Last week, AFP Chief of Staff Hermogenes Esperon Jr. visited the University of the Philippines Diliman to attend a forum on development and conflict organized by the Assocation of Political Science Majors.  On his way out of the forum, Esperon was pelted with rotten eggs and mud by members of the University Student Council and other student ( Read more... )

POSTSCRIPT: My Thai friend just emailed to tell me that one of the reasons the military decided to push through with the coup was because Thaksin was planning on declaring a state of emergency when he got back to deal with the pro-democracy protesters once and for all.  Makes you wonder about the AFP.

Watching the breaking news of Thailand's Thaksin ( Read more... )

I finally caught The Day After Tomorrow last weekend (thank God for cable).  There really is nothing as visually entertaining as seeing Manhattan destroyed by a 50-foot sheet of ice and snow.  It's schadenfreude but imagining the annihilation of Western civilization, with Americans pathetically fleeing the border into Mexico, is the kind of ( Read more... )

I'm interrupting regular blogging to write about something I ordinarily dislike: DotA.

But if you combine DotA, a Euro DJ and hot Scandinavian blondes...you have a truly WTF music video.

DELICATE
Damien Rice

We might kiss when we are alone
When nobody's watching
We might take it home
We might make out when nobody's there
It's not that we're scared
It's just that it's delicate

So why do you fill my sorrow
With the words you've borrowed
From the only place (that) you've known
And why do you sing Hallelujah
If it means nothing to you
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I will indulge in a bit of astronomical geeking out here to mark the passing of one that all of us have grown up with:


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One of the things that's always bothered me about Manila was the lack of things to do, besides the run-of-the-mill malling-coffeshop-bar routine.  For example, we don't have any watersports or nature parks within the metropolis (I have friends who dragonboat on Pasig, but that's not an activity for the faint-hearted).  The lack of diversity is one ( Read more... )

I had my midterms for my Globalization class today.  It's been awhile since I've done a real exam.  My hand feels like it wants to fall off after all that writing.

But it was worth.  I got the best exam question of my life:

Which of the following global personalities can best optimize globalization's advantages and mitigate its faults?  Explain fully ( Read more... )

POPULAR MECHANICS FOR LOVERS
Beulah

I know he knocks you off your feet
You’re so bitter; you think he’s sweet
Well he’s wrong for you, I swear

Did you forget to read the script?
There was never a role for him
It was always you and me, just me

Popular mechanics for broken hearts could help me now

I know you never felt romance
And we always lack ( Read more... )