Author: Jayvee Fernandez
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An Exercise in Plagiarism
Please, a little journalism can go a long way. Not like this. Here’s the original blog article by Byahilo on Calea cakes dated some time in 2006 (which by the way I have to agree is really yummy — click to enlarge): And here’s the article in the Philippine Star, dated May 16 2009 (click…
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Finally, my Alma Mater (UA&P) has an Alumni Card!!
I swear I could hear Ode to Joy playing in the background when Joel Parcon sent this announcement to our alumni group. Oh, and it’s a discount card as well. Sorry if this is such a trifling matter to the more “established” colleges. I graduated from a fairly young university so this means a lot…
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Globe Duo spams my phone with … yay, marketing!
I got this SMS the other day. Been so wanting to blog about it: From: +63921.252.6124 “Bai, I’m on my way to Globe to get Duo. hassle to bring landline plus and cellphone. One sim lang ang landline n mobile number, on pareho all the time. Unlimited calling daw for P399 lang on top of…
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Young Cannes Lions in online conversation
Joey once told me that the roots of nation building is all about conversation. The world’s like one big nation now so conversation usually takes place in smaller pockets, like this one, the 48 hour contest on how to change the world. Two popular local entries are up there (aside from the “Spock Rocks” vid).
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Yahoo! Project Purple and the concluding head fakes
Came from the Project Purple launch yesterday, an event by Yahoo! and handled by Ogilvy (cat’s out of the bag — Ogilvy now handles Yahoo! Philippines — Gratz!). In a nutshell, the event, hosted by Patty Laurel was a below the line approach to showcase Yahoo! properties, announce tie ups, and showcase local community members…
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UNESCO replies to the Philippine Book Blockade; Book Tax Lifted!
UPDATE: The tax on book imports has been liften! Hurrah! Congratulations book warriors! MANILA, Philippines – President Arroyo ordered yesterday the Department of Finance to scrap the taxes imposed on imported books and reading material. Press Secretary Cerge Remonde said the directive was prompted by a torrent of criticism on the move of the Bureau…
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Hedgehogs as Pets
Our two albino hedgehogs are happy parents to what remains of two babies. There were originally four in the litter but the mother bit down on the two weakest. Alas, the laws of nature and natural selection; survival of the fittest. Here are the two remaining babies which we play with: And this one is…
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Where it is Humanly Possible
The term “Humanly Possible” is a redundancy. At 60 feet underwater, there is, what my colleague Prof. Richard Cruz calls a deep feeling in your gut sparked by sheer amazement with what you are experiencing. He describes it as something you feel when you see fireworks – it comes from the clenching of your gut…
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#bookblockade — well, many thanks to David Archuleta’s media clout
Here it is. A series of unrelated events can lead to a change agent for the Philippines. If not transformative, at least it will be very informational to bloggers and news agencies around the world on the plight of the great book blockade. Thanks to David Archuleta’s appearance in Eat Bulaga, the Philippines is now…
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Prepare yourselves: ABS-CBN upgrading to full HD viewing
See that camera above? Well, ABS-CBN now has 24 of these for their studios. Soon, our favorite telenovelas will be viewable in full HD! From the press release which was sent by Sony: ABS-CBN Philippines, Asia’s first commercial television broadcaster, has just announced its intention to acquire 24 Sony HDC-1400R HD portable studio cameras. ABS-CBN…
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