The driver

Note: I got this story from an email from a former work colleague back in the Philippines.

After getting all of Pope Benedict's luggage loaded into the limo, (and he doesn't travel light), the driver notices the Pope is still standing on the curb.

'Excuse me, Your Holiness,' says the driver, 'Would you please take your seat so we can leave?'

'Well, to tell you the truth,' says the Pope, 'they never let me drive at the Vatican when I was a cardinal, and I'd really like to drive today.'

Writing for the web

People read online differently to print. We therefore have to write differently.
People rarely read web pages word for word. Instead they scan the page to see if they can pick out what they are looking for. And the longer the text, the more skimming they will do.

People probably haven’t come to a web page for the fun of it. They have come because they want to find information or do something as quickly and easily as possible.

Unfortunate names

A few weeks ago, I read the post Naming your child could be catastrophic from fellow Bol-anon blogger Edik.

In that post, Edik shared how he encountered some weird sounding names of students while doing a scrapbook project for a school.

Edik himself has an unusual name for somebody in the Philippines. Nowadays, it seems that Filipino parents have a penchant for unique names for their children.

Silence of the blog

This blog is eerily silent for some time now.

There is no dearth of materials nor ideas to write about. In fact, every week if not everyday, I think of and/or come across some topic that I want to blog about.

There is no lost of interest to blog either. In fact, my two other blogs are active. And I also have plans to start two or three blogs more.

My perfect meal

Nothing beats a hot meal of rice and my wife's pork adobo, finishing off with ice cold San Miguel beer.

Wow lami-a jud kaajo uy! (Wow it's really delicious!)

Feels like I never left the Philippines at all.