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Inquirer.net/Intel-announces-RP-operations-shutdown http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123249785750100437.html?mod=googlenews_wsj Holy crap...I cannot believe it. I have been reading so much about the recession and the economic downturn and how so many people have lost jobs and how businesses have closed up shop in countries like China and USA, but still it surprised me when I read that Intel is shutting down it operations in the Philippines... I searched my mind trying to think of friends or acquaintances who worked for Intel but couldn't pin one down. Still, it's too close to home to not be worried. Intel is the world's largest semicon company and has had operations in the Philippines for 20 years. Their Cavite facility handles flash memory manufacturing. According to an article in the Wall Street Journal, the big chip maker has not reported a net loss since 1986. But CEO Paul Otellini, in an internal Webcast to the company's employees said the first quarter was too clos...

!!! ~~~~~ LINK TO UPCAT RESULTS ~~~~~ *updated 20-Jan-09 5:30PM CONGRATULATIONS FOR PASSING THE UPCAT!!! CASTUERAS, CELINE ALMIRA PACHECO, LOS BANOS BS EE MICLAT, ARMANDO III TUALLA, DILIMAN BS BA WOW! WOW! The UPCAT results are out! I was pleasantly surprised to learn that the UPCAT results are now online. :p During my time you had to really go to UP to check the results. I distinctly remember that day when our batch's UPCAT results came out... It was a weekday, the day before the JS prom and we were all in Pisay, but some of the parents were already at UP searching for our names in that really short list they put up on boards near the Registrar's Office. There were no cellphones then so I had to call by payphone to my house. There was a line at the phone booth already! When it was my turn, my mom told me that my sister had called her earlier (also by payphone) that my name was there! Oh! The exhiliration of learning that you didn't mess up the exam...Haha! After worrying...

Yesterday I went to the Lasik Surgery Center (LSC) at the Megaclinic in Megamall to claim my free Lasik surgery screening. Yes, it's free! Why, you ask? I joined a promo by Business World and Lasik Surgery Clinic where all you need to do... is tell them how lasik surgery can change your life, and for a mere 50 words and 5 minutes of your time, you get a free Lasik screening and 20% off on the actual Lasik procedure package! The prize of course is a free Lasik procedure, and only those who are good candidates for Lasik can qualify for the contest. I was really planning to get my eyes corrected this year or next year, but since the opportunity presented itself, I thought, why not? It was Batangas Fiesta yesterday so we were on Holiday, so I got myself an appointment at LSC and went. It was quite interesting really, aside from the usual test like reading the letters and looking at that red house in the distance, they made me take other tests like looking through a tunnel and anothe...

Disclaimer: I am not a medical professional nor have I have taken any tests that prove that I am suffering from any psychological disorders. This post is in response to a really cool website featured a few days ago on "Blogs of Note" called Coffee Messiah . It was all about, well...coffee. :D I started drinking coffee about 9 years ago. My first cup of espresso was on the dinner table of the Pizzocherro house in Cascine San Pietro, Italy. I didn't like the strong bitter flavor at first so the next time they offered I took some cappucino instead. Italians love their coffee almost as much as their wine, so every meal we had ended with a "Cafe?" from Mama Ornella... By the time we were to leave Italy I was hooked. To Manila I brought home a Moka (espresso maker) and bags of Italian coffee. After I've gone through those I went for Starbucks. :p When Starbucks began giving those planners for Christmas, I would usually get at least 2 - and that translates ...

Tweet As mentioned in my last post, me and my family, my girlfriend, my sister's boyfriend, and my grandmom all went to Pagudpud for the long holiday. Pagudpud can be found at the northernmost tip of the Philippines ' biggest island, Luzon. Click here for some more info about Pagudpud.

Obama will be US President on January 20, 2009. The question now becomes: can he live up to all the hype? I sure hope so. But in any case, we Filipinos shouldn't worry. Sec. Dureza says, we are, along with China, the 2 most resilient economies in the East. I suppose it's just a fluke that the equity funds I own are now almost half the value. Hehehe... AI is coming too! That's American Idol. On the 15th! (Or is the 16th?) And again, I'll be hawking away at youtube, trying to find the clips before it gets taken down. My 11-day vacation is over. It was actually too long I almost forgot I even work. Haha. My family & I, with my lola, my gf and my sister's bf, drove 2 cars up north to the white sandy beaches of Pagudpud. We were not disappointed, the beach was great! We had so much fun "fighting" the waves and losing, and rolling around on the sand. Haha. We also took photos of the windmills. Awesome clean energy! We had lunch at Vigan. Passed t...