There are few things that can titillate the Filipino quite like gossip. And when it’s gossip couched in a puzzle, well, you have the makings of one of the finest forms of Filipino pop literature: the blind item. Equal parts bugtong, Katipunan-era codenames, current events and Tito, Vic and Joey (in unequal parts since Tito [...]
Found on the Internet: Someone actually made a LOLCat translation (I guess) of Gat. Jose Rizal’s “Mi Ultimo Adios.” It is, ultimately, indistinguishable from the original, which is fine, because you never really read the original anyway. Credit (and enmity of Filipino Departments everywhere) go to a certain M. Sereno – Kthxbai cheezburger, U srsly [...]
The Koreans were a red-herring all along. For months, we have suspected a secret invation from these kimchi-eating, Jesus-peddling aliens (OneT can charge me with xenophobia later, but I am an avid Edgardo Reyes kuko sa liwanag girl). Their numbers didn’t wane even in the face of our Pinoy muggers (our muggers can mug on [...]
Invincible Iron Man #4: Tony Stark visits the headquarters of the Triumph Division, a Philippine superhero team that died in Invincible Iron Man #2. Real World: That’s the Church of the Holy Sacrifice in UP Diliman. It was designed by Leandro Locsin, Napoleon Abueva, Victor Manansala, Ang Kiukok and Arturo Luz. They were like the [...]