Published just before lunchtime of July 20, 2005
There is a time for everything,
and a season for every activity under heaven:
a time to be born and a time to die,
a time to plant and a time to uproot,
a time to kill and a time to heal,
a time to tear down and a time to build,
a time to weep and a time to laugh,
a time to mourn and a time to dance,
a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
a time to embrace and a time to refrain,
a time to search and a time to give up,
a time to keep and a time to throw away,
a time to tear and a time to mend,
a time to be silent and a time to speak,
a time to love and a time to hate,
a time for war and a time for peace.
[ Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 ]
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Like I’ve said before, death is inevitable.
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2005.07.20
Published in the early evening of July 13, 2005
Some officemates were kind enough to update us on the situation in Makati, sharing this photo. I don’t know the source, but thanks.
God save the Philippines.
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2005.07.13
Published terribly early in the morning of July 10, 2005
I’m looking for great weblogs written by fellow Filipinos, or something related to the Philippines. Pinoyblog has a great pool, but I don’t think I can separate the exceptional ones from the good lot, not without spending several hours a day reading each one. Let’s do it this way, if you’ve got a great pinoy weblog or know one, leave a comment. If you’re not getting enough traffic but you think you should, then you should write in.
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2005.07.10
Published late at night of July 6, 2005
Update: All download links are now back again, so using our popratio[at]gmail[dot]com for sharing will probably be stopped soon.
After two months since the first jam, the newest Pop Ratio covers are now here for everybody’s consumption. Sadly, I no longer have them as direct downloads from this site. Instead, you can login to gmail and open the account popratio[at]gmail[dot]com, using the popratio/popratiopopratio key/value pair for the login credentials. I think you get the idea. 
These songs are from our 2nd jam session for this year. Again, we’re playing three–piece, no bass at all. Our bass player is reportedly *still* in Hongkong, now fully a slave of corporate society. Hehehe. And then he wants a damn tribute song. And the other guitarist? He’s probably too busy trying not to be late — at everything. Double Hehe.
From the new set, I’d strongly recommend “Man in the Mirror,” and maybe “214″ and “Panahon na Naman.” You can listen to the rest as a cure for insomnia. Doc Jonas and Doc Don would definitely agree. Whatever happens, don’t dare download the track “Especially For You.” You’ve been warned.
And if you wanna know which of the older songs to resell at Quiapo download, you can’t miss “Himala,” “Crazy For You,” and my personal favorite, our cover of Yano’s “Esem.” Most of them are nice tracks anyway, except the one I’m singing in. Hail to free music!
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2005.07.06
Published at around evening time of July 6, 2005
iPAP now has comments, thanks to Mathias’s wonderful work. A million thanks, my friend! This is one of the most sought–after feature, requested in almost every email inquiry I receive concerning the photo app. Development has slowed down significantly the past week with spare coding time becoming very uncommon. But I managed to squeeze in ZIP uploads last weekend, something for everyone to play with when I pack another release this weekend. Hopefully. These new features will be included in the upcoming beta update. I apologize to those who were expecting to see it in the current release. For now, have a look at this nice WP/iPAP powered site by a fellow Filipino. Rannie, we’ll be waiting for more photos. As a side note, zen photo’s development is going well. Nice to see another elegant photo publishing solution like iPAP.
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2005.07.06
