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Who Was Your First Online ‘Penpal’?
(My First Email of You) Noong mga panahong di pa uso ang Internet, isa sa mga libangan ng maraming tao e ang makipagpalitan ng sulat sa mga kaibigan o kakilala sa iba’t ibang lugar.
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Favorite Albums Part 6
Back to 1973 Progressive Rock When I’m in the mood for some cerebral music, I listen to either Classical or Progressive Rock. Some of my favorite Progressive Rock albums were released in 1973. I
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Favorite (’80s-Released) Albums (Part 5)
Here are 13 of my favorite 1980s-released albums. My having discovered as early as the late ’70s to the early ’80s bands like Blondie (“Heart of Glass”), The Cars (“My Best Friend’s Girl”), The
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Favorite Album Part 4
Metal is another broad genre of music, from the sappiest and catchiest Glam/Pop Metal ballads to the most brutal Death Metal grinders, to the most blasphemous Black Metal rituals and the most neck-breaking Thrash
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Money Is Good! I Love It! Don’t You?
Ang pera e neutral. Nagiging masama lang kung gagamitin sa masama. Kaya ang halaga o importansya ng pera ay depende sa taong gumagamit nito. Kung papalarin akong tumama ng milyung-milyong dolyar, e ba’t hinde?
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Favorite Albums Part 3
For this issue, I have featured four of my favorite albums that featured complex music. David Bowie – David Bowie (1967) (“Uncle Arthur”) I first heard the music of David Bowie in the ’70s
Read More »Mas Mabuti Nang Nabuhay Ako sa Panahong Ito kaysa Kahapon
(On the Importance of the Information Age and the Neutrality of Social Media Marami ang bumabatikos sa social media, lalo na sa Facebook—na kesyo panay kabulastugan lang daw ang nababasa rito at pagsasayang lang
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Favorite Albums Part 2
For this issue, I focused on my favorite Punk-classifiable albums. Of course, when talking about Punk music, the usual suspects would be The Ramones, The Sex Pistols, The Clash, and Dead Kennedys—which I personally
Read More »Isa Ka Bang Tunay na Kaibigan?
(On the Essence of Being a True Friend) Tanong niya sa akin, “Paano mo ba malalaman kung ang isang tao ay isang tunay at tapat na kaibigan? Yun bang madaling utangan o matakbuhan pag
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Favorite Albums Part 1
Every music fan surely has her own favorite songs or, better yet, albums that she will surely carry with her on a no-return trip to a deserted island. And the reasons behind such choices
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