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16 March 2015

Playback: Gaano ka-Pinoy ang Beauty Contest sa Pilipinas?

3/16/2015 4:28:30 PM

Since some people are still having signs of a hangover from the recent Binibining Pilipinas, here’s something I’d like to share with you: a 16-minute audio clip from that epic (now-defunct) program named The Disenchanted Kingdom.


Say, this one seems timely, eh?

15 March 2015

Bailed!

3/15/2015 4:20:15 PM
Bago ang lahat, isang korning joke muna.
Q: Ano ang PATO na pumapatay ng tao?
A: E di AmPATOan.
Okay, Tama na nga ang kabalbalan. Eto na nga, seryoso na!

Isa sa mga nakakainis na balitang gumalantang sa linggong ito ay ito: 

Photo credits: ABS-CBN News, NUJP Facebook Page

Oo, nakalaya pansamantalala si Sajid Islam Ampatuan matapaos nakapagpiyansa ng mahigit 11.6 milyong piso. Matatandaan na siya ang isa sa mga suspek sa kaso ng pagpaslang ng 58 katao sa isa sa mga malalagim na krimen sa Pilipinas, ang Maguindanao Massacre.

14 March 2015

Can You Still Dig It?

3/14/2015 8:27:03 PM



I hate to sound like either Booker T’s entrance or the Iron Man Three’s closing credits clip here. First and foremost, I’m not writing this post to diss the Undertaker. In fact, he’s one of my favorite wrestlers in the World Wrestling Entertainment, especially if it’s about their biggest program named WrestleMania.

Though last year was perhaps the most surprising moment of them all—his loss to a ruthless athlete named Brock Lesnar. It was so shocking it even overshadowed the overhyped-but-underdelivered Andre the Giant memorial battle royal, as well as Daniel Bryan’s sojourn to championship.

13 March 2015

Hustisya

11/22/2014 4:03:31 PM

Hustisya. Lahat ng tao’y gusto ng hustisya
Lahat ay gutom para sa hustisya.
Hustiysang hindi makamit ng ordinaryong nilalang.
Hustisyang nakalaan sa iilan lang.

12 March 2015

The Scene Around: EDGES

2/24/2015 1:58:51 PM


It was an arts and music-packed evening last Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at Route 196 in Quezon City, as Docdef Productions and Fringe MNL teamed up and brought EDGES possible.

11 March 2015

Just My Opinion: The Sudden Resignation?!

3/11/2015 12:01:20 PM

Screengrab from Youtube
It was a random speculation that was confirmed by a former-DZRH radio announcer yesterday: Mr. John Gemperle, much known as the popular radio personality Papa Jack, resigned from being a decade-long job at 90.7 Love Radio as its DJ. 

10 March 2015

Just My Opinion: Give the Divas a Chance!

3/6/2015 10:34:59 AM

Time seems to be an issue right now in the recent showings of WWE. 

How on earth, considering they owned a reality show right?

09 March 2015

Death and Overrated

3/8/2015 9:22:10 PM

Sa isang hindi magandang balita, namatay ang isa sa mga Internet sensation sa nakalipas na mga taon. Oo, hindi kailanman naging magandang balita ang mga anunsyo ng pagkamatay sa alinmang lipunan, at sa kung saan pang konteksto o anggulo mo pa itong tignan.

Pero, ito ang problema: namatay nga si Jamvhille Sebastian. At ayaw kong bumira ng tanong na “eh ano ngayon?” Bagkus, kung may tirada si SlickMaster sa kasagsagan ng isyung ito, ay ito lamang.

08 March 2015

Just My Opinion: The Life and Times of Jimmy Alapag in the PBA

3/8/2015 8:42:20 PM

Photo credit: Rappler
One Wednesday evening of November 2005: It was during my early days of following the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) when I first took notice on this guy – small in the typical Pinoy basketball player size – with that quickness to put up plays for the Talk ‘N Text Phone Pals against Barangay Gineba San Miguel. The game was then slated at the packed Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City (and how can't I forget the match? I still even have the game's ticket on my archive.)

That guy was known as the “Mighty Mouse,” the Fil-American player named Jimmy Alapag.

KO’d in 14 Seconds

3/8/2015 9:57:56 AM

Last week, when I checked the latest Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) pay-per-view episode, it was a heck of catfight to cap the month of Feburary in downtown Los Angeles, California. Talk about Ronda Rousey going up for her fifth title defense against the tough top contender Cat Zingano. 

But as far as the prediction of a potential all-out war goes, it was unfortunate it ended... in just a glimpse.

07 March 2015

Gone But Not Forgotten (from an Observer's Point of View)

3/6/2015 12:31:23 PM
Photo credit: struturstuff.wordpress.com
I’m not saying this to kiss ass or to ride bandwagon (say, I just wonder: is anyone talking about him in the first place, aside from the people whom were closely related to him, and the music community?). In fact, I admit that I’m not even an avid fan. But I admire this guy a lot; I even remember he’s one of the persons I want to meet as a youngster (unfortunately, it didn’t happen).

Who exactly is Francis Durango Magalona? 

06 March 2015

EDSA Traffic World Out There!

3/2/2015 5:09:04 PM

Photo credits: Leo M. Sabangan II, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 02/20/2014

EDSA. Minsan tao, madalas kalye.EDSA. Minsan People Power. Madalas, people suffer.EDSA. Minsan malawak. Minsan mahaba. Pero parang wasak lang sa tindi ng trapiko.EDSA. Minsan ay minahal ng tao. Ngunit madalas ay minumura na ng tao.

05 March 2015

D.S.T. (Deep Serious Trouble)

3/5/2015 8:29:05 AM



Babala: ang mababasa ay maaring naglalaman ng mga malalaim na kataga at kaisipan ngunit wala itong kinalaman sa ilang bagay gaya ng isang sikat na pelikulang pang romansa’t drama (dahil malamang, hindi naman ako broken-hearted at lalong hindi naman ako fan ni tita Whitney).

Sa totoo nga lang, hindi ko alam kung bakit ako nagsusulat nito e. Lalo na’t hindi naman ako sanay sumulat ng mga malalalim at may kinalaman sa aking personal na buhay. Sino ba ako, ‘di ba? Hindi naman ako gaya ng ilang internet sensation o yung mga superstar sa YouTube sa araw-araw ay may update sa buhay – daig pa nga nila minsan ang mga paborito mong iniiyakan, kinikiliga at ultimong mga kinamumuwian mo sa mga teleseryeng pinapanod mo. 

04 March 2015

Playback: Flying Down To the Stands

3/1/2015 5:19:48 PM

I’m still on a log-jammed mode, friends. As of this writing, I already made six postings and yet it’s only a third (1/3) of the proposed ones – and damn it; I’m too far behind especially when it comes to things like sports and news.

Say, it’s been a week though since yours truly dropped by at the Philippine Wrestling Revolution’s latest program titled Vendetta.

One of the matches there includes an All-Out War between the team of Mayhem Brannigan and the Apolcalypse and The Royal Flush.

Since I really have a hard time squeezing on my takes for that matter (yes, sorry, laides and gentlemen I have to delay things once again as much as I don’t want to), here’s something I’d like to share. Perhaps on all of the PWR’s events in the Philippines, this stunt was never executed.

Not until the Vendetta comes; and I am talking about Mr. Do or Die jumping off from the top stands.