Monthly Archives: February 2008

41 Tax Haven Countries

The four criteria for a country to be considered as tax haven are: insignificant or non-existent tax levels, absence of transparency in tax matters, absence of fiscal data exchange with other countries and attractiveness for straw companies with fictitious activities. The only—

Into The Viewfinder

Brooks Point in Palawan: More pictures of the Rio Tuba trip here.

Organizing Your Tasks

Are you a task freak? Well, I guess I’m becoming one. With so many projects at hand, may it be personal or work, or anything else, I needed a way to organize my actions and plan my tasks. I have been in—

Into The Viewfinder

The Mighty Portability

This might have come sooner than I expected. Just can’t stop the urge to try out this thing with my own hands, at the comfort of my home. Now, how does it measure (literally, in size) against my current laptop, the 15.4″—

Blogging at Your Own Domain Name

A discussion over at The Blog Herald, some people adversely decide whether they should spend (waste?) time reading blogs that have url’s ending in “.blogspot.com” or “.wordpress.com”. To some, these url addresses bring negative connotations as to the contents of the blog,—

Into The Viewfinder

Pictures are here and here.

Into The Viewfinder

The Dangers of Offloading Images

Jonathan Bailey over at the Blog Herald stress out the dangers of uploading your images in photo sharing sites like flickr, webshots, and photobucket. Of the three examples, flickr appears to be the lesser evil huh! I likewise wonder who among us—

Ex-Deloitte Philippines Information Hub

The Ex-Deloitte Philippines Information Hub is officially launched. No cutting of ribbons, really. Just putting up the website online. The site was designed to cater to the former C.L. Manabat & Co. (Deloitte – Philippines) professionals, wherever side of the world they—

Photo World Manila 2008

Had an opportunity to shoot at models today at the Photo World Manila 2008 Exhibit at the Glorietta Activity Center in Makati, Philippines. Visit my flickr photos for more pictures. More uploads are coming up in the photoset.

Lulu Hypermarket Tries to Detain Shopper

Mavi’s of Life on the Spot tells her story of how Lulu Hypermarket staff and security tried to “illegally” detain her. I think this whole incident can be attributed to irrational thinking by some people out there. This atmosphere, I believe, would—

The Letter Says: “Passed”

Foreword: The registrar transfer for the domain name, “deuts.net”, is really giving me headaches. I can’t wait for the 7 days buffer before the losing registrar actually releases the domain name to the new one. So, we may encounter problems related to—