Have you heard of the sixteen-year-old girl who was gang-raped by her classmates? It’s all over the news. Test results proved that she was telling the truth. But after few days, the four captured boys were released. I saw their lawyer saying, “There’s no enough evidence.”

Now I wonder how lawyers like him sleep at night. You know it’s true but somehow there’s a loophole in the law somewhere. You just have to know how to use that loophole to win your case. Regardless if the person you’re defending did the deed. Tsk, tsk. Are there lawyers who would accept ONLY the cases of those who are really innocent?

Oh well, who knows? There may be some out there.

Enough of this. I better start my research on mechanics lien law.

Have you heard, read or received an email about the earth hour?

The (multi-national) company where I work will be participating. I plan to discuss this with hubby tonight so we can decide if it’s possible for our household to participate too. Maybe we could schedule an activity for the family which will require no (or at least minimum. no aircon, tv or laptops) electricity.

At 8pm on March 29, 2008, cities across the world will turn off their lights for just one hour – Earth Hour™ – to show that it’s possible to take action on global warming.

By far, Philippines has ranked 9th for the number of signatories. You too can take action.

Ok, it’s official. February 25 is a holiday.

Just a week ago, there were a lot of complaining around the offices about this “working” holiday. Why should we call it a holiday if we are required to work?

Just this morning, there was a memo to notify the employees that Feb 25 is indeed a NON-WORKING holiday.

Talk about redundancy. Tsk. Tsk.

There’s a circulating rumor (’coz I haven’t researched about it if it’s true or not) that POEA requires pinoys who will be working abroad $5000!!! I said “…who will be…” because this applies only to the ones who haven’t worked on that country before. Isn’t that too much?

My OFW friends (ITs in Singapore and Japan) kidded that the money is for the family if in case the pinoy go back home in a box. Bad joke.

Just imagine the sacrifices.

(Hmmm, why not just invest the $5000 on medium-risk mutual funds? At least you enjoy the company of your family and friends here in Pinas. Just a thought.)

This actually made me wonder if the government would like pinoys to stay inside the country. This is quite contradictory to the fact that they are raving about our OFW’s remittances helping the economy.

What is happening?

Yes, OMG! Heath Ledger is dead!

http://omg.yahoo.com/heath-ledger-dead-at-28/news/5904

Early this week, news broke that Britney Spear’s little sister, Jamie Lynn is pregnant. I was shocked ‘coz I saw her on a Nickelodeon show. So I thought of her as a kid ‘coz she is still on a kiddie show. She is sixteen.

But who am I to judge?

When I was in high school, I’ve read somewhere that Mary gave birth to Jesus at the age of fourteen. It’s the same book that says manna was not bread but a fruit that tastes like bread. My father argued that if it’s not written on the bible, it’s just a theory. ok, ok, I know I shouldn’t believe everything that I read. but still…

who are we to judge?

was it just me or was it dejavu?

Trillanes was protesting…again.

the PNP overreacted. (imagine this: the tank ran over the Manila Peninsula hotel door/entrance) Trillanes group wasn’t even firing.

we are all over the local news. heck! we are even on CNN.

tsk! tsk!

Edited: whoa! curfew? 12am-5am? is this logical for a country that thrives on the call center industry? will martial law be imposed next? u-oh!

i received a text message from my brother informing me that his gf together with her officemates went out for lunch and had witnessed a bombing at the glorietta.

so hubby and i turned on the tv to watch the news. and yes, it’s true. after a while, my mom called me. she knows that i often take my lunch breaks there. but i reminded her that i have transferred to our ortigas office. and it’s friday, i’m working from home today.

i understand my mom getting worried. as a mother i got scared too. so malls are not safe after all. i’m afraid Mikee has to miss trick-or-treat this halloween at the malls. (well, at least we’re still pushing with trick-or-treat at the office) …come to think of it, even MRT and LRT are no longer safe.

and the victims. 8 were killed.

how heartless.