Congratulations!

One morning, I woke up to a text message saying that my SIM number has just made me a millionaire. Then, the sender put his name and an instruction to deposit 150grand for the processing of the whopping prize! This is ridiculous! This is so 1997. The sender is simply an a**hole! Does he believe [...]

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15 Days

I have just learned that a government employee is only given fifteen days to answer to queries of clients and customers. It is stated in the Section 5 of Republic Act 6713 that “All public officials and employees shall, within fifteen (15) working days from receipt thereof, respond to letters, telegrams or other means of [...]

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Love: Lost and Almost Found

I was trying to fit in the crowd when an extraordinary smile beamed across the crowd, amidst the development happening in the world. That smile tried to communicate with the beat of my heart, in the strictest sense of the process. It happened in just a click… and pooff!! There goes the start of something [...]

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On Respect and Guidelines

I was given a formidable task to be the lead staff for a poster competition. Since I work in a company full of scientists and people who are mistakenly taken as hermits or ivory tower residents, I am not in the position to set the rules and regulations. They were the ones who set the [...]

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Rats rule PHL

I saw and read an interesting story in the front page of a broadsheet today. With the Chinese New Year’s celebration coming in tomorrow, a writer inked on the zodiac of political leaders in the country. The President, Benigno S. Aquino III, is a Metal Rat. The Senate Majority Leader, Juan Ponce Enrile, is a [...]

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To Work Or For Work

Do you go to the office TO WORK? Or do you go to office FOR WORK? People from the private sector, they say, go to the office to work. Their work is synonymous with their performance and salary. If they do not work, then they do not earn. People from the public sector, they say, [...]

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Ang Pulis Na Marunong Mag-Listen

Medyo may hangover pa yata ang lahat sa prusisyon ng Black Nazarene na inumaga na sa kalye. Sukat akalain mong napakatindi ng pananampalataya ng mga Pinoy sa Nazareno – na ang description sa mga nabasa kong feature articles sa internet ay charred wooden statue. Pero hindi iyon ang aking paksa kundi ang nakasakay ko sa [...]

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So you can really escape Death?

According to pinoyfitness.com, the following are the minimum finish time to run faster than Death: 3K – 00:37:16.94 5K – 01:02:08.23 10K – 02:04:16.45 16K – 03:18:50.33 Half marathon – 04:22:11.25 Marathon – 08:44:22.5 So I have built this question in my mind: Can you really escape Death? Or was the article just plainly saying [...]

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Enter The Dragon II: The Wood Rat

“Despite having a remarkable facade of self-confidence, deep down, Wood Rats are the least sure of themselves compared to other Rats. However, they wouldn’t dream of showing this side of themselves to anyone. Only close companions of a Wood Rat would ever suspect that he or she had such self-doubt. In fact, Wood Rats are [...]

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I Just Want You To Fight For Me

Real Steel is one of those few films that contain surprises. It was never promoted as a father-and-son movie. It was marketed as a movie on robots and boxing. Do not ask me why I love the movie even more than the Transformers 3. The scene wherein Charlie tries to save Max from falling into [...]

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