Category: Life
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Movie & Book: The Hobbit
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey I couldn’t cough up a proper review for it because it was an incredibly long and multi-faceted movie I’m too lazy to critique, so here are several points instead –here there be spoilers!:
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Pre-Hols Movies: 24/7 in Love & Rise of the Guardians
24/7 in Love Rating: 3.8/5 Details: Directed by John D. Lazatin, Mae Czarina Cruz, Frasco Santos Mortiz and Dado Lumibao from Star Cinema, the ensemble romantic comedy featured Star Magic talents (Zanjoe Marudo and Bea Alonzo, John Lloyd Cruz and Angelica Panganiban, Diether Ocampo and Maja Salvador, Piolo Pascual and Zaijan Jaranilla, Kim Chiu and Gerald…
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(Un)Expected Things
Well, hello again. #1 One Direction (It’s a new day when the first on my list is a British pop boy band.) I was helpless to resist. I was happily browsing through youtube, enjoying inadvisable amounts of the Ellen Show clips and live performances of Beyonce, when suddenly a “Best Moments” kind of video appeared…
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Movies: Skyfall, SWatH & Dark Shadows
Snow White and the Huntsman Rating: 2.2/5 Details: Directed by Rupert Sanders, starring Charlize Theron, Kristen Stewart and Chris Hemsworth. Running time of 127 minutes. A fantasy period piece and deconstruction of the Grimms’ Snow White, with Theron as a villain with a story and Stewart as a warrior princess. Review: The saddest thing about the film Snow White and the…
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Coffeeshop Diaries #2
I am getting extremely fond of today’s stay in Starbucks. After claiming a small table to the front of the counter (surprisingly quite easily, I might add), I bought a grande mocha frapp. For the first time in recent memory I was asked how many mocha pumps I’d like, which apparently variated the sweetness of…
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Comics: A-Babies vs X-Babies
BABIES. BEAUTIFUL BABIES. AND SO: GET A COPY!! Marvel’s newest one-shot (not to be confused or associated with the more adult AvX event) is set in Marvelous Meadows, and it features a stand-off between all our favorite characters. I don’t even care about the story, or the technical details (though on both ends this comic definitely…
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Politics & Culture: the old issue of Sotto
Several weeks ago, a buzz cropped up regarding the many cases of plagiarism committed by Senator Sotto (in assembly). It was revealed that he had lifted words of his speech against abortion from different bloggers. This article Why Tito Sotto’s plagiarism matters is a well-written account of what happened and some of its implications. To quote, …the senator had…
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Politics: featuring Todd Akin, the sexist and the stupid
“Sexist” and “stupid” may or may not refer to Todd Akin. And Paul Ryan. I am so exited for November 6 to come and pass. Seeing all of the articles about certain forms of stupidity and misogyny (particularly from the Republicans) and hearing about them make me so frustrated. :/ I’m not even American. Given…
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Science: Is this for real, rd?
To all those challenging doors –there’s an explanation for you, now! Ever walk into a room with some purpose in mind, only to completely forget what that purpose was? Turns out, doors themselves are to blame for these strange memory lapses. Psychologists at the University of Notre Dame have discovered that passing through a doorway…
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