Namets! at Cinemalaya 2008

I was fortunate enough to watch feature films at this year’s Cinemalaya independent film festival at the Cultural Center of the Philippines yesterday. (I was fortune because I had the luxury of time to travel from the hilly North Eastern Metro Manila to Manila Bay.  My friends and I jokingly dub [...]

Who controls the world’s oil supplies?

Image by Getty Images via Daylife
Oil and Gas Reserves by Company – Country:
1. Saudi Aramco -  Saudi Arabia (more than 300 billion barrels)
2. National Iranian Oil Company – Iran
3. Qatar Petroleum – Qatar
4. Abu Dhabi National Oil Company – UAE
5. Iraq NOC – Iraq
6. Gazprom – Russia
7. Kuwait Petroleum Corporation – Kuwait
8. Petróleos de Venezuala [...]

Republic Act 9504 – full text

(Per RA 8293 Sec. 176.1 works of the Government of the Philippines can be used freely for non-commercial purposes. Feel free to copy the following text:)
An Act Amending Sections 22, 24, 34, 35, 51 and 79 of Republic Act No. 8424, as Amended, Otherwise Known as the National Internal Revenue Code of 1987. 
Begun and held in [...]

Diabetasol an alternative to Glucerna?

 
I have discovered a possible alternative for the very expensive Glucerna SR of Abbot that my parents drink. I saw this new product while shopping at Robinsons Supermarket. For those who are unaware, Glucerna SR is a meal replacement or food supplement for those with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.
This new product called, Diabetasol is quite [...]

What’s the Plan??

Smart Money, Paypal and Endosulfan

Smart Money cards that start with 5299 are having problems.  Not all merchants are able to accept the new card series because Smart says it is quite new.
I encountered the problem when I was trying to add my Smart Money card to my PayPal account.  I received an error message that my card is already [...]

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On Being Rich

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I saw the question (in Filipino) on a discussion thread in an internet forum called Pinoyexchange.com.  It asked why Filipinos are not rich.  I don’t post there however I’d like to explore the idea of being rich.
How does one define “rich” or being “rich?”  Must we put a dollar figure to determine which [...]