“The words are not good for the secret meaning, everything always becomes a bit different, as soon as it is put into words, gets distorted a bit, a bit silly—yes, and this is also very good, and I like it a lot, I also very much agree with this, that this what is one man’s treasure and wisdom always sounds like foolishness to another person.” ― Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha
I'm uploading this critique for my Film Theory and Criticism classes to read. by ©Jamal Ashley Abbas STORYLINE (The movie is based on the life of Anita Pamintuan, a schoolteacher who was found dead in the street during the height of the Public School Teachers’ strike) The film opens with credits and close-ups of… Continue reading Mila (2001) -The Invisible Hand of Hegemony
President Benigno S. Aquino 3rd and his former running mate and now Interior and Local Governments Secretary Mar Roxas kept on saying that in their "system", the LGUs (local government units) are the first line of defense (in disaster risk reduction programs). It's a logical strategy. But having a strategy or policy written up doesn't… Continue reading Climate Change and the Aquino Government
Remember, remember! The fifth of November, the Gunpowder treason and plot; I know of no reason why the Gunpowder treason should ever be forgot! - English Folk Verse (c.1870) The world entered a new epoch in 2008, one that is changing socio-political reality as we know it. Pluto, that… Continue reading Pluto in Capricorn : The Coming World Financial Collapse
My article in Animal Scene Magazine (a Manila Bulletin publication), June 2013 issue:
Bored stiff in the sweltering and damp summer day. Decided to just relax and read Shakespeare. Here's my reading of Sonnet 29 - Fortune and Men's eyes. I think it's the very first sonnet I memorized. Or, you can watch (and listen) to it on YOUTUBE: - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JYW-MYOECw
To while away the hours in this hellish heat, I read some of Shakespeare's sonnets. Here's Sonnet 18 - Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day? Or you can go to YOUTUBE - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrByIqa6l2Q
Postprandial Musings, 2.0 