Tag: Filipino
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Poetry: lumingon ako
I feel like this is the kind of content I have to justify. I was riding the MRT on the way to ASMPH when I saw the quoted verse. I stopped breathing for maybe three hours, as you do when confronted with especially beautiful poetry. In elementary –and I’ve never told anyone this story, so no…
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Music: Filipino Talent x OPM
I’m the definition of mainstream trash with hipster garbage on the side (has anyone ever cared to define that aesthetic ever?); my musical tastes are limited to (American) Top 40 hits and the occasional female indie solo artist. I don’t go out of my way to look for new things to appreciate in music, and I…
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An Observation
The night before the self-styled Fight of the Century (the Pacquaio-Mayweather boxing event), I watched some of the best scenes from two of my favorite action films of all time, Ip Man and Ip Man 2. In this scene in the sequel, the humble protagonist goes against the odds and fights the arrogant and almost completely unlikable Twister. It’s a…
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Sulatin: Ngayon, o ang kinabukasan ng EDSA
Mahirap tahakin ang pagtutuklas at pagbabahagi ng iba’t ibang pamamaraan at kadahilanan ng mga sakit na ngayon tumatagos sa bansa. Marahil na walang tiyak na sagot ang mga problemang hindi natin masolusyonan. Bagkus ito ang aking susubukan ngayong sagutin gamit ang sariling salita at isip: bakit nga ba naghihirap ang lipunan natin ngayon? Ilang dekada…
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