I have a Ph.D. degree. I love to travel, visit museums, national parks, and places few people know. I share my travel stories and more on this blog.
Read moreSome people I know have been spreading email that is intended for the Philippine Congress. It is about the campaign to oppose the passage of the Philippine Reproductive Health Bill (HB5043). I read through the seven points cited in the document and then went through the sections and paragraphs of…
Read moreThese big companies are greedy, with special mention going to both H&M and WalMart. Have you heard about the two throwing unsold clothing / clothes to waste? Can you imagine how many people, suffering in this cold winter months, could have benefited with the clothes had H&M and WalMart donated…
Read moreIf only. Oh if only. If only the criterion in the selection of the World’s Friendliest Countries by Forbes is the “ability to make friends,” the Philippines would have made it to number 1. In December 2009, Forbes released its annual listing of the “World’s Friendliest Countries” and the Philippines,…
Read moreAtheist Ireland publishes 25 blasphemous quotes after the new Irish law on Blasphemy took effect on New Years day 2010. The group, Atheist Ireland, wants the law repealed: This new law is both silly and dangerous. It is silly because medieval religious laws have no place in a modern secular…
Read moreMy housemate and I were experimenting on the sweet mangoes we had on our table and came up with an idea of turning the mangoes into a sweet, tasty dessert. We took some milk, pour in some sugar and chocolate bars and peanuts and, voila, the Chocomangrous sweets were made!…
Read moreThere is this poster who leaves comments on my every post every day, without a miss, for months now. The poster carries the name bathmateus; sometimes it’s bath mateus. I love comments. But not coming from this bathmateus, who obviously just spamming my blog entries and promoting his website. I…
Read moreRolling prairie and beautiful lakes will be the backdrop for the 6th Annual Argus Leader Tour de Kota. The tour will cover about 478 miles over six days. The Tour de Kota travels the back roads and byways of the beautiful state of South Dakota, on what has become one…
Read moreUSA Today and Gallup posted the results of the poll to determine the most admired people for 2009. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton won the Most Admired Woman category while Pres. Barack Obama easily won the spot for the Most Admired Man category. Oh why former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin…
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