December 2011
11 posts
2011 is almost over. Send me a mesage, something...
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Paalala lang...
…Tumatangap din ako ng regalo, baka ‘di ninyo alam. Kahit pinaglumaang libro, pinaglumaang damit mula sa dekada ‘70 at unang bahagi ng dekada ‘80, pinaglumaang sapatos (muli, mula sa dekada ‘70 at unang bahagi ng dekada ‘80), pinagsawaang mga plaka (sana puro jazz o funk o Motown Soul), lumang kotse (mas maganda kung mula sa dekada ‘70), lumang cellphone (‘yung may music player), lumang...
Dear Twilight fans,
Please realize that because vampires are dead and have no blood pumping through them, they can never get an erection. Enjoy fantasizing about that. Sincerely, Logic
“The Conjugal Dictatorship of Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos”, Primitivo Mijares(+), 1976, Union Press International, USA.
An ‘eye-opener’, that’s all I can say about it. Too bad it took me this long to be able to read a copy. It’s long overdue, but as they say, better late than never.
November 2011
12 posts
In Defense of the High Waisted Trouser
It’s no secret that while the perennially trend-setting Duke of Windsor loved his Scholte coats, he opted to have his trousers made across the pond in New York City. Word is he favored the lower-rise, sometimes pleat-free American cut over the traditional British style with its double pleats and high natural waist. He wasn’t alone, and the twentieth century (with the...
Double Breasted Tweed
The late actor David Niven of Pink Panther and Around the World in 80 Days fame is, in the photograph below, wearing two objects worthy of emulation. The first is his cream colored gabardine trousers, something so rarely seen that they stimulate frequent and generally positive comment while complementing a variety of jackets. The other is his even rarer double breasted tweed. In my opinion,...
How do I solve a problem like my boss?
My boss, the benevolent slavedriver.
Dr. Jose V. Abueva. He will help set you free.
“Life is a complicated thing, is it not? So many complications, so many complexities. But I guess that’s what makes life interesting.”
- Dr. Jose V. Abueva, November 25, 2010.
Jose Veloso Abueva is the former president of the University of the Philippines (UP) from 1987 to 1993. A Ten Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) awardee for political science in 1962, he has devoted much of...
Kalayaan College. It will set you free.
If you’re still of the belief that the University of the Philippines (UP) is the only institution that can deliver the highest quality of education in the country, you probably haven’t of Kalayaan College yet.
Kalayaan College is now the home of students who failed to make it to UP because the state university can only admit less than 3,300 students every year. Located just...
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