07.Feb.2010 Aquino: The Scion
Noynoy Aquino is a Presidential candidate banking on memories: a campaign that has run the gamut of remembrance and amnesia. Though the demands of the campaign would require that he should be his own man and not invoke the memory of his parents, Noynoy Aquino cannot be spoken of in terms of “who he is.” [...]
06.Feb.2010 Fin de Siècle
The recent Pulse Asia surveys show that Manny Villar is leading over Noynoy Aquino among the many poor, and two age brackets: 25-34, and 35-44.
Over at Blogwatch, Cocoy makes a rather interesting observation regarding this development:
What I think this survey tells us is that right here, right now, more and more Filipinos are focusing on [...]
31.Jan.2010 Confessions in Exhaustion
“That’s all I can stands, and I can’t stands no more.” – Popeye the Sailor
I’m drinking deep of the well of inspiration and I find myself parched; these are the moments that I don’t feel like writing, and I can’t write anything of value. True, I have a share in things that may compel you [...]
Vetallano Acosta
Vetallano Acosta.
(cue Spanish guitar strum)
Aged in oak barrels, for the finest in Spanish brandy.
(cue flamenco dancers)
Smooth, sophisticated, every sip comes alive.
(archetypal instrumental with guitars, castanets and clapping)
Vetallano Acosta, VSOP: Very Special, Only Pilipino.
All we know of Vetallano Acosta is that he is a Presidential candidate for the Kilusang Bagong Lipunan. He is backed up by [...]
30.Jan.2010 Housekeeping
Yes, my friends: I, Marocharim, am asking for your permission, dear reader, to write in The Marocharim Experiment.
It sounds ridiculous because it is: I pay for the dues of this blog, I maintain it, and I write for it. Still, because free speech is stifled so much in the Internet these days, I am asking [...]
28.Jan.2010 49th Silliman University National Writers’ Workshop: Call for Submissions
I found this at the Silliman University website:
Call for Submission of Manuscripts to the
49th Silliman University National Writers Workshop
The Silliman University National Writers Workshop is now accepting applications for the 49th National Writers Workshop to be held May 3-21, 2010 in Dumaguete City.
This Writers Workshop is offering fifteen fellowships to promising young writers who would [...]
26.Jan.2010 Face the Music
The presentation of evidence and the sharing of testimony in an investigation or trial are not mere exercises in establishing guilt or proving innocence, but the realization of justice. There is no hiding from – and there is no escaping – justice. The laws of the land, and the institutions that enforce and secure justice [...]
25.Jan.2010 Karaoke Hits Translated 1
Let’s deal with a few karaoke staples, just because I feel like it.
A Discriminating Taste in Toilets
My friend Sharlyne wrote a very interesting article today on public toilets for LGBTs. In a GMA report, the Alyansa ng Media at Showbiz, Inc., led by Leo Martinez, proposes “gay toilets;” that “gay male” and “gay female” toilets may be built in government offices and commercial establishments.
I’m sure that Mr. Martinez and his group [...]
24.Jan.2010 Malice in Wonderland
In a report by GMANews.TV, former DSWD (now DOH) Secretary Esperanza Cabral, through the National Bureau of Investigation, has filed a libel suit against a blogger named “Ella,” who exposed some irregularities and alleged hoarding activities of the DSWD, at the height of the Typhoon Ondoy and Pepeng relief efforts. On the one hand, some [...]