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• Nice Comment on Work Effort And Success! January 3, 2009
  from here And yes, I get paid well, and I get treated well, and I probably have it better than 99% of people out there. Am I thankful for that? I absolutely am every single day. I realize how awesome it is to love what I do, but I didn’t just fall into it. I wasn’t [...]
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• The Problem With Torture December 31, 2008
  Reading something so short and yet be able to say that the way you think and feel has been changed! from wroing the rights here: And the problem with torture is not that it produces untrustworthy information. That is a problem, certainly -we should not expend resources on useless results- but torture would still be unacceptable [...]
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• Happy New Year December 31, 2008
  2008 is about to give way to 2009. its 1715H here in the Philippines and a little less than 9 hours till mid night! I am feeing a little nostalgic about the pas years and would like to write about it but, I am still living the moment. I think I’d write about it later.
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• This Must Stop-AP study finds $1.6B went to bailed-out bank execs - Yahoo! News December 23, 2008
  The total amount given to nearly 600 executives would cover bailout costs for many of the 116 banks that have so far accepted tax dollars to boost their bottom lines. Rep. Barney Frank, chairman of the House Financial Services committee and a long-standing critic of executive largesse, said the bonuses tallied by the AP review amount [...]
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• Facebook | Which Zodiac Sign Are You Most Compatible With? December 23, 2008
  Cancer You are most compatible with CANCER! I’m sure most of your friends are Cancerians! Together you’re going to rock! Cancerians are serious, caring, sensitive people with complex psyches. This is a sign that dislikes taking unneccessary risks. They are able to identify with the situations of others because of the keenness of their imaginations. Their [...]
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• Flip Pride- A Good Animated Filipino Made Film - OUR AWESOME PLANET: Kaya ng Filipino Lumipad… a DAYO Review December 23, 2008
  1. The Dayo Storyline is solid One of the things I didn’t like about previous Filipino animated movies was that their storyline was corny. Dayo was able to bring to life our animist world with the Nuno sa Punso, Manananggal, Kapre, Tikbalang, Sirena and Syokoy. The Alikupong concept was brilliant. I wanted to shout, “Finally, Filipinos [...]
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• UNHCR Awareness Video Directed By Ben Affleck December 22, 2008
  Ben Affleck is slowly making himself a reputation of being really really good behind the camera. Kudos to him for going to right way in this video. For the wrong ways people do these kinds of video see this post (This is also where I saw this video):  wronging rights.
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• Philippine province tries to shake off its mafia image - Yahoo! Philippines News December 22, 2008
  After Edsa Revolutions 2 lots of UP grads were enlisted to become investigators for the Ombudsman (A local constitutional institution that is charged in going after corrupt officials).  A friend wanted to help in fight corruption in the Philippines. He tells me that to investigate anything in Abra is akin to a death sentence. Its [...]
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• A Comment On Rick Warren Not Believing Evolution from Paul Krugman’s NYT Blog December 21, 2008
  If God exists, my denying it will not make it disappear. If God does not exist, the 96% of the world, according to Warren, who believd a God exists will not make it true. Evolution, for the most part, is logical, and becomes more valid as time progresses. We already know that everything…mineral, plant, animal…is made [...]
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• In Flux December 18, 2008
  Too many shadows in my room too many hours in this midnight too many corners in my mind so much to do to set my heart right oh it’s taking so long i could be wrong, i could be ready oh but if i take my heart’s advice i should assume it’s still unsteady i am in repair, i am in repair I [...]
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