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Cebu City’s biggest party is over
Sinulog is Cebu City’s biggest street party and gathering. People take over Cebu City streets in the annual street parade, held every third Sunday of January. Although there were fewer contingents last Sunday, the crowd that watched the parade appeared to be bigger. Here are some photos Marlen and I took of the celebration honoring…
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Fatal song
Supreme Court Associate Justice Renato Corona warned judges over the weekend not to sing Frank Sinatra’s “My Way” in karaoke bars. The song has been blamed for a lot of karaoke-related killings in the Philippines. Corona made the statement when asked to comment on the suggestion of arming judges after the recent killing of Pasay…
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Meditation increases attention span, sharpens focus and improves memory
Researchers using advanced brainscanning technology “are beginning to show that meditation directly affects the function and structure of the brain, changing it in ways that appear to increase attention span, sharpen focus and improve memory,” Time reported. The magazine also reported that “one recent study found evidence that the daily practice of meditation thickened the…
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Cebu City gets makeover for annual mardi gras
Streamers and buntings are now all over central Cebu City, the route of the annual Sinulog street parade. Among the changes in this year’s mardi gras: 10 Cebu tourist spots will be showcased in tarpaulin installations in key areas of the parade route; contingents will be asked to perform their program usually reserved for the…
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Blog design trends: big, bright and highlighted
ProBlogger links to a post on blog design trends written by Rachel Cunliffe in the cre8d design blog. Cunliffe, in her post, enumerates elements of current blog design trends: big fonts, big headers and footers, top border, bright colors, speech bubble comments, rounded corners, highlighted links. I won’t go as far as calling it a…