Just a little distraction. This “bakeshop” has one of the best Vigan longanisa I’ve ever tasted. They don’t sell bread in this bakeshop though.
Archive for May, 2007
er… bread, anyone?
May 25, 2007shameless, pretty shameless
May 17, 2007Today is the International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO), a global campaign that commemorates the World Health Organization declaration that homosexuality is not a disease. For this year’s IDAHO, the New York-based Human Rights Watch included Rep. Bienvenido Abante, Chair of the House Committee on Human Rights, in its ‘Hall of Shame.’
The guy deserves it. I just hope that the next House leadership would realize that he doesn’t have the credibility to head the House Committee on Human Rights. Read the rest of this entry »
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May 17, 2007Forget about surveys and exit polls. They’re not that reliable. They make you happy, they make you feel dejected, but once the votes are cast, it’s all about waiting and counting (and of course, eternal vigilance). Here, where election-wise the only thing sophisticated is cheating, you suffer if you let exit polls and surveys to rule your life. It’s death by caffeine.
Everyone at the HQ is restless, of course, but no one has a choice: this is really how votes are counted in the Philippines. S-l-o-w. It is like sending radio signals to space and waiting for Martians to reply with the visual binary equivalent of “d2 na us! takbo na u!”. The only one quick to count is Garci, who surprisingly conceded defeat in a fight for a congressional seat in Bukidnon vs. the Acostas. Oh Manny, please learn from Garci.
Ihahatid, itatawid kita
May 11, 2007Ang kasaysayan ng pagbabago ay laging nakasalalay sa kamay ng mamamayan. Here’s a moving song composed by Gary Granada for AKBAYAN Party-list.
