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Wings

Jinky Bagagñan — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:39:06 +0000

So this is how it feels like to have wings… … to feel so light you are floating … to be so happy you feel like flying Submitted my Demography 221 paper yesterday after more than one month of moaning and groaning – and, oh boy, was it liberating! The best thing about this paper is that it [...]

A Place that even God Forgot

Jinky Bagagñan — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:04:45 +0000

I was researching goodness-knows-what online when I came across the PDF file entitled Reflections from a Place that God Forgot A feeling of such intense desolation and hopelessness crept over me. I could only stare at the title for a few minutes. To be abandoned, to be forgotten, to be in some place that even God – [...]

A Wedding Entrance to Remember

Jinky Bagagñan — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:22:44 +0000

Do you want to know what “fun wedding” truly means? Check out the video below. Wonderful, eh? It’s fun and leaves you feeling exactly the way you’d want to feel on your wedding day. For folks that are planning to marry soon, I hope you find your own wedding entrance style – that which will give off [...]

I Feel You…

Jinky Bagagñan — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:05:39 +0000

Presidentiables can’t get enough of TV airtime, it seems. Let’s read between the lines and see what each of them wants to tell us in their “kampamersyals.” On an aside, Wowowee seems to be a favorite hang-out of would-be Presidents. Mar Roxas was a guest once; so was Manny Villar. I wonder when Gilbert Teodoro and [...]

Demographic Terms that will Blow Your Mind

Jinky Bagagñan — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 02:36:06 +0000

In the esoteric discipline of Demography, you’ll often find highfalutin terms that will knit your eyebrows, make your head spin, or knit your eyebrows and make your head spin at the same time. Don’t get me wrong. You will probably have intuitive understanding of most demographic terms. Sometimes, though, you should not believe what your intuition [...]

The Braindead Bakery and the Scary Laundry

Jinky Bagagñan — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:41:17 +0000

The Braindead, er, Brended Bakery In front of the Baluyot and Lt. J. Francisco corner in Krus na Ligas is a small bakery – and I do mean small bakery. The store personnel (there are 2 at a time) only have to take around 3 steps to move from one end of the store to another. [...]

Why, Kris?

Jinky Bagagñan — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 06:36:25 +0000

June 11 Saw Pinoy Pingo Night; couldn’t take my eyes off the screen. I was captivated by the walking, gesticulating and screeching exclamation point – or was it a letter opener – onscreen. *Pictures taken with a camera phone during the airing of Pinoy Bingo Night Another said Kris’ gown made her look like a bowling pin. I say [...]

UP Diliman Adventures

Jinky Bagagñan — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:03:25 +0000

I had quite a day on the 4th of June when I went to UPD. The Cell Phone I was rushing to my lunch date (Jabu, it’s with my sister!) when a black thingy on the ground caught my eye. I looked closer at the “black thingy” and saw that it looked like a cell phone [...]

Absurdly Detailed Instructions

Jinky Bagagñan — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:53:37 +0000

I am addicted to Gardenia Wheat Bread. There’s just one thing I find absurd about it: the instructions. I know, I know. Gardenia’s goal is to impart information. This bread company is so proud of its G-Lock (in all fairness, the G-Lock does keep bread fresh until the stated Best Before Date) so perhaps Gardenia wants [...]

Signs Gone Wrong

Jinky Bagagñan — Sat, 16 May 2009 12:54:37 +0000

Some signs go wrong (or right depending on how you look at things). Three such signs follow: 1) We were driving around Binakayan (in Cavite) when Tita Niña called our attention to a sign in a car service center that said, Customers not allowed inside. I think potential customers would like to reply, Customers don’t want to go [...]