Nagbabasang Pinoy

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Monthly Archives: August, 2011

A First Timer’s Notes on Boracay

I’ve never been to Boracay until last weekend and if my sassy gay friend didn’t badger me into going, I would’ve gone on with my whole uncool, totally lame existence … Continue reading

August 24, 2011 · 1 Comment

The Road

I got my first taste of depressing post-apocalyptic fiction in high school with Stephen King’s The Stand. It has been more than a decade since I picked up that book … Continue reading

August 18, 2011 · Leave a Comment

The Phallus and the Gods

A BBC news report on the controversial “phallic” art exhibit at the Cultural Center of the Philippines landed on the website’s top ten most read articles earlier today, most likely … Continue reading

August 9, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Why I Probably Can’t Live Off of Blogging

Whenever my non-blogger friends find out that I have a blog, they’d often give me this piece of advice: “You should make money from it! Then you can quit your … Continue reading

August 6, 2011 · 2 Comments

A Game of Thrones

Okay I confess: I only picked up A Game of Thrones because of the hype. I’m not really crazy about the science fiction genre or stories set in medieval times. … Continue reading

August 4, 2011 · Leave a Comment

On Christopher Lao (Because this is Important)

I had to delete two posts on Twitter on the Christopher Lao hoopla after realizing (albeit belatedly) that they were nothing more than mean, insensitive and unnecessary attacks against a … Continue reading

August 4, 2011 · 34 Comments
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