2007 May : Bisdak Babbles

Gone were the days when all I had to do was wake up, take a bath, get dressed, eat breakfast, and leave for school. I didn’t even have to stuff food into my lunch box, or prepare something hot to drink, or squeeze toothpaste onto my toothbrush! Yes, everything was prepared by my beloved mother. […]

No Longer a Third World Country?

Posted on May 24, 2007 - Filed Under Opinionated Me | 4 Comments

Taken from an article in Philippine Inquirer:
Philippines now ‘Second World,’ says Arroyo“The economy is showing strong signs of health, not only because of the stock market or the strong peso, but on the fact that at last our people will be enjoying a per capita income of 1,400 dollars this year,” Arroyo said.“Right now, […]

I Love Summer!?

Posted on May 24, 2007 - Filed Under Experiences in Japan, Philippines | Leave a Comment

Having spent more than 20 years in a tropical country, I am used to temperatures ranging from 21C to 37C. However, after having a taste of autumn, winter, and spring, I don’t feel like going back to the Philippines! I even like winter more than summer. Obviously, I really, really hate […]

I’ve had enough

Posted on May 14, 2007 - Filed Under Things I love | 1 Comment

Secret housemates; housemates receiving the first batch of good and bad news through the Big Red Phone; swap with the Slovenian Big Brother house - these were the few exciting events that happened in Pinoy Big Brother Season 2. (I could hear someone mumbling… “What? About PBB again???“) Yeah, I repeatedly admitted my addiction to […]

Not that geeky yet

Posted on May 9, 2007 - Filed Under The Geek in Me | 3 Comments

This must be one of my rare geeky postings. ^-^ I came across this C code somewhere:
It looks like garbage to me and I agree, it violates many coding standards (I only know so few, though) but the code above is definitely a legal C code. I was even more surprised to see the […]

Oh no, it’s over!

Posted on May 6, 2007 - Filed Under Experiences in Japan | 2 Comments

I can’t believe it! It’s already Sunday night and the Golden Week is over! And I haven’t accomplished anything!
Before the vacation, I planned to study Nihongo, stop by every station from Osaka to Kobe, bike around Osaka, and finish the web site I’ve started. Well, if watching anime could be considered as studying […]