Eid Mubarak! Today marks the celebration of Eid al-Adha also known as the Feast of the Sacrifice, a non-working holiday for the benefit of our Muslim brothers and sisters. Since the Philippine population is predominantly Catholic, acknowledgment of the feast of the sacrifice as a legitimate holiday could have only been an afterthought. As a […]
A game that began with just stealing cars and being chased by cops has evolved to a satire of life’s entirety. The minds from Rockstar North and Rockstar Games have mastered the sandbox-type games with previous instalments like Red Dead Redemption and are now just showing off. Welcome to the fictional city of Los Santos, […]
‘If only’ is a rough English translation of ‘sana dati.’ It is also a thought that weighs on our heads on occasion, and at times, it is one of the more poignant questions we can ask: ‘If only I had done this,’ ‘if only this didn’t happen,’ would things be different? That sense of regret, […]
Apple’s much-anticipated operating system, iOS 7, was finally released in full version after months of beta testing. Announced last June 10 at the World Wide Developer’s Conference in San Francisco, this colorful new way of operating iOS devices has been on every fanboy’s radar since that day. Since its worldwide revelation, media outlets were abuzz […]
A ten foot wall inscribed with the words, “Da Vinci – THE GENIUS” stands tall upon the entrance of the exhibit, greeting guests with a friendly introduction of the mysteries left behind of the quintessential Renaissance man, Leonardo Da Vinci. The travelling exhibition hailing from Melbourne, Australia has finally made its way to the Philippines […]
You are a male teenager. You are testosterone-pumped, thrill-seeking and adventurous. You’re very iffy about people whom you don’t know yet are open-minded. You live in Las Piñas while your school is in Manila. Suddenly and inadvertently, the mayor decides to ban all buses to the city. What do you do then? That’s right. You […]
Welcome to the gates of hell. This appellation was bestowed upon Manila a few months back by Da Vinci Code author Dan Brown, who had not even encountered LRT during rush hour, else he would have known the true meaning of hell. “Blasphemy!” mutter some, shaking their heads upon hearing the cognomen. “He speaks the […]
“The more you rush, the more you are delayed” this native Moroccan proverb haunts me whenever I’m engulfed with fast decision making. With the rush of a decision, comes the punishment of its consequences. These challenges present themselves at the most awkward circumstances and surviving the given due to certain decisions has been the spotlight […]
While reading this article, please imagine the fast speed sequence used in existential movies in which the character remains motionless while the people around him or her are moving fast. This would enhance the excitement and feel of this article about current Filipino trends that will be able to defend through the tests of time […]
Rating: With a vision of a world full of superheroes, Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson) comes back as Kick Ass along with co-stars Chloë Moretz as Mindy Macready a.k.a. Hit Girl, Christopher Mintz-Plasse as Chris D’Amico and new character Colonel Stars and Stripes played by Jim Carrey. A follow up to 2010’s Kick Ass, part two […]