We beg to differ.
So the Philippines is the “social media capital” of the world, is it? What exactly does this mean? Apparently “capturing” the title — a title supposedly “awarded” the country by “pundits” — is seen to be some sort of achievement. Celebrating this “achievement” is the occasion of “a gathering of Twitterati, bloggers and other internet…
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“Co-hosting detracts from my essential specialness in the marketplace”. Larry Sanders mantra to himself as coached by his agent Stevie Grant How many of you saw this? How many of you believe this? How many of you know people who saw this and believe this? Like I have said many times before there is nothing…
It is on rare occasions that I suddenly recall, out of nowhere, a random scene from a movie I’ve watched in the distant past. As I sat in front of my computer, lamenting the loss of my butter cookies (which I’ve eaten up a few days ago), a scene from one of Keanu Reeves’ so-so…
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The following was snapped by a peeved constituent including as a caption “i’m at a loss for words.. let’s go, anti-epal bill!!!”. The billboard is a greeting to Quezon City Mayor Herbert Bautista on the occasion of his birthday. Senator Miriam Santiago is sponsoring a bill dubbed the “Anti-Epal Bill” that aims to penalise politicians…
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For all the exposure that da Pinoys have to not only Western culture, but other Asian cultures, you would think that some of their more creative aspects, such as literary devices, would have rubbed off on them. Yet no, there remains a sizable part of the Pinoy population who remain imprisoned by their “heritage of…
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Perhaps I had been a bit too hasty with my indictment of the valuue of social networking in the workplace in my previous article. HootSuite CEO wrote something in his Fortune article the other day that caught my attention: The CIO gets crowd-sourced: Back in the day, writes TechCrunch’s Rip Empson, the CIO was god,…
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Much will be made soon locally about the release of the latest installment in the Bourne Franchise since it was shot in Manila and Palawan. There have been other movies shot in Palawan but because they are local movies, no one brags about them. No one trumpets them. I seem to remember a Blue Lagoon…
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Suddenly it all makes sense to me. Sorry I’m kinda slow when it comes to sports trivia. So Erik Spoelstra, coach of the NBA team Miami Heat is a Filipino-American. Kaya pala. According to a Philippine Star report, Filipinos have been so enthralled by the NBA finals in which Heat is up against Oklahoma City…
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