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I watched the American Idol concert in Manila for free!

Published on 2011-10-08 07:28:26

I’ve been following American Idol since Season 3, but I never thought that I would ever get to watch it live. The Season 10 finalists came to the Philippines for the first time for their tour, and I was able to watch them for free! Here’s my proof: I was randomly checking Plurk when Ade [...] > read more

My Lakbayan Grade is B-!

Published on 2010-12-05 11:19:30

I just checked my Lakbayan grade again after so long, and I was surprised to see that I have been promoted! I used to be only a C last year, from being a C- three years ago. It’s not easy pulling up scores in Lakyaban, so my few trips this year > read more

Digital Filipino Web Awards 2009

Published on 2009-11-18 18:03:05

We won! My group, the Cebu Bloggers Society, won in the community category at the 3rd Digital Filipino Web Awards. > read more

Ondoy

Published on 2009-09-30 04:20:55

I was up until 4 a.m. last Saturday, studying for my Legal History and Constitutional Law classes, while the rain pounded on our glass windows. It had started raining around the time I got off work at 7 p.m, and started beating hard around midnight. > read more

Paradigm Shift

Published on 2009-08-20 05:20:39

I grew up thinking that money was evil and that businessmen were shrewd. It didn’t help that I attended the University of the Philippines, said to be the bastion of the communists. I became a student activist, became an agnostic for awhile, and > read more

Buhay Law Student

Published on 2009-07-24 06:05:57

It’s Friday again. At this time last year, I would either be heading to a hole in the city to hang out with friends, or packing to leave early for another adventure trip the following day. Now I can’t do that anymore. There are hundreds o > read more

I believe Michael Jackson was innocent

Published on 2009-07-08 01:51:19

I grew up believing that he was a pedophile, that he was gay, that he had himself bleached because he didn’t like his color. At that time, in the 1990s, he had begun to lose his luster, and the child molestation charges against him were what gr > read more

Top 10 Emerging Influential Bloggers for 2009

Published on 2009-06-20 11:00:27

Actually, that post title is wrong, because I am not going to vote for ten blogs. I am voting for only one. I’ve never came up with ten on my list anyway. Last year I came up with only three. The reason? I munch words for a living, so I take > read more

Shu Uemura’s “The Beauty Art Make-Up Competition 2009″ Launch

Published on 2009-06-20 09:58:58

  A day before my birthday, I tagged along with my friend, Roanne, to the launching of Shu Uemura’s “The Beauty Art Make-Up Competition 2009.” It was my first time to be at a beauty event, and I was pleasantly surprised. Let me jus > read more

The Hedgehog Concept

Published on 2009-06-09 11:12:16

When I was 19, I attended a career and leadership training wherein the speaker introduced us to the Hedgehog Concept. At that time, like many students about to finish college, I didn’t know where I was going or what was ahead of me. I was very > read more

Buy a drawing and help the Pens of Hope project

Published on 2009-05-31 05:37:43

These artists are selling their sketches for Pens of Hope, a project that gathers pens and pencils for poor schoolchildren in remote parts of the country.  A pen may be a small thing to us, but it is a big thing for kids whose parents cannot even af > read more



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