Toy Story 3

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I WAS four years old when I first watched the original Toy Story, and I was blown away by how real everything looked. Ever since then, my VHS was almost broken since I must have watched it a million times. Same went for Toy Story 2, and I was impressed with both animation and storytelling. [...]

Asian Youth Forum Heads to South Korea

Dedicated to establishing a network of global leadership, the Asian Youth Forum is holding its annual International Youth Forum in Seoul, South Korea in October 2010 and is now accepting applications for prospective representatives. Last year the forum was held in our very own homeland, the Philippines. During the forum, youth undergo leadership training and actively participate in workshops, lectures, and [...]

Asian Youth Forum International

Asian Youth Forum International

Since 1999, the Asian Youth Forum has recognized youth from Korea, Japan, Russia, the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, and Taiwan and has given opportunities to discuss issues, create cultural awareness and promote leadership in Asian communities. AYF was established by a group of English teachers who were members of the Pan Asian Conference. The forum itself [...]

SOS Philippines

SOS Children's Village Philippines

SOS Children’s Villages is an international non-government organization that was founded in 1949 by Austrian Dr. Hermann Gmeiner.  Dr. Hermann Gmeiner deduced that children needed the love from their families in order to live to their fullest potential. For over 60 years, his organization has been devoted to caring for children who have been abandoned, orphaned,  neglected or [...]

That Mysterious Buzzing Sound

Scenario. You are chilling with your friends on the couch with sodas and snacks at reach, ready to watch another Fifa World Cup showdown. Finally, the teams enter the field in their soccer glory, the light reflecting on their faces heroically. After the national anthem of each team sounds,  the crowds roar creates an explosive reverberating [...]

Movie Hit List of Summer 2010: Part One

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Despicable Me You got three little orphan kids, an army of genetically mutated corn puffs and a cuddly villian. Nothing out of the ordinary right? Universal Pictures presents a laugh out loud, animated comedy about Gru, voiced by Steve Carell, struggling to become the world’s greated super villain and outdoing his evil nemisis while looking after a trio of [...]

Alienware M11x “Ultraportable Gaming”

Gaming laptops are often an oxymoron, a device that either is too expensive or too big to really be a laptop or a computer too underpowered to play games. But Dell and Alienware have been for years trying to find the proper balance between these two seemingly opposing issues. Their XPS was a monstrously large, [...]

Happy Independence Day Philippines

Mmkay. Today, we remember The Katipuneros waving our bandila in Emilio Aguinaldo’s crib in Cavite. This is done for the first time after fighting against the Spaniards. June 12 really wasn’t the original date for the Independence Day but NAH… I’m not going to give another history lesson here. If you just happen to come [...]

First Day of Class – 1st Year AdDU S6

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Narrating to you my first day in class today. I hope you like the article, read it and comment on it. I am still trying to find my writing style back again Today is the first day of class. The 7th of June, 2010. It kinda sucks to note that I am very early at [...]

Getting a ‘Manager’s Check’

image by Jeff Belmonte via Flickr When my mom said ‘You’re on your own’ when enrolling period began, she wasn’t kidding: she didn’t really lift a finger to help me out in any way. To cut the long story short, all summer long I had to remind myself of all the important dates, all the [...]