Archive for the 'WTF' Category

Martial Law in Maguindanao

Barely 2 weeks after the bloody Maguindanao massacre and not much done (by the government) to resolve the killing of 64 people including 30 journalist, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo decided to declare Martial Law in the province of Maguindanao.
Yes you heard it right, by virtue of Proclamation No. 1946 read this morning by Executive Secretary Eduardo [...]

DBS: Dead Battery Syndrome

While preparing for a Debutante’s Party shoot last November 22, I noticed that the battery of my aged battle tested Nikon D80 indicates ‘Low Battery’ whenever I insert 2 batteries on the MB-D80 battery grip.
So I checked which of these equipment is busted, I prepared so well for this shoot and I don’t want to [...]

Change

It’s election period and once again the most popular word being uttered by those aspiring to be next next leader of this great land of ours is ‘change.’ Every candidate promises that they will change this and they will change that. But do they really know what needed to be changed? Do [...]

Bloody Maguindanao Monday

The country was on cloud nine when the week opens. Just last week, the man who is well known as the Pambansang Kamao (National Fist), Manny ‘Pacman’ Pacquiao brought home the bacon after winning his 7th title in 7 weight category by beating the Puerto Rican Miguel Coto. And on Monday (November 23, [...]

Political Prostitutes

I was on the cab this afternoon bound to Makati, the cab’s radio was tuned in a local AM station, the hosts were discussing about the recent move of Sen. Loren Legarda.
For those who doesn’t know yet, Senator Legarda will be the running mate of presidential hopeful Senator Manny Villar, this momentous event happened yesterday [...]

FAD (Facebook Addiction Disorder)

Not so long ago, Friendster has been the most popular social networking site in the world. It has connected over 68 million people around the world. But as they say, some good thing never lasts.
Nowadays, Facebook has been the in thing. From what I heard, Facebook has reached (more or less) 300 [...]

Ondoy, Pepeng and the Filipino Heroism

Typhoons and other calamities are not new to us Filipinos, we have been plagued by such in the past, but last weeks blow was something that hit us hard.
Typhoon Ondoy brought so much rain, for less than 12 hours, Ondoy poured the amount of rain equivalent to 30 days, this is according to PAGASA.
After Ondoy’s [...]

My Acer laptop died…

It sucks!
My two and a half year old Acer 5583 laptop died last night of unknown cause.

Pinoy Power 2

Filipino boxers went 2 out of 3 in yesterday’s boxing match held at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas Saturday night, tagged as “Pinoy Power 2″, the fight card featured Mark Jason Melligen (Welterweight), Bernabe Concepcion (Featherweight) and Nonito Donaire, Jr.
Nonito ‘the Filipino Flash’ Donaire won via unanimous decision against Rafael ‘El [...]

When will they refund my ticket?

March of last year when I bought a Cebu Pacific air ticket from Ticket N’ Post outlet in SM Dasmariñas. My wife asked me to cover the class reunion of a high school in Oras, Southern Leyte where my father-in-law was a teacher, but due to unavoidable circumstances, I was not able to use [...]