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On Michael Jackson

I gotta write about Michael Jackson just because I used to do the “moonwalk” when I was a young kid. My mother tells me I had no qualms doing my MJ routine back then that it’s a mystery to her why I couldn’t even dance now. Yeah, I couldn’t remember the last time I danced. […]

Will the real Kid Blogger please stand up?

In the spirit of the langaw mentality (our local version of the echo chamber) that plague us pinoy bloggers these days, here’s my take on the issue now officially labeled as “The Kid Blogger Affair”: … … … And you though I was actually gonna write something? I couldn’t be bothered to update this blog […]

Video killed the radio star…

But I’d still take my fifteen minutes of radio fame. This Sunday, you will hear my *ehem* frenulum linguae—limited voice over the airwaves as I talk about a topic I supposedly know nothing about. Or so they say. Almost expectedly, I will be with the legendary Jobarclix (yes, that jobarclix!) and two of my Pop […]

Five on Friday: Why vote?

Come Monday, we take another step towards another chapter in Philippine history. Though many would believe that the coming elections would not result in significant change, there is something you can do. What you choose to do determines your fate. So why vote? You don’t want celebrities for a leader. Or you simply don’t want […]

A Privacy Nightmare

I haven’t been writing on socially relevant issues for some time now, and I try not to, but this is too serious to pass up. The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) has just committed a complete privacy blunder. Remember how people used to complain about voter registration and their precinct assignments and all that? They devised […]

On Ninoy…

I would’ve written something nice for August 21, the commemoration of Ninoy Aquino’s death, but I remember the headline from two years ago: Ironic, isn’t it? What was supposed to be a turn in the positive direction has led us to where we are now, a place where no journalist can criticize a non–transparent leadership, […]