March 5th, 2008
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03.05.08
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03.05.08Photo of the Day
Orange skyland. February 2008. Barangay Asin in Tuba, Benguet. Photo courtesy of my once favorite newspaper.
According to my good friend Gina, orange (the color not the Nueva Vizcaya fruit) has a calming effect. I’m not sure about that but maybe she’s right. Maybe this is the reason why God in his wisdom usually paints our sky orange. Maybe it’s his way of telling us, “Calm down, you silly people. Calm down.”
Anyways, it’s the middle of the week where I sit so I’m looking at this picture to calm myself down.
P.S. Sabi pala ni Gina, isang rason daw kung bakit orange ang kulay ng mga damit ng mga Ananda Marga at ng mga Buddhist monks ay dahil sa natatanging “calming effect” ng nasabing kulay na ito.
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03.05.08Holidays or Mortgages?
If you are like the British or if you are a Brit yourself, you would rather spend your time thinking about holidays rather than about your personal financial situation. Well, that’s according to this website which cites a report by fool.co.uk.
According to said report, a little over one in three (36 per cent) Brits spend at least ten hours thinking of their holidays. In contrast, only only about one in ten (11 per cent) spend the same amount of time thinking about their mortgage.
Methinks it’s a no contest really, thinking about holidays is fun while thinking about mortgages is, well, anything but fun. It’s a choice between your favorite ice cream and the bitter medicine that Nurse Ratchet forced on you when you were a kid. So it’s kinda understandable if Brits rather think thoughts that go, “Hmm, should I go to the Bahamas or should I go to Kenya to see where Obama came from?” rather than, “Oh my God. I should get a Mortgage Quote now and discuss our options with my wife.”
Still, one cannot ignore mortgage issues if they’re real and they’re confronting you in the face. You cannot wish them away. Better to confront the challenge now if this will improve your financial standing. Hmm, do I sound like a financial guru or what?
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03.05.08Recto of the North?
Is Baguio the educational center of the north? Maybe. Lately though, it seems like it’s developing a reputation as the place where Koreans can get a quickie diploma. Last November, for instance, the Koreatimes reported this:
Twenty-three incumbent and former military officers and officer cadets were caught for having used fake university diplomas during their application for officer training, a lawmaker said Friday.
According to Rep, Song Young-sun of the Grand National Party, the Ministry of Defense recently withdrew its appointment of 13 incumbent and two former officers for allegedly fabricating diplomas from A.T. College in Baguio, the Philippines, to submit to the ministry for verification of their academic record.
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03.05.08Invest While Young
Hello, young people with disposable income. What are you doing with your money? Wasting it in tech gadgets which you will throw away in two years so you can replace it with a hipper and newer model? Or are you wasting your money clubbing the night away? Or maybe you’re wasting your money on expensive, fancy stuff like that David Beckham shirt being sold on e-bay. Dude, it’s just a damn shirt, you should not spend the equivalent of, say, Guatemala’s GNP per capita for that kind of thing. Really, kid, such wasteful spending.
Anyways, those of you who have more sense than to spend money on Beckham’s used shirt might want to check out Diamond Bay Investments particularly its trust deed investment plan. Learn more about it here.
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03.05.08Know Your Officials: Kalinga Congressman Manuel Agyao
First term Kalinga Congressman Manuel Agyao (2nd from left) poses with some of his constituents during a trade fair in Manila. Photo courtesy of Marciano Paroy/Groundreport.com.
Know more about the Congressman’s legislative initiatives in his congressional page. He is the vice chair of three committees: National Cultural Communities, Public Works, and Rural Development. To date he has sponsored 14 bills mostly pertaining to the creation of schools or barangays.
Rep. Agyao used to be the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Assistant Secretary for Northern Luzon. He’s one of the very few iCordilleras in government service who reached the Asec (Assistant Secretary) level.
Links to other Cordi officials after the jump.
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03.05.08Infomercials
Admit it. You DO watch those infomercials when they appear on your TV screen. What’s not to like? The actors are always so full of energy and they always seem to be having fun. Seriously, infomercial actors are the living epitome of that song you learned as a kid. You know the one that goes, “I’m alive, alert, awake, enthusiastic” which you repeat again, and again, and again.
Anyways, in case you are ever in a situation where you are looking for someone to do an infomercial for you, you might want to check out Hawthorne Direct, a company which specializes in infomercial production, commercial production, and DRTV or direct response television. They also provide other services such as: ad campaign management, print advertising, internet advertising, and many others. Visit them here to see the other services they offer.
