YoVille on Facebook: Magic Hands Finishes Her Bedroom

YoVille – Magic Hands Finishes Her Bedroom

Squirrel Watching: The Trapeze Artist

The Manila Hotel: Old Crone Memories, circa 1977

May 10, 2009 in Chicagoland, Illinois
Roger Pe, an advertising creative, sent some of his Facebook colleagues a link to an OP-ED at Inquirer.net today. The opinion editorial’s title was OLD CRONE.

Here are some snippets from this OP-ED.
FOR OLD timers nostalgic over the old Manila Hotel, its management’s tussle with the Government Service Insurance System over [...]

Beauty Basics: Skin Care, Hair, and Make-Up for Every Day, Special Days, and Wedding Days

All my three younger sisters didn’t have a professional make-up artist for their wedding days. I did it! Albert Arriba was responsible for my early lessons in make-up. For my own make-up on my wedding day was done by Vincent Gotingco. Ah, the pleasure of someone else doing it for me reminds me of a [...]

If you’re from Cebu, Defend UP High! No closing, no streamlining

March 17, 2009, Fort Lauderdale, FL – Today is my birthday! I’ve decided to dedicate my posting today to the community advocates who are fighting to keep the high school in the University of the Philippines, Visayas – High School Cebu (or UP High School Cebu) from being streamlined to one class or closed down. [...]

Valley Golf Brawl and the Pangandamans: Lessons learned for journalists and bloggers

After you finish viewing the Media in Focus segment last January 15, 2009, please scroll below to understand the interconnectedness of our journalistic and blogging relationships (from my point of view). My sister, Noemi Dado, who is a new media publisher, has her own blogging community that strongly supports each other. There are many blogging [...]

Elections: People I Know Who Are Running For Public Office In The San Francisco Bay Area & Silicon Valley

Rodel Rodis. Myrna Lim. Paul Fong. Otto Lee. Ash Kalra. Kalvin Gill. David Canepa. Hermy Almonte. Noelani Sallings. Ed Balico. Don Kuehne.
Time to rock the vote!!! Truly, every vote counts!
I’ve listed some of these wonderful people who are running for public office in the San Francisco Greater Bay Area! Some of them are my [...]

Aha! Moments with “The 4-Hour WorkWeek” by Timothy Ferriss

A couple of months ago, my nephew (the son of my late brother, Reuben Lardizabal), Jose Daniel (or Dan), and I were chatting via yahoo messenger about Timothy Ferriss. Dan was quite enthused about “The 4-Hour WorkWeek” by Timothy Ferriss, explaining to me about some of the principles that he learned from the book. I [...]

Sanny Leviste (from VisualMoment.com) honors Yosemite Valley

Thank you, Robbie Fabian, for introducing me to Sanny Leviste. He has truly been like a slightly-older brother who keeps me on my toes with his intellectually-stimulating activities and sense of humor (he’s become my favorite pun-ologist, someone who likes to pun). From being a champion of the fisher-folk and environmental concerns to dabbling in [...]

Overseas Filipino Caucus for Sustainable Development: Looking forward to MDG 2015

MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS (a.k.a. MDG) FOR 2015
This song is the MDG Anthem composed and sung by Filipinos. You can find it here, too: UN.org.ph. 2015 is the magical year. Spread the word!

Click here to go directly to YouTube.com.
For the past four months, I have been a low-key internet personality. You see, I got involved [...]