With over a hundred signs that a person is a Filipino, I’m surprised they missed two. Both of these involve the Filipino’s love for plastic.
They already mentioned 4 though.
Your lampshades still have plastic covers on them
You have plastic runners to cover your carpets
You wash and re-use plastic utensils and styrofoam cups
The condiments [...]
Go to a coffee shop with a friend armed with a videocam.
Sit in a recently occupied spot that needs cleaning.
Position your beverage near the edge of your table. (Tip: Use leftover drinks so you don’t have to spend anything at all)
Have a coffee shop employee knock the beverage off the table.
Shriek when the liquid [...]
I discovered recently that the large butterfly that visited our house last year was in fact not a butterfly but a moth. And not just any moth…
Atticus atlas is the largest moth in the world in terms of wing surface area. It is found throughout Southeast Asia and is a common moth. There are a [...]
Reign Over Me, a drama about two friends helping each other cope with loss and life, stars Don Cheadle , Liv Tyler, the guy who plays Ryan in The Office, some not-so-famous people whom I recognize but couldn’t name, and Adam Sandler.
Yes, Adam Sandler in a drama. Reminds me of Punch Drunk Love, wherein he [...]
When I got to 60 wpm almost a month ago, I stopped practicing on typing programs like Ten Thumbs and Typer Shark. I thought I’d actually get some writing done–which I have–and rely on the practice I’d get naturally to improve my typing speed.
After a month of real writing–instead of typing “The jujube ate another [...]
Due to insistent public demand (from the voices inside my head), I sang another non-English, non-Filipino song, one of the best songs from an anime soundtrack, One More Time One More Chance from Byousoku 5 Centimeters. I dedicate this to our nonconformist buddies, Frank and Karina, both of whom I miss very much. So here [...]
I was inspired by an email sent by my dad about Paul Potts’s story, and I’m sure you will be, too. So I gave it a shot. It’d also be nice to see how much I’ll improve after Tin and I start getting voice lessons this weekend.
Here’s the before:
And here’s the after (hopefully)
Tristan has been complaining that Pepper’s becoming more famous than he is. So to soothe his wounded ego, here are two videos featuring Tristan, the fluffiest dog.
Tristan Eating
Tristan Begging
How can one convince a Java company to switch to Ruby on Rails?–
One of the questions answered by Guy Naor, President/CTO of Famundo and CTO of Morph Labs, during the last Philippine Ruby Users Group (PHRUG) Meet-up, attended by our team.
I had wanted to watch Wild Hogs because I saw on IMDB that the Dr. Cox from Scrubs was in it. And despite his small role, his parts were funny–especially if you know his badass Scrubs persona.
But Wild Hogs had me laughing the entire trip. It didn’t have any particularly memorable parts, unlike the previous [...]
