Gimikera Is In
Your resident gimikera is here to share her expeditions in this journey called life.
Filipinos love celebrating fiestas as a result of the four-centuries rule of Spaniards of the country. The pomp and the colorful way of celebrating this annual event served as the inspiration for this year’s theme of the 8th Philippine Web Awards. Media G8way Corporation has come up with a lively theme billed as "Festivals & Fiestas." Say hola! and join us as we celebrate the Philippines’ biggest Internet industry fiesta!
I entered Gimikera Is In to the 8th Philippine Web Awards this year and we are still awaiting the results of the semifinals. For the personal category, 27 websites and blogs were submitted (including Gimikera Is IN). If you want to view the list of entries, check out the official site created by Media G8way Corporation.
I took the time to capture a screenshot of the list of sites vying to be a finalist in personal category. It would be great if you created an account of your own so that when voting for the People’s Choice award starts, (hopefully) you will be able to vote for Gimikera Is In. =)
Gimikera Is In-philweb1
I mean no disrespect by posting these cartoons but I found them to be quite entertaining. I found them from Dead Guy The Cartoon when I was browsing through other blogs via Blog Explosion.
I snagged this revealing meme from Robin while surfing through Blog Explosion and I thought it was a cool way of reminiscing my sixth month of writing for Gimikera Is In.
1. Delve into your blog archive.
2. Find your 23rd post.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the sentence in your blog along with these instructions.
I was raving on about the merits of the Chinovela Meteor Garden in my 23rd post entitled "Mulling over Meteor Garden Days."
The highlights of the show include the heart-tugging tale of Dao Ming Si’s effort to woo Shan Chai, whose eyes and heart is set on Hua Zhe Lei, and the conflicts between their completely different world of social classes and personal characteristics.
If you use a computer several hours a day, you probably use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+C almost automatically when copying blocks of text or pictures from one program to another.
Yuga of Ambot Ah! points out that this oft-used command may not be as innocent as we thought. The data that you copy using this shortcut key is stored in clipboard and is accessible from the internet by a combination of Javascripts and PHP/ASP/CGI.
To illustrate:
- Copy any text by Ctrl+C
- Click this link: http://www.friendlycanadian.com/applications/clipboard.htm
- You will see the text you copied on the Screen which was accessed by this web page.
Shocking isn’t it? For this reason, it would be wise NOT to copy sensitive data (like passwords, credit card numbers, PIN, etc.) in the clipboard while surfing the Web. It is extremely easy to extract the text stored in the clipboard to steal your sensitive information so opt to type in sensitive information manually so that you won’t have to worry about the possibility of a security breach. The website listed above also has a link that can clear your clipboard so if you must use the shortcut command, you can clear it immediately before other people can access your confidential information.
Note: FireFox users won’t have to worry about this problem but Internet Explorer and Netscape users should definitely pay attention to what they copy using Ctrl+C.
However, his eight-month long road trip with a biochemist named Alberto Granado opened his eyes to the injustices being performed against his people – which he would later refer to as a unified South America without borders, bound together by a common ‘mestizo’ culture.
Their original goal was to travel 4,000 km in four months — just in time to celebrate Alberto’s 30th birthday in Venezuela. One crisp day in January 1952, Ernesto and Alberto rode on their faithful motorcycle baptized as “La Poderosa” (The Mighty One) in search of adventure.
Ernesto Guevara and Alberto Granado
They find adventure alright…as well as hardships, hunger, sickness, and the occasional lucky break. When The Mighty One finally breaks down, they part with her and they end up hitchhiking and walking on foot just to continue with their journey. They see the majestic ruins of Machu Picchu and they reflect upon the actions men have done in the name of “progress.”
By the end of the journey – a staggering 12,000 km in Venezuela – Ernesto and Alberto part ways…one of them to return to his work in science while the other will go on to become one of the most important revolutionary leaders of the 20th century.
Gael Garcia Bernal’s performance is outstanding and the fiery passion in his eyes is enough to make you believe that he REALLY is Che Guevara. Even his asthma attack on the boat seemed very real and it made me wonder how the real Che Guevara could overcome his asthma despite the harsh conditions faced by guerillas.
Far from being a heavy, dogmatic film, The Motorcycle Diaries is filled with light moments and funny instances that give the viewers a glimpse of Ernesto’s true personality. My favorite scene was when they fooled a newspaper into printing a story about them being “specialists” on a mission of mercy across Latin America. They used this story to convince a mechanic to fix their motorcycle for free. That night, they went to a village party and Ernesto could not help but flirt with the mechanic’s wife resulting in a brawl that had them fleeing for their lives. Crazy!
If you want to get a more personal look into this iconic revolutionary, The Motorcycle Diaries is certainly a good start.
I read in an email about a photo contest sponsored by Instituto Cervantes entitled Manila My Manila and I thought it would be a good way to get my creative juices flowing again (not to mention get a chance to win a digital SLR or a manual one).
In keeping with the theme, I decided to focus on scenes that are uniquely Manilan and who else to capture it but a gimikera who has been a Manileño all her life?
I was covering the Serenata, a symphony band festival organized by the College of Music (details about this to follow later), and I happened to catch a glimpse of a kalesa passing by Roxas Boulevard. I excitedly followed it until it came to a complete halt in a perfect spot near a Philippine flag and the result is this photo:
Kalesa at Baywalk
My second entry took me a much longer time to compose — one hour and 45 minutes to be exact. I was on my way to the World Trade Center in CCP Complex for the Manila Book Fair when I had the bright idea to get down in front of City Hall and take a picture of it. Then, I heard the clip-clop of horses’ feet and not one but TWO kalesas passed by me triggering again the shutterbug in me. I waited for the next kalesa but I couldn’t get the angle I wanted so I kept on waiting…under the hot sun, straining my ears for the now-familiar sound of hooves on pavement.
Finally, I had a shot that captured the kalesa and City Hall bell tower in a nice angle and I deemed my quest for the perfect shot over.
Manila City Hall by Day
If these pictures are selected, they will be displayed in Glorietta in time for the Fiesta! 2005, the Spanish Festival for the Culture & the Arts organized by the Instituto Cervantes.
I got a bit nervous when I learned from someone that a lot of people have already submitted their entries for Manila My Manila. We might have the same subjects but it’s how the shot was framed that will make all the difference — hopefully.
This is hilarious…Enjoy!
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