Archive for April, 2008

Media Versus Blog

Posted: 30th April 2008 by Marocharim in Streams of Thought

Jester-in-Exile maintains by his belief that there can be a synergy and cooperation between mainstream media and bloggers. Jester is just one of the many bloggers in the Philippine blogosphere today who are reacting to a Korina Sanchez special called “Beware of the Blog.” But with all due respect to Jester and Ms. [...]

Shortest Distances Between Two Points

Posted: 29th April 2008 by Marocharim in Life

I stop at Shaw Boulevard Station at around 6:45 AM.  As I run along that sidewalk that is the theoretical administrative border between Mandaluyong and Pasig, I start to get really pissed off…
Who in the blue hell designed Ortigas Center?
I finally figured out why an “enterprising” taxi driver (driving a “Eulincoln” Nissan Sentra taxi, plate [...]

Resistance and Blogging

Posted: 27th April 2008 by Marocharim in Politics

Yesterday, I attended the 4th Philippine Blogging Summit – iBlog 4 – even with a bout of rage-induced depression.  One of the highlights of iBlog, on a more personal note, was exchanging small-talk with Mr. Manuel Quezon III, who was rather surprised to meet me in person for the first time.
(If you were in iBlog [...]

Bipolarity

Posted: 26th April 2008 by Marocharim in Personal

As much as I should write about my experience in iBlog 4, I’ll have to postpone that for tomorrow.  I’m too depressed.
I don’t have a reason to feel depressed at all, but then again, I feel extremely depressed.  Any other person in my shoes would have absolutely no reason to feel depressed.  Compared to a [...]

Eating Words

Posted: 26th April 2008 by Marocharim in Personal

This is for FilipinoVoices.com’s blog carnival.  I’d like to dwell in the more human aspect a bit… I find myself really, really depressed.  Sorry, Nick, this is unusually half-assed.  – Marck

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I literally eat my words.
My job as a writer for a company in Ortigas Center means that the phrase “eat [...]