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6 Essentials to Prioritize When Moving In To Your Own Space

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BIR Registration for Freelance Writers and Other Non-Licensed Professionals (2021)

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My Dormitos Cubao Capsule Pod Experience

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Photography

Way Back into Photography and Photoshop

By on August 12, 2012

Now that the flood’s gone and life’s back to normal (at least here in our area), I’ve been busy cleaning these past few days. A freelance project on-going, a questionnaire I have to fill out and a couple of blog posts to be written, I have to finish all that while nursing myself back into health :’c

Anyway, I took a time off yesterday and decided to work on my Photoshop skills that has been not in use for months now. Here’s the end product:

This is the copy from Facebook. I’m having a hard time upload the original one (big file o_o). Click the picture to see it on Flickr. 🙂

I took this picture after our friend’s wedding last month in Anabel’s Tomas Morato, using my friend’s (the one on standing on the right) Nikon Coolpix P7000. Post-processing and layout done in Photoshop CS 5.5. The picture on the lower right taken by the owner of the camera during their trip in USS.

This was requested by a friend. I did my best and learned a few tricks on the way.

What do you think? I look forward to your comments! Back to coding/writing for now 🙂

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Demi Days

[Updated] Please don’t be another Ondoy/Yolanda.. :(

By on August 7, 2012

August 2012

It’s raining cats and dogs here. While I’m typing this, rain has been pouring nonstop and many areas are already submerged in flood, families are being rescued and relocated to evacuation centers, and classes for tomorrow are being suspended one by one.

Aside from the leak on our bedroom from the ceiling, so far, we’re doing okay. But it doesn’t mean we’re just gonna sit here and do nothing. I want to be better prepared now than how we were during Ondoy.

Let me share the pictures back then.

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Advocacy

Grandparents’ Day for a Cause!

By on August 4, 2012

Let’s celebrate Grandparents’ Day with 50 abandoned elderly at ANAWIM Lay Missions Foundation, Inc on September 9, 2012 (Saturday), 9 am – 4 pm at Barangay San Isidro, Rodriguez Rizal!

We are giving free haircuts and makeovers to our beloved lolos and lolas to boost their morale and we need VOLUNTEER HAIRCUTTERS and MAKE-UP ARTISTS (with own make-ups and tools) please. Let us give back our talents to the needy and give the gift of hope.

This event is a project of Mapayapa Village III (MV3) and we are accepting donations in kind and cash/check (payable to MV3 HOA Charity Fund, account no. 003513005821, BPI bank Marian Branch, Fairview).

ANAWIM Wish List: Food, toiletries, medicines, and medical equipment.

Meeting options:

  • 9 am at Mapayapa Village III clubhouse located at Narra Avenue, Barangay Pasong Tamo, Quezon City. VEHICLES are needed for CARPOOL please.
mv3 sketch
  • 10:30 am at ANAWIM Lay Missions Foundation, Inc located at Barangay San Isidro, Rodriguez, Rizal.
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For inquiries, contact Tracy Cruz, MV3 P.R.O. at 09178557721. For FACEBOOK Event Page Invite, please add Tracy Cruz (tracygcruz@yahoo.com).

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Tech

Accenture Shaping the Future Forum 2012 Experience [Updated]

By on August 3, 2012

I may be out-of-school but I make it a point to learn something new everyday, especially in my field of study. Learning isn’t situated only in the four corners of the classroom. Whether a new jargon, the latest news in technology or a new snippet of code, I never fail to update myself.

As far as I can remember, the last seminar/workshop I have attended was sponsored by Globe Labs & Microsoft (HTML5 + JavaScript and Developing Apps using Windows 8 Metro Style Apps Workshop). Fast forward to July 26 at past 6pm, I was already in queue outside the Isla Ballroom of EDSA Shangri-la Manila for the Accenture: Shaping the Future Forum 2012.

Feels like a student again.. No ID, no entry 😛

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Advocacy

Noah’s Ark: A Patch of Pet Heaven

By on July 21, 2012
Image from Sodahead

Pinoys are natural pet lovers. To date, the Philippines is one of the top 5 countries in the world with the most number of household pets. But gone were the days when pets are merely trusty watchdogs at home. Many owners have come to treat their pets as companions, friends and even as kids of their own.

What used to be just veterinary clinics to give medical attention to our pets, now services are being offered for all sorts of our pet needs. From pet dental clinics, to grooming salons, obedience class for pets and even pet hotels. All are aimed to provide the best care for our beloved animal friends.

But one important need for our pet is often overlooked- the need for a decent resting place when they pass on.

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Tech

Don’t Get Run Down by Competition with These 3 Tools

By on July 19, 2012
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Technology is nowadays a business’ best friend. Utilization of tools that enhance efficiency, and therefore, cost-effectiveness, are constantly on the rise that the business not too keen in doing so is a business that usually gets run down by competition. Then again, if we pause and think about it, some businesses aren’t putting their best feet forward mainly because of the cost of implementing these tools. Well, with these three online tools that are either free or low-cost, hesitation will be nothing more than an excuse:

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Pop Culture

Tanjoubi omedetou, Syao-kun!

By on July 15, 2012

If you ask me who is my favorite male anime character right now, I would definitely give you the same answer since I was in grade school – Li Syaoran of Cardcaptor Sakura.

Li Syaoran hails from Hong Kong. The successor of the powerful Li clan, his family consists of his mother, his four sisters and Wei (I count him here because he basically raised Syaoran through the years). He went to Japan to get the Clow cards but falls in love with the enemy 😛

He looks tough on the outside. Yes, he might have been a bit harsh to Sakura at first. But this guy has values, dreams and a loving soul.

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Tech

Charge your iPhone 4/4s wirelessly with Powermat, retails at PHP 3,490

By on July 10, 2012

Powermat Complete Solutions are pre-pack bundles pairing a Powermat one position charging mat and a receiver to provide a seamless upgrade to wireless charging. Charge your iPhone 4 with the Powermat 1X and Receiver Case for iPhone 4.

What’s included?

  • 1 Powermat 1X wireless charging mat
  • 1 Wireless Receiver Case for iPhone 4
  • 1 Power Supply
  • Micro USB to USB Cable

If you don’t like wires and you don’t mind sacrificing your phone’s aesthetics while you’re charging (since the receiver case adds a little depth), give Powermat iPhone 4 Charging System a try. SRP PHP 3,490.00

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