Aswangan, Part 3: Don’t Tick Off The Tiktiks!
by allancarreon on Nov.05, 2012, under Film & TV, Travel & Culture
Continued From:
Aswangan, Part 2: Tiktik-TAC, Tik-TAC
*** There Be Spoilers ***
At the heart of it, Tiktik: The Aswang Chronicles is, rather than horror, really more of an action movie with some dark humor spread throughout in appropriate places. Its posters show an action hero battling the ferocious creatures of the night, and even its very tagline (“Ang pelikulang may puso… bituka, atay, at iba pang lamang-loob“) betrays the macabre humor waiting in the wings for those who expect straight-out horror. Its trailer also echoes more of an action-adventure movie, the type that is adapted from super-hero comic books.
Aswangan, Part 2: Tiktik-TAC, Tik-TAC
by allancarreon on Nov.04, 2012, under Film & TV, Travel & Culture
Continued From:
Aswangan, Part 1: The As-wunk Phenomenon
*** There Be Spoilers ***
No, not THAT “Tiktik.”
This year, the aswang makes an explosive comeback in media with the recent release of Erik Matti’s Tiktik: The Aswang Chronicles. Which, upon realization, can be abbreviated “Tiktik: TAC.” It is an innovative movie that sets a new standard in local filmmaking and focuses on one of the most famous aswang types, the tiktik.
The tiktik, it is said, is an aswang that makes a bird-like sound (hence, its name) – with the sound being loud when the aswang is distant and growing faint as it approaches, confusing potential victims. Others claim the tiktik is not the aswang itself but the aswang’s familiar – a bird that basically heralds the coming of an aswang. Regardless, it usually perches at night upon rooftops, looking for a hole through which its long proboscis-like tongue can slither down to reach the belly of sleeping pregnant women.
Aswangan, Part 1: The As-wunk Phenomenon
by allancarreon on Nov.02, 2012, under Film & TV, Travel & Culture
It’s Halloween season again, and all the ghouls and goblins are out and about asking for candies and coins. Although Westernized trick-or-treat Halloween has been a relatively recent local activity, mostly in affluent areas and/or malls, the season has always been a big deal here due to the Filipino counterpart, All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day a.k.a. Undas. Hordes of people flock to the cemeteries to commemorate their loved ones, making a fiesta out of the whole thing – complete with food, drinks, and even gambling beside the nitso.
Twenty Years: A Rainbow Beacon
by allancarreon on Aug.28, 2012, under Queer
Twenty years ago, a group of U.P. Diliman students had a dream: a dream of equality in a school that was otherwise trapped by the “accepted” social norms of gender, sex, and sexuality… a microcosmic reflection of a misguided world outside the academe.
Twenty years ago, a group of U.P. Diliman students banded together and formed a trailblazing pioneer LGBT student organization that has withstood the test of time.
History Unfolds
by allancarreon on Mar.02, 2012, under Queer
From my Facebook status update earlier:
As UP Babaylan gears towards celebrating its 20th anniversary later this year, it is but fitting that this year marks another historical milestone for the pioneering student LGBT organization in the country.
It is with great pride that I congratulate Heart Diño for becoming the first transgender woman to be elected as the Chairperson of UP Diliman’s University Student Council!
Betty White: Ever Spunky
by allancarreon on Feb.14, 2012, under Film & TV, Snark
Betty White in 2010
“Why do people say ‘grow some balls’? Balls are weak and sensitive. If you wanna be tough, grow a vagina. Those things can take a pounding.”
– Betty White
Zsabongga, Zsabongga, Zsazsa-zsabongga!
by allancarreon on Jan.26, 2012, under Geeky, Literature, Queer
*** Zzzssspoiler Alert, ‘Teh!***
Bonggalacious!
Finally, after almost a decade of waiting, fans get to see the sequel to Ang Kagila-gilalas na Pakikipagsapalaran ni Zsazsa Zaturnnah, the critically-acclaimed comic book by Carlo Vergara. Part one of Zsazsa Zaturnnah sa Kalakhang Maynila has finally arrived. The award-winning original two-part series spawned a compilation graphic novel, a long-running stage musical, a movie, and various merchandise. Fans have eagerly clamored for the buxom beauty’s return, and now that it’s here, it is worth the wait.
The Creepy Church of the Busybody Strikes Again
by allancarreon on Dec.08, 2011, under Queer, Snark
Once again, the Damasos speak.
In what has to be the most irony-laden stand in the history of idiocy, the Creepy Busybodies’ Coalition of the Philippines (CBCP) is targeting the anti-discrimination bill currently being reviewed by the Senate. The mission? To eliminate provisions around LGBT rights.
Airport Airhead
by allancarreon on Dec.02, 2011, under Snark
A recent editorial by Teddy Locsin, Jr. caught my eye on the interwebs earlier today.
I expected better from someone like Teddy Locsin, Jr.
In it, he makes a well-stated case against the anomalies involved in “contracting” the job of refurbishing the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), which recently cropped up in several online lists as Asia’s (and in some cases, I believe the world’s) worst airport. These anomalies should indeed be called out, especially in light of such a high-profile issue.
Ten Things I Hate About The Online You
by allancarreon on Nov.27, 2011, under Snark, Society
Social networking is fun. Heck, back before Facebook was alive, I was a Friendster addict. And who remembers mIRC, which is technically not a social network, but a chat place? Of course, Friendster is practically dead, mIRC is as obscure as EDSAmail, and now Facebook has swallowed the world. As long as one knows how to socially-network responsibly and smartly, it can be a pretty powerful tool in the world of today.
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