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Recently, my conversations with my wife revolved around business(es). We have small businesses in line with schools items like ID cards and t-shirt printing. However some problems with these businesses are the seasons when they are in demand. Manufacturing of ID cards are usually hit school openings. T-shirt printing only becomes [...]

Holy Thursday means something to me as a Catholic (but not an overly religious one) . It may sound awkward for this blogger to post something about religion but this is one thing that me and my family take somewhat seriously at this time of the year because Holy Week in the Philippines is [...]

The title is a popular saying in the business community. This is also related to the business question “What’s in a name?” This even holds true in blogging. What’s in your blog’s name? What does it connote or suggest about your blog or your theme/s? In real life, however, what [...]

Last Night’s performance night of the American Idol 2008 saw Ramielle Malubay sing a Beatles song titled “I Should Have known Better”. The judges were not impressed with her choice of song but Ramielle Malubay showed everyone what Filipinos are really made of – pure talent.

Oscar De La Hoya and Floyd Mayweather, Jr. broke all box-office records in boxing history when they first met in May of 2007. Mayweather’s intent to retire after his fight with Hatton will have to be postponed as another box-office prizefight with De La Hoya is underway, come September 13 or 20, 2008.

A few minutes ago at this hour and day (March 16, 2008), the Pacquiao-Marquez 2 ended in a draw where Manny Pacquiao emerged as a winner on judges’ scorecards. Manny Pacquiao is the new WBC Superfeatherweight champion. This is Manny Pacquiao’s third division world championship title. His win over Juan Manuel Marquez [...]

Pacquiao-Marquez 2: Unfinished Business is set to explode tomorrow (March 16, 8am Philipine time) on C/S RPN 9 and a delayed telecast on GMA-7 at 10am of the same day. Manny Paquiao squares off again with Mexican pugilist Juan Manuel “Dinamita” Marquez for the second time. Pacquiao-Marquez 2 is predicted to be one [...]

I’ve just seen the elimination night of American Idol 2008. Ramielle Malubay, the only Filipina contender almost got eliminated along with David Hernandez whose journey to the American Idol title finally ended by way of votes. Ramielle Malubay is actually my bet to win the contest and wife’s bet is David Hernandez. [...]

The American Idol 2008 is set on March 11. As of this writing (March 12, Philippine time) the American Idol 2008 is set at 8 6pm, Starworld channel on cable. I think there is a simulcast and replay on QTV on another date.
Filipinos who are avid fans of the American Idol (especially those [...]

The Miss Universe 2009 will be hosted by Puerto Rico. The event will take place on an undisclosed date as of this writing. The Ms. Universe is perhaps the most prestigious beauty pageant in the world as it showcases the best beauty talents from almost all countries. Puerto Rico has high hopes that their [...]

If you’re a catholic, the Seven Deadly Sins could be a familiar topic you. The Seven Deadly Sins (or mortal sins) was a doctrine laid down in 6th century by Pope Gregory the Great and popularized in the Middle Ages by Dante in “The Inferno”: lust, gluttony, avarice, sloth, anger, envy and pride.

March is Fire Prevention Month in the Philippines. It is one event that has affected the lives of many Filipinos since incidence of fire is high especially in dense urban areas like Manila. Fire Prevention Month reminds us all that though the discovery of fire was one of man’s earliest technological discoveries, it [...]

Oh, my goodness Janina San Miguel, I checked my emails an hour ago and found some very interesting queries about the recently-concluded Bb. Pilipinas 2008 beauty pageant. This is in relation to my previous articles about the contest where Janina San Miguel won one of the highest awards – the Bb. Pilipinas 2008-Ms. World [...]

The American Idol 2008 Final 12 will get it on in a few days as Season 7 of this very successful contest in search for new singing sensation comes to an end. As a Filipino, I’m so damn proud Ramielle Malubay is in the Final 12 so is my wife’s favorite, David Hernandez. [...]

The Binibining Pilipinas 2008 winners received so many negative comments as of late. Many believe the winners cannot even stand a chance to represent our country in the Ms. Universe, Ms. World and Ms. International beauty pageants to be held on foreign lands this year.

I was already asleep last night and I didn’t intend to write about the Bb. Pilipinas 2008 Grand Coronation Night event. However, my wife insisted that I watch the Philippines’ most prestigious beauty pageant. Goodness, beauty contest is not my thing. In fact I haven’t seen a lot of beauty contests even [...]

Today is International Woman’s Day and I think this is a very good time to greet women in our lives with kind or sweet messages either in words, over the phone, through text messages (SMS) or greeting cards. The International Woman’s Day (or Women’s Day) is a day for us to commemorate, remember, show [...]