Category Archives: Philippines
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
Virtues of Famous Filipino Athletes
Recently in an on-line forum, I got a rare chance of posting a question for SuperGM Wesley So about his fairly recent loss to Le Quang Liem using the very opening he’s so adept with. To my great surprise, I was so starstruck about the young boy’s response which he admittedly hasn’t learned anything yet … Continue reading
Death of the Great Boxing Match
No boxing fans and pundits alike could ever imagine the sad progress, perhaps the beginning of the end of Floyd Mayweather’s career. Charged with domestic violence, in today’s world a serious offense, he would likely be serving jail term which means spells an ending to his lustrous career that span from his professional but fight … Continue reading
Essence of Being a Filipino ‘Istambay’
Being stuck in the mundane world of chasing implementation deadlines, problems and fixing them almost on a daily basis, I find the taming world of istambay a constant good source of social curiosity. It amazes me no end that at some periods of contemporary social history, there are others who are just too good in … 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
Few Thoughts on Bloody Hostage
For an incident of this scale and magnitude, it takes a ton of reflections for any ordinary human being to look over the intertwining factors that lead to the carnage and heavily aggravated by the fact that all except the hostage taker who died are foreigners. Few points based on video viewing are worth noting: … Continue reading
Noynoy vs Corruption Round 2
On July 26, the president delivered his first SONA with what he promised a great shock value to many people who may already used to hearing something similar in nature. Well, the shock value must have been his own interpretation as there were no massive reactions from the masses upon hearing it. No frozen bank … Continue reading
Charice and Botox
When the news broke out about Charice had undergone Botox treatment, my initial reaction was its’ quite normal for star making a living in front of the camera do some makeover at some stage. But my perceptions changed dramatically when reactions spread like wildfire on cyperspace including the entertainment TV news channels. The reactions was … Continue reading
My Collections of Facebook Statuses
I think that with the advent of modern technologies, some Cebuano expressions have to go to catch-up with modernism and becomes less anachronistic in semantics. For example, ‘magkita lagi gihapon ta kung dili manga-buta’, the spin-off version can be ‘magkita lagi gihapon ta kung ang sosyal nitwork dili mabankaruta’ or ‘ang websites libre pa’. I … Continue reading