reports done by multimedia reporters Izah Morales and Marjorie Gorospe about a grave digger and a tombstone maker — both making a living off the “dead.”
You can also read their written stories here.

Cosplay and fashion

Izah Morales of INQUIRER.net writes about cosplay and how it has turned into fashion for some.
Excerpt:
MANILA, Philippines — Having been a costume player for six years, Ricah Baltazar admitted that costume play or popularly known as “cosplay” has influenced the way she dresses today.
Baltazar, 21 years old, considered her black punk outfit during the interview [...]

Shoutout to Flippyknows

Thanks to the people behind Flippyknows and Team RP. I enjoyed meeting people and sharing some of our experiences in blogging. For some reason, I forgot to take photos

Microblogging killed the blogging star

Must admit, since I started micro-blogging the urge to blog has waned. Why?

Micro-blogs offer more interactivity.
Micro-blogs are easy to write. You only need 140 characters to put your message across.
Instant feedback. Plurk! Nuf said.
Micro-blogs like Twitter, Plurk are increasingly attracting more people (growing community).
Blogs are getting spammed. Micro-blogs not yet.
I’m just too lazy to write [...]

Back in B

The city looks a lot different. More people — and Koreans, and most roads especially in the busy streets leading to THE mall have become one-way. Also, there are just too many people now.