Having practiced law for more than 1 year now, I bemoan the fact that the wheels of justice in this country (The Philippines) is just too slow. Practicing law here is very discouraging. The primary reason for this is of course because of the big “C” (Corruption) which is also the problem of most government offices. Add to that inefficiency, ineffectiveness, laziness of the court staff who are always sitting down in their office furniture and taking it easy and of course judicial sloth. I blogged about this sad personal experience on our court’s inefficiency in the blog post entitled “Inefficiency, the mother of all injustice.” Being an industrial engineer at the same time, I always put my “IE mind” to work everyday and in every situation that I experience. Industrial engineers are trained to improve systems. We believe that “There is always a better way.” This is the mindset that Industrial Engineers are always trained to think. This is the mindset that Frederick Taylor the father … [Read more...]
The real Pacquiao vs. Diaz youtube video
This blog got a lot of traffic for today because I made it to the no. 1 spot in Google for certain keyword combinations of the Pacquiao vs. Diaz youtube video. People had been searching for a youtube video of the fight and landed on my site. The post I created is entitled “Pacman vs. Dangerous – The Manny Pacquiao and David Diaz - Lethal combination youtube video.”In that post, I told you my reasons why I am betting on Pacquiao to win instead of David Diaz despite us being distant relatives. (Not really just the same surnames hehehehe) I deliberately made a blog post about this fight days before the actual date so that my blog will be optimized for it. I owe this to Marghil Macuha of macuha.com. His blog has given me a lot of ideas on how to optimize my blog for the search engines. Among the tips he has given me is blogging about Many Pacquiao’s boxing matches. Hail to the Philippines’ prince of SEO, Marghil Macuha ! I could say that my domain being “zdiaz.com” has really … [Read more...]
Problems with Kontera ? – Try the Kontera integration word press plugin.
For those of you who are new to blogging, be advised that Google adsense, isn’t the only way to make money from your blog. There are hundreds if not thousands of companies out there that can help you monetize your blog. One of those is a company called “Kontera.” Kontera is a contextual advertising program that allows you to make money from the content of your blog or website. This is achieved by displaying relevant in-text ads that looks like regular text link except that it is underlined. When visitors to a blog or website put their mouse over the high lighted text, the ad is displayed. You make money when the visitor to your site or blog clicks the ad. If you notice, in all of the post in this blog you can see some words that looks like a link that is underlined. Those are examples of a Kontera ad. Most bloggers agree that Kontera is another great way of monetizing your site. I have been a blogger for about 7 months now, and I have enrolled in Kontera when my blog was still … [Read more...]
Pacman vs. Dangerous – The Manny Pacquiao and David Diaz – Lethal combination youtube video
No, this is not yet the youtube video of the actual fight between our very own Pacquiao and Diaz. The fight dubbed as “Lethal combination” will still be on June 28. I am just helping promote the fight. (At the same time trying to optimize this blog for the fight searches hehehehehe) My friends keep on asking me if I will bet for Pacquiao which is a source of our national pride or for Diaz, which is my “distant” relative. (Not really, we just have the same family name hehehehehe) My answer is that I am betting for no one, because I don’t bet. But if ever I will, my money will be on Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao for two reasons: First of all because he is Filipino and Secondly, because I believe he hits harder than David “Dangerous” Diaz. David may look bigger in size than Manny Pacquiao, but Pacquiao looks more solid to me. (I wonder if boxers use diet pills to drastically reduce weight, just a thought) Pacquiao will certainly have a hard time beating Diaz . He isn’t called … [Read more...]
Latest weather forecast on typhoon Frank – soon to leave the country
After 48 hours of living back in the dark ages, I finally had the opportunity to open my emails, update my blog, check the news and do my usual stuff online. I just can’t imagine what it like is to live without the internet, not be able to take a bath for a day and not able to watch my favorite movie and T.V shows. Typhoon Frank is exiting the Visayas, but is still disturbing the northern part of the country. We had about 48 hours of no electricity as a result of typhoon Frank. Our local Electric company (VECO) had to do a lot of repairs before electricity was restored. But the fate I suffered could have been worse. I’m glad it was only limited to our lack of electricity. Sometimes I wish that I lived in a nice cool country where there are no storms (Unfortunately there is snow and I have engage in a back breaking routine to shovel the snow and use tire chains in my car) My heart goes out to our kababayans who has suffered much because of the devastation brought about by typhoon … [Read more...]
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