Miss Earth 2008 Long Gown Competition Videos

(will edit and post more videos)

Yesterday, I got the chance to watch the Miss Earth beauty pageant long gown competition courtesy of PAGCOR's local marketing unit who invited us.

The ladies wore wearing interesting costumes and it was quite hard to have a favorite pick as you tend to switch easily from one to the other. In the end, Miss Venezuela won who happens to have a lot of supporters in the audience.



Azrael, Ken, Gary, Milan, and me were all in one row watching the whole show. Afterwards, most of folks in attendance approached the candidates for photo shoot opportunity.

As the judges came from different industries and are not really professional judges per se on this type of contest, it must be hard to judge when you have around 80 women parading themselves in such beautiful outfits.

The grand finale of Miss Earth is about to happen soon. Good luck to all the candidates!

Never sleep with my laptop again

Whenever on travel, I have a tendency to keep working at the last minute until I fall asleep. This means sleeping with the laptop by my side.

Last Thursday, I woke up at 4 am and noticed that I already have a skin irritation (or skin burn).


I assume that fan side of my laptop caused this and may have fallen asleep with my inner arm facing it.


I've just let it be and avoid popping that watery area. As of this writing, day 4, the redness is gone but that watery thing is still there.


I just hope it will disappear soon without leaving a scar. So laptops, no matter how useful, can't be good bed mates. LOL!

Three Reminders to Media Blogs and its Bloggers

I've been getting questions as to how bloggers should handle opportunities to write in big media blogs. Well, this is not a rule of sorts but more of personal principle.

• Know when it is personal or not
  I don't think personal notes or rants should be posted in a Media blog. Think whether this is what the audience want to read in a media blog rather than just satisfying yourself. Otherwise, post it in your personal blog.
  
  
• Tone down your intentions
  I've seen bloggers who blog in media sites criticizing a product, service, or events with a note hinting about their services. This hurts the whole validity of the 'post'. (If it should be posted there in the first place.)
  
  
• Blog editors should watch out
  Otherwise, if a media blog becomes a personal ranting, raving, and platform of a blogger to insinuate a personal intent, it reduces the credibility of the site and its blog efforts.