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I came across plurk messages of friends downloading antivirus. I was not aware of the April Fool's possible virus attack news that came up several days ago. Well I might take a fast of my internet browsing then tomorrow... So folks be careful with your internet browsing just the same... So I am posting here links about those news: March 24, 2009 -- Updated 1215 GMT (2015 HKT) No joke in April Fool's Day computer worm (CNN) -- A computer-science detective story is playing out on the Internet as security experts try to hunt down a worm called Conficker C and prevent it from damaging millions of computers on April Fool's Day. The anti-worm researchers have banded together in a group they call the Conficker Cabal. Members are searching for the malicious software program's author and for ways to do damage control if he or she can't be stopped. They're motivated in part by a $250,000 bounty from Microsoft and also by what seems to be a sort of Dick Tracy ethic. "...

From Playboy Presscon PLAYBOY Philippines PRESS RELEASE FOR APRIL 2009 Join PLAYBOY Philippines as it celebrates its first birthday with its biggest issue ever! Photographer KRISTINE SOGUILON lenses the magazine’s most ambitious cover yet, leading into a nautical-themed pictorial, All Hands On Deck, featuring our previous Playmates guaranteed to shiver anyone’s timbers. To document this historic shoot, we take readers Inside: Behind the Scenes of a PLAYBOY Pictorial for a special look into the work that became a labour of love for all involved. We also tag along for the Playmate Anniversary Getaway, where our girls take some well-deserved time to themselves. In the spirit of celebration, two of Deal or No Deal’s 26K Girls, ANDREA SHIN and RUBY BASCO take center stage as our Anniversary Playmates of the Month. Also exclusively, for the first time in the Philippines, we are proud to present TETCHIE AGBAYANI’s legendary pictorial, straight from the German edition's archives. Sitti...

Just signed up for the iBlog5: The 5th Philippine Blogging Summit slated on 9 May 2009 at Malcolm Hall, College of Law, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City. For Registration , link at: http://iblogph.org/?page_id=119 The Program The schedule below is still tentative and still subject for revisions. Morning session: (some can be sponsored talk) * 9:00 - 9:20 Blogging 101 (Micaela Rodriguez & sponsor slot) * 9:30 - 9:50 Photo Blogging 101 (Faith Salazar and Fritz Tentativa) * 10:00 - 10:15 Break * 10:15 to 10:35 Video Blogging 101 (Azrael Coladilla) * 10:45 - 11:05 Mobile Blogging 101 (sponsor slot) * 11:15 - 11:35 Do’s and Don’ts of Blogging 101 (Benj Espina and Juned Sonido) * 11:45 - 12:05 Blog Promotion & Traffic Generation Strategies 101 (Winston Almendras and Coy Caballes) * 12:05 - 1:00 Lunch break Afternoon session: * 1:00 - 1:20 Legal issues in Blogging * 1:30 - 2:30 Preparing Bloggers for the 2010 Elections ...

To celebrate and unravel the new image of PLAYBOY Philippines which is all about a classy and smart lifestyle, PLAYBOY Philippines is hosting an exclusive night of mingling, dining, and partying - bloggers' style. Be the first to feel the difference and taste the new flavour of PLAYBOY magazine as it moves away from the stereotype of the usual men's magazine into a sophisticated, classier men's lifestyle magazine. This event is solely by invitation. Get ready to party in style and participate in our exciting games and come home a winner! See you there. Free admission, food and drinks to all invited BLOGGERS only . So even in times of crisis, bloggers still party and get free drinks. Got an invite? Check these links: http://freeprod.multiply.com/ http://WWW.AZRAELCOLADILLA.COM sama ka ! Bloggers will be here tonight! View Larger Map

I started blogging in 2004 when I was an OFW (Overseas Filipino Worker) in Saudi Arabia. A mixed of boredom, anxiety and anger made me blog. Aside from writing journal I learned to blog and mostly pictures in the beginning. I was supposed to go back home after my 2 year contract expired but we were forced to stay and finish the project for another 5 months. I was so nostalgic of home, family and friends. Yet I and my co-workers got extended and exploited by the company with a 4-5 months delayed release of salary. Indeed it was harsher than a Saharan winter and the onslaught of sandstorm ushering in an oven hot temperature of summer. My saving grace was COMSOFIL (Computer Society of Filipinos – International) for the opportunity to do volunteer work. COMSOFIL offers computer classes to OFWs in Riyadh (it has now branched out to other Cities of KSA ). I had a chance to help conduct a class, take minutes of the board meeting, served as a speech writer of two of its president. We had p...

It is not uncommon for my blog to appear on google search for the words - love+life, well my blog posts are stories of my life and others and definitely it features my passion and love for life. So adding to the tome of my entries on love and life is a poem by Edgar Lee Masters below: Edgar Lee Masters (1868–1950). Spoon River Anthology. 1916. 207. Lucinda Matlock I WENT to the dances at Chandlerville, And played snap-out at Winchester. One time we changed partners, Driving home in the moonlight of middle June, And then I found Davis. 5 We were married and lived together for seventy years, Enjoying, working, raising the twelve children, Eight of whom we lost Ere I had reached the age of sixty. I spun, I wove, I kept the house, I nursed the sick, 10 I made the garden, and for holiday Rambled over the fields where sang the larks, And by Spoon River gathering many a shell, And many a flower and medicinal weed— Shouting to the wooded hills, singing to the green v...

If the omnipresence of grand houses among the rice fields of Ilocos Norte is an indication of progress then I can consider it as a good sign. But I would suppose that those beautiful houses are owned by the Hawaiinos (Ilocano immigrants of Hawaii) or OFWs. Since the few of the prominent elite families belong to the region’s political dynasties. It is sad to note that hardly would you find an ATM machines or commercial banks along the highways and main poblacions of Pagudpud, Bangui and Burgos. I saw in Pasuquin a PNB ATM machine. It is such an inconvenience to travelers who would prefer using their cards instead of cash. As consequence the resorts and restaurants of Pagudpud does not have facilities for credit cards. This limit a traveler’s period of stay once cash runs out. Pasuquin or Laoag would be an hour or two to travel. Visiting those beautiful places and attractions in the northern tip of Ilocos is a transport challenge for individuals or groups without t...

I created a new blog and here's an excerpt: Public Service Let’s help one another. It is too cumbersome to apply for a lost ID. It entails money, lost time, effort plus all those hassles of filling up forms, securing affidavit of lost, queuing lines, dealing with bureaucracy and whatnots. Let us know where you have found those lost IDs. If you have a digital camera we encourage you to take photos of them and have them posted on this blog (photo line/blog/website link). Or if you do not have access to a digital camera we hope someone out there could volunteer to take fotos of them and have them posted. Maybe you left your ID in some particular place and could not go to that place because of your circumstance let us know and let us see if there will be volunteer to check it out and verify it for you. And if you are familiar with the person whose ID have been found, do let the person know about it and the details where it can be reclaim. Should you find an ID or a document that is im...

DEADLINE EXTENDED TO - 30 MARCH 2009 Deadline for the submission of the Gwangju Prize for Human Rights is now very near - 30 March 2009. So please submit your nomination now ! Excerpt The Gwangju Prize for Human Rights was established to celebrate the spirit of May 18 Gwangju Democratic Uprising by recognizing both individuals, groups or institutions in Korea and abroad that have contributed in promoting and advancing human rights, democracy and peace in their work. The prize is awarded by the citizens of Gwangju in the spirit of solidarity and gratitude from those whom they have received help in their struggle for democratization. It is hoped that through this award the spirit and message of May 18 will be immortalized in the hearts and mind of humankind. The Gwangju Prize for Human Rights which is given yearly has the following aims: 1). To enhance the spirit of the May 18 Democratic Uprising by awarding individuals, groups or institutions in Korea and abroad on their contribution to...

More than 300 members and leaders of Urban Poor Groups assisted by Tricor (CO Multiversity, COPE and UPA) met today Sen. Mar Roxas at Bahay Ugnayan, Araneta Center, Cubao, Quezon City. The originally set 45-minute meeting was extended to more than two hours when the urban poor groups sufffering from threat of evictions engaged the senator into discussion. Tricor introduced by peterahon KARTILYA NG MARALITANG TAGA-LUNGSOD 2009 Una at pangunahin sa lahat ang maralitang taga-lungsod ay nararapat bigyan ng isang pagtrato na may respeto tulad ng respetong meron ang isang mamamayang Pilipino. Katulad ng tinuran ng Obispong Katoliko, “Ang ating mga maralitang taga- lungsod, bilang mga tao at anak ng Diyos, ay may karapatan para sa malinis at murang patubig, disenteng pabahay, karapatan sa pamayanang ligtas sa anumang klaseng sakit dulot ng hindi maunlad na sistemang patubig at pangangalaga sa basura.” Ating inoorganisa ang ating hanay at mga samahan upang ang ating mga tinig ay marinig...

View Album Get your own Tamed bunnies were on the loose at Sulo Hotel for a presscon of Playboy Philippines. Young and very sweet models graced March 2009 issue. Present at the presscon were cover girl Sara Polverini, an Italian-Pinay mix very matured looking on the cover but at the presscon she looks radiantly youngish and adorable and centerfold girl Jessie Medina, dazzling and gorgeous both on paper and peeled-off the paper. Compared to other Playboy mag in other countries the Philippine issue would be considered prudish. Its managing editor Mikhail Lecaros maintained that the mag is classy, tasteful and artsy in nature. Add to that literary, several pinoy great writers contribute to the mag following a tradition. The second installment of Ricky Lee’s first novel Para kay B is featured for its fiction selections. Aside from the usual lifestyle and entertainment pages, the Playboy Forum tackles hot issues (well not what you think, that should be a regular fare, right?), am referri...

Community Organizers Multiversity a non government organization (NGO)with office address at 18 Marunong Street, Bgy. Central, Quezon City, is currently in need of 2 Finance Assistants for its offices in Davao and Manila with the following qualifications: Accountability objective: The FA is primarily responsible for providing assistance to the Finance Officer through the systematic recording of financial transactions in accordance with the generally accepted principles and practices to ensure accurate and efficient financial reports. Principal accountabilities (Manila and Mindanao Office) : 1. Handles bookkeeping of all projects 2. Prepares vouchers and checks and facilitates signing of checks 3. Reviews and records liquidations of cash advances. 4. Summarizes cash advances made per project and submits the summary every 1st Friday of the month. 5. Maintains files of monthly financial statement, cash disbursements, cash receipts, journal and trial balance both in hard copies and back...