Meron akong isang magandang business proposal. Bakit hindi tayo gumawa nang Keyboard na para sa Pinoy? May mahigit-kumulang 80 Milyong Pilipino sa mundo at kahit 1% lang nito ang mapabili natin nang Pinoy Keyboard, 800,000 nang Keyboard ang maibebenta natin. Dahil mas madaling gamitin ito kaysa sa kasalukuyan nating ginagamit na American keyboard, sigurado akong…
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Anung Lahi Ba Talaga Ako?
Kamakailan ay lagi akong nababahala sa tanong na “Anung lahi ba talaga ako?” Lagi akong naniniwalang ako ay Pilipino mula pa nung aking kabataan subalit kamaikailan ay napagi-isip-isip at napagmu-muni-muni muli ako sa kung anung lahi nga ba talaga ako. Ang aking Pamilya Parehong mapuputi ang aking dalawang kapatid. Singkit nga lang si kuya samantalang…
My Fearless Forecast
Originally Posted in Soc.Culture.Filipino The Philippines’ English proficiency will continue to depreciate and Filipino will continue taking the role of English as the language of power in most of the Philippines. Mass media, including Television, Radio and Newspapers will all be in Filipino with occasional English, Chinese, Korean and Japanese to entertain the tourists and…
Meditations of an Atheist
Many people are actually surprised to learn that I am an atheist. They find it hard to believe that someone like me, who spent at least eleven years in a Catholic school run by nuns, raised by a family of believers including my brother, who is the choir head/conductor/organist in the local church, could eventually…
University Yearbook Entry
I wrote this yearbook entry (with the help of my friend and former roommate Victor) because the guys organizing our yearbook lost (!) the original entry I wrote. Not only that, the yearbook is still (!) unpublished… five years after graduation. What happened to it? I don’t know. Rico had high hopes upon entering the…
Recollections of a Balikbayan
Balikbayan (noun) A term used by Filipinos to refer to Filipinos based abroad who is visiting the Philippines. ‘Balik’ means ‘return’ while ‘bayan’ means ‘nation’. So literally, it means, ‘return to nation’ usually referring to one’s own nation. I’m now on vacation and like most other Filipinos based abroad, I decided to spend my short…
Mission Impossible: Swimming
After 25 years, I decided to do the impossible. I decided to learn how to swim. Some people find it unbelievable for a Filipino like me to not be able to swim considering the Philippines is a group of 7100 islands, all of them surrounded by water. I find it hard to believe myself.
Sleepy in the Office
So damn sleepy today. I guess this is what I get for staying so late so often. To tell you the truth, I really don’t like feeling sleepy in the office. Pretending to be busy is hard enough… pretending to be awake is even harder. And to make sure this doesn’t happen again, I decided…
Affinity for the Sun
In Kagoshima, I can say I have developed this affinity for the sun. I have learned to “rediscover” the sun, which a lot of people just take for granted. In the Philippines, it is common knowledge that Manila Bay offers one of the best sunsets in the world, largely thanks to the polluted atmosphere that…
Saturday Night Fever
I don’t normally go to discos in Japan primarily because they are very expensive. In Manila, 700 yen is all you need to enter a good disco but here, you’d spend close to 3,500 yen. Well, you shouldn’t be surprised. This is Japan… the most expensive place in the world. But on Saturday, two Japanese…
The Party that Never Was
This Saturday, Y, S and I were supposed to attend this home party at S’s English teacher’s home but unfortunately, it turned out to be a false alarm, i.e. no party. Apparently, there was a little miscommunication between S and her English teacher and classmates. The party was really scheduled for March 31 but for…
T Goes to Korea
From Wednesday to Friday, T, together with a Japanese friend, went to Korea. I was supposed to be on that trip but thanks to my “AOTS Scholarship”, I wasn’t allowed to leave Japan. Oh well. With his visit to Korea, I was given a preview of how my live would be once he returns to…
Enrico in Tokyo 