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Now, I choose to reveal because anonymity breeds not-so-nice things.

I choose to write to express, because I don't believe that impressions last.

I choose to become who I am, because I don't like pretense.

I choose to be just jets, because I believe I am.

Thursday, February 8, 2024

Fambae in Borza

Another goal unlocked! Sisters and I were able to bring the whole fam to Boracay!!!

Loved all the afternoons we spent lounging on the beach, waiting for the sunset spectacle. It was bingo for me and RR - perfectly rounded sun kissing the horizon for every single day we spent in Bora.

It was more meaningful this time because we had a back to back celebration for Jana (for passing the DLE) and Trixia (promotion).

Favorite food we ate were the buffet in Hue Hotel, Aria (duh!), Jonah’s and lots of random food.

Needless to say, we’re gonna be back. Probably sooner than you think 😙

Tuesday, January 16, 2024

Hanoi

Last night in Hanooooi! Wow, a week went by so fast. Didn’t expect that I would love this trip this much.

A pleasant surprise was the Ninh Binh leg of our trip. Super thankful to Chris for pitching the idea. So funny that I’d been sitting on Ninh Binh for a while now!!! OMG, thank goodness Chris mentioned it on their last day in GenSan.

Ninh Binh was laid back, rural, slow… It made me realize that I’m a small town girl, not a big city gal. Loved the steady, calm pace of Ninh Binh. Prices were much more friendly versus Hanoi. And the views! Oh my gosh the views!!! Left me totally breathless for a million times while we were there. Will definitely go back.

Hanoi is your usual busy metro. Stayed in the Old Quarter where pretty much everything is within reach. Food wasn’t exactly outstanding except for the small resto serving fried noodles near our Airbnb. Bia was more expensive. Food was x3 the price of Ninh Binh’s offerings. Boo.

Good thing is, our Airbnb was awesomeee. Loved the porch, the giant window where I get to work by and watch people go about their daily lives.

Also very thankful that I was not so busy with work this time. I appreciate the time to slow down, be present, and actually have fun.

It’s always a grand time when I’m with my favorite travel buddy, my husband. ❤️

Til the next trip… in two weeks! Lol

Sunday, January 7, 2024

Oh wow

Oh wow! I still HAVE access to this blog!

This is a random note just recognizing this pleasant surprise.

I’m currently 35, married with a dog named Sola, living in a small beautiful home in GenSan. Sick to my stomach, literally though. 🤒 

I’ve just finished watching an episode of The Kardashians, hubby’s just pulled up the driveway. It’s just been a downer couple of days because of my stomach ache. Needed those days to recover from all the holiday frenzy.

Back to work tomorrow and I’m juggling it with preparing for our Hanoi trip. Lol

That’s all for now. Random. Byeeee

Sunday, April 5, 2009

The Blog about iBLOG

I immediately felt the need to blog. Or the pressure, rather.

I've been working on a thesis about blogging for two semesters already and we just turned in the final-draft-for-binding copy last Friday. Goodness, what a relief!


The past few weeks (or is it few?) have been really toxic that I chose to skip my blogging activity during that time. Call it "blog overdose". I am my partner use the word blogging more often than the times we'd yawn. Yes, blogging doesn't have a synonym (yet) so we were made to settle for that plain, simple, four-letter word.


Our study made me more involved in the culture of blogging. I can't even believe that we made it through. It was plain nostalgia seeing our hand-written outlines at the back of a scratch paper. And now, it's about to be bound in maroon leatherette with the gold prints:


iBLOG:
A Study on the Impact of a
Bloggers' Code of Ethics on the
Freedom of Expression

I am more than thankful to everyone who, directly and indirwctly, helped us in our thesis. We know we couldn't have made it without all of you. Those sleepless nights, countless cups of coffee and packs of junks (chips and pancit canton alike), ligo-less consultation sessions with Prof. Feliciano were all gold-plated now; our efforts paid off!

And, for the few who are reading this blog, you are priveleged to hear the news: we are nominated for BEST THESIS!!! Yeah, and so we are keeping our fingers crossed, and trying our best to polish the documentary we are currently working on - we can do this!! The "Best Thesis"award will just be another flower decor on the cake because (I'd like to think that) the cake's already been iced. :)

Here's a taste of it:

Ebol, G.A.M.S. & Flora, R. P. (2009). ‘iBlog’: A study on the impact of the bloggers’ code of ethics on the freedom of expression, Unpublished Undergraduate Thesis, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City.

With the increasing popularity and influence of blogs also arise ethical problems in the blogosphere such as using blogs as a venue to attack another person, institution, goods or services. These issues have called the attention of some bloggers in the international scene to draft a Code of Ethics for Bloggers.

In the Philippines, the discussion on ethics and a code of ethics is still very new. This study tried to look into the possible effect of a code of ethics to the freedom of expression that bloggers currently enjoy. Moreover, the study also looked at bloggers’ perception of ethics and whether they apply ethics in their production of blogs.

These data were gathered through the conduct of focus interviews with several bloggers and a content analysis of their respective blogs. The data were compared to see whether the ethical principles they espouse really manifest in the blog sites.

All interviewed bloggers value ethics and apply it in their blogs. The study found out that bloggers value their individuality so much that they would rather follow their personal ethical standards than to be restricted by a universal code of ethics.

Hence, our thesis absract.

Above all these, I'd like to thank my oh-so-great thesis partner, Roxanne Perdio Flora, for being the best, most understanding, most generous and cool partner there could be! You make the puyatans a lot more like a pajama party :) Mwahugs! I couldn't forget how you'd edit the docu and be half-asleep! Haha! I love you, dear. :)

Monday, March 16, 2009

Idle

...been idle for only-God-knows-how-long.

...been sleepless for countless nights.

...been missing the long chats and the facebooking-all-i want.

...been yearning for rest.

...been hoping to graduate.