This post is a continuation of the active discussion on my post entitled “The Grand Engagement of Romance and Politics“, with special attention to the issue of the Eastern views of the Western’s valuing of the family, more specifically on the American Family.
I don’t presume to judge other cultures’ ideas of family. It irks me when people outside the U.S. [...]

After Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao sent Ricky Hatton into sleep on his back on the canvass from a solid left hook; gained the admiration of many by being the greatest Filipino boxer and if not the greatest boxer of his generation; made the pockets of politicians swell with cash after winning big time with their bets in Vegas; and uniting once [...]

image by hypertextlondonFor all those who may not have catch the news but are watching the American Idol faithfully in last few days, and for all my avid fans, faithful readers and commenters (which is actually only a handful of them, hurray! ehehe!), here are the headlines from blog posts about news and politics for the past week that certainly [...]

image by kenyonThey had made it public alas, at a time when so many politicians especially those who are aspiring for the highest position in our land are mustering all their efforts and riches to make their names register on the short attention span and memory of the voting public and hopefully get their precious votes too come May 2010 [...]

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The Court of Appeals has laid silent its gavel; Lance Corporal Daniel Smith is not guilty and is now a free man.
He can now loose weight, get back to his old great shape when he raped Nicole in Subic, be back in the service of the US Military if and only if he is acquitted by the US [...]

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The once refuge of the people through its perceived inner sanctum despite the pervading immoralities of corruption, cheating and lies in the government has become a laughing stock of the people. This place may not be a place of holies of holies nonetheless, the public so long been thirsting for transparency, accountability and the elusive truth found [...]

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I really appreciate all of you my blogger friends for all your prayers and affection to what I and my family are individually and collectively going through right now. Certainly all your prayers and kind messages to me are sources of strengths in this time of trial. Today, permit me not to talk about [...]

I have not been able to make a post for the last 5 days. My blogging big brother Jan already sent me an email which only now that I have read asking what happened to me. They haven’t even seen my shadow on the blogosphere.
So many news already happened, with the most prominent that of Ted Failon. [...]

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The Lord is risen. He is truly risen!
This is one Easter greeting from the Eastern Church that they do still practice today. But for us 21st century Christians, we simply greet Happy Easter, and so there goes the egg hunt and the dancing bunnies in the malls to our hearts’ delight.
One great thing that this day [...]

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What a way to get back at blogging after missing the blogosphere as I went to Hong Kong…ows sorry, from the hospital for a couple of days.
Today is Maundy Thursday but I just can’t simply temper my feeling of joy after alas, I won the top spot at Jaypee’s blog on technology, gadgets and blogging tricks as [...]