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Views are a collection of my articles and the views of my friends. I’ve classified my articles as Istudyante, The Catalyst, ProTips, Far East Bank News, Manila Times, The Philippine Star, contest entries and web exclusives.

I've made this distinction so as not to make a short story long, or to ramble on and on, or to keep talking in a repetitive manner ad infinitum until it becomes impossible to remember what I was talking about in the first place, but, where was I?

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Far East Bank at The Movies
Essay, Far East Bank News
I wrote this for the Far East BankNews in 1996. It never got published but I think it's quite entertaining especially if you were a former employee of the bank. 

The Genesis of Loans
Fantasy - Science Fiction
Far East Bank News
Long, long time ago, in the beginning, the officer created the Loans Section. Now, the section was without form and void, darkness was over the blue desk. The loan applications hovered.
 

The Blue Files
Essay, Far East Bank News
I wrote this for the Far East BankNews in 1997. It wasn't published but if you were from the bank, I think you can relate to the terms used and also feel a little nostalgic.

Ghost Hunting sa España
Essay, Istudyante Magazine
Bumuo ang Istudyante ng isang investigative team na magtatanong kung mayroong ngang mga multo sa ating paligid. Dahil napakalaki nga ng Maynila, napag-pasyahang sa España na lang muna kami maghanap ng multo.
 

God: Ideas On A
Question of Faith
News Feature, Istudyante Magazine
There are conservative Christians who believe that to be saved, all you have to do is enrich your spiritual life through Bible studies or being active in church.

Kamusta Ka Zuma?
News Feature, Istudyante Magazine
Kawawa nman si Zuma. Pagkatapos aliwin ang milyun-milyong Pilipino sa loob ng ilang taon ay ‘di man lamang makalabas ng lungga dahil wala na raw makitang birhen sa kalye.

My Heroes in Business
by Maloi Malibiran - Salumbides
Contest Entry for The Philippine Star
"There are a lot of case studies for apprenticeship, but I find that true-to-life stories of master-apprentice relationships in the Bible are more ideal, realistic and logical.
 

This Whatever Generation
by Hazel Suson - Alvarez
Contest Entry for The Philippine Star
X - the universally accepted symbol for the unknown, the mysterious and the enigmatic. Algebraic equations use "x" to represent an answer that needs to be solved.
 

The Sentimental Tourist
by Vanessa Velasco
Contest Entry for The Philippine Star
I used to have a hobby of collecting souvenirs. In my room, I have a collection of pine cones from Baguio, a bag of white sand from Boracay, a sea shell from Panglao, a rock from Ilocos Norte.

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12 MONKEYS
In a future world devastated by disease, a convict is sent back in time to gather information about the man-made virus that wiped out most of the human population on the planet. 

DREAM CATCHER
Friends on a camping trip discover that the town they're vacationing in, is being plagued in an unusual fashion by parasitic aliens from outer space. 

A SOUND OF THUNDER
According to the film, the established rules of time travel are: don't change anything in the past, don't leave anything behind and don't bring anything back. 

CONTACT
Dr. Ellie Arroway, after years of searching, finds conclusive radio proof of intelligent aliens, who send plans for a mysterious machine.

2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
Mankind finds a mysterious, obviously artificial, artifact buried on the moon and, with the intelligent computer HAL, sets off on a quest.   

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
A highly advanced robotic boy longs to become "real" so that he can regain the love of his human mother.

THE OMEGA MAN
Robert Neville, a doctor, due to an experimental vaccine, is the only survivor of an apocalyptic war waged with biological weapons.

PLANET OF
THE APES
An astronaut crew crash lands on a planet in the distant future where intelligent talking apes are the dominant species, and humans are the oppressed and enslaved.

BLADE RUNNER Deckard, a blade runner, has to track down and terminate 4 replicants who hijacked a ship in space and have returned to earth seeking their maker.

 

THE BLOB
Remake of the 1958 horror sci-fi about a deadly blob from another planet which consumes everyone in its path. Teenagers try in vain to warn the townsfolk, who refuse to take them seriously.

THE POSTMAN Post-apocalyptic America. What begins as a con game becomes one man's quest to rebuild civilization by resuming postal service.

MAD MAX II:
THE ROAD WARRIOR
In the post-apocalyptic Australian wasteland, a cynical drifter agrees to help a small, gasoline rich, community escape a gang of bandits.

THE THINGS
Scientists in the Antarctic are confronted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of the people that it kills.