The Monster on the Fairway

pinoyapache — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 04:41:09 -0800

Featured in www.pinoyapache.blogspot.com on January 1, 2009. I HAPPEN TO RECEIVE from my email an item that got caught my interest. I would have deleted it outright were it not for the phrase “sparks blog outrage”, that I began to unravel this news which got posted in Infotech Section of the Inquirer.net on December 28, 2008 which read: “Masui, Lanao del Sur Mayor Nasser ...

PHOTOBLOGGING: My Worst List of 2008

pinoyapache — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 23:27:10 -0800

Featured in pinoyapache.blogspot.com on December 26, 2008. 2008 HAVE ALREADY LEFT and I have observed behind my lens things or people which have caused us great distress and inconvenience. They have rubbed salt on open wounds which we have tolerated for so long being part of our psyche. This series of photos are but eye-openers of how to start 2009 with new eyes. SMOKE BELCHERS It ...

CeMS Christmas Camp 2008

pinoyapache — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 05:02:43 -0800

I TOOK A HALF-DAY FROM work on December 6, 2008 as I have to be at the Ayala Terminal at 2:00 PM. From there I will go up to Gaas, Balamban to attend the Cebu Mountaineering Society Christmas Party and Camp at the Sierra Tree Farm of the couple Ramon and Ann Vidal. At 12 noon, I raced from Mandaue City to Cebu City. There was a heavy downpour and traffic slowed down. I reached home at ...

Writing for the Sake of Writing (And my Earnest Conversion to It)

pinoyapache — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 04:50:25 -0800

I AM NOT a writer. I was not trained to be one. I am not schooled in the ways and techniques in writing a story, an essay or a poem. I was schooled in the art of close-quarter combat and strategy and the enforcement of laws. I have never had need of a teacher to guide me on why, how, where, when and what should I write? Still, I persevered, and I discovered that writing gives me a kind of ...