Monthly Archives: August 2008

Eraserheads reunion concert cut short

Ely Buendia rushed to hospital; Eraserheads reunion concert cut short No, I wasn’t in the event. And this is the sad news that broke when I arrived home. The Eraserheads reunion concert on Saturday night at the Bonifacio Global City Open Field—

Philippines is 3rd in the Youth Under-16 Chess Olympiad

Chessdom – India wins the Chess U16 Olympiad 2008 ahead of Russia. With GM Wesley So steering the board 1 for the Philippines, he won 8 games and drew 2 to grab the gold medal at board 1. Not a bad performance—

Seen Only in Surigao

Or maybe, at least, so far, I only get to see this in Surigao. It’s like a motorcycle with wings. Its wings from both sides are designed to hold passengers. In Surigao, these are usually employed in order to get to the—

Bullet Points: Facebook, Friendster, Tumblr, Prime Lenses

Tumblr Search Good news for Tumblr users. Now we don’t have to wait anymore for Google to index our pages in tumblr in order for Google Custom Search to actually display search results from our tumblr archives. Tumblr now has a built-in—

Grandmasters Eugene Torre and Wesley So Battle Over One Million

Inquirer.net dubs this the richest chess event in the country so far. Philippines’ chess legend GM Eugenio Torre against the current world’s youngest grandmaster GM Wesley So for a pot prize of Php 1 million. The match will be a 10-round one-on-one—

The Biggest Olympics Fiasco

In time for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, have you ever wondered what’s the biggest Olympics fiasco of all time? Watch this video: It was when the Philippines was robbed of the gold medal in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.

De Minimis Benefits under the NIRC

Disclaimer: The article that follow is my personal opinion, intended for discussion purposes only. It should not be construed as official opinion or regulation by any governmental agency that has authority over the matter. Found this in my inbox: Remy: Can you—

Celebrating the Unique Day 8.8.8

Lucky number, indeed. Once in our lifetime will this day ever happen. As such, Deuts.NET welcomes the day and the favorite number with a (what? again?) new design–a new look. I know, the change of costume may have happened too soon from—

Bullet Points: Photography, Eraserheads, Credit Cards

147xxxx – Starbucks Barista Making your latte, working with the motto "just say yes," dealing with the hobos, the clueless, the regulars, and amazing(ly dumb) customers. I'm your starbucks barista. Published for Credit? Would you be sufficed with just credit (instead of—