Pinoy Life At Large

Month: May, 2007

A Photo Op With Shrek

27 May, 2007 (15:01) | Uncategorized | By: Arpee

We went to see Pirates of the Caribbean at Greenbelt 3 last May 25 and to our delight we saw Shrek walking around the ticket counter. So we seized the moment and asked Shrek to pose with us and, though unogre-like, he happily obliged. Nice guy, that ogre. We’ll see Shrek 3 later this week. You should also try visiting the Trinoma cinemas too. The reverse waterfall is something to look forward to, but that’ll be at another post.

I know this is not so pinoy. I enjoyed our movie outing last Saturday so much that I decided to post the pictures. In my humble opinion, Ayala Cinemas still have the best theaters in town, rivaled only by the Powerplant Cinema.

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Noreen’s siblings abroad

18 May, 2007 (17:29) | Uncategorized | By: Arpee

Seen here is my sister-in-law, Arlyn Ponce. She works as a nurse in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The guy above is Leo Ponce, my brother-in-law who’s working as a documentation specialist for a multinational company based in Abu Dhabi. They are some of the most hardworking people I’ve ever known. Had all Pinoys been like them, we could have been the great economic tiger we were meant to be.

Saludo kami sa inyong galing at kasipagan!

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Company Outing at La Luz, Batangas

15 May, 2007 (12:48) | Uncategorized | By: Arpee

(Thank you Aileen Martelino of HR for uploading the pictures. Obviously I only posted those that had me in it, he he he.)

Some pictures from our company outing. I’m a newbie in the company but I had fun and the welcome I got was very warm indeed. The event was a day trip at the La Luz resort in San Juan, Batangas. And the food? My goodness! There was so much lechon that they had it all cut up and wrapped for the employees to bring home. I brought home about 3 kilos of lechon, that we are still having trouble consuming as of today. Too much lechon paksiw is just not good for the diet. I started out not knowing much of the people in the picture. At the end of the day, I made some new friends and met some of the managers in the company. Now I know some of the other employees in room 15 of Regus. I’ve been bumping into them for the past month. I thought they were working for Etihad Airlines.

There was also the incident of me boarding the wrong bus before we left for Batangas. But that’s another story. Hope you like the pictures.

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Elections 2007

13 May, 2007 (14:54) | Uncategorized | By: Arpee

(Borrowed image from www.eleksiyon-2007.com)

As the whole country makes up its mind tomorrow, I can only hope for better leadership and a brighter future for everyone. Honestly, I think its hopeless but I go to the polling places every election season and cast my hopeless vote anyway.

I always tell my friends, what if they only allowed taxpayers to vote? I mean, only people within a certain income bracket, like people who make at least P10,000 a month or higher, to have the right of suffrage. I always wondered if this would be a viable way of ridding ourselves of the usual election problems of vote-buying and flying voters.

Forgive me for my ignorance, I’m no lawyer so I’m a bit of a simpleton regarding the rule of law. I do know that suffrage is a right that everyone is entitled to, but this is being taken advantage by unscrupulous politicians. Poor people will readily accept P200 for their vote, but working people who legitimately pay their taxes will not allow themselves to be bribed for their vote. Thought it may not be true for everyone, but Maslow’s hierarchy of needs dictates otherwise. Without the fulfillment of the lower level needs such as food and shelter, no one can expect a person to have the conscience or the “morality” to vote for the logical choice. Enough said.

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