MA, THERE'S NEWSPAPER iN MY PORRiDGE

I first started reading the newspaper when I was 7 years old, damn young I know.

I know when the regular newspaper boy would arrive at my uncle's gate.  When he does, I would then rush to my uncle and beg for the kiddie section.  if he isn't home, I have to agonizingly wait for him to arrive.  My uncle hates it when I fumble the newspaper first before him, since my little hands would create dreaded creases everywhere on the print.  I would just have to wait for him to hand me my part of the newspaper.

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THE ATTACK OF THE CURSiNG CHAiN TEXT MESSAGES

Do you love God?
I DO.
Say, Lord I love You very much.
Pass this message to 14 people.
If you don't do this before 2011 ends, an important person in your life will leave you!
You are an important person for me, so I forwarded this message to you.  Don't think about the load credits you will waste.  It's just 14 people.
Please pass..

Seriously?!

Yet I received another of these infamous text message from my gullible friends.  And another one.  And another.  Same text message.  Different friends.  They have been passing the message around in the same circle of people.  Unfortunately I became an unwilling part of this shit.

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WHAT iF: A CREEPY STORY

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"Nadakpan na ang aswang! [The aswang has been captured!]"

It was already dark, but a neighbor came to our house and told my parents about the good but eerie news.  With that, my mother and father went out of the house with our neighbor to check the news' validity.

"Pang-lock mog bintana ug pultahan.  [Lock the windows and doors]", father said.  I was left to take care of my two younger sisters.  As they left, I hurriedly locked the doors and all the windows.

In the middle of our small, unfinished house, we sat and waited.

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THE GEEK WHO TRiED TO DANCE Part 4

[Part 1 here]

[Part 2 here]

[Part 3 here]

First elimination was finally over before 10pm.

The seniors will have a closed-door meeting and decide which of the auditioners have the potential to be part of the their dance group.  Successful auditioners would be contacted in the next few days.

First audition was more of a practice.  A routine was taught to us, and the seniors judge us by gauging our performance and ability to grasp the steps easily.

Exhausted, hungry, and dripping in perspiration, my co-auditioners and I went home.

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FREE iCED AMERiCANO FOR JEFF

There's an ongoing promo in all Starbucks outlets wherein a random lucky customer gets a free drink of his/her choice.

After ordering my favorite iced Americano, my 'lucky' receipt included an uncommonly long sheet of instructions, and they were thoroughly explained to me by the barista:

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BiSDAK ADVENTURES: WHY ANTS IN BISAYA FLY

Culture-shocked.  Well that sums up my first days in Luzon.

The typical Bisaya.

When I spoke Tagalog, I felt uneasy and disturbed.  I was always laughed at because of my innate tendency to release my Bisaya accent.

Living in Luzon was like living in a primetime TV soap opera, and I was the alienated flower vase.

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WESTERN VERSUS ORiENTAL MOViES

Although majority of the world's movie industry is governed by the popular Hollywood insignia, and thus the reign of Western movies, my favorite film as of date is still 2002's Asian hit HERO by Zhang Yimou -- undefeated in my book for 9 years (and counting) of being a film enthusiast.

Let's try then to compare Western movies and Asian movies according to genre.  I pointed out the trademarks of a Western movie and an Asian movie in each category.  Read along and see if you would agree with me.

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THE GEEK WHO TRiED TO DANCE PART 3

[Part 1 here]

[Part 2 here]

It was around 7pm.  School building lobby.  There were a lot of people, 20 at least, waiting for instructions for the first audition elimination of my school's famous dance group.

That morning I received a text message that I was shortlisted.  So, yeah, I was a part of that crowd.

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