2012 Philippine Holidays

Malacañang on November 24 issued Proclamation Number 295 which lists the regular, special non-working and special holidays for 2012. So fellow members of the working class, let’s file our leaves early:
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2011′s Most Shared Article in Facebook

It’s still a full month to go before 2011 ends but this early, a Facebook page has identified the 40 most shared articles in the social networking website. The list is quite interesting, even more because the largest crocodile captured in Agusan is at the top 10.
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Save up

The first half of the year has been very difficult to our family. Both of my parents got sick and the money we spent is enough for you to buy a new car. That’s how expensive their hospitalization and medication are. But, hey, not all children are given the chance to serve their parents. And so even if I owe money from the company and a bank, I see them as an opportunity to earn some more.
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Time to retire D40x; need to buy D7000

After doing a shoot earlier with a D90, I am now convinced that it’s time to retire my near-four-year old Nikon D40x and upgrade to a newer, and more mid-pro D7000.
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Bawal Mag Shoot Dito

You’ve probably seen the video or read the article about a group who stormed the Rizal monument and protested against discrimination on Filipino photographers.
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Altis TRD Shirt

Even though I am not the type who customizes car for “porma” purposes, I’d like to have one of those TRD shirts. For the unfamiliar, TRD stands for Toyota Racing Development, which Wikipedia defines as the “in-house tuning shop for all Toyota, Lexus, and Scion cars.” I have decided to create my own, inspired by other shirts.
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The Long Weekend That Was

It’s only now that I realize that the past long weekend (October 29 to November 1) is one of, if not the, best holiday for the whole entire year.
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The problem with motorcycles

I welcome the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority’s decision to assign a motorcycle lane in Commonwealth and Macapagal avenues.
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All About Steve Jobs

While searching our company’s database on what makes a good PowerPoint presentation, I came across “The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs: How to Be Insanely Great in Front of Any Audience.” More than understanding how amazing Steve is when introducing products, he is insanely great in envisioning what the world needs, even before the world knows it.
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The Nike Tarpaulin

Last week, just for the fun of it, I created a semi-mosaic image of past and present agents/managers in our account. I grayed out those who have already left while those who are still in the account remain in color. Our operations manager liked and and asked me to create another version which will be made into a tarpaulin. I have to search for old photos of the members while majority of the images came from me.
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