Pounding The Keyboard

        I recently discovered WEBTOON, a website from South Korea where you can read digital manhwa (Korean term for comics) made from all over the world.   I’ve bookmarked quite a few (terrific) stories, and just a few days after I learned about WEBTOON, I saw this 2020 Korean film, an action/comedy, on Netflix entitled Hitman (original English title is Hitman : Agent Jun).      The movie’s plot: Jun is the country’s top secret agent whose ardent dream is to be a famous webtoon artist. Finally, he fakes his death so he can fulfill his dream. But since he’s really not that talented, he fails to achieve his goal of being a famous artist—until he starts creating comics based on his life as a secret agent, which soon turns his life upside down.      Movie’s 3 stars out of five. It’s a little corny at times but nevertheless entertaining, funniest bit is when Jun’s drunk wife ‘reveals’ her deadly fighting skills...

       I’ve been rewatching some of my favorite films (most of them on Netflix), really great films that really need rewatching, and I thought I’d put some of them here so whenever I revisit this blog, I’d see them and be reminded to watch them again. Lol. Some films just get better when you rewatch them.      And just a few days ago, I rewatched Inception (2010) on Netflix.      Starring the Leonardo DiCaprio, Inception is about a thief (DiCaprio) who steals things (ideas and information) inside a dream. He enters the dream of his target and manipulates them into giving what he wants.      The film, IMO, is astounding in all aspects—acting, cinematography, script, etc. Take note that I’m not a film critic, just an ordinary movie fan so my opinion about any film might just be worthless. Lol.     It also stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Elliot Page (still Ellen here) and Tom Hardy....

       Somebody on Facebook asked about sleep paralysis and one commented that she hadn’t experienced one but would love to because she loved horror stories/movies. I‘ve experienced sleep paralysis a lot and I don’t know if I could recommend it to someone. Sleep paralysis occurs, according to doctors, when you severely lack sleep, or you suffer from PTSD, or anxiety or panic disorder. In my case, I often lack sleep. Sleep paralysis happens when your body is in sleep mode but your brain is active.      When I first experienced it, I didn’t even know it’s called sleep paralysis , it was just another nightmare to me. I felt awake that time (yes, you are awake during a sleep paralysis, that’s why you’re surrounding is real), my eyes open, I was inside my room, on my bed, but there were these demonic creatures around me, going in and out of my room, talking to me, taunting me, and there were some dead relatives, too, standing at the door, look...

       Few days ago, for the first time since COVID-19 went epidemic, with the government adopting the policy of voluntary wearing of mask outdoors, I went out of the house without mask—went to an establishment just a few hundred meters away—and it felt liberating and strange. Liberating because you can now breathe freely and fully; strange because it felt like you’re sort of naked, like you’re missing an important piece of garment. Half of the people in the streets at that time were also barefaced. I don’t think we’re really over COVID-19 now, so I’d still wear mask when going to a really crowded place.      Last January, I fell ill with COVID-19-like symptoms (fever, coughs, sore throat, fatigue, and headache) but I didn’t get myself tested so I really didn’t know if I had it. I wasn’t really apprehensive at that time because I already had two vaccinations (like all my household companions). But I stayed away from our dog just in case I...

  Parang 'sang kandila na nagdadala Ng ilaw at liwanag Nauubos rin sa magdamag…        APO Hiking Society’s Danny Javier died due to a lingering illness last Halloween, 31 st of October, a Monday. He was 75 years old. I mostly listen to hard rock music (I am a hardcore Pink Floyd fan and I like lots of heavy metal bands (Metallica, Faith No More, Megadeth, Alice in Chains, Black Sabbath, etc) but I like APO Hiking Society and many of their songs, I listen to them whenever I want to relax, so I was dismayed then when Jim Paredes (another APO) almost single-handedly destroyed their legacy when he was recorded jerking off in a video call. The sordid video went viral. Almost every one jerks off, yes, but not in a video call. Okay, a lot of people jerk off in a video call, but they don’t get caught. Lol.      Anyway, it seems that Jim failed to really ruin APO’s musical legacy as lots of people paid Danny their respects and showed the...