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This summer I might be in Aklan for a vacation. My brother owns a souvenir store in White Castle Beach in Boracay . He invited me after my graduation to spend some few days there to relax and enjoy the summer heat. I hope I can grab his offer. I hope that I will not be stagnant after graduation day. I hope that I will not be a bomb. I hope I will not be broken. I hope I can find time for with him. I have a mixed feeling right now about what will be next after graduation. I feel unease and anxiety. Will I have a job right away? Will I survive the world of work? I feel not prepared. I feel not ready marching. I feel that way, while, my other classmates were excited about the day and ending their days in school. I can hear them talking about their future, their plans, vacation on summer, the facelift Palm Beach , and all sort of things that make them excited.

Am I late to post this? I hope it is not. Anyway, I was in the first ever Bloggers Summit in the Mindanao which was held at 4th Floor NCCC Mall, Davao and was organized by the Usual Suspects. Ariel and I arrived at the venue about 10:45pm and were lucky that the event had just started. We did not heard the keynote speech on Blogging and Participatory Governance of Davao City Councilor Peter Laviña where he addressed that blogs were effective for participative governance. In our entrance to the summit Bob Martin who is staying in Mindanao for almost 5 years and owns Mindanao.com and many other proPhilippines travel blog. He gave a speech on Travel and Technology. He featured his experience in Mindanao and he travels a lot for earnings. A “ Promote-Your-Blog activity ” was done to fill some idle time in the program. Maybe it was part of the program. They gave also freebies (IBM Pens, IBM Notepads, Google package, Domain and hosting package, MBS shirts and caps) in random raffle. And...

Yesterday, I and my classmates in Sociology class conducted a community study in one of the GK [ Gawad Kalinga ] site in Banga, South Cotabato. It is a small sitio that wanted to draw level with modernization of their tribe. Dominantly, the tribe is composed of T’boli’s who migrated to a more fertile land. Our study is mainly focused on the culture of people there. It’s part of our curriculum. My classmates surprised me with there planning to have the study one day before they told me about it. I was not prepared of the schedule they have set. Rushed. It was for the reason that our [ soon to be ] documented study will be displayed in the PAASCU Level III accreditation of the University on September. That was the demand of our instructor to the group I belong. With what they have decided, I checked my schedule and discerned to cancel some of my activities in conflict with the conduct study. It was an overnight activity, but we did not stay at the site because it feels the place is hos...

The New7Wonders organization is happy to announce the following 7 candidates have been elected to represent global heritage throughout history. the result was announced during the Official Declaration ceremony in Lisbon, Portugal on Saturday, July 7, 2007 - 07.07.07. These four (4) places or sites belong to the list. (the other three (3) are in Ariel 's site): The Taj Mahal, India. This immense mausoleum was built on the orders of Shah Jahan, the fifth Muslim Mogul emperor, to honor the memory of his beloved late wife. Built out of white marble and standing in formally laid-out walled gardens, the Taj Mahal is regarded as the most perfect jewel of Muslim art in India. The emperor was consequently jailed and, it is said, could then only see the Taj Mahal out of his small cell window. Petra, Jordan. Masters of water technology, the Nabataeans provided their city with great tunnel constructions and water chambers. A theater, modelled on Greek-Roman prototypes, had space for an aud...

My teacher in high school once asked me, Mark, what are the Seven Wonders of the World ? I confidently answered, "The list of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World were: the Pyramids of Giza , the Hanging Ga rdens of Babylon , the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus , the Colossus of Rhodes , and the Pharos of Alexandria ". I got it all correct . But on July 07, 2007 (070707) , my answer might be will be wrong as the New Open World Foundation proposes a revision of the ancient Seven Wonders of the World and will announce it officially on the Lucky 7 date. According to Alternative Aprroaches , the campaign started in September 1999 with a website by Swiss businessman Bernard Weber. I, and my blog buddy, Ariel , want to share with you this list of competitors. 07.07.07 is fast approaching. You, too, should cast your votes now to be part of the history. Here's how: N7W . This is copy-pasted from Alternative Approa...