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24 September 2003
Why didn't anyone tell
me the new season of SEX AND THE CITY started already in HBO? I
managed to catch the start of 'Anchors Away' just in time.
(Samantha is stapling photocopies
of Richard Wright with the words LIAR, CHEATER in a lamppost. A
squad car pulls up.)
Lady Cop: Ma'am, you can't deface
public property.
Samantha: This man told me he
loved me, and I caught him eating another woman's p*****.
Lady Cop:...Carry on.
Comedy gold. |
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Just visited FRIENDSTER.COM.
Why? Because I saw the link on two separate occasions. Somewhere deep in
my subconscious, a thought occurs: this can't be a coincidence. What does
it mean? Elsewhere in my mind, the answer pops out: it means viral
marketing is at work. Duh.
Back to the review: I saw the website
promo and tour. I still don't see what makes it different from yahoogroups.
Perhaps if someone were to invite me to join (I'm looking at your
direction, duder)...
Check out the new FLASH-based banner
above. I'm changing the site to the black, BEERKUWATRO-themed background.
Hope you guys can caught my radio interview in DZUP Radio 1602 AM this Wednesday, September 24, 1pm.
I met Dr. Landicho, the writer of BULAKLAK NG MAYNILA.
L.
22 September 2003
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You want a
new strip?
I've got your new strip right
here.
L. |
Let us go back to the years 1990-1995...
| Remember the OPM back
then? Yano? The Eraserheads? River Maya? True Faith? Side A? The
Dawn? Alamid? Remember the music they played? These were songs you
formed memories with; these music formed the soundtrack of a stage
in our lives. (for me, it was college.) Do these bands have a
collective name, as Nirvana had grunge and Spandau Ballet had New
Wave? |
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To those who formed memories with these
songs in the background, I congratulate you. When a radio station plays
the random early 90's song, you will be flooded with your past.
L.
17 September 2003
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Because some reader requested it, I've
just uploaded more sketches from the upcoming STRICKEN. Visit the STRICKEN
mini-site for the images! |
Is it possible? BEERKADA strips are
available on your SMART MMS! Send BEERKADA ON to 288 and let the fun
begin! Only P10 per iStrip.
16 September 2003
Found, and bought, copies of THE
TERMINATOR and T2: JUDGEMENT DAY. I've been looking for these movies for
months! I plan to watch each one night at a time.
| THE TERMINATOR still
impresses some 20 years after its initial release. As the most
romantic movie that Jessica
Zafra has ever watched, T1 is interesting in comparison to its
two sequels. It turns out that not only Arnold Schwarzenegger
appeared in all three movies, but criminal psychiatrist Dr.
Silverman is also present. Michael Biehn (as Sgt. Kyle Reese) and
Lance Henriksen (as a terminated police detective) further starred
in Cameron's ALIENS. Finally, watch out for Rick Rossovich (ER?
Darryl hannah's clumsy crush in ROXANNE?) as Sarah Connor's
roomate's dirty-mouthed lover. Shoo. |
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Ah. My hobby as a movie collector
officially begins.
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I never quite bought the
idea of putting my thoughts in my website, or for other people to
put their thoughts through theirs (through services like Blogger).
It seems so self-absorbed, like that media darling/whore KC
Concepcion. I also take Mario Puzo's words to heart when he says
"never let the other guy even know what's in your
fingernails". |
That is why all you see here are updates
and immersions in pop culture.
L.
14 September 2003
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Just finished THE DRAWING OF THE
THREE. I am not addicted. It is a good story, though. Back to BOOKS
FOR LESS, for me.
Did-a-chick?
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I did not participate in the F4 concert.
I am not a fan of F4. I am too aware of the manipulation of the
masses. As a pop culture phenomenon, it is too obvious for my taste.
What I am also aware of is this conscious effort to know WHY I am
not watching it. Too much Nathaniel Branden influence, for my taste.
Next time, I'll do a completely
unconscious, fun thing in my life. I dream of Boracay.
L.
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12 September 2003
A funny thing happened in a birthday party
I attended tonight.
I met this guy through a mutual friend.
I introduced myself as the guy who did a logo for our mutual friend. He
introduced himself as the owner of www.beerkada.com.
Small world.
As some of you well know, the now-defunct
beerkada.com is about the pleasures of camaraderie through beer drinking.
It is also the reason I've contemplated changing the name BEERKADA to
WORKADA to avoid having the site from them.This isssue has been going
on for some two years already.
Among the dozen thoughts running through
my mind at that moment, the thing that stuck to my head the most was,
"Boy, this is gonna make the strip."
So stay tune for that one.
Some of you are asking for information
about BOOKS for LESS. If you click the image below, a popup message will,
uh...
pop up and provide the addresses and phone numbers for their branches.
I personally
will be a regular buyer in this bookstore. Remember Armchair
Reader? Remember how we bought from it sparingly and didn't become
members despite its low, low rates? Remember how it folded? I don't want
that to happen again to another good thing.
Do your share.
L.
10 September 2003
I've just installed a Tagboard for
your instant thoughts on any Beerkada/Beerkadet topic. Try it out! I
may phase out the forums on the right menu in advent of this new,
possibly better technology.
The Tagboard is brought to you by Tag-board.com.
I've also uploaded the final cover
for BEERKUWATRO. Check it out by clicking the banner above.
While roaming around the streets of
Ortigas early in the morning (What? I'm allowed to), I found this store
with a sign BOOKS FOR LESS in front. It was still closed (understandably,
since it was 6:20 in the morning). I peered into the glass door, and
contents inside were hardbound. Good omen.
| The big problem with
BOOK SALE is that all the good books have been purchased already by
the early buyers. A good advantage of this new bargain bookstore is
its relative obscurity. There may be a good find yet. |
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So I went in a day
later, and I did find a couple of worthy books. A reference to
firearms. Stephen King's THE DRAWING OF THE THREE (currently out of
stock in National Bookstore). A guide to digital coloring. I believe
I would be going back to this store regularly in the coming months. |
Har Har har.
Yes, I'm an addict, too.
L.
9 September 2003
I found this while visiting Beerkadet
Edrie's blog. Remember: the first step is accepting there's a problem.
The Dante's Inferno Test has banished you to the Second Level of Hell!
Here is how you matched up against all the levels:
Take the Dante's
Inferno Hell Test
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A great day yesterday. I had a successful
book signing in UST along with members of The Artists Den for the entire
day. Lots of attractive women in UST. Mmmm. Afterwards, I had a date with
a gorgeous, interesting woman. Mmmm.
For more exhibit goodness, click on
the image on the left.
Ah.
L.
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2 September 2003
There is an exhibit in UST
College of Commerce of which I am a part of. It is running this
entire week. I will be holding a book signing on Friday,
September5, 2003, from 10am to 4pm. With me are Ariel Atienza,
Ryan Orosco, perhaps Wilson Tortosa, and the boys from...you
know...that manga thing...no, that OTHER group...sheesh.
KITAKITS!!
I have known my mother for the
past 29 years. I can never shake the idea that she is the most
beautiful woman in the planet. I look at her, and I always see her
as that woman who is twice as tall as I am, and I am holding her
skirt while we visit the wet market. Now, she has strands of white
hair, is half a head smaller than me, and insists that I NEVER
listen to her, but to me, she is still the most beautiful woman in
the planet. It's not even looking past her age; I think each
strand of white hair, each line in her face, speaks of each year
that she has been there, each opportunity she forewent to look
after our welfare, each hug she never refused but always welcomed,
each heartbreak when she could never remove our difficulties, only
stand by and support us through it. I wonder: did she consciously
commit herself to be a beautiful mother, or she couldn't help
herself?
I think mothers have sons so that
they will always have men who think they are the most beautiful
women in the planet.
I have surrounded myself with
friends (?) I like and could relate with. Artists friends, Star
Trek geeks, Beerkada readers, and a smattering of odd characters.
I am living the life I want, and my life is headed i the direction
I want. But now, i must embrace a greater life. I life I had
not envisioned in my youth, because I did not see it then. A life
in enterprise(s), a life in subcultures I do not like yet I have
much to learn from, a life being spent as a part of a team if not
leading this team, a life of communal responsibility if not
leadership, a life becoming aware of a wider, wilder world out
there.
There are many reasons to do
this. To guard the borders of my nascent empire, to own ideas I
have not yet discovered, to seek out new life & new
civilizations, yadda yadda yadda. After attaining a state of
existence I have always wanted, I now seek to attain a state of
existence I will want soon enough.
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I
was looking around in Powerbooks for a book on improving self-esteem
during the last day of its SALE. And there it was on the discount
bin: HOW TO RAISE YOUR SELF-ESTEEM by Nathaniel Branden. P75. There
could have been a sticker on it saying: this is for YOU, Lyndon,
but that would have been too obvious.
Right now, I'm exploring my child
self and my teenage self. And I'm writing these series of self-revealing
snippets of my life.
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Mos
Eisley night was successful. I think that singer with the Cleopatra do
is cute as heck. Hihi.
L.
28 August 2003
There will be a local Star Wars
event called MOS EISLEY NIGHT on Sunday, August 31, 2003,
5pm onwards at Millennium Cafe near Kamuning Road, Quezon City.
Those to attend wearing a science fiction-oriented costume will
get a 20% discount from the entrance fee.
Be there.
L.
| My friend from Via-Astris,
the Philippine Star Trek Fan Club, is a geek in love. He is
in training for a call center in Ortigas and he has a thing
for a co-trainee. The trouble is, he is too torpe to
do anything about it, and ends up whining about his
predicament to the rest of the trekkies.
Being a Star Trek club, the
rest of us have seen our fair share of geek behavior,
including in matters of romance. So what can we do to help
our shy friend? Nothing. This guy can only help himself; no
amount of prodding can make him go after his paramour. As
such, this guy shouldn't be allowed to be given any chance
of mating unless he work up the courage to go after love.
On the other hand, there's
this other guy from the same club who got dumped by a girl.
He is bitter about it. I was right: when bitter about
a girl, keep silent and let it stew. Don't let the girl see
how it's affecting you.
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22 August 2003
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I was hunting this big rat in our house.
This sucker's one smart rat. I bought a rat cage and placed bait
months before, but it cleverly avoided it. It had a partner rat
once, but I caught it climbing down the kitchen sink and slammed
it with an aluminum basin. |
...So
this surviving rat lasted a bit longer. Finally, I bought rat poison
then stuffed a piece of fried chicken with it. The rat presumably took
it, and now is nicely decomposing at the back of a drawer in the shop. I
should remember to retreive it in the morning.
The original
Boopey texted
me tonight. She had a baby recently, and is about to graduate from law
school. Boopey updated me on the other members of our group: Dana and
Glen are in China.
Boopey
reminded how the years have passed. Where am I compared with these guys?
I am not about to get married yet (at least until I worked my issues
out) and not quite that rich. But time, indeed, has moved on. Where
will they be 5 years from now? Where will I?
L.
14 July 2003
I DATED AN FHM
GIRL?!
Check out this
month's issue of FHM, featuring Asia Agcaoli.
You go, girl.
I am listening to Norah Jones'
Grammy Award-winning album Come Away With Me (it's pirated,
but I bought th
e original CD for my brother's birthday, so
my guilt is somewhat assuaged). One song in particular, Cold
Cold Heart, caught my attention. It's basically about a girl
becomes aware that her man carries emotional baggage. |
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This is part of the answer I've been
looking for all these years. Yes, I've been carrying emotional
baggage, and my girl called my attention to it several times. The
so-called lessons that I've learned from my first break-up turned
out to hindrance to my next relationship. So the lesson I've
learned from that break-up is there is no lesson.
All this makes me think the so-called
lessons from all the shit that's happened to me needs to be
reexamined and see if they're holding me back from my objectives.
L.
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7 July 2003
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I
never got addicted to Reality
TV. I watch the occasional Fear Factor when a
contestant appears who, as a Mohawk-haired fellow contestant
describes, is "top-heavy". Maybe half of The Amazing Race
episode. But like some people with no taste for alcohol or
tolerance for cigarettes, I feel I have a gene that prevents
me from getting addicted to Reality TV. Or Pokemon. Or Harry
Potter. Or Meteor Garden. |
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Maybe it's
because I have a preference for the underdog compared to the
mainstream. I remember endorsing Marimar to everyone I
meet, then instantly dissing it once it acheived tremendous
popularity. Maybe it's because of too much information readily
available to me, I've subsconsciously made my selection of
information sources and instinctively shut out the rest. Or maybe
it's because I've sworn away things that don't really matter in
the end, like video games (I don't think I can put my highest
score on Save That Goldfish in my resume) or blogs. This
last point is exactly why I feel I'm missing out on life: Harry
Potter WILL be part of the world's pop cultural landscape, and I
haven't even watched the second movie version.
L.
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6 July 2003
I might as well make the STRICKEN
ashcan available online. Lord knows people will need to
read it as a preview to the mini-series. So when will
STRICKEN come out? When I feel the material can actually
support the required volume of sales.
L.
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4 July 2003
It's official:
the release of Beerkuwatro will be delayed by at least a month.
I've been finding
out the intricate process of color separation and learning through
trial-and-error what not to do when laying out the books. I felt
frustrated by the delay and begun wishing I took courses in the
printing process before going out on a limb with this full-color
business. After a few minutes, I realize that trial-and-error IS
my best educational process. Nothing bores through my skull more
effectively than the way I involve my emotions in the learning
process. I feel frustrated by the delay caused by my
ignorance. Details like the blurring of text due to CMYK printing
no longer become abstract concepts but real problems to be
overcome. I am resolved to not repeat my mistakes by
learning everything about color separation
I was correct:
every new book is an education for me. What I should fear is the
time when releasing a new book becomes a repetition of the
last.
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Where has my
enthusiasm gone?
The last thing I
got all excited about was X2. Matrix Reloaded didn't do it for me;
neither did The Hulk. I can't
find anything exciting about F4, unlike the rest of the
population. In fact, nothing looks good on TV. And I have nothing
for Harry Potter and his Order of the Phoenix.
Where is the
X-Files of my recent youth? Is all this waning enthusiasm a sign
of my growth towards a higher plane of existence? Or have I just
become jaded?
My last hope is
to watch a collection of violent Japanese films recently featured
in TIME magazine.
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- Battles
Without Honor and Humanity
- Battle Royale
II
- <-Tetsuo the
Iron Man
- Audition
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Joey
Fernandez, where art thou?
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An interesting
article from Ariel Atienza can be read by clicking here.
It deals with the halo effect we observe for things that are
irretrievably lost.
L.
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29 June 2003
I've been to
INTRAMUROS where they are holding shows and tiangges all year
round as part of WOW! PHILIPPINES. It's worth checking out. I may
even include it in a storyline just to promote it.
L.
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23 June 2003
| So Donita
Rose got married. I remember my close encounter with Donita
Rose in 1991. I was watching a movie in Megamall, and Donita
Rose was in line to buy popcorn. I excitedly whispered to a
friend, "Si Donita Rose!" I never forgot my
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"So
what?"
Donita Rose is
not an accomplished actress, singer, dancer, or rapper. She's
pretty, and she's an MTV VJ, and that's it. All of a sudden her
wedding becomes newsworthy. Well, this is a country that is
obsessed over long-haired Taiwanese pretty boys. I am not
surprised.
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20 June 2003
| I DATED A
PORN STAR?!
So I heard from Beerkadet Deacon
Frost that Asia Agcaolli appeared in Patricia Javier's
BARE-NAKED cd and I went, "WHAT?!" Last time
I checked, I dissed Asia on SINGLE
as a woman who drinks too much. Prior to that, Asia is the
same woman who got me drunk and hurling on national TV. So I
went and checked out this Playboy-inspired collection of
male fantasies and there she was, playing strip billiards
with Patricia.
I count this as pogi points for me.
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SINGLE girl Asia A. with
heartthrob Lyndon G.
BARE-NAKED with Patricia
Javier (note the same medallion on her neck)
Click
image to read accompanying strip.
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19 June 2003
ON TEAM SPORTS, HUMAN RELATIONS,
AND ISAAC NEWTON
I REMEMBER 1992.
1992 was the year that marked the last time I was required to do
anything resembling a sport. This was PE2 in UP Diliman, and I
think it was bowling. Two years afterwards, I took up PE for fun.
Fencing, archery, and some other cool James Bond-ish sports.
Before that, I
was required to take up PE for the entire four years of high
school. What made it worse was that I required to take TEAM
sports. With hindsight, I believe team sports were
especially difficult for me was because not only must I be
proficient in the mechanics of the game, but I had to know what my
team mates were thinking. We had to act as one.
In reading
business psychology (from my father's book collection), I learned
that human's can only work with so many people in a team.
They have to not only know each person, but how each person
relates with the rest of the team. This means for a team
with 7 members, you have to be aware of 42 different
relationships. The more people in a team, the more relationships
to keep track of, the greater strain in your mind (this sets the
upper limit on the economies of scale in the workforce).
I mention this
tidbit in relation to my nostalgic trip because I just realized I
have a lesser degree of keeping track of people than the average
person. I fear the corporate environment because not only do you
have to be good in your job but you have to work as a team. On
your way to the top, technical proficiency gives way to human
relations. Office politics enter the scene. Getting along with who
is more important than knowing what.
I could, of
course, master human relations through sheer will. But I'd rather
play on my strengths than improve my weaknesses (until necessity
forces me). But I am not a team player. I do not thrive on team
situations like some people.
One last thing:
I've been catching up on Isaac Newton's biography. It seems what
made him different from most people is his propensity to ask WHY.
Most people will not give another thought to falling apples, but
Newton followed through the reason why things are. Applying it to
my case, I could investigate WHY some people are better in teams
than others. And in sticking to that resolve, I might in the end
be as well-regarded as Newton. Lord knows I am as nutty as that
guy.
L.
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12 June 2003 (HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!)
CLICK
HERE to see the cover for BeerKuwatro. The cover is done once
more by Darna penciller Ryan Orosco. Ryan also did the layout for
the upcoming tarpaulin design for Beerkada's fourth collection.
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17 May 2003
| Did a little something
called HOGWARTS.
What if the WB channel bought the rights from J.K. Rowling
to turn Harry
Potter into a teen drama? This is what it would look
like... |
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| Now that the BEERKADA
are graduating, I've begun to notice that my crack
team of readers, the BEERKADETS, have also graduating
members in their ranks. How will that affect BEERKADA? Find
out by clicking on the left image. |
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| Did you know there's a
badminton game happening every Friday morning composed of
Beerkadets? It's around the Boni-Crame area. If you want
some exercise or just whip the a$$e$ outta us, text me at
0919-6862740 and we'll try to fit you in. Meanwhile, enjoy
the badminton-themed strips on the left. |
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L.
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16 May 2003
I need to print
BEERKUWATRO by the start of June so I can start distributing it by
July 2003. I have most of the colored strips (thanks to Beerkadets
Filler Aquino and Roy Afable) but I need to add more original
comic strips as well as a cover. I'm thinking a Sadako-inspired
motif.
I've uploaded
strips from BEERKUWATRO to the site. A featured strip will appear
every two days. Abangan!
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After the
characters graduate this month, I'm planning to change the title
of the strip to WORKADA, to reflect the real world where the guys
are headed as well as the more acceptable title which I hope will
meet with less resistance with school authorities. But I'm
encountering contrary opinions which suggest the retention of the
much catchier BEERKADA. What are your opinions? Click on the email
button and give it to me.
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My VHS is broken.
I would normally tape my favorite shows like ALIAS (both AXN's
first season and STUDIO 23's second season) and FUTURAMA, as it is
such a bother to wait for the scheduled broadcast to occur. And
now I'm missing out.
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I have an
irrational fear of video games. Ever since I've been fired from
work for playing a video game during training hours last 1998,
I've never touched the stuff since. I haven't missed much. All
those hours in front of the computer, achieving success that can
never be placed in a resume. What's the point? Who will remember I
killed 27 trolls in 2 hours?
Of course, the
price is I could never draw video game-related strips. The most
popular webcomics revolve around this topic. Go figure.
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10 hours to go
before Matrix:Reloaded. Enjoy THAT movie.
L.
23
April 2003
REVIEW:
EQUILIBRIUM
Do you know what
the problem is with every story that dealt with dystopia? Every
protagonist there was a wuss. From the shabby Winston Smith of 1984
to Jonathan Pryce's daydreaming character in Brazil to the
suicidal John Savage of Brave New World, the spineless
pushover heroes of tomorrow's totalitarian regime deserve being
run over by The System.
Enter Grammaton
Cleric Preston.
The idea of the
state of Libria is just a mishmash of Ray Bradbury's
imagination-fearing society in Fahrenheit 451 with the
drug-induced blandness of Aldous Huxley's New World. Libria
is post-World War III, and the visionary Father attempts to
put an end to further war by suppressing emotion (through the drug
Prozium) and the elimination of emotion-stimulating objects (like
art, music, and literature.) This new society is headed straight
for the crapper when elite law enforcer Preston (as played by
underrated talent Christian Bale) begins to discover the joy of
feeling. And being the only one is the movie to demonstrate the
deadliness of GUN-KATTA
(stylized gun-fighting), this is one bad-a$$
m*****f****r you don't want to turn against you.
Was the movie
worth seeing? Heck, yeah! The action is much more inventive than
BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF and seeing post-Boromir Sean Bean getting
beaned again is a pleasure.
FINAL RATING: If
you're into kung fu with a good story behind it, see this flick.
16
April 2003
| To
Every Reema-lovin' Beerkadet out there!
As you may well know (I didn't.
Hehe.), our dear friend Reema Chanco is applying for the
position of MTV VJ in this year's search. Here is a copy of
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hello
everyone! we just had our presscon kanina at
streetlife. this is it! one month break tapos
magpapasiklaban na sa MAY 16! Finals night will be at
Rockwell. Sa labas daw e, sa may SandBar.
You can watch and vote for the finalists starting
APRIL 21. Meron kaming 30 minutes special entitled,
"The Making of VJ ....". 10:30PM, chan41. Eto yung
schedule ng lahat ng finalists, alam ko gusto nyo rin
panoorin ng girls ang powerboys at ng boys si aliyah
parcs! heehee :)
April 21 - Kym de Guzman
April 22 - Geff Briz
April 23 - Patty Laurel
April 24 - Niņo Tupas
April 25 - Toni Taus
April 28 - Eddie de Guzman
April 29 - Aliya Parcs
April 30 - Greg Martin
May 1 - Patricia Benedicto
May 2 - Kelly Davis
MAY 5 - REEMA CHANCO **** Monday, 10:30pm, chan41, MTV
May 6 - Chase Tinio
May 7 - Alia Nahas
May 8 - Johan Ekedum
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*In order to vote, you must be a SMART subscriber and
must obtain a NICKNAME. Hagilapin na lahat ng
nakaSMART! :)
Register first: type MTVVJREG
<space><nickname><space><age><space><sex>
- and send
it to access number [688]
To vote: type MTVVJVOTE <space><exact name of the
vj>
and send to access number [688]
EXAMPLE: MTVVJVOTE REEMA
To chat: type MTVVJCHAT <space><your chat or
comment
msg> and send it to access number [688]
EXAMPLE: MTVVJCHAT I think Reema is cool! Hire her
now! :)
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You can also watch our 2-hr behind the scenes weekend
special on May 3 and 4, 2pm and 9pm with repeats on
May 10 and 11, 2pm and 9pm.
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O ayan! Okay ba sa alright?! Todo na ito guys! O, okay
ba ang makeover sakin? Cowgirl ito. :)
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Please support Reema because she is hot.
Now get out your SMART phones and VOTE!
L.
My graduate school classes are over. All
I have to do is finish the thesis. Wish me all luck. Then its FULL
FORCE WITH ALL THINGS BEERKADA!! YAH!
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