Monthly Archives: November 2006

Reality Crashes to the Floor

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Status: Sad… Very Music: Blind – Lifehouse It’s been almost a year since we met in a very huge, yet strange place where we are both free. During our first months, I thought frequency could shorten the miles and the hours between us. It did not feel we’re half quarter a world apart. We used to say that distance is just another word that doesn’t even matter. And we became emotionally close. But now, I’m starting to feel that distance. …

Freakin’ Pride

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Status: I feel hot literally. Music: Understand – Christina Aguilera When asked if she was affected by some critics’ opinion that Faith Cuneta effortlessly outstaged her in one of their concerts, Regine Velasquez said something I can never forget. “Of course not. Why should I feel insecure? I’m freakin’ Regine Velasquez. I’ve been in this industry for, like, forever.” — Freakin’ Regine Velasquez Viewed 410 times by 158 visitors this month

Confusing Answers

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Status: Learning to spit fire. Music: On the Radio – Nelly Furtado Although there’s no rule, most Bulgarians nod for “no” and shake their heads for “yes”, which really confuses foreigners. Weird, huh? Viewed 545 times by 193 visitors this month

Shall I Let Him Take the Wheel?

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Status: Starving. Music: Jesus Take the Wheel – Carrie Underwood After having a very interesting conversation with Kuya Tops about God, Jesus Christ and faith last night, I found myself thinking about my beliefs again. You know how much I love God but I don’t believe in Jesus’s divinity, which others find a little off and disturbing. I feel like I am a Jew stuck here in the Philippines with all the Christian Catholics looking at me in utter disgust …

Wow, Wow, Wow Philippines

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Status: Supposed to be working but what the hell? Music: Dahilan – Barbie Almalbis I finally checked out Tourism Department’s official website and all I could say was “WOW!” It is sooo nice I even forgot I was in the office “working.” And gosh, I was so overwhelmed by how much I still have to learn about the Philippines, considering that I have lived my entire life here. Looking at their trivia page, all I could utter were more wows. …

World’s Top Universities 2006

Posted on by Yoshke in Lists, Public Affairs, University | 15 Comments

Status: Waiting. Just waiting. Music: Hurt – Christina Aguilera Here’s something to make your day a little brighter. U.P. (University of the Philippines) made it to Times Higher Education Supplement-Quacquarelli Symonds (THES-QS) Top Universities in the World. We are 299th in the world, 47th in Asia, 10th in Southeast Asia and the best in the country. But then again, as an old colleague of mine said, during her college years, UP was 23rd globally (not sure if this is true, …

Pinoy Dream Look-Alikes

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Status: At work Music: Pangarap Lang – Yeng Constantino It’s not a secret that I’m a big Pinoy Dream Academy fan. To be honest, before the show was launched, I was not that interested. I thought it would just be second-rate Philippine Idol. I was really excited about PI that time, and was refusing to watch a single episode of PDA. But when Philippine Idol started eliminating their good contestants one by one (not to mention that Ken and Miguel …

Back to the Present

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Status: With a really happy heart Music: Tell Me – P. Diddy feat Christina Aguilera Contrary to popular opinion, P.Diddy’s “Press Play” album, as far as I am concerned, is something to spend some cash on. I’m not sure of this, though, because I still haven’t heard the entire album yet. But at least, his first two singles are damn hot. And the album already reached the top of the Billboard 200 chart. I was still not over my being …

Tensions for Dinner

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Status: At work Music: Come to Me – P. Diddy feat Nicole Scherzinger And yes, I already bid goodbye to my German Pride layout and to my entire blogdrive account as well. From now on, I will be using wordpress and the domain name yoshke.com. But if you still want to see my old blog, all you have to do is click this. # # # Anyway, as days go by, it becomes more and more difficult for me to …