tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86700022024-03-13T22:08:17.819+08:00Thinking AloudMade on a MacJed M. Eva IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03525780422621758452noreply@blogger.comBlogger80125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670002.post-18966603465778908412009-11-04T12:52:00.003+08:002009-11-04T12:57:06.842+08:00My President, Our PresidentI wish I had written this.My president is the president of the powerless and the leaderless.My president is the voice of those who have no voice and those who are not heard.My president dreams of things that have never been, and fights for things that must be.Yes, you know my president.My president is the biggest critic of the Administration, a tough investigator in Senate inquiries, a crusader Jed M. Eva IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03525780422621758452noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670002.post-5979832230203593282009-11-04T10:46:00.006+08:002009-11-04T11:19:54.213+08:00Bakit Si Chiz?E-mailed to our e-groups by a contemporary from UP. The topic of discussion? The 2010 presidential elections, Noynoy's candidacy, and Chiz Escudero's resignation from the NPC.Tungkol naman sa kay Chiz Escudero, ni kailanman ay di ako nagduda na sya ay tatakbo. At kailanman ay di ako bumoto batay lamang sa kung sino ang palagay ko na mananalo o di mananalo. Ang boto ko ay laan lamang sa taong Jed M. Eva IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03525780422621758452noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670002.post-22589295207126003922009-08-24T15:57:00.002+08:002009-08-24T16:04:46.535+08:00August 21It is said that heroism is serving others, even at the cost of one’s life. Safely beyond the reach of a government that had unjustly prosecuted and jailed him, opposition leader Ninoy Aquino could have lived out the rest of his life in comfort with his beloved wife, President Cory, and his five children in the United States. Instead, Ninoy chose to return to the country of his birth––despite Jed M. Eva IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03525780422621758452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670002.post-55672713445134989002009-08-22T09:07:00.001+08:002009-08-22T14:45:30.229+08:00Pinoy MoviesDahil sa Agosto natin ipinagdidiriwang ang Linggo ng Wika, naisip ko na marapat at dapat i-promote ang mag sineng Pinoy na napanood at na-enjoy. 1. MagnificoNakakaiyak. Sobra.2. May MinamahalIsa sa mga "langit ka at lupa lang ako" na kwentong pag-ibig. Si Aiko, maliban sa cute, marunong umarte. 3. Kung Ako Na Lang SanaAng matalik na kaibigan, pwede bang maging kasintahan? Isinasagot nina Shawie Jed M. Eva IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03525780422621758452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670002.post-33072122246722608402009-08-08T14:56:00.003+08:002009-08-08T15:07:26.451+08:00The Million-Peso DinnerFrom Manuel L. Quezon III's Twitter feed, a rundown of the officials who may have been with GMA during the dinner at Le Cirque in New York:Executive Secretary Eduardo ErmitaHouse Speaker Prospero NogralesSen. Miriam Defensor-SantiagoSec. Heherson Alvarez DFA Sec. Alberto RomuloDA Sec. Arthur YapDND Sec. Gilberto TeodoroSec. Cerge RemondeBayani & Marides FernandoBataan Gov. Tet Garcia Danao Jed M. Eva IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03525780422621758452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670002.post-43632713670375023692009-08-06T15:45:00.004+08:002009-08-06T15:50:23.681+08:00The Manila Bulletin Sends A Subtle MessageWhoever wrote the caption must be thinking what millions of other Filipinos are thinking.Jed M. Eva IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03525780422621758452noreply@blogger.com73tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670002.post-91669994328646421732009-07-24T10:04:00.003+08:002009-07-24T10:07:05.925+08:00What Not To Wear In The Presence Of A PriestToday, a priest came over to bless our office. I couldn't have chosen a worse shirt to wear.Image from here.Jed M. Eva IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03525780422621758452noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670002.post-449108910109085082009-07-24T01:28:00.004+08:002009-07-24T23:44:20.713+08:002009 SONA: SANA Totoo (Full Version) • Sen. Chiz EscuderoThe 2009 SONA-SANA video seeks to provide a candid evaluation of the Arroyo presidency, which has, for the past eight SONAs, failed to provide an accurate assessment of the state of our nation. In the video, which will be made available to the public via the internet, opposition Sen. Francis Joseph "Chiz" G. Escudero reports on how the president has failed to meet the very standards she set when Jed M. Eva IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03525780422621758452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670002.post-49659494879482295192009-07-11T12:14:00.002+08:002009-07-11T12:22:35.048+08:00Photos CAN Lie... Ha Ha Ha HaIn the spirit of fair play, here is a vid that gives some context to that now-famous photo of President Obama admiring some Brazilian girl's tush.I don't know what's funnier; the photo or the fact that a media outlet went out of its way to exonerate Barack. Ha ha ha ha. No wonder the Republicans say that the mainstream media in the US is so pro-Obama.Then again, can you blame them? :)Jed M. Eva IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03525780422621758452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670002.post-84966910084084054412009-07-10T12:59:00.002+08:002009-07-10T13:04:11.174+08:00Only HumanEven the Most Powerful Man in the World has his weaknesses.Jed M. Eva IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03525780422621758452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670002.post-85938243549873226362008-04-09T11:55:00.004+08:002008-04-10T08:18:02.644+08:00"Do you have a stretcher in size XXXL?"An article in the New York Times reports that in response to the growing number of obese people in the US, emergency response teams are now stocking up on equipment to help them address emergencies involving the obese.Last fall, the department bought three gurneys that can hold patients weighing up to 600 pounds, about twice the holding capacity of a regular stretcher.“We had to do something,” Jed M. Eva IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03525780422621758452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670002.post-86456850585100019812008-03-22T13:40:00.002+08:002008-03-22T13:47:34.257+08:00"You are a once-in-a-lifetime leader."From the International Herald Tribune:Bill Richardson, the nation's only Hispanic governor, backed Barack Obama for president Friday, moved to deliver his much-coveted endorsement by the senator's speech about race. The New Mexico governor joined Obama at a spirited rally Friday and said the Illinois senator demonstrated his leadership abilities this week with his speech on race. "You are a Jed M. Eva IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03525780422621758452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670002.post-91809808883476148592008-03-22T12:45:00.001+08:002008-03-22T12:47:46.383+08:00Stranger Than FictionFucking brilliant.Jed M. Eva IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03525780422621758452noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670002.post-84760313697749770862008-02-15T18:05:00.012+08:002008-02-18T14:38:33.855+08:00Lolo JunMy Lolo Jun (my paternal grandmother's brother) was––literally and figuratively––a towering figure. Six feet tall and with the bearing befit of a military man, he was an imposing figure in our family.I do not remember my first memories of him, but what I do remember is that those of my generation were, for the most part, terrified of him when we were kids. He was, in our eyes, an intimidating Jed M. Eva IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03525780422621758452noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670002.post-33919896894614381542008-02-14T01:14:00.005+08:002008-02-14T01:20:23.968+08:00Why Obama WinsWomen go gaga over Obama. Somehow, I can't imagine Hillary having the same effect on men.End of story.Photo by Ozier Muhammad of the New York Times.Jed M. Eva IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03525780422621758452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670002.post-79747344471516446992008-01-06T21:59:00.000+08:002008-01-06T22:31:35.879+08:00Life Imitates Art?The victories of presidential candidates Barack Obama and Mike Huckabee in the US' Iowa caucus––both considered dark horses to win their respective parties' nominations––look eerily familiar.In the sixth and seventh seasons of the popular US TV series The West Wing, the battle for the White House was fought between two fictional characters that bear a resemblance to the Democratic presidential Jed M. Eva IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03525780422621758452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670002.post-53053286542773104122007-12-04T20:44:00.001+08:002007-12-04T20:46:05.700+08:00Not All Quitters Are LosersJed M. Eva IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03525780422621758452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670002.post-16136291395897245202007-11-06T16:54:00.001+08:002007-11-06T17:06:23.991+08:00Sometimes A Cel Phone Camera Is Handy......especially when you don't have a camera with you when you see images worth preserving, like the one above.Photo taken with my Sony Ericsson K610i at the Manila Yacht Club.Jed M. Eva IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03525780422621758452noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670002.post-4541938010698356782007-07-25T10:12:00.000+08:002007-07-25T10:14:17.286+08:00Still So Much To See...My Lakbayan grade is B-!How much of the Philippines have you visited? Find out at Lakbayan!Created by Eugene Villar.Jed M. Eva IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03525780422621758452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670002.post-10203555675330885032007-07-03T17:26:00.000+08:002007-07-03T17:52:06.125+08:00Searching for SolutionsThe Surpreme Court, upon the prompting of Chief Justice Reynato S. Puno, will be organizing a National Consultative Summit on Extrajudicial Killings and Enforced Disappearances in response to the spate of extrajudicial killings that seem to have taken a permanent place on the front pages of our national dailies.More on that later. For now, here's the logo (designed by yours truly) for the event.Jed M. Eva IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03525780422621758452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670002.post-61994132508542018992007-06-30T13:26:00.000+08:002007-06-30T13:34:45.255+08:00Senator Chiz Escudero Oath-takingSenator Chiz Escudero took his oath before Chief Justice Reynato S. Puno at the Supreme Court today, June 30, 2007.Very few get to see history unfold before their very eyes. I'm one of them.Jed M. Eva IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03525780422621758452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670002.post-72846087621134443342007-04-17T22:27:00.000+08:002007-05-07T22:56:16.853+08:00Guns Don't Kill People?What's the difference between a crazy man and a killer?The latter owns a gun.-----------------------------------------(Note: Printed in the Letters to the Editor section of the April 24, 2007 edition of the Philippine Daily Inquirer)There's a line members of gun clubs often use to defend gun ownership: "Guns don't kill people, people kill people." Don't blame the gun, blame the guy pulling the Jed M. Eva IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03525780422621758452noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670002.post-52817851399679150092007-04-09T23:01:00.000+08:002007-04-09T23:21:48.197+08:00Have iPod, Will Travel... and Get Run OverSurgeon General's Warning: iPod use may be dangerous to your health.Earlier this year, Ilya Kiselev, 20, was run over and killed while crossing Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. Kiselev, who lived in Brooklyn, was wearing iPod headphones at the time.The death of Kiselev and two other New Yorkers who were fatally injured after being run over in New York's streets while listening to their iPods has Jed M. Eva IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03525780422621758452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670002.post-45152920653920387092007-04-08T18:33:00.000+08:002007-04-08T19:01:57.284+08:00Coffee and Wi-fiHow soon till coffee shops in Manila offer wi-fi for free? It's already being done in the US, where free wi-fi is a basic service provided by caffeine peddlers. It's a by-product of the intense competition over there, where the constant battle for customers has forced cafes to do what has to be done to fill their seats.Over here, most coffee shops offer wi-fi through airborne access; for 100 Jed M. Eva IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03525780422621758452noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670002.post-53843967119493081962007-04-08T03:01:00.000+08:002007-04-08T19:02:21.308+08:00UpgradeGoogle has done some fine stuff with Blogger; it now allows lazy bloggers like me to make wholesale changes to one's blog without much effort. One can now reformat in a jiffy, adding new elements here and there without much of a sweat.God, thank you so much for technology.Jed M. Eva IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03525780422621758452noreply@blogger.com0