ARE you a Transformers fan?

Then check out the TransFormers Philippines blog, a three-year-old site that’s generating even more interest lately thanks to the upcoming movie.

Get to know the members of TransFormers Philippines, led by founder and moderator Mark Cerbo and co-founder and events and marketing head Azrael Coladilla, and find out what online and offline activities they have in store as we count down to the release of the “Tranformers” movie on the Fourth of July.

A BLOG also lends itself well to fiction and other literary pieces. An interesting example of this is Shiksa from Manila, a series of stories from Brooklyn-based Filipina writer Sophia Romero about a fictional character/online persona named Amapola Gold.

Romero is the author of “Always Hiding,” a 1998 novel whose main character Viola is the daughter of a wealthy Manila socialite who has fled the Marcos regime to live as an illegal immigrant in New York City. Viola’s father, a government official, decides to send Viola to live with her mother in New York to escape the political turmoil, unaware that his daughter plans to bring her mother back to the Philippines.

I haven’t read the book, but the description of Romero’s first novel has certainly piqued my curiosity. For now, I’m glad I’ve stumbled upon the fascinating stories on her blog. By the way, as her blog explains, a “shiksa” is a “term used to describe a woman who is non-Jewish. Usually meant in a pejorative way.”

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HERE’S an excerpt from an interesting post from Angel Jayme’s blog Heavensent Angel:

For the past weeks, I’ve been dealing with pregnancy-induced insomnia. Blame it on the hormones, back aches and Jamaine kicking and squirming in my tummy.

So instead of tossing and turning in bed, I’ve resorted to net-surfing and blog-hopping until my eyes grow weary. And these are some of the sites that have been keeping me company through these long, sleepless nights.

So, what are the blogs that have been helping her deal with insomnia? Well, ahem, one of them happens to be a certain blogsite called Blog Addicts. Hmm, not too familiar with that blog, hehe

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I remember writing a similar “futuristic” article about supposed automated elections in 2004. But this recent blog entry from James Jimenez, the official spokesperson of the Commission on Elections, is simply hilarious. He writes:

The widespread acceptance of modernized voting processes spurred a change in campaigning strategies as well.

The internet was proven to be an effective campaign vector in 2007 and by 2010, podcasts have all but replaced traditional broadcast advertising. Podcasts are cheaper to produce, and persist far longer than 30-second spots on tv and radio. Newspaper ads are taken over by on-line advertising.

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WHAT would happen if atomicgirl joined Pinoy Big Brother?

Well, here’s the latest entry from atomicgirl’s blog:

Big Brother… He’s Here.

big brother is back. and it looks like he has not got much changes yet. although the only thing i noticed is that the girl housemates are quite maarte. they would cry readily even if it has just been a few days only.

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THE SILPUR LIFE is an interesting collaborative blog from janep, which, as the authors explain, is pen-aj spelled backwards.

Here’s the latest entry penned by, well, pen, hehe

Pinoy elections 2007

Pen writes on March 2nd, 2007

This page gave me something to laugh about today. Thanks to benj whose blog led me clicking to it. Moment now to touch base with the goings-on in Pinoy-land. I admit it’s difficult to be kept on the loop on current affairs of the nation. Not many of us have much time to spare to do reading [lack of Pinoy TV is a big factor for me, too lazy to read] that would bring enlightenment. My weekday morning routine includes a half-hour of reading the columns by de Quiros and David and the occasional blog on related issues. I know it feeds much more to a specific opinion, but I just don’t have the stomach to see front page pictures of uninteresting personalities, especially poly-tick-cians (i.e., many bloodsuckers) while reading the headlines of inquirer.net. Time for a switch to tribune.net.ph?

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