![]() ![]() Dedicationĭedicated to Aaron, Ethan, Evan and Ezra. It wouldn’t be fun without the two of you. AcknowledgementsĪ special thank you to Al and Ofelia for everything. When Lee goes missing, it’s up to Christopher, Vic, and Grant to save the old man from a most horrible of fates.Ĭhristopher’s life may not have been perfect, but his death is a pain in the ass. The only problem is that not all the attention Lee has drawn is good. Lee Hellstrom is hitting the big screen after more than three decades and, with the much younger Grant Cooper at his side on the red carpet, he plans to make a lasting impression. ![]() Now, with Lee back in the limelight, things just might become more than Christopher can handle. His boyfriend has given him a new lease on life-literally-but he doesn’t have a job, Jessie thinks he’s a ghost, and there are only so many closets on hand for shoving Jonathan into. ![]() Life with Vic isn’t exactly what Christopher Minnick was expecting. ![]()
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6/30/2023 0 Comments Abnkkbsnpl ako![]() One might even call them urban culture lore. Says University of the Philippines literary professor, Philippines Free Press literary editor, and award-winning poet Paolo Manalo about Bob Ong's work: "The materials he used in his books are those familiar to this generation of Filipinos. BRAINSTORM ò Watch any of the following movies ò Three Idiots ò ABNKKBSNPL ako the movie ò Tuhog ò Life of Pi ò ò Identify how the film is structured, and plot it using the story time line. ![]() The poplularity of "ABNKKBSNPLAko" in particular is attributed to an element of nostalgia. When the invitation to their high school alumni homecoming reaches Roberto Ong (Jericho Rosales), the thirty-something high school teacher is hesitant to go. ![]() The success of Bob Ong's book among Filipinos has been attributed to its conversational tone which uses humor to point out various absurdities inherent to Filipino culture. ![]() The title is meant to be read phonetically as "Aba, nakakabasa na pala ako?!", which can be roughly translated as "Wow, I can really read now?!" The novel details what are supposedly childhood memories of the author, from his earliest days as a student until his first few years at work. The film stars (from upper left, clockwise) Meg Imperial, Vandolph Quizon, Andi Eigenmann, and Jericho Rosales in a laugh-out-loud and moving tale about growing up and friendship. "ABNKKBSNPLAko?!" is a 2001 novel by Filipino author Bob Ong - his first and most popular work. Bob Ong's best-selling book ABNKKBSNPLAko, a fictional memoir of Roberto Ong's days as a student, is now a movie directed by Mark Meily. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In other cultures, the Northern Lights strongly associate with childbirth. The Estonians believed they were a magnificent carriage carrying celestial guests to a heavenly wedding. In China, the lights were the result of fire-breathing dragons, fighting high up in the atmosphere. The lights resulted from her chariot racing across the sky to alert her siblings of the coming dawn. They were the gods of the sun and the moon. The Greeks believed that Aurora was the sister of Helios and Selene. With the aurora viewable from many different places in the Northern Hemisphere, many different explanations have existed. When there is no rational explanation for something, myths and stories will inevitably step in to fill the gap. The aurora has been around for a lot longer than our scientific understanding of the phenomena. ![]() |