NEW WORDS FOR 2007

Essential vocabulary additions for the workplace (and
elsewhere):

1. BLAMESTORMING: Sitting around in a group, discussing why a
deadline was missed or a project failed, and who was responsible.

2.
SEAGULL MANAGER: A manager, who flies in, makes a lot of noise, craps on
everything, and then leaves.

3. ASSMOSIS: The process by which some
people seem to absorb success and advancement by kissing up to the boss
rather than working hard.

4. SALMON DAY: The experience of spending an
entire day swimming upstream only to get screwed and die in the
end.

5. CUBE FARM: An office filled with cubicles.

6. PRAIRIE
DOGGING: When someone yells or drops something loudly in a cube farm, and
people's heads pop up over the walls to see what's going on.

7. MOUSE
POTATO: The on-line, wired generation's answer to the couch
potato.

8. SITCOMs: Single Income, Two Children, Oppressive Mortgage.
What Yuppies get into when they have children and one of them stops
working to stay home with the kids.

9. STRESS PUPPY: A person who
seems to thrive on being stressed out and whiny.

10. SWIPEOUT: An ATM
or credit card that has been rendered useless because magnetic strip is worn
away from extensive use.

11. XEROX SUBSIDY: Euphemism for swiping free
photocopies from one's workplace.

12. IRRITAINMENT: Entertainment and
media spectacles that are annoying but you find yourself unable to stop
watching them.

13. PERCUSSIVE MAINTENANCE: The fine art of whacking the
crap out of an electronic device to get it to work again.

14.
ADMINISPHERE: The rarefied organizational layers beginning just above the
rank and file. Decisions that fall from the adminisphere are often
profoundly inappropriate or irrelevant to the problems they were designed to
solve.

15. 404: Someone who's clueless. From the World Wide Web error
Message "404 Not Found," meaning that the requested site could not be
located.

16. GENERICA: Features of the American landscape that are
exactly the same no matter where one is, such as fast food joints, strip
malls, and subdivisions.

17. OHNOSECOND: That minuscule fraction of
time in which you realize that you've just made a BIG mistake. (Like after
hitting send on an email by mistake.)

18. WOOFS: Well-Off Older
Folks.

19. CROP DUSTING: Surreptitiously passing gas while passing
through a Cube Farm.

300

Rating:	★★★★★
Category:	Movies
Genre:	Action & Adventure

Talk about testosterone overdrive... This is one male movie. If you're female, you have to appreciate blood, gore and great male bods to enjoy this.

The plot is pretty simple. 300 Spartan warriors go off to meet with the Persian horde. Yes, they fought valiantly.

To me, the story is more about the Spartan way of life -- the warrior society that breeds nothing but fighters. It tells the story of how they lived and died.

Cinematically, the texture is superb. The technique simply emphasized lights and shadows by providing more contrast. The result is visually amazing. It also helps temper the blood and gore by giving it the fantastic feel.

Girls, don't be ashamed to take your pick of any of the Spartans and swoon, drool and pine. Their the classic male image -- great bods (six packs all), fighters, strong -- the type who can carry on with one arm and make savage love to you the whole night.

Yes, sometimes, we need some testosterones to overwhelm us. This movie definitely provides a good dose of it.

Junior Inquirer is looking for kid writers!

Must be:
- an
incoming Grade 5 or 6 student
- male (we've already found a lot of female
writers!)
- can speak and write in English and Filipino
- willing to meet
new people and try new things

Applicants will undergo a written exam and
an interview, to be held on March 31, Saturday , 1 to 3pm at the Philippine
Daily Inquirer Building, 1098 Chino Roces Avenue, corner Yague and Mascardo
Streets, Makati City. Please call Dianne Villafuerte at 897-8808 loc. 340
before March 30 to secure a slot.

2007 Haiku Contest

The Embassy of Japan
invites you to join the
HAIKU CONTEST
2007

Theme: Mga Taludtod Alay kay Inang Kalikasan
(Stanzas Offered to
Mother Nature)

1. The message must deal with the appreciation of
environment or respect towards nature, or care for balanced ecology.
2.
Entries should be in Filipino (7-5-7 syllables, with English translation) or in
English (5-7-5 syllables)
3. 12 pointfont size print.
4. Contestants
should be Filipino citizens living in the Philippines or
abroad.
5.Submissions may be done by mail, email or fax.
6. Deadline of
Submission: June 29,2007 (Friday)
7. Top three (3) poems and others will be
awarded.
8. Announcement of winners: July 13,2007 (friday)

For more
info, please visit the Embassy of Japan website, http://www.ph. emb-japan. go.jp, and use the
dowbloadableEntry Form for submission through:

Mail: JAPAN INFORMATION
AND CULTURAL CENTER (JICC)
Embassy of Japan, 2627 Roxas Boulevard, Pasay
City

Email: jicc-mnl@japanembas sy.ph
Fax: (632) 551-5784

JOLOGS - Pinoy Trivia Book now out!

GOOD NEWS HEADLINES

 

1st of its kind Pinoy trivia book
entertains

http://www.goodnewspilipinas.com/docs/we_are_pinoys/current/jologs_trivia_book.html

 

Jologs Showbiz, Isports, EDSA Dos atbp
titillates, teases and tickle your clls into guessing the answers to a series of
comprehensive and well-researched quizzes and word games designed to provide
hours of endless entertainment and nostalgia.

 

A term, which has come to mean being in touch with the linggo and icons of
the time --- JOLOGS is the first-of-its kind quiz book with lots and lots of
wacky content.

 

You've got to buy it to believe it.

 

Young or old, alta sociedad or bakya will find something of interest if not
some new tidbit of information about their favorite artistas and sports idols,
for example, Saang movie unang nag-sama si Vilma Santos and Nora Aunor? or Who
is Asia's Songbird? or Sino ang winningest coach of the PBA?

 

If the question is beyond you or your time frame, priceless caricature by
award-winning artist/illustrator, Prudencio "Dengcoy" Miel, scattered throughout
the book are certainly worth collecting. From Jolina to Martin, Sharon and FPJ,
name them and we've got your favorite stars in the book.

 

The 200-page JOLOGS Entertainment Trivia is only available on
GoodNewsPilipinas.com for US$6.20. We ship anywhere around the world from
the Philippines and Singapore. Shipping rate is based on the country of
destination.

 

For inquiries and orders: Email goodnewspilipinasonline@gmail.com.

 

The labour of love of a group of overseas-based Filipino professionals and
written by Bradkaster and Propesor Eksema (authors don't want to be identified),
JOLOGS Showbiz, Isports, EDSA Dos atbp. is the perfect antidote to the unfunny
times we live in. It's another testimony to the Filipinos' enduring spirit to
live life with laughter.

 

Here is what the Philippines leading entertainment columnists have to say
about the book.

 

"The crossword puzzles are more puzzling than the blind items about stars.
The quizzes are more challenging than those in any TV quiz show. The caricatures
are funnier than the comedians in person. The rumble jumbles are more intriguing
than the stars real life "sexcapades." Every movie buff must have a copy,
It's worth your while -- and your money."

 

Ricky Lo
Columnist, Philippine Star

 

"Jologs offers a wonderful, fun-filled trip to Filipino
neverland. Here's proof that you can still catch a glimpse of your younger days
just reading through it --- laffs, warts and all."

 

Nestor Cuartero
Entertainment Editor, Tempo

 

Truly Fun! and Very Pinoy too! Come to think of it, in this
country, showbiz, politics, and sports can be best seen through a crossword
puzzle!

 

Boy Abunda
TV Host and Media Personality

 

Ipagmalaki natin ang Pinoy Worldwide! Thank you for supporting
GNP!

http://www.GoodNewsPilipinas.com

KATHA Best of Songwriters' Nights

Start:	Mar 12, '07 8:00p
Location:	Phi Bar and Restaurant

A gathering of what has been chosen as the best of the performers in the mothly Songwriters' Nights sponsored by KATHA. The performers are:

1) Nova Arias
2) Eric Dacanay
3) Francis Funa and Sunshine Selga
4) Dawn Bande
5) Gabby Jover
6) Kuya Kurt
7) Dale Ibay
8) Mikey de Quiros
9) Doval Santos

With our very special guests, Mr. Moy Ortiz of The Company and Ms. Aiza Seguerra!

Admission is free so please bring in as many people as you can.

Please come and support our performers.

Auditions for Hong Kong Disneyland

In partnership with The Music School of Ryan Cayabyab ,
representatives from Walt Disney Entertainment Talent Casting will be holding
auditions for Hong Kong Disneyland.

Walt Disney Entertainment Talent
Casting Representatives will be in Manila searching for musicians to perform at
Hong Kong Disneyland. The auditions will be held at The Music School of Ryan
Cayabyab on March 27, 2007 for tuba, trombone, trumpet and saxophone, and on
March 28, 2007 for ragtime & lounge piano, drum set, snare drums, tomtoms,
djembe and upright bass.

Musicians should prepare two contrasting works
and bring their own instruments, except for piano, drum set, snare drums and
tomtoms.

Pre-registration now going on. Applicants must be at least 18.
Please bring one (1) non-returnable 2" x 2" color photo and resume or biodata.


To pre-register, please visit

The Music School of Ryan
Cayabyab
Park Avenue, Robinsons Galleria, Ortigas Ave. cor. EDSA, 1100 Quezon
City
For more information, please call 637-9840 and 914-5055

For
more information concerning Hong Kong Disneyland, please visit
www.hongkongdisneyland.com.

The One-word survey

I got this from Penny's site.  Just thought I'd try.

1. Where is your cell phone? --- bag
2. Where’s your boyfriend/girlfriend? --- none
3. Your hair? --- black
4. Your mother? --- generous
5. Your father? --- techie
6. Your favorite item? --- notebook
7. Your dream last night? --- forgettable
8. Your favorite drink? --- tea
9. Your dream car? --- jeep
10. The room you are in? --- bedroom
11. Your ex? --- which?
12. Your fear? --- snakes
13. What do you want to be in 10 years? --- rich
14. Who did you hang out with last night? --- Kimi
15. Last thing bought? --- gasoline
16. Hang out? --- home
17. One of your wish list items? --- travel
18. Time? --- 7:22am
19. The last thing you did? --- awoke
20. What are you wearing? --- clothes
21. Your favorite book? --- fantasy
22. The last thing you ate? --- mango
23. Your life? --- blah
24. Your mood? --- anticipating
25. Your friends? --- caring
26. What are you thinking about right now? --- emails
27. Your car? --- old
28. What are you doing at the moment? --- blogging
29. Your summer? (last) --- beach
30. Your relationship status? --- married
31. What is on your tv? --- nothing
32. When was the last time you laughed? --- yesterday
33. Last time you cried? --- weeks
34. School? --- Ateneo

What actually got me stumped was the Mood question.  I had to think hard on what my mood is right now.  I just woke up and I'm not really in a thinking mode.

=)K

Pinoy Filmmaker in Spielberg's The Lot Show

Hi everyone! Please check out our lone Pinoy short film entry at this
site http://films.thelot.com/films/19175.
Paolo Dy is a Cebuano.  His work is amazing. And your viewing it will increase
his chances of going to Hollywood.

It'll be worth it, promise!
:)

The following is a letter from Filipino filmmaker Paolo Dy:

Hey
guys!

My newest short film 'QWERTY' is finally on the website of the
Steven Spielberg/Mark Burnett competition ON THE LOT.

LINK:
films.thelot.com/films/19175

Please check it out and leave a review or
rating :) The more views/discussions, the bigger the chance of the film getting
into the main competition, so please comment away! :D

QWERTY is a
suspense-thriller. A mentally-afflicted young man named Benny is accused of
murdering Professor Chavez, his longtime benefactor. Chavez' lawyer, Dan Ortega,
is called in to figure out what really happened. The answer lies in Benny's mad
obsession with the professor's old typewriter, on which he types relentlessly,
day and night.

I had a great production team and an absolutely fantastic
cast including Michael Williams, Miguel Faustmann, Cathy Azanza, Arvin Trinidad,
Altair Alonso, Boyd Tinio, and Irra Cenina.

And there's an AMAZING final
scene that took the team days to set up :)

Thanks in advance for the
support!! Please forward this to everyone :D

Cheers,
Paolo
Dy

QWERTY
LINK: films.thelot.com/films/19175

Amazing Home Remedies

These are funny solutions to some daily problems. Some actually make sense... in a rather twisted way. Read on and have fun! =)K

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1. A mouse trap, placed on
top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going
back to sleep after you hit the snooze button.

2. If you have a
bad cough, take a large dose of laxatives, then you will
be afraid to cough.

3. Clumsy? Avoid cutting
yourself while slicing vegetables by getting someone else to hold them
while you chop away.

4. Avoid arguments with the Mrs. about
lifting the toilet seat by simply using the sink.

5. For
high blood pressure sufferers: simply cut yourself and bleed for a few
minutes, thus reducing the pressure in your veins. Remember to use
a timer.

6. Have a bad headache? Smash your thumb with a
hammer, and you will forget about the headache.

RULES OF
LIFE

a) You only need two tools: WD-40 and Duct Tape. If it
doesn't move and should, use the WD-40. If it shouldn't move and does,
use the duct tape.

b) Remember: Everyone seems normal until you
get to know them.

c) If you woke up breathing,
congratulations! You get another chance.

Maningning Miclat Poetry Awards call for entries

too bad i'm too old for this...
=)K

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The Maningning Miclat Art Foundation Inc. (MMAFI) is calling on young poets writing in Filipino, English and Chinese to participate in the 2007 Maningning Poetry Competition.

The poetry contest consists of three divisions—Filipino, English and Chinese—is open to all poets, age 28 and below. An entry must consist of at least 8 but not more than 15 poems. Authors may join all the divisions but can submit only 1 entry in every division. All entries should be original in every language and not a translation of another entry.

All entries should be submitted in 4 copies, double-spaced on 8-1/2 by 11 inches bond paper with one-inch margin on all sides and with Arial or Times New Roman size 12 font. Entry should be submitted using pen name only. Real name and pen name should be submitted in a separate sealed envelop together with a bio data, copy of birth certificate and a notarized declaration of originality and authenticity of authorship of the entry.

Entries must be addressed to the Maningning Miclat Art Foundation Inc. (MMAFI), 2nd Floor Mile Long Building, Amorsolo Street, Legaspi Village, Makati City, (tel. no. 816-7490 to 91) not later than 5 p.m. of April 17, 2007. Entries sent by mail should be
postmarked/invoiced not later than April 3, 2007.

The Maningning Miclat Awards was launched to honor her short but meaningful life and to encourage, recognize and nurture young talents like her. This year's grand winners will receive a P28,000 cash award for each of the three categories, copies of collector's edition of "Voice from the Underworld" and "Beauty for Ashes: Remembering Maningning" as well as the Miclat family journal, Beyond the Great Wall and trophies by the eminent sculptor, Julie Lluch.

Log on to www.maningning.com and email maningningfoundation@gmail.com for more information.

Kimi's asleep

here's one i made long ago when my baby was still an infant. she still sleeps pretty much the same.
=)K

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Kimi's Asleep

she sleeps delicately
in slumber like her daddy
one eye half-open
my heart to soften
lying on her side
no support or guide
peacefully, dreamily
snoring quietly

Kimi Through the Years

See how she's grown... and all too fast!

=)K

Kimi Swims !!!

Some pics from Kimi's swimming exhibition during the St. Paul Pasig Fair 2007. Their group didn't do the Dog Paddle but they did the Freestyle and the Backstroke. Daig pa ako ng anak ko!

I saw Angelo Lozada (of the LOzada Swim School who taught the kids for SPCP) there and he encouraged Kimi to go on swimming. He also mentioned that this in tandem with gymnastics is a good combination and will open doors for her in other sports.

=)K

Japanese Prime Minister Denies Comfort Women of WWII Were Enslaved

Growing Chorus Slams War-Brothel
Remarks

By CARL FREIRE
The Associated Press
Friday, March 2,
2007; 2:51 PM

(published in the WASHINGTON POST)

TOKYO -- Anyone who doubts that the Japanese army forced Asian women into
sexual slavery in World War II should "face the truth," South Korea's foreign minister said Friday as outrage grew over
comments by Japan's prime minister that there was no evidence of the
enslavement.

 

Women's rights activists in the Philippines and a group of lawmakers in
South Korea also denounced the remarks by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on
Thursday that there was no proof that so-called "comfort women" were forced into
prostitution during the war.

 

But one of the harshest comments came from 81-year-old Hilaria Bustamante
of Manila, who said she was kept as a sex slave in a Japanese garrison for a
year in 1942 as a 16-year-old.

 

"What he (Abe) said has angered me," she said. "They think we are just like
toilet paper that they can throw away after being used."

 

Historians say some 200,000 women _ mostly from Korea and China _ served in the Japanese military brothels throughout Asia
in the 1930s and 1940s. Witnesses, victims and even some former Japanese
soldiers say many of the women were kidnapped or otherwise forced into brothels,
where they could be raped by scores of soldiers a day.

 

Abe on Thursday said there is no proof the women were forced into
prostitution: "The fact is, there is no evidence to prove there was
coercion."

 

His statement contradicted evidence in Japanese documents unearthed in 1992
that historians said showed military authorities had a direct role in working
with contractors to forcibly procure women for the brothels, known as "comfort
stations." The remark also cast doubt on a 1993 Japanese government apology to
the sex slaves.

 

Before a speech Friday in Washington, South Korean Foreign Minister Song
Min-soon told The Associated Press that Abe's comments were "not helpful."

 

"We had better face the truth," Song said in the South Korean government's
first reaction to the nationalist prime minister's remarks.

 

Victims and their supporters have pushed unsuccessfully for a
parliament-approved apology from Japan and official government compensation.
Japan set up a private fund for compensation in 1995, but has refused to provide
government money.

 

In China, Su Zhiliang, the director of the Chinese Comfort Women Research
Center at Shanghai's Normal University, said she was surprised by Abe's
remarks.

 

"Suddenly to have Abe deny the fact that women were coerced into sexual
slavery is both very regrettable and very enraging," said Su, who has compiled
100 case studies with testimonials from Chinese comfort women since he began
researching the issue in 1993.

 

Philippines Rep. Liza Maza of the left-wing Gabriela women's party said
Abe's statement was "an affront to all women victims of Japanese military sexual
slavery" during the war.

Rechilda Extremadura, executive director of Lila Pilipina, an organization
of activists and former Filipino wartime sex slaves, said 120 are still alive
among 174 documented Filipino comfort women.

 

"Our women here, the grandmothers, said that they were forced, that they
were coerced into rendering sexual servitude inside the garrisons, inside the
'comfort stations,'" Extremadura said. "Now, let the Japanese government prove
that they went there willingly ... so that they can be labeled as prostitutes.
That is where this is heading."

 

She called on the Japanese government to acknowledge the history: "If you
are a responsible government, you are responsible enough to accept, acknowledge
and be accountable."

 

Bustamante said she was heading home in 1942 after scavenging for rice when
three Japanese soldiers stopped her on the road and seized her by the arms and
legs and threw her into a truck "like a pig."

 

"Even as I struggled, I could not do anything. They slapped me, they
punched me. I was only 16 then, what could I do?" she told AP Television
News.

 

Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte, on a visit to Tokyo, declined to
comment directly on Abe's statement.

 

"Our view is that what happened during the war was most deplorable," he
said when asked about the sex slave issue. "But ... as far as some kind of
resolution of this issue, this is something that must be dealt with between
Japan and the countries that were affected."

The United States has avoided public involvement in historical disputes
between Japan and its neighbors, though it has expressed concern that such
conflicts could affect other issues, such as cooperation on efforts to get North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons program.

 

Last month, however, the House of Representatives held hearings on a
resolution calling for Japan to fully acknowledge and apologize for the sexual
abuse. U.S. lawmakers have introduced a nonbinding resolution urging Japan to
apologize formally.

 

Supporters of the resolution want an apology similar to the one the U.S.
government gave to Japanese-Americans forced into internment camps during World
War II. That apology was approved by Congress and signed into law by President
Ronald Reagan in 1988.

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Oliver Teves in Manila, Burt Herman in Seoul, Foster Klug in Washington,
and Alexa Olesen in Beijing contributed to this report.
© 2007 The Associated Press