The Marocharim Experiment

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Archive for April 2008

Media Versus Blog

Jester-in-Exile maintains by his belief that there can be a synergy and cooperation between mainstream media and bloggers. Jester is just one of the many bloggers in the Philippine blogosphere today who are reacting to a Korina Sanchez special called “Beware of the Blog.” But with all due respect to Jester and Ms. Sanchez, I [...]

Shortest Distances Between Two Points

I stop at Shaw Boulevard Station at around 6:45 AM.  As I run along that sidewalk that is the theoretical administrative border between Mandaluyong and Pasig, I start to get really pissed off… Who in the blue hell designed Ortigas Center? I finally figured out why an “enterprising” taxi driver (driving a “Eulincoln” Nissan Sentra [...]

Resistance and Blogging

Yesterday, I attended the 4th Philippine Blogging Summit – iBlog 4 – even with a bout of rage-induced depression.  One of the highlights of iBlog, on a more personal note, was exchanging small-talk with Mr. Manuel Quezon III, who was rather surprised to meet me in person for the first time. (If you were in [...]

Bipolarity

As much as I should write about my experience in iBlog 4, I’ll have to postpone that for tomorrow.  I’m too depressed. I don’t have a reason to feel depressed at all, but then again, I feel extremely depressed.  Any other person in my shoes would have absolutely no reason to feel depressed.  Compared to [...]

Eating Words

This is for FilipinoVoices.com’s blog carnival.  I’d like to dwell in the more human aspect a bit… I find myself really, really depressed.  Sorry, Nick, this is unusually half-assed.  – Marck *     *    * I literally eat my words. My job as a writer for a company in Ortigas Center means that [...]

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