Pounding The Keyboard

Kasama ang mga kaibigan kong sina Ronald Tabuzo, Mars Alvir, Arman Francisco at Jeff Ong ay nagtungo ako at nakigulo sa Komikon 2008 na ginanap noong Sabado, ika-22 ng Nobyembre, 2008 sa UP Bahay Ng Alumni sa UP Diliman. Sangkaterbang tao (kailangan mo laging makiraan tuwing gagalaw ka) at sangkatutak na komiks ang dinatnan namin. Nakita kong muli ang mga mukhang ilang taon ko na ring hindi nakikita na lagi kong kasalamuha noong kasagsagan pa ng pangmasang komiks. Entrance Ng Venue Part of Komikon Crowd (The Now-Disbanded) The Hunks From Left To Right: Mars, Aldo Jumawan, Ronald, Lui Antonio & Ariel Padilla Jeff, Mars, Ronald, Arman Are Annoyed When The Photographer Blocked Their View of The Voluptuous Woman Wearing A Skimpy Attire Dingdong Dant-, er, Me, Ronald & Mars Randy Valiente's Happy To See His Idols, The Hunks Jeff, Novo Malgapo & KC Cordero Are Thinking of Ways To Beat Up The Photographer Gerry Alanguilan Signing My Elmer Comix Lan Medina Signing My Twilight...

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I read something in the newspaper today that made me wince and chuckle at the same time. Mayor Jojo Binay of Makati intends to run for president in 2010. Maybe, he was just joking or it’s probably just a strategy (meaning he really wants to run for vice-president or senator but is touting himself as a presidential material. Iisipin nga naman ng masa ‘pag bumaba na siya bilang kandidato sa pagkasenador, ‘Aba, si Binay, e, pang-presidente utak niyan kaya siguradong magiging magaling na senador ‘yan’) or a bargaining chip (“Hey, let me run as your VP and I will be a martyr and sacrifice my noble dream of being a president.” A lot of people say that Binay is a good public servant and he probably is (although there are allegations of corruption against him) but I don’t know, I always sense that something is terribly wrong with him as a politician. He seems obsessed with power. More than twenty years ago, he used to march in the streets, denouncing Marcos, the rotten dictator. He was with th...

My mother was being treated then for a tumor when her doctor discovered that she was pregnant. Immediately, she was advised to take the baby out (“It’s not yet a baby, not yet a human being so it’s not bad to take it out,” the doctor argued.) My mother’s pregnancy must be stopped because it was highly likely that it would aggravate her condition and kill her and the baby or she'd give birth to a disfigured or abnormal baby or worse, she would give birth to a dead baby. My mom asked for a second, third opinion and the verdict was that she should abort the pregnancy at once. It was as if she was carrying Rosemary’s baby. There’s nothing to be guilty of , the doctors assured her. Anyway, you already have three kids and you have to be safe to take care of them. My parents (bless their souls) were then ready to throw in the towel and heed the advice of the doctors when my grandmother stepped into the picture. “You will carry on with your pregnancy, they (the doctors) are not God, we wi...

Horror movies are always in during this time of the year, when spirits of the dead roam the streets and enter your house to see what’s inside your refrigerator. Ghosts are always hungry and thirsty and are always on the lookout for some chocolates. Ghosts, so they say, love chocolates. We can’t afford to stock chocolates in our ref so our house is always ghost-free. Hey, I forgot, we don’t have a refrigerator. One scary movie you can buy or rent is The Ring (the Hollywood remake, not the Japanese original). It probably is one of the scariest movies ever made. I uploaded here its most bloodcurdling scene, the one that involves a girl named Sadako coming out of a well and a TV set. But do you know that the scene above has another version? The other version is said to be more terrifying. Luckily, I found it. You can watch it below. Sadako, indeed, is one of the creepiest movie characters ever written. Wait, our landline phone is ringing.

BABALA: Huwag basahin ang sumusunod na kuwento kung matatakutin ka at may sakit sa puso. “Anak ng..!” nagmumurang himutok ni Dave ng mabigo pa rin siyang paandarin ang tumirik niyang kotse. Brand new 'to, ano ang magiging problema nito? tanong niya sa sarili habang lumalabas. Mag-aala-una na ng madaling-araw. Nasa ilang na lugar siya, walang kabahayan sa paligid, puro patay na puno ang nakikita niya at walang nagdaraang sasakyan. Ang bilog na buwan ay parang napakalapit at abot-kamay lamang niya, nakasisilaw ang liwanag nito. Parang napakahiwaga ng lugar na kinaroroonan niya. Parang anumang oras ay mabibiyak ang aspaltadong kalsadang kinatutuntungan niya at magluluwa ng sari-saring diyablo at halimaw upang gutayin at pagsalu-saluhan ang katawan niya. Sisilipin sana niya ang makina ng sasakyan niya ng magitla siya… Isang matandang lalake ang nakita niyang nakatayo sa likuran niya at nakatingin sa kanya. Nakasuot ito ng puti ngunit marusing na barong tagalog. May hawak itong isang l...

"All the lonely people, Where do they all come from ? All the lonely people, Where do they all belong?" Every time I enter a music forum, I always stumble upon a thread that lists what the members think are the saddest or most depressing songs for them. The song that always gets mentioned is Gloomy Sunday . A song that has driven a lot of people to commit sucide, or so they say. Most of the songs I listen to, I’m starting to notice, are quite sad so maybe I should also make my list of saddest/most depressing songs, too. So here’s my list of imported songs (I will probably tackle local songs next time; I don't know why but my friend says that any song by Judy Ann Santos and Piolo Pascual is depressing) that will either convince you to jump from the rooftop of a twenty-two storey building or drink three glasses of Baygon insecticide after eating a mouthful of Racumin. Yes, this world is such a lonely place. 10. LAST KISS by PEARL JAM – This song is about a guy driving his ...