State of the Nation

Don’t you worry ’bout the situation…goes that new wave favorite.  In today’s SONA, we rethink the different states the nation was in under the illegitimate rule of GMA.  All were nothing close to good.  The fate of the nation in her remaining days as president is very much palpable.  Full of negative publicity and lack [...]

Go forth and subtract!

The Catholic church is at it again, making a fuss on the latest news on the new Reproductive Health bill.  The contention has always been that it is contrary to the act of procreation and that it defies the sanctity and dignity of life.  There is an effort to confuse people associating contraceptive methods with [...]

Sinister Joker

Watched The Dark Knight and loved it so much.  Aside from seeing the caped crusader negotiate the dark streets of Gotham city again with cool gadgets and vehicles, the sinister performance of Heath Ledger as The Joker capped the two-and-a-half hour experience.  His swan song speaks volumes of the depth of his portrayal of the [...]

Noli at Fili Dekada 2000

Watched this wonderful PETA play written by Nic Tiongson and directed by Soxie Topacio in the theatre’s new home in New Manila.  The play tells the modern-day story of Jose Rizal’s struggles as immortalized in Noli and Fili.  The social cancer that was pictured during the time of the national hero is still very relevant now.  Only [...]

Trendspotting

Currently immersed in a new read, Micro Trends by Mark J. Penn.  This is about the thin slicing of the American society into many different emerging segments of the population.  As we all know, trends in the US of A are being felt in the global arena, our country not exempt.  The non-fiction runs counter to [...]

DeBakey Dies

The great American heart surgeon Dr. Michael DeBakey died at 99.  He revolutionized the modern-day bypass surgery and other heart procedures and even had a surgical instrument, a forceps, named after him.  He literally extended the lives of countless people around the world.   A rare feat in life that can be achieved by a doctor.  I wonder [...]

Ralph!

Truly a machine of dazzling beauty and powerful technical muscle, this is Ralph, my new laptop, the HP dv6000 special edition, replacing my trusty almost 2 year-old Toshiba which suffered a lot of multitasking trauma but still is alive without any defect, save for the battery which is beginning to drain very fast now. Set up [...]

Wireless bliss

Had a blogging hiatus recently for I was too much preoccupied with school stuff–assignments, group report, research and all.  While this mundane busy-ness happened, prices of everything have gone up, crude prices most especially forcing us to squeeze in a day or two of commute in a week to make the 1000 peso limit. Movies, food and [...]