MAY, JUNE, JULY 2002
MESSAGE FAILED (5-23-02)
- Our society's fascination with celfones
THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN
(5-6-02) - SPIDER-MAN film review
STAR WARS: REJUVENATING THE
SAGA (5-21-02) - STAR WARS Episode II Film Review
NATIONAL PRIDE (5-27-02) -
Filipino society has lost its sense of pride, always bowing at the west
ARE YOU A VIRGIN?
(6-4-02) - Virginity issues among men & women & relationships
DID YOU SAY INDEPENDENCE?
(6-13-02) - Taking a glimpse on our Independence from the comfort of my
bedroom
MURKY WATERS / WHITE MONKEYS
WITH GUNS (6-27-02) - Is Abu Sabaya still alive under the waters of
Mindanao / Arrogant American soldiers pull out their guns in front of
Filipino mediamen
MINORITY REPORT
(7-1-02) - MINORITY REPORT film review
THE
AMERICAN RAPE (7-4-02) - The History of
American abuse of the Philippines
BONG & ASSUNTA HATES
PIRATED CDs, HOW ABOUT YOU? (7-16-02)
- Is Piracy really a bad thing?
RANDOM, IRRELEVANT
MUMBLINGS FROM THE OFTENTIMES DISTURBING (7-17-02) - Just mumbling
SEPTEMBER,
OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, 2002
I AM A GEEK (9-14-02) - The
Geek Life
THOSE SADISTIC MALAYSIAN
MONGRELS (9-6-02) - Filipinos live in torment in Malaysia
PRIDE & DRILON'S SHOES
(9-7-02) - When Senate President Franklin Drilon was stopped for a shoe
inspection at an American airport, sentiments cry foul
OUR DAY IN THE SUN /
FPJ: CAMPUS
IDOL (NOT!) (9-19-02) - Ozone layer is stabilizing / UST Students
reject Fernando Poe Jr.
UNLIKE THE CUBAN MISSILE
CRISIS (10-4-02) - Comparing the recent events with that of the 1962
Cuban Missile Crisis
THAT SILLY, FUNNY GLORIA
(11-15-02) - Although lambasted by her critics, Gloria never tires to
embarrass herself
THE WRONG ARMS STRUGGLE -
Why do subversives continue their war when we should fix our ails
first?!
POLITICAL (12-2-02) -
If you want to get into Politics, make sure it is because you want to
lead into progress
POLI-TIKAL - The
politicians that would only worsen the nation
WATUSI & TOROTOT
(12-13-02) - A Happy New Year's Celebration
JANUARY,
2003
GLORIA'S CHOICE
(1-3-03) - Pres. Arroyo announces that she intends not to run for
reelection
A FESTIVAL OF FILMS: REVIEW
OF THE METRO MANILA FILM FESTIVAL MOVIES:
MANO PO, DEKADA 70, AGIMAT, ALAMAT NG LAWIN, HOME ALONG DA RIVER, SPIRIT
WARRIORS: THE SHORTCUT, LASTIKMAN
THE FLIGHT OF DREAMS
(1-13-03) - When we sleep, where do our dreams take us?
TO DANCE WITH THE KING:
DANCE NOT WITH THE CHA-CHA (1-18-02) - Is charter change the
solution that will bring our nation to progress
ASKALISH TALES: THE
GOLDEN AGE OF ILOILO (1-22-03) - I remember the way Iloilo City
looked and felt like in my younger days
THE DAY AFTER SUNDAY
(1-27-03) - The Dinagyang weekend and the day after
FEBRUARY
2003
SMOKING IN
PUBLIC (2-6-03) - Whatever happened to the City's anti-smoking
ordinance?
A LAMB
JOINING A WOLF WAR (2-10-03) - In the war between US and Iraq,
Gloria insists that we Filipinos should intervene
BANAT
(2-13-03) - Playing with "Peace Talks" and
"ceasefires" slow down our enforcement of the law.
THE DAY
OF DARKNESS (2-14-03) - Valentine's Day is not a very good day for
all.
SADDAM IS
SMILING (2-17-03) - The Squabbling must stop, the UN must resolve to
depose Saddam
THE PARABLE
OF THE WASTING (2-24-03) - A Parable against networking businesses,
and things that promises easy money but deceives you in the end
THE STRUGGLE
(2-28-03) - When revolutionary ideologies become out of hand.
WRAPPER
FICTION - A story of how a plastic wrapper has brought forth menace
MARCH
2003
REMINISCING
GRUNGE (A Pan PM) - A brief glimpse back into the grunge era,
refreshing memories while watching a concert of the new band of Grunge
icon Dong Abay, PAN
A PAN PM (An
interview with the band PAN) (3-29-03) - An evening of conversation
with the new band of Dong Abay, PAN
THE REYMUNDO
FILM FESTIVAL, YEAR ONE (3-1-03) - If I ran my own film festival
week, these are the films I would want to show audiences.
SHOCK &
AWE (3-24-03) - It is not only the people of Iraq, but the eyes of
the world stare in shock and awe
POST-SLACKER
ANGST (3-28-03) - No more teachers, no more books, no more teachers,
dirty looks...!
APRIL
2003
PARANOID MOMENTS (4-4-03) - Conflict between Iraq and the US, the
dormant power of North Korea, and the SARS epidemic. Is the end near?
RO...RO...RO...your Boat
(4-5 to 6-03) - Thoughts on President Arroyo's launched "Strong
Republic Nautical Highway"
BOMBCHECK (4-12-03) -
Security measures observed by many business establishments against
threats of terrorist bombings
LISTENING TO THE SOUNDTRACK OF
TEN COMMANDMENTS (4-13-03) - The Holy Week begins and modern culture
is straying away from observing the solemnity of this season.
ROLLING EGGS (4-21-03) -
Easter is more than just eggs and bunnies
THIS DAY IN THE FOREST
(4-22-03) - A fat tarsier celebrates Earth Day from the comfort of his
forest
A SILENT COLONIZATION
(4-27-03) - A foreigners' mockery on the Philippine society
ONE KILLED IN AN ANTI-PIRACY
RAID (4-30-03) - Is the violence resorted by those who enforce
anti-piracy laws worth the life of a young man? MAY
2003
RETURN OF THE SHOWBIZ
POLITICIANS
(5-9-03) -With the election season fast coming, showbiz
personalities express their desire to enter politics
IS "MORO ISLAMIC
LIBERATION" JUST A FRONT? (5-15-03) -Is the MILF really pushing
for a revolutionary cause? or have they now diminished themselves into
bandits?
MATRIX. RELOADED &
REVEALED (5-22-03) - Film review for MATRIX RELOADED
TOOL, VASSAL, ALLY
(5-27-03) - The Philippines is now a
"Major Non-NATO Ally" of the USA. I don't know if I should be
happy or if I should frown
JABAFILPREX (5-28-03) -
Will President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo be Just Another Bad Philippine
President?
JUNE
2003
TYPE OGAG, SPACE, YOUR NAME
(6-5-03) - Is the celfone industry cheating us out of our wits and
pockets?
HERE'S TO ILOILO'S ROCK SCENE
(6-6-03) - no matter how seemingly unstable
and unpopular Iloilo's rock scene might sometimes get, the flames of
rock n' roll are kept on burning
BACK TO SCHOOL '03
(6-16-03) - Being in a freshman class would be such a joyride since it's
like being introduced to a whole new world
PRIVATE TO PUBLIC
(6-20-03) - People can hardly afford private schools nowadays, does
transferring to Public Schools from Private affect the quality of
education?
THE HULK (6-21 & 22-03)
- A film review on HULK
THE KFC TORTURE CHAMBER. Don't
Choke Your Chicken! (6-23-03) - about 30 members of the US-based
animal rights group, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)
picketed the KFC Philippines branch in Harrison Plaza, Manila,
protesting to denounce the fastfood chain for alleged inhumane treatment
of chickens
JUST DO IT, GLORIA!
(6-27-03) - Posters around the city with the phrases "RUN GLORIA
RUN" (perhaps trying to convince the president to run for the
upcoming election) have appeared
VIRTUAL PERFORMERS (6-28
& 29-03) - Computer Generated Animation, can they act as better as
our real actors?
POLITICAL (6-30-03) -
When election time is nearing, everybody starts yakking here and there;
Are they worthy of our votes?
JULY
2003
A PUBLIC SERVICE MURDER
(7-4-03) - With the heightening of the anti-drug campaign, news of
vigilantes and suspects being salvaged have emerged.
TERMINATOR RISING. The Terminator
Saga (7-12-03) - a look at the Terminator saga & a film review
of Terminator 3
LET'S GET MUSHY &
SUICIDAL(7-25 & 26-03) - An article on SUICIDE and all the
mushiness that causes it AUGUST
2003
A LONG DAY WITH THE TRIGGER
(8-1,2,& 3-03) - young officers of the
Armed Forces of the Philippines, later dubbed as the "Magdalo
Group", staged a mutiny, leading a number of armed troops,
including tanks, to storm in Makati, with demands of reforms and the
accusation/revelation that our own government has been selling weapons
and ammunitions to the MILF rebels and the Abu Sayyaf bandits, and that
our government's own officers of the military have been the ones
responsible for the many bombings in Mindanao
TRIPPIN' PARKLIFE
(8-5-03) - I love parks and town plazas
WISH KO LANG: TO BE A MILITARY
LEADER (8-9&10-03)
STATE OF THE NATION
(8-11-03) - Whether we like it or not, what the Philippines need in
order to transform to a better society, is that it goes through an
intense revolution that can acid wash off the corruption, that can purge
the people until it forces itself to learn and practice competence, and
that it be lashed by prejudice so that it can learn to rise from it,
fight for it, and learn to value the pride of his Filipino identity.
VIVA EEEDIOT BABES!
(8-18-03) - Is it a scientific fact that the more glamorously gorgeous a
woman is, the least her brain capacity?
SUPERDUPERAYOS LANG BORD
(8-23-03) - the enforcement of the Jaywalking Ordinance, New York's
blackout, and The Blaster Virus
AN AFTERNOON (8-26-03) - an
afternoon with overpriced taxis, and the concerto of the Univ. of San
Agustin Troubadours
MOVIES & POPCORNS
(8-30&31-03)
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