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Monday, July 13th, 2009
Objective: To establish a succession program for the SEEDS Student Publication of SHS-J.
Why is it important? We cannot achieve our long-term vision of turning SEEDS into a feeder publication for journalism talent in the top universities in the Philippines without establishing a system of knowledge transfer across student batches within SEEDS.
How would you describe […]
Ubelievable: Finding Some in the Hospitality Industry Quite Inhospitable
Sunday, September 16th, 2007Were they being bigots, racists, or plain-old inhospitable buggers?
A friend of mine (a masters degree holder with honors) called up a number of hotels here in Singapore. His only sin: he wasn’t calling to book a room but to see if there were any openings. Well, some hotel HR managers (like an HR officer at […]
From Water Therapy to Water Torture
Saturday, September 1st, 2007Water — the most valuable resource on Earth, a.k.a. the Blue Planet. Some fast facts: the world is made primarily out of water. Land is the exception to what is mostly vast oceans and seas. Of the Earth’s water, 97% is salty. The remainder: fresh. Of fresh water, a huge proportion — something in the […]
Yahoo! Mail Beta: Better (surely) but Good Enough?
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007First week of Yahoo! Mail Beta’s release months (or had it been years?) ago, from the old look and feel, I switched to it immediately. Just as quick as I did, I switched back.
Yahoo! Mail Beta was a pain to use, especially if you weren’t on (non-encumbered) broadband. Being a Filipino college student back then, […]
Things in the Strangest Places
Sub: Remnants from Home
Saturday, August 25th, 2007
Walking along the second floor “bridge way” between the old Novena Square Mall (right above Novena MRT) and the new Novena Velocity, I *came across* something quite unexpected–fibrous, bright brown poop. Of who or what left it there I have no clue. What’s clear, however, is how of all the places in the world I […]
Finding Truth in *Odd* Claims
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007Walking along the brick path along the foot of Rasa Sentosa Resort’s main building, find your way toward the wall climbing area and you’d eventually come across a star-like marker on the ground. The marker will read something to the effect of “this is the southern most point of Southeast Asia”. That startles me a […]
Books at a Bargain Price of 50 Pesos @ Bridges (formerly, Goodwill) Bookstores
Sunday, August 12th, 2007Notice how the once three- (or was it four-) storey Goodwill Bookstore at Glorietta 1 closed to become a one-storey bookstore that looks almost exactly like the old Goodwill’s ground floor? The new bookstore’s named Bridges. Nothing really great about Bridges (as it is, in essence, nothing but a reduced version of the old Goodwill).
Well, […]
Money Matters: Does Money Matter?
Thursday, August 9th, 2007Money can’t buy happiness–at least, so the saying goes. Well, I’m inclined to agree. After all, I’ve never seen an ad post for happiness. I’ve never seen happiness sold at the stores (no matter how big or small, modern or prehistoric). This proves a point, surely. But does it prove that money can’t buy happiness? […]
Time Magazine Unofficial *Erratum*
Monday, July 30th, 2007I’d like to declare an unofficial erratum to Time Magazine’s July 30, 2007 Issue. Page 49 , the magazine’s music feature zooms in on the Philippines and one of Manila’s premiere bands, Up Dharma Down. Paragraph 6, lines 15-16, somewhere along the feature’s third column, names Rivermaya as an example of an ASEAN band […]
JCA Pizzaria: Cebu’s *Best Cost* Pizza
How an Assortment of Seemingly Inappropriate Food can make Great Tasting Pizza!
Wednesday, July 25th, 2007
Way back when I was in grade school, my cousin Robert (much older than me and my brothers) would take us to JCA for a bite of pizza. Back then, we considered Pizza Hut and Shakey’s high-end. Well, JCA only had a few items on its menu. It’s specialty: <i>Magic pizza</i>.
The Cebu market is all […]