The Day Ben Kingsley Made Me Cry
[I have always liked and respected Ben Kingsley, and I will always remember him for his phenomenal performance in "Gandhi". I suppose almost everyone else who has heard of Kingsley thinks like I do. It's been more than 25 years since "Gandhi" came out in the moviehouse; yes, it's been a long time. I wrote this when I was in Hong Kong, in August of 2007, while I was sitting by the sidewalk and watching people go by. I am not too sure what circumstances made me suddenly write about Ben Kingsley. More often than not, the truth is a lot lot stranger than fiction ... even stranger than this story....]Moviehouse s

A Small Video Footage, For A Change
A friend directed me to a page that contains this very quaint video.The title: La poésie comme l'amour n'est que foiLa poésie comme l'amour n'est que foi[Merci beaucoup, mon ami. Très intéressant. ]Read more here. The person in question is Silence Sonore.

Post-Mortem Lesson 7: Joy and Sorrow
Your joy is your sorrow unmasked.And the selfsame well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled with your tears.And how else can it be?The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain.Is not the cup that holds your wine the very cup that was burned in the potter's oven?And is not the lute that soothes your spirit the very wood that was hollowed with knives?When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy.When you are sorrowful, look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for t

The Last Song Syndrome 12: C.R.E.E.P. (The Fall), Clever and Witty, Never Mind That It Is As Old As
"He reads books of the list book club, And after two months, his stance a familiar hunch.It's that same slouch you had the last time he came around."- The Fall, "C.R.E.E.P."When I was still attending the universi

Public Service: A Typhoon Named Ketsana/Ondoy (and more typhoons to come?!)
Ketsana (PAGASA name: Ondoy) : the proper name for the typhoon that left Metro Manila (National Capital region, Republic of the Philippines) and its surrounding areas practically underwater, creating what is now said to be the worst flood to have hit Manila in 50 years.The winds started rushing in late in the morning of Saturday, September 26, and soon after the rains were pouring in. Perhaps I underestimated this outburst of Mother Nature, because I was still bent on walking from my house to Powerplant Mall to get some groceries.Many hour