Category Archives: General Discussion

The Tax Reform Act, A Decade Old

Republic Act 8424 (Philippine Law), otherwise known as the Tax Reform Act of 1997 or the Revised National Internal Revenue Code (NIRC) of 1997, which became effective in 1998, is already more than a decade old law. It’s basically a comprehensive law that covers all national taxes from income tax for individuals and corporations, estate [...]

Sidenotes in Deuts.NET

While I was cleaning my site for broken links, here are some I learned: This is what zooomr has become. It’s supposed to compete with flickr, but how can it compete when your photos once hosted in them are gone. This is what actually happened to some of my photos in zooomr. Those were not the [...]

Awaiting Wordpress 2.5

This site is proudly powered by WordPress (WP). With lots of updates going on into the core of wordpress install, particularly with the upcoming WordPress 2.5, a lot of features are being introduced. I’m afraid there will come a time that WordPress would not be as lightweight but functional as it used to be. WordPress users [...]

Sigabong XX and Pabarock Posters

The UP Hamili Brotherhood and UP Hamilia Sisterhood sponsored events in Iloilo, the Sigabong and Pabarock. See their posters below:

Organizing Your Tasks

Are you a task freak? Well, I guess I’m becoming one. With so many projects at hand, may it be personal or work, or anything else, I needed a way to organize my actions and plan my tasks. I have been in the lookout for a good tasks organizer, an organizer that I can access [...]

Ex-Deloitte Philippines Information Hub

The Ex-Deloitte Philippines Information Hub is officially launched. No cutting of ribbons, really. Just putting up the website online. The site was designed to cater to the former C.L. Manabat & Co. (Deloitte - Philippines) professionals, wherever side of the world they currently are, as a common online hang out. A community where former officemates [...]

2007: A Year in Review (Part 4 of 4)

Please proceed to Part 1 for the explanation as to what this post is all about. Also drop by Part 2 and Part 3. Note: You may attach comments to specific pictures by clicking on the picture. The link will lead to the separate page of that particular picture. Back from a place where pork was a [...]

Joke Time: Microsoft in Europe

Bill Gates organizes an enormous session to recruit a new Chairman for Microsoft Europe. Exactly 5,000 candidates are assembled in a large room. One candidate is a Filipino named Mario Dimaculangan. “Thank you for coming,” Gates says. “Those who do not know Java may leave.” About 2,000 people leave the room.

2007: A Year in Review (Part 3 of 4)

Please read Part 1 for the introduction, and also Part 2. The trip to Sealine Beach Resort in one hot summer day in Qatar: Camels and a horse:

2007: A Year in Review (Part 2 of 4)

Check out the Part 1 in here. The boat in Corniche and the Doha Sheraton: