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I was talking to friends a few months back and one of the topics on our conversation was employing a maid. One of my friends said that he is not comfortable employing a maid that is over 30 years of age because that kind of person is too old to work. I told him ouch, [...]
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LiP Regular, Mike Graham, aka Bangkaboat would like to share his Photo Gallery with LiP readers! We are always happy to share our reader’s photos here, so thank you Mike for sharing! I must say, Mike has some great photos from the yesteryear in the Philippines! To view the next photo, just click on the [...]
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While renting houses in Olongapo city years ago, I was still working on board merchant ships, when I was home from sea, every Sunday we would come up the Mountain in Bataan to visit my wife’s family there. While sitting under their mango tree I noticed that the temperature was at least 10 degrees cooler [...]
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LiP Writer Paul Thompson would like to share his photo gallery here on LiP, and as always, we are happy to oblige!
I hope you enjoy Paul’s photos below. Paul’s photos consist of photos of ships that he served on in the US Navy! To view the next photo, just click on [...]
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LiP Reader Quadie Diamante would like to share his photo gallery here on LiP, and as always, we are happy to oblige!
I hope you enjoy Quadie’s photos below. To view the next photo, just click on the large photo. To view the next photoset, select the photoset from the small images [...]
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You guys are probably wondering what’s Bayanihan? It is the term used here in the Philippines if a lot of people will do some good thing (physical labor) together for a benefit of a family or a member of a family. In Wikipedia Bayanihan describes as is a Filipino term taken from the word bayan, [...]
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LiP Reader Peter MacHare would like to share his Flickr Photo album with others who read our site, and we are happy to oblige Peter.
I hope you enjoy Peter’s photos below. To view the next photo, just click on the large photo. To view the next photoset, select the photoset from the small [...]
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My name is Feyma Martin. I am the co-owner of the Live in the Philippines Web Magazine. I’ve been married to MindanaoBob since 1990.
We have lived in the Philippines since 2000. We lived 2 years in my hometown of General Santos City, and since then we have lived in Davao City. We hope to live [...]
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Since LiP is focused on the interest of expats in the Philippines and those who want to move here, there are many inquiries as to the cost of moving. Your biggest expense in moving probably won’t be rent, or the tickets to get here. Once you arrive, you need to furnish your flat or ship [...]
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(Left-right) Pastor Cuares, Pastor Visitacion and former PSC chairman Ramirez. THE PHILIPPINE TCHOUKBALL FEDERATION (PTF) which is the sole governing body accredited by the Federacion Internationale de Tchoukball (FITB) based in Geneva, Switzerland w…
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Phoenix Petroleum Philippines brand ambassadors the V-Man Racing Team will represent Mindanao in the national finals of the 2010 Suzuki Raider Breed Wars, after coming out on top in the Davao race on May 30. V-Man racer Rolly Masisay emerged champion in the Raider J & Raider J Pro category, earning him a slot in [...]
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Well, that doesn’t say much, doesn’t it?
This article marks my 100th posting on LiP. I’ve really enjoyed writing these articles over the last two years, and hope to continue to do so, as long as Bob will have me. Yes, sometimes I’m a bit, let’s say, opinionated, and sometimes a bit of a smartass, but [...]
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A few days ago I changed the permalink structure on my Davao Delicious blog from /%category%/%postname%/ to /%year%/%category%/%postname%/. As of this writing, that blog has a PageRank of 4 and a lot of the posts and pages are indexed by Google. Some might say my move was risky because it would cause my blog to [...]
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Parang high school kung magtanong si Bad Boy Bulantoy. May halong kantyaw.Ako naman, parang high school din sa pag-deny. May halong kilig."Kainis ka talaga," gustong kong sabihin sa kanya sabay hampas sa kanyang di naman katigasang braso. Hindi ko nagawa."Mabait yung batang yon," sabi nya.Ako naman, kunwari pa. "Sino’ng batang yon?" tanong ko."Si Jun-Jun," walang paligoy-ligoy na sagot nya."Paano
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On April 8, Apple introduced the future of the iPhone OS. iPhone OS 4.0 was unveiled with 100 new user features and 1500 new APIs. Some of the new user features include multitasking, folders, updated Mail app, and iBooks for the iPhone. Apple also intr…
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Apple in a press release announced the availability of the iPad in 18 more countries by July this year. All of the iPad models will be available starting May 28 in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK. Custome…
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EMC Marketing Executive Chuck Hollis wrote on his blog about how his family has reacted to the iPad. Initially: My wife and kids summed it up in 30 seconds. “Oh no, Dad bought another toy”. “Why do we need something else with a CPU in…
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Naghanda ang mga bakla. May malaking event.At nagpa-picture paNag-ikot, gamit ang multi-cab ni Amay (yung nasa harap sa naunang photo), ang negosyanteng lesbiana sa bukid naminNa may advance party/escorts na tatlong nakamotorsiklong baklaNang makaikot,…
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Davao’s two major sports media organizations have thrown their support to the candidacy of former Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) chairman William “Butch” Ramirez who is seeking for a city council seat in the first district. Calling it “one sports vote,” the Sports Communicators Organization of the Philippines (SCOOP)-Davao Chapter and the Davao Sportswriters Association (DSA) [...]
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Maaga ako nagising kanina. May bisita. Si Bad Boy Bulantoy.Biglaan ito. Nagising na lang ako ng may tumatawag sa pangalan ko. Nasa gate sya."Pa-stay muna," sabi nya."Saan ka pala galing?" tanong ko."Sa amin," sagot nya."Anong ginagawa mo dito?" tanong ko."May pupuntahan akong birthday party," sagot niya.Sure akong hindi ko birthday. Wala ring naka-schedule na party sa bahay ko. Di ko na pinahaba
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When repressive governments in some parts of the world deemed it necessary to impose Internet censorship, they made use of such righteous rationale as ‘protecting against evil’ or ‘shielding the people from harmful content.’ But we all know those reasons were just a ruse, to put it lightly. Case in point: the Great Firewall of [...]
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A day in UP Diliman is a post from: Batang Yagit
A day in UP Diliman is a post from: Batang Yagit If you’d ask me, UP Diliman’s not the most convenient place to go especially when you’re coming from the south. But since last week, I’ve been going to UP Diliman for blogging activities. We had iBlog last Saturday at the UP College of Law, [...]
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Matigas ang ulo ni Bad Boy Bulantoy. Gusto nya sya lagi nasusunod. Ayaw nya ng sinasabihan sya kung anong mali nya. Sya lagi ang tama. Ayoko na sa kanya. Ang hirap nyang dalhin.Mabuti pa si Jun-Jun na walang malay. Ang daling dalhin. Isinakay ko lang s…
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My blogs were hacked into using illegal SQL injection. So, to protect my WordPress installations from this attack, I changed the database tables’ prefix from wp_ to something else entirely.
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Nagpicnic kami sa isang ilog sa bukid noong Sabado. At doon ko nakilala si Jun-Jun na walang malay.Nagustuhan ko sya."Tatalon ako para sa yo," sabi nya sa akin."Huwag! Hindi pa ako handang mabyuda," sigaw ko.Tumalon pa rin sya. Ang pag-ibig nga naman, gagawin ang lahat.Eto sya pagkatapos ng talon event nya.Umiibig na naman ako.
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