'Pilipinas, Tara na!' Tourism New Logo

This Pilipinas tourism campaign logo is not attractive. I wonder how much was spent for creating this logo and why the DOT did not come out with a contest instead of just hiring someone who created a design that is not appealing at all. We have lots of graphic artists that could create tourism logo more attractive than this. I agree that they should've used a slogan in English --- unless they're...

.com Your Blog Contest

Hey there. I am very happy to announce this month's blog contest. I will give you a more useful thing and that is, a FREE DOMAIN NAME. Yes, this June 30, 2011 I'm giving away a top level domain name (.com, .net, .org or whatever you want) to one lucky winner. What would you do with a domain name? With a domain name, you can make your own blog or website and possible can be the part of blogosphere....

My First Time Abroad

It was really an exciting experience; however, I had mixed feelings while leaving. I was happy, because it was an opening of a new chapter in my life, and I could start to do the things that I had always wanted to do and will experience a new environment, meeting new people at work and lots of travel to do in different places. On the other hand, I was also sad, because I had to leave my family...

The new bus for London spotted in Northern Ireland!

This rough and ready video shows a prototype of Boris’ new bus for London test driving out on the streets of Northern Ireland. [see also: London bus will be phase out from 2012] A model of the New Bus for London, the Routemaster-style vehicle that Boris Johnson plans on bringing to the capital’s streets next year, has been delivered to the London Transport Museum, where it will be on public display for the next three months. The full-scale 3D mock-up was unveiled last year at TfL’s Acton depot,...

Things I've Learned after 3 years of Blogging

This is my second personal blog Abdul Hakeem. A little bit about life, career, and just about anything else involved with my recent move to the United Kingdom and how it all translate to me. When I decided to start a blog back in 2008, for those who can remember my very first personal blog Field of Dreams, I had no idea what I was getting into. I didn’t know much about blogging for one thing....

Catholics in the Philippines wants Reproductive Health Bill passed

This is a post of which I will not write something about my post nor to comment. Except that I want my reader to know their opinion about this video that I will share. I would like to encourage you to write a comments on this, so that your voice will be heard to other readers as well and might give them a point of view about the proposed Reproductive Health Bill. Thanks for watching the video. ...

Filipinos on Facebook 9 out of 10 online

Social networking is so popular among Filipinos, the country has been nicknamed 'The Social Networking Capital of the World,' it said. Facebook is the country’s most popular website, more so than Google, and has a penetration rate of 93.9 percent and is also the eighth most popular country for Twitter use on a global scale, with a penetration rate of 16.1 percent. We Pinoys are generally friendly...

Pull Your Pants Up

Teenagers in Florida are set to be banned by law from wearing low-slung jeans that reveal their underwear. The measure prohibits students from wearing clothing that "exposes their undergarments" or "indecently exposes their body parts" while they are at school. It is aimed at putting an end to the Hip-Hop-influenced trend, favoured especially by young men, in which jeans are worn around the...

10 Natural Wonders of the World

Image Credit: Tourism Australia Uluru (Ayers Rock), Australia Central Australia’s Uluru appears to rise out of nowhere, and is 450 kilometres from the closest town, Alice Springs. The large sandstone formation is 348 metres high with a circumference of 9.4 kilometres, and was sacred to the indigenous Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara peoples. Travellers linger here to see the changing colours...

Locate your iPhone on a map

People misplace things all the time. Fortunately, if you lose your iPhone, Find My iPhone can help. It’s a feature that’s part of MobileMe, but now it’s also free on every iPhone 4 with iOS 4.2 or later. Enable Find My iPhone in Settings. Then if you misplace your iPhone, you can sign in to me.com from any computer web browser or using the Find My iPhone app on another iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch...

Summer holiday break

It's summer holiday break and you intend a relaxing break for you and your family to escape away from the everyday routine. Why not have a short-term destin vacation? holiday-rentals.co.uk offers great travel holidays in Praia da Luz with a range of properties, and great beaches, sunshine, and other things to experience. There's a lot of things to do in Praia da Luz, and you can find information...

Royal Wedding has more YouTube views than Britain has people

YouTube’s livestream of the Royal Wedding was viewed more than 72 million times last Friday, the company has revealed. That’s a higher number than the number of people living in the UK. In fact, if royal wedding web viewers were to form a nation (perhaps one in which everyone wears fancy hats), it would be the 19th largest country in the world. And those 72 million views only represent YouTube’s...

Most Interesting Blog Award Contest

So, I believe this contest is an increasing source of Most Interesting and Inspirational Blogs. Thus, I warmly invite you all to come along and tell us about your most interesting blog post! ENTRY FORM    |   POST ENTRIES   |    VOTE HERE  | WINNERS | Here's how to join: 1. Enter your post and post can be new, old or recycled. 2. Strictly one (1) Blog,...