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Near the end of the year, at the beginning of Christmas, you will only see local films showing at the cinemas of Metro Manila. This can be a bit annoying since it bumps to the side the regular fare of films to be shown. It can be a bit annoying if there is a big film that is schedule to have its run during Christmas. Then it can be really annoying if the film at the Metro Manila Film Festival are really not worth watching. The films for the Metro Manila Film Festival 2006 is, fortunately, a mix bunch films. So far I have been lucky that nearly all the films I have watched were not horrible, not great, but not horrible.
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In a few hours it will be Christmas and in a few days it will be the end of the year. I hope all of you are in good spirit this Christmas and may the new year bring you health and prosperity. Thank you for visiting this blog. Aside from the nativity itself there are many stories that have become staple during Christmas. There is of course the story A Christmas Carol in Prose, Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, more famously known as Charles Dicken’s A Christmas Carol. The story of Scrooge and three ghosts - the Ghost of Christmas Past, the Ghost of Christmas Present, and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. Then there is the story (more…)

The traffic along Edsa was horrendous yesterday.In some parts of Metro Manila a friend told me it was worse: In Las Pinas a friend of mine told us he had to spend more than two hours from Las Pinas to Makati - riding a bus, a jeep, and a taxi just to get out. Talk about the seven circles of transport hell. Then another friend send me text message complaining that he had the honor of carrying bags and bags of gifts his S.O. (significant other) had bought. People lined up at the money machines to get cash. Still it was not all stressful. It was the last few days before Christmas and as is the custom Filipinos were using the Christmas Season to break bread.
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