Ang Kape Ni LaTtEX

Well, it is and it isn’t. No spoilers here — at least nothing direct.
I watched Cloverfield last night and while to say that the conception of such a creature is awesome would be an understatement, the movie really wasn’t about the monster.
Surprisingly, it is a movie about people: the person who held the camera to [...]

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Have you ever been fired because of boredom?
I have, and I’m not proud of it, and that’s a story that I’d talk about some other day. But I can relate with these Japanese guys who have been reprimanded for contributing to Gundam’s wikipedia entry. 260 times. Using the Japanese ministry of agriculture’s computers.
Reminds me of [...]

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Last night Melynn and I were finally able to watch Dreamgirls.
When the part came where Effie White (Jennifer Hudson) was going to be replaced by Michelle Morris (Sharon Leal), Melynn noted that Sharon looked Filipina.
Well, IMDB confirms that Sharon Leal indeed is of Filipino and African-American descent.

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Manila Times columnist Rome Jorge, a colleague and good friend, wrote a wonderful editorial published on the Times last Sunday.
To quote:
At its finest, the Church embraces science and reason. It tolerates differences of opinion. It nurtures debate, criticism and reflection. It can even simply enjoy a book or a movie. Such sobriety comes with maturity.
The [...]

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