Monthly Archives: February 2010

Peak Oil and El Nino – what do our presidentiables have to say?

Posted on February 28, 2010 by benign0

In the “breakfast talk show” I catch every morning as I prepare for work, one of the guests was a guy talking about Peak Oil. Relying on my stock knowledge on that term (not being able to google it for … Continue reading →

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Are Filipinos a curious people?

Posted on February 28, 2010 by benign0

At the end of the day, we all do what we do (whether it be running triathlons, climbing Mt Everest, or — hey yeah — blogging about Pinoy dysfunction) because we get off on it. If doing something for our … Continue reading →

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Gordon is a Champion, there's no time for losers

Posted on February 27, 2010 by ilda

Just before I posted my previous article about Dick Gordon, I thought to myself, Oh no, be ready for the avalanche of criticism. But that anxiety attack didn’t stop me from publishing it because I also thought, Well, fair enough … Continue reading →

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EDSA, As Seen Through a Long Lens

Posted on February 25, 2010 by bkritz

Benign0’s and BongV’s excellent retrospectives on what is in this country viewed as a sacred, watershed moment reminded me of the value of an honest memory. So much of what we regard as “history” is corrupted by our hindsight: we … Continue reading →

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How I became a "Get Realist"

Posted on February 25, 2010 by benign0

I recall as a nine-year-old making my folks and grandparents gasp when I remarked how I wished that the Philippines had remained an American colony so that we could have grapes and chocolates all year round and no brownouts. By … Continue reading →

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Remembering the 1986 Edsa "revolution"

Posted on February 23, 2010 by benign0

I was a teenager in 1986 when the first Edsa “Revolution” erupted. The sound of this “eruption” for me was the murmer of a crowd queueing at a fishball stand or playing pusoy dos with their pals on a sidewalk … Continue reading →

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News Flash: Senator Dick Gordon is the Saviour of the Philippines

Posted on February 20, 2010 by ilda

I once met a guy whose nickname is Dick. He insisted that his name is spelt “Dict” (with a “t” instead of a “k”), not that this made any difference in the way people hear him say his name. Most … Continue reading →

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Noynoy Aquino: Losing his cool

Posted on February 19, 2010 by benign0

More than two weeks ago, popular presidentiable Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III’s most staunch lackey in the Philippine Media Conrado de Quiros blamed the campaign for his seemingly irreversible slide in the popularity surveys: Challenged to keep the campaign high, the … Continue reading →

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The REAL threat to progress is being piped right into our homes!

Posted on February 14, 2010 by benign0

Si Manong Abe Margallo nga naman talaga. By his own admission, he’s been so busy with his own rambling in that verbose pomposity that so characterises the sort of style that appeals to the Old Fart generation to whom much … Continue reading →

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We all live in a Yellow Submarine

Posted on February 11, 2010 by ilda

Juan de la Cruz is a man living two lives. By day he is an average bank employee and by night a liberal blogger known as Pedro. Pedro has always questioned his reality but the truth is far beyond his … Continue reading →

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