Pounding The Keyboard

"The dreamcatchers would filter out all bad dreams and  only allow good thoughts to enter our mind.  Once the sun rises, all bad dreams just disappear..."  I was a magnet for bad dreams. And when I say bad dreams, I mean those horrific ones that are not for the faint of heart, ones people call nightmares, ones that are populated by dead people dragging you to afterlife, ones where you can almost feel that someone is really trying to hurt you, wrest your arm, pinch you,   ones where you can hear someone whispering your name in a scary and threatening way, ones where your house companions would rush to your bed to wake you up because you’re groaning and you’re moaning   too loud to the point that you’re almost screaming. That kind, yeah! And they visit me too often. I don’t know why. Maybe because I have a hyperactive brain. My brain doesn’t rest even for a minute. Work hazard. I write/read books a lot. My brain only shuts up whe...

The following are the latest releases from Black Ink Comics: Dragon Breed #2  Story by Maria Cornelia Damaso Art by Elmer Damaso Poster Boy Story by Herbs Navasca Art by Rica Angela Padullo My Grandfather's Last Wish Story by Reira Francisco Art by Sita Alvarez K8 Story by Jay Jimenez Art by Jim Jimenez BLACKink SHortcuts (3-Stories-In-One) Tonio Tikbalang #1 Story and Art by Jake Vicente Guniguni Story by Herbs Navasca Art by Reah Padullo Sumbaga Story by Ray Magbanua Art by Dexter Roxas Hands of the Dragon #4 Story by Jeffrey Marcelino Ong Art by Gilbert Monsanto  Love Scheduler Story by Gino Pornasdoro Art by Crisca Jallorina Stray Ghost Story by Diana Lam Art by Crisca Jallorina  Except for K8 and Hands of the Dragon, these are all manga. But all these are good, light, wholesome and entertaining reads-- comic books for the whole family. These and the rest ...

“Chaos is order yet undeciphered.”                 The quote above is the epigraph of the film Enemy and it perfectly describes the film. It is chaotic, confusing and mind-boggling but once you figure it out, once you decoded it, its plot and its symbols and hidden messages, you’ll find peace and order in your mind beleaguered by the complexity of this film..                 The last film that fascinated me was Trance (which starred James McAvoy).It is a film that is as splendid and as mesmerizing as Enemy. Only that Enemy is more perplexing and has more challenges to the mind.                 The film’s story revolves around a history professor (who obviously is bored with his life and his job) who while watching a rented film discovers that one ...

Yesterday,while I held a John Green book (An Abundance of Katherines) I borrowed from a niece, I received a text asking me what the f--- happened to my Facebook account. Did somebody hack it? Now, why would anyone be interested in hacking my dull FB account? No, I told the texter, I closed it because a supermodel had been stalking me and sending me naughty PMs and erotic pics of her and it ‘s starting to annoy me. That, of course, isn’t the truth but just an illusion.    I deactivated my Facebook account for a few days to enable myself to breathe a little, stop and smell the flowers, bask in the sunlight, reminisce about the good ole days, you know, ponder life’s complexities and the mysteries of the universe , and think about life’s authentic problems (like the forthcoming zombie apocalypse).   Okay, they aren't true either. I’m not in a habit of smelling the flowers—that’s too gay.   It’s not that I’m homophobic but I’d rather be dead than be cau...

Beauty's Curse "Her bow is drawn to worlds of dark, where arrows spring and miss their mark— she'll turn their heads but not their hearts.”   It was during the last few frantic days before Christmas last year when I asked my niece on what book would be a nice gift to someone, a lady who adored books. My niece told me to give her Lang Leav’s first book. “Lang Leav who?” I remember asking, that was the first time I heard the strange-sounding name. “She’s a poet, and a writer, she’s very good, I love her poems, I follow her on Tumbler. Your friend’s gonna like it.” I took her advice seriously. You see, my niece is a lot smarter than me. An honor student since prep school,   she’s a voracious reader and has quite a high standard when it comes to books, so when she says that this particular book is good, it really is good. So off I went to a mall, trotted inside a bookstore and rummaged and turned it upside down for a copy of Lang Le...