Archive for July, 2008
Monday, July 14th, 2008
Our visit to Eugene last Saturday was followed by an early dinner at Conti's Bakeshop and Restaurant at B.F. Homes Paranaque. It's a small yet cozy place, has good customer service plus good and satisfying food.
Photos of food we devoured below. I ordered the house best-seller "Baked Salmon".
"Baked Salmon"
Posted in Food, Restaurant, Reviews | 4 Comments »
Monday, July 14th, 2008
Photos and details of visit to Eugene is in this entry...
Posted in Family, Personal, Sad Thoughts, Schedule | No Comments »
Friday, July 11th, 2008
See? Sulpicio Lines' TRO (Temporary Restraining Order) petition against BMI's ongoing inquiry has been junked by Manila RTC (Regional Trial Court). This is precisely why, as of this time, the best option is to support BMI (Bureau of Marine Inquiry) instead of trying to pass the ball to their "inquisitor ...
Posted in Local News, News, Opinions, Politics | 2 Comments »
Thursday, July 10th, 2008
I started blogging late December of last year (2007) and have not stopped since. Not only is it therapeutic and fun, it is also fulfilling and rewarding. And I'm not just talking about the intangible kind. I'm also referring to the more tangible part of it -- in this case, ...
Posted in Blogging, Internet, Reviews, Rewarding Blogging, Service | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
Presidential Economic Adviser and Albay Governor Jose Salceda, in this news article, perfectly articulates the idea that has been on my mind since the onset of this skyrocketing oil price tax debate -- To tax or not to tax? To retain or to remove the E-VAT altogether? This idea is ...
Posted in Local News, News, Opinions, Politics | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
Sulpicio Lines has a way of incurring my wrath as easily as I can blink my eye. Today's news illustrates my point very well. "Complete madness and an unacceptable twist of fate" is what I will call this new strategy of theirs should it succeed, which I pray to God ...
Posted in Local News, News, Opinions, Politics | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
I finally got my authographed "Blas F. Ople: As We Remember Him" book today! Signed by no less than Ms. Susan "Toots" Ople herself (daughter of the late Sec. Blas F. Ople). I won this book at the FilipinoVoices.com Philippine Issues Writing Project through this article.
Ms. Toots is as I ...
Posted in Blogging, Happy Thoughts, Internet, Myself, Others, Personal, Projects, Schedule | 13 Comments »
Monday, July 7th, 2008
"Hancock", which stars the so-called "King of Summer Movies" -- Will Smith, and the beautiful Charlize Theron caught my attention, but not quite. It seemed such a promising movie when I first saw the posters and the trailer. Eager to see what this movie offers, I marked my calendar (mental ...
Posted in Movie, Reviews | 4 Comments »
Saturday, July 5th, 2008
It brings me so much joy to win the "As We Remember Him" book - a collection of essays and writings of the late Sec. Blas Ople donated by no less than his youngest daughter, Ms. Susan "Toots" Ople. I won this at the FilipinoVoices.com "Philippine Issues Writing Project" of ...
Posted in Blogging, Happy Thoughts, Internet, Personal, Projects | 2 Comments »
Friday, July 4th, 2008
This is in response to and in support of Nick's call for blogswarm to stop Sulpicio Lines.
The events and developments surrounding the tragic capsizing of the MV Princess of the Stars have been told, reported, printed and blogged many times already. One might think that we've heard enough. But ...
Posted in Blogging, Blogswarm, Internet, Local News, News, Opinions, Personal, Politics, Sentiments | 8 Comments »
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