Fun In Singapore

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Now that I’ve had enough time to recover from our recent vacation, I may as well write about it. We took a well deserved family break this past weekend for a short holiday in Singapore. Like most vacations that we  take, it was too short. My general rule for travel is, plan to spend at [...]

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Homeless, from Chicago To Manila

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At various points in life, all of us are convinced that we have seen it all. A week and a half ago, I went to visit some friends at their office in Makati. While outside of the building smoking a cigarette, I came across the most unusual and extrodinary person that I have met in [...]

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My list for 2009

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I don’t see the point of having a single new year ‘resolution’. I’d rather list a bunch of stuff that I’d like to accomplish both professionally and personally .. so here’s my list broken down as such: Professional: C++ is here to stay, its not going to go away, I may as well get used [...]

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Earthquake shakes Metro Manila

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I’ve been to many cities that are prone to the occasional mild rumble from mother nature (low scale tremors), today I experienced something a little bigger. I was at my desk, writing, when all of a sudden I felt everything swaying. My chair (and me as its contents) rolled backwards on a level surface. I [...]

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I really miss seasons

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Traveling around the world is one of the best ways to ensure that you don’t waste your life. I’m not at all implying that those who do not travel are wasting their lives, I’m only implying that you should endeavor to do and see as much as you possibly can while your alive. Pink Floyd [...]

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My little coffee problem

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I drink way too much coffee. From years of traveling I’ve gotten rather used to microwaving a cup of water and dumping in some coffee-like powder whenever the urge hit me. Since 2002, my schedule has been chaos. My days and nights are often reversed without warning (due to work or travel). In my industry, [...]

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How culture is lost

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I was reading something interesting from the BBC describing a decision by Mexico City to evict some 15,000 merchants from the city center. I believe that this decision might be a big mistake. I live in the capital of street enterprise, Manila (The Philippines). A short walk down the main road leads me to an [...]

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Writing well is the best type of SEO

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Finding something interesting to read on the Internet is becoming increasingly difficult. I find lots of articles on blogs, most of them just copying what someone else said. Other times, the article might be interesting and fun to read if it was not trying to achieve a certain count of various key words. My articles [...]

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