Monthly Archives: June 2006

Manila LRT

By deebeedee | Published: June 30, 2006

Wikipedia’s featured article today is on the Manila Light Rail Transit System. Check it out.
Do you know the scene in The Great Raid where they show cable cars in Manila streets? I thought it was an inaccurate historical detail included by the filmmakers. Well, it turns out they were right. These “cable cars” were electric [...]

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Superman Returns

By deebeedee | Published: June 29, 2006

My short spoiler of a description of the movie:
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“The Man of Steel as Christ figure with The Da Vinci Code overtones”

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Six Toes Times Two

By deebeedee | Published: June 21, 2006

I’ve been meaning to post about this.* Last April, I stumbled upon one of the freakiest, most amusing weblog entries in the Pinoy web that I’ve ever read. “Toe” of kurokuroatbp wrote about how her six-toed sister discovered that her officemate also has six toes! Here is the entry complete with pictures:

Freaky!
*I think a few [...]

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Father’s Day Weekend

By deebeedee | Published: June 19, 2006

You know what summer means to me? It is a grim reminder that my wife throws footballs better than me. From last weekend’s summer camp to this past Saturday’s picnic, my decent throws were proven to be no match for her perfect spiral throws each time. It should be no surprise though. My wife was [...]

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Family Camp ‘06

By deebeedee | Published: June 11, 2006

We camped out for three-days and two-nights over the weekend in the Santa Cruz mountains. Yes, it’s our church’s annual Family Camp once again. We weren’t exactly roughing it. Each of our tents had easy access to electrical outlets and the bathrooms were a short walk away. I didn’t give into the temptation of bringing [...]

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