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Making Sense of Duterte's Martial Law

Last I checked, only two presidents have ever had the gall to declare it and both were vilified in our history -- Ferdinand (FM onwards) and Gloria (GMA onwards). Well, that's until Duterte (PDU30 onwards) dared to become a President with no comparison and declared a limited yet encompassing Martial Law declaration (over the entire island of Mindanao) as recent as Wednesday May 24, 2017. It's so fresh off the press I wonder why some people have already created negative responses about it. Courtesy: GMA Network Are these patterned thoughts? Canned responses? Taught anxiety? Legit concerns? Inner self truths? First hand experience dilemma? Regardless, howling after any new policy even before it sinks or rise on its own merit is utter foolishness. And don't get me started with ML (ML onwards) not being a new policy at all because of the FM and GMA template. There is insurgency in Mindanao in a scale not even Marcos or Gloria could imagine (one GMA couldn't
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How the WWE Network Can Truly Become the Real Netflix of Wrestling in 7 Ways

In the interest of the upcoming Wrestlemania season, please hear my indulgence with regards WWE's revolutionary service that hasn't quite reached the Philippines yet. If I sound rather negative throughout, it’s not like I am saying that the WWE Network is not yet great as it is currently but like every other disruptive service introduced just recently (Think Paypal, Uber and Airbnb), their biggest advantage is to always have room for growth while traditional outfits lose more edge. The same is true for the Network. It has dislodged cable companies and their competing promotions just by being introduced in 2014. However, despite being in existence for almost 2 years now, it has not yet reached the climax. There are still many viable strategies (some may border crazy!), the McMahons can consider to make it a truly entertaining piece of service comparable to the likes of the king of on demand viewing, currently held by Netflix. So what are these possible strategies the

Mandatory Munimuni Log Number 1

Unlike most people who forge the most wonderful thoughts of the day while showering, hence shower thought, I am not most people and I don't take very long showers. Showers for me are like part of routine that needs be completed pronto. My best thoughts of the day happen in bed pre, or post-sleep. I get to meditate and reflect back a lot before slumber (though it's morning for me, downer!). And after sleeping, if I'm not lazy enough to jot down on my dream journal, I reflect on things that come to my mind in my mandatory munimuni part of the day, minutes after waking up. This is my shower thought equivalent. And that keeps me sane. Away from the rut. My alone time.  As I debut this portion on my blog, I welcome you to one of the most recent results of this habit.  The premise is this: We are born and nurtured by parents (or in the case of adoptive parents -- foster parents). Human babies are so fragile we are rendered useless until the moment we're able to wal