Archive for July, 2005

Blurred Reality

Sunday, July 31st, 2005

It was 6 o clock when I woke up. Half-asleep I walked to the bathroom for some bladder relief. I was confused, couldn’t believe I had slept so long, couldn’t believe that the weekend was over and that I had to get ready for work in a couple of hours. I walked back to my [...]

This Time Around

Sunday, July 31st, 2005

After last week’s disappointing turn of events, Finish Formula One Racer, Kimi Raikkonen turned things around by taking the checkered flag at today’s Hungarian Grand Prix. This win keeps Kimi in contention for the World Championship title as leader Fernando Alonso finished 11th and failed to pick up any points. Alonso still leads by 26 [...]

Goodbye Glori

Friday, July 29th, 2005

Although employees refuse to confirm anything, I have begun to speculate that the Glori Supermart Chain will be closing down very soon. (Thought I was referring to President Glori-a?) For those of you are not familiar “Gloris” as it is fondly referred to, is a 24-hour supermarket with branches in Sikatuna, Congressional and Tandang Sora [...]

PGMA on GMA

Thursday, July 28th, 2005

Four days after her State of the Nation Address (SONA), Filipinos got another chance to hear from President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. The President was interviewed live and exclusively by Mike Enriquez on GMA Network’s evening newscast 24 Oras. The interview, said to have been a month in the making showed the President to be cautious and [...]

Time to Switch

Tuesday, July 26th, 2005

I’ve got to get myself a gun! John and I both stared enviously at our friends’ Taurus 9mm Pistol the other day. Our friend said it was a gift but if we were to buy a similar model it should set us back by around P40,000. “I think I’ll pass on that,” John said. “I’ve [...]

Short and Sweet

Monday, July 25th, 2005

Today Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo delivered her fifth State of The Nation Address. Unlike the previous four, this one undoubtedly was the most important of her political career as it comes in the midst or great political uncertainty and instability. The entire country as if watching a drama unfold, eagerly anticipated the outcome to this [...]

Kimi, Lance and Me

Sunday, July 24th, 2005

Two weeks ago I won my first one-on-one basketball game. Although it may not seem like a big to deal to anyone else, it has certain significance to me. In a way it’s almost symbolic to my coming of age. Okay maybe I’ve gone a bit too far in the analogy but allow me to [...]

Free

Saturday, July 23rd, 2005

Today i embark upon a new journey. Barefoot!

Longhorn renamed!

Friday, July 22nd, 2005

Breaking news guys, fresh from my RSS Reader. As much as I am a Mac guy through and through, the rest of the computing world might to be interested to know that the next version of Micrsoft’s operating system will be named Windows Vista. This new operating system, formerly referred to by its codename Longhorn [...]