Blog Posts on people and culture

The Persuader by Your [almost] typical Pinoy yuppie on Mar 9, 2009I took a Personality Type test from www.mypersonality.info and here's the result:It basically says that I'm more extroverted, more sensing, a thinker than a "feeler" and more perceiving than judging. My primary function is Extraverted Sensing, which...

Mockingbird by Your [almost] typical Pinoy yuppie on Mar 8, 2009I just finished watching To Kill A Mockingbird, the movie adaptation of Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize Winning novel of the same title. It's my first black and white movie and I find it endearing and intelligent. The story plays around two main plots: t...

More on CDO and Bukidnon trip by Your [almost] typical Pinoy yuppie on Mar 2, 2009Snapshots from my Cagayan de Oro and Bukidnon trip.This is what you'll see on the other end of Makahambus Cave. White water rafters pass through this riverThe historical marker at the cave's facade.Bonding time with my high school friend, Shine

Enraged and Dumbfounded by Your [almost] typical Pinoy yuppie on Feb 6, 2009I just watched The Boy in Striped Pajamas tonight and my heart is breaking right now and I'm full of hate. Probably the story of the two 8-year old boys, one a soldier's son and the other a Jew in a Holocaust camp, is fictional. But the concentr

Ox by Your [almost] typical Pinoy yuppie on Jan 25, 2009It's the Chinese New Year and we're eating tikoy. Tikoy, by the way, is a glutinous round rice cake traditionally served during Chinese New Year believed to bring "sticky" good luck for the whole year in this year that they call Year o

Of slurps and burps by Your [almost] typical Pinoy yuppie on Jan 16, 2009My best friend recommended me this neat and interesting dining etiquette quiz. If you love eating and traveling, this is definitely for you. This made me realize that it's really fun that people are different from one another and we can always learn.