Category Archives: General
Pacquiao vs Marquez
The trilogy ends not with a bang but a whimper – if you’re rooting for Pacquiao to finish Marquez, who never gained more fans after foul-mouthing the judges decision since day one after their first fight. Before the bout, Pacquiao could have easily ignored him and his exploits in the ring still couldn’t been tainted … Continue reading
Manny Pacquiao – An Ordinary Fan Story
Sometime in 1998 after my arrival from my first trip overseas, I went home for Christmas to visit my parents and siblings. Haven’t followed boxing for years since the retirement of Luisito Espinosa, I took noticed of a boxing match that was shown on TV. It pitted promising Filipino boxers and it was quite obvious … Continue reading
Charice on Glee
What as sigh of big relief seeing Charice comfortably and superbly singing neck to neck with the much-touted Rachel Berry on the American TV show Glee. Her first few minutes of acting was pretty assured would give good impression of her especially from people who have rarely or haven’t seen her before. The way she … Continue reading
Why Charice’s Perceived ‘Ugly Face’ By a Number of Filipinos Can Be a Blessing in Disguise
The much anticipated return of the increasingly popular US TV show Glee today is expected be met with resounding enthusiasm from both Charice’ fans, who may never have seen or known the TV series before the arrival of the Pinay international star, and regular Filipino followers of the show. And why wouldn’t they? It would … Continue reading
Pacquio vs Margarito
When the news broke out that the lone 7-title division holder is going to face Margarito, avid fans of boxing almost had the same disinterest of the fight not unlike the boxer received before he fought Joshua Clottey. Except at this time, it’s even worse due to the opponents record of illegally wrapping his hand … Continue reading
Soccer vs Basketball
[ad#468_60_banner_aligned_center] What’s wrong with the picture where almost everybody in the world today are in constant euphoria about the World Cup and everyone else in the Philippines seems to have been left out the joy coming out from this sport? Everything. For one, it has been suggested by some that in soccer, Filipinos has a … Continue reading
Ordinarily-Paid Worker Retiring Early
[ad#468_60_banner_aligned_center] How Ordinary Income Earner In Australia Managed to Retire Early (maybe applicable also in some countries elsewhere) The growth of properties’ value in Australia has made it possible for ordinary income earners to acquire as many as four houses in the span of ten years. Now, if the homeowner decided to retire in a … Continue reading
Bright Hope for the Country
III. Bright hope for the country Contrary to popular feelings, our beloved country is not as hopeless as most people have imagined. A. Partial-mess topology 1. Even though the country is a classic monster-infested archipelago where grey hairs atop an official’s head are not a measure of wit but a measure of greed, the country … Continue reading
Reason for Leaving the Philippines
[ad#468_60_banner_aligned_center] < Previous | Next > C. Reason for leaving the country 1. A significant number of those who leave the country for good are convinced their country is in the third quadrant. They both see 2 perpendicular initiatives, both negatives, hence yielding a negative result. 2. Comparisons between pseudo-officials and pseudo-nationalists Comparisons Pseudo-officials Pseudo-nationalists … Continue reading
Poverty and Pleasure of the Beast
I. PAST A. History class diagram 1. Humabon is historically credited in introducing doServeInvaders() call inside doBeast() method for the visiting Magellan. However, Lapu-Lapu, being a master of art and science of extortion [citation needed], resisted and commented it forcibly. Famously, the latter prevailed but the incident never held up against the bursting floodgates which … Continue reading