Archive for May, 2007
Sunday, May 13th, 2007
Mother’s Day and Elections
It was Mother’s Day in the Philippines yesterday. My husband and I hosted lunch at our place for my mother and invited my 3 sisters and my one brother and their families. I think my mom was happy. She’s not all very well now that diabetes has weakened her. Oh, she’s still feisty….but not as [...]
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Friday, May 11th, 2007
Paris in the Summer
Looks like talentless, super-rich Paris Hilton’s summer plans are spoiled. The jail she was sentenced to serve her time is full!
It is the summer after all….peak season you know. They’re fully-booked!
No Comments » - Posted in Laughs by mitams
Thursday, May 10th, 2007
Monetizing a Blog
Do people really do it? You see, I’ve read blogs where people say they make gazillions of dollars from their blog. They have pictures of the checks they received from Google posted on there or high-tech gadgets, cars, even houses they bought from money they all earned from their blogs. My question is, is this [...]
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Tuesday, May 1st, 2007
Highs and Lows
Tech I mean. Communications technology in the Philippines to be specific.
While cellular phones have experienced a great leap, the internet options have not vastly improved as far as speed.
The Short Message Service (SMS) of local phone companies was already big in the Philippines when I left for the US some years back. The [...]
