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Sunday night lowdown - What was it I said on the twilight of 2011?

This was what I tweeted a day before 2012.

Sundays with Raf and Andi will commence once they're back from their summer vacation. That rocking career? The tides are turning.

Speaking of tides. And that real hobby…

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Priority lanes for Iglesia ni Cristo

I came across this news article a few days ago about a PH congressman seeking an inquiry on "the practices of domestic airlines that cause unnecessary inconvenience and discomfort to passengers." The article goes on to say:

In House Resolution No. 2131, Ejercito did not name the airlines but said that known local fliers were offering promo fares to encourage both domestic and foreign travel without realizing that they were going against the consumers’ interests, welfare and protection.
“There is an urgent need to look into and review the policies and practices of domestic airlines in accord with existing laws and state policies,” Ejercito said.
“The complaints include overbooking, denial of boarding pass, flight delays and cancellation, denial of proper accommodations during long flight delays and cancellation, surcharges for rebooking of flights, flight diversions and failure to inform passengers of the cause of delays and cancellations,” he said.

Pretty much standard congressman stuff, I'd have to say. What's most interesting though (ok, funny) are the next lines in the news item:

Meanwhile, two other lawmakers have sought the designation of an Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) lane in the country’s international airports in anticipation of the huge number of church members who will be flying in from all over the world to attend the sect’s 100th anniversary celebration in 2014.
In HR 2163, Representatives Winnie Castelo and Jorge Banal of Quezon City asked the Bureau of Immigration to designate an INC centennial lane for “practical and courteous purposes” and not merely to give special treatment to church members.
via inquirer.net

Whatever happened to the separation of church and state? Whatever happened to booking early and, if there's an anticipated influx of travelers, traveling early? A lot of people, whether Catholic, Christian, Muslim or whatever denomination, would do some measures in the yearly Christmas season because we all know that a lot of people travel home at those times. Why can't we just expect that from the INC members?

A [probably] convincing argument on why you should join #swcebu - A Tuesday Note

As you know by now, and it's ok if you don't, TechTalks is organizing Startup Weekend Cebu this coming May 11th through the 13th at UP Cebu. Startup Weekends are 54-hour marathon no-talk-all-action events for entrepreneurs and would-be entreps who are thinking about building their own startups and launching their own products. TechTalks is proud to be the group that is hosting this weekend and is actively promoting it in the spirit of entrepreneurship and pushing Cebu to the forefront of PH tech/startup circles.

 

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I came across TechTalk.ph last year through an online friend and decided to join a meetup in IT Park. I can't recall exactly how it went but I what I remembered was that the TechTalks meetup was posted in a tweet and I told myself this is what I was looking for. Joining the group, I did not really set clear expectations on what I want to achieve, something that I don't usually do. I just went there to see who the people were, what they were made up of and find out if it was going to be fun or not.

I found out that the group was mostly comprised of developers, designers, engineers and social media enthusiasts. There were some financial and legal types, a musician. All of them the nerdy/geeky types. Great.

No, really, I thought it was an awesome group. But to give you a perspective on why I think this group is significant to me and my interests, allow me to introduce you to a guy I know well.

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Ppip Cimafranca

I look forward to the day when all I need to make things happen is a mobile device, the cloud, some rock music and a foul mouth.

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