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April 25, 2010Also posted in Personal, Places

A Day with Percy Jackson, Moleskine and NBI

A Day with Percy Jackson, Moleskine and NBI
The day was February 10, 2010, Wednesday. It was supposed to be my first day at the new job but somehow I ended up in SM Megamall looking for Percy Jackson and drooling over Moleskine notebooks.
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February 21, 2010Also posted in Events, TV & Movies, Technology

The Best of Pinoy Web (week ending 02/19/10)

The Best of Pinoy Web (week ending 02/19/10)
Every day, I scour the Pinoy web to find the most interesting Philippine-related and Filipino-grown articles, tweets, pictures and videos of the week. Then every Sunday, I share my best finds here.
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September 2, 2009Also posted in Personal, TV & Movies

I found my lost Harry Potter card game, packed away all my books and flew in a balloon!

I found my lost Harry Potter card game, packed away all my books and flew in a balloon!
I figured I’d just write slice-of-life posts once in a while to cover those stuff which don’t really need to have its own article here. So what else have I been up to recently? Harry Potter UNO card game I thought I already lost this years ago but because we’re packing away stuff everyday for our home [...]
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August 8, 2009Also posted in Events, TV & Movies

Happy 4th year anniversary MuggleCast!

Happy 4th year anniversary MuggleCast!
Astronomy Tower of Terror! Hahaha!! These guys (and Laura) never fail to crack me up! I’ve already mentioned how much I love the MuggleCast podcast in one of my posts last year. It’s funny reading that again because I still had no idea then that the Half-Blood Prince movie was about to be delayed [...]
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July 31, 2009Also posted in Events

Happy (29th?) Birthday Harry Potter!

Happy (29th?) Birthday Harry Potter!
Crossposting this since it’s a pretty important event. I was initially planning on publishing it here but I later realized that it has to be posted in my book blog, naturally.     Read a quick story of my Harry Potter life experience here: http://www.syaoran.net/thebookishpinoy/2009/07/happy-29th-birthday-harry-potter/
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July 26, 2009Also posted in Personal, TV & Movies

Harry Potter: Books or Movies?

Harry Potter: Books or Movies?
Why choose between the two? I’ve decided to address this issue in a post because it’s been nagging me for quite a few days now. For fans, it’s like you either loved the Half-Blood Prince movie or you hated it. I don’t think there’s anyone neutral about it. Is there?  :-S Now don’t go thinking that [...]
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July 23, 2009Also posted in TV & Movies

The Lightning Thief – Teaser Trailer!

The Lightning Thief – Teaser Trailer!
The teaser trailer for Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief premiered last week with the release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. This is another movie adaptation of a best-selling novel. There are 5 books in this series and you can check out my review of the first book here. I have two [...]
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