Monthly Archives: October 2003

Eto ang Ghetto

Excerpt from VH1′s interview with hip-hop group the Black Eyed Peas:

VH1: Your Filipino background plays a big part in Elephunk’s “The Apl Song.”

Apl.de.Ap: Definitely. I was always inspired by Filipino folk songs, so the chorus is

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Hell Froze Over

So says Apple. They just released the Windows version of iTunes. I’m interested how Windows iPod users would find it. I’m sure some of them have been waiting for this day to come.

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It’s Back

PinoyLife.com has been resurrected as TheFlavorOnline.com – Your Source for Pinoy Pop Culture.

Glad to see the life of a Filipino-American culture site being extended. Here are some Pinoy sites I used to visit that have gone by the…  Read more

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Myths about the Religious Right

From a Slate article entitled How Prayers Poll:

I heard about this guy who called himself “evangelical,” said he lived a “Bible-centered life,” had a personal relationship with Jesus Christ… and voted for Al Gore over George W.

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Melancholic Monster

sad monster

This is a portrait my three-year-old painted of what he calls a “sad monster.” He made this a couple of days ago and I was quite surprised for he usually just mixes globs of paint together. This is the…  Read more

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