From time to time, I visit Newseum to get some newspaper frontpages and study them. I wanted to study the principles and trends of newspaper design. I cannot help but encounter some images that I find weird, not only because of the composition but the grossness of the image itself. MORE »
Just as we thought that Forbidden Questions in Good Times With Mo (Magic 89.9, Wednesday, 6am-9am) is just about celebrities washing their dirty linens on air, today’s guest is Sen. Francis “Chiz” Escudero. MORE »
I maybe corny at laughing at those Inday jokes, supposedly Margarita Saring Lumaban in real life whose a househelp of Doña Anna Prieto. But I guess understanding the underlying thought for these kinds of jokes, and other jokes in general, would help us explain why jokes are jokes (read: funny). MORE »
In the past few days I have been listening to Max FM 103.5. Though I wasn’t able to hear the music when they were still in the old format of Klite, I think their music is better, since they are playing songs from the past. FM radios are already saturated by current pop and novelty songs, but 103.5 plays songs of Backstreet Boys, N’Sync, TLC, Eminem, John Meyer, Jason Mraz, etc. These are songs that I grew up with and songs that I know off when I was still a student. MORE »
One of the things I like on the elections in the Philippines is the creativity of the candidates in coming up with catchy and attention grabbing political advertisements and jingles. Especially in the national level, these candidates will try everything they can to reach the electorate and embbed in their minds that they are the right person to vote. MORE »
The local Philippine National Police has just given me a reason to continue to manage the municipality’s newspaper. MORE »
