Ang Kape Ni LaTtEX

A debate has been raging in the United States the past week over the announcement of several Hispanic artists and a recording studio of their intention to record the Star Spangled Banner in Spanish.
Of course a lot of people aren’t happy about it.
Michelle Malkin sums it up in one nice question: Who’s anthem, who’s flag, [...]

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The other day, my sister texted me the following message while I was in my office desk:
“jon, and2 nko top draw, magsasgn na ng 2yrs contrct training sa 2008 pa ako work pero pwde ako freelance o part tme work na graphc artst”
See, my sister has been job hunting after she finished additional training for [...]

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The double issues of The Da Vinci Code and The Gospel of Judas and the reaction of hardline Christians got me thinking and questioning a lot.
And no I am not questioning whether TDVC or TGOJ were worth paying attention to, or wondering whether they were true or not. I was questioning the most common worry [...]

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I have never understood the tradition of self-flagellation.
Sure it’s supposed to be some sort of sacrifice and penance for all the wrongs that one has done in their lives. But if a person finds himself joining the flagellants each and every season of Lent, then it becomes a senseless, futile exercise tantamount to insulting God [...]

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The Light Rail Transit 1 has been implementing a scheme since 2001 (if I recall correctly) wherein its first passenger carriage is reserved exclusively for females, the disabled, the elderly, and passengers tugging very young children along. Beginning April 1st, the Metro Rail Transit along EDSA began implementing the same scheme, reserving the first car [...]

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When someone says “life is unfair”, it often means something bad happened to that person. Most people don’t realize the duality that “fairness” implies. So I’ll invoke that duality in saying that “life is unfair” because something lucky is happening to me.
I guess you’re wondering why.
Early the other evening an HR officer called me asking [...]

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