October 31st, 2008 — Uncategorized
So I was watching American Idol last night and one of the contestants sang a song about the boondocks. I must say that I fell in love with the song because it goes,
I feel no shame
I’m proud of where I came from
I was born and raised in the boondocks
One thing I know
No matter where I go
I keep my heart and soul in the boondocks
August 17th, 2008 — Uncategorized
My apologies, it’s been so quiet here. But I’ve been busy at our Olympics blog which is where I’m camping out while the Olympic Games is ongoing.
Do join me there if you’re into Olympic hotties [got to do it coz people are looking for it hehe], American crybabies, the art of Olympic hugging, and other silly stuff. We do also get serious sometimes and talk about things like how much money Olympians make.
August 6th, 2008 — Uncategorized
Congratulations to these entrepreneurs. It’s good that some organizations are recognizing their achievements and contribution to our communities. It’s honest to goodness businesses like these that should give us hope that all is not lost in the Philippines, ano?
PhilStar via yahoo: The Philippine Center for Entrepreneurship-Go Negosyo awarded seven traders in the Cordilleras as “The Most Inspiring Cordillera Autonomous Region (CAR) Entrepreneurs” for achieving success in small and medium-scale industries.
July 22nd, 2008 — Uncategorized
Note: Sponsored Post
What is your favorite ’80s movie? For me, its got to be Karate Kid and Back to the Future. Karate Kid is the first film I watched in a movie house so I was pretty much impressed by it. Meanwhile, Back to the Future stuck to my mind because I was intrigued by its proposition that one can travel across time. Maybe we can actually do that but, outside the movies, no one has cracked the code on how time travel can be possibly done.
Speaking of ’80s films, WarGames, a movie which is undoubtedly far ahead of its time — a computer geek hacks into the military’s computer system — is making a comeback in select cinemas across the U.S. Check out fathomevents.com to see if it is playing near you.
July 10th, 2008 — Uncategorized
My friends, this is Trublue III. He is Trublue’s grandson, future Igorot/iCordillera advocate (unnecessary child pressure ba ito hehe?), and future Tiger Woods.
Trublue III’s grandfather needs no introduction around here and in other Igorot/iCordillera blogs but I’d like to state for the record that the grandpa is one of the reasons why we Igorots/iCordilleras have a lively corner in the blogosphere.
June 12th, 2008 — Uncategorized
Over at his blog, Peden is accusing the Cordillera DPWH Regional Director of lying for stating last April that the Phase 1 (Mt. Data to Bontoc) of the Halsema rehabilitation project is 79.61% complete and that Phase II (Bontoc to Banaue) is 90.67% accomplished.
As someone who has traveled both roads in the past months, I agree with Peden that there is no way that both projects are complete in the percentages reported.
May 3rd, 2008 — Uncategorized
My apologies for the very infrequent posts. I’ve been busy and continue to be busy with some projects I have to do. In the meantime, here are some links which are worth visiting.
* Check out the Blog of the Sagada Igorot. His reaction to an Inquirer article about Sagada’s “takba” mirrored my reaction when I first read the Inquirer story. Methinks the source of the writer, if he did interview a source, was pulling the poor writer’s leg. Anyways, read the Sagada-Igorot’s post here.
April 26th, 2008 — Uncategorized
Any chance you will be going to Budapest in the near future? If there’s a good chance that you will, you might want to check out these Budapest apartments at apartmentsinbudapest.com.
But why should you? Because apartmentsinbudapest.com has been consistently top-rated “for its wide selection, cheap rates, and unparalleled service”. Cheap rates and unparalleled service? What’s not to like?
By the way, did you know that a lot of the scenes in the film Munich were shot in Budapest? Yeah, the sneaky producers disguised Budapest as Rome, London, Paris, etc. What this means for you if you’re apartment hunting is that you just might end up living in an apartment where Munich was filmed. Unless of course the producers actually used a warehouse and made us believe that it’s an apartment.
April 19th, 2008 — Uncategorized
Say hi to this guy, if you see him biking around our mountains. His name is Amado Picardal, a Redemptorist priest from Davao City who is biking around the country “for life and peace”.
Shocks, Fr. Amando naman inunahan mo ako dito. Plano ko ding gawin iyan. Hehe. We should really give props to our kababayans in Mindanao for coming up with creative ways of expressing their advocacies. Remember the group of farmers from Bukidnon who walked all the way to Malacañang?
March 27th, 2008 — Uncategorized
Crossposted at kaigorotan.com:
Ay kakabsat ken kakailiyan, hehe, i-promote ko man daytoy barbaro nga blog ko. I felt guilty and silly writing sponsored posts in this blog and in our other blog so I decided to come up with a new blog where I can do sponsored posts shamelessly. Eh dahil malapit na din ang Olympics and one of my first ever writing assignment years ago is to do an Olympic story so I decided to come up with The Olympian Blog.
