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Kris Ablan sa Kongreso: 1st District, Ilocos Norte by steddysoliloquy on Apr 20, 2010Kris is a man of sincere humility and profound integrity. He is your man.

Bakit si Dick Gordon? by steddysoliloquy on Apr 20, 2010...

Proactive Even if Far Away by steddysoliloquy on Apr 18, 2010As I was following the #harapan thread on Twitter, I noticed that OFWs also want to be involved in the upcoming National Elections. It is really nice because as an OFW myself, being updated to current issues feels closer to home. I hate it when some...

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins by steddysoliloquy on Jan 29, 2010Teenager Katniss Everdeen, for the love of her younger sister Prim, volunteered to join a reality TV show wherein winning means fame and losing is a sure death. Her only hope for survival was her adept hunting skills, powered by the will to return ho...

The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga by steddysoliloquy on Sep 26, 2009Balram Halwai was born in the “Darkness”. He grew up in one of the depressed and marginalized areas of India – so poor that the average number of children in a family is more than 10 and all of them are either called boy or girl. Before he beca...

Fishing at Booksale by steddysoliloquy on Sep 15, 2009Some of my friends wonder how I find highly-sought books at Booksale. Truly, for a beginner, that book store is a chaos. There is no organized book classification system – just hardbounds, mass paperbacks, trade paperbacks, inspirational books, cof...

Paolo Coelho's Veronika Decides to Die by steddysoliloquy on Aug 24, 2009Veronika, albeit being young, beautiful, attractive, sexy, and smart, committed suicide by ingesting loads of sleeping pills. Prior to the act, she wrote a letter that became her suicide note – she was committing suicide so that people would know w...

The Shack - William P. Young by steddysoliloquy on Jul 8, 2009Mackenzie Allen Philip’s youngest daughter, Missy, was abducted during the family weekend camp. Her body was not found except for proofs that she was brutally murdered: Missy’s red dress smeared with blood stains discovered in a shack deep in Ore...

Drowning Ruth by Christina Schwarz by steddysoliloquy on Jul 3, 2009Mathilda Neumann drowned beneath the icy waters of Nagawaukee lake one winter evening of 1919, leaving behind her daughter Ruth, who then was only a toddler, to her older sister, Amanda. The tragedy caused grave depression to the family, including hu...

Yann Martel's Life of Pi by steddysoliloquy on Jun 18, 2009Piscine Patel or “Pi” was the son of a zoo-owner who grew up near the zoo. Though he did not have first-hand experience as an animal caretaker during his childhood years, he knew enough to understand zoo business and animal behavior. Pi was also...