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| FaceBlog |
| 2008-04-30 11:41:00 |
Well... what else can one ask for?! Since getting into FaceBook, I barely logged on to my blogger account, opting instead to use the FB notes.I kept hoping that some developer out there would think of creating an interface... and here it is, finally! I wrote this entry from within my Facebook profile and posted it to both sites. The 'edit css' button is Kewl, too :-)) Kudos to Andrea...!! ...
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| Chasing Nemo |
| 2008-01-19 10:24:00 |
You asked...Was I readyfor the farm?I said, not bad...cows, goats and chickenseem fun. I asked... would you mind putting a satellite dish atop the barn? I have human pets online :)Did I imaginethe frown...Or was it a signof storms to come?A wife should just bea wife, you said.I am jealousof your friends!Isn't that likeputting an exotic fishin a fancy bowlon your desk? Until then I was ready for a mountain farm...I have just begunto discover who I am.Are you readyfor the ocean? ;))--...
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| Color Bars |
| 2008-01-17 10:12:00 |
Did you knowthat when I don't writeor pokeThat's when I think about youthe most?Did you go lookingfor my sticky notes? What if I tell youI've foundsome dusty surface...And all over it'twas your nameI wrote?Like all the Facebook Appsthat go wonkyat maintenance;Or the other network stuffthat you work onall the time...I thought I might giveyour emotional serversA little downtime :pzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...... sign-off.... lol...
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| Cheers ;-) |
| 2007-12-27 22:00:00 |
Here's to a great year ahead!...
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| NBN I-DOL |
| 2007-12-21 07:26:00 |
An inspiration, a bottle of martini, an ubergeek... 10 crazy people, (and yes, an equally crazy boss) and this is what you get:-)Presenting... my staff, the indomitable Creatives & New Media team in their wackiest moment yet... at the NBN Christmas party, Wednesday :))...
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| A Time For Jerks! |
| 2007-11-29 09:11:00 |
We speak of "A Time for Heroes" ---the new slogan that may yet inspire Filipinos to rally behind those who, in their own small way, spark positive change and bring honor to the country--- but what are we to say of the arrest of innocent technical TV crew who were covering today's standoff in Makati?I'd say… "A Time For Jerks" ... for the knee-jerk reaction of our authorities.Rupert Ambil, our ace Field Producer at ANC in 1999, was brought to Bicutan for questioning along with other media friends. All on suspicion that they might have financed, supported or instigated the upheaval in Makati ?? Just because they had a good live setup inside the Manila Peninsula Hotel which enabled them to capture the unfolding events?? Duh!Knowing Rupert, he would have researched and prepared for ...
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| A Time For Heroes |
| 2007-10-18 10:15:00 |
Been an intense week! The network is awash in activity over new programs being launched. Management is deeply moved and having goosebumps over our corporate campaign called "A TIME FOR HEROES".Manong is giving impassioned speeches about HEROES and galvanizing national pride. Mang Dong is driving us crazy over deadlines for the print ad and billboard layouts.I keep listening to Mariah Carey hoping she'd awaken my inner HERO. Just when I thought it has come alive and the goosebumps are there too, something explodes. My temper! In direct line of fire: Manong and Mang Dong. Jim took the day off, 'to let off some steam', he sez, or maybe to fight emotional demons on home ground. I had just come back from mine. Enard and Angie are coasting along fine...
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| Humour @ Creatives |
| 2007-10-16 03:42:00 |
ACT I - SCENE 1 : Creative Dept. 11am. Winona and Bryan talkingBRYAN : "Ms. Win, you wanna see my title card for the new program?"WW : "Sure! What program is that?"BRYAN : "Peoples Government Mobile Action a.k.a. PGMA a.k.a. President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo a.k.a. program where the President links up with the people."WINONA LOOKS AT PHOTOSHOP DESIGNWW : "Cool! Bry, I love the design! It looks like PGMA but not blatantly PGMA, you know what I mean? Now THIS is what I call talent!"BRYAN : "Thanks!"WW : "BTW, what font did you use in this?"BRYAN : "Humm... font... uh, it's called ACCIDENTAL PRESIDENCY."WW : (Grins...) "Now, THAT is what I call talent!" (Grins some more :))BRYAN : "But it's not as dynamic as the one I really wanted to use."WW :...
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| Unsaid Goodbyes |
| 2007-10-10 10:12:00 |
TonightThere's more to the simple goodnightsI utter.TomorrowEverything else will comeat the wrong hour.I'd feel like paper drenchedin a night of rain...Shredding from the cold truthsI once hid under sheetsof 'cool girl' optimism.I might want to rubmy cold handsBut whence comes the warmth?I know I triedto give you thatBut how much is good enough?When you open your eyesyou will knowthey have been closed.Don't think I left without trying to open themYou chose to shut them offyourself....
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| Love is... |
| 2007-09-01 11:04:00 |
Love is not all about looking after each other.It's about looking in the same direction together....
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| Rain Check |
| 2007-05-05 16:31:00 |
Still here…And I'm still me.Somewhere between being here and being meThere were thoughts, feelings, events... that needed a run-thru.More like...Batten down the hatchesFor when a real storm pays visitShore up the faith;Board up the trappings of this virtual friendshipHow's the foundation… if any?Will it ride out the tempest...Would you ask me for a rain check?I knowI will want to be here,And be the same meThat you knewWhen it comes to....
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| Shrek Moment 4 |
| 2007-05-04 11:45:00 |
I love you.It's not a weight you must carry around;Not a box that holds you in.I love you.It's not a standard you have to bear;Not a sacrifice I have to make.I love you.It's not a pedestal you are frozen upon;Not an expectation of perfection.I love you.It's not my life's whole purpose,Nor yours.It's not to make you change.Nor to make you love me back.I love you.It's as pure and simple as that....
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| Back to the Spidey Stage |
| 2007-05-02 05:01:00 |
I was lookin' for someone to love… but you were just lookin' around.Was that by Rod Stew? Surely, my old journ prof would yell at me for starting a piece with a vague statement like that without establishing where I was coming from. Oh well, I was coming from a super-charged weekend that got me into neverland.Actually, I was walking in the rain (mentally) on the exotic island of Okinawa… flew over Tokyo… to DC, and then landed in Manila with a thud! Someone got the jetlag and I got the reality bite.Spidey3 is showing in Manila theaters. I was supposed to go watch that with my creative staff if I didn't catch the bug (from mentally walking in the rain in Okinawa?? ) Talk about going off-topic when things threaten to get out of hand, huh? Another minus point from my journ ...
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| My Life as a Bureaucrat |
| 2007-03-19 09:03:00 |
I'm due for a powerpoint presentation of my Creative CommPlan tomorrow. In reality, some components of the plan have been set in motion in the last 4 weeks. On paper, it needs a few more slides to make it look cohesive.Instead of putting the finishing touches to the CommPlan, I find myself checking out Answers.com for the word bureaucrat. Let's just say, I like to amuse myself a bit before any serious work Max Weber provided just the right amusement I needed. He defines bureaucrat as a desk-bound employee, 'bureau' being the French word for desk. And bureaucracy, he says, is a group of employees organized in a hierarchy, functioning under uniform rules and procedures.Oh, so that explains why I didn’t want a desk. My rebel instinct was telling me...
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| UniTeam :D |
| 2007-02-25 08:22:00 |
Mula sa angkan ng mga bayani...No less a martyr than Ninoy!Peyborit tito ni Kris...Siya'y game na game din,Deal or No Deal!MANG RUDY AQUINO... SA SENADO !!!...
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| Monday @ Work |
| 2007-01-28 20:02:00 |
Monday of my second week at work. My O2 blinks as I enter the NBN lobby, a sign that it is detecting a wi-fi signal. Oh joy! The building is now a hot spot! Work won't be robbing me of virtual life after all.On the third floor, a spacious cubicle awaits me... an L-shaped table neatly arranged over an area rug. Behind me, a picture of the President hangs on the wall. I felt like hanging myself.Neatly sitting atop the table... a yellow pad and a panda ballpen :-/How long has it been since I last used a Panda ballpen? I haven't scribbled anything on yellow pad since the advent of computers.Alice comes asking if I wanted a cup of coffee. She must have regretted asking, realizing later that when I said "yes" to a cup of coffee, I meant "bottomless"!Still... everything felt good; I kept smiling ...
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| Switch Glitch |
| 2007-01-23 11:03:00 |
This evening, I finally accepted an invitation to switch from my old Blogger account to the new Google-owned Blogger. Pretty easy... fast... free... the way Google does everything for you fuss-free.Everything went well. All my blog entries & template settings were "migrated" to my Google Account... as is. Or so I thought, till I viewed my profile and saw my age displayed as 250, and that I was born in the Year of the Rat!They had reset my birthday to February 24, 1756!This week, I made another big switch: I finally accepted an offer to join Channel-4 as Creative Consultant, giving up the life of a freelance journalist with an inexplicable & unforgivable attachment to my ex-mother station Channel-2. The switch was pretty easy... fuss-free... the way life sometimes delivers a done-de...
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| My New Year's Eve Countdown |
| 2006-12-31 09:55:00 |
5… Five things I did right this year:-quit my job-got a life (well, virtually :)-surrendered my cares to the Lord-broke free from unproductive patterns-loved well4… Four things I'd do next year: -Use my gifts to serve the Lord-live a purpose-driven life ;)-Atlanta (details to follow :)-marry (details uncertain :))3… Three things I'm thankful for:-friends who stayed-friends who left-being a friend to those who stayedand to those who left2… Two things I'd do all over again:-quit my job (LOL)-love well1… One person who had a major impact on my life:-You'll know it's you if I email this to you ;)Happy New Year!...
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| The Best Gifts |
| 2006-12-25 08:22:00 |
I got the simplest best gifts this Christmas! And I'm not talking about altruistic intangibles... or love and other desirable calamities.I got a sweet pomelo from Irma, assorted NBA pins from Alexie, 3 DVDs of the best NBA games from Dean, an old-fashioned pen, a pack of medium decaf Latin-American coffee blend from Starbucks, and a huge toy bazooka from Cavite. Oh hooo… the latest addition to my toy gun collection! The NBA pins will go into the sides of my cap; the bazooka into the back seat of my car, replacing the old AK-47 :)Life's been good! Merry Christmas :)...
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| Wanted: Christmas Edition Guy |
| 2006-12-25 00:32:00 |
Available on Christmas Day. Hurry... Limited Edition.Does that sound like a merchandise tag? It is.It is also my secret button for commitment, something that couldn't be told till now. I had this thing about marrying someone who would always make sure to be home for Christmas. I forgot how I got thinking about it but every suitor or boyfriend had to secretly undergo the 'Christmas stress test' if we were to move from casual to committed:) Perhaps it was my varied experience with male friends who preferred to go drinking with buddies instead of going home to their families; or those philandering guys who'd spend Christmas Eve with their girlfriends, then go home to the wife at dawn, just in time to greet the kids on Christmas day.I would never, everâ€...
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| Christmas in My Heart |
| 2006-12-19 10:39:00 |
I knew the Christmas countdown began three weeks ago when a nice cool breeze blew past my cheeks as I crossed the street to Figaro. Seated snuggly over fresh brew, as if on cue, young carolers came by with sax and guitars, filling me with The Little Drummer Boy, drumming in the issue. Man, I wasn't ready for this.I knew there was no escaping the Yuletide frenzy when Alexie came looking for the vacuum cleaner this morning. She tidies up her room this one time each year :DAndy Williams' Christmas Album had been sitting next to my desk but I wouldn’t play it. Is something amiss?It isn't so much an issue of the missing Christmas spirit; more about hectic schedules and deadlines… like I'd start thinking of Christmas when I've cleared my plate of...
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| Jake's Misbehaving Heart |
| 2006-12-12 07:10:00 |
I'm back at my favorite Figaro spot, bravely resisting the temptation for yet another cup of fresh brew. Enough!!! I need to level with myself.I had spent years marveling at a pie chart that explained the relationship between gainful employment and unhappiness! I had signed a waiver that deleted my managerial job and vowed to live happily ever after.I have unleashed my inner jokester. My life this past year resembles a blooper reel ---filled with awkward pratfalls, random encounters and yes, canned laughter.I have dreamed dreams, big and weird. Last night I dreamed about holding a newborn baby that was about to die in my arms. We were at a hospital bed # 360. Today in my email, a link to Jake-M on Yahoo 360, talking about his heart attack and brush with death :0) He's not my baby; he's my ...
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| Men's Default Setting # 2 |
| 2006-11-19 09:56:00 |
Men are always saying they like their women hot. In truth, they like them hot... but cool!So what is a cool girl by men's default standards?Hmm… I think I can land the plane right over here You're cool when you don't surprise them with a litany of complaints about being different, not being affectionate, not being the man you knew before they went out of town… just because they came back looking spaced out, acting strange and showing you the word DISTANCE in its non-literal and unromantic sense!You're cool when you're not saddled with fear and insecurities, have no issues that need working on.You're cool when you're fun, happy, confident, easy-going, unpredictable, independent, and not just counting on the happy state of affairs of a relationship to bring on all of the above.Yo...
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| Good Luck Mail ? |
| 2006-11-14 11:08:00 |
Skeptical as I am about chain mail that supposedly bring good luck or make wishes come true when sent forward, there was this one mail from Doris that I decided to play 'truth or dare' with. It asks you to focus on a wish that you'd want materializing within a week.Okay, so I made a wish and did as instructed. I wished that my online friend would develop romantic feelings for me.He did! Thing is… when my friend confessed to having those romantic feelings, he also confessed to being gay! So how do you undo that?? Retrieve the luck-mail and forward it with a wish...that what? That my friend would suddenly turn into a real man? Not likely.Maybe I'll just wish that he develops amnesia and wish that the luck-mail works a second time. ...
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| Let Me Be The One |
| 2006-11-08 10:03:00 |
It's odd to be coming back to one's blog after a long absence and not be able to write anything but a link to a song.Oh, well, it happens! I mean, sometimes you gotta give 'em songwriters a chance to shine by letting them dig up the muck in your life and belt it out, right??!Uh… humm… I mean, better than me digging up the muck from my heart and realize the feelings were off-key… afterall. Let him be the one....
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| Configuring Men's Default Settings |
| 2006-09-24 11:36:00 |
Not my idea to blog this... But for the sake of Mnemo, Beng and others who may still be 'stuck-in-an-infinite-loop'… (that's the error message I get from my computer; Dondie hey, where's the new video card!)… I'm posting this. Hopefully, I may run a series, if I don't get stuck in an infinite loop myself!Default Setting # 1:Men were programmed to do the chasing! By default, they were also conditioned to take rejection.It pays to keep that in mind when you're about to lose your head over some guy you really really like. DON'T change this default setting and do the chasing yourself! It's guaranteed to scare him away. But you can secretly tweak the default settings to make the courtship experience more user-friendly for you. How! Pray tell!Well... by default, it only takes 5 secon...
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| My Miami Vice :D |
| 2006-09-15 08:30:00 |
Did I dream you to life… coz suddenly, through your eyes, I see the missing pieces of my life? I think that's how the song goes. Uhrmm… pardon the fancy line, but my tongue just lost its original spin on things :-))Let me cut to the chase; where was I? Oh, the missing pieces: a leisurely evening cruise on your boat; the lovely farmhouse I had long designed and decorated, but only in my mind; the son I would have loved to have; a hearty breakfast served in Miami, at Manila time :-) Verbalizing these, we had unwittingly breathed them to life, suddenly crowding my corporate myopic vision, grudgingly vying for completion. Frankly, I may yet give in. But then...Do you exist in real time, or just a ghost online? Is it fated attraction, or just an excess of te...
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| Shrek Moment 3 |
| 2006-09-01 12:40:00 |
I work up a nice mealI see you walk inI make coffeeYou drink your greensIn haste.You're off the road again.My heart sinksWere it not for the milesI would have sat you downto relish the gloryof a morning routine:Breakfast for twoBreakfast in bedMy armsacrossyour shoulder.Yours wrapped aroundmy waist.Surreal!Then againI am in a different kitchen.If not for some Power aboveAnd some passions withinWe may never see the beautyIn a mundane routine.Just an ordinary thoughtOn an ordinary dayAbout an extraordinaryLove StoryYet to unfoldSomeday....
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| So what's your Plutonary Ruler? |
| 2006-08-17 07:43:00 |
Aha, you're Scorpio! And your planetary ruler is? Pluto!!!Now there are 3 more candidate planets due for inclusion in our solar system: Xena, Ceres, Charon. What's unsettling is that scientists have always referred to earth and the other 8 as planets without defining clearly what makes one a planet. This month, they're finally putting a definition to it. And based on that, they're re-classifying Pluto into a Pluton, not a planet. The tiny, distant guy will be joined by Charon, Xena and Ceres in that category.I get a kick of the fact that astrology has at least considered some prominent asteroids as "minor planets" and defined their mystic symbolism years ago. Is Charon of science the same as Chiron of astrology? I need to dig that up further.So what's the beef about this? Well, if the Inte...
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| Kill Bill ... Re-enacted! |
| 2006-08-13 12:50:00 |
The guy in this video re-enacts a scene from KILL BILL... as he watched it through his "pirated" DVD player!! :>))(Note: I've removed the code of the embedded video from here as I can't uncheck the "loop" setting and it just plays on and on. You may view it at the original site by clicking the title of this post ;-)...
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| Tar in the Heart |
| 2006-08-08 21:44:00 |
You smoke for years and there's Tar in your lungs. I didn't smoke a stick and there was Tar in my heart :-) Ah…oh, this isn't a health news feature. It's an old love story :D Tar isn't the love of my life. He was the love of my youth!To the old-hometown folks, he was Tarzan. I wasn't Baby Jane. I was Peach, to him… though my color was more like crimson rose, thanks to long hours of walking from UP Baguio to Magsaysay Avenue. Boy, was I bowled over when --many years later-- he sends email calling me Peach :-)) You know that feeling you get when you bump into someone from grade school and they remember exactly what you were wearing on the first day of class?:0) Nah, this was worse; it felt more like they remembered you weren't wearing all the clothing your mother thought you should have ...
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| Coming Soon: Pinay Supermaid |
| 2006-08-04 23:22:00 |
Dean-Mo-GraphicsWith Superman heartbroken over losing Lois to Richard, and with Supermaid willing and able to perform tasks for him ranging from the gargantuan to the sweet affectionate stuff... will SUPERMAN finally fall for SUPERMAID? :-0)Guess what their theme song will be. Can you RAID my mind :D...
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| Shrek Moment 2 |
| 2006-08-04 11:01:00 |
Tender and sweetthe memories lodgedin here...One can't surfand not ponderthe temptationto log on,With a burning intentto writeAnd absorbAll that is you....
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| From Terry... while I was offline |
| 2006-07-30 11:06:00 |
I wonder what would happen if we treated our Bible like we treated our cell phones? What if we carried it around in our pockets? What if we turned back to get it if we forgot it? What if we flipped through it several times a day? What if we used it to receive messages? What if we treated it like we couldn't live without it? What if we used it as we traveled? What if we used it in case of emergency? What if we upgraded it to get the latest version? What if we stopped in the midst of revelry and said...huh...where's my Bible?!Unlike our cell phones, we don't ever have to worry about our bible being disconnected. Jesus paid the bill a long time ago!Have a Blessed Sunday!...
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| Phantom Zone |
| 2006-07-09 20:46:00 |
Been at this zone a full year... gone from shy newsgirl to naughty chatter to... I don't know... another improbable fiction character? What do I do when I wake up and it's... a year away from the day my life assumed fairy tale dimensions; Spiderman charging from the worldwide web to rescue me out of a thunderstorm!Well, I'd get up just the same, fire up the computer, delete my internet browser, turn on the DVD player... spend the whole day watching five episodes of Superman, Lois & Clark, Spiderman, Xmen... and pray Batman doesn't emerge from where I shoved it down the bottom of my shelf!I could cue Shrek to play next, except that it inevitably leads to Alex... and Madagascar isn't really a good place for the mind to roam, when you've grown used to floating around in the
| Shrek Moment 1 |
| 2006-05-02 12:21:00 |
Getting over youwas light & easyas a breezeOne sad tableaumaybe twoLikeall's wellthat ends wellOnlyYour image flutters bywhen skies darkenFaint memories of a voicedrowning out my fearof thunder and rain.Bright skiesbring pretty muchthe sameAs light sifts throughthe window paneevery dusty surfacemakes me wanna writeyour name....
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