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The Manila Peninsula takeover was driven by the view that drastic change is the solution. It’s easy to understand the reasons behind this mindset, especially when the many problems plaguing the Philippines are firmly entrenched in the current system.
But I believe that, for better or worse, the system we have now works. We still operate […]

It’s been less than 3 hours since a bomb apparently exploded near the central business district of Metro Manila, capital of the Philippines.
At least two news reports of the event were available almost immediately. Friends and acquaintances shared them via IM, most probably Yahoo Messenger. That’s how I found out about everything.
Pictures of the carnage […]

Maybe writing about conveniently making money is good linkbait, because I find myself linking to Ely’s recent post about PayPal and UnionBank:
So it seems to work like this: You transfer your money from PayPal to your UnionBank Account. It takes around 5-7 days to clear. When it does, you can then withdraw the cash. Hmm. […]

Right now, I rank #1 for “Writing for Search Engines 101″ and “Linkbuilding 101″ in Google. A pretty good result, especially since I’m “competing” against people who make a living ranking high on search engines. Perhaps it’s because I really put effort into writing those articles, or it may be just dumb luck. The fact […]

To quote a cliche: the more things change, the more they stay the same. All great stories have similarities. Panday is a fantasy epic of a blacksmith fighting against supernatural enemies, while the Harry Potter series is a bildungsroman.
Thanks to my devoutly Catholic parents, I’m pretty familiar with the Bible. Many protagonists of the so-called […]