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East versus West cultures

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Blue = Western
Red = Asian

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On Contacts:


On the Way of Life:


On Handling Problems:


On Moods and Weather:


On the Boss:


On Punctuality:


Sa mga Pila:


Ang tingin nila sa Sarili:


Sundays on City Streets


On Parties:


On Restaurants:


Sagot sa Gutom:


Perception of Each other's Culture:


On what's Trendy:


The Child:


Role of the Elderly:


When Traveling:


Transportation, Then and Now:


Definition of Beauty:

Six Crossing Bridge | Only in Dubai

its a stunner. I wanna go to Dubai !!!

Dubai still doesn't stop. After their massive infrastracture works: the 7-star hotel; and man-made islands, they are building world's longest arched bridge.

The project, the biggest ever single road project launched by the Dubai Roads and Transport Authority, also includes 12 kilometres of new roads and 22 intersections. And oh, it will also provide access to a new island in the creek, which the local developer plans to build an opera house on.

- It's one mile long and 670 feet tall.
- It will have 12 lanes for traffic.
- It will cost 34 BILLION Philippine pesos. (without corruption, of course!)
- The bridge will carry more than 2,000 vehicles per hour in each direction.
- A metro line will run across the middle.
- Construction begins in March, with a slated completion date of 2012.

More information here.

Official Scrabble Two Letter Words List

Two-letter words accepted in Scrabble: (san ka pa? PE subject sa Peyups ang scrabble! napataob tuloy ako ng utol ko!)

AA AB AD AE AG AH AI AL AM AN AR AS AT AW AX AY

BA BE BI BO BY DE DO

ED EF EH EL EM EN ER ES ET EX

FA FE GO HA HE HI HM HO

ID IF IN IS IT JO KA KI LA LI LO

MA ME MI MM MO MU MY

NA NE NO NU

OD OE OF OH OI OM ON OP OR OS OW OX OY

PA PE PI QI RE SH SI SO TA TI TO

UH UM UN UP US UT

WE WO XI XU YA YE YO ZA

Facts Machine

1. The "Special" tone available to users of Nokia phones when receiving SMS (text messages) is actually Morse code for "SMS". Similarly, the "Ascending" SMS tone is Morse code for "Connecting People," Nokia’s slogan. The "Standard" SMS tone is Morse code for "M" (Message).
2. In Asia, the digit 4 never appears in any Nokia handset model number, because 4 is considered unlucky in many parts of Southeast/East Asia.
3. TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
4. STEWARDESSES is the longest word typed with only the left hand.
5. Coca-Cola was originally green.
6. If you are right handed, you will tend to chew your food on your right side. If you are left handed, you will tend to chew your food on your left side.
7. If you stop getting thirsty, you need to drink more water. For when a human body is dehydrated, its thirst mechanism shuts off.
8. Your tongue is germ free only if it is pink. If it is white there is a thin film of bacteria on it.
9. The Mercedes-Benz motto is ‘Das Beste oder Nichts’ meaning ‘the best or nothing’.
10. The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.
11. Laughing lowers levels of stress hormones and strengthens the immune system. Six-year-olds laugh an average of 300 times a day. Adults only laugh 15 to 100 times a day.
12. Dalmatians are born without spots.
13. The ' v ' in the name of a court case does not stand for 'versus', but for 'and' (in civil proceedings) or 'against' (in criminal proceedings)
14. The reason honey is so easy to digest is that it’s already been digested by a bee
15. Roosters cannot crow if they cannot extend their necks.
16. The color blue has a calming effect. It causes the brain to release calming hormones.
17. Your left lung is smaller than your right lung to make room for your heart.
18. The verb “cleave” is the only English word with two synonyms which are antonyms of each other: adhere and separate.
19. When you blush, the lining of your stomach also turns red.
20. The lion that roars in the MGM logo is named Volney.
21. Google is actually the common name for a number with a million zeros.
22. Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying jag of Flapan, instead of flag of Japan.
23. The attachment of the human skin to muscles is what causes dimples.
24. The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.
25. The only part of the body that has no blood supply is the cornea in the eye. It takes in oxygen directly from the air.
26. In most watch advertisements the time displayed on the watch is 10:10 because then the arms frame the brand of the watch (and make it look like it is smiling.)
27. Colgate faced big obstacle marketing toothpaste in Spanish speaking countries. Colgate translates into the command “go hang yourself.”
28. If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person
    died of natural cause.

Catchy shopping bags

All it takes is just a little creativity. Retailers long ago learned the value of promoting themselves by ensuring that the bags they gave out to customers to take purchases home had their store's name and logo emblazoned on them. Likewise, manufacturers have caught on to the value of buying advertising space on shopping bags and creating specialized bags to promote their own products. As expected, a good deal of creative effort now goes into trying to make such advertisements as eye-catchingly memorable as possible, a process colloquially dubbed "bagvertising."









The power of marketing. Experience design uses the interactions of customers with products, services and company branding to optimize the overall impressions left by these.






playing terrorist, dont go to bank carrying this one!

Ho! Ho! Ho!

Recently, as I was scanning the boob tube, this late night travel show caught my attention, featuring the Santa Claus Village.



It's Christmas every day of the year in the rather commercialised (but quaint) "Santa's secret hideaway" in Lapland, northern Finland, where the redoubtable Mr. Claus spends his time preparing gifts for the world's children, and meeting and greeting an estimated 500,000 delighted visitors a year.



Co-incidentally the valley inside the Arctic Circle where Santa's Village is set is shaped like an ear, so, it is said, Santa can listen to all the children of the world. At the village all sorts of activities are on offer at Santa's office, the reindeer park and the SantaPark theme park, and of course you can use Santa's personal post office to mail a letter or card home with the coveted postmark. The highlight of any visit, though, is of course meeting the great man himself, and whispering your wishes into his friendly ear.

Merry Christmas to all!

Julian Beaver

anamorphosis: a distorted projection or drawing that appears normal when viewed from a particular point or with a suitable mirror or lens.

Pavement drawings

Idol! Hindi ako makapaniwala na sa sidewalk nya naiguhit ito.

Heto pa!


Todo-iwas pa sila. Nakakapanlinlang!

Magaling! magaling! magaling! Henyo sa perspective views. Sisiw ang isometric drawings noong college!



Hmmm. Magandang advertising strategy. Napag-aralan nga...

Insomiacs Beware!

Research has proven that depriving the body of sleep may result to life-threatening diseases like coronary heart disease, cause erectile dysfunction and hormonal imbalance, disrupt metabolism, impair mental performance and adversely affect mental and psychological states.

If our body only gets an average of less than five hours of sleep at night, our chance of suffering a heart attack or dying from one nearly doubles compared to when we have a complete, rejuvenating sleep.

Sleep deprivation also seriously sabotages our body's metabolism, undermining our ability to burn fat. Fat cells in our body produce a hormone called leptin, which tells the body how much potential energy it has stored. Since leptin production peaks at night while sleeping, sleep deprivation can throw levels of this hormone sky high. Our body then loses track of how much energy it has reserved, and instead of burning fat, stores it.

A man's testosterone (male sex hormone) levels crash when his body is sleep-deprived, which triggers a drop in men's desire for sex and also inhibits his ability to maintain an erection.

Sexual hormone imbalance such as Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH or prostate enlargement in men) and menstrual disorder in women are also effects of sleeping problems.

As I was bloghopping, I read an entry about Bulitas' sleep tablets. That could be an innovation.

I remember when I'm deprived of rest, I would tell my folks, "If only I could buy some sleep.."

Then our naughty minds start to think some of the crazy things, like, what would the immediate effect of the tablet? Instant eye gunk? HAHAHA!

Odd-looking Buildings

"Crooked House"
You know that your looking at a real building right? The Crooked House, built in 2004, is an addition at a popular shopping center, and is a major tourist attraction in Sopot, Poland. We just wonder what happens when someone who's under a controlled substance sees this building for the first time in their life.









"Robot Building"
The great Bank of Asia is a famous building in Bangkok. It was made way back in 1985, and its robotic appearance is just a symbol of banking in the modernize world. It also has the ability to transform into a spectacular robot. So, if Godzilla ever decided to show his green face in the land of Bangkok, they would have to fight!









"Dancing House"
Here's a building that should get your attention when walking pass it. The Dancing House is considered as one of the more real controversial buildings in Prague. A talented architect from California designed this House, which only proves that he had done some hallucinogen while designing the damn thing.

Cellphone Stress

Sa sobrang inis dahil sa kalumaan ng cellphone mo, minsan naisip mong ihagis na lamang palayo.

Hindi mo na kailangang totohanin ang paghagis. May nakita akong mobile game, pampatanggal ng stress!


Etong malupit! Sa Europe, may naka-isip pa ng kakaibang gimmick, Mobile Phone Throwing Championships. Sana may maghagis ng Nokia N91 or Sony Ericcson W950, sasaluhin ko talaga yun! Kung dito ginanap yan, malamang, sangkatutak na batikos aabutin nyan!


Yun lang! Balik sa trabaho!

Maynila, sa mata ng agila

Kakaiba ang Spanish architecture. Mula sa aerial view, nakikita sa inyong kaliwa ang hugis kabaong na Manila City Hall! Kaya pala maraming ghost stories doon!

Isa pang trivia! nakikita sa bandang kanan ng larawan (naks! Buwan ng Wikang Pambansa eh!), may isla pala sa gitna ng Pasig river, at dito natatagpuan ang Hospicio de San Jose. Baong kaalaman, salamat sa Google Maps!



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... at ito ang rumored matchup sa Mayoralty race (May 2007) in the Capital of the Philippines:

Alfredo Lim vs. Ping Lacson

This will be a dogfight! Battle of the Toughest! Kamay na Bakal vs. Dirty Harry! Let's get it on! Russian roulette na!

Figurine business

A new business idea!


Actually, this is not new.. It's already a business of a Malaysian artist. (Bad thing, I'm a poor Filipino with no credit cards)

Do you wish to have figurines that looks like you?
More samples!
minealesi.com offers this cool idea. Figurines are 4-5 inches tall. Just submit your most photogenic pic & your payment (of course!), to create your own cute sculpts.

Imagine looking at your funny face everyday, wouldn't that brighten your day? Here are some of their precious work of art..






But of course, innovation has its price. Tsk,tsk,tsk!