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Hunters by Pin(k)oy on Dec 5, 2010I just finished watching this film called "The End Of The Line," a documentary premiered at the Sundance Film Festival last year, revealing the devastating impact of overfishing on our world's oceans. As always, it personally angered me how man can b...

Dang Facebook! by Pin(k)oy on Sep 13, 2010Facebook - that social networking site that, only a little less than five years ago I registered into just for kicks in addition to my then active Friendster account. A little less than five years ago, I only had around two real-life pals in my Faceb...

Andito lang kami, Kuya by Pin(k)oy on Jun 30, 2010Kanina lang ay pinanood ko ang inauguration ng bagong pangulo ng Pilipinas, Benigno Aquino III. Sa totoo lang, napaiyak ako…inisip ko, sya na ba talaga ang makakapag-bago ng Pilipinas? Makalipas ang mahabang panahon, sya na ba ang talagang makakapa...

We are all mortal, and don't you forget by Pin(k)oy on Mar 22, 2010Picking up my fifteen year old daughter one day from school, my partner and I were talking about current affairs, specifically this freak show we call election campaign that is now preoccupying the entire country. When out of the blue, my daughter as...

Remember not to be greedy, sweetie by Pin(k)oy on Mar 5, 2010Picking up my fifteen year old daughter one day from school, my partner and I were talking about current affairs, specifically this freak show we call election campaign that is now preoccupying the entire country. When out of the blue, my daughter as...

2010 by Pin(k)oy on Jan 7, 2010Goodbye 2009!Can't imagine it's 2010 already. I still remember when, as a kid growing up in the 80s, the year with numbers above 2000 for me was unthinkable. And if I ever thought of it, my mind was filled with images of flying cars, humans co-existi...

A deadly vocation by Pin(k)oy on Nov 26, 2009While driving my daughter to school, my partner and I were having this heated debate about the recent massacre in Maguindanao, killing among others, more than two dozen innocent print and broadcast local reporters who were only there to do their job.

Thanks KABLOGS! (plus: musings and a new blog project) by Pin(k)oy on Aug 18, 2009Back again from another long hiatus and guess what...blogger buddy Dungeon Lord surprised me with this piece of news: KABLOGS just gave me an award!Pinkoy is definitely honored to have been chosen as a non-OFW recipient of the KABLOGS awards. Thanks...

Tagged: "15" by Pin(k)oy on May 3, 2009This is one post that practically cost me about two hours of potential sleep just to write a draft and post it on Pinkoy.The tag comes from Violet of "Silip..." which was brilliantly written in Pilipino though the tag was originally in English (trace...

Are you left-handed? I am (and Obama too)! by Pin(k)oy on Feb 5, 2009I'm so glad George W. Bush is right-handed!I'm kidding! (not). It's just that the entire world right now is talking about newly-inaugurated U.S. President Barack Obama's handedness. Yup, we are part of this very exclusive minority, a m