Hypermiling – I first heard of it on the car radio while driving. The radio program was talking about efficient driving and tips on hypermiling. Hypermiling is the process of getting more mileage by driving efficiently and maintaining your car properly. The tips I heard were quite useful and practical. But it takes a conscious [...]
Tonight, we in the Philippines (and perhaps the other countries we share the same nighttime sky with) saw something unusual and lovely in the early evening sky.
If somebody did not text my daughter about it, I would not have found out soon enough and taken a picture. I would, of course, find out about it [...]
Last year, the Philippines topped among all countries who joined the Earth Hour 2009, with over 15 million Filipinos from 650 cities and towns turning off the lights for one hour.
We reportedly saved about 611 megawatt-hours, the equivalent of ’shutting down a dozen coal-fired power plants for 60 minutes’, according to a local officer of [...]
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I signed up to join the Megaworld Fun Run on the 24th. The race event, which will be held at McKinley Hills, Fort Bonifacio, is for the benefit of the Haribon Foundation. Meagworld, one of the country’s leading real estate developers, supports green building.
There are 3k, 5k and 10k routes. I can only manage to [...]
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Last Sunday, November 8th, I, my niece and 20,000-plus others came together at the Quirino Grandstand for one cause – to support the campaign for a clean Pasig River.
The response was overwhelming. My niece said that there were over 1,500 students from University of Sto Tomas (UST) alone. I also saw groups from the Police [...]
What sport is so exhilarating yet so convenient at the same time?
Running!
I discovered running when I joined the Pinay In Action Fun Run earlier this year. Actually, the interest in running was spurred when I started doing interval sprints on the treadmill. I found that the “high” after running felt really good.
Though the PIA run [...]
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Because of the stir caused by the post on ellaganda.com about DSWD relief goods sitting and gathering dust at its Pasay warehouse, DSWD has asked for help (finally!).
Rock Ed Philippines is coordinating with DSWD to schedule a shift for volunteers who want to pack at the DSWD warehouse. There is also a call for vehicles [...]
Continue reading about After Ondoy… Pepeng Naman (How to Help) [UPDATED]
UPDATES [29 Sept 2009, 10:58 AM]:
1.Yesterday afternoon, I received word that Feng and family are safe. I was told they were trapped on their second floor but managed to get on the roof, and rescued later on. Meanwhile, I kept calling Annamanila’s phone. I was only able to get through late last night. I was [...]
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As soon as my daughter iPatch saw the TV ad on Discovey Channel, she went to the calendar to mark the date right away.
-March 28, 2009 (Saturday) from 8:30 PM to 9:30 PM is Earth Hour.
Last year, we were out at my sister’s house where there was a party so my family wasn’t able to [...]
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