From the monthly archives:

July 2010

Charleston, South Carolina

by reynz on July 29, 2010

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It’s 97 degrees outside, tumatagaktak ang pawis ko, like the size of Gloria’s too much imported rice that’s drowning the Filipinos, while loading stuff in my car and going over my list, 1 by 1. Let’s see… need golf clubs, pang social climbing. pictures ni Jef? sunugin. credit cards? change name. frying pan, rice cooker, [...]

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I soooooo dislike this woman sitting as the Ombudsman! This woman has done so much injustice to the Filipino people for simply sitting there and doing nothing and watch corruption go ballistically gargantuan! She is the reason why corrupts continue to prance around and are not being prosecuted! It’s about time to prosecute Merciditas Gutierrez [...]

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just f?ck it

by reynz on July 27, 2010

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(Photo Credits: Crave Online) This is a repost. Tinatamad mag-isip ang lola nyo. Besides, I am currently separating the puti sa de kulay. I’ll be driving down South kaya inaayos ko mga karga karga ko. Sana naman bigyan nyo naman ako dyan nang pang-gasolina. Wag kayong mahiya. ~Reynz We’re getting to be known as a [...]

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Let me begin by saying that you will be reading a SONA reaction from a loyal Noynoy Aquino supporter. However, this does not mean that I will be singing kumbaya with my President at all times – just because. Having said that, I will try to be fair with Gloria Arroyo (Can you imagine me [...]

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It’s about 6:00 am now here in the East Coast of the United States and I gotta go to bed muna. But I will write my usual SONA analysis folks. Watch out na lang. Pahinga muna. I promise you, mine is shocking talaga. Share on Facebook Digg Stumble Upon Del.icio.us Buzz

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What’s the true state of our nation?

July 25, 2010
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By Jarius Bondoc If Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is to be believed, RP is on the verge of First World status. That’s what she boasted delivering us to, as she toasted diplomats on Independence Day, June 12, two weeks before bowing out. Arroyo wasn’t drunk blathering her presidential legacy during the vin d’honneur. She wasn’t truthful [...]

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Prelude to President Benigno Aquino’s 1st State of the Nation Address (SONA)

July 24, 2010
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President Benigno Aquino’s 1st State of the Nation Address (SONA) will be shocking, says one headline news. It reads: “Aquino says SONA will ‘shock’ Filipinos“. But if you read it, it’s all about how much was left by the Arroyo’s on the national coffers. That’s not shocking. That’s expected from these corrupt [insert bloody anything [...]

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Party-list system: A failure

July 22, 2010
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Sharing you exactly how I feel about this Partylist System. I want this disbanded. Party-list system: A failure By: Ninez Cacho-Olivares That silly party-list system will have to go, sometime in the near future, because clearly, it has been abused through the years, and will continue to be abused — even by the so-called “cause-oriented [...]

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Why I was unemployed for 10 months: The series (2)

July 21, 2010
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(Photo Credits: Esquire) So, you said you had several years of non-profit experience. Well, you’re perfect for the job. But, we noticed, the companies you listed are corporations listed on the New York Stock Exchange. They are for-profit, right? Sabi ko: No sir. Non-profit talaga sila. Because they started losing money after I came in. [...]

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Why I was unemployed for 10 months: The series (1)

July 20, 2010
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So, tell us about yourself sabi nung prospective employer. “Well, I’m Reynz. My background is public accounting, forensic audit, government accounting, non-profit, tax credits, investments and…. I love to dance.” Leche! Ambilis kamo nang interview na yon! It was over before I could even complete my answer. Hmpt! Share on Facebook Digg Stumble Upon Del.icio.us [...]

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We won’t tell you. You’ll find it anyway

July 19, 2010
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I stayed in a very nice apartment complex with a very nice price tag of course. It’s bad enough that those CSI calls scared the hell out of me, then there’s a cemetery at the back. I thought it was funny because during the weekend, a number of tour buses would drop tourists that roam [...]

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A different kind of welcome call

July 18, 2010
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(Photo Credits: Here) Driving from Philadelphia to New Orleans (1st part; 2nd part; last part), I was on the road for three (3) days and two (2) nights. I stayed overnight in Virginia Beach and then in Gaffney, South Carolina. I was thinking of staying for another night in Montgomery, Alabama. But when I heard [...]

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why it is hard to save money when working in Manila

July 16, 2010
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(Photo Credits: Here) I have a story to share. The other day kasi, I was chatting with my friend. He was asking me on what to do with his credit card debts. He said, he has been religiously paying it. But he was curious why his credit card balance continues to either be the same [...]

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merciditas gutierrez and why we don’t trust some Philippine institutions

July 11, 2010
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Ferrum Mann posted this on his FB updates: Watching the Ombudsman presscon live. Justifying why it took all of 5 years before she filed a mere malversation and not plunder case against Bolante, et al. The audience (obviously her subordinates) are clapping as she speaks about not being corrupt. WTF? What troubles me is her [...]

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ninakaw na nga ofw logo ko at bastusin ka pa!

July 10, 2010
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Sorry folks kung mainit ang ulo ko today. Woke up this morning. Surfed FB, then I stumbled on this OFW site: Tagpuan nang mga OFW. They were using my OFW Logo. “Ah ok!” so I said to myself. So, I “liked” the page and browsed. But I found not a single credit to reyna elena [...]

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anti-poverty programs leading back to poverty?

July 5, 2010
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Given that we have a new government, determined to thread along the “tuwid na landas“, and of course, even if I don’t have a say on who President Noynoy Aquino appoints in his Cabinet, I will still “say” hahaha! Alam nyo yon? I’m his supporter but this early pa lang, I see a lot of [...]

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Contigo En La Distancia

July 5, 2010
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I was having drinks with friends, playing all sorts of music. One of them started playing David Archuleta’s song. It was a familiar one. I first heard of this classic song from Luis Miguel. Love the song. Memories of Bogota, Colombia where I first heard of Luis Miguel. I have dozens of his album. I [...]

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The Philippine Dream should never be an American Dream

July 4, 2010
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It might already be July 5 in Manila, but today – its Happy 4th of July in the United States. Like all Filipino-Americans, I wish one Happy 4th of July to the country who gave me a lot of opportunities here, which sadly, I can’t find nor is available for me back home in the [...]

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President Noynoy Aquino and his Cabinet Members

July 4, 2010
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(Photo Credits: From the FB Walls of JJ Soriano) WHO IS THE CABINET member whose “first assignment” is to get at least “three hours of sleep” daily? Who did President Aquino have to “beg” to join his official family? And who “possesses 80 percent” of his brain? Backed by an overwhelming electoral mandate, Mr. Aquino [...]

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No new taxes but the VAT on toll roads is a go?!

July 4, 2010
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Commissioner Kim Henares said that BIR would continue to push for the implementation of the value-added tax on toll roads, an effort started by Arroyo. And then like an alibi to justify implementation, she said that if the law were changed to say that there would be no VAT on toll roads, then the BIR [...]

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Hire an employee, get a loan break

July 3, 2010
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Here’s a novel offer from Chase: For each new employee a small business hires, the bank will knock down the interest rate on its credit line. The new program, unveiled Wednesday, is open to business owners who take on a new Chase business credit line of up to $250,000 or existing customers who increase their [...]

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Building a case

July 2, 2010
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From: Philstar Filipinos have often lamented that crooks get away with everything in this country, from petty to large-scale thievery, to domestic violence and even murder. This failure is not always due to corruption, incompetence or the lack of independence in the judicial system. Prosecutors can also bungle a case, leaving courts with no choice [...]

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Presidential inauguration’s noon-time show

July 1, 2010
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I think Shalani Soledad was truly elegant. Down in Charleston, South Carolina on the day of President Noynoy Aquino’s inauguration, I was very excited to watch the live streaming of the activities at the Luneta Park. It would have been a nice feeling if I was there too. I wanted to join the chorus of [...]

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