image by Eliacim Lopes

I’m a grammar freak - anybody who knows me can attest to that.   My sister, who writes a blog called Grammar Pulis (yes, the spelling is intentional), will attest to that fact too.  No, I don’t claim to have perfect grammar - I’m sure, for example, that some of you can point out at least three errors in this post.  I do, however, try to make myself as clear as possible.

In order to make myself as clear as I can, one of things I do is make sure I spell things correctly.  Yes, you may find the odd typo in my writing, but I try to keep those to a minimum.  Heck, I’ve even activated the option to check spelling as I type on Firefox.

Of course, some forms of media make it slightly harder to be so particular.  Short Message Service (SMS), as the name implies, puts a limit on the number of characters sent in a single message.  Toss in the fact that you only have 8 keys to input 26 letters and one can almost forgive the atrocious spelling in SMS messages.

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If you ever find yourself lucky enough to be at the Acuatico Beach Resort in Laiya, San Juan, Batangas, this is the view you get at dusk - pretty nice, isn’t it?  That’s the only image I’m posting of the place here, but I guarantee you - the place is lovely.

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PEDALA bike messenger service

I stumbled across this post recently and I think it helps prove its title - that Manila isn’t as ugly as we probably think it is.  Thanks to the emergence of bike messengers (see the poster on the right), is now a little bit greener.  Yes, the air is still filled with smoke, but at least one business isn’t adding to the pollution.

How does it compare to another courier service in town?  Let’s break it down:

Based on the price listed at the bottom, Pedala is more cost-efficient - at least for deliveries within the metropolis.  How about out-of-town deliveries?  Come on - you don’t really expect somebody to deliver a package out of town on only pedal power, do you?

How about speed?  There’s no way a bike beats motorized vehicles, right?  According the the (forwarded) email message posted by ManilaRat, you can get same day delivery.  I don’t think any other courier service around these parts boasts of that speed.

Right now I wish I had a package that needs to be delivered, but I don’t.  I’m sure I will soon - maybe I can try these guys out.  How about you, need anything delivered?

Thanks to Discovery Channel, this song is now stuck in my head.

The links manager of WP 2.5 is killing me.

Jason de Villa, a professor at my alma mater, recently wrote that “the best way to learn how to write is, well, to write.” My immediate thought: the second best way is to read.

I don’t mean to brag (ok, maybe a little), but my teachers (both in high school and in college) recognized that I did pretty well in most of my writing assignments. The thing is, I hardly wrote anything outside of those assignments.

If I didn’t particularly enjoy writing, what then could explain my knack for it?

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I know it’s a few months old already, but this made me smile today.

Don’t let the image fool you, I’m not talking about UFC catsup (or ketchup, if you prefer that spelling). That UFC has been in the Philippines for quite some time. The UFC I’m talking about is the Ultimate Fighting Championship® (yes, complete with the registration mark).

Part of the way through a post on the UFC going global, I came across this:

UFC’s ambition won’t stop there. As company president White has said since he took over the company, he wants to lead the way in the growth of not just UFC but mixed martial arts all together.

“We are going global,” the 39-year-old White said. “The Philippines, Germany. We are going after Mexico.”

He actually mentioned the Philippines?!?

I don’t know how long it’ll take before the UFC actually has an event here, but I sure would be interested in tickets (or better yet, media passes - so I can bring my camera).

Tibor Radványi a.k.a. Photonovice wants to know where your visitors are from. He’s asking this as part of a three-part project on site statistics. The first chunk covered search terms that lead to your site while the second highlighted the most popular posts. By the way, both parts are done now so you can check out the results for both search terms and popular posts anytime you want.

This posts, however, isn’t really about search terms and popular posts. As the title above says, it’s a look at LightChasers’ visitors. Specifically, it’s a look at where our readers come from.

At this point, let me remind you that we’re not talking about this dark little corner’s visitors - we’re putting the spotlight on visitors of LightChasers Photography. Yes, this little blog resides in the same domain, but as the title implies, it’s just one corner of the place. Besides, this little corner probably only has 2 regular visitors. Of course, I can’t really be sure - I don’t really check statistics for this blog.

The question begs asking then - why am I posting this here instead of at the LightChasers blog? As my about page here says, “this is the place where I write about pretty much anything I want - anything, that is, except photography.” I’m trying to keep the LightChasers blog as focused on photography as I possibly can.

Yes, I know I already wrote about the second chunk of the statistics project (as well as the project results), but like I mentioned, I’m trying to keep the site focused. A post on site statistics doesn’t really fit well under the categories of images, gear, tips, or even news, so I might as well put that post someplace where it’ll actually get on the front page - and that’s why it’s here.

Anyway, moving on…

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