Lazy girl’s bento – 12 June 2008 June 20, 2008

I finally made my first bento for my new job! I can explain the unfortunate title of this post…I am
still adjusting to my new work schedule (not so ungodly, but still a bit unusual for me) so I am
finding it difficult to find time to really cook. Also, my “new” fridge (actually, my sister’s) is quite empty, which leaves me very little choice for my baon.

Anyway, Wednesday last week, my colleagues and I went to the nearby McDonald’s to get dinner,
and the crew accidentally packed an entra order of nuggets for me. I only found out about it when
we got back to the office, and I didn’t want to go all the way back to McDo to return it  So I decided that I will have a chicken nuggets bento for my lunch the following day! The contents of
my lunch:

Tax good news for the Working Class Pinoy June 18, 2008

At least something to look forward to — paying less taxes to our government!! I am not anti-tax…I am just anti “paying hard earned money to those who don’t deserve it”. Hehe. Got this
bit of good news from a friend (too lazy to read the papers myself so I asked her to forward an email to me). *boink* Important part in red. I did not paste the entire article…just the important bits. ^_^

MANILA, Philippines – (UPDATE) President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has signed into law a bill
that would exempt minimum wage earners from paying income tax and increasing personal exemptions for other employees.

Arroyo signed in Malacañang Tuesday Republic Act 9504 or an act amending Sections 22, 24, 34, 35, 51, and 79 of RA 8424 or the National Internal Revenue Code of 1997.

Nintendo DS keeps kicking PSP’s butt! (How Sony lost the handheld war) June 17, 2008

Oh yeah! I knew it! Dami ko nang kino-convince na mas maganda ang DS — maski nga estudyante ko, gusto kong bumili sila ng DS para kuno mapractice nila ang Japanese writing nila, hehe (kuno)…pero alam mo naman ang mga Pinoy — kaya nga hit ang PSP dito, kasi all-in-one gadget. Ika nga ni Dards, kulang na lang cellphone. Just wanted to post this article, to drive home the point:

 

How Sony lost the handheld war

It never ceases to amaze me just how quickly things can turn around. Back when Sony confirmed that it was looking to introduce a portable version of its PlayStation console, speculation was rife that Nintendo was on the verge of following Sega and becoming exclusively a software producer. After all, the PlayStation 2 and Xbox had soundly beaten the GameCube, and the one area where Nintendo had ruled the roost for the decade before – the handheld segment – was about to get serious competition from arguably the most potent brand in gaming at the time: the PlayStation.