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Times are ever-changing and with technology came an era where everything is instant and real-time. Photography and its processes is just one of the areas that had gone through a lot of improvement over the years... Here are some reasons why today's " #selfie " generation is way lucky compared to the older generations: (addressed to the selfie generation from someone who isn't one but experienced the shift...) 1.        You don’t have to wait weeks to get your photos printed on photo paper.    2.        You don’t have to pay too much money to get your pictures printed because there are shops that print for a peso or less each copy. You can even print pictures on stickers!    3.        You can reproduce pictures even without a negative. Before the heydays of the digital camera, you had to keep the negatives in case you need to make copies of your previous pictures...

If I could implement and declare 1 national holiday, it would be called “Pinoy Native Games Day” and it would require everyone to stop whatever they are doing to play the native games we used to play and celebrate it. When I was a kid, the only games we would normally play were ones that required other people’s participation and the best place to be in was always outdoors. Right now, most kids are just glued to their computers, phones and whatever gadget and prefer to be in the comforts of their own room as opposed to getting all sweaty under the heat of the sun. Today, I am celebrating that national holiday (albeit without an approval from the Philippine government)… Happy Pinoy Native Games Day to all! And in the spirit of this celebration, here are the Pinoy games that we so loved before but have been forgotten by the newer generations… Sungka This game is usually played indoors and requires 2 players to move a number of “sigay” (cowry) shells in an ...

QUIZ: What Kind of Cebu Street Food Are You? I have always been a fan of personality quizzes.. this has got to be one of the cool and truly local ones! Do take it! ;-) Reblogged from http://hangingrice.com/2014/08/quiz-what-kind-of-cebu-street-food-are-you/.

I love watching commercials and when I was a child, I remember playing with my other siblings a guessing game on what commercial would air next. Before the commercial even played, we would try and guess the next one. It was a simple game that took the boredom of waiting for our favorite TV show and made watching tv commercials less mundane and definitely more fun!  There are a number of brands that really do a good job with their advertising and McDonalds and Coca-cola are definitely on  my list. For as long as I can remember, there has never been a McDonald's commercial that was done in bad taste or was not well-thought-of and the same goes for Coca-cola. They really put great importance in their advertising and really have creative people behind it unlike some companies who notoriously have bad commercials (do you remember the Datu Puti commercials of Manny Pacquiao and Mommy Dionesia? yikes! ) and commercials that always make use of black propaganda to get ...

  Is it just me or are there other people there who enjoy reading the comments on articles and enjoy it as much as the articles? (or probably even more than the articles itself?) Admittedly, after reading an entire online post (be it blogs, news articles, videos, etc); it is always part of my routine to scroll down and check the comments section. Most of the time, reading comments make me laugh. Other times, amazed and other times, just disgusted. But overall, reading the comments section is for me a fun exercise because it gives me a peek at what others are thinking as well . (I love interactive media and am an avid supporter of comments so I have added a few comments on blog posts here and there.) This is probably one of the best benefits of the internet world – that people can comment and speak their minds on anything they see on the internet! This “power” (if you can call it as such) arguably has its pros and cons that without self-censorship (and without us...

This thought just came to me yesterday for some reason and I just had to create a visual of it today: Image is from google search but the wordings are mine and I designed it through https://www.canva.com. nmed 09/18/2014 @ 1:29pm

Not to lift my own chair but I’ve always been a supporter of charitable works and projects for good causes. From donating goods during disasters, feeding programs, tree planting and visiting the home for the aged; I am always lining up and joining (or organizing) these activities which I believe are for a good cause and give me some sense of fulfillment. The Ice Bucket Challenge is one of the best (and fun) ones that really went viral and racked up a great number of donations for the ALS Association and indeed much credit should be given for the creativity and initiative of the founders and originators of this project. Thumps up to them! Because of the extreme popularity the Ice Bucket Challenge gained, many people who also have other worthy causes were inspired by it and have created their very own versions YET more relevant to their own country’s need and with less water wastage. Such is what an Indian lady accomplished when she created her own Rice Bucket ...

I am a tea person… I first discovered this when my first-ever Starbucks coffee (a free cup courtesy of an American boss) became my ticket to the Ayala movie house restroom. (Whew, thankfully they have nice and clean restrooms..) And other realizations were of the same kind so I’ve finally decided that no matter how aromatic and tempting coffee might seem to be – “I’d have to pass, thank you.” Ironically though, I could drink native coffee (a.k.a. kape from sinangan na mais) and my stomach could tolerate it. I remember when I was younger, my mother would serve breakfast with “buwad potpot” (dried fish) and “kape Dragon” and I would really enjoy pouring the coffee into my rice like it was “sabaw” (soup) . It was the only kind of coffee I could take without hurting myself …(I just remembered that as a child, I was told coffee would stunt my growth so I guess in a way that was also a psychological contributing factor that led to why I am not a coffee person. I never drank ...