[ OFTENTIMES DISTURBING ]
Write-ups from the column of 
Reymundo Salao

at the newspaper daily 
The Guardian, Iloilo City

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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SEPTEMBER 2003
BER BER BER - There is a sort of transition that is felt... whenever December is near and coming.
REMAINING SYMPATHY - With her presidency under intense pressure from issues & exposés, all I have left for Pres. Arroyo is a little sympathy. 
HUNG HANGER HANGING OUT - Hangin' out in one of my favorite bars, CICADA
FEST CONTROL - Dinagyang is still a couple of months away but I think we should always make the preparations to always ensure that it would be  a 100% success
CITIZEN WEARY - Another scandal, another suspicion, another administration tarnished
THE MUNDEIGHS - Tell Me Why I Don't Like MONDAYS?!!!
ANNOYING NANG WITH HER BRATATAT BLABBERMOUTH - Monday morning jeepney ride to work, and I'm stuck with my talkative officemate sitting beside me. 


OCTOBER & NOVEMBER 2003
TALES OF IMPRESSIONS & DISCRIMINATIONS - Impressions are tricky, they can extract out the best and the worst of every person
MUSIC IS MY DRUG - Getting high in music is intoxicatingly ethereal
THE PRESIDENT'S FRIENDS - Whoever your friends or your enemies are, just make sure of one thing; that you are NOT President Arroyo's enemy
MATRIX REVOLUTIONS - A film review of the third chapter of the Matrix Trilogy

DECEMBER 2003
NOT AGAIN - If you want to construct a building, you get an engineer, not a panday. If you have a sick dying child, you get a doctor, not an albularyo. Do we really want another showbiz president?
I AM NOT YOUR HIGH SCHOOL BATCHMATE - For me, High School will always be that place where favoritism existed. 
27 - The 27th year of my life
SCARE ME? - A film review of "Cold Creek Manor" and watching other scary movies
IN THE STYROFOAM SNOW - A BAH HUMBUG article
MY E-MAILS WITH SANTA CLAUS - It is with great displeasure that I write this letter, for I am complaining about the gift that you left at my sock this Christmas
HOLIDAY BUFFET - Buffet meals sometimes feel like you're vying for Guinness' Book of World Records' "The man who ate the most"
APOCALYPSE POSTPONED - "Is this the portion where I am supposed to deliver a wussy speech, talking you into NOT destroying Earth?"


JANUARY & FEBRUARY 2004
FORECASTING TAGALOG FILMS 2004 - Trying to forecast the behavior and fate of the Tagalog movie industry is more or less a piece of cake, due to its predictability
THIS IS NOT AN ELECTION, THIS IS A CONTEST - Philippine Politics is like cockfighting. Always vouch upon what can win.
WHO IS THE LAST SAMURAI? - Afterthoughts and a review of the film THE LAST SAMURAI
PARTY DRUMS - Dinagyang Celebration 2004
COZY LIKE A 20-YR OLD PILLOW - The simplicity of this city. The conservative atmosphere. I do hate it sometimes, but the tranquility does make Iloilo a more habitable place.
MY TARANTINO FAVORITISM - My 2-part feature on the movies of Quentin Tarantino and a film review of KILL BILL VOL.1
BACK FROM THE GRAVE - The ZOMBIE genre that just can't stay dead
BINGKONG ASYLUM - Are you pathetically dateless this Valentine's Day?