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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Archive:
2004
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2005
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Vol. 1, No. 13, Dec. 01, 2004
The
Complaints of Gossip #1377
".
. . complaining
about others makes one a respected journalist or a senator deserving of a
TV show while complaining about oneself merely makes one a poet, and
therefore a fool." - Vicente
Soria de Veyra
Soul
Lessons #1378
"I directed the same
question at our teacher: 'Why does the person we love the most hurt us?
And why do we hurt the person we love the most?'”
- Agnesdv
False
Prophets #1379
"Rebecca Brown uses the
name of Jesus as a sort of magic wand, serving only as an antiseptic for
depraved souls. The whole material really is a hodge-podge of
anti-social behavior, Satanic practices, and messing up with the psychic
powers of man." - Daphne
Cardillo
Memories
Uninterrupted: High School Memoirs
#1380
"Those were the days of fun. It was a time of curiosity when our
young minds were discovering things, exploring horizons and the
beyond." - Leoncio
Olobia
Drive
Thru - Comment to Love in the Time of
Racism Part 2 #1381
Vol. 1, No.
14, Dec. 08, 2004
Oranges and Apples #1482
"The colors you choose, with their politics and psychological
effects, could speak of a truth about you, but also possibly a lie."
- Vicente Soria de Veyra
Submitting to the
Submissive in Us
#1483
"We
give in easily without a fight, our pleasure comes from not having to make
difficult choices, our Master is there to protect us from harm, and love
and contentment is measured by the pleasure our Master decides to give
us." - Agnesdv
Glamorizing
Satan
#1484
"Satan
has been made as a scapegoat for the consequences of man’s
self-righteousness and self-will, not to mention the old sins of pride,
envy, and hate. That strategy
seems to absolve us of the responsibility of our own actions."
- Daphne Cardillo
A Guy Named Florence #1485
"I witnessed as Florence metamorphed his spunk, devil-may-care,
hometown-jeprox, “laki-sa-layaw” attitude whose ears mom used to tweak
because of his reckless past..." - Dulz Cuna
Searching for My Own Theater Group (Part 2)
#1486
"My story is not complete. Time has erased some details yet the
memory of forgiveness and understanding is very strong. Even in those
years of absence, one can feel the nearness of our hearts. We have a strong
pact in us."
- Leoncio Olobia
Vol. 1, No.
15, Dec. 15, 2004
A
Hobbesian View
#1587
"(Macapagal-Arroyo)
recognizes that today Poe will be the people’s good man, having been
weakened by Death and been Christianized completely." - Vicente
Soria de Veyra
Without
Expectations
#1588
"Life
moves on after all, and the expectations we have of other people are
nothing compared to the expectations we have of ourselves."
- Agnesdv
We
are of Mammon
#1589
"Indeed,
if God is said to move mountains, money does not only move mountains but
flattens them, relocates them, and creates a water dam in their place.
" - Daphne
Cardillo
Movie
Review: SYLVIA (Firefly in a Bell Jar)
#1590
"...as if
I was looking at my own dreary artistic life and telling myself: Hey!
you're not that bad! Look at her! She's gone cuckoo for all that...and
you, you've got what it takes!" - Dulz Cuna
The
Joys of Nothing
#1591
"Our natural
reflex is so strong that in the face of nothingness, our energy is
excited. We begin to think and feel once again. We digest the polluted
surroundings because the mind is not clogged up with trivialities." -
Leoncio Olobia
Vol. 1, No.
16, Dec. 22, 2004
Neighborly
Christians #1692
"I don’t believe Christmas is anything more than for families to
get together, compare wealth notes, show churchgoers the latest fashion,
consume ‘good’
food, increase Lucio Tan’s and PAL’s profits." -
Vicente Soria de Veyra
Liberating
Truth
#1693
"The best ‘truth’ there is, is the one that’s felt in the
heart. In relationships, there is this certain liberating kind of truth:
admitting what you feel. Admitting your emotions. If you love someone, for
god’s sake say it." - Agnesdv
United
We Stand, Divided We Fall
#1694
"Not
all men are given that privilege to do honorable service to their country
and their countrymen. Not all men are called to a life of discipline
and obedience. And not all men can be proud members of the Armed
Forces of the Philippines." - Daphne
Cardillo
Vol. 1, No.
17, Dec. 29, 2004
The
Holidays B.
Anatomy of an Explosive Powder
#1795
"This New Year’s
Eve, no one would like to believe that nothing will change in the coming
year, in Tacloban and in much of the archipelago." -
Vicente Soria de Veyra
Giving
Death by Numbers
#1796
"...the
numbers are still rising. Nature has given us a lesson, the dead has given
us their numbers. It’s now up to us what to do after this. For we,
ourselves, can’t know where death will strike us next. " -
Agnesdv
Pulverizing
Christmas in America #1797
"The scene
where the Grinch dresses up as Santa Claus and vacuums all the gifts in
each house thinking the celebration will be disrupted without
them, aptly describes a sickening tradition Americans
worship." - Leoncio
Olobia
An
Enchanted Evening
#1798
"Not
all men are given that privilege to do honorable service to their country
and their countrymen. Not all men are called to a life of discipline
and obedience. And not all men can be proud members of the Armed
Forces of the Philippines." - Daphne Cardillo
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