In Paris on December 10, 1898, the United States paid Spain
$20 million to annex the entire Philippine archipelago.

Another massive blackout hits Singapore

talk about freaking out. maraming mga singaporeans ang nagwala kagabi dahil sa blackout. di kasi sanay ang mga tao rito na mawawalan ng kuryente.

"O'Connor: State of war is not blank check"

damn right it isn't a blank check. sobra naman kasi ang gobyerno ni dubya.

"Iranian woman 'gives birth to frog'"

tangina, malapit na yatang mag end of the world.

"We look forward to joining with 'Spider-Man' to bringing truth and justice all across America,"

- michael moore, commenting on the box office success of farenheit 9/11

"The razor-toothed piranhas of the genera Serrasalmus and Pygocentrus are the most ferocious freshwater fish in the world. In reality they seldom attack a human."

send this text to your friend in less than 43 seconds and you could win $25000 and be the guiness world record holder of the fastest text writer in the west.

Jay and Jet's Genting Highlands Vacation

web album para sa mga kaibigan at kamag-anak. pics namin ni jet sa aming short malaysian weekend.

Malaysia to keep air pollution data a state secret

pati ba naman air quality eh confidential. ano ba yan.

"We do not condone torture. I have never ordered torture. I will never order torture"

-George "Dubya" Bush

ulul.

"Filipina dragon boaters paddle with pride"

In a city with a snobbish disregard for the migrant workers who clean its homes, the Bulldogs have beaten off prejudice and sexism to earn respect in a sport dominated by monied Western expatriates or hard-bitten Chinese fishermen.

HAHAHAHA! MGA PUTANG INA NINYONG MGA NAGMAMATA SA AMING MGA PINOY, ETONG SA INYO!

"Vice President Dick Cheney continues to peddle the big lie that there was some sort of collaboration going on between the government of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and the al-Qaida terrorist network created by Osama bin Laden."

put up or shut up na nga eh.

"Unfortunately, the Lakers are Bryant's team"

big mistake. big, BIG mistake.

"Six killed as Thai driver sleeps at wheel after late Euro 2004 games"

eto pa ang isang case ng sobrang addiction sa Euro 2004 football cup.

EURO 2004 NEWS:

"Malaysia: A Malaysian football fan was beaten with a remote control by his wife for watching England's opening Euro 2004 game against France.

His better half had demanded he be in bed early in order to take the children to school in the morning, but instead the avid supporter stayed up late to see the match.

The cries of anguish as his beloved England fell foul of a cruel defeat at the hands of Zinedine Zidane woke the house and left him with a beating from his wife."

hehehe... kung di ba naman mga gago.

ang invictus ni william ernest henley. di ko alam kung bakit na record na ito sa aking long term memory. isa sa required reading ng english literature class namin nung third year high school ang tulang ito. i haven't forgotten it ever since. favorite poem ito ni rosanna roces at tinula niya sa star talk a few years ago with matching luha nung time na tinitira siya ng MTRCB. tutulain niya rin kaya ulit ngayon na magkaaway sila ni lolit solis? abangan. hehe.

LAKERS SHOW SHAW THE DOOR (from ESPN): "...It looks like Buss, the Lakers' owner, has made his choice: Kobe stays; the others can go. In other words, he is not averse to trading Shaq and is willing to build his franchise around a narcissist who's on trial for rape, doesn't make his teammates better and is in denial over all of it."

sayang si shaq. sa tingin ko, the lakers are making a mistake. but i'm no basketball expert so we'll see. parang telenovela ang storya ng LA lakers.

SWIMMING BULACAN SUMMER 2004

nag swimming isang araw ng mayo ang pamilya ramirez. ayan, masaya silang lahat.

pinoys in singapore

kahait nakatira sa malayong lugar, gumagawa pa rin ng paraan para magkita kita ang mga pinoy.

Invictus
William Ernest Henley

Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.

old high school "required to be memorized" poem remembered

"Washington: Rebuffing U.S. government claims, the independent commission investigating the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks said Wednesday no evidence exists that al-Qaeda had strong ties to deposed Iraqi president Saddam Hussein."

o, so wala palang link. ano ngayon ang masasabi ng mga trigger happy na hawks sa bush administration? ano ngayon masasabi ng vice president cheney? you guys wasted so much money and lives... for what? to realize some rambo fantasy.

In the day we sweat it out in the streets of a runaway American dream
At night we ride through mansions of glory in suicide machines
Sprung from cages out on highway 9,
Chrome wheeled, fuel injected
and steppin' out over the line"

springsteen, "born to run"

Hail Zidane the Great, on and off the pitch.

AMEN!

"31 Moons, Now Close Enough to Touch"...

go go cassini!

"Six Saudi preachers seen as influential with Islamist extremists yesterday denounced attacks on westerners as a 'grave sin' under Islam."

so what now? attacking westerners (i.e. white people) is a sin. but killing asians and africans are OK? ganon ba yon ha? ha? ha?

Essence of Fish with American Ginseng... gamot daw ito para madaling maghilom ang sugat.