A 2004 Hong Kong-to-Beijing trip with friends: Tiananmen, the Forbidden City, Mutianyu Great Wall, and the chaos of first-time China travel.
My First Google News Author Results
I have been writing for Asian Correspondent as a blogger for the past 18 months or so after managing my own blog about Hong Kong life since August 2005. It’s been a while isn’t it? I wrote more than 1,500 blog posts for AC all these years with topics ranging from the city’s education system,…
Life at UIC Computer Center
Right after my graduation at UIC, I was in a hurry to get a job and put aside plans of going abroad. I knew experience was a great teacher, so I decided to stay put and look for employment within Davao City. In my fourth year, I had my on-the-job training at Rhine Marketing, a…
Being an Altar Boy at Immaculate Conception Parish
I was baptized at Immaculate Conception Parish, just a few hundred meters from home—a church that became the backdrop of my childhood. I heard Mass there 95% of the time, and like most kids in the community, I grew up looking up to our parish priest, Fr Henry Ceniza, as a steady spiritual figure. But…
Philweb Memories
In a not-so-distant past, I was one ambitious monkey trying to dive into cyberspace at the dawn of the Web. By the time I was officially enrolled in the industry, the dot‑com bust had already unraveled a dozen time zones away. In a strange way, I was glad it happened that way. Had I entered…
A Night with The Cure
Now that The Cure has been inducted into the 2019 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, it’s worth remembering the moment I attended one of their concerts—especially since I don’t get many chances to go to live shows. I managed to attend The Cure’s concert last Monday night (July 30, 2007) at AsiaWorld-Expo in Tung…
Maintaining Friendster Friends
Note: This is a rant I made on a pioneering social media platform that has since been relegated into history. At a time when emojis were not yet invented and competing platforms were still on the drawing boards, Friendster taught us so many lessons. OK, it’s not about Buhay Hong Kong. Let’s talk about Friendster….
Remember Dyna Blaster?
The newly installed Microprocessor and Digital Lab (MDL) at the 2nd floor of UIC Annex in Bonifacio. The room was half full. Earl David Alegre and Cresenciano Justado were at the corner, fixing their malfunctioning device. Veda Joy Victorio and Lovella Baco, on the other edge, fine-tuning their project before showing it off to their…
A Tale of Our Engineering Projects
The Computer Engineering course is a hefty educational investment. First, as a five-year degree course, there are at least ten semesters to pursue the route. (Not that it’s the longest of degrees to seek out there.) Sometimes it is longer. If things go wrong such as financial constraints, failure to cope up with subjects, and…
A Munich Winter
This journal is part of my first ever trip to Europe in 2006. In this journey, I am forever grateful for my friend Gerlie for her generosity and hospitality. From our base at Gerlie’s home in Vienna, I woke up early and headed to Vienna’s Westbahnhof station. The trip to Munich started at 6.19 AM…