Notes from a Simulated Underground
Archive for March 2010
1 comment • Marocharim • March 17, 2010
(Click the image for a larger picture) One of the things that ticked me off this week was the induction of ABBA into the Rock N’ Roll Hall of Fame. I wouldn’t have minded Genesis – there’s something about Phil Collins’ old band playing in the eight-track cassette players of old Isuzu Gemini taxis that [...]
Marocharim • March 14, 2010
March 12, 2010 was marked by Reporters Sans Frontières as World Day Against Cyber Censorship. A few months ago, at the height of Typhoon Ketsana, Rep. Juan Miguel “Mikey” Arroyo proposed regulating the Internet in the Philippines – Facebook and blogs among others – as they are susceptible to abuses. We laugh and scoff at [...]
1 comment • Marocharim • March 13, 2010
Just for posterity’s sake: my video feature at Blogworld by the British Broadcasting Corporation.
Marocharim • March 7, 2010
The political milieu of an entire generation was molded around the contempt of the people against Former President Joseph Estrada. He is, after all, a very good example of what we don’t want from a President, whether it’s superficial or something that runs deep into our political consciousness. Countless times, Estrada has proven himself to [...]
Marocharim • March 7, 2010
The Philippine Star reports that Saturday peaked at 35.8 degrees Celsius (roughly around 96.4 degrees Fahrenheit) here in Metro Manila. The high temperatures meant a trip to Bench Fix at Podium to get a haircut, and getting as many Quickly taro shakes as I can into my system. I’ve taken to filling my beer glass [...]
There are things I'm afraid to tell myself. Instead, I choose to reveal them the world. In sickness, in spite, in all unpleasantness, even in disease. I'm a babbler, a ranter, a writer: neither spiteful nor kind, neither rascal or honorable man. Neither hero or vermin.
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