Ikaw ba’y nalulungkot at walang makausap…?
A photographer in New York took some photos of real women working as phone sex operators. If these are what phone sex operators look like, how about the call center people?
(Don’t worry, these photos are safe for work.)
Get jailed if you don’t sing our national anthem “with fervor”
According to the law, when the National Anthem is played at a public gathering, the attendees should sing the anthem and that the “singing must be done with fervor.”
This and many other cool facts about our flag are shared by lawyers from thelegallyinclined blog:
You must stand at attention when Lupang Hinirang is played! If not, [...]
Ces Drilon and TV crew abducted by terrorists in Sulu
Read the full story on inquirer.net’s breaking news.
10 unconventional things to do at the Rizal monument…
“#10: The Rizal shrine has a very mysterious power. Hold the orbs so you can be a hot geek chick-magnet and ABSORB JOSE RIZAL’S POWAAH.”
I’m not quite sure about some of the items on this list by tanggera; But among other things it includes doing the limbo, and jumpshots for the win. Eh?
It sounds like pechay and kuchay: 20 images, 20 seconds each
What do you get when you assemble artsy people and designers, give them a chance to make a visual presentation of 20 images, 20 seconds each?
You get an event called Pecha Kucha Night Manila! Starring fancy people like an art director from Saatchi & Saatchi, a dancer from Green Papaya Art projects, a travel photographer, [...]
sa pagtatapos ng tag araw…
sinabi mo sa akin:
“kay bilis namang matapos
ng tag-araw.”
at matagal akong nakasagot,
pagkat ni minsa’y
hindi ako nakaramdam
ng init,
ang aking kaloob-looba’y
isa lamang mahabang
tag-lamig.
(tula ni gingmaganda)
Hanging coffins on the sides of cliffs
“…a unique burial ritual involving the placement of dead relatives into caves after carefully preparing a hollowed out log. These coffins are carved by the elderly before they die; if they are too ill or weak their son or other close relative will do it for them. This ritual involves pushing the bodies into the [...]
Going through friendster profiles isn’t reading…
“A tragic majority of young people don’t read books at all, and if you crawl through the thousands of Friendster profiles online, many of them even crow about being non-readers as if it was something to brag about. Crawl through these Friendster profiles again, and some would even list down, under the column of “Favorite [...]
She never beat me up or anything - oh no, girls are way more subtle and cruel than that.
"I know that my experiences as a bully victim don’t sound particularly traumatizing, but you don’t have to get beat up in the playground to develop emotional scars that stay with you for the rest of your life - especially when the damage is psychological, which is what female bullying is about. "
Lauren writes about [...]
Why do condos in the Philippines have western names?
“Tatlong henerasyon na ang high-rise pero kakatwa na hindi nagbabago ang ethos ng pagpapangalan sa mga condo: kung dati ay Ritz, Pacific Plaza at Twin Towers, ngayon ay hayagan pa ring western-envy ang ipinapangalan. Sa Katipunan Avenue, sa hanay ng exklusibong pamantasan ng Ateneo de Manila University at Miriam College, Burgundy at Prince David, at [...]