My Epitome of a Doppelganger

I’m wearing an evident red mask

Top 7 Scariest Monsters and Creatures in the Philippines

I swear, this is what my University turns into when it rains hard. Thank you, Climate Change.

Foreign monsters are so overrated; so overrated that you think Philippine pantheon of ghost stories and monsters are nothing but a clumsy joke compared to them.  You might be the type of person who chuckles every time you see an aswang, a kapre, a dwende, white ladies or sloppy pop-culture references on Philippine national TV and the Big screen. But since it is Halloween season, allow me to show you the pure, unadulterated terrors of the Philippine myth and urban legends that can join the ranks of Lovecraft’s eldritch abominations...

Detours: Jad Montenegro's 2nd Extended Play (EP)

After what seemed like forever, Jad Montenegro is finally back with their second EP, Detours, released earlier this year. Jad Montenegro is a Davao-based self-titled band composed of Jad Montenegro (guitar, vocals), Dave Ibao (guitar, backing vocals), Eric Luzada (lead guitar), PjoeSabanpan (bass) and Carlo Garcia (drums, backing vocals). Even in this day and age, the substantial feeling of being able to hear and listen to the soul of a song lies on the romance that plunking on the strings of an acoustic guitar can give. Jad Montenegro proved this premise de facto as they integrate an interplay folk-sounding guitar riffs and dynamic drum patterns to create a more intimate but non-boring approach. Their six track second EP, Detours, is great for any indie music lover out there who has an old soul.

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The first EP Track Over gives you that chill country vibe which is a suggestive way to start off an album that aims to detour from mainstream media’s usual sound. It is a great track and can easily become a favorite to a first time listener. Another groovy song called Complicated follows, and the upbeat mood is sustained. This song is an interesting mix of Kitchie Nadal-esque voice quality perfectly combined with a background instrumentals that somehow resemble that of The Naked and Famous creation. The clapping effect incorporated somewhere in the middle of the song which is accompanied by subtle drumbeats is also quite a unique idea. It is a smooth rhythm that makes you want to bob your head and take in the beat entirely. Dreamer and Guitarman on the other hand, which are a little mellower compared to the previous songs, and are mostly just accompanied by guitar shows off Jad’s unruffled and cool vocals.

Sa'less: An Underground Haven

What started out as a small karinderia in a street surrounded by banks, coffee shops and just a few blocks away from Sta. Ana Church is now considered, if not the only, one of Davao’s most visited music bars. After Moonstamp in Matina and Durian Bar in Quirino, (which music enthusiasts considered “the music bar” of the early 2000’s) both shut down for business and Taboan in Matina Town Square now usually showcasing show bands, Sales Bar is considered the place where musicians with their fan boys and fan girls all get together to bond over beer and music.

Sa'less crowd on the brink of a mosh pit.

Sa'less Diner and Moozika opened for business in around mid of 2010. Located in Sales Street just near Chimes, Sales Bar Tekanplor once was a small time eatery by day and an improvised music bar by night just to be found beside the present Sales Bar building. Owned by Mr. and Mrs. Moshe Papica, their cousin Paolo Papica and RJ Tan, Sales Bar was only visited by people looking for budget-friendly everyday food during daylight. As the sun goes down the eatery turns into an improvised music bar with instruments for the owners Moshe’s and Paolo’s band mates and friends.“Syempre, mga music lovers kami, and so we started to form our own band. Since we already have our own place, so why not play in our own place diba? So karinderya sya by day, and inuman slash music bar by night.” Since then, Sa'less evolved from being a mere eatery to a chill hangout where various artists have been invited over the place to play and freely expose their craft.

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Salamat Paalam

Reader, I don't know who you are and you don't know me and we may never know each other in this lifetime or in this Universe but whatever that is bothering you, whatever that's causing you pain and trouble, whatever that's giving you stress and burden, whether it's you who should be carrying that burden or not, be it minute or tremendously huge, be it past, present or future, be it your spouse, your lover, your secret lover, your work, school, children, responsibilities to your self, to your family. Emotions you need to suppress. Rules and regulations and more rules and regulations you have to fucking follow, like who the fuck made them anyway? To the Society that gives you all of these expectations. 

They Call it Throwback Thursday, I Call it Random Shit Thursday

                                                                                                               Only The Beat

Ah, it’s Thursday! And since its Thursday, well, people have another excuse to post more on social media sites like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Why? Because it’s Throwback fucking Thursday. Yay! Yes, this is the only day of the week where you have the liberty to post pictures from a “while” ago or “few years back” when you still mingle with dinosaurs and shit. Of course, you would defeat its purpose if you post pictures of tomorrow or the not-so-distant future (and hell would really break loose if you happen to post one) or if you share it on a Monday. Oh, before I forgot, I really wonder whose brilliant mind has thought of Throwback Thursday. He could have used Wednesday or Sunday. Nah, Thursday sounds legit because both terms start with a letter T. Anyway, because I’m not a Throwback Thursday practitioner, I’d rather acquaint a new term to this practice – “Random Shit Thursday.” But hey, this only applies to me, and I don’t expect you to do the same shit. After all, you’re still busy scanning old photos of yourself for this weekly celebration.

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WTF! Fast forward Thursday, please. Fast forward!

If you want to jump into the Culprits’ bandwagon, however, you have my permission. So yeah, if you might ask: What does “Random Shit Thursday” in-store for me? It’s simple, and there’s nothing too serious about it. You just need to have William Wallace’s long drape skirt as well as his braveness to expose what random shit happened to you on that day. And when you decide to showcase it already, you don’t need hashtags at all. Hence, you have freed yourself from the confines of the Number Sign (#). Congratulations! On the other hand, you have the freedom to choose from photos (which definitely requires a high level of courage, like King Leonidas’), articles and things of such nature to serve as mediums for your “Random Shit Thursday.”

7 Reasons Why Manny Pacquiao is Just Way Better Than Floyd Mayweather Jr.

If it wasn't for William's "Once There Was a Man Named Manny Pacquiao," I wouldn't have the courage to get out of my closet and defend my country's pride against the inevitable "Dark" wrath of Floyd Mayweather Jr. So, thanks buddy for the eye-opener. Now, let me just do my thing.

                                                                                                            Opposing Views

If only Manny Pacquiao could just wipe the black out of him...

There Was Once A Man Named Manny Pacquiao

Ah, I remember Pacquiao during his prime. He was not only just another champion boxer but to the Filipinos he was the unifying factor of the nation, ah, the good ol’ heydays, crime rates go down significantly whenever he had a fight (in some places it even goes down to zero).  Small restobars to large hotels and other business (legit or political in nature) got good dough from Pay-Per-View. Endorsements go left and right which was awesome for large scale industries. Pacquiao could sway a multitude; heck he could sway the Devil himself if he wanted to. Plus, almost every guy on the street became an instant professional sports analyst whenever a Pacquiao fight was near. Remember those days? Ah , they were never better. You know, never have I seen such a man that was revered by an entire nation like some sort of a god I almost sort of wonder why he’s not in one of our bills yet. And yeah, can anyone tell me why, why haven’t we still carved a monument of him out of bronze and placed him next to Rizal in Luneta or sumshit?

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I want this particular image of him be immortalized in bronze. It captures the true emotion for triumph.

7 Types of People You Should Shun

As humanly as possible, we strive to enjoy and appreciate life from a perspective together with people that acknowledge our distinctions as an individual destined for a greater purpose. The hunger for happiness is an innate desire that no flora and fauna could ever understand nor grasp the meaning behind it. In fact, this euphoria is even amplified when we are surrounded with (interesting) Homo sapiens from all walks of life. Simply said, establishing a relationship (i.e. affair, friendship, etc.) with other people is as normal as eating three times a day. We are humans, and we correlate – the focal part where one depends or affects on another. You definitely can’t be a lone ranger for your entire fucking life. Dude, we all need to bond with other humans. This is what makes us different from other living things such as cacti and horses.

However, the possibility of a person to build a connection or rapport with another person is as the same as the possibility that he/she can completely abolish a well-founded relationship. Imagine: As we are continuously blinded by what we see (for it’s a nature for humans to be visual), we tend to forget how to differentiate what’s right from wrong. Trust me, I heard plethora of stories about friendships gone wrong because of overfamiliarity, disrespect, betrayal and things of such nature. And surprisingly, these are all due to selfishness and/or greed (of course, there are other reasons, but these terms stand out). And what I’m saying is not only about friendship; this goes the same with having a romantic or fuck-purpose relationship. And later will you realize that there’s something wrong; that this is entirely because of how fucking dumb you are to be influenced with people that are completely fucking dumb as well.

I Saw a Procession of the Virgin Mary at 3am

I take my cigarette break at 3 in the cold morning and it lasts for fifteen minutes

7 Movies I Watched Just Because of Rachel McAdams

Last time, with the help of my fellow Culprits, we posted 7 of the Best Demn Teedeez that Kate Upton, the Queen of Bulging Breasts, has (thanks to King Rubiano’s wisdom, of course). Today, it’s my pride and pleasure to introduce to you my ever-favorite Canadian actress, Rachel McAdams. And before the "The Time Traveller's Wife” goes further with her decisions on changing her wardrobe, if she is to be given the opportunity to travel back in time, to which I don't give a fuck, let this be a hallmark of how beautiful she really is.

Ah, isn't she beautiful?

On the Significance of Beauty Pageants

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Because sex sells.

So ya, Miss Megan Young won the title of Miss World because of her great advantage since she'd been an actress and a host in the Philippines for quite some time now, last September 30, 2012 in Bali Indonesia despite the efforts of some Muslim groups to put a halt to this whole thing and disrupt the competition. They've been protesting for weeks but Indonesian authorities said no demonstration or rallies occurred at the time of the pageant. So, nice try Muslims. But I do commend the people from the conservative Muslim groups for not resulting to violence as means to get meager attention like they always do. But anyway, that was a digression. I'm actually here to give my two cents about beauty pageants and how the Filipino culture perceives these types of Most-Physically-Preferred-And-Therefore-Most-Likely-to-Pass-on-their-Genes-According-to-Evolution contests. 

7 Cartoons That You Grew Up Watching

We all love cartoons no matter what our age may be. This is what helped us picture out what the wacky side of our imaginations looked like. And in this post, we tackled 7 of the many cartoons we have grew up with, and LMAO, ROFL, LOL with while watching. These cartoons have exceeded a lot of logical explanation, going beyond what any of us could have imagined (kudos to the creator). They might have ruined your life or just made it more awesome. Remember, this list is not ranked according to anything, these cartoons are just the ones that came first into my mind when I was thinking of something to post since it has been ages since the last one. Oh, before I almost forgot, I'm on a Random Monday. You know how Mondays affect us all, right?