Entries from January 2008

January 30, 2008

Save Us from the Senate

If the Speaker has done the Senate wrong, then by all means eject him from his seat. But if he is to be replaced because he did the President wrong, then please, let’s raise our hands and cover our ears: we’ll be in for some nasty word wars and bribes.
The continued investigation into the ZTE [...]

January 20, 2008

Sweeney Todd: A Review

I’ve always enjoyed Tim Burton’s movies; starting with Edward Scissorhands, the first two Batman films, Sleepy Hollow, Nightmare Before Christmas, The Big Fish, and even Corpse Bride. He makes black and red and goth become iconic symbols of cinematic class and substance that really, once the melancholic and heart-pounding scores begin to play, his movies would devour you into their [...]

January 18, 2008

Tagged (again so soon)

With so much going on inside my head, I have no time to suck up on current issues or anything else except for events immediately at hand (e.g. campus life, Coffee Prince and x-box and PSP gaming haha). Believe me, being a pseudo bum/feeling expert gamer on N3 and Need for Speed/student can be tricky, especially when you juggle too much. [...]

January 16, 2008

UP Centennial Lecture Series (Part II)

Today, I had the opportunity to listen to Dr. Baldomero M. Olivera, the second speaker in the UP Centennial Lecture Series via video telecast at the SEARCA Umali Auditorium here UPLB. He was conferred Doctor of Science, honoris causa, by the university at the UP Film Center at the UPD amidst well decorated [...]

January 12, 2008

Glorietta 2 Bombing: PNP’s Final Report

Last Thursday, the PNP finally released their conclusive report about the Glorietta 2 Bombing incident that happened on October 19, 2007. As expected, they maintained their methane gas built-up theory and dismissed Ayala Land’s findings. For the PNP’s  presentation, go here.
I don’t want to burst PNP’s bubble or make them look incompetent or anything (not that I [...]