December 2011
Dec 31st
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New Years' Resolution: Explore the Philippines →
wanderingbarefoot: A few days to go and its almost 2012, new year and another 365 days of endless opportunities to travel and learn about the Philippines. That’s right, I’m specifically talking about traveling in our OWN country, discovering how magnificent and enchanting the Philippines is. Before, traveling used to be for those who have the luxury of time and money but times have...
Dec 27th
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Dec 26th
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Dec 26th
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Dec 24th
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Dec 21st
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Dec 21st
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Dec 19th
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Dec 18th
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Dec 18th
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Dec 18th
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Dec 18th
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Dec 17th
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Dec 17th
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How to donate, volunteer for Sendong victims →
We are constantly updating this list. Please visit http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=261131883947025 * * * VOLUNTEER DSWD. Volunteers needed at DSWD Cagayan de Oro (Masterson rd, Upper Carmen) to repack and deliver relief goods. Call +63906-615-0095 or tweet @DSWDserve. Iligan Bloggers Society. Meet at Rizal Park at 8AM on December 18, 2011. Look for Erika Cruz 0905-280-2002  * * * ...
Dec 17th
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Dec 16th
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Dec 14th
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Dec 14th
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Dec 13th
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(Self)Perception →
I had an interesting conversation with a sociologist and a historian yesterday. In part we touched on the idea of self-assessed poverty, and how it intersected with Nick Joaquin’s A Heritage of Smallness. It is difficult to question when someone rates themselves as poor. But I think it is an important question to ask. By what standard of living can we self-differentiate between poverty and middle...
Dec 12th
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Fundamentalism versus Reason
The surreal dynamics of that encounter between benightedness and enlightenment has been replayed in the House in the last few months, as shown by the passionate exchanges, on and off the House floor, provoked by  the anti-RH interpellators’ oft-repeated questions and assertions: Q.  Didn’t God tell Adam and Eve to go forth and multiply? A. Yes, but Adam and Eve were the only two persons in...
Dec 12th
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Dec 11th
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Dec 11th
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Dec 11th
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CBCP wants anti-discrimination bill cleansed of... →
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) is now training its guns on the anti-discrimination bill, saying the possible enactment of the bill into law would open the door for the legalization of same sex marriages. Speaking at a weekly forum in Greenhills, San Juan City, on Wednesday, lawyers of the CBCP and a Catholic bishop hit the Senate for amending the previous version of...
Dec 7th
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Dec 7th
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Dec 5th
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Dec 5th
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Dec 2nd
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A City of the people, not a city of the...
theurbanhistorian: The worldwide Transportation Engineering trends in 1960’s to 1970’s is that designers give more priority to accommodating more vehicles into the road network and giving them also speed and freedom to drive far. Pedestrian needs are last thing road designers wanted. The trend is changing fast due to many ills the uncontrolled car growth brought. Sadly, Metro Manila is always...
Dec 2nd
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Dec 1st
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Dec 1st
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November 2011
Pag-ibig sa Tinubuang Lupa ni Andres Bonifacio
Aling pag-ibig pa ang hihigit kaya sa pagka-dalisay at pagka-dakila gaya ng pag-ibig sa tinubuang lupa? Alin pag-ibig pa? Wala na nga, wala. Ulit-ulitin mang basahin ng isip at isa-isahing talastasing pilit ang salita’t buhay na limbag at titik ng isang katauhan ito’y namamasid. Banal na pag-ibig pag ikaw ang nukal sa tapat na puso ng sino’t alinman, imbit taong gubat, maralita’t mangmang...
Nov 30th
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