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My 9-month old cousin Matthew is going to be Baptized this Sunday. It will be at St. Francis of Assisi in Ma-a, Davao City. His older sister Krisha was also baptized in St. Francis.

Months before, my Tita was asking me if I could be Matt’s Godfather. I declined her offer. If that’d be the case, I’ll be obliged to buy three sets of gifts. One for Matt and two for her two older sisters. It would be unfair if I’d only give gifts to Matt alone. So to make things fair, for me and for my cousins, I declined my Tita’s offer. Hahahaha… I’m just trying to escape the responsibilities she’s trying to push on me.

Matt, at nine months, already have his two front teeth. He can slowly walk now. We’re wondering what other talents he has. He might be the next Mayor of Davao City or maybe another good political figure like George Lindemann. Who knows?

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Why Are Backups So Important?

Approximately 70% of companies that suffer total data loss close their doors within 6 months. Those that continue to struggle, never fully recover.

Could your business survive if all of your data was lost, whether it be from fire, theft or hard disk crash? If your answer to this is no, then an online backup Solution may be something you should seriously consider.

I've used the first (and last so far) digiscrap layout I made a month ago. Gosh, was it only just last month? It feels like eons! Anyway, there are actually lots of pictures to choose from but I really like this dark look. I've always been drawn to the color black for some reason. Lots of icons too as you can see but most of them are useless. I prefer to use quick launch because it's more convenient. Most used icons on my QL is Outlook Express, Internet Explorer, YM, Nero and Real player.

Alright, I'm tagging Jean, Mik, Via, Era and Jacq. :)

Note: Copy Starts Here!

Desktop Free View Instruction:

A.Upon receiving this tag, immediately perform a screen capture of your desktop. It is best that no icons be deleted before the screen capture so as to add to the element of fun. You can do a screen capture by:

[1] Going to your desktop and pressing the Print Scrn key (located on the right side of the F12 key).
[2] Open a graphics program (like Picture Manager, Paint, or Photoshop) and do a Paste (CTRL + V).
[3] If you wish, you can “edit” the image, before saving it.

B. Post the picture in your blog. You can also give a short explanation on the look of your desktop just below it if you want. You can explain why you preferred such look or why is it full of Icons, things like that.

C. Tag five of your friends and ask them to give you a Free View of their desktop as well.

D. Add your name to this list of Free Viewers with a link pointing directly to your Desktop Free View post to promote it to succeeding participants.

iRonnie - I Set No Corner
Thess - Thesserie
Rebecca - Skippy Heart
Knoizki - A Dialogue With K
Beng - Kauderwelch
- domlawrenceOSB
- bluepanjeet™ | OTWOMD™
Marie @ Vanidosa Marie and Vanidosa at blogspot
Ems @ Just Let Go and Pieces of Me
Yen @ Me and Mine, Little Peanut and Our Pea in a Pod.
Alpha @ my blog
Jen @ Cellulitic Bliss
Leah @ A Matter of Perspective

The daughter of Isabel Preysler, 36-year-old Chabeli Iglesias, recently appeared on the Spanish show Tombola. She was just saying "Well, I think the people overexaggerate it. The press talks about what they want to, make it out to however they want it to be, invent whatever they want..." when all of a sudden, the panelists on the program start yelling at her all at once and call her "a boring woman who doesn't do anything besides make TV appearances."

Watch it here:



Chabeli walks out and says "This program should be ashamed of itself."

Marian Rivera and Dingdong Dantes, the stars from the current highest rating show in the Philippines, Marimar talk about their first impressions and experiences working together.


Dingdong Dantes: "It was really more of, what do you call it? Astonishment. For a moment there, I became a fan! I was just watching her!"


Marian Rivera: "It started when we were in the workshop, we were okay already. I said 'Wow, we have chemistry whatever we do, right?'"

Reliquary pendants with elaborate chains. Filigree and repoussé work on gold with Sulu pearl accents. 19th Century.

Gold and silver insignia, part of accountrements of Virgin images. (Esoteric Philippine and perhaps Masonic sources) 19th Century

Gold and silver insignia, part of accountrements of Virgin images. (Esoteric Philippine and perhaps Masonic sources) 19th Century

Mosquito net clasps. Repousse and engraving on silver. 19th Century

Peinetas (decorative combs) Sulu pearls, gold, silver, tortoise shell. 19th Century

Sunday Morning by Fernando Amorsolo

Fiesta by Jose W. Hernandez

Market Scene by Greg Bolanos

Mother and Child by Isabelo M. Quiles

Pagigik by M. Evangelista

Pila sa Bigas by Manansala

The New York State Nurses Association has thrown its support behind the call for the dismissal of charges against 10 Filipino nurses who were accused of endangering the welfare of patients in New York nursing home last yearThe nurses were among 27 recruits of Sentosa Recruitment Agency to the United States in November 2005.

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The September 2007 issue of the PJR Reports, which focuses on the press situation during the dark years of the Marcos dictatorship, is already out.

While waiting for the issue’s stories and sections online, you might want to take a look at the contents of our last month’s issue.

Here’s my story in the August issue of the magazine:

Where three -or more- is not a crowd
A New Way of Reporting the News
by Hector Bryant L. Macale

Faced by dwindling revenues and staff downsizing, should news organizations—the traditional gatekeepers of the news—be afraid of a world where blogs and citizen journalism have become increasingly important?

The future of journalism remains hotly debated among members of the press. Yet, news organizations may yet learn a thing or two from the new trends and techniques in which the news is being researched, reported, and presented.

“It’s a revolutionary moment in journalism. There is room for all kinds of experimentation now,” said journalist Sheila Coronel during her presentation on new trends in investigative reporting before a group of journalists last July 13. It was Coronel’s first visit to Manila since she assumed the post of inaugural director of The Toni Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism at the Columbia University in the United States last year.

The first and one of only three Hall of Famers of the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards for Excellence in Journalism, Coronel is a co-founder of the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism where she served as executive director for 16 years.

“The business models that supported journalism for the longest time, especially print journalism—which are circu-lation and advertising that allowed newspapers to get revenues—are slowly crumbling and possibly collapsing,” Coronel said, adding, “Many newspapers are losing their circulation.”

Click here for more. For those who have read my earlier post about crowdsourcing and pro-am journalism, this is my story about the issue.

Other articles in the August issue include:

Main Story

Why Boy, Lolit and Cristy are here to stay
The Power of Showbiz News
by Junutte B. Galagala

Other Stories

Media companies find a bigger, richer market
The New News Target: OFWs
by Don Gil K. Carreon

A pro-active Supreme Court leads a conference on extrajudicial killings
A Summit on ‘Salvagings’ and Abductions
by Jose Bimbo F. Santos

A journalist compares working abroad with working at home
From Both Sides Now
by Patty Adversario

Click here for the regular sections in the issue, including the Monitor section which prominent journalist Jose Torres Jr. earlier wrote about in his blog.

These two girls are not twins. They are not sisters. They are not related by blood either. Most of all, they have only met once.

The girl on the right is one of my colleagues in Kalasag. She's one of our Literary and Text Editors. The other girl, the one on the left, is an applicant for Awitenista Production Staff.

We were amazed when the girl, Kay, went to our office. Kamukhang-kamukha sila ni Kim. If i didn't know better, I think she had plastic surgery, just like the ones on Texas cosmetic surgery, thats why they look so alike.

I did not miss the chance of taking a picture. Until now, I'm still amazed that Kim has an "identical" twin in the campus.







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Last week, I went to the office of the Department of Foreign Affairs to renew my passport which is going to expire this October. I was able to claim the new passport this afternoon. I noticed that they made several changes in the passport layout and content. Hmmm... the one that I had five years ago has no barcode. The photo and passport data are now placed on the first page. It was on the back of the front cover before.

One thing I noticed under my Limitations is

Not Valid for Travel to Iraq

Hahahaha... It's so funny. I have no intentions of going to Iraq. I would rather have a facelift Chicago than a experience war and terrorism in Iraq.

Anyway, I was amazed this time that the process did not stress me. I can still remember five years ago when I processed my first passport application. It was so stressful and energy-draining. But this time, I only submitted the application form and the photos, paid the fees and waited for a week. The queue was not that much either. Best of all, the system is better than it was before.

To end up all, I would like to thank those people behind the Department of Foreign Affairs who processed my passport. Thanks. I might use this one next month.









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October is coming near and a lot of things are feared. No, I'm not talking about Halloween.

We have been very busy with school work these past few weeks. Every now and then, teachers would give us projects and assignments to work with. I'm not talking about major subjects alone but the minor subjects also. I even posted on my blog an assignment in Philosophy 106.

The second week of October is our exam week but we might not be able to concentrate on it much. We still have lots of projects to work on, and papers to write. I'm just glad that October is Octobeer month.

My friends were talking about bar hopping after our projects and exams. I guess it won't be bad at all if I go with these guys. I've been dying to see places similar to the San Diego bars. I hope we can find one.








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FUNDAMENTALS OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM AND NERVOUS TISSUE Characteristics & Functions Rapid control and communication Functions: Sensory—monitors change through receptors that detect stimuli Integration—analyses sensory information decides what should be done. Motor—initiates response by activating effectors (muscles, glands or organs that respond) Organization of the Nervous System There are two

In support of the incredibly brave citizens of Burma: May all the people around the world wear a red shirt on Friday, September 28.

Aside from the usual news sources, you may click here, here, here, and here for more.

It is spring time here in Australia. That only means one thing. It is also a time for cleaning! In our house, the part that needs cleaning the most is our garden. Weeds have sprung everywhere and there are so many bushes to trim! There are also paths to clear. It would be nice to install some landscape lighting along them so we won't be stumbling in the dark. As you can see, there are lots for us to do. This definitely calls for some back-breaking gardening, especially on J's part.

Yes, you heard me. Remember my post on QE? Well, J and I are thinking of having ourselves booked once again. We thought we were doing fine with Erin in the last few months. But recently, she's been very difficult with us and it is so hard for all of us to get a good night's sleep.

We were watching the first episode of Parent Rescue on SBS last night and we could relate so much to one couple who's baby had basically the same settling issues as Erin. After watching the show, J and I now think that maybe trying QE would not be such a bad idea at this point. But still, it will be our last resort.

I have bought the Sleep Right, Sleep Tight book to see if we can manage to employ the same settling techniques on Erin on our own. If this still doesn't work, then I'm afraid we're off to QE for good. Wish us luck!

Life Skills Therapy Center and Therapy Works Inc. invite you to Course 2 of the Sensory Integration Workshop Series: Assessment of Sensory Processing Skills Using Standardized and Non-Standardized Methods.

Course Content
Planning and implementing effective intervention is contingent upon an accurate and comprehensive assessment. This workshop is designed to help professionals gain knowledge and skills in assessing sensory processing skills using standardized and non-standardized approaches. A critique of the different assessment tools will be presented. Participants will be given the opportunity to administer and interpret different assessment tools including:

1. Sensory Profile
2. Sensory Profile for Infants and Toddlers
3. Sensory Profile for Adolescents and Adults
4. Sensory Profile School Companion
5. Sensory Processing Measure
6. Touch Inventory for Elementary School Children
7. Bruininsk-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency 2 (BOT-2)

Where & When
30 September 2007, Sunday
Therapy Works, Paranaque City, Philippines

Early registration is encouraged as slots are limited to only 20. Pre-requisites for this seminar are attendance of Course 1 and background on psychometric properties of tests.

For registration and further information, please call Cris or Sally at (632) 8530121/8530358.

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There's something wrong with my blog. Yes that's me not writing anything again. I was suppose to post an entry but I got lazy. Ok, no Im busy twittering and facebooking and code of conflicting, feh! Also, I was assigned away from my desk cus i have to monitor/train some new agent. So its kinda hard to write something while listening and giving feedback and tips. It is late and im a bit sleepy, but im still at the office cus one of my friends abroad is online and this is the only time i got to talk to him. As usual, the flow of conversation started out with "how are you" and "how are things there". I, of course, replied with my best-answer-when-you-dont-know-a-good-answer... "SAKTO LANG".  Then the conversation progressed to gadgetry which was what he was good at. Even when he is out of the country he is still aware of the prices here and where to get them. So I plan to get a new phone and Im totally crushing on the new Nokia 6110, yeah its 2mp (my n73 is 3.2mp) but its got HSPDA (dont ask me what that is cus i dunno, it just sounds fancier than 3G, and from what i heard..its better-er) and its a navigator phone. Yay! 

Oh and a photo of me looking stupid while eating hotdawg last weekend (c/o Sasha)

 

Also, my burtdei is coming up and i want this (mom you promised)