On Mediocrity

“…For everyone who has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him..” – from the Parable of the Talents (Matthew 25:14-30 (NIV)
I was having dinner when an acquaintance from uni saw me and asked to join. It was awkward [...]

Weekend Blooper

A disappointing weekend, this.
I went Friday night with the gang to the Area Conference of the JCI Philippines, just to show up and greet and not intending to participate, as we have our eyes (and budget) set on the upcoming National Convention in Dakak instead. I ended up shelling out the only cash I had [...]

Huli ‘Kaw!

So it isn’t just the lead laced barbies and formaldehyde on clothing, and White Rabbit.
But I wonder how they got to our store shelves in the first place? Are these bootleg? But how come they’re up and out for all to see and take?
Don’t we have the proper authorities to regulate and insure consumer safety? [...]

On Leadership, and Being A Gracious Leader

“But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown. ” – Carl Sagan (astronomer)
I had the chance to attend my alma mater’s [...]

AAAAAAAAAAARRRRghhhhh…

I lost five of my articles, replies to each included! I had inadvertently deleted them, not aware that if I erased them from my Live Writer, they’d be gone from WordPress, too!
Is there any way I could retrieve them?

Do You Have a Jackson Pollock In You?

Ever find yourself staring at your monitor, having nothing to look for, not quite knowing what to do, yet still not wanting to leave the pc? With pen you can doodle, but with your mouse you can keep clicking and try your hand at abstract art in this site.
And who says you can’t scribble with [...]

Painted Animal Hands

I remember when we were kids and there were the occasional (or was it constant?) power blackouts. It was fun, nonetheless, as we could gather round and listen to made up stories, scary ones and find who gets to pee in his sorry pants. Or make shadow puppets with our hands against the “gasera“(kerosene lamp), [...]

Eragon: A Straightforward Movie Review

I was finally able to sneak time to watch the movie adaptation to Christopher Paolini’s Eragon, rather belated as world premiere was mid-December of last year. I am not sure when exactly it was first shown in Manila and major cities, but I figure about three or four weeks past. That’s the usual waiting time [...]

Clipmarks: How to Share Information to People Who Have No Time

Here’s a nifty way to share info from the web, by showing exact snippets of it (the most important parts), instead of just linking to them like we usually do here in blogs. Sometimes, we just want to share pieces, or perhaps quote the most compelling sections of whatever we stumble upon, and not have [...]

Resource and Tutorials for Web Designers and Developers

…came across this site through the Green Living blog, and although I may not be able to find time for it soon, I’d like to have my own website and be able to say I made it myself. Much of the language in computer tech are alien to me, as is much of what [...]