Para Kay B

(o kung paano dinevastate ng pag-ibig ang 4 out of 5 sa atin)

Naniniwala ka ba sa pag-ibig? Malamang kung hindi ka pa nakaranas umibig tataas ang iyong kilay, kukunot ang noo at ibabagsak na lang ang diyaryong ito sa kung saan. Sa quota kaya ng pag-ibig? Kakayanin mo bang malaman kung saan ka mabibilang?

Ako ay pinapasulat ng kung anong artikulo ngunit sa kasamaang palad, dala na rin siguro ng katamaran, hindi ko nagawa. Ang bagsak ay isang book review ng Para Kay B na unang nobela ng batikang manunulat na si Ricky Lee.

Sa kanyang unang nobela, naglakas loob si Ricky Lee na sumulat ng akdang pwedeng basahin ng lahat (kung ikaw man ay tao), ang temang naghahari na sa m
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Another Dose of Glory

Despite her stay in the palace for more than nine years, the fun never stopped and the hunger for power of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo remained  unfulfilled.

Last year, she filed her congressional candidacy for the 2^nd District of Pampanga. To give way to her mother’s entrance into the action, Mikey Arroyo, the loyal son, gave way.

For years now, I have endured much of the people’s “Oust Gloria” battle cries. Alas, in her supposed exit—in her only decent exit—she again proved that she never fails to fail the majority of her countrymen. For her, the game is not yet over.

The Arroyo administration has indeed a little bit of everything of the worst that can happen to a nation that has never really received what it truly deserves. The administration has laid its already dirty hands to acts of corruption and countless human rights violations.

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