Author: Enrico Pangan

Filipino in Tokyo

What Typhoon?

Just realized a typhoon has passed Tokyo. That explains the heavy rains the whole day yesterday. That explains the broken transparent/translucent umbrellas I saw scattered on the streets of Ginza. That explains why several shops were closed. I should go back to watching Japanese TV. Ever since I got my cable TV, I get more…

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Calling Philippine Mobiles from Japan

After doing some simple research, I’ve discovered Skype offers the cheapest way to call Philippine Mobiles from Japan at 33 yen/min. If you know of alternatives, do let me know. Right now, I use Skype when I’m home and Softbank otherwise.

Tokyo Motor/Girls Show

The Tokyo Motor Show starts tomorrow and will end on the 11th of November. Expect to see lots of geeky young men with their humongous DSLR cameras taking pictures of the girls err cars on display.

The Leopard Beckons

Macintosh OS 10.5 a.k.a. Leopard is out and it beckons. I am seriously considering one, most likely in the form of an iMac 20-inch. I’ve never owned a Mac before but in my head right now, there’s this big debate on whether to make “the big switch” or not. Thanks largely to the iPod, Macs…

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Rico Learns to Forex

Ten days ago, I opened a test account with a popular American Forex broker. They initially gave me $50,000 to play with and using this fake amount, I was able to practice buying and selling currencies in real-time using their software. In ten days, my $50,000 is now $58,904! That’s like saying I earned a…

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Friendster vs Facebook

A few weeks ago, I received an email from “Facebook” saying I was invited by a friend to join Facebook and that I was tagged in one of her pictures. “Yet another social networking site?”, I told myself thinking about my social networking account at Friendster. Fastforward a few weeks… I am now loving Facebook,…

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Download Complete

I’ve just completed downloading all the album art for all the music in my music collection. Now I’m ready to say goodbye to the default “question mark” album art in iTunes. Now my music looks beautiful too.

Currency Crazy

Former Philippine president found guilty of plunder. My friend’s initial question – How did the peso react? Japan prime minister resigns. My initial question – How did the yen react? Currency crazy.

Dell Sucks

I’ve always loved Dell… until now. I ordered my laptop last August 2nd and back then, the expected date of delivery was first week of September. The other day, they sent me an email saying it may further be delayed. Fuck that! Yesterday, I canceled my order.

Playing with Apertures

I’ve been re-exploring my interest in playing with apertures. I’ve even activated my flickr account to host my favorite shots.

Vista is Coming

Last week. I ordered me a Dell XPS M1330. After much consideration, I decided not to wait for OS X Leopard and just get me the latest and greatest Vista. Ultimate no less. Why Ultimate? So it can support downloading the English pack and switching everything to English. I also customized it to come with…

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