El Nino

I can’t believe we are experiencing 33C now. Wow! A long time ago, I remember we are just in the 23~28C range.

Kwentong Jeepney

As a person gradually moves out from the cocoon of childhood to the exciting world that is adulthood, many of the terms he grew up familiar with take on new definitions. The old definitions don’t necessarily disappear, often they just become supplanted as defaults. “A drink” no longer means water. “Sex” no longer means gender. “Life” is now the opposite of “work”.

Txt and Email

Cell phones and the Internet. Many today find these wonders of the information age indispensable. I myself profess to not be able to survive a day without the awesomeness that is the World Wide Web. Sure it’s an exaggeration, but there’s some truth to it. Case in point: when the net’s down at home I make it a point to call our service provider, I don’t do that for when cable TV or the landline is acting up.

PE Subjects in UP

While enlisting for subjects this coming semester, I decided to check on the list of PE subjects offered. PE subjects are free in UP and you can take more than the prescribed number, which is four. I noticed there are some activities they didn’t offer a few years ago and there are those that they [...]

Summer Fever, the Bad Kind

Last Monday night, Sen. Ping Lacson was unable to attend an ANC forum for potential presidential candidates because he “fell ill.” On the same day, Christian Bautista missed performing at the coronation night of Binibining Isabela 2009 because he was hospitalized for a suspected case of dengue. One of my friends plurks about having “on-and-off [...]

Old Jokes

After reading a dozen jokes, some I haven’t really heard before, I didn’t find myself laughing as much as I hoped. Maybe it was the way they were written, but the jokes just felt so old, even the ones labeled “new”. I can almost smell what ten years ago smelled like, back when my idea of Internet fun was to look for “Jokes” or “Funny Stories” on search engines like Yahoo!, Altavista, or Ask Jeeves.

7 Habits of the Highly Effective MRT Commuters

The MRT (Metro Rail Transit) is one of the Philippines’ most convenient public transport systems. Stretching along the span of EDSA, it spares us from the long traffic, expensive cab fares, bumpy bus rides, reckless drivers, and sweltering hot jeepney rides. During rush hour, however, the MRT transforms itself into a jungle.

Here at Pinoy Idle, we provide you with Seven Habits that will help you endure the MRT rush hour experience.