RE: Christmas Exchange Gifts

“Exchange gifts” – whether straight-up random exchanging of gifts among participants, “Kris Kringle”, “Secret Santa”, “Manito/Manita”, or whatever variation of it – is a popular feature of the current Christmas season culture we are familiar with.  When done right, it is incredibly fun for everyone.  However, when commercialism starts touching the activity, prices of the gifts are compared and assessed; murmuring and frowns are stirred; disappointment is cultivated on the hearts; and, worst of all, goodwill is ruined – thus, the whole...

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Floodgates at "Unified" Live

"Unified" - whose logo is a clever throwback to United - is a project of "God Has the Answer" (GHTA) Church.  (In which, the YOUnyTH concert last October was an "appetizer" for this event.)  "Unified" had two phases.  The first phase was the production of the "Unified" album.  The tracks of the album are original compositions of the participating bands; Floodgates, my band, was one of those bands, and our contribution was "Pangako" (composed by our bassist).  The "studio recording" of the album was done at GHTA's church....

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Chain of Thoughts: Pac-Man Remains the Champion in My Book

It’s really funny that the loss of Pacquiao has more effect on me than the destruction and death caused by the typhoon “Pablo”.  The loss of Pacquiao stings and gave a blue let-down.  But I was generally apathetic with the tragedy brought by “Pablo” (I was just glad it didn’t hit us).   I know most Filipinos are like this, too.  That’s something to think about. This defeat was really devastating.  But, in a way,...

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RE: Superior Spider-Man (Or "Why Peter Parker Should Remain As Spider-Man")

As part of Marvel NOW! – my thoughts on which I’ve already shared a while back – Spider-Man is going to undergo a very big change.  Spider-Man’s flagship comicbook, The Amazing Spider-Man, is going to end with its 700th issue, which will come out this late December.  It’s going to be replaced with Superior Spider-Man, its first issue coming out this upcoming January.  Something will happen in Amazing #700 that will change the Spider-Man...

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"It is my joy and prayer, that by making a fool of myself, you will be led to Christ."

I have some knack on making people laughThose who know me can attest to thisHowever, though I have wit, the best comedy I’ve ever created was not through cleverness But through crazy, over-the-top anticsI’m somewhat of a clownA jesterA foolI have no problem in making myself ridiculous and nutty if necessary to arouse laughterSo there was not much difficulty when I was given the chance to do miming(Technically, it’s pantomiming.  But those guys...

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Top 10 Cyborgs

There are times in fiction that the word “cyborg” is misused to identify some robotic or android characters.  Technically, a cyborg, which is short for “cybernetic organism”, is someone that has both organic and synthetic parts – a combination of flesh and machine.  Most of the time, cyborgs are depicted as former humans that have been given cybernetic or mechanical parts, whether as replacement for body parts that have been lost in a tragedy,...

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Top 10 Fictional Characters That Have Super Strength

Super strength is the most cliché among superpowers.  The power of flight is its only rival for the title of “most unoriginal power there is.”  So with super strength being the most common of superpowers, there are tons of fictional characters that have this as his power.  My ten here are the characters who I think brought something novel about super strength and whose character developments and portrayals were significantly helped...

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Top 10 Superhero Teams

When I wrote my “top 10 fictional organizations” list, I explained that I haven’t considered any superhero team to be included in it since a whole new list can be made from the subject.  This is that list.  10.) LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMENThis team is not actually made up of the traditional costumed, superpowered individuals that we identify as “superheroes” but it instead consists of iconic characters of Victorian era literature....

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