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Holiday Greetings

To all my friends, readers and lurkers...

From BlogusVox Family

In Memoriam: Dennis Ritchie (1941 – 2011)

Unlike Steve Jobs, his was not a household name except among Computer scientists, C programmers and maybe UNIX users. But his influence is at par or perhaps surpasses that of Steve Jobs.

Dennis Ritchie touches each one of us one way or another. Every time you turn on your desktop, laptop or tablet, you benefited in his genius. Every time you use an application in your IPhone or Android, he helps make your life a little bit easier.

Thank you and farewell, Sir. Rest In Peace.

Human Rights Logos

I was at Isla de Nebz's place when I noticed this post. I kind of thinking; why not join. Nothing will be lost except some wasted effort on my part and perhaps a depleted ego if my work isn’t nominated. So I did some research and came up with these three logos.

The first one represents the genders and the diverse races. The “scale” stands for equality and/or justice and the blue circle symbolizes our world.

I modified the second logo to include children and the four colors (red, yellow, black and white) indicates the four major races. Both logos were titled: “Equality in a Diverse World”.

The third logo is quite simple. I combined the first letter of “Human” and “Rights” and put in the middle an abstract representation of “man” and “scale”.

As I browsed some of the other entries, I was surprised to find out I wasn’t the only one who had an idea of combining “man” and “scale” in their logos. Isn’t that amazing. Given a set of rules, humans will think matching ideas and create almost identical symbols.

If you have time, please visit this site. I know its quite tough browsing all the logos considering there are more than 8,000 entries as of now. But if you happen to like my logos, please don’t forget to push the “heart” icon at the upper right hand corner of the drawing. But before you do that, you have to “log-in” or “sign-up” first (FB or Tweeter accounts are accepted) or your “vote” won’t be registered.

Thank you.

On the Spotlight…

Meet Ms. Sardonyx of Hulascoop atbp; a wife and mother who looks at life in a positive way in spite being an NPA (No-Permanent-Address). That’s because she’s been transferring from one country to another, depending where her hubby is assigned. But she’s no ordinary “army wife”. She's a Mapua engineering graduate who sacrificed her profession to take care of her husband and be a doting mother to her two lovely children.

I have no other specimen of Ms. Sardz except from what I found in a PEBA site. It’s quite difficult to draw a frontal face when your model’s picture is taken from an above-the-head angle. I hope I did justice to this one.

Ms. Sardz, if you have time, please email me your address so I can send you the original copy of your caricature.

Season Greetings

I’m busy but that doesn’t mean I forgot. I would like to thank you all for your untiring visit even when my posts are declining lately.

To my long time and new blog friends;

Abou, ardyey, atticus, , A-Z-E-L, bertN, bing, bw, chris, Dong Ho, ever, Francesca, gandarynako, HalfCrazy, isladenebz, Ka Rolly, katcarneo, kcatwoman, keith, Lawstude, Lee,Life Moto, Lord CM, mightydacz, Ms. Jo, Ms. Loida, Mimi, NoBenta, Nortehanon, pamy215, Panaderos, prinsesamusang, RJ, R-yo, Sardonyx, sheng, theonoski, The Nomadic Pinoy, The Pope, Thoughtskoto, Trosp, YaNaH, yellow bells, 7thstranger.

And to those who commented;

aira, annalyn, AJ, Diamond R, Diana, eRLyN, Fickle Cattle, iresh, Jules, kulas,mommy ek, Mayet, MK, Pinky, Reymos, siyetehan, SLY, world news

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EACH AND EVERY ONE AND MAY WE HAVE A PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR AHEAD OF US!!

Blogger-toons

Ladies and gentlemen, meet the winners!

Atticus, of Tales of a Backpacker, is a confessed bum. Quit her job, packed her things and her camera to pursue her dream: backpacking across Europe and Asia.

Sheng, of Anything Goes, is the lady blogger from Gen-San. Proof-reader by profession and studying to be a lawyer, she juggles her time between work, education and taking care of her hubby and two lovely kids.

Gals, I sent copies of your caricature to your email address. Again, thank you all!

Season Greetings

Wishing you all a very

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Merry Christmas

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and may we all have a brighter future, a blessed and

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Happy New Year!!

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BlogusVox & Family

Anniversary Special

I’ve been surfing the net some 9 or so years. I witnessed when blogs where still called “e-bulletin” or electronic bulletin board and been commenting on other blogs in different names, including Anonymous. But it never occurs to me to create my own until last year.

One year ago today and a hundred posts to date, my blog finally come full-circle. I’ve met a lot of interesting people, most of them became my blog-friends and I bicker with a few. To them I dedicate this post. Thank you for your frequent visits, comments and for sharing your personal experiences.

I know this tribute is not complete, how ever, it doesn’t mean I forgot. Believe me, I’ve been to your blogs and searched for pictures or icons that may identify you. But some of you (you know who you are) prefer anonymity. Neither the less, you are included, wither you’re there or not, in my invitation to my blog’s first birthday.

In Memoriam: Victims of Typhoon "Frank"

It could had been prevented if only personal interests were set aside.

A Personal Homage To An Icon

Gising na! RJ na! – Howlin’ Dave
I really don’t know the man, but I knew the voice. Dante David or better know in the airwaves as Howlin’ Dave was a symbol in the local rock scene. During the late ‘70s until mid ‘80s, DZRJ was my only radio station and Howlin’ Dave was The Rock Guru. A pinoy rock pioneer and a repository of information on anything pertaining to his brand of music. In a way, he made an impression in my young life.

I’ve lost touch of pinoy music when I came here. I never heard of him again until I meet his brother, Batjay, a fellow blogger (Kwentong tambay). From Batjay’s stories, I got a glimpse of the man’s persona. From Batjay, I came to know of his demise.

I still don’t know the man, but I knew, a lot will miss the voice. Keep on rockin’ Dave while climbing the “stairways to heaven”. Keep on rollin’ while “knockin’ on heaven’s door”.

When you see me fly away without you,

Shadows on the things you know,

Feathers fall around you,

And show you the way to go,

It's over....

In Memoriam: Ka Bel, 1933 - 2008

Kung terorista ang turing nila pag pinaglaban mo ang karapatan nang maralita, gugustohin ko pang matawag na terorista habang buhay. – Crispen Beltran

I first heard of Crispin Beltran when I was a college freshman. Popularly called Ka Bel, he was a principled man, a man who practices what he preaches, a labor leader and fighter for the rights of the common man. He weathered Martial Law, the oppression of the present administration and a failing health. He died when he fell down trying to fix his leaking roof.

In a country where you can acquire wealth and power by being elected as a congressman, with a total asset of P50,000, he is the poorest among the members of the House of Representative.

So long Ka Bel. You’re gone but you won’t be forgotten.