What I’m up to as of 03.10.2010
Comments Short On Ideas
Has this blog been personal enough for people to easily figure me out? I think not yet I still dare call it a personal blog. So here goes a little personal injection for y’all: I’m getting married again!
The image you see above is me finishing the invites for the wedding. Adding personal touches to it. Check back with y’all later. Pardon the seldomness of my posting from last year up until now and that might continue in a little more months of the close future. 
CEL: Troubleshooting ease
Comments FixMany of us who don’t want to go down and dirty with cars opt to go check engine light for possible malfunctions in the engine. Steady CEL illumination indicates minor faults but relying on this instrument of convenience should not be the be-all-end-all of car ownership. Manufacturers have this included to help owners troubleshoot cars easier but knowing some bits about auto repair is still miles better.
A good car converts to a good buy if serves its purpose well. Having a good executive car like Toyota Camry adds kick to a boring daily routine drive that is home, school, job, school then home. The road may introduce several bumps but knowing our way with cars like the people from Chicago auto repair will wash the worry away.
Neil Gaiman: The 3rd Philippine Graphic/Fiction Awards
Comments Events, PeopleHey, fan boys and girls! Here’s great news for us all.
Fully Booked and Neil Gaiman
present
REVELATIONS: Stories of Light and Darkness
The 3rd Philippine Graphic/Fiction Awards Night
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Having a car is easy, maintenance is not
2 comments FixHave your car failed you yet? You’re a lucky lucky man if it hasn’t. But as every good thing come to an end, your luck might change and might experience how it is to be stuck in a moment, or two. It’s a fact that one day your car is going to cough up on you.
It could be your car’s damaged head gasket unable to stop engine fluids from leaking or by something else that would not be fixed by easy tweaking. Your luck hat might still have some magic if you’re somewhere near a Los Angeles auto repair. Even the best among magicians, sometimes, run out of magic though.
Getting a car is easy just by the number of options but it would really take thorough understanding of the car and it’s reputation on the road that would have you saying your hurray at the end of the day. Reading reviews such as this one for a Honda Civic should guide you more in the decision. One BIG thing to consider when spending the hard earned bucks in a car is the availability of parts. Maintenance is key to owning the best car. Not the price or the branding but how it rips the road with head up high! 
Free lunch for grade schools?
Comments Food, Pilipinas, Promote
All elementary schools within Negros Oriental were allocated with budget from, how I understood it, provincial government officials that will give free lunches to graders for 90 school days. Wow! I’ve been a public school student until secondary school and all I could remember getting was free bulgur that is a not fully-polished cheap grain. Boiled in water and matched with powdered choco to add flavor. And that was in the 90s.
This free lunch is everything from mongo, dried fish, noodles, canned goods with the good old NFA rice. I’m not complaining if that’s everything they could provide! At least it’s FREE and feeds thousands. Something to look forward to for kids in the middle of the day. Parents of these graders does the cooking in shifts.
My mother, who’s a school principal, said that attendance increased, if not perfected, when the free lunch initiative started. Due to the limited options she said that her school barters food, like canned goods, for crops locally grown to add to the menu.
Talks of implementing this throughout the country is on the move. Meaning a national budget will be drafted and finalized. Another possible source of corruption but if it entails stuffing empty stomach for at least once a day for my fellow Filipinos then I’m still not complaining!
Note: Actual photos are taken from Calicanan Elementary School in Pamplona, Negros Oriental.
Gadget buying convenience
Comments WebThere’s never been any doubt that the internet will take over the tv and radio or even the newspaper in being the primary source of information. The news have never been treated with such vast angles through reading blogs and news websites and it’s eliminated the bulk of promotional printed materials handed out everytime we look for the latest electronic gadgets. It’s answered the question of what’s the best camera or HDTV out in the market today with with just a click of a button.
Our friends at ShopWiki makes online buying more convenient and informative. It’s never been easier. Just a month ago I was jumping from one store to another in looking for the a regular laptop that I could get for a certain budget. It’s consumed my time and energy. So, since my mom commissioned me to look for a netbook for her, I’m going online shopping this time around. Out is the conventional way of shopping!
Deciding between a touch phone or a gaming console to give for your special someone this graduation day may be a head spinner but reading more about them first through ShopWiki will assist you in learning which is best for whom. Getting them the best value camera lenses for their most precious DSLRs will surely draw the perfect smiles.
If you have anything in mind that you’d want to ask or share about online shopping or if you still prefer the conventional way of shopping, I got a space for that in the comments section.
Cebu Bloggers Society second year celebration
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I’ve never been very active with the group since its early days but I’ve seen it grow. The group have grown into such a force that’s hard to deny. I’d love to congratulate the people behind this great engine that is CBS for a job well done in keeping the train a-chugging!
Happy second anniversary, guys! Hoping to drop by if circumstances allow. (Continued…)
J.D. Salinger: Goodbye, thanks and god bless you!
2 comments People
Let me get one thing out before we continue on. I posted a fitting answer to FB’s What’s on your mind? question through a J.D. Salinger quote on my Facebook status last January 26, 2010.
Would you like to know what I honestly think? Would you? – Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger
I’m still halfway in finishing his short story “Franny and Zooey.”
Be it coincidence or whatever, finding out about his death (last January 27, 2010) today weirded out the order of things.
Moving on.
Jerome David “J. D.” Salinger lived a long life at 91. He is the author of the only novel that I read numerous times – “Catcher in the Rye.” And I also owned several copies of it – three(3) to be exact. If you go see my profile in Facebook, Myspace and Friendster, you’ll see that it’s always been there as my favorite book.
My utmost gratitude to you for authoring the only book that inspired me in millions fold and I’m still trying to ingest the philosophical and religious musing of “Franny and Zooey.”
Goodbye, thanks and god bless you, JD!
Voting guide for the automated 2010 Presidential Elections
1 comment Pilipinas, Tutorials
Before you head out with your classy shoes and outfit to your designated polling precinct, it’s helpful to know what to bring. So, I’m listing things to remember or bring during the 2010 Presidential Elections day.
- Voter’s ID or any valid national ID.
- Your list, kodigo, of who you’re voting for. Why? Because there’s only one ballot for each voter.
Note: Do not overvote. Meaning voting for extra number of candidates as it will invalidate your vote for that political seat. See guide below:
- One(1) President
- One(1) Vice President
- Twelve(12) Senators
- One(1) Congressman
- One(1) Governor
- One(1) Mayor
- Bringing your own pen or marker is not necessary. That will be provided as you vote. And you have to return it.
See, there’s not much to bring! Just in case no one’s giving out snacks, remember to have something to munch on if ever you get hungry as you vote but not those messy ones, please, because any unnecessary marking on your ballot might might invalidate it. Steps after the jump! (Continued…)
The Dillinger Escape Plan – Option Paralysis
Comments MusicIf there’s one new music that I’m so excited about this year it is “Option Paralysis” by The Dillinger Escape Plan. After a not at all disappointing Ire Works, the band once again is set to break fingers and whatever else to with this new one!
Album: Option Paralysis
Release Date: March 23rd 2010
Producer: Steve Evetts.
Track Listing:
1. Farewell, Mona Lisa – 5:23
2. Good Neighbor – 2:30
3. Gold Teeth on a Bum – 5:22
4. Crystal Morning – 2:02
5. Endless Endings – 2:32
6. Widower – 6:23
7. A Room Full of Eyes – 4:15
8. Chinese Whispers – 4:06
9. I Wouldn’t If You Didn’t – 4:14
10. Parasitic Twins – 4:41
Low quality, but good enough, preview of the tracks could be found here.
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