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Last March, my birthday gift from my parents was a new cellphone - a Nokia N900 Touchscreen Mobile Computer .  My phone before this one was also a Nokia, model N73, which makes for a huge jump from a semi-retirement age phone to now a top of the line touchscreen phone.  My Nokia n900 Nokia N900 features The N900 is Nokia's latest offering. It uses a Linux-based Maemo software.  If you wish to read more about the full Technical Specifications of the Nokia n900 , hop on over to Nokia's website , they have the whole thing there. Putting it all here seems a bit redundant. :p Here's my personal review of my cool new gadget....

Tweet Charice Billboard Watch 2010 Billboard Hot 100  - 2 weeks Week of May 29, 2010 - "Pyramid" feat. Iyaz entered and peaked at #56 Week of June 5, 2010 - The single dropped to #93 on its second a final week. Billboard 200 Albums  - 8 weeks Week of May 29, 2010 - Charice's self-titled US album entered and peaked at #8 Week of June 5, 2010 - "Charice" slides 20 spots to #28  Week of June 12, 2010 - "Charice" slips further to #55  Week of June 19, 2010 - "Charice" is at #81 Week of June 26, 2010 - The album drops to #162 Week of July 3, 2010 - The album moves 9 spaces down to #173 Week of July 10, 2010 - "Charice" rebounded to #139 following the announcement of her guest appearance on "Glee" Week of September 18, 2010 - After a 2 month absence on the Billboard Albums Charts, "Charice" re-entered at #160 following a replay of her appearance on Oprah  Dance/Club Song s - 9 weeks The remixes of ...

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Jejemon Encounters ei0w p03Hwz!! So, we've all had encounters with them Jejemons  - from random text messages, Friendster friend requests (back in the day, you remember?), Facebook status updates, and other Social Networking site - and now they have conquered mainstream media - with a fast growing viral popularity that rivals MelaSon or OchoOcho. They are now (unfortunately) part of Philippine Culture and even in other parts of Asia . Tweet ___________________________________________ Anti Jejemon! During the Philippine Presidential Election campaigns, we saw Jejemon being used as a campaign tool - like this photo of Sec. Gibo Teodoro. I also heard VP Candidate Jejomar Binay was turned into Jejemon Binay. Because of this though, I have begun having this nagging feeling that I need to learn how to write in Jejemon  (or Jejenese)  so that at least I will be able to understand it, if eventually it takes over our normal language. :...

Dear visitors, I have stopped updating the numbers on this blog post. For real time results of the 2010 Philippine Presidential Elections, please head on over to the COMELEC website   or the PPCRV Website . Thank you.

Tweet Here is a back post I should have published a month ago but wasn't able to. It is part of my Living Batangueño series. I was in Batangas during the Palm Sunday weekend this year and attended the 6AM mass at the Santissima Trinidad Parish (the one beside the SM Batangas Mall ). Here are some of my favorite photographs from that day. You can click on the photos to see them full sized. The early Palm Sunday morning I'm not used to waking up early, but I did that day. I'm not sure why. My whole life I've only been to a Palm Sunday mass maybe less than 5 times - or at least that's how many I remember....

Tweet Earning 10 in 2010 Click image to view full size "Slam! Bam! Pok! Pow!", echoed as my monthly blogging target was pummeled by my actual online earnings this month. Lol! Not really. :p But for the third month in a row, I've surpassed by $10 per month target in the heels of my joining a news website, plus new opportunities from Sponsored Reviews. Oh, and Blogvertise finally paid me my $2! woot...

Collecting Souvenir Refrigerator Magnets I'm a confused collector. Whenever I travel, I always try to get a Souvenir Refrigerator Magnet , but I also get snow globes, keychains, T-shirts, mugs and whatever else I can afford. :p Well, so far, my ref magnet collection is the biggest one. Below is a photo of our old refrigerator door with the Souvenir Magnets I've collected over the years. It is a mix of local and internation travel destinations. There are 32 magnets here - can you identify where all of them come from? (Not counting the black GE logo!) Identify all 32 magnets! Click the photo to view full size. Join the contest...

The Filipino Movie Stars of Yesteryears, a book launch Mark your calendar, on May 22 , the movie icons of the Golden Era of Philippine Movieworld will descend upon the Traders Hotel, Roxas Boulevard for an afternoon of singing and dancing, and most of all, reminiscing of about the lives of these elegant men and women of the Philippine movie industry. Lets us join in celebrating the launching of a book, “ Balik-Tanaw: The Filipino Movie Stars of Yesteryears ” a compilation of snippets of the lives of actors and actresses who illuminated the silver screen from the 1930s to early 1960s.  It was written by Dr. Romy Protacio , an aficionado of Philippine movies who had the rare chance of sharing friendships with most of the stars in his book....

Last week, thanks to Marriott Hotel Manila , I got the rare opportunity to meet one of NBA's legends, former Chicago Bulls basketball player, Benjamin Roy Armstrong Jr., or B.J. Armstrong , also referred to as " B.J., The Kid." ________________________________________ The event was held in Marriott's Velocity Bar , the Philippines' first and only 5-star sports and entertainment bar.  The meet and greet was relaxed and casual, with people taking turns asking for autographs and taking photos with the basketball star. It lasted about half and hour and was adjourned with B.J. Armstrong giving an autographed basketball as a gift to Marriott Hotel.

Growing up to Disney Movies I've always love Disney movies. As I child I enjoyed movies like " The Lion King " [ Oh I just can't wait to be King! ], " Alice in Wonderland " [the animated version - and then later on the 3D version!], " The Little Mermaid " [ The seaweed is always greener... ], " Alladin " [A whole new world...] and " Beauty and the Beast " [ Tale as old as time... ]. Then came more wonderful movies like the " Toy Story " series, Quasimodo as " The Hunchback of Notre Dame ", " Monsters, Inc. " lovable characters, " Mulan " a wonderful story set in China, the incredibly entertaining " The Incredibles ", these are movies I've watched over and over again that I've half memorized the lines. Even as an adult, I still enjoyed Disney movies like the " Pirates of the Carribean " franchise, " Up! ", " Chronicles of Narnia ", "...

Lyrids Meteor Shower peaks on April 22 Figure 1. Photo credits to meteorshowersonline I have featured several meteor showers on this blog, like the annual Perseid Meteor Shower in August, and the November Leonids Meteor Shower.  This time around, another faithful meteor shower, the Lyrids, invites us to make a wish upon a falling star. From the PAGASA Website, it explains...

I am reposting this blog post in preparation for the coming Elections. I am hoping you all have internalized how you will choose your next President. How to choose the next President... Different people would have different basis for choosing a President.  Some base it on a candidate's opinions on issues relevant to them, some base it on character, personality or even religion. Some base it on popularity, plain name recall or even looks. Some are in denial about that last one. :p Haha. Then again, c'mon really - who wants an ugly President ? Kidding aside, since I am voting for the very first time in the last decade that I have been qualified to vote, I really want to put a lot of thought in this process of choosing who to vote for. I refuse to vote for a Presidential candidate with nothing but empty promises and motherhood statements. I want at least a hint of a detailed plan - a strategy if you may - of handling this huge undertaking.  Being President is a tough job n...