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Justice for Ensign Philip Pestaño

by reynz on January 12, 2012

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“The Office of the Ombudsman has filed with the Sandiganbayan murder charges against 10 Philippine Navy officials for the death of Ensign Philip Pestaño in 1995. The Ombudsman ruled that his death was not a suicide. No bail was recommended for the 10 respondents. Charged were Philippine Navy officials, Naval Capt. Ricardo Ordoñez, CDR Reynaldo [...]

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Love, is a many splendored music. It’s not one boring musical note. You know, I love listening to some of the world’s national anthems. I love it so much I bought a CD of all the worlds’ national anthems. Aside from the Star Spangled Banner, I especially like Oh! Canada and Australia Fair. Here in [...]

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In the Philippines, everyday is a holiday

by reynz on December 14, 2010

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(Photo Credits: Bloggista) Mamacita! In the Philippines, everyday is a holiday. Oh, yeah! Well, ok. Not yet, but we’re getting there! Our fine legislators are working their ass on it. Just wait. Be patient! You’ll see what I mean. Im fak, did you read the news about holidays galore dotting Filipino’s working calendar that’s drowning [...]

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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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Train to Bicol Country

by reynz on December 27, 2009

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Saw this on Raul Ibanez FB site: CHINA LAUNCHES WORLD’S FASTEST TRAIN SERVICE. BEIJING: China on Saturday launched what it described as the world’s fastest train service covering a distance of 1,068 kms at the average speed of 350 kms an hour. The distance between Wuhan in central China and Guangzhou in the country’s south [...]

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How do you cure a malignant desease called Filipino Time?

December 21, 2009
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Ok. Houston, we got a problem. What’s the problem? FILIPINO TIME. If you’re a foreigner, you have no idea what that means! Hahaha! And if you have travelled to the Philippines already and have experienced Filipino Time, I’m sure you’ve cussed all the gods in the river by what you have just experienced. Hahaha! You [...]

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Mode of transport: Barrio Siete style

November 2, 2009
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Yesterday, I was googling and oggling for pictures of Ozamis City. Naging curious lang ako. While browsing the net, I happen to saw these pictures. Like this one – an tawag pala nito is “Skylab”. Hahaha! Ba’t sya natawag na skylab? No clue. Hehehe! Somebody please explain this to me haha! Now, this one, of [...]

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Balut

November 1, 2009
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Alala ko pa in Bagong Ilog at that time kung saan ako nag-bo-board. Yong landlord ko eh nagtitinda nang balut. For all those years na nasa Bagong Ilog ako, I never dared tried this at talaga lang sigurong probinsyano ako dahil di ko sya masikmura hahaha! I still feel weird seeing these images. But accordingly, [...]

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Ely’s Philippine Imports: New Orleans Filipino Store, meeting place of Pinoys

October 14, 2009

In New Orleans, I was on a hunt. Hunting for a Filipino store. That hunt would bring me to Slidell, Louisiana. Across the bridge, across the lake, on a very rainy day. I’m sorry, I lost my camera so I don’t have a picture of this Filipino store in Slidell. She told me that there [...]

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Reyna Gerilya attends a military wedding

October 19, 2008

My family’s full of PMA’ers mga kabisyo, kaso ako lang ang gerilya. Growing up, I have another frisk and beautiful couzin (Ate Salve) who is one truly big Philippine dream at naging role model nang lola. She would become one of the most successful businesswoman in Legazpi na ka-chika na pati si Mayor Noel Rosal. [...]

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Russians speaking in Tagalog or Filipino

September 1, 2007

I love Russians! Honestly, they’re very very nice people and funny too! I met a lot of Russians at the Central European University in Budapest, Hungary and made friends with a lot of them. One of them would turn out to be one of my best friend – Vlad who would beat out students of [...]

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Philippines as an english speaking nation

August 9, 2007

“The Philippines is the third largest English-speaking country in the world” proclaimed by most of the government websites. Yet, over and over – on the daily papers specially those looking for call center jobs, they admit that a ridiculous percentage of Philippine graduates do not understand english – worst, they could not even?speak english on [...]

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bribeline.org

July 11, 2007

There’s this news about an anti-corruption internet site. Check out the story below. So, dahil usyusera ako! Sinumbong ko yong boypren kong ipagkakalat daw at sisirain ang aking reputasyong pag di ko pinautang nang walang bayaran. Eto ang bubulaga sayo pag kumatok ka sa bribeline.org Mukhang cheap tingnan and to think that  this was launch [...]

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100 ways to change this napkin culture

January 8, 2007

Mga anak… tulungan nyo ang reyna na baguhin ang kulturang pilipino. Isang bagay lang, ‘to lang talaga. Eye pramis. Da rest, ala akong pekealam. Di ko talaga to masikmura. Wa akong pekealam sa kung ano pa man. Mag-puta man kayo, tumakbo man kayong nakahubad sa Ayala, ala talaga akong pekealma. To lang talaga…TO LANGGGG!!! Hu Hu Hu… Wa…. [...]

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Tiendesitas

January 6, 2007

Hindi po ako stockholder nang Tiendisitas, but I was in Manila last January 2006 at noon, di ko to nakita or maybe ginagawa pa lang nila. Then, there is also the new SM Super Center besides Tiendesitas on Frontera Verde, which is right in my neighborhood. So, I thought I’d share this place to you [...]

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English proficiency

December 10, 2006

Cost of Filipino Maids in Malaysia Doubles! The cost for a Filipino maid will rise to 1,430 ringgit ($500 dollars) a month, double the old rate and three times more than their Indonesian counterparts. The minimum monthly wage was set by the Philippines Overseas Labor Office, POLO, which has also set a minimum age of [...]

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Pinoy work culture

December 6, 2006

Pinay sya. Bagong dating sa merika, galing sya sa isang kilalang accounting firm in Makati. Pangalan nang firm nila is WKAF (Well-Known Accounting Firm). Magaling syang magdala nang sarili nya. Nakikita ko kung minsan, magaling manamit. Pati bag nya, sosyal. Tsaka ang sipag sipag! As Pinoy, of course alam ko naman kung pano tayo kumayod ano? Dito [...]

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Our Filipino Culture: It’s the best!

November 27, 2006

Last night, I was watching Philippine Idol. Pow Chavez was being interviewed: “Are you on a diet?” “Yes. I’m on a seafood diet. “What’s a seafood diet?” “When I see food, I eat it!” As corny as it is, I was laughing so hard! After all, I have not heard this joke in a while. [...]

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Bayanihan Dance Company: Proud to be a Filipino

November 16, 2006

My MBA classmate/good buddy Mia, a pinay who was raised in Boston with her English hubby Greg, treated moi and my friend Nina, Brandon & Minda to this wonderful and absolutely beautiful works of art in motion called the Bayanihan Dance Company which as you all know, is the Philippine’s National Dance Company. We watched [...]

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Puto at kutsinta

October 29, 2006

This is a really, really nice success story that I picked up on the Inquirer. This is just to prove that you don’t really have to go anywhere else to be successful. I know, I am one of those who is working outside of the Philippines, still hoping to make it. But I have friends [...]

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