Five years on… on Aug 19, 2011 in Autobiography Weblog 500 Blog Pagsusulat Perth Philippines Pinas Pinoy Western Australia Work writing March 2006 was when I first officially tried to make a mark of chronicling my thoughts online. This was when Friendster used to be a bustling online hang out of friends. Lynette was the one who introduced me to blogging after, if I remember it right,...
The Push for a Blogging Association on Apr 18, 2011 in Aphorisms Australia Musings News Philippines Weblog Blogging Filipino National Bloggers Association NBA PBA Pinas Pinoy Professional Bloggers Association WP-Pinoy Blogbastic is on (a very long) hiatus but I am “plurkbastic/twittertastic” in ‘short,’ I am active in microblogging. Microblogging gave a good alternative to a bit time-intensive blogging here at blogbastic (not that I’m complaining, I love...
Not again… on Nov 20, 2010 in Autobiography Crime Employment Life Musings News Bogus Fake Filipino Jobs Manila Perth scam Scam Watch WA I’m quite busy these past few months as I try to finish my thesis writing, however, a recent event urged me to blog about this to warn others. As you’ve learned in my earlier post, my father almost fell as a scam victim. I reckon he came...
Not again… (UPDATED) on Nov 20, 2010 in Autobiography Crime Employment Life Musings News Bogus Fake Filipino Jobs Manila Perth scam Scam Watch WA I’m quite busy these past few months as I try to finish my thesis writing, however, a recent event urged me to blog about this to warn others. As you’ve learned in my earlier post, my father almost fell as a scam victim. I reckon he came...
Scams of the earth! on Jul 8, 2010 in Australia Autobiography Business Crime Employment Human Interest Life Musings News Philippines Technology 2001 Carnival email Human Resource Kia online paypal quokka scam Scam Watch security selling UN I used to work for an international organisation ages ago. In this big organisation, email is one of the most important means of communication in the organisation and the most reliable. The size of organisation that I used to work for meant that its...
Decision 2010 on May 18, 2010 in Aphorisms Autobiography Journalism Life Musings News Politics Weblog Aquino Benigno Aquino III Election May 2010 Noynoy Noynoy Aquino OAV Overseas Absentee Voting Philippines Pinoy I wrote this article long before the May 10 2010 elections. Decided to update and upload. Filipinos overseas have trooped Philippine embassies worldwide to cast their votes. There were reported glitches in some areas however the overseas voting went...
Wild storm hits Perth on Mar 22, 2010 in Australia Environment Human Interest News Weblog climate Perth WA weather Western Australia A massive clean-up is underway after wild storms hit Metro-Perth yesterday. Western Australia Premier Colin Barnett, in a report by Perthnews.com, said that it was the State’s worst storm since 1994. Thousands of home were damaged and electric...
You’ve been hacked on Mar 22, 2010 in Journalism News Philippines Politics Weblog Blog Election Eleksyon Filipino Well not this site though. There was a stir today online that the website of presidential hopeful Manny Villar was hacked. The hacker, apparently a supporter of leading presidential candidate Noynoy Aquino, posted this blog entry. The hacker acknowl...
No TFC on my SBS on Mar 16, 2010 in Entertainment Musings News Philippines Weblog Australia Filipino Manila Media TV Filipinos abroad usually update themselves on news from home through the internet and other media. For Filipinos here in Australia, we have a choice of subscribing to The Filipino Channel or Pinoy TV. Subscription to these providers, however, is a bi...
Toned-down entertainment (UPDATED) on Mar 14, 2010 in Life Musings News Philippines Politics Sports Vlog Weblog Blog Boxing Eleksyon Filipino Pacquiao Pinoys around the world took a respite from politics as Pacquiao took world centre stage to defend his title. If it is any indication, the ‘discounted’ price of the pay per view rate of the Pacquiao-Clottey fight seemed to imply that this is a...
