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Two weeks ago, a colleague and I met our former boss - a German Scientist near retirement. He has residing and working here in the Philippines for about ten years now. He may have been the most difficult boss (and person) I’ve ever known, but he certainly loves the tropics, the beach and the Philippines […]
Ten more days in the office and I bump into bureaucratic woes. The scientist in me believes that the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. But for some reason the people around me takes pride in going through tangeted loops just to get from one point to another.
For the record, I’ve always […]
Who doesn’t know Dr. Jose Rizal, the Philippines’ National Hero?
I briefly mentioned this guy in a post last year. While I truly admire his famous books “Noli Me Tangere” and “El Filibusterismo” (we are forced to read these two books cover to cover back in high school!) , I have question marks floating in my […]
Last Sunday, my eyes almost crossed trying to keep the lids open just to finish watching the delayed telecast of Starstruck: The Final Judgment.
Starstruck (on it’s 3rd year) is the original “Artista” search in the Philippines that although a bit patterned from American Idol, has evolved into the biggest (this season, the only) nationwide search […]
The Filipinos generally love music: not only in singing but listening to one, especially the slow, romantic types. Maybe because we are a bunch of natural romantics or just plain mushy.
You’ll know you are in the Philippines when all public transportations, from jeepneys to tricycles are tuned to mellow radio music. Most public places are […]
March and April is school graduation month in the Philippines. Aside from Christmas, this is the time of the year when remittance of Filipino Overseas Workers (OFW) is at its peak.
Manila Times reported that the peso just slipped past the 50-to-the-US-dollar mark on Tuesday as boosted by OFW remittances.
For somebody who’s going to rely on […]
The state of emergency was lifted on Friday and the Philippine peso is nearing 50 against the dollar. Economic strategy or not, Proclamation 1017 has worked in favor of the President while her oppositionists are seething in public (and private) rage.
President Arroyo and her economic team were optimistic that this performance will continue throughout […]
Tonight is the coronation of the most prestigious beauty pageant in the Philippine Islands: Binibining Pilipinas 2006 (Miss Philippines 2006).
The grand event will be held in Araneta Coliseum at 8 PM. Delayed telecast will be shown exclusively at GMA-7.
Check out the list of official candidates and see who you think will wear the crown of […]
In Philippine Society, the gays are either the “screaming faggots” or the “closeted queens”. This society, even at present modern age has extreme opposing stands on issues concerning the third sex.
I wonder how hard it must have been for Rustom Padilla who has lived a public life not to mention belonging to a clan of […]
The Philippine Archipelago is still in a State of Emergency. Rumor is that it will be lifted this Saturday. Meanwhile, Senators and press people expressed their protests against the President’s declaration.
Maybe one good thing that the Philippines is composed of 7,107 islands is that even if there is a some commotion that threats the National Security, you cannot feel […]
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