Ang Kape Ni LaTtEX

I’ve been a member of the Pwede Na! Complete Pinoy Guide to Personal Finance Yahoogroup since 2004, ever since I’ve bought the book, but I rarely join the discussions there. However, an email sent by a member of the group containing yet another analysis of the country’s problems caught my ire, which started a fiery [...]

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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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There’s been an email circulating around the net lately, entitled “bus incident at ayala ave.”
It contains 12 pictures of a man with his skull apparently crushed flat. Several of the pictures show chunks of his grey matter splattered across the road, while the rest show the body being taken by police coroners.
I received two versions [...]

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