Archive for July, 2005

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Women on Top

Posted by Bambit
July 30, 2005

These are the 100 most powerful women in the world, according to Forbes.
Among them, the US Secretary of State, the Prime Minister of the Ukraine, the French Minister of Defense, the CEOs of eBay, Xerox and Lucent Technologies. And one of my biggest idols, Oprah Winfrey.
It was Sam who pointed out the list to me, [...]

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Haberday!

Posted by Bambit
July 24, 2005

Turning 42 wasn’t so bad, as a matter of fact it was quite enjoyable!

The entire household hied off to Dampa for a hearty seafood lunch.

While the girls and the kids settled themselves inside Trinity Restaurant, Sam and I went into the seafood palengke for the goodies.

My eldest son Athelstan came to Manila and stayed over [...]

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Almost … but not quite

Posted by Bambit
July 12, 2005

The Pinoy counterpart to the Make Poverty History “Click” video is now on the sidebar at bisdak bloggers. Saw it for the first time last night, had to pause the last frame just so I could read the URL—it’s a long URL and it went by much too fast. The actual link to the 57-second [...]

6

On the road

Posted by Bambit
July 8, 2005

My favorite seat on a passenger bus is the door side where it seats just two abreast, the area over the right front tire. This is because I have short legs, and most of the buses that ply EDSA seem to have been built for basketball players who’ve had their steroid shots. Sitting over the [...]

6

Caged Children

Posted by Bambit
July 4, 2005

The following is an article which appeared in the Philippine Daily Inquirer Online. The story is by Veronica Uy. The highlights are mine. The outrage must be felt by all who read it.
21 children in jail await execution
Bill to save them gathers dust in Congress
First posted 03:22pm (Mla time) July 02, 2005
By Veronica Uy
INQ7.net
TWENTY-ONE of [...]

4

Live8

Posted by Bambit
July 3, 2005

There is a video narrated by Liam Neeson on Live8. Various renowned artists clothed in white, snapping their fingers once, every three seconds. Every snap of a finger signifies a child’s life snuffed out by hunger.
A child dies completely unnecessarily as a result of extreme proverty every 3 seconds.
There we go.
Thats another one. [...]