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Maro Co-Creations

Sun-damaged hair left me with a rather itchy scalp the past few weeks, which made me rethink the whole idea of shampoo. I was rather surprised to see the phrase “co-creation” used by Sunsilk in their new lines of shampoo.  I always understood “co-creation” in terms of marketing strategy and buzzword bingo: that customers and [...]

A Trying Time for Heroes

I believe the blood that runs in our veins is the blood of heroes.  We’re a nation of heroes.  There are many ways to heroism in the present times, and there’s no need for guns or spears, no need to shed blood. – President Benigno Aquino III, from The Philippine Star Today is National Heroes’ [...]

Nu

I read somewhere that the strokes of the Chinese word for anger, “nu,” represent the mind and body becoming slaves to the heart. Rage – the very thing that fuels grief – hangs like a dark cloud in Hong Kong today.  At least, that’s what the news says.  We can’t blame our brothers and sisters [...]

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When Hindsight is Eight Bodies and a Murderer

The French criminologist Alexandre Lacassagne has this to say about crime: “Justice shrivels up, prison corrupts and society has the criminals it deserves.”  Hindsight is 20/20; in this case, eight bodies and a murderer. The police could have secured and cordoned off the region, and equipped the team with the proper tools.  The media could [...]

Death of a(n Encyclopedia) Salesman

The last encyclopedia set my family bought was back in 1997, when the local distributors of World Book were still aggressively selling big tomes of knowledge as investments for children.  After leafing through every volume for a few years – and getting the “walking encyclopedia” jokes every now and then – the big maroon-and-grey tomes [...]

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