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Monday, July 23rd, 2007The last installment of the Harry Potter series hit stores last Saturday, the 21st of July. Having read the first six (of course, I got hooked many many years ago…when I was young enough to claim youth as the sole reason for reading Harry Potter), I decided to read the final book, Harry Potter and […]
Ayala Young Leaders Congress 2008 Now Open for Applications
Friday, July 20th, 2007The Ayala Young Leaders Congress is, hands down, the best leadership development program for youth in the Philippines. If you make the requirements, give it a shot and apply.
Visit www.ayalayoungleaders.org.ph to download the Student Application set and for more information on AYLC 2008. Deadline for School Nominations will be on August 24, 2007. Please […]
With an Eye for the *Good News*
Tuesday, July 17th, 2007Check out my blogroll for a link to Inquirer.net’s *Good News Page*–the news group’s response to Philippine Media being *all about the bad*. This special section of Inquirer.net features all the good news stories on the Philippines. Good idea, no? Well, read it. Then, promote it! I think daily supply of good news is just […]
Good Real Estate Buy - Cebu City
Monday, July 16th, 2007Ever wanted to live up in the mountains but still be just a few minutes away from the city where work, study and shopping will likely be? Well, for metros like Manila, this may be an impossibility but not so for Cebu!
Ever wondered why Cebu’s international airport is located in Mactan and not Cebu City […]
(Update) Role-playing Madness
Saturday, July 14th, 2007Amazing. INSEAD, the premier french business school, uses Second Life, a virtual second world built especially for the MMORPG fanatics and others of the sort, as a playing ground for business students in a new online MBA track!
The Economist (online) reports:
Is this for real?
In a novel twist on the idea of the online course, […]
The Happy Planet Index
Tuesday, July 10th, 2007Ever wondered what the world would be like if happiness, not money, was the key driver of global affairs? Ever thought that it would be better if countries were ranked via a happiness index instead of a wealth index? Well, take a look see at The New Economics Foundation’s Happy Planet Index website for rankings […]
Role-Playing Madness
Wednesday, July 4th, 2007Picture this: a college student cuts class and ends up at a cybercafe with other MMORPG fanatics on an all-day fixed fee PC rental promo. This guy, disciplined as he is, cut down on all *non-essential* expenses just to be able to finance game time. He also stays up till late at night and wakes […]
Discovering the Magic/Uncovering the Magic
Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007I’ve always been so enthralled even by the mere thought of being in a five-star hotel (slash resort). I’ve also always thought highly of working as a news reporter (and maybe as a novelist too, on the side). But just this week I’ve come to realize how there exists such a thin line between ‘discovering’ […]
Snippet of Unacknowledged Wisdom
Monday, July 2nd, 2007‘Dream as if you’ll live forever; live as if you’ll die today.‘ - Bob Dylan (I’m guessing)
Taipan Henry Sy believes, can’t we too?
Friday, June 29th, 2007Many believe that we are a generation of disillusioned youth, a flock of nonbelievers, a mass of Filipinos-by-name who believe immigration is only a matter of when, not why; why not, not caring where so long as it is away from here.
Taipan Henry Sy relates to us in an interview with the Philippine Star his […]