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Green Spikers reinforces final four bid

It was not sweeter the second time around as the Taft-based Spikers yielded against league leader FEU Tamarraws in the 25-20, 20-25, 25-20, 19-20, 11-15 thriller last February 1 for the UAAP Season 74 Men’s Volleyball competition. Five Green Spikers’ double-digits performance, led by former Rookie of the Year Myco Antonio with 19 points 12…

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Time and time again

Time. The word itself screams out many ideas, dreams, systems, methods, formulas, etc,. The subject of time is so broad because people talk about it a lot. One of the most obvious reasons for man’s fascination over time is the thought that it affects everyone. Time dictates our movements; we cannot escape from it. Using…

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Shadows of yesterday

In the past, a typical scene in our household would often include a small, eight-year-old girl who would tug her mother’s shirt and would whisper, “My chest is hurting”. “How much does it hurt?” “Very much.” “Okay, anak. Give me ten minutes and we will pay the clinic a visit.” I was that girl. Despite…

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Rant and Rave: ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’

Based on the novel by Stieg Larsson, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo tells the story of Mikael Blomkvist (Daniel Craig), a man in pursuit of uncovering the mystery revolving around a girl rumored to have been murdered forty years prior.  With the aid of professional computer hacker, Lisbeth Salander (Rooney Mara), Blomkvist discovers much…

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Rant and Rave: ‘The Fault in Our Stars’ by John Green

Many Young Adult novels are full of clichés and are redundant with their boy-meet-girl plotlines. Although it almost always happens, it is not always a bad thing, case and point, The Fault in Our Stars by John Green. In this novel, Green, the award-winning author of Looking for Alaska, tells a heart-wrenching tale of a…

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Rant and Rave: ‘Mamma Mia!’

Last year, when the World’s No. 1 show announced that it would be calling Manila home for a month, thousands were thrilled. Now that 2012 has come, Benny Anderson and Björn Ulvaeus’ Mamma Mia has, in a similar fashion, drawn a large audience. The story of “A mother, a daughter. Three possible dads and a…

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A Mount Banahaw Adventure

Mountain climbing is not for the faint of heart. Yet, the Philippines is dotted with many peaks worth visiting. This month, the Menagerie gives you a view from the top, on a mountain climbing expedition that you may want to try or die trying. The climb Mount Banahaw is a three-peaked volcano complex located between…

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Cracking the cookie

Bits and pieces of wisdom are stored in the smallest of spaces, and one of the most popular places where we store them are in  fortune cookies. In contrast to popular belief, fortune cookies are not of Chinese origin. According to infoplease.com, these cookies are actually an American invention. Fortune cookies are sweet treats with…

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Lady Spikers’ blocking denies Ateneo, inches closer to back-to-back crown

DLSU’s blocking is back. The DLSU Lady Spikers tallied 12 block kills to seize Game 2 of the UAAP Women’s Volleyball Finals’ series against the Ateneo Lady Eagles last Saturday, February 25. Home of the last four league’s top blockers in the past five seasons, including back-to-back Best Blocker Michelle Gumabao, the Lady Spikers reconstructed…

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Rant and Rave: Ateneo-La Salle The Musical

Everyone knows about the rivalry between Ateneo De Manila University and De La Salle University.  Both universities have and still have duels on multiple stages. During the UAAP season for example, die-hard fans flock to the Araneta Coliseum and take sides rooting for their school of choice—which includes a slight bashing on the other team.…