Rex

How would you feel if, while entering the largest mall in your city, you see posters at the main entrance bearing a particularly familiar photograph? It isn’t the main element of the poster, but seeing the little photo immediately brings flashes of memory that in a split-second lead you to realize - THAT PHOTO IS MINE!!!

I decided to go to SM City Iloilo this afternoon to try to buy some stuff. As I approached the entrance, a large poster caught my attention. It’s title “1st Indigenous Fashion Market Week” made me felt glad of the continuing efforts to promote the local weaving industry. Then I spotted something eerily familiar.

Someone ripped off my photo!

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Tags: iloilo, photography, rant

I’m still a bit trembling now after having done it, but it had to be done. I feel sad for needing to do it, but I have already decided on my course of action in case I meet the situation.
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Tags: confrontation, transportation, UPV

Is the bird on the UP seal a parrot or an eagle?

For decades, students of the University of the Philippines (UP) have argued whether the bird on the UP seal is a parrot or an eagle. It seems like this trivial fact has been lost into the long hundred-year history of the university. It’s about time we settle this once and for all, but first let’s revisit some of the opposing reasons. Continue Reading »

Tags: University of the Philippines, UP, UPV

Since last night, I’ve been desperately trying to fix some issues with the layout of this blog without any success. Now I realize the problem is with my internet service provider.

I’ve been trying to fix the wrongly-displaying captions of the MistyLook theme by implementing corrections provided in the support forum. When I update the CSS code in the Wordpress Theme Editor, it show that it has been modified, but when I view the blog itself, nothing seems to change! Continue Reading »

Tags: blogging, internet, rant

Last week, UP Visayas celebrated its 61st year of presence in Iloilo and since it was also the Centennial of the University of the Philippines, everyone tried to make the events extra special. While I tried to attend (and photograph) as many of the events as I can, this also took a lot of extra effort shuttling between my work in Tigbauan and the events held in both the Miagao and Iloilo City campuses of UPV. Continue Reading »

Tags: events, UPV

After configuring this blog, I initially ignored the Aksimet plugin thinking I wouldn’t be getting any spam yet since I’ve hardly linked up my blog nor posted many articles to merit the attention of the spam bots. WRONG!

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Tags: blogging

I’ve been waiting for this, but now that it’s here I don’t know what to do.

I was stunned when I finally saw the MSI Wind sub-notebook available in a local computer store. Concept Computers Iloilo is now selling the MSI Wind and I’m having a hard time restraining myself from buying it!

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Tags: dilemma, reviews, tech

Last night we received news that a private dormitory near the University of the Philippines Visayas Tacloban College (UPVTC) was razed by a fire leaving 84 UPVTC students without clothes and school materials. The rest of their provisions were also said to have completely burned.
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Tags: help, UPV