A Pinoy Blog About Nothing

Pretty nifty thumbnail of the spread of different religion in the world. Not sure if I agree that the Philippines was Buddhist. Animists probably but not Buddhist in the strictest sense. Check out more from mapsofwar.com. The American Leadership & War is interesting as well.

Passion, it lies in all of us, sleeping... waiting... and though unwanted... unbidden... it will stir... open its jaws and howl. It speaks to us... guides us... passion rules us all, and we obey. What other choice do we have? Passion is the source of our finest moments. The joy of love... the clarity of hatred... and the ecstasy of grief. It hurts sometimes more than we can ...

1. Family, 2. My most favorite lechon of all :-), 3. Candle cart, 4. Cousins, 5. San Juanico Bridge, 6. Quiapo Church facade, 7. What a Joy, 8. Binagol, 9. Man in orange, 10. Supplicant, 11. San Miguel Grande, 12. Classmates., 13. Wacky Signs, 14. Halo-halo, 15. candle sellers, 16. Friends Mosaic of my and Petite's vacation pics. Well yeah so okay you can get the lechon and ...

Found MapMSG.com via Neatorama. I made a smoke message come out from the Quezon Circle. heh. Check out the message. Now if somehow they can make these real over the skies of Manila, I can have big savings from my international calls.

That's according to Time Magazines' 60 Years of Asian Heroes. The "Simple Housewife" made it to the list which counts Gandhi, Nehru, Lee Kuan Yew and Deng Xiaoping in its roster. 20 years since assuming the presidency, Aquino's legacy seems to be that of bringing the country into democracy -- however messy it may seem. Personally I think her energies and the goodwill she commanded then might ...

Old song but fresh take: Tell your people about it. As bonus Christine Mendoza is in it. (And I think I saw Charmane Star in there somewhere...) They have another version of the video here. Also: Philippine All Star's first place performance at the recent World Hip Hop Championship. Guess which song they used? (Thanks to km5 for featuring the video.)

In my search for more information about the recent Mt. Mayon rumblings, I stumbled upon these glaring mistake in geography on Google News: "Scientists: Indonesia's Mayon Volcano Ready to Erupt" Indonesia? Wha? Since when? Has the Philippine government sold off Mayon as well? I mean with their recent batshitinsane scheme about Supermaids, I thought they've started selling off other natural resources as well. Turns out Fox News was the ...