Thursday, January 24, 2008
too many crocodiles, a Manila Zoo problem
because of the surplus of crocodiles in the Manila Zoo, Manila Mayor Lim is willing to exchange 20 of its 40 or more crocodile for other animals like elephants, zebras and giraffes. THIS IS NOT COUNTING THE ONES FOUND IN CONGRESS.
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Trikebayan - electric powered tricycle
a prototype of an electric powered tricycle was presented last jan. 18. according to the man who conceptualized this vehicle,Rolly Concepcion, it will have no repair expenses, no down time during repairs, no fuel expenses, no monthly oil change to discard and damage the environment beside having no noise and no exhaust. it will cost P48 a day to operate compared to a gasoline powered tricyle cost of P200. but to convert an existing tricyle to an electric powered one will cost around P68,000
Bobby Fischer - romance in Baguio City
supposedly had a romance with a Filipina named Marilyn Young in Baguio City and had a 7 year old daughter name Jinky.
Pinoy Idol - local version
GMA 7 has announced that the judges for the said show are Wyngard Tracy, Ogie Alcasid and Jolina Magdangal. and ofcourse, it will be hosted by Raymond Gutierrez.
Renaldo Lapuz - another "William Hung"
with a Filipino name and an asian looking guy, is now famous for his weird performance in the audition for American Idol held at Las Vegas. Judges Paula Abdul danced and Randy Jackson sang with the guy, and Simon Cowell just smiled and said "No".
Thursday, January 17, 2008
another one - democracy downgrade
the New York-based Freedom House has included the Philippines in the list of countries that showed a "significant decline" in political rights and civil liberties last year. cited reasons are: 1. the pardon of convicted plunderer and deposed President Joseph Estrada; 2. allegations of high-level corruption; and 3. the killings surrounding athe 2007 elections.
the Philippine civil aviation - downgrade by FAA
after the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) downgrade our Aviation Safety oversight rating from Category 1 to Category 2, President Arroyo removed Air Transportation Office (ATO) officer in charge Danilo Dimagiba and placed Transportation Secretary Leandro Mendoza as new oic. our politicians and the previous officer in charge has been saying a lot of things regarding the causes, well, this will not happen if this agency just followed the guidelines, strictly, previously issued by the FAA. It is just that simple. and as usual, government agencies are the most corrupt and mismanaged offices in our country.
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
BINAY 2010 - vanity plates, masamang biro
vanity plates "BINAY 2010", ofcourse referring to Makati City Mayor Binay, started to crop up in some parts of Metro Manila. although the Mayor denied that he has something to do with these, it is still a bad joke.
Snake Bite Story at the Arc of Avilon in Tiendesitas
My Family and I visited the new Arc of Avilon (AoA)
> Zoo located at
> Frontera Verde near Tiendesitas in Pasig last
> January 5, 2008. The
> highlight of the said zoo is they allow people
> especially kids to touch
> their animals like orangutan, parrots, eagles,
> rabbits, tortoise and
> snakes.
>
> And when you allow your kids to touch these animals,
> you trust that the
> animals are harmless and are trained not to hurt its
> visitors.
>
> Unfortunately, my 2nd daughter was bitten by an
> Albino King Snake. Her
> finger was bloodied so I quickly ask where the
> clinic was located. I saw
> a sign that read Hospital/Quarantine , I quicky open
> the door but found
> nothing inside but some cages and two people
> talking. I ask if there's a
> doctor there and they said none. Then the king snake
> handler came over
> and directed us to follow him. I thought we would be
> brought to a
> clinic. To my dismay, we were brought to a dirty
> pantry full of flies.
> And the handler administered Betadine to my
> daughter's finger, which was
> stored in a soy sauce gallon container. A park with
> no clinic, no doctor
> and no medicine.
>
> I took my daughter to the hospital, and upon
> reaching the hospital the
> first question was what kind of snake bit my
> daughter. I told them its
> an Albino King Snake. They were not sure whether the
> king snake is a
> venomous or a non-venomous snake. They said they had
> to consult an
> expert about this. After awhile, Thank God that the
> king snake was a
> non-venomous one. But the doctors wanted to be sure
> so they gave my
> daughter an anti-tetanus drug and ask her to take
> anti-biotics for seven
> days.
>
> After reaching home, I texted both Jake and Tina Gaw
> (owners of AoA)
> that the doctor asked us to observe my daughters
> condition. I also told
> them that I am going to write about this horrible
> experience. Tina
> texted back and said: "Jerry, if thats how bad you
> felt, I respect your
> personal feelings concerning the incident. I wish
> she (my daughter)
> could have been more careful in handling the snake
> or other pets as well
> especially this one is exotic. Even tame ones,
> rabbit, tortoise, mouse,
> pig bite when they felt hurt or frighten when not
> properly handled. And
> its really sad when you felt it became a horrible
> issue."
>
> Now it's my daughter's fault to be bitten by the
> snake? AoA never
> bothered to offer their help and now they blame my
> daughter for the
> incident. That was a very insensitive remark by
> Tina. I don't think the
> snake was hurt or frighten, they were tired and
> irritated because they
> were being used to entertain people.
>
> Exotic you say? Why allow them to be touched by
> people? Yes, I agree
> that animals bite when they felt hurt or frighten,
> but let me remind the
> management of AoA that most of your audience are
> children, I even saw
> some as young as two years old. They will just touch
> and play with the
> animals without knowing whether they're hurting them
> or not. It is AoA's
> responsibility to make sure that none of their
> animals be hurt or
> frigthen so that biting won't happen.
>
> And since accidents happen, how come Arc of Avilon
> don't even have a
> clinic to at least administer some first-aid
> soluton. What if the eagles
> decided to peck the visitors, or use their big claws
> to attack the
> visitors. Donkey or horse suddenly kicking. And
> snakes biting. There
> shoud be a doctor, a clinic and first-aid kit to
> address this kind of
> unfortunate incidents.
>
> Arc of Avilon should not allow people to touch a
> snake that bites plus
> they should have expert handlers to assist its
> visitors. All the Arc of
> Avilon management can say is that the snake is a
> non-venomous one. No
> other help was offered, and then they will blame the
> visitors for
> mishandling the animals.
>
> Am I overacting? I don't think so. What are the
> chances that you will
> get bitten by a snake in the metropolis? Worst in a
> theme park like Arc
> of Avilon. As a parent, will you take it sitting
> down? Will you just
> take their word for it that it's non-venomous?
> Remember, its a
> snake-bite. Let this be a warning to all my readers
> who are planning to
> visit Arc of Avilon at Tiendesitas or any other zoo
> for that matter.
>
> Let my story be a lesson to all. You can ask your
> kids to look but as
> much as possible DO NOT TOUCH. Better yet, DO NOT
> VISIT the Arc of
> Avilon totally, until they improve their facilities.
> Never again will we
> go to the Arc of Avilon.
>
> Thank you and more power. God Bless us all!
>
> Jerry Liao
> Zoo located at
> Frontera Verde near Tiendesitas in Pasig last
> January 5, 2008. The
> highlight of the said zoo is they allow people
> especially kids to touch
> their animals like orangutan, parrots, eagles,
> rabbits, tortoise and
> snakes.
>
> And when you allow your kids to touch these animals,
> you trust that the
> animals are harmless and are trained not to hurt its
> visitors.
>
> Unfortunately, my 2nd daughter was bitten by an
> Albino King Snake. Her
> finger was bloodied so I quickly ask where the
> clinic was located. I saw
> a sign that read Hospital/Quarantine , I quicky open
> the door but found
> nothing inside but some cages and two people
> talking. I ask if there's a
> doctor there and they said none. Then the king snake
> handler came over
> and directed us to follow him. I thought we would be
> brought to a
> clinic. To my dismay, we were brought to a dirty
> pantry full of flies.
> And the handler administered Betadine to my
> daughter's finger, which was
> stored in a soy sauce gallon container. A park with
> no clinic, no doctor
> and no medicine.
>
> I took my daughter to the hospital, and upon
> reaching the hospital the
> first question was what kind of snake bit my
> daughter. I told them its
> an Albino King Snake. They were not sure whether the
> king snake is a
> venomous or a non-venomous snake. They said they had
> to consult an
> expert about this. After awhile, Thank God that the
> king snake was a
> non-venomous one. But the doctors wanted to be sure
> so they gave my
> daughter an anti-tetanus drug and ask her to take
> anti-biotics for seven
> days.
>
> After reaching home, I texted both Jake and Tina Gaw
> (owners of AoA)
> that the doctor asked us to observe my daughters
> condition. I also told
> them that I am going to write about this horrible
> experience. Tina
> texted back and said: "Jerry, if thats how bad you
> felt, I respect your
> personal feelings concerning the incident. I wish
> she (my daughter)
> could have been more careful in handling the snake
> or other pets as well
> especially this one is exotic. Even tame ones,
> rabbit, tortoise, mouse,
> pig bite when they felt hurt or frighten when not
> properly handled. And
> its really sad when you felt it became a horrible
> issue."
>
> Now it's my daughter's fault to be bitten by the
> snake? AoA never
> bothered to offer their help and now they blame my
> daughter for the
> incident. That was a very insensitive remark by
> Tina. I don't think the
> snake was hurt or frighten, they were tired and
> irritated because they
> were being used to entertain people.
>
> Exotic you say? Why allow them to be touched by
> people? Yes, I agree
> that animals bite when they felt hurt or frighten,
> but let me remind the
> management of AoA that most of your audience are
> children, I even saw
> some as young as two years old. They will just touch
> and play with the
> animals without knowing whether they're hurting them
> or not. It is AoA's
> responsibility to make sure that none of their
> animals be hurt or
> frigthen so that biting won't happen.
>
> And since accidents happen, how come Arc of Avilon
> don't even have a
> clinic to at least administer some first-aid
> soluton. What if the eagles
> decided to peck the visitors, or use their big claws
> to attack the
> visitors. Donkey or horse suddenly kicking. And
> snakes biting. There
> shoud be a doctor, a clinic and first-aid kit to
> address this kind of
> unfortunate incidents.
>
> Arc of Avilon should not allow people to touch a
> snake that bites plus
> they should have expert handlers to assist its
> visitors. All the Arc of
> Avilon management can say is that the snake is a
> non-venomous one. No
> other help was offered, and then they will blame the
> visitors for
> mishandling the animals.
>
> Am I overacting? I don't think so. What are the
> chances that you will
> get bitten by a snake in the metropolis? Worst in a
> theme park like Arc
> of Avilon. As a parent, will you take it sitting
> down? Will you just
> take their word for it that it's non-venomous?
> Remember, its a
> snake-bite. Let this be a warning to all my readers
> who are planning to
> visit Arc of Avilon at Tiendesitas or any other zoo
> for that matter.
>
> Let my story be a lesson to all. You can ask your
> kids to look but as
> much as possible DO NOT TOUCH. Better yet, DO NOT
> VISIT the Arc of
> Avilon totally, until they improve their facilities.
> Never again will we
> go to the Arc of Avilon.
>
> Thank you and more power. God Bless us all!
>
> Jerry Liao
Monday, January 14, 2008
Arnel Pineda, homegrown pinoy, Journey's new lead singer
thanks again to Youtube.com, another pinoy with real good talent/voice had the opportunity to audition and be chosen as the new lead singer for the legendary band Journey.
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