On the road

Stolen moment at the Paco Park

A couple of weeks ago I was at a client’s site on a meeting. The place was just across the Paco Park so I couldn’t resist skipping over to the historic park when the meeting was over. Sad thing was it was a Monday, and the park was closed Mondays and Tuesdays. Serves me [...]


I can dream, can’t I

A sort of tribute to the song which I remember best rendered by the late Karen Carpenter, which in Visayan colloquy has been expanded to include the phrase “libre bitaw” (it’s for free anyway), but in times when I know there are things that I would like for myself that are mere pipe dreams, I [...]


Stuff for when you’re on the go

One of the niftier things I’ve encountered recently is the Retractable USB Charge Cable, which has versions for the more popular brands of mobile phones and handsets. That’s the one you see on the left (in its retracted state) in the picture above. That’s my tried and tested (meaning old) Sony Ericsson P910i in the [...]


Dream getaway

Dream summer getaway. Camping in Batanes–as the caterpillar has suggested–or walking on the cobbled paths in Vigan. Camping will require the usual sleeping and cooking paraphernalia, tents, sleeping bags, safety cutters, and don’t forget the matches or a lighter. The funny thing is that we’re probably going to forget the lighter/matches, because no one in [...]


Bayani Fernando is Gone!

At least in Pasay and Makati anyway.
The humongous tarpaulin banners featuring a half body shot on a pink background of MMDA Chairman and self-proclaimed presidentiable Bayani Fernando are now nowhere to be seen on the main thoroughfares of Pasay and Makati.
I have not ventured farther than Makati City this week, mainly because I’m a [...]