This photo was taken when we were in Subic last year. We had an early morning walk by the sea to breathe fresh air. The three kids enjoyed the water while their mommy is watching over them. There's no other pure love than the love of a mother for her child.
We have to show our love for our mothers now that they are still with us.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Book Lovers
Bookay-Ukay
55 Maginhawa Street UP Village
Diliman, QC
Where you can find second hand bargain pieces of various genres. The young and artsy owners refuse to call it a bookstore. Instead they refer to the piles of reading materials in the shop as "inspired art installations". It aims to inspire and push more young people to read quality magazines, comics and of course books.
Here you can sell, trade, leand and borrow art, biograpy, fiction, self-help and new age books.
Bound Bokshop
105A Scout Castor St.
Barangay Laging Handa, QC
Owned by five members of the National union of Journalists of the Philippines. It claims to have "the best collection of new and read books". It has over 1,500 titles, 65% of which are pre owned. As independent seller, the owners sell their quality accumulated items, from imported selections to local works. at rates lower than bargain books. Their shelved occupy a spacious area designed in light bright hues, lending to an ambience of learning and knowledge. Books can go as low as P5 on sale period.
Popular Bookstore
305 Tomas Morato Ave., QC
Popular Bookstore has countless library and reference books, specialized and general books on arts and literature, engineering and the sciences, film, gender studies, health and sports , management and finance, mass communication, philosophy, political and social sciences, psychology, and more. The shop has three floors and more selections for bookworms.
The Book Fan
www.thebookfan.net
The Book Fan is trendy online bookstoe offering over 4,000 titles to busy, net savvy individuals. Their online catalogue spans across various genres such as fiction and fantasy, graphic novels, travels, lifestyle, Philippine literature, religion, pop culture, business, arts, children's literature, and more. They also have collectible Marvel an DC comics and mainstream bestsellers. Payments are done through Payeasy system which allows users to purchase using their credit card, ATM accounts, Globe G-Cash, Smart Money, Paypal and Western Union.
55 Maginhawa Street UP Village
Diliman, QC
Where you can find second hand bargain pieces of various genres. The young and artsy owners refuse to call it a bookstore. Instead they refer to the piles of reading materials in the shop as "inspired art installations". It aims to inspire and push more young people to read quality magazines, comics and of course books.
Here you can sell, trade, leand and borrow art, biograpy, fiction, self-help and new age books.
Bound Bokshop
105A Scout Castor St.
Barangay Laging Handa, QC
Owned by five members of the National union of Journalists of the Philippines. It claims to have "the best collection of new and read books". It has over 1,500 titles, 65% of which are pre owned. As independent seller, the owners sell their quality accumulated items, from imported selections to local works. at rates lower than bargain books. Their shelved occupy a spacious area designed in light bright hues, lending to an ambience of learning and knowledge. Books can go as low as P5 on sale period.
Popular Bookstore
305 Tomas Morato Ave., QC
Popular Bookstore has countless library and reference books, specialized and general books on arts and literature, engineering and the sciences, film, gender studies, health and sports , management and finance, mass communication, philosophy, political and social sciences, psychology, and more. The shop has three floors and more selections for bookworms.
The Book Fan
www.thebookfan.net
The Book Fan is trendy online bookstoe offering over 4,000 titles to busy, net savvy individuals. Their online catalogue spans across various genres such as fiction and fantasy, graphic novels, travels, lifestyle, Philippine literature, religion, pop culture, business, arts, children's literature, and more. They also have collectible Marvel an DC comics and mainstream bestsellers. Payments are done through Payeasy system which allows users to purchase using their credit card, ATM accounts, Globe G-Cash, Smart Money, Paypal and Western Union.
Conservation and Recycling Information
Did You Know?
7,500 trees are used for the Sunday edition of the New York Times each week
Recycling aluminum uses 96% less energy than it takes to produce the same amount of the aluminum from raw materials
Recycling paper uses 60% less energy than manufacturing paper from virgin timber
Recycling one glass saves enough energy to light a 100w light bulb for 4 hours
What You Can Do At Home
Recycle everything you can; newspaper, cans, glass, aluminum, motor oil, scrap, metal, etc.
Look for recycled and environmentally safe products and packaging whenever you shop
Use reusable containers to store food
Install a water saving shower head
Have your water heater insulated free of charge by your utility company
Burn only seasoned wood in your woodstove or fireplace
Try to use phosphate free laundry detergent & soap
Avoid the use of household pesticides
Write to companies that send unwanted junk mail… have them take you off their mailing list
Increase your awareness of conservation issues, share them with your family
What You Can at the Office
Use scrap paper for informal notes or messages
Print things on recycled paper
Re-use copier or printer paper when possible
Post memos and communications or route a single copy instead of making multiple copies
Start an office recycling program for paper, cardboard, aluminum, etc.
Car pool, take public transportation, or ride a bike to work.
7,500 trees are used for the Sunday edition of the New York Times each week
Recycling aluminum uses 96% less energy than it takes to produce the same amount of the aluminum from raw materials
Recycling paper uses 60% less energy than manufacturing paper from virgin timber
Recycling one glass saves enough energy to light a 100w light bulb for 4 hours
What You Can Do At Home
Recycle everything you can; newspaper, cans, glass, aluminum, motor oil, scrap, metal, etc.
Look for recycled and environmentally safe products and packaging whenever you shop
Use reusable containers to store food
Install a water saving shower head
Have your water heater insulated free of charge by your utility company
Burn only seasoned wood in your woodstove or fireplace
Try to use phosphate free laundry detergent & soap
Avoid the use of household pesticides
Write to companies that send unwanted junk mail… have them take you off their mailing list
Increase your awareness of conservation issues, share them with your family
What You Can at the Office
Use scrap paper for informal notes or messages
Print things on recycled paper
Re-use copier or printer paper when possible
Post memos and communications or route a single copy instead of making multiple copies
Start an office recycling program for paper, cardboard, aluminum, etc.
Car pool, take public transportation, or ride a bike to work.
Wednesday, February 03, 2010
Is The Home Library Threatened by Ipad?
Art Object
By CARLOMAR A. DAOANA
February 2, 2010, 2:19pm
Manila Bulletin
The Nova Scotia Legislative Library in Province House will become hallowed as a museum as book content migrates from paper to digital device. (Photo by CHARLES HOFFMAN)With the launch of Apple's newest device, the iPad (whose many features include an e-book reader), it seems that the future of books is doomed. Or at least the kind we are intimately familiar with: bound sheets of paper where words are printed in ink, protected by cardboard, and can easily slot in a shelf or on top of a toilet's water closet for that matter. The disappearance of books of course means the wiping away of the personal or home library—a somewhat romantic nook where the inveterate reader is surrounded by the creations of some of the brilliant minds of the world, past and present.
I don't have a personal library (how I wish I have one) but I have a bedroom completely overtaken by books: inside clear storage boxes, on top of my dresser, inside their proper shelves, inside cabinets meant for clothes, and every available space that invites anything flat and rectangular. All the books that I own, I reckon, can digitally fit into a Kindle DX that can store a whooping 3,500 titles, enough to occupy me for nine years if I were to read one book a day.
Imagine the clutter that will be totally eliminated. Clothes dangling from improvised hooks can now be folded and stored inside cabinets. The dedicated bookshelf can now be disposed of. The space under my bed will be empty save for luggage and my dog that has claimed it as her own. And my desk, which is swimming with pens, CDs and electronic chargers as it is, will breathe a sigh of relief.
But imagine the poverty as well. Left with an e-reader device, I will feel compelled to finish a freshly downloaded book. With no physical thing to hold on to, I can't lend it to a friend or donate it to a library just in case I no longer want it in my life. No spines to titillate my attention, I won't be able to take a random book in my hand and read on a whim anymore. And as digital objects, I won't be able to arrange them according to categories I have haphazardly created in my life as a reader: books that are vital, books closest to my heart, books to be read for later, books to be shared with the world.
As an author myself, I have high hopes for books to continue in their current stage as paper, glue and ink but I have my doubts that this will be the way of the future. It is simply not sustainable anymore. Printed books come from trees and trees are some of the things we need in this time of environmental crisis. Books as physical objects also need to be shipped, leaving conspicuous trail of carbon footprint unlike a digital book that is electronically transmitted and lands on the e-reader device in no time. Books as paper may seem to be economical but that was before. Amazon has proven that it can lower the price of an e-book way below the price of its hardbound counterpart. Devices are costly but with the entry of iPad and other players, it is expected that their prices will significantly drop, just like what happened to that of cell phones.
And so yes, the home library and its various permutations will be a thing of the past and libraries in institutions and universities will become hallowed spaces similar to museums. The romantic few will feel lucky to be surrounded by the books that they have collected through the years. Yellowing and some of them bored through by insects for sustenance, the printed books will be a reminder of the time past when reading meant cracking open a book by its spine, the sound of paper crisp and smooth as the hand turned the page.
By CARLOMAR A. DAOANA
February 2, 2010, 2:19pm
Manila Bulletin
The Nova Scotia Legislative Library in Province House will become hallowed as a museum as book content migrates from paper to digital device. (Photo by CHARLES HOFFMAN)With the launch of Apple's newest device, the iPad (whose many features include an e-book reader), it seems that the future of books is doomed. Or at least the kind we are intimately familiar with: bound sheets of paper where words are printed in ink, protected by cardboard, and can easily slot in a shelf or on top of a toilet's water closet for that matter. The disappearance of books of course means the wiping away of the personal or home library—a somewhat romantic nook where the inveterate reader is surrounded by the creations of some of the brilliant minds of the world, past and present.
I don't have a personal library (how I wish I have one) but I have a bedroom completely overtaken by books: inside clear storage boxes, on top of my dresser, inside their proper shelves, inside cabinets meant for clothes, and every available space that invites anything flat and rectangular. All the books that I own, I reckon, can digitally fit into a Kindle DX that can store a whooping 3,500 titles, enough to occupy me for nine years if I were to read one book a day.
Imagine the clutter that will be totally eliminated. Clothes dangling from improvised hooks can now be folded and stored inside cabinets. The dedicated bookshelf can now be disposed of. The space under my bed will be empty save for luggage and my dog that has claimed it as her own. And my desk, which is swimming with pens, CDs and electronic chargers as it is, will breathe a sigh of relief.
But imagine the poverty as well. Left with an e-reader device, I will feel compelled to finish a freshly downloaded book. With no physical thing to hold on to, I can't lend it to a friend or donate it to a library just in case I no longer want it in my life. No spines to titillate my attention, I won't be able to take a random book in my hand and read on a whim anymore. And as digital objects, I won't be able to arrange them according to categories I have haphazardly created in my life as a reader: books that are vital, books closest to my heart, books to be read for later, books to be shared with the world.
As an author myself, I have high hopes for books to continue in their current stage as paper, glue and ink but I have my doubts that this will be the way of the future. It is simply not sustainable anymore. Printed books come from trees and trees are some of the things we need in this time of environmental crisis. Books as physical objects also need to be shipped, leaving conspicuous trail of carbon footprint unlike a digital book that is electronically transmitted and lands on the e-reader device in no time. Books as paper may seem to be economical but that was before. Amazon has proven that it can lower the price of an e-book way below the price of its hardbound counterpart. Devices are costly but with the entry of iPad and other players, it is expected that their prices will significantly drop, just like what happened to that of cell phones.
And so yes, the home library and its various permutations will be a thing of the past and libraries in institutions and universities will become hallowed spaces similar to museums. The romantic few will feel lucky to be surrounded by the books that they have collected through the years. Yellowing and some of them bored through by insects for sustenance, the printed books will be a reminder of the time past when reading meant cracking open a book by its spine, the sound of paper crisp and smooth as the hand turned the page.
Monday, February 01, 2010
Leaders and Managers
Warren Bennis in "On Becoming a Leader" contrasts leaders and managers as follows:
The Manager administers; the leader innovates.
The Manager is a copy; the leader is an original.
The Manager maintains; the leader develops.
The Manager focuses on systems and structure; the leader focuses on people.
The Manager relies on control; the leader inspires trust.
The Manager accepts reality; the leader investigates it.
The Manager has a short range view; the leader has a long-range perpective.
The Manager asks how and when; the leader asks what and why.
The Manager has his/her eye always on the bottom line; the leader has his/her eye on the horizon.
The Manager imitates; the leader originates.
The Manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.
The Manager is the classic good soldier; the leader is his or her own person.
The Manager does things right; the leader does the right thing.
The Manager administers; the leader innovates.
The Manager is a copy; the leader is an original.
The Manager maintains; the leader develops.
The Manager focuses on systems and structure; the leader focuses on people.
The Manager relies on control; the leader inspires trust.
The Manager accepts reality; the leader investigates it.
The Manager has a short range view; the leader has a long-range perpective.
The Manager asks how and when; the leader asks what and why.
The Manager has his/her eye always on the bottom line; the leader has his/her eye on the horizon.
The Manager imitates; the leader originates.
The Manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.
The Manager is the classic good soldier; the leader is his or her own person.
The Manager does things right; the leader does the right thing.
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