Tag: Philippines
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Show and Tell: My Diving Gear
A number of blog readers I meet in person have asked about my dive equipment. Here’s a quick rundown of my complete gear, acquired in the course of 14 months. Most of the critical gear was recommended by my instructor Jan Acosta, alongside my frequent “Sweet Divers” dive group. I left out the rash guards…
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I am Nitrox Certified!
I finished — and passed — 23/25 correct answers! I’m now certified for Enriched Air diving, which means longer bottom time before decompression kicks in. Great for wreck diving and long live aboard dive trips!
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Congratulations to Benj and Vangie!
You know, it’s been a WHILE since I got comments that could serve as actual blog posts. You know, I wish I could have given away more tickets — I really wish I could! But the reality of the situation is that I only have two. And these two go to Benj and Vangie. I…
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A convenient way to win 2 highly coveted tickets to Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth”
I was floored when I got a call from C&G asking if I would like to take part in promoting this event. I’ve seen him work his magic on the Internet but it will be quite different when you see it in person. So here’s the deal. I have two extra tickets to Al Gore’s…
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Finding Maemo: Unboxing the Nokia N900
Although I was probably the first to see it last year, I apologize if it took me a while to post this. Having been so busy with matters of great consequence, I was unable to do a proper unboxing of the N900 that Nokia sent over. Rico pretty much nailed it here. But anyway, yay!…
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Illy Coffee Pods: You recommended ’em so I got ’em!
Thanks to everyone who chimed in Facebook recommending Illy. It’s hard to find coffee pods off the shelf in your friendly neighborhood grocery so I was pleasantly surprised to see the boxes of Illy stacked. I probably have seen these before thinking they were regular coffee grind, in which case I prefer beans. So yay,…
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2010 Honda City: Thoughts after the first 1,000 km check up
Some of you may have heard about the unfortunate “Almost Tubbataha” ordeal which I went through together with several other diver friends last month. I came home with a broken vacation, low spirits, and the nervousness of not having our money reimbursed. This all pulled through of course, but that’s not the point of this…
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TORQUE GD55 and G88: Cheapest Dual SIM Android Phones
I was in the tail end of nursing a fever when the doorbell rang and a messenger dropped off two Torque phones. Usually, deliveries such as these would come with a lot of PR information but in this particular case, all it came with were the two units (not boxed, no accessories) and a sheet…
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SONY Bloggie MHS-PM5K enters the video sharing market at PHP 14,999
I was thinking of doing a live blog series over the course of my stay at the Shangri-La Boracay but the laid back island and hints that summer is full blown made me retire that thought (see photos for reference and tell me if you’d want to work in this condition of paradise). Destination Boracay…
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Dual SIM TORQUE F1 Metal at PHP 3,999.00
I’m intrigued with TORQUE’s latest flagship phone for a couple of reasons. In terms of its positioning, it’s supposed to be the classiest of the el cheapo dual SIM phones (LOL!). The mobile’s real estate is covered in metal with the familiar red and black F1 Ferrari colors in leather on the upper back of…
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