Earth Hour

Sat, 28 Mar 2009.

2030-2130 hours. This has been designated "Earth Hour," and is actually a yearly event to be held every last Saturday of March.

This is more than just a symbolic act of saving power for one hour. Anyone can save power any hour of any day. But to switch off your lights for Earth Hour is to join the movement to VOTE EARTH.

The target is to actually reach one billion votes (or one billion light switches turned off), and the results would be presented at the Global Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Climate change, ladies and gentlemen, is a very serious issue. So serious, in fact, that whatever policies the world powers make will determine the direction of human history. If you don't believe me, check the weather. Rains in March? This was unheard of in our grandparents' time.

So if you didn't vote this year, then make sure to VOTE EARTH next year.

Oh, before I forget. I'd just like to say that I love the logo.

Now where can I get an Earth Hour t-shirt?

I heart Earth.


*some info from earthhour.org
pic from ecologicliving.ca

Tales From the North 2

Fri, 27 Mar 2009.

When travelling north, try to avoid Urdaneta if the sun is still up. The traffic is terrible. Even their main, most important intersection has no traffic lights at all.

They have a pedestrian overpass, but no traffic lights.

Makes you wonder how much the mayor pocketed from the overpass project.

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Rosales, Pangasinan now has an SM City Rosales.

Now F. Sionil Jose's Rosales saga has lost its meaning. What has Shoemart done to this idyllic town?

Tales From the North

Wed, 25 Mar 2009.

Jollibee, Urdaneta, Pangasinan.

The sign said "Open 24 Hours".

10:48 pm---The security guard refused to let us in. Said they were closed. I pointed to the sign that said "Open 24 hours". The guard just looked at me. And still he refused to let us in. He was guarding the door like we were a bunch of armed robbers.

Boo, Jollibee Urdaneta. I'll never eat there again.

At least Chowking has free wifi.

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Why do the towns of La Union strongly resemble the towns of Batangas?

Must be the sea air.

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For those who want to take a road trip north:

Balintawak toll gate: P36.
NLEX last exit (Dau): P138.
SCTEX: P69.

That's for Class 1 vehicles. So you can take the Exact Fare Lane.

What's Up, Joaquin Phoenix?

I've wanted to write about this for a long time now, but it totally slipped my mind.

Oh, Joaquin Phoenix...what went wrong?

How did you go from this:

to this:

You can read up on his antics here. But that's just one incident. There are more.

So, multiple choice. What's up with Joaquin?

• a. He snapped out. Poor guy.
• b. He is tripping. In a very eccentric manner.
• c. He is doing publicity for an upcoming film.
• d. He is method acting for an upcoming film.
• e. I honestly don't know.

Emperor pic from slick-n-wet.tripod.com
Caveman pic from usmagazine.com

also on: dacouchtomato.blogspot.com