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Freepik Two years ago, last October 2023, I wrote an article where I described that the pera-normal settings are resultss of  mismanagement . I was running out of ideas, but thankfully, Gemini AI, with its combination of right and wrong answers (that's why double-checking is important ), has helped me out of writer's block. I would like to state that because October means Halloween for some, I decided to write this post where I address the scary truth about gambling. This reminds me of the irony of turning down investing in favor of gambling , such as the irony of "investing" in Axie Infinity after pulling out of AXA , or the stupidity of buying lottery tickets in hopes of getting rich . Back in 2012, I remember losing a huge sum of money to a family friend, who was a habitual gamber.  Some people even play mahjong until the crack of dawn, hoping to get rich fast. In another situation, I remember hearing of people who keep playing the lottery,  hoping to get rich. Th...

DSWD Field Office 7 - Central Visayas It's disheartening to know that after the Bogo earthquake in Cebu last September 30, 2025. Today, an earthquake Davao Oriental this day on October 10, 2025. It's sad to think that today is October 10, which is the Double 10 celebration for Taiwan . Right now, it's effortless for fools on Facebook (which is ironic) giving anti-capitalist, anti-business rants, never mind that even Vietnam is no longer solely dependent on State-Owned Enterprises! Instead, it made me think of the COVID-19 incident all over again, such as how Foodpanda and Grab, both foreign delivery services , have been helpful to Filipino businesses . Some idiots said on Facebook (and as always, I will not mention their names, they're public figures ) that it is the workers who did the work, not the owners, and that the government should provide everything. One crazy comment I got from someone on Facebook was, "Why should there be private enterprises? The DSWD is ...

Gemini AI Art A few days ago, I wrote about how Hilario G. Davide Jr. contradicted himself as a UN Diplomat, who's against 100% FDI . Right now, I need to address the partly good/partly bad advice. Indeed, we should never believe everything on the Internet. Some people can even get a paid domain  and be publishing nonsense (ex., Pinoy Ako Blog) while a blogger like myself, is trying to carefully craft posts. I thought about the sheer double standard  that I had to deal with. It's the same anti-charter change people who tell me, "Don't listen to everything on the Internet!" are also the same people who say, "You should always listen to the framers of the inviolate 1987 Constitution!" Such advice is laughable because, for one, even the late Maria Corazon "Cory" Cojuangco-Aquino spoke these words : You must define and protect our individual freedoms and rights; you must decide how our different institutions of state will relate to each other. Do n...

October is United Nations Month. I would like to bring up the issue of Atty. Hilario G. Davide Jr., the favorite source and echo chamber of the anti-constitutional reform groups. I wrote an earlier post where I asked to whom Filipinos should listen to between Kishore Mahbubani and Davide, that Davide was actually a former UN diplomat , until such time of his honorable resignation . I Googled "Hilario Davide Jr. United Nations" and discovered Davide actually studied in SOKA University, during the time he was a UN diplomat ! I would even want to share these words written by Davide, 50 years after Soka University was founded. In just fifty years from its founding on April 2, 1971, our SOKA University has more than fully proven itself as the "highest seat of learning for humanistic education; cradle of a new culture; and a fortress of peace for mankind." It has gone beyond the borders of a great nation through various units in other parts of the world and its comprehens...