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ANNOUNCEMENT: New site!

This website, Planetapilipinas.com, is going to expire soon. I have been thinking of renewing the site but I realized it has become quite messy . My new site, the under-construction Fun Elsewhere, will be connected to my Tumblr account planetapilipinas.tumblr.com as soon as I’m done working with it. This old site will go back to planetapilipinas.wordpress.com as … Continue reading →

Media and Society Blog Assignment Day 5 and Conclusion

March 31, Sunday Immediately after waking up, I opened my laptop to read emails and news on Inquirer.net. I remembered that it’s supposed to be the last day of the three-game series between the Arkansas Razorbacks and Mississippi State Bulldogs so I checked on the Hogs’ Facebook page to see if they have links for … Continue reading →

Media and Society Blog Assignment Day 4

March 30, Saturday After attending the Holi Festival with a bunch of friends, I am greeted by teaser photos of the Daragang Magayon Festival in one of the towns in my home province when I logged in on Facebook. The photos were of George Tapan, National Geographic photo contest winner in 2011. While eating dinner … Continue reading →

Media and Society Blog Assignment Day 3

March 29, Friday At 1:07a.m. I got the email from the Arkansas Newswire. As always, I was awake, trying to catch up on what was happening back in the Philippines. I was excited that the Arkansas Razorback Baseball was going to be against the #16 Mississippi State Bulldogs. After their game against Mississippi Valley State … Continue reading →

Media and Society Blog Assignment Day 2

March 28, Thursday At 12:08a.m., I checked my AccuWeather app on my phone and learned that the weather on the following days would be okay (at least for me). I did not mind the Quaker advertisement at the bottom of the weather forecast and wondered how many AccuWeather app users actually click those advertisements. Fancy … Continue reading →

Media and Society Blog Assignment Day 1

March 27, Wednesday. At 1:07a.m., I am still awake. In the Philippines, it is two in the afternoon. I would usually listen to AlJazeera.com — the news television network’s website — while browsing the internet. My roommate’s television remained off, too. In this particular time, I decided not to watch news online. I was on a Google … Continue reading →

The History of the End of the World

I hate starting this article with “there is no reason for you to believe that the world will end soon,” but, oops, I just did. I gotta tell you that I’d be more convinced that the world will suffer from a breakdown that will lead to a zombie apocalypse than an antichrist who will either … Continue reading →

Invite The Author: Legazpi to Tacloban, Day Two

The fishermen whose parents told them not to talk to strangers. I woke up trying to remember where I was. It took me maybe a minute to realize I was not at home. The ride going to Tacloban the day before was amazing. I had to squeeze myself in a bus with other passengers, brave … Continue reading →

The Peninsula Manila. Corner Ayala Avenue and Makati Avenue.

BU’s commemoration of the Maguindanao Massacre