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How to win friends and not necessarily influence people

by reyna12 on October 18, 2007

I was invited to attend a pre-halloween party the other night dito sa Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Liblib na pook pero sosyal ang environment. Lahat nang nakaparadang kotse puro Chedeng, Lexus, BMW, Jaguar at Infiniti. Dahil nasa talyer ang kotse ko, pinapalitan nang makina, tambutso, ilaw, upuan, windshield, bumper: pucha lahat pala! eh hiniram ko ang kotse ni Matilda. [...]

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Ten things I’ll do when I get home to Pasig

by reyna12 on October 17, 2007

It’s fall again. Mausok masyado sa labas, foggy ever. The temperature changes drastically. Parang yong ex ko. Minsan malambing then after that nagliliparan ang mga kutsilto. Parang blog ko na rin. Minsan seryoso, minsan biglang whatever chuvalais. Medyo kalma ang blogging world ngayon. Everybody is sorta waiting for another desperate malu. In attack position baga.

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6 becomes 8 random things about me!

by reyna12 on October 16, 2007

Meme time mga kasuyyyy! (got this one from the Dan & Rye Show). I was tagged by Pusang Maganda to list down eight (8) random facts about me. I did this one alread before. Which means, that I only have to add 2 more and chuvalais na ako! Diva mga kasuyyyy??
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That Black Cat

by reyna12 on October 16, 2007

Psst! No pun intended to my blogfriends who’s got Cat on their names!  

Yesterday, I drove to Voorhess, New Jersey and invited Chuva to go to church with me. Normally, his dog – Simba would be barking and wagging his tail incessantly to get my attention. He always wanted me to carry him. But yesterday, it [...]

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Wishes on your special day!

by reyna12 on October 14, 2007

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Last day to submit entries to OFW Slogan & Logo Contest: Winner gets Php10,000!!!

October 13, 2007

UPDATE 10/18/2007 8:20pm EST: 
THIS CONTEST IS OFFICIALLY CLOSE. NO MORE ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED. SEE YOU AGAIN NEXT YEAR!
UPDATE 10/13/2007 8:19pm EST: HILLARY HAS SPOKEN:

*Set aside Presidential campaign thoughts, thinking* I consulted with my maid, Inday. She agreed unequivocally to the suggestion that the recontre be prolonged for another seven days in order that willing entrants [...]

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VOTE FOR MARCO TORRES, NOW NA!

October 13, 2007

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MARCO TORRES IS NOW in TUG-OF-WAR SECOND PLACE!!! YOU CAN CHECK THE STATUS HERE!
LESS THAN 23 HOURS LEFT TO VOTE!!
UP, UP and AWAY!!! PINOY POWER UNLEASHED!!!
MARAMING SALAMAT MGA KABAYAN – NUMBER 3 NA SI MARCO TORRES WITH 9459 VOTES – TRUE PINOY POWER UNLEASHED!!! DAGDAGAN PA NATIN!!! LET’S [...]

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Do you legislate Good Manners and Right Conduct of Taxi Drivers?

October 12, 2007

Let us be reminded that ‘no one shall be unjustly enriched at the expense of another!
Ayan po mga Kuya! Mga Ate! Yan po ang sinabi ni Senator Revilla. Grabe di ba? Grabe magpatama ang ating gwapitong Senador.

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Jocelyn Dulnuan Updates

October 11, 2007

Jocelyn Dulnuan Updates:
We now have an update on Jocelyn Dulnuan and what’s going on in Toronto.

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OFW Contest Update + AJ needs help on his Ad Campaign

October 11, 2007

Our OFW Slogan & Logo Design Competition updates and here’s a really diligent student needing some advice on his ad campaign.

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And the survey says? OFW kin tend to just sit back and wait!

October 11, 2007

Did you read the latest survey about OFW Families? 
Gi-summarize man nako ug survey bitaw at the bottom of this entry. Naa man usa nga nakakasilaw na findings. Eto:
Ang ibang pamilya daw nang mga OFW eh nakaupo na lang sa ilalim nang puno nang kamatsili at hinihintay na lang na bumagsak sa langit ang padala nang mga OFW.

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Magallanes Village Elections: Bettina Del Rosario for Kagawad

October 10, 2007

I am trying to help out a very good friend. Since, I could see that I have a good number of readers from Makati, I am hoping that I have readers who either reside in Magallanes Village or know of someone who lives there. 
Magallanes Village in Makati City is having an election on October 29, 2007 and [...]

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This little girl from Daraga, Albay is shining in America!

October 10, 2007

You all are familiar with Jeopardy di ba? I don’t need to do any wiki-wiki explanation chuvalinga, right? Basta, isa syang big deal, big time at primetime game show para sa mga magagaling at matatalinong tao.
Guess what! TONIGHT! As in NGONIAN NA BANGGUI! There was a Pinay on Jeopardy! World domination ever!!! 

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Jocelyn Dulnuan, a 27-year-old OFW

October 9, 2007

I was talking with my first cousin in Mississauga just now. Lumipat na daw ako nang Toronto dahil mas mataas na ang palit nang pera nila. But of course, I blog about the fact na pumatas na yong $1CN at yung $1US. Sabi ko, bukas na dahil gabi na dito ngayon. Nauwi ang usapan namin sa big [...]

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Is the Desperate Housewives storm over?

October 8, 2007

ANNOUNCEMENT 1:

There’s less than a week na lang po for the OFW LOGO/SLOGAN Competition and beginning this weekend, I’ll start posting the ones that I received. You may now send your entries. Many, many thanks to an OFW in Dubai who wants to be anonymous and simply be called tabaknamatarom@yahoo.com for sending Php5,000. So, start [...]

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Bloghacking: The new game of blog argumentation?!

October 7, 2007

This evening (EST), right after I posted my previous entry: Salmon of the Day, my website went offline. It was blank. It was weird. I never experienced this before. I guess, my server crashed again. Oh, well. I’m used to my server crashing all the time. My landlord has been telling me to switch to some [...]

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Salmon of the Day: Paradigm Shift #1: Who’s reading who now?

October 7, 2007

Kids, what’s a PARADIGM SHIFT? Anyone?! Anyone?! Nasaan ang mga estudyante ko?! *blag* *blag* *blag* EEEEEEE!!!!! Ba’t puro excuse slips tooooo!!!

Think of a Paradigm Shift as a change from one way of thinking to another. It’s a revolution, a transformation, a sort of metamorphosis. It just does not happen, but rather it is driven by [...]

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What you can do to help the Burmese

October 6, 2007

Reminiscent of the events that happened in Manila, the 1986 People Power Revolution, I can’t help but notice the very same plight of our Burmese brothers and sisters fighting for their own democracy. We’ve been there. We know they can do it. We know they can kick that Military Junta, interestingly, with ASEAN just on [...]

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I’m onion skinned so this is a short blog

October 5, 2007

At least am not a skin head. My niece just experienced how it feels to be discriminated. I’ve been discriminated many times. Some of these Pinoy bloggers may not even have set foot in the United States!. Some of these bloggers calls themselves professionals – lawyers, columnists and doctors. Some are blatantly self-righteous! Moses like!

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Salmon of the Day: Why you should have health insurance all the time

October 4, 2007

Ok, enough with all of these Desperation!
I had a crazy day today but my meeting this afternoon including the presentation went flawless (cute ko talaga!). The meeting just finished when my phone rang…
Is this Reyna Elena?! My name is Amanda from the Collection Agency? I would like to remind you about your medical bills! They’re past [...]

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Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, Leader.

October 3, 2007

How do you define success? Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala says: 

“Success is not measured by quick and one-time gains but by enduring beliefs and created by a disciplined approach to creating value. Second, success also entails combining profitability with a broader contribution to society.”

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Desperate for Philippine audience!

October 2, 2007

Desperate Housewives, the epitomy of how dysfuntional families in the United States – it’s popular, it’s a must see on Sunday after Americans are finished with their spiritual sunday services in their mosques, churches or synagogues. This is suburbia trash in a subtle way. Ok, fine -?blatantly upfront trash! It’s interesting because today, on CNN, [...]

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Abalos resigns

October 1, 2007

Ayan ha? Ang aking reporter who’s in the land of Durians right now, reported na nag-resign na pala si Abalos.  Tsk! Tsk! Tsk! Pano na yong mga engkantong bomoboto? Ayaw na nyang mag-pa impeach?

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It’s the economy, stupid! (Paano na lang tayo?)

October 1, 2007

Remember this famous line that catapulted Bill Clinton’s winning the US Presidency? My blog article today has got nothing to do with Bill Clinton, rather, I am truly disappointed by the never ending role of POEA as an eternal human resource department of the Philippines pushing Filipinos to work abroad and finding them jobs from all [...]

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Book Review: The Human Equation

September 30, 2007

The Human Equation book tries to explore the effects of high performance human resource practices on company’s financial results and overall company’s performance. It tries to understand the reasons why these practices are not widely implemented despite the fact that some of these practices are known to produce positive results on the company’s bottom line.

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Ang ating utang nina, lumiit na.

September 29, 2007

External debt shrinks 1.9% to $53B at end-June
Yung ibang mga kritiko natin dyan eh sasabihin na bawat bata, matanda at bakla sa Pinas eh magbabayad nang Php28,059 sa ating utang. Tama po yung statement na yun. Kahit na tanungin ninyo si Inday. Kaso, ang pagbayad nang utang eh di lang naman po pera pinambabayad. Dangal [...]

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Ang mga bagong ka-tropa nang Pilipinas.

September 28, 2007

Maganda ang ating mga bagong ka-tropa, Pilipinas!
Napahiya tuloy ako! Ba’t ba tinawag kong ganun ang presidente nang Iran, eh ka-tropa pala naten sya? Ma-edit nga yong entry na yon! hahaha! Let’s welcome our new buddies! Eto sila: Cambodia, Laos, Burundi, Honduras, Iran, Libya, Nepal and Yemen.  Yan po ang ating mga ka-tropa!

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$1 = Php45: Salmon of the Day

September 28, 2007

Stocks rally to 8-week high; peso up
$1 = Php45
Pano basahin to mga anak? Ang ibig sabihin po nito anak eh LUMALAKAS ang piso kay LUMILIIT ANG PALIT. Wag nyo pong babasahin to na BAGSAK na naman ang piso, dahil mali po yon. Maling mali po yon. Getz nyu?
Ganito po yan…

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Ang cyberspace, pinasok na ni Inday.

September 27, 2007

I get a lot of FWD emails and normally, I delete them. Not this one. Bea sent this to me and we have no idea who wrote this one. I had a blast reading this one at work – you’ll know why. Check it out!

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Kick Myanmar’s military junta out of ASEAN!

September 27, 2007

Why can’t ASEAN condemn the repression in Myanmar? Why can’t ASEAN exert enough effort to make Myanmar make good it’s promise 11 or so years ago to bring democratic & free elections to that country? Is ASEAN meaningless when it comes to policing its own ranks? Oh! I forgot! It’s called non-interference! Duh!~

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Giving is receiving

September 26, 2007

And so, may I went ako sa pos opis this morning to ship this thing:

What’s gonna happen kaya pagdating nito sa pos opis in the Flippines? Ipakilo kaya nila? Makarating kaya to sa kina-uukulan? Humingi kaya sila nang kickbacks? Abangan kung ang librong to eh maging engkanto!!!
Why do I say this?

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Idiot of the Century

September 26, 2007

Ahmadinejad, at Columbia, Parries and Puzzles

According to this Iranian, Iran has no homosexuals. Siguro kinapon lahat at sinaksakan nang plastic vagina. Whatever. He should be happy, he is enjoying freedom of speech in my country. Yes, Matilda, I agree with Columbia’s Lee C. Bollinger of giving him a platform to talk. It’s for the [...]

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KC’s from Paris to Pinas

September 26, 2007

KC, KC, KC. I know, I promised not to be a siliberty blogger because I can’t keep up with the siliberty developments that only Chuva can do. But this morning, I was late in our meeting and my Tuesday meeting starts at impuntong alas otso!!! As in bukang liwayway na alas singko nanghihilod na po [...]

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TAG FIESTA! MEME FOREVER! SURPRISE TOGETHER!

September 25, 2007

I’ve been tagged by so many people already, including Bluepanjeet and DOM Lawrence and god knows who! Hahaha! Apologies, but I’m one lazy bird that by the time I am ready to answer these memes, centuries passed already, worst I could not find the instructions no more. So, if I owe you some meme, please don’t hesitate to [...]

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If you have one last lecture to give before you die, what would it be?

September 25, 2007

I was reading Wall Street Journal at work today when I read this one: A Beloved Professor Delivers The Lecture of a Lifetime.
This story is about Randy Pausch, a Carnegie Mellon University computer-science professor, who was about to give a lecture Tuesday afternoon, but before he said a word, he received a standing ovation from [...]

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Arroyo’s rating plunges

September 24, 2007

Arroyo’s rating plunges amid NBN scandal–SWS survey
Only three in every 10 adult Filipinos were satisfied with President Arroyo’s performance, while only one in every five trusted her husband, First Gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo, according to the latest survey by the Social Weather Stations.
The Third Quarter Social Weather Survey found 34 percent satisfied and 45 [...]

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Global Warming – Diesel Style

September 24, 2007

Quick Announcement!

OFW Slogan & Logo Competition: 19 more days to go to submit your entries! Also, an OFW from Dubai (he prefers to be called Tabak) is contributing money to the competition!

Global Warming – Diesel Style
Ever wonder what’s going to happen to my Barrio Siete with the global warming effects? You have to realize that my own Barrio [...]

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Why does it have to come this far?!

September 23, 2007

The controversial $329-million national broadband network (NBN) deal with the Chinese company, ZTE Corp., has been “indefinitely” suspended“.  The suspension was on the instructions of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. The deal that has been marked by scandals of bribes and kickbacks. Ibabalik din yan Matilda. Pag kumalma na yong mga chuvalais dyan, resurrection ever na naman. Nakikita ko sa [...]

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I had a crush with the New Jersey Governor

September 23, 2007

I used to work for a broadcast investment firm based in Princeton, New Jersey then. I worked for this company for about eighty (80) years as a super-abacus guy where I met the super-nicey-nicey-boss in the whole wide world. Sorry for the name drop, but it was here that I got the chance to meet [...]

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1$CN = 1$US

September 22, 2007

Did anybody noticed that the loonie equalled the greenbuck already? Yes, Matilda! The Canadian dollar hit parity with the US dollar for the first time in 31 years on Thursday and is expected to remain strong, delighting Canadians used to being mocked for their “northern peso.” 

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Happy birthday Mike!

September 21, 2007

Circa sumtin’ sumtin: V. Luna Medical Center
Growing up, I had a group of friends from Barrio Siete that I was very close with (Benjie, Omar, Awe, Lito, Gerry & George). Whenever we see each other, we talk about the same story over and over and over till eternity and we still laugh about it! Alam [...]

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Anong koneksyon nag boypren ko sa Credit Bureau? Eto.

September 20, 2007

Naonse na naman ako! Pan-dose na tong pang-o-onseng nagawa saken!
Eto ang estorya
I love you ko sya talaga. I love you nya rin ako. Yun lang nga, pag di nya sinasagot mga teks ko, nag-iinit ang ulo ko. Pero iniks-pleyn nya naman saken na nung mga oras na yon, low-bat lang naman pala talaga sya. Na-awa naman ako. Siempre, [...]

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What we do defines who we are and how well we live

September 19, 2007

What we do defines who we are and how well we live!

(On the minds of Men, Labor Daze – 09/07 Men’s Fitness). So, with that – I thought, I’d do a little interview. I have some questions for you:

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60 Minutes Interview: Alan Greenspan

September 18, 2007

26 days left = REMINDER: OFW Slogan/Logo Competition Contest

60 Minutes Interview: Alan Greenspan
I finally got my own copy of Alan Greenspan’s book – The Age of Turbulence!  $35 crunching PPP type isip numbing US dollars! I bought it around noon time and surprisingly, there were no lines! Am I the only one who got curious?! [...]

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The Age of Turbulence

September 17, 2007

I was watching the 7:00 ABC News yesterday when I heard that Former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan’s book is already out in some bookstores in New York. Huh?! Really? Now, this book (which will officially be out on sale by Monday) predicts that the Fed will have to raise interest rates to double-digit levels in coming years [...]

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