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Dapat Nga Bang Gamiting Dahilan ang Kahirapan?
On the Importance of Being Legally Righteous Maraming Filipino ngayon ang nagagalit sa gobyerno ng Indonesia dahil sa pagpapataw nito ng parusang kamatayan sa isang Filipina na nahuling may bitbit na droga papasok ng
Read More »Ano Nga Ba ang mga Bagay o Gawain na Dapat Ikahiya?
On the Hypocrisy behind Guilty Pleasures and on What Activities One Should Be Really Guilty Of May mga tao na merong mga kinagigiliwang bagay o gawain subalit ayaw nila itong ipaalam sa iba. Dalawa
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Much Ado about After-a-Period Spacing: A Matter of Choice, Really (Just Be Consistent)
The use of single space versus double space in typing documents has long been a matter of debate for many writers. Many individuals from either camp insist that their spacing style is the correct
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Aha! a-ha!
The Return of a-ha…Again Formed in Oslo, Norway, in 1982, the band a-ha—led by Paul Waaktaar-Savoy, Morten Harket, and Magne Furuholmen—had disbanded five years ago. That was a sad news especially for those who
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Imbes na Tayo Ay Magtulungang Dalawa
On the Universality of so-called Crab Mentality Sabi ng isa kong katrabaho na Puti, papasok raw siya sa trabaho nang marinig niya sa radio na ang pinag-uusapan ay yung tinatawag daw na crab mentality.
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Another Interesting Year in Music
On Some Alternative Rock Albums in 2014 part 3 of 3 This is the conclusion of a three-part article listing new albums that were released in 2014. They prove that there will always be
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Another Interesting Year in Music
(On Some Alternative Rock / New Wave Albums in 2014) (part 2) In the last issue, I featured 25 Alternative Rock albums that were released in 2014. They are proofs that there would always
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Another Interesting Year in Music
On Some Alternative Rock / New Wave Albums in 2014 (part 1) As I have done for a few years now, I write my end-of-the-year article listing albums released in the previous year. This
Read More »Bakit Mas Mala-Fiesta ang Pasko at Bagong Taon sa Pilipinas?
On Why Christmas and New Year Celebration in Cold Countries Is Not as Festive “We are the children of our landscape [and weather too]; it dictates behavior and even thought in the measure to
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Have a Taste of Persian World Music
An Album Review of Sehrang’s Dar Lahze, 2014 The force of World music is strong in this one. In Dar Lahze, the début album of Sehrang, the cultural origin of its members is inevitably
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