AklatangPambata.org Going Strong

AklatangPambataApologies for the corny title as titles have always been my waterloo, but at any rate, it’s fairly apt.

AklatangPambata.org, a Quezon City based NGO whose goal it is to establish libraries across the country, is run by Troy Lacsamana, a multi-awarded librarian and among the recipients of the top 5 HSBC Volunteers in Person last October 2005 by Hands on Manila.

He first contacted me last March 5 as a respondent to my Free Websites program after it was posted on the Portia UP sorority maillist, which I also did as part of that program.

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(Just Barely) Over The Hedge

Up to the time I decided to write this, I couldn’t figure out whether I liked this movie. It was lunchtime, I was famished, and I chose to watch it while munching on a Burger King Junior Whopper, regular fries and Coke, so maybe I was distracted.

Or maybe it’s because it’s a movie with animated talking animals, and I didn’t take it seriously.

Or maybe after watching some of the more excellent versions of similarly themed movies, I had such high expectations.

Whatever.

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Much Ado About Da Vinci (News: Manila vows to padlock theaters showing ‘Da Vinci Code’)

From the Inquirer:

THE Manila government on Monday threatened to padlock movie houses that continue to show the controversial “The Da Vinci Code” movie.

As of Monday afternoon, some theaters in the city were still featuring the film, three days the Manila city council banned its showing in the Philippine capital.

A council resolution which took effect Friday said the movie, based on US author Dan Brown’s explosive novel, is “undoubtedly offensive and contrary to established religious beliefs which cannot take precedence over the right of the persons involved in the film to freedom of expression.”

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First takes on the Amoi Blue M626 Laptop

m626 amoi blueThe Amoi Blue speaks “Cheap” from the moment you open the box, take out the contents, ditch the manual (which is all in Chinese so you’ve no choice but to ditch it), and use it.

Feature set is standard. It’s among the first with a Intel Core Duo processor, offers presentable graphics and gigabit LAN, but I won’t waste time in saying my first and lasting impression: it feels, (and therefore is) – cheap.

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In search of the ‘cowboy’ phone

cowboyMy old phone has been wanting to be put to pasture for almost a year now, and cheapskate (I prefer to call it ‘practical’) man that I am, I’ve been holding off on buying one for just as long.

Well, there’re other reasons actually. And they’re also the reason why I’m using a five year old+ phone. I’ll try to list them down:

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First takes on the NEC Versa M350 1704DW

NEC Versa M350 1704DWI think the Acer 3242WXMi now has some competition after I took this one out of the box last night. At this very moment, it’s sitting on the desk running on batteries, with all the screensavers and power saving options turned off so I could time how long it takes till it dies.

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