Tag Archives: 1980s

Manila, Manila

Check this gem out: Nostalgia Manila. As you dear readers know, I like to wax nostalgic once in a while so discovering this site was an absolute delight for me. It covers Manila in the 1970s and 1980s, the…  Read more

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The Mullet. Will it?

Come back, I mean. I sure hope not. But Ed Santos wants it back. His website RockDaMullet has garnered him an internet cult following. Although a big part of me wants his site shut down forever, a small…  Read more

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People Power and Reagan

I give props to Ronald Reagan (1911-2004) for ending the Cold War but I’d like to think the Filipino people helped inspire the world to fight oppressive regimes in the 1980s. The People Power Revolution that followed Ninoy Aquino’s…  Read more

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Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Blog Entry

Lowell High School Choir 1987

Dear Blog Reader,

Enclosed is a photograph showing the blog author and someone who appears to be Lemony Snicket within the same vicinity. The sea of young folk in the photograph is identified by The Daily Cornholyo as…  Read more

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Pinay joins ER

Finally, true-to-life representation.

(Well, not quite. An ’80s sitcom called, get this, E/R featured a Filipina receptionist. She was played by a Japanese actress, however. The show starred Elliot Gould and a young George Clooney!)

Side note: Bend it…  Read more

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