My national team won and the moment I saw that ball stretch the net, I jumped with my fists raised. We kept longballing even when there's nobody up front and Phil Younghusband's goal wasn't really a show of great play but with football, a goal is a goal. Of course, this contributed greatly to the otherwise disastrous day, disasters that I attribute ( Read more... )

Ang isyu ay patuloy na pinaiikot tanging sa pagpapatiwakal ni Bb. Kristel Tejada lamang dahil hanggang ngayon ay mayroon pa ring ilan sa atin na hindi naiintindihan ang silbi ng kapitapitagang Unibersidad ng Pilipinas: na ito ay para sa mga estudyanteng nagnanais makakuha ng magandang edukasyon nang hindi inaalala kung paano sila makapagbabayad ng ( Read more... )

Anibersaryo na naman ng EDSA noong Lunes ( Read more... )

Latin-derived spells are only used in the areas where they used to speak Latin (perhaps the old territories of the Roman Empire?). Perhaps wizards in Asia, Africa, America, Scandinavia, etc. have their own spells in their own old languages ( Read more... )

I just realized I haven't posted this on my LJ, so here. My three-part story on Rose and Scorpius, and my attempt at sounding smart but not haughty, an attempt which I am not sure is fruitful.

Title: The Nostalgia Shop
Author: amorsolo
Characters: Rose Weasley, Scorpius Malfoy, Draco Malfoy, Marius Borgin
Rating: T
Word count: >8k
Disclaimer: JKR ( Read more... )

Or, things I think of (but not including donuts) when I should be thinking of something else.

1. Why does Voldemort not have a nose?Law of conservation of mass, or something like that. The 'ingredients' put in the cauldron were Tom Riddle, Sr's skeleton (or just one femur, too lazy to check), Wormtail's hand, and a couple of microliters of Harry' ( Read more... )

Hello, steampunkninja! It's been a while. I must have been too focused on beggarmanblues-ing and amorsolo-ing. Harhar.

Two movies had me agreeing with the villains’ (or supposed villains’) principles. Read: principles. Perfectly good movies that I love/really like. They’re The Dark Knight Rises and Argo. Spoilers possible.

( If it keeps on raining, the levee's going to break. )

Sabihin man nating si Rizal ang nagmulat sa mata ng maraming mga Pilipino, nagawa niya ang lahat ng ito dahil sa o sa tulong ng isang mahalagang bagay: mayroon siyang magagamit na resorses ( Read more... )

Neil Gaiman started as a freelance journalist in his early twenties because he wanted to write. Lionel Messi left his home and went to La Masia when he was even younger. It sounds enticing, really. Leaving everything behind, doing what you really want to do, but the difference is that's Neil Gaiman and that's Lionel Messi.

Seven years.

That's how ( Read more... )

You have no idea how much I love this movie.

I would say that I enjoyed the build-up in The Dark Knight better but The Dark Knight Rises came off stronger than its predecessor. And all my emotions on this one. Which of the two is a better film, I would have to think for a longer time.

This isn’t a review because I’m too emotionally attached to Batman ( Read more... )