Ang Kape Ni LaTtEX

Earlier this evening I had dinner with a very good friend from college. He had gone to the US around 3 years ago and is now a high school Physics professor, and at the same time taking up masters in Physics in California. The original plan was that we would meet up somewhere near DLSU, [...]

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This post was drafted a month ago, and although the material is a bit old, I think it still is relevant to our the predicament we as a nation find ourselves in today.
Bonn Juego, in a blog entry a few weeks back, talks about his Conversation With A Fellow EDSA II Activist, where he acknowledges [...]

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Last week, the International Plastic Modelers Society of the Philippines - Bert Anido held the TrumpEx 2005 scale model exhibit held at SM Megamall’s Cyberzone. Scale model kits maker Trumpeter as well as Lil’s Hobby Shop sponsored this event, where members of IPMS-BA showed off their modelling skills with the Trumpeter and Mini Hobby Models [...]

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Barely two weeks into my new job and I had to do overtime work over the weekend. That after a grueling 9 workday wham-bam-thank-you-ma’am study of InstallShield 11 (which has a terrible learning curve considering its unhelpful help files) and the application I’m supposed to make an installer of. I’m not yet done with [...]

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Ever tried Googling your own name? I did, and I was pleasantly surprised with some of the results.
First, Googling my real name revealed some familiar stuff:

My contribution to Aircraft Resource Center, a popular aircraft reference site for scale model enthusiasts
A donation I made for DLSU

Then next, the “pleasantly surprising” results. I’m proud to say [...]

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Back in April, in my (now unupdated) Friendster blog, I wrote a piece based on a forum post I made last year regarding the perennial “to stay or not to stay” in the Philippines question. However, it amuses me that while my reasons were quite personal (the ensuing comments even more so), two columnists that [...]

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Just before the elevator to the platform at the Taft Station of the MRT, I noticed something odd about the stacks of Inquirer Libre! in the racks: they were rather thick. Curious, I picked up a copy then went on down to the platform. Once seated I started reading the paper and started wondering again [...]

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Sassy Lawyer tagged me for a book meme.
Total books owned:
If it’s fiction + non-fiction, I’ve lost count. Something like 40 or 50. Barely fits my bookshelf anyway.
Last book I bought:
Robert Kiyosaki’s Rich Dad’s Guide to Investing.
Last book I read:
I’ve barely started on John Grisham’s A Time to Kill.
Types of books I read:
1. Fiction - General, [...]

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I bought a copy of the Inquirer today and lo and behold, here’s the headline:
ARCHBISHOP Oscar Cruz yesterday accused Malacañang of bribing and harassing witnesses who had implicated President Gloria Macapagal- Arroyo in election fraud and “jueteng” (illegal gambling) payoffs in a bid to remain in power.
All I can say is, sorry Bishop Cruz, but [...]

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Italy has apparently made their drive against piracy hella serious. Well, that’s poetic justice for you. Thing is really, don’t the manufacturers of these “designer” bulldung understand that their products are being faked because they’re really just overpricing stuff? A couple of thousand of dollars for a “beautiful” pair of shades. That’s progress for you.
I [...]

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