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Ang Pinoy ay mahusay, walang kaduda-duda dun.

Heto nga o, bag na gawa sa newspaper. Ganda no? Panalo ang bonggang Vigan street scene na painting. Isa lamang iyan sa napakaraming angking kahusayan ng mga Pilipino.

Sa isang banda, mahusay din ang Pinoy sa mga kalokohan.

San ka pa, kapwa Pilipino lolokohin, o kaya mga kasambahay binubugbog, ang ibang magagandang lugar ay sinusulatan ng kung anu-ano o kaya dinudumihan.

Sabagay, sa bilis ng pagdami natin, talagang hindi mapipigilan ang pagsulpot ng mga pasaway, na bata pa lang eh kita mo na na parang tila ba walang patutunguhan ang buhay. Madalas, ibang tao ang tutulong sa kanila at hindi ang pamilya nila.

Kulang na nga lang ibenta ang bansa natin sa mga Koreanong banyagang nagsusulputan na parang kabute sa dami at parang paputok sa ingay.

Ikaw, proud ka ba na maging Pinoy?

Tags: Litratong Pinoy, newspaper bag, Philippine National Ecology center, Philippines, Pilipinas, recycled newspaper, social consciousness, thoughts

Summer is here but I am not exactly looking forward to spending the day sweltering in heat and wishing for the night to come.

Even if I don’t get to wake up at an ungodly hour to prepare for food to be brought to school, I do not exactly welcome summer. AND summer means droves of noisy children playing on the street. Sigh.

Well at least we don’t have to turn on the light fixtures early so we get to save energy.

The things that help us feel cool however is another concern and these are the things that make power consumption go up several notches which ruin the energy conservation scheme

How can households practice energy conservation during summer? Here are some helpful tips:

• Try to open windows, especially those that do not have direct sunlight, to have the breeze enter your home.
• Wear light clothes that will not make you sweat.
• If you have to do house chores using electrical appliances, do it while the temperature is cooler.
• Air dry the clothes you washed.
• Check your air-conditioning unit to see if the filters are clean.

Do not forget to drink lots of water and wear clothes made of light materials

Tags: economy, energy conservation, energy conservation tips, money, summer, thoughts

Nasubukan nyo na ba bumiyahe sa SCTEx? Sarap dun no? Bukod sa walang trapik, maganda pa ang tanawin.

Dito kami dumadaan pauwi sa bahay ng mga magulang ko, kahit na mas malayo kesa sa usual na dinadaanan at may dagdag na gastos sa toll fee, ok na din siguro yun kasiwalang mga pasaway na makakasalubong

Pero alam  nyo ba na itong daan na ito ay ginagamit upang gawing mantsa laban kay NoyNoy Aquino?

Basahin nyo na lang yung link at kayo na ang “humusga”.

Tags: expressway, family bonding, highway, Litratong Pinoy, mantsa, motoring, Philippines, SCTEx, travel, Zambales

I used to watch a Shabby Chic show back when we still had cable tv.

I don’t know why but I think I like the look of shabby chic furniture more than modern furniture though the latter would be more practical to have of course.

When we went malling last weekend, one table sort of beckoned me to look at “her” from inside a furniture store. Yes, it is a shabby chic find definitely but there was nothing shabby with the tag price attached to it (PhP85,000!).

One day, I told myself, I will get a small house and have it decorated like ala-French cottage with shabby chic theme. Maybe I can start with the house soon

Tags: family, furniture, home, modern furniture, money, shabby chic, shopping

Google Buzz definitely stirred a lot of controversies since the day it came into existence.

Ok, I admit, I was excited at first but when I see names of people appearing in my Google mail, responding to the posts of some of those I’m following, I tweaked the privacy settings and the sites connected to me to give me a sense of (a little) security from being exposed to people I do not know.

Not that I feel I should have taken diet pills before my photos are seen ( ) but you know, not all the people in your mailing list are people that you exactly want to share personal info with.

There are contacts that I do not personally know in my mailing list such as there are people I come in contact with in social networking sites that I do not personally know too. Even if I share common friends with them it does not necessarily mean that they are my friends already.

Like with Facebook, before the change in privacy settings took place, I went the super private way, by being not searchable by people I would not ask to be a contact in the first place. I just did a several changes in the privacy setting which I discussed in this post after they made searching for friends easier.

What about you? Have you checked your privacy settings lately?

Tags: Facebook, Google Buzz, internet, privacy settings, technology