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Binarurot na tambakol
13 Jan 2010
That probably happened to you. You fancied trying out a restaurant for the first time. You plunk down on your seat. You flip through the menu from end to end. Then you flip through it again. There’s not one [...]
I’d take Tony Stark over Jose Rizal
30 Dec 2009Rizal Day. To me, it’s just a holiday extender. Something to lengthen the no-work build-up towards the new year.
Of all the historical figures we now dub “heroes,” only Jose Rizal’s life and works are mandated by law to be studied as a college course in the form of PI 100 (known to some students [...]
Christmas complacency
In: Life
26 Dec 2009Filipinos are not traditional. We’re complacent. Every year, we subject to ourselves to the dreary rituals no matter how adulterated these traditions have become.
People would consider doing “the same thing” every year during that long stretch of 100 Days before Christmas up until Epiphany (Three Kings to all other Catholics not institutionalized by Catholic private [...]
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- Tags: Christmas, Holiday, Philippines, Society
Surreal
12 Oct 2009It doesn’t seem all too crazy to go out on the street holding up a “The End is Nigh” sign. Forget disaster movies, this is real life.
And it’s no laughing matter either. With Ondoy, the reality is too shocking. For some, it’s right at their own backyard. For some, it’s right inside their homes. Or [...]
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- Tags: Calamity, Disaster, Flood, Ondoy, Pepeng, Philippines, Typhoon
Black hole sun
25 Sep 2009I have no issues about affirmative action but Senator Gordon is dealing with a potentially divisive move in adding a ninth ray to the flag’s sun to represent the Muslim people despite his intentions of unity.
I do think it’s a nice gesture to finally include the Muslim people in our nation’s symbol. However, is the [...]
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- Tags: 9th Ray, Flag, Philippines, Sun
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