The Rise of Bakya Programming in Philippine FM Radio
It used to be simpler. I grew up with FM radio, and during the 80s, Frequency Modulation in my opinion, was at its finest.
I'm sure the 60s and 70s were a lot of fun, but when I was growing up, a lot of us 80s Pinoy kids had our ears glued to FM because it was basically the only source of fresh music we had, especially so with the dawn of the second British music invasion and the rise of commercial rock. The American Top 40 hosted by the legendary Casey Kasem (syndicated and heard over the former 99.5 RT) was the definitive yardstick of what's hot and up there (still is, sans Kasem), sending us kids to record stores to buy the singles or albums which, back then were either in vinyl or cassette tape.
Showing posts with label amusing articles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label amusing articles. Show all posts
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24.5.09
God Meets Bureaucracy
In the beginning God created heaven and the earth. Quickly he was faced with a class action suit for failure to file an environmental impact statement. He was granted a temporary permit for the project, but was stymied with the Cease and Desist order for the earthly part. Appearing at the hearing, God was asked why he began his earthly project in the first place. He replied that he just liked to be creative.
19.3.09
Nerds just wanna have fun with words
Here's yet another interesting and funny list that I happened to come across and really wanted to share with Pinkoy readers. It's a list of clever (fun) words taken from Washington Post's Mensa Invitational.
Well, according to one of the sites that featured this list, there's actually no such thing as "Mensa Invitational," but popular urban legend pinned this name on one of the recurring contests appearing in the column "The Style Invitational" authored by someone called "The Empress" publishing in the Washington Post.
Well, according to one of the sites that featured this list, there's actually no such thing as "Mensa Invitational," but popular urban legend pinned this name on one of the recurring contests appearing in the column "The Style Invitational" authored by someone called "The Empress" publishing in the Washington Post.
8.10.08
Wine & Beer Drinkers...Rejoice!
To my friends who enjoy a glass of wine... and those who don't.
As Ben Franklin said: "In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is freedom, in water there is bacteria." In a number of carefully controlled trials, scientists have demonstrated that if we drink 1 litre of water each day, at the end of the year we would have absorbed more than 1 kilo of Escherichia coli (E. coli) - bacteria found in feces. In other words, we are consuming 1 kilo of poop.
As Ben Franklin said: "In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is freedom, in water there is bacteria." In a number of carefully controlled trials, scientists have demonstrated that if we drink 1 litre of water each day, at the end of the year we would have absorbed more than 1 kilo of Escherichia coli (E. coli) - bacteria found in feces. In other words, we are consuming 1 kilo of poop.
21.8.08
The 50 Unforgettable Movie Lines
I rarely read newspaper magazine supplements. Come to think of it, I hardly read newspapers at all (and to think I used to be part of the fourth estate...but that was ages ago. Do I miss it? naahhh). I only get to connect with reality when I need to go back to Manila to visit family. In one of those rare occasions when I actually get to read the papers, I happened to pick up an issue of the Sunday Inquirer Magazine and chanced upon this article written by Monette Quiogue of the PDI entitled "50 Unforgettable Movie Lines." which includes some of the most amusing repartees in Philippine movies. So unforgettable that article was for me that I finally got around to actually searching for it over the net. Well, lucky me.
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