FUBARgenre: The Genre of Fubar

Apparently, our message has been heard. Malu Fernandez has officially resigned from Manila Standard Today and People Asia Magazine.

It seems that the pinoy blogosphere has united under a common hatred for one Malu Fernandez, a self-proclaimed “diva” who, by her own admission, needs 17 kg of makeup and accessories to look remotely human.
More eloquent bloggers have already said their piece. There is nothing I can possibly add to further convince the world how [...]

Manta Ray Sighting in Monad Shoal, Malapascua, Cebu, Philippines
[For more photos and videos of marine life sightings, visit CebuDiver.com]

Barely a month after getting his new Canon Powershut A640 (hand delivered from New Zealand, no less), the god of CebuDiver.com had the sheer luck to capture this video of a graceful manta ray dance. Amazing! Can [...]

As usual, I’m the last to know.
“Dang it,” the news began. “I can’t go to Subic coz only ad con finalists are allowed to go,” Genee wailed one lazy night. I made tchtch sounds with my tongue to express sympathy, and then quickly moved on to other things. Just as Gen was saying goodbye, [...]

Read the valedictory address of the UP Class of 2007 Valedictorian, Mikaela Irene Fudolig, a mere 16-year-old with enough wisdom and profundity to shame us all. I am almost embarrassed to admit that I am a product of the same institution, the best that the Philippines has to offer, for I have done nothing to [...]

Dean Francis Alfar is now accepting submissions for an upcoming third volume of the Philippine Speculative Fiction anthology. What’s speculative fiction, you ask? Think surreal. Think haunted. Think mystic. Think worlds within worlds within worlds. Think stories within stories within stories. Think post-modernist. Think deconstruction and reconstruction. Think weird. Think sublime. Think Gaiman. Think, think, [...]

I just came out of a painful slump following my struggle with Joomla, another excellent open source content management system similar to (but certainly more extensive than) Wordpress.
While it was relatively easy for me to understand the inner maneuvers of Wordpress, my Joomla journey was laden with several false starts and an overwhelming desire [...]

Fubar: Congratulations for passing the BAR. Good job!
Troy: Thank you!
Gen: Good luck with the justice system. I have no faith in it whatsoever.
Troy: That makes two of us.

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