Archives for: June 2009
AFP: Soldiers of Death
AFP: Soldiers of Death

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203 victims of abduction; 1,010 victims of torture; 1,017 victims of extrajudicial killings; 201 victims of enforced disappearances. 
 
These are the reported numbers of souls who suffered from the hands of the Philippine Military who should have been protecting our divine rights of freedom and liberty enshrined not only on our constitution but also in the basic humanity of [...]

By elmot with 41 comments
From Hate List to Wish List In Driving
From Hate List to Wish List In Driving

This is a guest post by blogging buddy Doc Z of zorlone. Here he shares his observations, commentaries and frustrations on his daily travel on the streets of the congested Metro Manila.
Question: What are the things I hate to see on the road on my way to work?
Answer:
1. While backing up, motorcycles and jeepneys would rush behind me.
2. Pedestrians [...]

By elmot with 122 comments
How A(N1H1) Could Ruin Your Day
How A(N1H1) Could Ruin Your Day

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5:45 PM.
15 minutes before calling it a day at the office. And of course, 15 minutes before relaxing at the couch having the monopoly of the TV’s remote control.
But as we were preparing yesterday our things to head for the exit door and painted on our face are nothing but smiles after the Con-Ass forum, the Director of [...]

By elmot with 37 comments
Don’t Tell Your Children Not To Lie?
Don’t Tell Your Children Not To Lie?

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I was quite a brave boy back in my teeny-weeny years. When my mom would ask me to buy something in the nearest sari-sari store, I could summon all rationalizations at the palm of my hand and not return some of the change just to buy myself some candies or peanut snacks with its infamous extra fake [...]

By elmot with 48 comments
I Can’t Understand Why Politicians Say the Darndest Things?
I Can’t Understand Why Politicians Say the Darndest Things?

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I don’t know what to write today. And it sucks! Truly.
Browsed over my favourite blogs on my overcrowded reader reading a post about a scandalous photoshoped picture of Miley Cyrus blowing a big candle (sorry I am not going to give you the link to save you from damnation LOL!); opened news sites crying of Imelda’s poverty and [...]

By elmot with 41 comments
Who is the Emerging Influential Blogger? Poof!
Who is the Emerging Influential Blogger? Poof!

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I think I could claim that I made one of the craziest lists of nominees for Mam Janette Toral’s Emerging Influential Bloggers of 2009 with nominees ranging from those who could make you a one sharp-fanged rabid commenter to a blogger fuelled with caffeine on maintaining his 13 damn outstanding blogs with vigor; from one blogger who can [...]

By elmot with 54 comments
The Quickieblogger.com or the Superveryhandsomeblogger.com?
The Quickieblogger.com or the Superveryhandsomeblogger.com?

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Yehey! Independence Day! It is a holiday and many of us surely will celebrate our moments of liberation from work and academics with a short vacation over the weekend or flock the nearest malls to cool off ourselves and enjoy a whole day of window shopping happy meals.
I know, I know, let us revere this day. Hear [...]

By elmot with 25 comments
Dont’ Vote on May 2010!!! No To Con-A** Holes!

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Don’t worry, my title post is actually right. “Don’t vote on 2010…”, but if i may continue, all those f**king congressmen who railroaded the amendment of the constitution by filing a bill to convene a constitutional assembly without recognizing the Senate as a separate voting entity, while everyone was still fixed on their computers watching Katrina [...]

By elmot with 20 comments
Know the Origin of A(N1H1)

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A(N1H1) virus is slowly creeping all throughout the nations of the world like a deadly plague. Though information about this deadly virus has already been well-disseminated in many institutions with so many brochures and posters hanging from one post to another, there are still I must say some vague areas about this virus that leaves many to be [...]

By elmot with 18 comments
Juggling Work, Thesis and Blogging This School Year

image by eduverseI am back! Once again (coz I have yelled this on my blog so many other times…ooooppsss). Let me therefore correct those reports that were circulating the web that spiked the most searched news on google trends. No, I was not assassinated by those people I nominated and spoofed on my Craziest List of Nominees. [...]

By elmot with 31 comments