Tag: Philippines
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Pens and Photoshop: mixed media is awesome
1: I really wanted to use my relatively new Sharpie metallic gold and silver pens. 2: We had black paper lying around. 3: Something Filipino to give more zest. 4: I was too lazy to paint, so Photoshop it was. Surprisingly fun to do. 5: The universe naturally tends towards chaos. We tend to…
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Ang layunin ng sekyularismo ay patayin ang Diyos sa buhay natin. – Padre Pio Parish Priest, Homily 07 April 2013
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Opinion: Paano na si Dolly?
There’s a lot to be said about education in the Philippines. We have the rising tuition fee, competitive education, K to 12 benefits, the lack of teacher incentives and teachers in general… valid and very concrete concerns which have echoing repercussions on the national academic community. But there are also other concerns that are more…
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Responses: The Gist (RAAAAAAGE)
Catholic Church equates Pro-RH as Pro-Death, and says it out loud The gist: The Diocese of Bacolod has come up with a 6 feet tarpaulin featuring the names of running candidates and their stance on the RH bill. Quite clearly, those who are pro-RH bill were labelled TEAM PATAY (Team Death), while those against the bill…
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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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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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In Progress
I haven’t posted anything in a while, mostly because I don’t have anything complete to present to the world. My “In Progress” desktop folder is full of things I can’t seem to finish once I’ve started. I will finish them, though. I promise.
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Responses: The Gist [food for thought]
*”Stew” is a very funny word. There are a million different interesting things circulating around the internet. My reading list/bookmarks menu is becoming very active recently; it seems like everyone and their neighbor is sharing something on Facebook or tumblr that just begs to be read. These are some of the things (some a little old, though)…
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