Month: October 2007

It’s not even All Souls’ Day yet, but already the police are on heightened security, maintaining a presence at bus terminals and at the bigger cemeteries in Metro Manila where crowds have descended and are expected to continue to do so. Meanwhile, the news on TV earlier showed cars at a standstill on the expressway […]

Speaking of being earth friendly, I came across an interesting cartoon about the incandescent light bulb. Well, I must admit, I never knew there was anything wrong with these light bulbs. But, as the cartoon says, it’s so 19th century! See for yourself: With thanks to Mike Adams for the illumining idea, and to NewsTarget […]

I think we Filipinos have a tendency to overdo things. It’s the pandesal mentality at work, the principle behind it being saturation. Take our business establishments, for example. A few years ago, it was pearl shakes — when the pearl shake business was doing well, there was a pearl shake stall every few hundred meters […]