12/27/2006, Christmas 2006 at Victoria Homes. Bunyi family get-together. Mostly pictures ng bunsong pamangkin. :)
Friday, 29 December 2006
Christmas is for Babies...
12/27/2006, Christmas 2006 at Victoria Homes. Bunyi family get-together. Mostly pictures ng bunsong pamangkin. :)
Wednesday, 27 December 2006
Tuesday, 12 December 2006
IN THEATRES TOMORROW...
| Start: | Dec 13, '06 01:00a |
| Location: | Metro Manila |
Tenacious D in "The Pick of Destiny." Another addition to the Jack Black film festival.
Tuesday, 5 December 2006
Ultimate Avengers The Movie (2006)
| Rating: | ★★★★★ |
| Category: | Movies |
| Genre: | Animation |
Click here to visit the official site of Ultimate Avengers.
BANDAI Asia
http://www.bandai-asia.com/
I was going around Toy Kingdom earlier today and I think I want a Kamen Rider 555 (Masked Rider) toy.
Monday, 27 November 2006
Art & Design Pilipinas @ coroflot.com
http://www.coroflot.com/groups/art&designpilipinas
A forum for Pinoy graphic designers and artists. Pinoy designers unite! :)
Wednesday, 22 November 2006
coroflot.com
http://www.coroflot.com/
About Coroflot
Coroflot is a career and community site for creative professionals. Coroflot hosts individual creative portfolios and a database of job and project openings. The thriving community that visits the site daily represents a cross-section of the global design industry-working designers, design managers, internal and external hiring professionals, business managers of design firms, marketing and product management professionals, students, and educators.
The site covers cross-discipline design, with Industrial Design, Interaction Design and Graphic Design the three most popular categories. The audience returns daily to monitor the ever changing array of content, and uses a variety of tools and resources found at the site to help them in their careers.
Thursday, 9 November 2006
Wednesday, 1 November 2006
Tuesday, 24 October 2006
Graphic Designer / Artist (3)
| Status: | CLOSED |
| Category: | Other/General |
Their client is looking for graphic designers for desktop publishing. Must be familiar with using QuarkXPress. Please send your detailed updated resumé with photo to juy@asiaselect.com.ph. Fresh graduates may apply. Please call Jen Uy at 8144262 for more information.
I love Pandora!
http://www.pandora.com/
Pandora Internet Radio - Find New Music, Listen to Free Web Radio
Created by the Music Genome Project, it helps you create a customized radio station based on music of artists that you actually like and searches similar music. You have the option of skipping tracks and you could actually "teach" your desired radio station by giving a song a "thumbs up" or a "thumbs down." And what's great about Pandora is that there are no audio ads! Love it!
Sunday, 22 October 2006
Friday, 20 October 2006
Romulan Ale
Description:
Posted from drinksmixer.com
Description from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In the fictional Star Trek universe, Romulan Ale is a blue ale produced by the Romulan people.
Romulan ale is a particularly strong alcoholic beverage. It is either nearly or just as strong as certain Klingon beverages. Those who drink Romulan ale for the first time are advised about the strength of that beverage. According to the Star Trek Cookbook, the Romulan ale used for shooting was actually blue Gatorade.
Ingredients:
375 ml Bacardi® 151 rum
375 ml Everclear® alcohol
375 ml Blue Curacao liqueur
Directions:
Combine ingredients in a (just over) one-liter bottle. Chill in freezer for two hours. Serve in shot glasses.
Klingon Raktajino
Description:
Posted from K'tesh's Klingon Recipe Pages
Klingon Raktajino: Raktajino was identified as a Klingon Coffee in several episodes of Star Trek TOS, but the best example was from "Trials and Tribble-ations". I do not have the official recipe, here try these mixes. The first is actually Klah which was taken from the book "The Dragonlover's Guide to PERN" based on the novels from Anne McCaffery. The second was sent by Ka'Diin Kasara of the KIDC, and the newest was sent by Kor 'a of the IKV bortaS.
Ingredients:
Raktajino: Klah Version
2 Tbs. Sweet ground chocolate
1/2 cup dark cocoa
3/8 tsp. Cinnamon
1 tsp. Dark Instant Coffee Crystals Ground into powder
Pinch of nutmeg
Raktajino: House of Kasara blend
1 1/2 cup powdered non-dairy creamer
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
6 Tbs. instant coffee
1/2 tsp. ground allspice
1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
Note: lightweight Terran friends may prefer a mix made with 3 tablespoons of instant coffee.
Makes approximately 14 servings.
Raktajino: bortaS Blend
2 quarts of THAI TEA (at your local asian market) DOUBLE brewed!
1-2 cups sugar
sweet cream
Directions:
For Raktajino: Klah and House of Kasara blend versions mix all ingredients together, and store in airtight container.
To serve, use 3 teaspoons to 3/4 cup not-quite-boiling water. When served, the drink should be thick, much like hot cocoa
For Raktajino: bortaS Blend
Fill your drinking container 3/4 full of Thai tea/sugar mixture, and add sweet cream to top! Enjoy!
Gary Granada's Ordeal with the Arrogant Managers of McDonald's
Posted from http://garygranada.com/5%20seconds.htm
My Personal Ordeal with the Arrogant Managers of McDonald's
5 seconds
My name is Gary Granada, I am a Kaalagad volunteer, and I need 5 seconds of your time to help reduce the use of styrofoam in fast food chains.
What was meant to be a nice and simple Saint Francis Day motorcade-march to McDonald’s yesterday turned out to be a nightmare. We were rudely treated by McDonald’s, to put it mildly. Weeks before, we already sought a dialogue with them to reiterate our concern regarding their reluctance to reduce their use of styrofoam, despite their pledge to seriously attend to it during our dialogue in 2002! (Jollibee said the same thing, and while we are not satisfied with their response, at least they made some effort to shift to other packaging and serving materials.)
We sent them a letter, went to their office, made follow ups, waited for a response. The most we got from them was ‘you wait for our call’. They never called, never wrote back, but verbally said they will assign representatives to receive our motorcade’s representatives.
When we got there, their representatives turned out to be the Citibank Building’s security detail. Ill-mannered and impolite, they told us that they were told by McDonald’s that they were not expecting us. One of our staff went up to their 17th floor office to find out whether they were willing to sit down and talk matters. Told to tell us to wait, we waited. The giant that it is, the bosses of McDonald’s apparently regard little children, nuns, mothers, priests and concerned consumers as their employees. We asked how long we were supposed to wait and got no straight answer. Finally they sent word for me to come up, just me, no one else. I thought these people must have seen too many spaghetti movies, perhaps they thought they had a hostage crisis. I was led to a conference room that could easily sit six or seven people and was greeted by two bright boys.
Think about it. Naglakad kami papuntang McDonald's, at pagdating namin doon, wala man lang bumaba para kausapin kami ng maayos. At pinatawag ako nitong dalawang batang managers!
It occurred to me that there were far more basic issues that plague McDonald’s than styrofoam. Like common courtesy. So I explained to these rich young rulers that the courteous thing to do was to go down, greet the delegation and ask how they may be of help. I even asked them where they were schooled, because in the public school in an obscure town where I came from, they manage to teach such things in Grade One. Their bloated bright brains must have taken up the space that was meant for their ears. It felt like talking to an electric fan.
Meanwhile I insisted that somebody from Greenpeace, the Ecowaste Coalition, Franciscan Movement for Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation, and the JPICC of the Association of Major Religious Superiors of the Philippines (our partners in the activity) be present as well. They said they can only accommodate three people at most. Fine. So I said I and our staff will go down and we will send three people up. But at the lobby, the three representatives we sent were barred by security people from proceeding, again upon McDonald’s instructions they said.
It looked hopeless.
We decided to wrap up the program when out of nowhere a condescending woman materialized and introduced herself as the media relations officer of McDonald's. She said, ‘Why don’t you go to Jollibee instead, they’re number One.’ To which Father Ben Moraleda replied, ‘We did, and at least they are doing something.’
On the side, irked by her audacity, Fr. Ben quipped, ‘And please take that hand of yours off my shoulder, I don’t like you.’
And all that commotion for a very simple and very reasonable plan: that McDonald’s reduce the use of styrofoam by 50% within one year. McDonald’s has once again demonstrated its arrogance and incapacity to appreciate the sincere and constructive efforts of common folks to protect our environment. Unlike them, we do not make money doing what little we can to help make things a little better for everybody.
5 seconds, that’s all I ask of you to help reduce the use of styrofoam. Sa mundo ng mga mayayabang, papansinin lang nila tayo kung tayo ay maninindigan. Take 5 seconds to think twice before choosing where to dine or order food.
WHEN YOU HAVE A CHOICE, DON’T CHOOSE MCDONALD’S
I feel sad for that woman and those two young managers. So young, so successful, so ahead of their game, so privileged; so rude, so arrogant, so lacking in character, so bland. And I have since stopped wondering why their burgers taste the way they do.
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It will take a bit longer than 5 seconds, but it will go a long way if you can email this page to friends. Thank you for your time~
Gary Granada
7 October, 2006
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We have some people asking if the story about my ordeal with McDonald's is just one malicious smudge campaign. So I feel compelled to post this letter which is actually a reply to one email I got regarding the issue. Two things: One, it is quite understandable that people are skeptical about such things (I myself hate spams and cons) and that is fine, we should by all means verify sources before forwarding messages. Two, I am not entirely an obscure person in the advertising industry, I make jingles and did the music for two Ad Congresses including the last one. It is against my personal interest to be at odds with people who regularly employ advertising to sell their goods and wares. But one needs to draw the line somewhere, as they say.
Hi Niva,
In 2002, we had separate dialogues with both McDonald's and Jollibee. We specifically suggested for them to create an Ecolane, where people who bring their own plates may be accommodated. We even held a small activity with Jollibee in SM where kids brought their own plates, spoons and forks.
Sometime after that, Jollibee replaced their styrofoam plates with washable reusable plastic baskets which are better we thought (This was of course not as a result of our dialogue alone, many groups have been working on the issue of plastics and styrofoam)
Both Jollibee and McDonald's were less than accommodating, both did not bother to look into the possibility of the Ecolane. So we shifted our campaign to schools, explaining to students and school administrators the ill effects of using disposable non-biodegradable materials. (We have a simple module and a makeshift exhibit for aids)
After four years, we thought we needed to go back to institutional advocacy and press for a zero-use of styrofoam in three years. The usage extent does not matter at the moment, as we were using a percentage tracking platform : reduce to 50 on the first year, then 20 on the second year, then 0 within three years.
To kick off the campaign, we decided to start where we started: McDonald's.
And that's what happened. It would have been nice if McDonald's accommodated us and explained to us what they were doing to precisely address the issue. But they completely ignored us.
As such, this has gone beyond styrofoam. We need to persuade big business to be mindful of public sentiment, hopefully in a cooperative way, but sadly, in this case, through a more tedious way since McDonald's is too arrogant to listen.
My suggestion is to organize a real effective consumer movement to force big corporations to behave accordingly and remind them that their single-minded profit-driven imaginations may be tolerated up to a point, but always subservient to public welfare.
McDonald's is a giant, it will not be hurt by people like me, but if get organized, we can at least bring manners and humility to these people, and who knows that might bring some real change in policy and praxis.
-Gary
10 October 2006
Please forward this to your friends if you find it appropriate, thank you~
-------------------
To help collate comments on the McDonald's issue,
please log on to the
PHILIPPINE CIVIL SOCIETY FORUM
http://garygranada.com/cgi%2Dbin/phpbb/
CLICK Institutions
CLICK McDonald's
Or go straight to the topic:
http://garygranada.com/cgi%2Dbin/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=5
Thanks~
And please forward if you find it relevant and
appropriate, salamat po~~
My Personal Ordeal with the Arrogant Managers of McDonald's
5 seconds
My name is Gary Granada, I am a Kaalagad volunteer, and I need 5 seconds of your time to help reduce the use of styrofoam in fast food chains.
What was meant to be a nice and simple Saint Francis Day motorcade-march to McDonald’s yesterday turned out to be a nightmare. We were rudely treated by McDonald’s, to put it mildly. Weeks before, we already sought a dialogue with them to reiterate our concern regarding their reluctance to reduce their use of styrofoam, despite their pledge to seriously attend to it during our dialogue in 2002! (Jollibee said the same thing, and while we are not satisfied with their response, at least they made some effort to shift to other packaging and serving materials.)
We sent them a letter, went to their office, made follow ups, waited for a response. The most we got from them was ‘you wait for our call’. They never called, never wrote back, but verbally said they will assign representatives to receive our motorcade’s representatives.
When we got there, their representatives turned out to be the Citibank Building’s security detail. Ill-mannered and impolite, they told us that they were told by McDonald’s that they were not expecting us. One of our staff went up to their 17th floor office to find out whether they were willing to sit down and talk matters. Told to tell us to wait, we waited. The giant that it is, the bosses of McDonald’s apparently regard little children, nuns, mothers, priests and concerned consumers as their employees. We asked how long we were supposed to wait and got no straight answer. Finally they sent word for me to come up, just me, no one else. I thought these people must have seen too many spaghetti movies, perhaps they thought they had a hostage crisis. I was led to a conference room that could easily sit six or seven people and was greeted by two bright boys.
Think about it. Naglakad kami papuntang McDonald's, at pagdating namin doon, wala man lang bumaba para kausapin kami ng maayos. At pinatawag ako nitong dalawang batang managers!
It occurred to me that there were far more basic issues that plague McDonald’s than styrofoam. Like common courtesy. So I explained to these rich young rulers that the courteous thing to do was to go down, greet the delegation and ask how they may be of help. I even asked them where they were schooled, because in the public school in an obscure town where I came from, they manage to teach such things in Grade One. Their bloated bright brains must have taken up the space that was meant for their ears. It felt like talking to an electric fan.
Meanwhile I insisted that somebody from Greenpeace, the Ecowaste Coalition, Franciscan Movement for Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation, and the JPICC of the Association of Major Religious Superiors of the Philippines (our partners in the activity) be present as well. They said they can only accommodate three people at most. Fine. So I said I and our staff will go down and we will send three people up. But at the lobby, the three representatives we sent were barred by security people from proceeding, again upon McDonald’s instructions they said.
It looked hopeless.
We decided to wrap up the program when out of nowhere a condescending woman materialized and introduced herself as the media relations officer of McDonald's. She said, ‘Why don’t you go to Jollibee instead, they’re number One.’ To which Father Ben Moraleda replied, ‘We did, and at least they are doing something.’
On the side, irked by her audacity, Fr. Ben quipped, ‘And please take that hand of yours off my shoulder, I don’t like you.’
And all that commotion for a very simple and very reasonable plan: that McDonald’s reduce the use of styrofoam by 50% within one year. McDonald’s has once again demonstrated its arrogance and incapacity to appreciate the sincere and constructive efforts of common folks to protect our environment. Unlike them, we do not make money doing what little we can to help make things a little better for everybody.
5 seconds, that’s all I ask of you to help reduce the use of styrofoam. Sa mundo ng mga mayayabang, papansinin lang nila tayo kung tayo ay maninindigan. Take 5 seconds to think twice before choosing where to dine or order food.
WHEN YOU HAVE A CHOICE, DON’T CHOOSE MCDONALD’S
I feel sad for that woman and those two young managers. So young, so successful, so ahead of their game, so privileged; so rude, so arrogant, so lacking in character, so bland. And I have since stopped wondering why their burgers taste the way they do.
It will take a bit longer than 5 seconds, but it will go a long way if you can email this page to friends. Thank you for your time~
Gary Granada
7 October, 2006
We have some people asking if the story about my ordeal with McDonald's is just one malicious smudge campaign. So I feel compelled to post this letter which is actually a reply to one email I got regarding the issue. Two things: One, it is quite understandable that people are skeptical about such things (I myself hate spams and cons) and that is fine, we should by all means verify sources before forwarding messages. Two, I am not entirely an obscure person in the advertising industry, I make jingles and did the music for two Ad Congresses including the last one. It is against my personal interest to be at odds with people who regularly employ advertising to sell their goods and wares. But one needs to draw the line somewhere, as they say.
Hi Niva,
In 2002, we had separate dialogues with both McDonald's and Jollibee. We specifically suggested for them to create an Ecolane, where people who bring their own plates may be accommodated. We even held a small activity with Jollibee in SM where kids brought their own plates, spoons and forks.
Sometime after that, Jollibee replaced their styrofoam plates with washable reusable plastic baskets which are better we thought (This was of course not as a result of our dialogue alone, many groups have been working on the issue of plastics and styrofoam)
Both Jollibee and McDonald's were less than accommodating, both did not bother to look into the possibility of the Ecolane. So we shifted our campaign to schools, explaining to students and school administrators the ill effects of using disposable non-biodegradable materials. (We have a simple module and a makeshift exhibit for aids)
After four years, we thought we needed to go back to institutional advocacy and press for a zero-use of styrofoam in three years. The usage extent does not matter at the moment, as we were using a percentage tracking platform : reduce to 50 on the first year, then 20 on the second year, then 0 within three years.
To kick off the campaign, we decided to start where we started: McDonald's.
And that's what happened. It would have been nice if McDonald's accommodated us and explained to us what they were doing to precisely address the issue. But they completely ignored us.
As such, this has gone beyond styrofoam. We need to persuade big business to be mindful of public sentiment, hopefully in a cooperative way, but sadly, in this case, through a more tedious way since McDonald's is too arrogant to listen.
My suggestion is to organize a real effective consumer movement to force big corporations to behave accordingly and remind them that their single-minded profit-driven imaginations may be tolerated up to a point, but always subservient to public welfare.
McDonald's is a giant, it will not be hurt by people like me, but if get organized, we can at least bring manners and humility to these people, and who knows that might bring some real change in policy and praxis.
-Gary
10 October 2006
Please forward this to your friends if you find it appropriate, thank you~
-------------------
To help collate comments on the McDonald's issue,
please log on to the
PHILIPPINE CIVIL SOCIETY FORUM
http://garygranada.com/cgi%2Dbin/phpbb/
CLICK Institutions
CLICK McDonald's
Or go straight to the topic:
http://garygranada.com/cgi%2Dbin/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=5
Thanks~
And please forward if you find it relevant and
appropriate, salamat po~~
Tuesday, 3 October 2006
Sunday, 1 October 2006
Tuesday, 26 September 2006
San Beda College Alabang Alumni Association
http://www.sanbedaalabang.org/
The official web site of the San Beda Alabang Alumni Association (Benedictine Abbey School, Alabang)
Pet Peeve
I don't really think that the philippines is that backward. I don't
think it is backward AT ALL. So can anybody tell me what's wrong with
the following chat conversation?
I know I could've been a lot nicer but it's past 1AM and I'm tired and I had very little patience.
think it is backward AT ALL. So can anybody tell me what's wrong with
the following chat conversation?
Session Start: Wed Sep 27 01:26:07 2006
Session Ident: Space_ship^
[01:26] Session Ident: Space_ship^ (~n@137.101.130.38)
[01:26] [Space_ship^] hello
[01:28] [migraineman] hello
[01:29] [Space_ship^] i need some help
[01:29] [migraineman] with what?
[01:30] [Space_ship^] i want to develop a website in which local businessmen of a particular community will be marketed....
[01:30] [Space_ship^] i need the URL/design of a similar website for consultatiom
[01:30] [Space_ship^] consultation
[01:31] [Space_ship^] can u help?
[01:31] [migraineman] maybe
[01:32] [Space_ship^] so.... can u tell me the URL?
[01:32] [Space_ship^] or suggest any website for consultation
[01:32] [migraineman] you do know how to use google right?
[01:32] [Space_ship^] no
[01:33] [Space_ship^] i just opened it
[01:33] [Space_ship^] now what?
[01:33] [migraineman] asl please?
[01:33] [Space_ship^] 23 m germany
-
[01:33] * Added *!*n@137.101.130.38 to ignore list
-
Session Close: Wed Sep 27 01:33:38 2006
I know I could've been a lot nicer but it's past 1AM and I'm tired and I had very little patience.
Thursday, 21 September 2006
Graphic Designers/Artists (2), Female Sales Executives (2), Offset Machine Technicians (3)
| Status: | CLOSED |
| Category: | Other/General |
Posting this for an acquaintance:
An advertising, marketing and trading company in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia is in urgent need of graphic designers / artists (2), female sales executives (2) and offset machine technicians (3). DIRECT HIRE. Contact guarantees you'll be flying out in 14 days if accepted. Company will shoulder all your expenses except for your passport and NBI. Send your CV with complete certifications, passport, NBI via e-mail in PDF or Microsoft Word file to mondhen2001@yahoo.com, ATTN: Creative Designs Trading & Marketing.
Graphic Designer / Artist (2 openings)
Minimum two (2) years at college level.
Age 22 but not older than 30 years old.
Knows Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, Acrobat, Go-Live, Premier, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Freehand, Flash
Package:
- Basic salary of SR 2,500
- Overtime pay
- Housing allownce, transportation, medical insurance
- Round trip ticket Manila-Riyadh
- Bonuses
- 1 year contract (renewable)
Female Sales Executive Package: (2 openings)
- Basic salary of SR 2,000
- Overtime pay
- Housing allownce, transportation, medical insurance
- Round trip ticket Manila-Riyadh
- Bonuses
- 1 year contract (renewable)
Offset Machine Technicians Package: (3 openings)
- Basic salary of SR 2,000
- Overtime pay
- Housing allownce, transportation, medical insurance
- Round trip ticket Manila-Riyadh
- Bonuses
- 1 year contract (renewable)
Thursday, 7 September 2006
A Post Script on my Mom's Operation
In fairness to the good doctors of Ospital ng Muntinlupa
who operated on my mom, upon further research it turns out that it
wasn't at all medieval (like I referred to in a previous post). The
doctors performed what is called a Laparoscopic Exploratory Surgery. According to the Surgical Specialists of Hazelton
web site, Exploratory laparoscopy has often been used for diagnostic
purposes to view the abdomen after abdominal trauma and in cases of
abdominal illness.Laparoscopy is a term given to a group of operations
that are performed with the aid of a camera placed in the abdomen.
Originally, the laparoscope was used during surgical removal of the
gallbladder (laparoscopic cholecystectomy) and appendix (laparoscopic
appendectomy). You could read more about it here.
Given the condition my mom was in when she got to the hospital, I guess
It would've taken too long to run tests and bloodwork and MRIs and CT
scans when all the symptoms pointed to a ruptured appendix. I guess my
dad knew better, being a veterinarian and knowledgable in these matters
and he was there to discuss it with the doctors. Please excuse me if
you're eating while reading this but what happened was that my mom's
appendix did already rupture when she was brought to the hospital and
the pus was all over her insides, so the doctors had to make a bigger
incision than what the surgery called for since they had to take out
her intestines and clean them up to prevent further infection before
putting them all back in. Ugh.Anyway, my mom's ok now. I'll have
another post script to this post script later. About my sister's harrowing experience with the Ospital ng Muntinlupa. I just need to run off somewhere for now. Later!
Tuesday, 5 September 2006
In Sickness and On Labor
My sister
told me through SMS the other day that my mom was to undergo an
operation. She wasn't in top shape when I went home during the weekend.
She couldn't get up and she was vomitting. So I asked my sister what my
mom was going to have an operation for. All she could tell me was that
she didn't know and that the doctors were going to do an "exploratory"
surgery to find out what's wrong with her. How medieval was that?! I
guess deep into the heart of the second season of Grey's Anatomy,
I'd think that they would've probably done a CT scan or an MRI first
before opening my mom up right?! Anyway, my sister texts me back in the
evening that my mom's operation was done and they were taking her into
recovery as she was texting me. Apparently, my mom burst her appendix
and that was that.
I would've went
to visit her at the hospital this morning if it wasn't for this project
I am currently working on. I honestly think that it's too tight a
deadline. But then that's what you get when you drop the price down to
where the client would like for them to award you the said project and
then they'd have you do everything and demand stuff from you like
they're shelling über big
bucks for the whole thing. But them I'm not really in a position to
complain. I got myself into this rut voluntarily. Being careful not to
mention any names of people and companies involved. We wouldn't want to
get into another "mess" with the corporate world. We'd never know who
might be reading this blog. But then again, I DON'T CARE. To all my
real friends, y'all know who you are. :)
Monday, 4 September 2006
Friday, 1 September 2006
Monday, 28 August 2006
An Appeal for Help...
Helping out a friend spread the word.
AN APPEAL FOR HELP
Dear Friends,
With
2 million liters of oil spillage each day leaking out to destroy what
is left of our natural resources along in Guimaras, recent reports say
it is the worst natural disaster our country is facing. As i type, the
oil spillage slowly encompasses the areas around Guimaras Island and is
now moving up towards the north through Guimaras Strait, damaging Panay
and Negros in its wake. Families dependent on their fishing
livelihood are robbed of their means of living. Our rich seafood is
contaminated, and we are slowly but surely killed with health problems
resulting from this terrible environmental disaster.
The Visayan Sea Squadron
have started volunteer work to help out fishermen, residents and fellow
ilonggos who have been badly affected. Atty. Antonio Oposa, a lawyer
specializing on environmental law, is currently heading the
organization. Yesterday, the group along with Senator Cayetano,
Congressman Acosta and Congressman Roces assessed the damage along
Guimaras. With heavy hearts and tearful eyes, they watch helplessly as
oil slick and sludge slowly ate up what was left of the rich marine
life that was carefully proected by Guimaras. A few more days and it
will reach Eastancia and the northern area of Iloilo, where Panay's
fishing port is located.
We
encourage fellow filipinos to help out in the cause of preventing its
spillage to reach further waters, and as much as possible, clean up the
damage done. We appeal to all filipinos to help out and be more aware
of the situation. We appeal to members of Congress, the Senate and
other government officials to help us by thoroughly investigating this
matter and TAKE ACTION.
It is for this cause that i am
coordinating with them to create this donation drive. In lieu of cash,
we are readily accepting donations of fishing rubber boots, rubber
gloves and masks for the volunteers and fisherfolk who are, as i type,
working to clean up the damage, with no thought of their health. They
go through the muck in sandals and slippers, with not even a mask to
protect their lungs. We also accept donations of hair and chicken
feathers to create brooms needed to mop up the oil.
Our first shipment of donations will be on the 30th of August, 2006.
Due to those who were unable to send us donations during the week, we
have extended our initial deadline to that date. For those in the QC
area, please send over donations to 12 Highland drive Blueridge A, Katipunan Q.C.
Please contact the number below if you want to have your donations
picked up instead. :-) Cash is also a good alternative, for those who
shall donate this, we will be buying the much needed materials for you,
and put the donation under your name. Please contact the individuals
below on where to channel the cash donations if ever, since we don't
have an account up yet. You can also send it in through the address
given.We thank all those who have readily sent cash and the
abovementioned donations, your efforts and willingness to help have
given much needed hope to us and families affected by this disaster.
Our next shipment shall be on the Sept. 5, 2006.
Please attach
with your donations your name and contact number so we can update you
on the progress .You can also contact these numbers for more info and
volunteer help:
Archie (0919 2253262)
Haydee (0928 2313193)
Lette (0915.7854035)
You can also email us at cleanupoilspill@gmail.com.
You
can also drop off donations (cash or kind) at the College of Fine Arts
in UP-Diliman, Q.C. Please look for Jen Alfon (faculty)
For more information and updates, please check greenpeace.org, and projectsunrise.org
AN APPEAL FOR HELP
Dear Friends,
With
2 million liters of oil spillage each day leaking out to destroy what
is left of our natural resources along in Guimaras, recent reports say
it is the worst natural disaster our country is facing. As i type, the
oil spillage slowly encompasses the areas around Guimaras Island and is
now moving up towards the north through Guimaras Strait, damaging Panay
and Negros in its wake. Families dependent on their fishing
livelihood are robbed of their means of living. Our rich seafood is
contaminated, and we are slowly but surely killed with health problems
resulting from this terrible environmental disaster.
The Visayan Sea Squadron
have started volunteer work to help out fishermen, residents and fellow
ilonggos who have been badly affected. Atty. Antonio Oposa, a lawyer
specializing on environmental law, is currently heading the
organization. Yesterday, the group along with Senator Cayetano,
Congressman Acosta and Congressman Roces assessed the damage along
Guimaras. With heavy hearts and tearful eyes, they watch helplessly as
oil slick and sludge slowly ate up what was left of the rich marine
life that was carefully proected by Guimaras. A few more days and it
will reach Eastancia and the northern area of Iloilo, where Panay's
fishing port is located.
We
encourage fellow filipinos to help out in the cause of preventing its
spillage to reach further waters, and as much as possible, clean up the
damage done. We appeal to all filipinos to help out and be more aware
of the situation. We appeal to members of Congress, the Senate and
other government officials to help us by thoroughly investigating this
matter and TAKE ACTION.
It is for this cause that i am
coordinating with them to create this donation drive. In lieu of cash,
we are readily accepting donations of fishing rubber boots, rubber
gloves and masks for the volunteers and fisherfolk who are, as i type,
working to clean up the damage, with no thought of their health. They
go through the muck in sandals and slippers, with not even a mask to
protect their lungs. We also accept donations of hair and chicken
feathers to create brooms needed to mop up the oil.
Our first shipment of donations will be on the 30th of August, 2006.
Due to those who were unable to send us donations during the week, we
have extended our initial deadline to that date. For those in the QC
area, please send over donations to 12 Highland drive Blueridge A, Katipunan Q.C.
Please contact the number below if you want to have your donations
picked up instead. :-) Cash is also a good alternative, for those who
shall donate this, we will be buying the much needed materials for you,
and put the donation under your name. Please contact the individuals
below on where to channel the cash donations if ever, since we don't
have an account up yet. You can also send it in through the address
given.We thank all those who have readily sent cash and the
abovementioned donations, your efforts and willingness to help have
given much needed hope to us and families affected by this disaster.
Our next shipment shall be on the Sept. 5, 2006.
Please attach
with your donations your name and contact number so we can update you
on the progress .You can also contact these numbers for more info and
volunteer help:
Archie (0919 2253262)
Haydee (0928 2313193)
Lette (0915.7854035)
You can also email us at cleanupoilspill@gmail.com.
You
can also drop off donations (cash or kind) at the College of Fine Arts
in UP-Diliman, Q.C. Please look for Jen Alfon (faculty)
For more information and updates, please check greenpeace.org, and projectsunrise.org
Thursday, 24 August 2006
Tuesday, 25 July 2006
Stranded
The Art Department goes on a plant visit to Print Town, Mamplasan, Laguna and our ride overheats halfway there. We get stranded for almost an hour near the exit to Southwoods. As good a time as any for taking photos. :)
Monday, 24 July 2006
Fucking Hateful, So Very Fucking Hateful...
Just when I thought there was nothing more to hate about this fucking
place, along comes fucking Mister Investigator to fucking interrogate
me about events pertaining to June 23. If only I were the human black
box I'd probably remember every single fucking detail of what happened
then. But then who would even fucking bother or want to fucking
remember what happened thirty one fucking days ago? A backgrounder on
the events pertaining to June fucking 23. Some account fucking
executive brings her own fucking laptop computer to the fucking office.
Same account fucking executive last sees said fucking laptop on that
same fucking day. On 26 fucking June, same account fucking executive
reports her fucking laptop computer missing. Apparently, yours truly
swiped out of the fucking office around past 7 PM on the night of the
23rd and comes back in around past 10 PM and swipes out around 7 AM the
morning of the 24th. Now where did yours truly go around 7 PM? Probably
go out and have dinner with a special someone. Now yours truly probably
had a deadline that night so he goes back to the fucking office to
work. Conveniently, that's the night Miss idiotic fucking account
executive loses her friggin' laptop computer. Now Mister fucking
Investigator wants me to undergo a fucking lie detector test which is a
fucking medieval method for finding out liars. The humiliation! Not
only do i NOT get RESPECT but I don't get paid enough for the blood and
sweat that I poured out for this fucking company. I'm still bleeding
for it and this is what I fucking get? I can't even begin to relate my
hate for Miss fucking account executive for bringing that friggin'
laptop computer to the office in the first place and actually lose it.
Now it's not even proven yet that the fucking laptop computer was
stolen at all. For all I know fucking Ms. Account executive probably
lost the fucking thing somewhere. But then it would be idiotic for
someone to lose or leave a freakin' laptop computer anywhere, would it?
Now I don't fucking care if fucking Mr. Boss reads my fucking blog, I
could fucking put in it whatever I fucking want. This fucking blog
probably gets more hits than their fucking company site. Hateful
company, so fucking hateful!
Tuesday, 18 July 2006
Senior Artist/Designer for Avon (contractual)
| Status: | CLOSED |
| Category: | Other/General |
Doing this as a favor for an acquaintance in Avon. If you're interested, please contact Francis Espiritu, mobile number 09178560473 or e-mail him at francis.espiritu@avon.com. Please forward to your designer/artist friends.
Friday, 14 July 2006
Tita Cely
Tita Cely Sinigang Bar, Market, Market! Fort Bonifacio Global City, photoshoot for F&B World magazine, September-October 2006 Issue.
PAGKAIN NA NAMAN! hay...
Thursday, 13 July 2006
FUZION Smoothie Bar
Fuzion Smoothie Bar, Greenbelt 3, Makati City. Photoshoot for F&B World magazine, September-October 2006 Issue. Not that i'm complaining, but AYOKO NA MAG-SHOOT NG PAGKAIN! PURO NA LANG PAGKAIN! Sana next time tao naman. :)
Monday, 10 July 2006
Sunday, 9 July 2006
Friday, 30 June 2006
What my blog looks like from the office...
This is how http://migraineman.blogspot.com looks like from the office computer. I get this message:
http://migraineman.blogspot.com
... has been denied for the following reason:
*DENIED*
Weighted phrase limit of 50 : 211 ((-news, lawyer)+( fist,
slut)+(masturbat, join, member)+(masturbat, slut)+(naughty,
slut)+(virgin, slut)+-album+bitch+sexy+ girl
+rape+naughty+virgin+naked+ slut+call girl+-open source+ sex +-message
board)
Your username, IP address, date, time and URL have been logged.
You are seeing this error because the page you attempted
to access contains, or is labelled as containing, material that
has been deemed inappropriate.
If you have any queries contact IT Department.
Hmmm... Inappropriate.
Monday, 19 June 2006
Thursday, 15 June 2006
Thursday, 8 June 2006
Wednesday, 7 June 2006
Tuesday, 6 June 2006
Monday, 5 June 2006
Queen of the Night
The Epiphyllum (A.K.A. "epi", orchid cactus or night-blooming cereus) is known and cultivated for its beautiful and fragrant flower, which opens and closes in a single night.
Sunday, 21 May 2006
Inconspicuous Consumption
Spotted on one of my grocery shopping excursions:
Green Teazzz
From the makers of my favorite C2 Green Tea drink come Green Teazz,
Green Tea with a Fizz. I have a feeling this drink was designed for
those undecided if they like iced tea or soda. Now they could have the
best of both worlds in one drink. :) It comes in three variants, (I'm
not really sure if there's more, these are the only three I found so
far) Cola, Raspberry and Lemon flavors. It's a bit weird at first,
you'd think you're drinking flavored green tea but when it hits your
tongue, it fizzles. So it's probably more of a soda drink than green
tea. It may not be to everyone taste since it took a while for me to
decide if I like it or not. It's an acquired taste. It's a bit on the
expensive side, the 500mL bottle costs around PhP25.00 in MiniStop
outlets.
Glinter SOFT DRINK
What attracted me in getting this one is the fancy packaging, it comes
in a transparent can. And its not really a soft drink, more like
flavored sparkling water. It would probably be best explained if I
quote from the packaging:
"Glinter brand peach (also comes in Green Apple and Lychee) flavour
aerated water uses natural water mixed with artificially (sic) peach
fruit flavour essence, refined fructose and CO2. It is the most
suitable beverage for sports, work, meals and for making cocktails.
Tastes best when chilled.
Ingridients: water, fructose, carbon dioxide, citric acid, malic acid,
acesulfame potassium, aspartame, sodium citrate, potassium sorbate,
artificially (sic) peach flavour."
At around PhP29.00 for a 350mL can (in Robinson's Supermarket), I think
its too expensive even for an imported product (it's made in Malaysia).
I'd rather go for Summit's flavored water with several variants and
cool packaging as well which costs around PhP17.00 for a much bigger
bottle.
Saturday, 20 May 2006
Kapag pinipigil, lalong nanggigigil...
Because net access restriction is a bitch, here's
another extension to my online real estate. It's only a matter of time
till it gets caught in the IT department's radar...
Saturday, 29 April 2006
Philippine High School for the Arts Class Carlos "Botong" V. Francisco, 1989 reunion dinner
L to R: Daniel, Therese, Carol and her hubby (forgot his name, *sorry!) Koleen, Jose, Eric's wife (forgot her name as well, *sorry!), his pamangkin and Eric
29 April 2006 Mini-Dinner-Reunion hosted by Jose and Koleen, present were Daniel and Therese, Carol and hubby, Eric and his wife and pamangkin and myself*. *not in photo :)
Tuesday, 25 April 2006
Grand Palace in Bangkok, Thailand
Glittering gilded golden wonderland. The Grand Palace is Extravagant. Still picking out photos from my trip. Will add choice picks in this album soon. :)
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