The next step to saving yourself from suffering tianggemonium is by preparing yourself, and the number one rule in preparing yourself for battle is to know the enemy.
Oh no, the enemy is not the woman in your life who wants to shop. Let’s make that clear. The real enemies are the tiangges and malls [...]
Entries from December 2005
A Chauvinist’s Guide to Tianggemonium (2nd of a Series)
December 23rd, 2005 · 6 Comments
Tags: Buhay
A Chauvinist’s Guide to Tianggemonium (1st of a Series)
December 22nd, 2005 · 1 Comment
Okay boys, it’s the season to be jolly but a lot of us aren’t smiling.
And for good reason. We always get dragged around by the women in our lives, whether it be our mother, sister/s or wife, because it’s that time of the year when they have the best excuse to shop. With the huge [...]
Tags: Buhay
Free Trade of Goods, But Not Jobs?
December 21st, 2005 · 6 Comments
The signature mantra of the World Trade Organization (WTO) has always been the same as that of its predecessor, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), in that it seeks to promote the lowering of trade barriers which will allow more market access in a global market economy.
The effects of lowering such barriers, especially [...]
Tags: Edukasyon · Negosyo · Pulitika
Angst
December 21st, 2005 · No Comments
I love this livejournal entry, but it’s not just because I’m from DLSU.
Read more to see for yourself the meaning of angst.
Dying for your religion
December 18th, 2005 · 3 Comments
The other day I almost hit another pedestrian.
This time I was driving along Libertad street right next to the Pasay City Public Market. A woman all of a sudden jumped (more like hurled herself) right in front of the pick-up truck I was driving. Good thing I was able to stop in time. I honked [...]
Tags: Buhay · Kultura · Relihiyon
Gattaca: Right Here, Right Now?
December 9th, 2005 · 4 Comments
One of the most beautiful science fiction movies I’ve ever seen is Gattaca.
This movie, released in 1997, starred Ethan Hawke as Vincent Freeman. Vincent is an “in-valid”; he was conceived thru purely natural means; in a world that is now dominated by the first generation of genetically engineered, “valid” children.
These “valid” children were conceived by [...]
Tags: Agham · Buhay · Medisina · Teknolohiya
Shoving God up your ass
December 6th, 2005 · 4 Comments
This afternoon, I saw in the MRT something I’ve never seen for a long time, and something I haven’t seen in the MRT before; a preacher. It took me a while to realize that he was actually there; at first I thought it was just someone who was talking too loudly. When I started hearing [...]