PhotoHunt 113 - BAD HAIR

BAD HAIR is this Saturday theme for PhotoHunt.

I woke up earlier this morning (before 4 AM); as we are going out of town. After doing some morning routines, I opened my laptop to search for my PhotoHunt subject. While searching, I looked up at mirror and saw myself with BAD HAIR.

This is my work station where I found my subject

And, this is my BAD HAIR.
Worse, it already contracted HIV (Hair Is Vanishing).

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Upcoming PhotoHunt themes:

• 114 - June 14 - emotion(s)
• 115 - June 21 - water
• 116 - June 28 - bright
• 117 - July 5 - pointed
• 118 - July 12 - support

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June 2008

It’s already the third day of June in the year of our Lord 2008. The month of June is considered as the weeding wedding month.

It is also my birth month. My relatives who will also celebrate their birthdays are:

• June 5 – Maggie - my cousin in Penablanca, Cagayan
• June 8 - 6th Wedding Anniversary of Ryan, our nephew, and Pie
  
• June 26 – Elaine – my niece in Quezon, Isabela
• June 27 – Matthew – my nephew in Sydney, Australia
• June 29 – Peter – my cousin in Murphy, Quezon City

Advance HAPPY BIRTHDAY to us!

June is also the start of the school season. Other events that shall happen this month are:

• June 10 – Opening of the 28th Chamber of Mines Annual Bowling Tournament
• June 12 – Philippine Independence Day Celebration
• June 15 – Father’s Day – second week of June – June 15
• June 15 – Car Mania ‘08 at the SM City Fairview
  
• June 19 – Date of birth of Gat. Jose P Rizal (the National Hero of the Philippines)
• June 24 – Manila Day and St. John the Baptist Day.

The phases of the moon shall occur on:

• June 4 at 3:23 AM – New Moon
• June 10 at 11:04 PM – First Quarter
• June 19 at 1:31 AM – Full Moon
• June 26 at 8:10 PM – Last Quarter.

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The 28th Chamber of Mines of the Philippines Annual Bowling Tournament

The 28th Chamber of Mines of the Philippines Annual Bowling Tournament shall start on June 10, 2008. This year, it will be held in Coronado Lanes, 4th Level, Star Malls Shopping Complex located at the corner of Epifanio delos Santos Avenue (EDSA) and Shaw Boulevard. Last year, the venue was at the SM Mega Mall Bowling Center.

At 28 years, this is the longest running annual tenpin bowling tournaments in the country (if nobody would object).

The host team this year is Leighton Contractors. The other participating teams are the mining companies and their suppliers. Here is the list of the 19 participating teams:

1. Chamber of Mines of the Philippines
2. Leighton Contractors - Host
3. Cathay Industrial - Defending Champion
   
4. Atlas Mining / Carmen Copper
   
5. Benguet Corporation
6. BHP Billiton
   
7. Civic Merchandising
   
8. FAG Bearing Center
9. Filminera Resources
   
10. Inter-Asia Marine Transport
    
11. Lepanto Consolidated Mining
12. MHE Demag
13. National Mapping and Resource Information
14. Orica Philippines
    
15. Pansun Hardware
16. Phil. Associated Smelting and Refining
    
17. Philex Mining
18. SGV & Co.
    
19. United Philippines Drilling
    

Last year, 24 teams participated and the tournament lasted for six months. This year, the tournament will played in 19 weeks or up to October 14, 2008.

HAPPY BOWLING!

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PhotoHunt 112 - Self (Myself or part of me)

The theme this Saturday is SELF (Myself or part of me). I thought this theme was another easy task. But, again, I was wrong. I ended up choosing between the following pictures and decided to post them both:

Myself enjoying the river hydro massage


And, my shadow

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Upcoming PhotoHunt themes:

• June 7 - bad hair
• June 14 - emotion(s)
• June 21 - water
• June 28 - bright
• July 5 - pointed

SocialSpark - the best way to advertise

Companies or businesses with online presence are way ahead compared to their offline competitors. But, being online is not a guarantee of making more sales. Online marketing competitions are also tight. One must be dynamic, proactive and not static to attain online success. The key is traffic. Driving traffic to your website would bring your products or services closer to your prospective customers. How would you do that? One way is through search engine optimization or SEO. It simply means driving traffic to your blog via the search engines. The other way, which is better, is to advertise your products or services online. The effective way to advertise online is through SocialSpark.com, which connects advertisers to bloggers through an online advertising marketplace.

I am a blogger and a new publisher at SocialSpark. It is the newest marketing site; but it has surpassed other marketing sites in terms of the number of available opportunities. I like its system compared to others. And, I am surprised with the number of opportunities I have taken and published. And, I would love to see more advertisers and opportunities, particularly about cars and their accessories, sports equipment, and men’s accessories.

If you are an advertiser and want to make more sales, advertise your products or services through SocialSpark.com. You will never go wrong with SocialSpark. It is created and owned by IEZA, Inc., the leading social marketing network, and the sister site of PayPerPost – another successful marketing site, which I am also a proud publisher.

Clouds

On my way home yesterday, I saw beautiful cloud formations. Too bad, I couldn't remember their names anymore. I had the camera with me but couldn't capture their beauty as I had been driving. While I was fully stopped due to traffic, I looked out and up the sky (towards the west) then took picture:

I was aiming for more pictures but the traffic started to move.

It was taken at 5:47 PM from Tandang Sora Street in front of University of the Philippines Integrated School (UPIS).

Perfect gifts for your Dads

Father’s Day is fast approaching. In most countries in the world, it is celebrated every second Sunday of June or on June 15 this year. Whoa, it is about half month away! And, I am greeting every father an “Advance Happy Father’s Day”.

For the sons and daughters, it is time to think of the perfect gifts for your beloved fathers. If he is a computer user, you can give him something he can use with his computer, such as flash drives that you can personalize. You can get one from Pexagon with his favorite color and custom laser engraved messages on one or both sides. Personalized flash drives from Pexagon are available in 14 exciting color with capacities ranging from 512MB to 16 GB. The custom laser engraving is a throw in. I am sure he will love you more when he received one from you.

I am a father too and a computer geek. I would love to receive a blue one from one of my children. I wish they would read this post. Personalized flash drives are also perfect gifts for graduations and other occasions.

If you want to get a 20% discount, you may click the hidden URL in this post. If you order now, it is guaranteed that you would receive your order within three business days.

Philippine National Flag Days

Let's SALUTE our flag!

Starting today (May 28) up to the Philippine Independence Day (June 12) are the Philippine National Flag Days! During this period, all offices, agencies and instrumentalities of government, business establishments, institutions of learning and private homes are enjoined to display the flag.

Pledge of Allegiance to the Philippine flag:

Ako ay Pilipino
Buong katapatang nanunumpa
Sa watawat ng Pilipinas
At sa bansang kanyang sinasagisag
Na may dangal, katarungan at kalayaan
Na pinakikilos ng sambayanang
Maka-Diyos
Maka-tao
Makakalikasan at
Makabansa.

As a Filipino, I have placed a Philippine flag on this blog's sidebar. I will keep it until the Independence Day on June 12. I request my Filipino readers to display a flag too in their blogs, homes, offices, etc.

Happy First Anniversary, "tiohem.blogspot.com"

Happy First Anniversary to my second blog, “Tiohem.blogspot.com. I created this blog three days after my first blog, “Tom.i.ph”.

Here are the highlights of this blog:

• May 27, 2007 – I made my first post;
• July 18, 2007 – I made this blog a “Joke Blog”, and named it “Think of Me & Laugh”;
• October 24, 2007 – I posted my first paid post;
• October 27, 2007 – I transformed it into a “Photo & Joke Blog”;
• December 8, 2007 – I found out that this blog had PR2;
• December 9, 2007 – I decided to join the PhotoHunt;
• December 14, 2007 – I posted my entry to the Marhgil Macuha First Anniversary SEO Contest;
• January 13, 2008 – I learned that my PR has dropped to Zero; and, to date, it has never recovered;
  
• February 20 – I transformed it into “Photos, Jokes, Travel, Places, People, Food, and Events Blog”.
• March 27 – I already posted 228 posts, including this one.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!

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Lunch and dinner with Mamang

Last Saturday, we treated Mamang for lunch and dinner. She is currently in the country for her six-month vacation. She's now on her third month; and, three more months, she would fly back to her new home in Sydney, Australia, where she lives with my sister, Cristina, and her family

For lunch, we ate at the Mann Hann in SM Megall. We ordered the following:

Chami

Fried Squid

Steamed Fish

Beef with brocolli

Fried Chicken

A typhoon has just passed

And, for dinner, at the Chicken Bacolod in Quezon City:

Chicken Inasal and Isol


Beef Sisig


Bangus (Milkfish) belly

Where is the Batchoy? We forgot to take its picture.

Ooopps! It was Mamang who footed for our lunch bill. Instead of treating her, she treated us. Thank you, Mamang.

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AMPlified Car Show Competition

AutoMujeresPinas staged yesterday a car driving seminar and car show competition at the Tiendesitas.

I've posted about the AMPlified Car Show Competition in my "Autos of Tom" blog. And, I am posting some more pictures here. In view of my limited time, I just stayed there for a short while to take pictures. I was not able to wait for the conclusion of the competition and for the announcement and awarding of the winners.

And my favorite

More power to AutoMujeresPinas.

PhotoHunt 111 - Shoes

PhotoHunt theme no. 111 is SHOES.

We were shopping in one of the Duty Free Shops in Subic Bay Freeport Zone. I had no plan of buying rubber SHOES until I spotted the promo: "Buy one pair of Champion SHOES at P1,950 ($48.75) and buy another pair with the same or lower price at P50 ($1.25) only". I called my son and asked if he liked the SHOES. "Yes", he replied. And, the rest was history.

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Upcoming PhotoHunt themes:

• May 31 - self (yourself or part of you)
• June 7 - bad hair
• June 14 - emotion(s)
• June 21 - water
• June 28 - bright