My friend Bayi sent me an article with photos entitled “Hiroshima, the pictures they didn’t want us to see.” I searched Google using the title as keywords and discovered that the article has been published in quite a number of blogs. You may view the photos at Fogozanos and Springoo; note the links at the [...]
So much has been said about the professional ethics of the doctors of the Vicente Sotto Memorial Hospital who allowed a video taken of a procedure where a spray can was removed from the anus of a homosexual. The video landed in YouTube and it showed the medical staff laughing and giggling throughout the operation. [...]
From Speedy’s inbox:
Bill Gates organized an enormous session to recruit a new Chairman for Microsoft Europe.
5000 candidates assembled in a large room. One candidate was MARIO DIMAYUGA.
Bill Gates: “Thank you for coming. Those who do not know JAVA may leave.” 2,000 people left the room.
MARIO said to himself, “I do not know JAVA but I [...]
Amado V. Hernandez’s novel “Mga Ibong Mandaragit” (Birds of Prey) is required reading for third year students in the school that my daughters go to. When my younger daughter first brought home a library copy of the book, the author’s name struck me as familiar. I did a little research and found out that the [...]
I’m sure you’ve seen one of them at one time or another — the ceramic cat with the raised paw on display in many business establishments. The symbol is found in both Chinese and Japanese cultures. Some say that when the cat’s left paw is raised, it is an invitation for customers to come in. [...]
She’s 14 and she’s going to be an artist. Her dream is to be able to do what they do in Pixar and she diligently practices everyday. She reads her daily dose of Naruto then draws what she sees on the manga pages.
Published with Alex’s permission.
Above, Ino and Sasuke.
This entry consists of two parts. The first part is my column today in Manila Standard Today; the second is the full text of an e-mail forwarded by my brother-in-law, Buddy.
First, the column.
Conversation with the househelp
WOW Philippines describes the province of Zamboanga Sibugay as “blessed with an impressive range of excellent tourist destinations—interesting mountain formations, [...]
When publicists of businesses e-mail me with invitations to take part in this and that event, I rarely respond. On those rare occasions that I do respond, I say no thanks. There’s a new one in my inbox about the launching of a restaurant. Give it up, people, I’m the wrong person to invite.
But when [...]
Pop culture has given a new meaning to the word “toxic” and Britney Spears’ 2004 hit written by Bloodshy & Avant, Cathy Dennis, and Henrik Jonback has not dampened the use of its colloquial meaning. Toxic means poison but, today, it is commonly used to describe work-related hyperactivity. Toxic is also the word used to [...]
I may have mentioned it before, or I may have not, but Astro is not our first dog. Sam’s first dog was a mongrel named Rajah (after Princess Jasmine’s pet tiger in Disney’s Aladdin) who cried incessantly probably because he was separated from his mother much too soon. Rajah died and we buried him in [...]
