How to not be a Big Bad Blogger

See what the brouhahaha is all about at: http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/sim/sim/view/20110122-315972/Please-Dont-Give-Blogging-a-Bad-Name and the “final word” at: http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/sim/sim/view/20110205-318599/From-the-Girl-Who-Kicked-a-Hornets-Nest I like Carlo Ople’s take on it at: http://www.newmedia.com.ph/goodbye-big-bad-blogger/ and of course in his first post on the matter he makes the point that sometimes (!!!) these PR agencies purport to represent these bloggers WITHOUT THEIR SAY SO. As Carlo […]

The day Ondoy visited the Philippines

That’s just in front of our school! Waah! Where is Gibo Teodoro? He had a grand total of 3 posts on Twitter – maybe he’s really doing his job – but you’d think he’d reassure his constituency by providing timely updates? Check your email …. Maybe he’s not into Twitter – maybe he’s into Plurking?

AWARDS EPIC FAIL: Cinemalaya Cinco missed out in sending out a message to the youth …

They had to do it. One of the jurors in Cinemalaya Cinco had to grab the mic and say what was on everyone’s mind – “Why wasn’t Engkwentro recognized?” The juror said that the jurors decided to give an unprecendented, unofficial SPECIAL MENTION to Pepe Diokno for his intentions with his film Engkwentro – that […]

EPIC FAIL: National Bookstore will think you are a shoplifter if they DON’T bag your purchase

mmmfff…. Just a few minutes ago I just got stopped by the National Bookstore guard at Greenbelt 1 when I was already out of the store – I asked “Do I look like a shoplifter?”. The guard replies “Sir, the book that you’re holding on to is not a plastic bag”. I asked “Is it […]

The end of the Philippine Book Blockade!

Finally. Taxes on Book Imports End. UNESCO finally weighed in on the matter: “The UNESCO National Commission of the Philippines expresses its objection to the imposition of taxes on imported books and other reading materials. This action is a blatant violation of the provisions of the 1950 Florence Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific […]

Get your “favorite” CUSTOMS officer NOW!

Have you ever wondered how you can get your “favorite” CUSTOMS OFFICIAL in HOT WATER? It’s now SUPER-EASY! Check out this blog post by Joel Chua: “The Philippines has agreed to this law in 1979, a year after I was born. 30 years later, someone in customs decided to just screw that law in a […]

BRANDING EPIC FAIL: TOKYO TOKYO VITO CRUZ (and also Tarlac City) DOESN’T HAVE UNLIMITED RICE!

from this plurk: “Ay sir sorry po, iba kasi yung rice na ginagamit namin dito.” <translated: “Sir, we’re sorry, we use a different rice here”> so while everywhere else in the Philippines, Filipinos are happy that the Tokyo Tokyo franchises have joined the ranks of Inasal in giving unlimited rice to their customers, TOKYO TOKYO […]

The Pageman in Kabul

Real Counter-terrorism is going where the TERRORISTS train and NOT just where they are launched to

EPIC FAIL