Mga entries mula sa Mayo 2009

Mayo 29, 2009

Movie Review: Of Angels and Demons

I have just seen Angels and Demons in the theater. It is the movie adaptation of Dan Brown’s bestselling Angels and Demons, the prequel to another hit, The Da Vinci Code. I have also read the book and have reread it to check the adaptation’s accuracy. There are numerous changes, some small details but the [...]

Mayo 28, 2009

Movie Review: Identity Crisis of Baler

Baler is a movie about the fall of the Spanish soldiers occupying the area. It is also a love story between a provincial lass and a Guardia Civil. Set in the province of Baler, Aurora just before Spain surrendered.
It was packaged as a movie about Philippine Revolution, but fails to be such. Baler had an [...]

Mayo 22, 2009

Sulit Sa Saya 5 – Charity Pledge Raffle

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Mayo 20, 2009

When Blood Isn’t Thicker Than Water

Last Monday, 18 May, the rebel priest Conrado Balweg’s alleged executioner was accosted, together with his wife in Baguio and taken to police custody. He is his own brother, Jovencio Balweg.
Ideological differences, more than personal, play the decisive role in this divergence of paths
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Mayo 6, 2009

How do you Perpetuate Ignorance and Poverty

Customs Undersecretary Espele Sales seems to know the very answer to this question.
At it all started with Twilight.
I am sure almost everyone knows the story behind this. But I am going to tell anyway. Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight attracted a lot of readers, so the book’s importer decided to order more books to meet the rising [...]