Piercing Pens

Reporters without borders urges internet users to join in 24-hour online demo against internet censorship

http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=19459

Where: www.rsf.org

When: 11 A.M. on 7 November to 11 A.M. on 8 November

No one should ever be prevented from posting news online or writing a blog, but they are in the 13 countries singled out by Reporters Without Borders for a 24-hour online protest against Internet censorship. (more…)

Since last week, I’ve been searching eBay.com for a reduced-size multimedia card for Oriah’s new phone. I found some items with “interesting prices,” but I lost the bid on a low-priced item. I’ll keep on looking until I find a good one.

The introduction earlier this month of PayPal payment processor in the Philippines, despite its limited features, was still good news for us, online shoppers. All we need to do now is to enter our credit card details on our PayPal accounts, and we can do business with online merchants that used to snub Philippine-based netizens. It’s sad that we can’t receive funds, yet.

By the way, those who sell items on eBay could take advantage of some stuff available online such as this free eBay auction software.

Press Statement of DESAPARECIDOS (Families of Desaparecidos for Justice)

This coming All Saints’ Day, we, the relatives of the disappeared continue to suffer but cannot mourn. We are uncertain whether our missing loved ones are still alive or already dead. There are no graves where we can light candles or offer flowers.

Those we call desaparecidos are our relatives who were abducted and are still missing. They come from the ranks of workers, peasants, professionals, youth, indigenous peoples and women who were tagged as enemies of the state. The military, police and paramilitia – the elements of the state are the only ones who would have the motive to silence them and stop them from their work in serving the people. (more…)

I watched a portion of That’s Entertainment veteran Jojo Alejar’s TV show one night. It is called All the Way. Oriah said it is patterned after the TV show of Jay Leno and David Letterman. The show’s not bad, but I’d prefer watching Eli Soriano and the Iglesia ni Cristo ministers.

What I noticed about Alejar is that his hair looked like a wig. Oriah said it only looked like that, but she thinks it isn’t. At least the guy doesn’t need the hair transplants New Jersey surgeon Dr. Gregory Pistone offers, hehe.

While browsing the Inquirer last Sunday, I came across Mrs. Arroyo’s photo at a monument of Gat Jose Rizal in China. The photo creates an illusion that she has high regard for the national hero–as if she did not desecrate Rizal’s memory by lying to the Filipino people on December 30, 2002, Rizal’s 106th death anniversary.