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Featured in www.pinoyapache.blogspot.com on January 1, 2009

I HAPPEN TO RECEIVE from my email an item that got caught my interest. I would have deleted it outright were it not for the phrase “sparks blog outrage”, that I began to unravel this news which got posted in Infotech Section of the Inquirer.net on December 28, 2008 which read:


“Masui, Lanao del Sur Mayor Nasser Pangandaman, Jr. and several of his golf companions and bodyguards figured in an altercation ...

Featured in www.pinoyapache.blogspot.com on December 16, 2008

MOUNT MANUNGGAL HAVE endeared to us all members of the Cebu Mountaineering Society or CeMS, for upon her slopes on March 17, 1989 CeMS became an inspiration of the first ones who were there before: Sir Joe Avellanosa (+), Daddy Frank Cabigon, Dr. Abe Manlawe, Mme. Penpen Mitchell (+), Sir Rex Vecina, Claribel Delgra-Abrahan and Boy Olmedo. Through the years CeMS have alloted two of their yearly activities at Mt. Manunggal ...

It's an uncanny turn of events which would lead up to what I am right now..

It's amazing how time flies so fast without knowing that the things you are doing would seem so little..

It's such a wonder that amidst the difficulties in life there are at least some things that are meant for the simplest beings..

Now that we are unraveling time as it would seem, the future holds some extraordinary doubts, speculations, intrigues, and even, pleasures, fruitful outcomes ...

Do I have to keep myself updated in the world of healthcare?
Do I have to continue nurturing and expanding my skills?
Do I have to go on working like this? Unpaid?


It's been 3 weeks of painstakingly working as a healthcare provider in our government hospital. The catch is, I am good for a minimum of three months or six months maximum, depending on the situation given.


The benefit is that it is free of any charge, unlike any hospitals that offer ...

Featured in www.pinoyapache.blogspot.com on December 21, 2008

I TOOK A HALF-DAY FROM work on December 6, 2008 as I have to be at the Ayala Terminal at 2:00 PM. From there I will go up to Gaas, Balamban to attend the Cebu Mountaineering Society Christmas Party and Camp at the Sierra Tree Farm of the couple Ramon and Ann Vidal.


At 12 noon, I raced from Mandaue City to Cebu City. There was a heavy downpour and traffic slowed down. I reached home at 1:30 PM and ...

Featured in www.pinoyapache.blogspot.com on December 1, 2008

“TOK-TOK-TOK, TOK-TOK-TOK, TOK-...”



My Nokia 2350 delivered its pre-set challenge at 4:30 AM. Grudgingly, I accepted the dare despite a swollen and stiff right knee and rustled myself up from my bed to the bathroom downstairs. It was the end of the Ramadan season, and an official holiday was declared which fell on October 1, 2008. I don't have to go to work today and Boy Toledo made sure of ...

Everyone has probably seen a photograph like this:



At first glance, we tend to ask some obvious questions. These questions we ask can be considered as quests for meaning. What does this image mean? Did the man shrink? Did the bottle grow in size? Is it a miniature scale model person? Or is it a fake gigantic bottle? The answer doesn't come immediately into our heads because we are ...