Write!

One of the unfortunate side-effects of the rise of Facebook is that kids nowadays have actually drifted further and further away from writing. Not banging away quick and easy retorts to Facebook comments and current events; not the tortured compositions that pass for profundity in various status updates throughout the social webs; not the gonzo […]

Resting in peace

Resting in peace and moving us only by their memories, legacies, and wisdom. Under ordinary circumstances, that ought to be the extent of our dearly departed’s influence on current events. Instead, we see their names popping up on the list of voters, giving rise to specters of flying voters and electoral fraud. The main reason […]

Asalto for Jose Rizal

This piece was originally published on another blog of mine. http://www.jamesjimenez.com/angtiwarik/2012/06/19/asalto-jose-rizal-pepe/  – James I was privileged to have been invited to the blogger’s night of the Knights of Rizal – Asalto Para Kay Pepe. Unfortunately, I couldn’t stay long and had to bail just before a descendant of Rizal took the stage. By that time, […]

Vote WISELY

The tweet du jour yesterday was [blackbirdpie url=”https://twitter.com/ItsYourJasmine/status/329257710522621953″] Medyo corny, as these jokes go, but that’s a pretty fair question. Sino nga ba si wisely? With the caveat that you should consider these words to be a starting point for your own decision making, let’s go! Wisely is a candidates who is Willful, who has […]

The Pedestrianisation of Xmas

Christmas remains relevant to many people, for many personal reasons. However, if one were to look beyond the personal warm-and-fuzzies, one cannot help but be saddened by the fact that this once most exuberant of holidays has been muted. Gone are the trapping of Christmas – the brightly colored lanterns,if they are there at all, […]

13th Senator

Here’s the video of the Chairman speaking about the possible thirteenth Senatorial slot for the 2013 elections. In summary, the COMELEC’s concerns revolve around two things: first, the instructions to the PCOS; and second, how the various political parties will configure their slates. To explain: Instructions to PCOS, not changes to the ballot. Ordinarily, the […]