July 27th, 2008 | by Deantastic | published in Interesting Stuff, Religion
Today, July 27, marks the 94th anniversary of the Iglesia ni Cristo (Church of Christ), one of the biggest Christian denominations in the country and arguably an incredible (some would say impossible) success story. The INC was registered with the…
July 26th, 2008 | by Deantastic | published in Life
As of today I have been relieved of my editor-in-chief position in our school’s official English publication. Seniority issues were raised and the school paper’s adviser finally decided to install a Senior writer in the top post to avoid further…
July 24th, 2008 | by Deantastic | published in Ramblings
I am, as always, confined to the four corners of my painfully yellow room, again feeling the need to write. It could be the boredom of summer afternoons like this, or perhaps instinct — whatever it is, it’s telling…
July 19th, 2008 | by Deantastic | published in Life, Ramblings
The freshman politicians of Service Through Appropriate Governance (STAG) Party, one of the two major political parties in Agusan National High School (and the one to which I belong), once again won the recently-held First Year elections by a landslide,…
July 16th, 2008 | by Deantastic | published in Thoughts
Let’s face it—personal blogging is a profitable niche no more. It’s a sad fact, seeing as how the original purpose of blogging was to serve as a sort of online journal. People’s tastes have changed, and blogging isn’t the obscure…
July 10th, 2008 | by Deantastic | published in Write-Ups
[Editor's note: This post was first published on April 3, 2008 in QWERTY Confessions by me. Enjoy.]
I live in a small city in Southern Mindanao, Philippines. Small is the operative word there, rather…
July 5th, 2008 | by Deantastic | published in Blogswarm
Off the coast of Sibuyan Island in the Philippines, the underside of the sunken M/V Princess of the Stars rises above the waters in an ominous fashion. Still inside the vessel, bodies lay lifelessly, waiting to be excavated from their…
July 4th, 2008 | by Deantastic | published in School
Apparently, Section One isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.
When Section One and I parted ways in Sophomore high school year, I missed it. I missed the fact that I was part of the top brass of the Special…
July 4th, 2008 | by Deantastic | published in Thoughts
Twitter’s been down in the dumps for a long time now. Downed servers, features being disabled (as of this writing, IM still hasn’t been restored). Twitter blog posts are never about new features, but instead…
