Author: Jayvee Fernandez
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The Panty Shield for Underwater Cameras: Leak Insure
One of the horrors of bringing a camera into the water is the fear of having your housing leak. Sure, you’ve greased your O rings and meticulously cleaned the crevices of your case from sand particles and dust. But there is that nagging feeling that something beyond your control can happen and you won’t have…
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Malacanang listens to blogger’s advice
[Click to enlarge] Although in real life, the Philippines has a new president, it didn’t reflect as such on the Internet. After President Benigno S. Aquino III was sworn in, Malacanang’s website, http://www.op.gov.ph/ still had former president GMA’s face on their home page. Blogger Rico Mossesgeld noticed this and went the extra mile to “suggest”…
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(Not so) simple joys
A month ago, my MacBook’s backlight gave way. No, the screen wasn’t broken — but I’d have to shine a strong LED light into the screen to see anything. RIght now, my crippled portable is confined as a glorified desktop computer with the external display hooked to a 22-inch monitor. Computer-less in my travels I…
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The Sardine Run in Pescador Island, Moalboal, Cebu
Three months ago, there were reports of millions of sardines mysteriously appearing along the reef of Pescador Island in Moalboal, Cebu. There were mixed reports — some had said the sardines had been there for years while others say that this is a “now” phenomenon. Net of it all: recently, divers from all over the…
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A blow by blow account of the most exciting 3 minutes of my life
Welcome to Pescador Island. Having dove the area the previous day we already were very much acquainted with the mysterious sardine run that appeared around the island. Locals discovered the sudden influx of millions of sardines. Two months prior, word got out to the dive community. Along with the sardines came predatory thresher sharks that…
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WWF Cleanup Dive on July 17: Bring a buddy
Are you a DIVER? Do you have your own GEAR? Are you free on JULY 17? If you answered yes to all of these, then get ready to get down and dirty as we clean up a reef in Hamilo Coast, Nasugbu. One last question – Do you want to bring a friend? Sure you…
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Goodbye, Fran
You were one of the first to invite me to all your events. You became a friend. After finding out that we both lived in the same area, plans to meet up and have a beer (on me) would always end up in either one of us being too busy. Life went on. You coming…
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Presenting the Twilight ECLIPSE Phone from Cherry Mobile
Last week I was able to attend the “I’m an Explorer” party to culminate the a trip that was rewarded to three journalists. Using Bing they were able to plot out a travel package from the north to the south of the Philippines which was then rewarded to them by Microsoft. In that party I…
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Unboxing the Samsung Galaxy S
I have a Samsung Galaxy S and these are photos of the unboxing tradition. The phone (you can also call it by its more ho-hum name, the i9000) comes in an elegant “small carbon footprint” black box that will help save the environment. It comes packed with the usual perks: charger, USB cable, manual, and…
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Preparing for Malapascua
I’ll be going on a much anticipated trip to Malapascua by the end of the week. Threshers,Mantas and Mandarin fish (mating) await! Here’s an email detailing the proposed itinerary for 10 dives. There’s an error in the time between Bogtong Bato and the second Monad Shoal dive on day one as it didn’t take surface…
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