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Entries from August 2008

Pacquiao vs. Dela Hoya on December 6, 2008

August 30th, 2008 · 115 Comments

It was on the news for quite a while now, the negotiation for the much anticipated bout between Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao and Oscar “The Golden Boy” Dela Hoya passed on the normal hurdles prior to its inking.
The biggest hurdle was, of course, how much each of this fighters will bring home. Dela Hoya’s camp [...]

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Tags: Daily Rants · Point of View · Sport Minded

Eraserheads reunion concert will push through

August 27th, 2008 · 2 Comments

I blogged about this reunion concert a month ago, being an e-heads fan, I was really excited about this reunion concert.
Philip Morris was about to sponsor the concert, rumors has it that the company paid the group amounting to P10Million. Everything was doing well until the Department of Health & the Anti-Tobacco group came [...]

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Tags: Daily Rants · Events · Music Lover · Showbiz & Entertainment

Pro Blogging

August 26th, 2008 · 1 Comment

I was watching the show The Beat yesterday on QTV11 when I saw familiar faces.
Miriam Quiambao was interviewing prominent people in the Philippine pro blogging world, well obviously they were talking about ways on earning money through blogging. Four Pinoy pro bloggers were interviewed, I recognized Abe Olandes & Angelo Racoma & the other [...]

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Tags: Daily Rants · Money Matters · Point of View

Champion uli ang Ginebra

August 21st, 2008 · 2 Comments

I broke my normal evening habit, I usually watch the news from 6:30-8PM, but not last night. Last night was an important night for a Ginebra fan like me. It’s game 7 of the best of 7 Smart-PBA Fiesta Conference finals.

Who’d thought that Barangay Ginebra would go this far, they were down 0-5 [...]

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Tags: Daily Rants · Sport Minded

Enough of the crime

August 19th, 2008 · 1 Comment

I just felt that I had enough of the crimes stories (for now), I’ve had about 3 crime stories this year, yes all of them belongs to the Scarpetta series of Patricia Cornwell.

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Tags: Daily Rants · Personal

My WordCamp Philippines Camper’s Pass

August 16th, 2008 · 4 Comments

I received this from the mail yesterday:

Yeps, it’s official, I am a delegate for the first WordCamp Philippines which will be held on September 5 September 6, 2008 at the College of St. Benilde, Taft Avenue, Manila.

See you guys there.
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Tags: Events · NETizen · Wordpress

Doing it right

August 14th, 2008 · No Comments

I grabbed this copy of the latest issue of I-Mag Photography magazine from National Bookstore yesterday, besides being attracted by it’s cover, I regularly buy this mag, I find useful in my effort to hone my photographic skills.

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Tags: Photography

Eight, Nine & Ten

August 8th, 2008 · 6 Comments

While attending Lito Sy’s Wedding Photography Workshop at Dusit Hotel, I received a text message from a studio that regularly hire me as back-up photographer.

Aug 9 n 10 tyo
Sender:
BE
+63917xxxxxxx

That simply means that we will be shooting wedding on August 9 & 10, the August 9 schedule was confirmed about 2 months ago & he also [...]

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Tags: Daily Rants · Personal · Photography · Weddings

Lito Sy Wedding Photography Workshop @ Dusit Thani Hotel

August 5th, 2008 · 10 Comments

Premier Wedding Photographer, Mr. Lito Sy kicked off his 2008 Wedding Photography Workshop today (05 August 2008) at the Dusit Thani Hotel, Makati City. I was one of the fortunate attendees, Lito Sy tackles the common problem which I would say basic to most of us yet so hard to figure out.

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Tags: Photography · Workshops & Seminars