DELAYED BLOGCAST: Last Monday I had a very long lunch with two friends, MC of the Business Mirror and blogosphere’s Mr. Clean Slate, Mo, who also writes for Manila Standard Today.
Time with Mo is time to update about sports. He breathes sporting fire in the city. Not that he is the only one I know. [...]
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Today I broke free from a personal myth that I could no longer play basketball. I still can despite gaining weight and this strange feeling of distrust that I couldn’t even last a minute in the court.
We played ball early afternoon, after a hearty lunch of seafoods and grill today in a friend’s place along [...]
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I joined colleagues in trying new hangouts on June 22 and 29 to unwind.
We were samplers who weren’t very willing to spend. But we still needed to open light conversations, if not forge new beginnings or sign our future on that big rock.
We sampled Haus Edelweiss Restaurant somewhere in Bangkal. They serve lots of wurst [...]
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Posted in Fun on April 21, 2007 | 4 Comments »
A friend sent this text message that someone, a geoscientist from Manila, informed her that Lyrids, a meteor shower can be seen tonight (past midnight, actually early morning April 22) from the northeast sky. I verified from the net and this is what I found out.
“METEOR SHOWER? An increase in the number of meteors at [...]
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Five days more to go for blogosphere’s most anticipated gathering in Davao City.
I’m actually trying to convince myself to ditch some changes in schedule just to make it to the celebration. (The title is meant to remind me this is the first time and I’d better make up my mind.)
When I got Blogie’s invitation a [...]
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Cebuano singer Budoy and Hale band vocalist Champ Lui-Pio in Bukidnon’s Central Mindanao University for a pre-Valentine concert on Feb. 13. Photo courtesy of Asterisk Events and Communications.
I heard the concert was succesful and it boosted Bukidnon’s concert scene in love month February. If people can afford to party like in concerts, it also shows the conditions around [...]
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Posted in Davao, Education, Entertainment, Environment, Fun, Governance, Justice, Mindanao, News, Peace Process, Philippines, Security on November 30, 2006 | No Comments »
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/25 November) — Musical plays on the Battle of Bud
Dahu by young Tausug performers from Jolo, Sulu and a peace concert will be
among the highlights of this year’s celebration of the Mindanao Week of
Peace.
The Initiatives for International Dialogue, the organizer, said the concert
will feature Popong Landero and other Davao artists who will render [...]
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DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/18 November) — Sino ang tatapos? (Who will finish) asks a plug for a television network’s special on the Grand Finale Sunday between Filipino boxing champion Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao and Mexican legend Erik “El Terible” Morales.
As in previous boxing trilogies that thrilled boxing fans all over the world, sports aficionados here are going [...]
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DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/14 November) — Is your workplace safe?
For companies to be more productive and safe, they should have a safety
officer for every 200 employees. For the “highly hazardous” work set-up, it
should be one for every 50, said lawyer Ma. Brenda Villafuerte, director of
the Department of Labor and Employment’s Bureau of Working Conditions.
The ideal set-up, [...]
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Posted in Bukidnon, Business, Davao, Entertainment, Fun, Governance, Mindanao, Philippines, Security, Tourism on October 22, 2006 | No Comments »
That title was just a teaser. There is nothing so pop and rock in here for the MTV fanatics. But I just want to add in this blog these two beautiful “come on” videos for tourism in Mindanao and Pinas! The Pinas “Byahe tayo” video here and the “Wow Mindanao” video here. Have fun!
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Posted in Business, Davao, Education, Entertainment, Fun, Governance, Health, Justice, News, Philippines, Security, Updates on October 17, 2006 | No Comments »
(First posted on Aug. 21, death anniversary of Sen. Benigno S. Aquino, and after the Kadayawan Festival 2006)
I like to see people celebrating. I want to see celebration everyday, in appropriate magnitude. I love celebrations. God too wants people to celebrate. It is such a big gift. Humanity deserves humanity or even more than that.
Certainly [...]
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Posted in Fun, Reflections, Updates on September 17, 2006 | No Comments »
I probably spent one of the best years in my life so far in 1996. It was a year of discoveries for me. It was a year of poetry. It was a year of active student activities and great academic challenges. It was a year of sports, gaining more confidence for both basketball, tennis, and [...]
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