No More Sleepless Nights in Eastwood City

1/16/2015 2:41:45 PM

Oh, dear Eastwood City. For the first time after some nth times, we met again. It’s like last week I was around the vicinity and just chilling, remember?

The Scene Around: The Rest is Noise (Day 2)

3/18/2015 2:39:05 PM

How about an awesome way to end a month? Like spending a night out with good music, and the rest is definitely a noise you will like for the rest of your respective lives?

Talk about Indie Manila and Vandals on the Walls’ collaboration titled The Rest is Noise, held the last Friday and Saturday of February 2015. Yours truly, though, dropped by on its second leg held Saturday evening (February 28, 2015) at Route 196 in Blue Ridge, Quezon City. 

Taunt After Taunt

3/18/2015 10:37:51 AM

So, isa sa mga pinakamalalang kaganapan recently sa Philippine Basketball Association ay ang pag-taunt diumano ni Beau Belga sa ilang mga tagahanga ng PBA sa isang laban noong nakaraang araw ng Linggo sa Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay City.

Tila hindi kasi nagustuhan ng ilang tagahangan ng Ginebra ang antics ni Beau Belga. Napikon ba. Kaya nambato na lang siya ng bote ng tubig.

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. 

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?

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.

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.

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? 

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.