Saturday, March 03, 2007

Tell-Tale Signs That You Found Your Way to the 7,100 and One Islands

The seven thousand one hundred and one...err...two...whatever...islands? Where else? The Philippines, of course!(look in the world map, can you actually count all the islands?).

How can you tell that you made your way to the Pinoy republic?

Here's how:

  • As you tour around the islands, it is impossible not to notice a bunch of people trekking the streets in their flip-flops.

  • If you happen to drive around, you'll be able to gauge how quick your reflexes are as you try to avoid oblivious pedestrians crossing the streets--at your own risk!


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    Not Fit For Discharge

    When someone loses his sanity, is there a way to bring it back? Read this joke. You'll gain your sanity again. Enjoy!


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    Friday, March 02, 2007

    Detecting Breast Cancer

    When it comes to breast cancer, women have no power over their health. There's still no cure for it and the best thing that a woman can do is to do regular mammograms and breast exams--yet that's not prevention. However detecting it early may spell the difference between death and survival.


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    Forgetful?

    Old and forgetful? What will you do to help yourself remember things? Let's take a look at this couple who decided that they have to write things down in order to remember them. Have a good laugh.

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    Thursday, March 01, 2007

    My Geeky Faves

    I love gadgets especially the ones with attitude. I always go for the usually more expensive ones because whatever you buy, "you always get what you pay for". But what good is a sophisticated gadget if it's not backed by powerful applications. Right? Nada...of course.



    What I usually do when I buy a gadget is to experiment and attempt to make use of its full potentials as soon as I get it. I have a very short attention span so normally I'll do the experimentation within 48 hours of acquiring the gadget or it's gonna sit in the corner for a while until I find some meaningful reason to bring it back to life. And by the way, I hate to read the manuals. The only thing that gets ample exposure in front of my eyes is the quick start guide. Who would want to read a 90-page user manual? By the time you're done reading, that gadget will be obsolete. It's like watching a tv commercial--as soon as you understand the picture, the picture fades away. That's how fast technology goes!


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    March Madness

    Time went by so quickly. It felt like we just hit 2007 and we didn't even notice that we're now finishing the first quarter of the year. In our place, March marks the start of a usually long period of hot, hot weather. This is the time of the year when ninety degrees Fahrenheit really isn't a surprise. This year, March is quite a busy month. Why? There's so much going on. School year ends. Inventory sale everywhere. Lenten season kicks off. Summer job starts. And most notably, the political arena is heating up for the May 2007 polls. Where? The seven-thousand-and-one-islands of course!



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    Tuesday, February 27, 2007

    Quote-Worthy Bits

    The thoughts expressed in these excerpts are both witty and funny. Do you want to know the difference between a neurotic, a psychotic and a psychiatrist? Read on, for a very compelling answer. Have fun!



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    Site Advisor: An Internet User's Indispensable Tool

    I was lazily browsing the net, until I ended up on one website wherein several pages loaded one after another. Right away, it raised a red flag on my geek meter. The pages that loaded were mostly bogus ad sites. Bogus because I never requested for those web pages. They just popped out of nowhere. Then the confirmation came. My anti-virus software sitting in my desktop immediately prompted me about an infected file and the trojan name was "exploit byte-verify". Most low threat viruses that gets into your PC can be cleaned right away by most anti-virus software, but this one cannot be cleaned and cannot be deleted completely as well. I attempted to delete the file but apparently it didn't work because the bug has a read-only attribute. So I left it sitting in my PC while I scoured the net for answers. There were do-it-yourself solutions to removing the bug, but I didn't bother to experiment on them instead, I just downloaded a more updated and powerful virus protection software, and that did the trick, at a price of course.



    Well, I was more concerned about how did I end up in a mal-infested web site in the first place and how could that be possible. All the while we thought that certain websites like pornographic sites, free sites, share ware sites are the sites that are typically infested by the dirty net bugs and that for us long as we don't go that way we are perfectly safe. Not anymore! Why?



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    Sunday, February 25, 2007

    An Attempt To Lose Weight

    Let me start by saying that I'm nowhere near obese. I don't consider myself fat. However, I felt like it would be nice to lose a few pounds just for the trouble of it. My target--lose at least five(5) pounds in a month's time. With the schedule that I have, it's impossible to go to the gym, and do some exercise. So I decided to look for some weight loss pills that I can take that will aid me in my pursuit of shedding off a few pounds--be a guinea pig for a while.



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    PMS: Not "All in The Mind"

    PMS is a condition that many women suffer from, but what it is, and what causes it, is never understood. I am not spared from this condition. I too suffer from PMS. Mine includes depression, irritability and obsession with order of things(this last one, I think is rare and weird.) Well, I am not a doctor so I will not attempt to even discuss what PMS is. In view of the importance of this topic to all women out there, I have chosen to lift an article written by Lisa Saffron from a health digest that focuses on women's health. I hope this will shed some light, and help lessen the burden of women who suffer from the same.

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