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Learn how to Jejemon write! Lolz!...~ jejejeje!

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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. :...

Philippine Elections 2010 Results (update)

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.

Living Batangueño: Palaspas (Palm Sunday)

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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....

"Earning 10 in 2010" - April Online Earnings Update!

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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...

Name the Souvenir Magnets Contest

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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...

Book Launch of “Balik-Tanaw: The Filipino Movie Stars of Yesteryears”

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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....