Banzai!
Enter a search for the word Trillanes in Google and you’ll come up with around 200,000 results. Isn’t it just great how some people do the stupidest things? Amidst the chaos that happened, I wondered about one thing only.
Greed and Stupidity Rolled Into One
In our own native tongue kasi mas malutong, ANG BOBO EH.
A Birthday Mission Fulfilled
After a month of sporadic efforts to train at the Moro Lorenzo Sports Center, occasional battles with a bothersome ankle sprain, and another unexplained foot injury, I’ve finally managed to fulfill my birthday promise - finish the Men’s Health Philippines Urbanathlon.
Diether Ocampo S.U.C.K.S.
I know I’ll be getting a lot of flak for this, but just had to rant about it. If you want a good laugh, just tune in to ABS-CBN after their news program and wait for Diether Ocampo in Princess Sara. His role there is obviously a pathetic attempt to impersonate Johnny Depp in Pirates of Caribean. The guy can’t act for s**t.Things like this just make me feel ashamed to be Filipino.
The Truth About GamesMaster: Part 2
The first step we took before GamesMaster’s launch was to make sure potential retailers knew about the magazine. While the then editorial staff of two was scouring over UK copies, I took it upon myself to visit the most logical place to start spreading the news — Viramall.
Though the then “center of console gaming” is now only a shadow of its former self, the place was a microcosm of the local videogame industry. That same year, promotion of gaming as a sport was started through the Samsung World Cyber Games. There was never a better time to launch a videogame magazine.
And so in August 2003, a month before launch, 100,000 K-zone sized mock GamesMaster magazines were released. 80,000 were inserted in FHM, and the rest was dispersed in different strategic areas. GamesMaster had indeed arrived.
The Free Throw Line
When I used to play inter school ball in high school, I relished going to the free throw line. I loved the feeling of an opposing team’s mob jeering me on as the referee hands me the ball, up until the ball leaves my fingertips. There was never a feeling of doubt after every shot. In my mind, the ball was always going to go in.
A decade hence, I found myself in a different situation.
