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Philippine Elections: Biggest Circus Officially Comes to Town
Brace yourselves for the most colorful soap opera to hit all forms of medium to date as the country marks the start of the elections. It will be a time when lip service is an everyday thing via endless TV spots, motorcades and rallies that will surely leave mountainous amount of trash, and a ruthless [...]
Sunday Viewing Orgy: Pacquiao vs Hatton/ NBA 1st Rd Gm 7 Chi vs Bos
Only a Sunday sports mega-twin bill can make me post again.
I don’t know if it’s the hangover I got from last night’s drinking binge or the hot chocolate that i just drank. Since today is a very special day of sports viewing entertainment, I’ve decided to watch both programs - the Pacquiao vs Hatton boxing [...]
Francis M and Eraserheads - Don’t Forget the Lyrics
(Long overdue. Sorry naman Batch for the late post. Had to wait for my friend Bao to email me his photos on ‘some’ event at Mall of Asia last Saturday. If you wanna see people necking, petting and doing all sorts of debauchery during the Last Set, check out my Multiply account. And, Harry, I [...]
Pacquiao Win: Hatton Maybe Next, But Mayweather May Be Better
As I was hurrying my ass off to get to the jeepney for a ride to my office as I was running late (like, an hour or so - thanks very much to the daily morning gridlock), I glanced upon a headline in one of the papers in a newstand I passed by. It says: [...]
Obama: We don’t need him, we need SOMEBODY like him
It’s like a fairytale come true - only this time it happened after a LONG, LONG while. After 21 grueling months roadtripping state-by-state, overspending for ads, massive manpower mobilization and numerous sorts of character assasinations, the US Presidential Campaign ended in an election with a resounding victory from Barack Obama. This ushered in a couple [...]
Bolante Return or the US Elections: Which one would you follow more?
Aside from the global effects of the impending economic recession in the States, I was supposed to write two separate posts which are flooding the headlines this week.
At the local front, former agriculture undersecretary Jocelyn “Joc-Joc” Bolante, the key figure to the “P728-million Fertilizer Fund Scam,” has finally arrived last night to answer allegations against [...]
Oktoberfest ‘08 Sidelights (Blournalist POV)
As of this writing I have yet to confirm if the San Miguel Oktoberfest held last night broke the record for the longest beer bar and beer toast. But one salient observation is that there were not as many people who got drunk, unlike the previous Oktoberfests. Maybe because, all the while, attendees thought [...]
Say bye-bye to your E-Heads Reunion Concert Dream
Well, this just made my day.
After paying up a very expensive plane ticket to get home from abroad and watch their live reunion gig, after spending countless hours and gazillions of monies to print out shirts and other accessories, after sweating it out spreading word about it, after waiting for so long just to download [...]
Francis M. diagnosed with Leukemia
Stumbled upon a post in one of my music mailing lists, and it says:
dear friends…
we would like to ask your generous help in supporting one of our
dearest friends in the industry Mr. FrancisM. He has been diagnosed
with leukemia and we are currently doing a blood drive. Donations are
needed of any blood type and platelets. Please [...]
Beijing Olympics Lip-Synching Booboo - “It was for the national interest”
As the awesomeness and bodacity of the Opening Ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Games motivated me to blog about the signs of Chinese world domination (Check out the medal standings and see how China kicks ass in the preliminary events. And, c’mon, look at the tag behind every shirt you have. It says “Made in [...]
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