(a critique on Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince film)
Is it Voldemort or Snape? Or was it Snape’s past that Harry and Professor Dumbledore views in the pensive? Or does the movie revolved around Draco’s transformation? These are some of the questions raised by HP regular viewers who haven’t had read the book and especially [...]
(a post-Edsa baby’s thoughts on democracy)
Luis A. Quibranza III
“Around 60 percent of this present generation wasn’t around during martial law,” a news anchor commented on their news program Monday morning, following the death of former president Maria Corazon “Cory” Cojuangco-Aquino, the country’s and Asia’s first female president.
Though this alone is already a great feat in [...]
Karl Aries Emerson F. Cabilao
“We all love good music, good company and Love God above all things. We never start or end a gig without praying. I guess it’s the force which makes us stronger as a band and that’s how we will stay bonded,” says Michael Allen Pio Catubay, vocalist of Mic.Express.
Truly, the heavens [...]
(fantasy vs reality)
Mary Wyvren Veloso
“Pinoys are very much fond of luck or swerte,” a psychology teacher said of Koreanovelas taking over prime time slots. Who does not know Goo Jun Pyo? Well, for those who want to have an idea, here are some insights and psychological views on why Boys over Flowers (BOF) has created [...]
elisabeth baumgart
inkblots
POSTING old grade school pictures on the World Wide Web, for the whole wide world to see should be a crime.
The act should be punishable by law.
A lifetime of ugly pictures and poorly developed self-portraits should be the punishment. Legislators should definitely look into that, instead of deciding what streets to name after [...]
Karl Aries Emerson F. Cabilao
“We all love good music, good company and Love God above all things. We never start or end a gig without praying. I guess it’s the force which makes us stronger as a band and that’s how we will stay bonded,” says Michael Allen Pio Catubay, vocalist of Mic.Express.
Truly, the heavens [...]
WANTING to educate the youth about sex does not make one “anti-God,” said Rep. Benhur Salimbangon (Cebu, 4th district) in reacting strongly against name-calling by critics of the proposed reproductive health bill.
Salimbangon is one of the 34 signatories of the proposed “Act Providing for a National Policy on Reproductive Health, Responsible Parenthood and Population Development.” [...]
By Darwin John Moises and Michelle Mendez-Palmares
Singlestalk
Michelle: For those who have just been hurt or are still hurting over broken vows or broken promises or are learning to cope with the recent heartbreak, now is the time for healing. It’s hard to pick up the pieces and start over. Harder when one hasn’t let go [...]