Flooding in Pateros

Three hours of sporadic rains inundated the streets of Sto. Rosario Subdivision in Pateros. This even if a nearby creek two streets over is deeper than a regular man.







And it is still raining up to now

Pantherhouse PG-13

Saw this photo while doing some research on the web.

WARNING: Parental Guidance needed



It's one hell of a creative shot that was part of the entries on this site.

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Interview

I hope GMA News does not mind me embedding this on my blog. :)


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I was interviewed by Ms. Mariz Umali this afternoon on safety of food kids eat in school.

Nobody else took the interview. And I was the unfortunate candidate.

Life's choices

It is said that our destinies have already been written. Others argue that our destiny depends on our choices.

Both, I believe, are true.

Imagine our destinies to be highways that start from one point and lead to different places. The point of origin is our birth. The end points are our possible fates. Our decisions are changes in the routes that we take.

From that time until were are able to make small decisions for ourselves, like to eat the cookie or not, our paths are influenced by those around us. If represented by a highway, these are paths that follow the shape of the land -- winding roads, zigzagging roads, and those that follow the river.

Later on, we begin to make bigger decisions based on how we are influenced by our parents. And a parent's influence to its child is strong. This can be represented by forks on the road that split the journey based on land masses and bodies of water.

As we grow older, the decisions we make become more complicated and can be compared to streets with growing number of intersections.


And so it is written...

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to all bloggers and blog readers!

Nationalism in shirts

I have been noticing for sometime now the emergence of t-shirts with nationalistic designs. Shirts with the 8-rayed sun and three stars, representations of the Philippine flag, and even artistic portraits of national heroes.

When we went to attend a wedding in Jala-jala, Rizal last Saturday, we passed through Tanay town to change rides (I do not know of any direct rides from Metro Manila to Jala-jala). On our way home, we took some time to visit the local tiangge for some post-Christmas shopping. I can't help but notice the various displays of shirts with sun and star designs. Some even have "I'm proud to be Pinoy" in-scripted in the front of the shirt.

So I thought, is this a drive to raise the nationalistic spirit of the Filipino or is this a post Manny Pacquiao-Oscar dela Hoya sale? I got a chance to peek at one of the shirts with what looks like Manny Pacquiao printed on it with a "Kaya ng Pinoy" superimposed on the lower part of the image.

Whether it is for Manny or for the country in general, these shirts are coming out everywhere. I am guessing that one of these days, these shirt designs will have a new addition on them. The face of a presidential candidate now that the 2010 presidential election looms in the horizon.

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to all bloggers and blog readers!