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What makes America great

Browsing through Manuel L. Quezon III’s weblog, he links to a beautiful piece over at ABS-CBN News, entitled What makes America great. God bless America and take Ronald Reagan by the hand, to join a daughter’s goldfishes in the river without end, in a place without danger, where loyalty reigns unchallenged, in that state of […]

HID headlights and Philstar.com

The Philippine Star’s motoring section yesterday printed an article titled “A Rare SUV-ic Drive,” the writer’s story on SUVs and SUV tuning & customization. Nothing special, but rather misleading: Xenon HID (High Intensity Discharge) Bulbs is the latest trend in headlamp technology. Employing a different way to produce light, it is also practical since it […]

We are not stupid!

Earlier this afternoon at my current favorite news source, I read about ProCon‘s COMELEC petition to disqualify Gloria Macapagal–Arroyo for exceeding the maximum airtime for political TV ads. In just a few hours, what was supposed to be a test of the commission’s fairness and independence became another example of Filipino political gimmickry and magic—the […]

A historic day for Filipinos

Today marks the day the Supreme Court confirmed Fernando Poe Jr.‘s Filipino citizenship. Honestly, I’m too tired (and indifferent?) to deeply analyze, or even read most of the articles related to this news story. No amount of analysis would matter anyway, I guess this is the destiny of the Filipino people. After deposing one of […]

SMB Oktoberfest

Just heard from Karl that there was a riot at the closing concert of this year’s SMB Oktoberfest at the SM Megamall. Good thing they left right away when they realized things were getting out of hand. Another guy was fortunate enough to survive the chaos and live to tell the tale.

LRT Luggage Restrictions

Did you know you can’t take the LRT if you’re carrying bulky luggage? I can hardly find any logical reason for this. If it’s for security purposes, that would be the lamest of reasons, hardly worth the discomfort for those affected.