January 2012
1 post
“It is important that when pursing our own self-interest we should be “wise...”
– Dalai Lama
July 2011
1 post
June 2011
1 post
“Being an agnostic means all things are possible, even God, even the Holy...”
– Jorge Luis Borges, to the New York Times
April 2011
1 post
March 2011
1 post
“Martial arts and music are different, but they share the same principle. Both...”
– nameless
Hero (2002)
January 2011
2 posts
December 2010
1 post
“When I’m old and dying, I plan to look back on my life and say “wow, that was an...”
– Tom Preston-Werner
November 2010
1 post
“EGOISM. RT @DalaiLama: We must insist on the observation that my right to...”
– The Dalai Lama
October 2010
2 posts
Our Loss of Wisdom →
Teachers, Entrepreneurs, Corporate people, Politicians, leaders.. gah! a must see for everyone who is part of the system. Barry Schwartz on our loss of wisdom, and on a society gone mad with bureaucracy.
The simple math of why our country is getting...
Philippine population growth rate is 2% annually.
It is above 1.4% average growth rate per capital GNP.
End of 2010, we are 94 million.
That explains:
1. Why our solid economic growth does not trickle down to the poor.
2. Why we need the RH bill.
3. Why the population of the poor is growing.
4. Why we are exhausting our resources to breaking point.
September 2010
5 posts
TED talks: Hans Rosling on poverty and the goal of... →
What a great speech! Everyone should watch this to understand the world we live in a little better. It really put things into perspective.
A TED talk from Hans Rosling on the notion of developing and industrialized countries and poverty in general. He’s a public health professor with a really great perspective on the dynamics of the world we live in. “Culture is the most important...
“Culture & arts should not be a byproduct of progress. It should be the goal....”
– Various quotes mashed together. Guess that makes it mine.
MAKOPA: SWEET FRUIT OF SOUL AND JAZZ / LISTEN:... →
Pulse.ph features Makopa in time for the album launch! Maraming salamat!
August 2010
19 posts
1 tag
Immature - FIRST PERSON By Alex Magno | The... →
My dad put it much better. This administration’s leadership is just frustrating. Everyday, he does something to worsen our situation. I’m sure his intentions are never bad, but he’s just plain incompetent. He’s more concerned about public relations than public governance. A hollow shell of promises without strategic generalist thinking. Carlos Celdran put it best: THIS IS...
Conquering yourself to reach your summits →
Zen Habits is blog that i just discovered. It has great articles on how to live your life. This one relates living to climbing mountains. It pretty much is the same reason I got myself into mountaineering. It also relates well to a previous article I read by Paulo Coelho. Somewhere down this tumblr.
“This is what you get when you choose symbols over true leadership.”
– Carlos Celdran
“This time, it’s not about keeping yourself alive, it’s about being...”
– Man Vs Wild ad
Paulo Coelho's guide to climbing mountains →
“Human nature has the tendency to admire complexity but reward simplicity.”
– Ben Huh
“If you have problems, put your problems in the corner and do Capoeira, if it...”
– Mestre Eddy Murphy
Grupo Axe Capoeira, Macau
4 tags
[openpilipinas] standardized
Street signs should be standardized accdg to intl practices. This should not be under the jurisdiction of lgus.
3 tags
[openpilipinas] taxes
Vat should be removed. In place of it, income taxes should be much higher. This way, commodities are cheap, the rich pay more taxes and the poor pay less. Tax profit, that’s the true tax on value-add. After all, you can define profit as the tangible manifestation of value.
“Democracy is based on the premise that many are wiser than the few.”
– Christian Monsod
“Freedom is the very source of creativity for both individuals and society.”
– Dalai Lama
“My aim has been to appeal for an approach to ethics based on universal rather...”
– Dalai Lama
“When we act under the influence of negative thoughts & emotions, we become...”
– Dalai Lama
“Great minds discuss ideas
Average minds discuss events
Small minds discuss...”
– Eleanor Roosevelt
That capoeira lifestyle →
seeking harmony in an enjoyable flux of movement