Beyond the Rhetoric

As I mentioned before, I’m currently on a trip through Asia. The first stop on my trip was in Tokyo and having spent a few days there, I’ve come to realize one very important lesson that we can learn from Japan. Well, I don’t know if it it applies to Japan as a whole, because [...]

It’s no secret that I’m a big video game fan, having launched my own fighting games blog. I’m also known to fill my well-deserved breaks with a rousing session of Puzzle Fighter on my Nintendo DS. The latest game that has been occupying my time is Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock for the Nintendo [...]

I’ve watched more than my fair share of television, which also means that I’ve been bombarded by all sorts of television commercials. From Bell Mobility’s Frank and Gordon to the old school “Like Mike” Gatorade ads, I’ve seen it all. Some campaigns have been better than others, but no advertising campaign has ever come close [...]

As I mentioned some time back, I’m currently on vacation overseas in Asia, but before leaving, I prepared by time-stamping some posts on this blog, ensuring that there won’t be any dead air in my absence. That said, seeing how I have Internet access in my Tokyo hotel room, I figured that I share some [...]

I’ve said before that part of the appeal of having freelance writing as a career is the flexibility that it offers over a conventional 9-to-5 kind of job. It’s not like I have total flexibility over my schedule, but if I plan appropriately, I can pretty much take a vacation whenever I want to. And [...]