Random things that happened to me in the past days that most people won’t consider funny:
*Four airports, almost 24 hours spent in airports in the past two days. Yep. Los Angeles Intl (LAX) on December 20, 6 hours. Got left behind by plane despite early check-in because the smarties changed the gate number for boarding [...]
Entries from December 2006
December 25, 2006
Random mishaps
December 19, 2006
Ignoring the odds -compelling story from LATimes
The story, A desperate mother ignores the odds, from the latimes, made me pause and think.
The narrative was well-written and was structured in a way that one narrates a fictional story, with a beginning, middle and ending. I couldn’t wait to get to the end and find out what happened to the woman’s son. I [...]
December 18, 2006
Griffith Observatory
I had the chance to go to the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles and here are some of the photos that I was able to take.
We arrived there at around 5 p.m. and stayed until 8 p.m. We looked through the telescope that is touted as the telescope that is most looked through in the [...]
December 14, 2006
Dakota Fanning on Jay Leno
I’m watching Dakota Fanning on Jay Leno. She’s 12. She was talking about impacted teeth of hers being pulled out. She’s freaking me out. Her voice is loud with a hint of a drawl. She talks like she’s 30. And the way that she explains things is just so…old, with creepy facial expressions I might [...]
December 13, 2006
No more Con-ass says JDV
So they finally killed the Con-Ass.
This after howls of protest and plans of rallies that will still most probably push through this upcoming weekend.
De Venecia said with the death of efforts to push the constituent assembly, he no longer saw any reason for the Church-initiated prayer rally at the Luneta on Sunday.
“I don’t see any [...]
December 12, 2006
Land of rallies
The Renato Constantino Jr./Vic Agustin/Carmen Pedrosa incident amidst the backdrop of House Speaker Jose de Venecia’s Cha-Cha dance has sent quite a lot of hits my blog’s way. I have also found myself searching the blogosphere for entries on the incident. Now if only someone could upload a video clip of it on youtube. I [...]
December 10, 2006
On the incident with Renato Constantino Jr., Jose de Venecia, Vic Agustin and Carmen Pedrosa
I first read of the incident on the blog of Ellen Tordesillas. Apparently, Renato Constantino Jr. stole the thunder from House Speaker Jose de Venecia when he expressed his irration at the railroading that our uber venerable congressmen want to do with the Constitution to further their own interests to stay in power. According to [...]
December 7, 2006
US labor lawyer denied entry to RP
This news article got me. Here’s an American labor lawyer trying to enter the Philippines to attend a conference in connection to the ongoing ASEAN Summit and airport officials turn him away! Here are pertinent excerpts from the Reuters article via Inquirer:
CEBU CITY — (UPDATE) An American labor lawyer scheduled to attend a civil society [...]
December 7, 2006
Signs of burnout
New York Magazine has this insightful article on burnout in the workplace.
“Can’t Get No Satisfaction” by Jennifer Senior tackles the mechanics of why we might feel overwhelmed or in everyday terms, just don’t want to get up in the morning and take part in the daily grind.
I liked reading it because the writing style is [...]
