I have a Ph.D. degree. I love to travel, visit museums, national parks, and places few people know. I share my travel stories and more on this blog.
Read moreHow would a common (read: living simply in a far-flung town) Filipino view a Balikbayan who has been away from the country for quite sometime? I have been in and out of the Philippines many times. Most of those times, the travels were short — like those few days in…
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The easiest way to touch the clouds, literally, is to go gliding. Gliding is less scary than skydiving. While the latter may seem to harness the power of adrenaline due to a quick drop, the former is better in providing a worthwhile flying experience in a much longer time. The…
Read moreI just brushed aside the warnings about the list of “Unauthorized sites” on my Adsense account. Doing nothing, like leaving those sites in your list, does not hurt at all. But lately, message after message from Google kept appearing on the Adsense homepage, telling me I may be losing some…
Read moreI was tempted to produce a map showing Facebook users in the United States by States after seeing someone posted a map of the world in terms of Twitter users. Here are my results based on the Facebook Usage Statistics for August 31, 2010.
Read moreShocked? No. I expected Friendster to evolve. But I never thought it could become a game site. Friendster.com, the social networking site that used to be so popular in the Philippines, failed to catch up with the popularity of Facebook and eventually saw its defeat.
Read moreI finally figured how to add or integrate Facebook comments on my blog. I have seen so many popular sites doing this, but I thought there was no reason of putting a Facebook conversations app since there already exists a comment interface on my blog. But the blog moguls have…
Read moreStatistical numbers are clear – the Filipinos are outnumbered! The Philippine Navy force is no match against the powerful Chinese Naval force. Well, that is expected. China is now becoming one of the most influential and powerful countries in the world. It is just right for the country to modernize…
Read moreQS, the leading global career and education network, released the 2011 Asian University rankings with mostly universities from Hong Kong and Japan occupying the spots for best universities in the top 10. The rankings were based on Academic Peer Review (index), Recruiter Review, Student Faculty Ratio, Bibliometrics (Papers per Faculty…
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