And the ambush and terror continues
US soliders, Japanese diplomats and Spanish convoy have been the brunt of Iraqi ambushed attacks by terrorist and Saddam Fedayeen. Somebody should do something about those loyalist of Hussein!
Sunday, November 30, 2003
He keeps going and going and going...
And not yet about to retire, I may add. NYTimes has this featured article about CBS anchor man and hey doggone it! Good ol' Dan Rather still keeps on going and not ready to yield so far.
Sheesh, no need for him to worry. Hello? Those news anchors at CNN looks about his age too! some of them..or most of them infact! Hahahaa ^_^.
And not yet about to retire, I may add. NYTimes has this featured article about CBS anchor man and hey doggone it! Good ol' Dan Rather still keeps on going and not ready to yield so far.
Sheesh, no need for him to worry. Hello? Those news anchors at CNN looks about his age too! some of them..or most of them infact! Hahahaa ^_^.
Thursday, November 27, 2003
Happy Thanksgiving!
One good article from Boston Globe and James Caroll Of Thanks and Mercy... More dead GIs over the weekend, more mutilated. More global terror as the blowback spreads. More opposition in the streets abroad. But at Thanksgiving, can't the columnist let up? War, war, war. What about all the things for which we Americans can be grateful?
Thanksgiving time! All you Americans out there, may you have good size Turkey to chow down. Hehehe. It's the time when Americans should be thankful for; Soldiers serving abroad and feeling lucky that despite the many hardships and bombings they endure they're still able to celebrate the day. And for those who have perished and has given a lot to good causes, a Happy thanks giving as well.
One good article from Boston Globe and James Caroll Of Thanks and Mercy... More dead GIs over the weekend, more mutilated. More global terror as the blowback spreads. More opposition in the streets abroad. But at Thanksgiving, can't the columnist let up? War, war, war. What about all the things for which we Americans can be grateful?
Thanksgiving time! All you Americans out there, may you have good size Turkey to chow down. Hehehe. It's the time when Americans should be thankful for; Soldiers serving abroad and feeling lucky that despite the many hardships and bombings they endure they're still able to celebrate the day. And for those who have perished and has given a lot to good causes, a Happy thanks giving as well.
Wednesday, November 26, 2003
FPJ announces candidacy for President
“Ako po, si Fernando Poe Jr., ay lalahok sa pagkapangulo [I, Fernando Poe Jr., will compete for the presidency],”
Ending the speculations of many, Fernando Poe Jr aka "Da King" said he will run for Philippine President come may 2004.
Shades of Erap Estrada in the making maybe. Intention to run and help people is sincere but too bad for him he's got a very clean name and it'll be tarnished, pried upon and besmirched by opponents. Politcs a dirty game!
“Ako po, si Fernando Poe Jr., ay lalahok sa pagkapangulo [I, Fernando Poe Jr., will compete for the presidency],”
Ending the speculations of many, Fernando Poe Jr aka "Da King" said he will run for Philippine President come may 2004.
Shades of Erap Estrada in the making maybe. Intention to run and help people is sincere but too bad for him he's got a very clean name and it'll be tarnished, pried upon and besmirched by opponents. Politcs a dirty game!
A Manila Bay story of rediscovering
Earlier, we thought we would not make it on time, but looking at the sky as we turned toward Roxas Boulevard, he said, "I think we still have one hour." It was the first time for both of us to see the sunset on Manila Bay. He is from Seattle, and I am from Quezon City, but I had never bothered before to wait for the sun to set on Manila Bay, knowing that it would always be there, available for me when I finally have the time. Now that he insisted, I went along although I had a lot of papers to file at the office. After all, he was my visitor. Read full story
Heh. Romantic capers promoting beauty that is Manila Bay sunset. Teeeheehe :)
Earlier, we thought we would not make it on time, but looking at the sky as we turned toward Roxas Boulevard, he said, "I think we still have one hour." It was the first time for both of us to see the sunset on Manila Bay. He is from Seattle, and I am from Quezon City, but I had never bothered before to wait for the sun to set on Manila Bay, knowing that it would always be there, available for me when I finally have the time. Now that he insisted, I went along although I had a lot of papers to file at the office. After all, he was my visitor. Read full story
Heh. Romantic capers promoting beauty that is Manila Bay sunset. Teeeheehe :)
Tuesday, November 25, 2003
It's the "IN" thing in campaign tools: a BLOG!
Presidential canidates Howard Dean has one so does Gen. Wesley Clark. And both generate a lot of webvisits. Link via OJR full story from Washington Post.
Of course that applies in US but what about here in the Philippines. Hmm. I doubt if our Presidentiables even know what a blog is! Hahaha. Besides it won't be an effective tool here(Somewhere I hear a duh! haha) for we have voters in far flung barrios and other remote places which most likely hasn't even seen a computer or know what an internet is..let alone a blog.
Presidential canidates Howard Dean has one so does Gen. Wesley Clark. And both generate a lot of webvisits. Link via OJR full story from Washington Post.
Of course that applies in US but what about here in the Philippines. Hmm. I doubt if our Presidentiables even know what a blog is! Hahaha. Besides it won't be an effective tool here(Somewhere I hear a duh! haha) for we have voters in far flung barrios and other remote places which most likely hasn't even seen a computer or know what an internet is..let alone a blog.
Saturday, November 22, 2003
Ugh! How could she!?!
A woman turned down a 3 hour shopping spree! Geez, what a waste! I wish I was the winner. Three hours probably isn't enough and OMG to think it's even free! Tsk tsk!
A woman turned down a 3 hour shopping spree! Geez, what a waste! I wish I was the winner. Three hours probably isn't enough and OMG to think it's even free! Tsk tsk!
That Fateful Day
The New York Times (Reg Req'd) has a special features and articles of Kennedy Assassination 40 years later
It's his death assassination Anniversary and theories still abound of what really happened that day and what it would have been like had he lived.
The New York Times (Reg Req'd) has a special features and articles of Kennedy Assassination 40 years later
It's his death assassination Anniversary and theories still abound of what really happened that day and what it would have been like had he lived.
Friday, November 21, 2003
Jacko the Wacko and his problems
And Michael Jackson was released after posting bail.
Hmm, I kinda felt sorry for the guy. Yayness...haha
Update: Hehe, I don't feel sorry for the wacko..I'm fully awake! Hahaha. Truth is, the wacko is "sleeping with young boys! (He admitted it). He should be put jail. In same way that priests who molests young boys should be incarcerated too. Oh and I freaking agree what Crazy Pundit said of Jacko's mug shot; Creepy! Soo damn disgustingly scary! *shudders* Hahahaha..Eww Gawd!
And Michael Jackson was released after posting bail.
Hmm, I kinda felt sorry for the guy. Yayness...haha
Update: Hehe, I don't feel sorry for the wacko..I'm fully awake! Hahaha. Truth is, the wacko is "sleeping with young boys! (He admitted it). He should be put jail. In same way that priests who molests young boys should be incarcerated too. Oh and I freaking agree what Crazy Pundit said of Jacko's mug shot; Creepy! Soo damn disgustingly scary! *shudders* Hahahaha..Eww Gawd!
They're at it again!
Istanbul, Turkey is rocked by bomb attacks and explosions (more than 450 gotinjured and 27 dead)once more. Who else but Al-Qaeda is believed to be responsible for the blast.
"The nature of the terrorist enemy is evident once again," Bush said. "They hope to intimidate. They hope to demoralize. . . . They're not going to succeed."
Yeah, so better capture those terrorist, Dubya!
Istanbul, Turkey is rocked by bomb attacks and explosions (more than 450 gotinjured and 27 dead)once more. Who else but Al-Qaeda is believed to be responsible for the blast.
"The nature of the terrorist enemy is evident once again," Bush said. "They hope to intimidate. They hope to demoralize. . . . They're not going to succeed."
Yeah, so better capture those terrorist, Dubya!
Wednesday, November 19, 2003
Biggest show in Hollywood
A mix and match of politics and entertainment it seems during the swearing in of the Terminator..Ahhhnnuld, of course..hehe. From Sacramento Bee:
It was a you-never-know kind of day, as legislators and celebrities who don't typically wait for much of anything passed time in long lines leading up to metal detectors; a demonstrator walked with a sign containing messages about "12 galaxies" and "tugretonial coverage" and "phugratinetel" somethingorother; Richard Riordan, the state's new secretary of education, nearly stage-dived off the media tower when he tripped over a wayward wire on his way to yet another interview; and the hot item on the streets was a $20 T-shirt bearing the slogan "Arnold's the One." read the whole story(w/pics too). The San Jose Mercury also has a good funny sidehsows of the glitz and glamour innaguration:
Like the wild campaign that preceded his victory, Schwarzenegger's big day contained a bit of circus, a smattering of show biz and a ton of history.
It's soo soo..yay, I wonder how it would be like like FPJ runs and wins in 2004. Fernando Poe Jr, of course is a famous actor here and is highly expected to run for the country's number job. That of being the President. Funny! Haha
A mix and match of politics and entertainment it seems during the swearing in of the Terminator..Ahhhnnuld, of course..hehe. From Sacramento Bee:
It was a you-never-know kind of day, as legislators and celebrities who don't typically wait for much of anything passed time in long lines leading up to metal detectors; a demonstrator walked with a sign containing messages about "12 galaxies" and "tugretonial coverage" and "phugratinetel" somethingorother; Richard Riordan, the state's new secretary of education, nearly stage-dived off the media tower when he tripped over a wayward wire on his way to yet another interview; and the hot item on the streets was a $20 T-shirt bearing the slogan "Arnold's the One." read the whole story(w/pics too). The San Jose Mercury also has a good funny sidehsows of the glitz and glamour innaguration:
Like the wild campaign that preceded his victory, Schwarzenegger's big day contained a bit of circus, a smattering of show biz and a ton of history.
It's soo soo..yay, I wonder how it would be like like FPJ runs and wins in 2004. Fernando Poe Jr, of course is a famous actor here and is highly expected to run for the country's number job. That of being the President. Funny! Haha
Tuesday, November 18, 2003
Word for the day: Seamless Computing
And Bill Gates defined it as the ability to access and share information among many kinds of devices, from software-enabled wrist watches to new designs in cell phones and virtually any type of PC. He's thinking "S" these day as he unveils new stuff and overview of his products from his super smart savvy sense of geekness.
Yeyness! new products eh!? Need those anti spam thingies!
And Bill Gates defined it as the ability to access and share information among many kinds of devices, from software-enabled wrist watches to new designs in cell phones and virtually any type of PC. He's thinking "S" these day as he unveils new stuff and overview of his products from his super smart savvy sense of geekness.
Yeyness! new products eh!? Need those anti spam thingies!
Al-Qaeda warns the Japanese..
If it sends troops to join the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq, they will attack Tokyo! Saw the news via Drudgereport Read details here
Oh my! With all the Japanese technology and inventions they should discover or make one that can really track down the whereabouts of Bin laden, Saddam and those terror network groups and theiir cells!
If it sends troops to join the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq, they will attack Tokyo! Saw the news via Drudgereport Read details here
Oh my! With all the Japanese technology and inventions they should discover or make one that can really track down the whereabouts of Bin laden, Saddam and those terror network groups and theiir cells!
Friday, November 14, 2003
Ultimate malling experience
This report from St Louis Post- Dispatch explains it. At St. Louis Mills, the line between retail and entertainment is blurry. Besides the more than 200 outlet stores and specialty shops, the shopping center features an 18-screen Regal cineplex; the Ice Zone, a new practice facility for the St. Louis Blues; a NASCAR SpeedPark; and an ESPN X Games Skatepark. It will also offer facilities for skateboarding, BMX bike-stunt riding and in-line skating. The Mall with aNASCAR SpeedPark features racing tracks for electric and gas-powered cars, bumper boats, an arcade, a climbing wall and a miniature golf course. .
Wow! The kind of mall people here would enjoy I bet. All in one mall. Calling all Taipans! Hehe :) Most of the Malls here(the newer upperclass ones) are patterned after shops in Hongkong and Singapore..Classy and building type with large glass window panes. The closest I can compare to St Louis Mills is SM Megamall
Wow! The kind of mall people here would enjoy I bet. All in one mall. Calling all Taipans! Hehe :) Most of the Malls here(the newer upperclass ones) are patterned after shops in Hongkong and Singapore..Classy and building type with large glass window panes. The closest I can compare to St Louis Mills is SM Megamall
Pardon, but I'll take my (cell)number with me
It looks like there's a pre thanksgiving gifts for the Millions of American mobile users. Beginning 24th of November, customers can move their wired home or business numbers to cell phones.
In other wordstheir home numbers can be their mobile numbers. Uhm, I guess no more call diverts for them or something like that.
It looks like there's a pre thanksgiving gifts for the Millions of American mobile users. Beginning 24th of November, customers can move their wired home or business numbers to cell phones.
In other wordstheir home numbers can be their mobile numbers. Uhm, I guess no more call diverts for them or something like that.
Tuesday, November 11, 2003
No impeachement for Davide!
The report from Manila times website says that, Supreme court voted that the second impeachment case against Hilario Davide is unconstitional. Ack!, those "brat packs" of congress must be seething with anger..hehe. Yey!
The report from Manila times website says that, Supreme court voted that the second impeachment case against Hilario Davide is unconstitional. Ack!, those "brat packs" of congress must be seething with anger..hehe. Yey!
Sunday, November 09, 2003
There goes the warning and the explosion!
Explosions blasted an affluent residential compund in Riyadh earlier. It's disheartening cos a lot of children were wounded it seems and as I watched the news can't help but say yeah the U.S. was anticipating a terror attack hence the advisory and closure of it's Embassy. I think they had targeted that, instead of the dimpomatic residence nearby that houses westerners cos they knew the U.S. discovered the planned attack.
The American government needs to capture Al Qaeda, Saddam and other terrorist leaders!
Explosions blasted an affluent residential compund in Riyadh earlier. It's disheartening cos a lot of children were wounded it seems and as I watched the news can't help but say yeah the U.S. was anticipating a terror attack hence the advisory and closure of it's Embassy. I think they had targeted that, instead of the dimpomatic residence nearby that houses westerners cos they knew the U.S. discovered the planned attack.
The American government needs to capture Al Qaeda, Saddam and other terrorist leaders!
Saturday, November 08, 2003
Oh the language that be!
Manilatimes.net
According to these readers 'Our officials should speak better English!
One emailed letter even says that "We are supposed to be the third largest English-speaking nation on the planet, so we owe it to the world to prove ourselves right! I really think we should demand a higher mastery of spoken English from our public officials."
Yeah that maybe the case but Filipinos are Filipinos and the English language--American or otherwise is not our national language. Not our Mother tongue but the best that our officials(Or us Filipinos) can do is to practice good English grammar. Heck, I think we do speak the language better than most Americans do. People just can't understand our own (Officials)brand of English because most hail from the provinces and they have different dialects and the style in which they pronounce words and such.
Ack! and I think I mentioned that word ENGLISH six times already! Hahaha, yayness me!
Manilatimes.net
According to these readers 'Our officials should speak better English!
One emailed letter even says that "We are supposed to be the third largest English-speaking nation on the planet, so we owe it to the world to prove ourselves right! I really think we should demand a higher mastery of spoken English from our public officials."
Yeah that maybe the case but Filipinos are Filipinos and the English language--American or otherwise is not our national language. Not our Mother tongue but the best that our officials(Or us Filipinos) can do is to practice good English grammar. Heck, I think we do speak the language better than most Americans do. People just can't understand our own (Officials)brand of English because most hail from the provinces and they have different dialects and the style in which they pronounce words and such.
Ack! and I think I mentioned that word ENGLISH six times already! Hahaha, yayness me!
Friday, November 07, 2003
This phone's for you?
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia unveiled the 7700 model(Pcture and story here) last week, a space-age looking device with a large touch-screen display that gives users the possibility to watch TV. The 500 euro ($572) device is due to hit the shops in the second quarter of next year. But there could be a catch. Most European nations charge their citizens a license fee to cover the costs of public service television.
Yayness me! I bet Filipinos will want to have that kind of phone too! It'll be very expensive probably that one's likely to buy are the rich ones and the other well, they're probably going to buy something more useful and of basic necessities rather than a pocket size phone t.v..but knowing Filpinos, haha they would like to have the latest model.
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia unveiled the 7700 model(Pcture and story here) last week, a space-age looking device with a large touch-screen display that gives users the possibility to watch TV. The 500 euro ($572) device is due to hit the shops in the second quarter of next year. But there could be a catch. Most European nations charge their citizens a license fee to cover the costs of public service television.
Yayness me! I bet Filipinos will want to have that kind of phone too! It'll be very expensive probably that one's likely to buy are the rich ones and the other well, they're probably going to buy something more useful and of basic necessities rather than a pocket size phone t.v..but knowing Filpinos, haha they would like to have the latest model.
Thursday, November 06, 2003
And he rightly deserves it!
The accolades, the good words, the admiration. I like this piece of good new from AP via San Diego Union-Tribune. One of my favorite authors, Gabriel Garcia Marquez was given a tribute by colleagues. The heaps of praises is a proof of how good the author he is.
Sooo nice to blog about good positive news :)
Sooo nice to blog about good positive news :)
What she has to say
The famous POW from the War n Iraq Jessica Lynch, has a book coming out on Tuesday, Veterans day. There's a revelations of her being" raped by Iraqi captors" and other facts during her ordeal and rescue.
Well..uhmm, she wants to tell her story and what really transpired during her captivity up to the daring rescue the military planned. After the book, a made for t.v movie, I suppose. It is nice and informative and to really get to know the truth that only she can possibly tell. After all she's a hero for most Americans , a symbol of courage under fire, soo young, a girl in military operations, captured and rescued. One hope no gossips or lies would arise about her.
Well..uhmm, she wants to tell her story and what really transpired during her captivity up to the daring rescue the military planned. After the book, a made for t.v movie, I suppose. It is nice and informative and to really get to know the truth that only she can possibly tell. After all she's a hero for most Americans , a symbol of courage under fire, soo young, a girl in military operations, captured and rescued. One hope no gossips or lies would arise about her.
What happened that day
It started out as fun...we were just read to go" ... wounded soldiers recount the events on the day the Chinook 'copter was attacked and brought down by missile and 15 americans were killed. One's thing for sure, they're glad and blessed to have survived, but most ready to "go back." and serve again if it needs be even as United States deploy a slightly smaller but still sizable force in Iraq
It's very noble and expected of a soldier..to serve their country even when faced with danges but how can they do that if they're always getting wounded and worse, getting killed by rampant attacks
It started out as fun...we were just read to go" ... wounded soldiers recount the events on the day the Chinook 'copter was attacked and brought down by missile and 15 americans were killed. One's thing for sure, they're glad and blessed to have survived, but most ready to "go back." and serve again if it needs be even as United States deploy a slightly smaller but still sizable force in Iraq
It's very noble and expected of a soldier..to serve their country even when faced with danges but how can they do that if they're always getting wounded and worse, getting killed by rampant attacks
Wednesday, November 05, 2003
Blah blah blogs
While there's so much turmoil happening around the globe, I've got music in mind and so here I am blogging about how I'm just downloading midis(It ain't illegal ya know!). Anyhow, I have Coldplay midis. POM Blurry midi and some others. The sequencing of sounds really depends how much good a midi will turn out. The one's that I have here are pretty cool sounding ones. Blah blogs. Enough midi. I'm listening to my mp3 downloads(ones on my list aren't illegal! yey!) now.
While there's so much turmoil happening around the globe, I've got music in mind and so here I am blogging about how I'm just downloading midis(It ain't illegal ya know!). Anyhow, I have Coldplay midis. POM Blurry midi and some others. The sequencing of sounds really depends how much good a midi will turn out. The one's that I have here are pretty cool sounding ones. Blah blogs. Enough midi. I'm listening to my mp3 downloads(ones on my list aren't illegal! yey!) now.
Monday, November 03, 2003
Finding no love for "Dr. Strangelove" Teller
Via SFChronicle
Long dead and still controversial..geesh! Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Alpine (San Diego County), proposed renaming the Livermore nuclear weapons lab east of San Francisco after Teller. Of course, Edward Teller is known as the (co) inventor of H- BOMB and famous for advocating nuclear weapons. Renaming a lab after him is creating the controvery. It seems there are quite a number of poeple who are opposed to the idea. Part of the report says:
Clearly, the renaming proposal upset some scientists who monitor U.S. weapons policy, especially those who respect the memory of the man for whom the lab is presently named: Berkeley physicist Ernest O. Lawrence. "Teller's contributions come nowhere close to Lawrence's. And Teller is closely associated with some of the most painful, and personal, controversies in postwar science policy."
Hmm. if one's going to name a building, a lab in this case, I feel the the officials should weigh in more who made the best contribution. Good ones for the benefit of the people and not for one's self.
Via SFChronicle
Long dead and still controversial..geesh! Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Alpine (San Diego County), proposed renaming the Livermore nuclear weapons lab east of San Francisco after Teller. Of course, Edward Teller is known as the (co) inventor of H- BOMB and famous for advocating nuclear weapons. Renaming a lab after him is creating the controvery. It seems there are quite a number of poeple who are opposed to the idea. Part of the report says:
Clearly, the renaming proposal upset some scientists who monitor U.S. weapons policy, especially those who respect the memory of the man for whom the lab is presently named: Berkeley physicist Ernest O. Lawrence. "Teller's contributions come nowhere close to Lawrence's. And Teller is closely associated with some of the most painful, and personal, controversies in postwar science policy."
Hmm. if one's going to name a building, a lab in this case, I feel the the officials should weigh in more who made the best contribution. Good ones for the benefit of the people and not for one's self.
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