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Nope, he didn’t say that, but what he did was tantamount to doing so. According to this report:
Bill Gates, the billionaire founder of Microsoft, took the rare step of standing up for arch-rival Google today as he argued that state censorship was no reason for technology companies not to do business in China.
It’s well known [...]

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Do you love what you do? Do you do what you love? Or are you stuck with a stupid job just waiting for the clock to turn 5? And if hard work is the true path to success, why is it that some people… like Bill Gates or Steve Jobs… look like they’re enjoying their [...]

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Eumir Deodato is a Brazilian-born musician that became an icon of jazz from the 70s to the 80s. I grew up listening to his funk and jazz, owing to my mother who loves his stuff. When his name was announced while we were having coffee at Greenbelt 3, my mother literally jumped off of her [...]

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I’m not proud to admit I’m a smoker. I picked the habit up back in college, at the time I was starting out with my thesis. The good thing about starting late, though, is that I didn’t develop the urge to huff and puff one stick after another. I can go on for months without [...]

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The Big Good News today is of course, Manny Pacquiao’s 10th round KO over Erik Morales. El Terible can finally be honest about the power of the Pacman Punch: something he refused to give credence to in their March 2005 fight.
I wouldn’t call Morales a complete loser however; at least he’s not a sore one. [...]

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If some of you would remember my post about it, Lolo Enrique is the elderly man whose foot I ran over with the pick-up truck’s front tire last November. That happened merely a month and a half after he lost his dearest wife.
Last Saturday, yet another unfortunate event struck Lolo Enrique and his family. An [...]

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About a year before I got married, one of my former officemates was telling about how much her son loves Barney. He liked it so bad that during evenings my officemate would just play Barney VCDs until he fell asleep. My other officemates likewise profess their own children’s undying love for the purple dinosaur.
While they [...]

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So come the dreaded day that you’re dragged to Divisoria/the mall/tiangge/ wherever. Make sure you’re all set.
Ready? Let’s go…
Drive towards destination by taking furthest possible route and/or the route which has the most traffic. This is one of the rare times that traffic works for you: it might actually be cheaper for everyone to waste [...]

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