Archive for the 'Personal Thoughts' Category

Alcohol, Hangover and a Good Morning Bath

Too much alcohol in the body can make your head spin, hence the origin of the word “hangover”. People during the ancient times observed that when they drink too much wine or rum, they hang their heads over their boats, the railings of their homes, veranda or porch.
To reduce dizziness when the body takes […]

Stress and My Old Nemesis - Renewal of Driver’s License

I’m renewing my driver’s license today and you know what, this has a terrible health implication on my part. Not only will I not be able to blog till 5pm today but anticipating the stress I can derive from falling in a long line standing up (of course!) is already killing me. In […]

A Tribute to Dads on Father’s Day

Daddy. Papa. Dad. Pops. Puppy. Tatay. Tatang. Itay. Pare. Brod. However you call your father, don’t you think it’s time to greet him “Happy Father’s Day!” today?

How’s My New Blog Design?

I was thinking of changing this blog’s design but I changed my other blogs’ themes instead. One of which is www.blog2learn.com which I changed about a week ago.
For this site, I think I’m going to stick to this theme for a while. I’ve changed so many templates in this theme already and there might […]

Meeting Friends Online in Friendster is Cool But Spams Are Not

Meeting friends online through social networks like Friendster, Myspace and Facebook is truly cool. In fact, I frequent my Friendster account every now and then but I don’t stay long. Recently, my login time is 5 minutes max just to check who viewed my profile and sent me messages through its messaging system.

A Break in Canada at Mount Tremblant

Many Filipinos, especially Nurses, working in Canada sometimes complain of their workload. You know abroad - it’s work, work, work. Filipinos living here in the Philippines are much luckier for being able to relax anytime they want without much worries unlike our OFW countrymen scattered across the globe whose stress levels […]

A Nurse’s Prayer - Do You Know This, Nurses?

I was scanning my wife’s notes and going through other stuff when an old note that is “A Nurse’s Prayer” caught my attention. This is a standard prayer supposedly “recited or murmured” by nurses whenever they start their work. In the Philippines, I doubt if any nurse prays before working. I also […]

My New Site is PR7!

My new site (The Reporter) is PR7. Isn’t that wonderful? Thank you Google for making this possible. Also I’d like to thank the board of judges, members of the league of tricycle drivers & operators in Laoag City and my two deceased parents for all the support.

Enable WordPress and Typepad Users to Comment in Your Blogger Blog

I have notified some blogger-friends in the persons of Ellaine and Breggie about my inability to leave comments in their blogs hosted in Blogger. I’m a hardcore WordPress user. All my blogs are using WordPress as publishing tool. There are blogs out there though that I really love but alas! They are […]

How Much is Your Income From Blogging?

This morning my wife asked me how much have I earned from blogging. I do not hide anything from my wife and so I told her the truth - a little over $1,000 for the month of May.
The income is a combination of reviewing products and services, serving Google Adsense and some other affiliate […]

Rudy Fernandez is Dead! And You Should Worry About Peri-ampullary Cancer

I have written about this in my News site - Rudy Fernandez Dies at Age 55. if you want to learn more about the details of Rudy Fernandez’ death, you may click on the link above. Rudy Fernandez died at a very young age of 55. Philippine showbiz will never be the same […]

June is my Birth Month and my Bank Accounts are in Danger

June is my birth month and I’m a Gemini. An extreme. It is this time of the year when my pockets and bank accounts are all in danger. I have so many friends who greet and come by the house to pay me a visit.
What’s in a birthday anyway? Is it […]

Digitel DSL in Good Shape After a Month of Complaining

Finally, my internet connection is healthy and stable after a month of calling Digitel Hotline 175 in Laoag City. The line has been made stable about an hour ago after having problems with it for almost a month. I have written about this in the past claiming that my DSL internet connection sucks.

Digitel DSL Problems and How an Unstable Connection Affects My Online Life

If you are living in the Philippines or at least have lived here for quite a while, then you might be familiar with ISP’s here serving broadband connections like Digitel and PLDT. Lately, there seems to be an outage in many areas of the country which is driving DSL subscribers nuts.

Finally, My Google Adsense PIN Arrived

After serving Google Adsense for a few days since I first put it here in this site (April 2, 2008), I received an email from Google that my PIN is on the way. It took around 3 weeks before it reached me.  The arrival of my Adsense PIN signals that I have already earned […]

Test Your Internet Connection Speed Periodically to Ensure Reliability

Bloggers, webmasters, online gamers, online researchers and other individuals using the internet deserve to have a reliable connection. As such, testing your internet connection could become a daily routine if it lags every now and then. This is not actually a requirement if your internet speed is stable and does not vary much […]

Do You Want to Join a Beauty Contest and Win Cash?

If you are young, beautiful, sexy and confident (just like Janina San Miguel), then you might want to join a beauty contest like this year’s most controversial beauty contest, the Bb. Pilipinas Beauty Pageant.