Trixie Cruz: Death of the Dream

“You’ve got big dreams? You want fame? Well, fame costs. And right here is where you start paying … in sweat.”
~Lydia Grant (Debbie Allen) in Fame

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Didn’t you ever have a dream? Didn’t you want to break the bonds of your ennui or poverty or the everyday sameness?

Even Philippine law recognizes the need for the young to be young for as long as they can. The Labor Code prevents child labor, to ensure a childhood for Filipinos for as long as possible.

Trixie Cruz: Once Again With Slits

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nne Curtis’ birthday was intended to be controversial. The tanga she wore was cut to the waist and when worn with a skirt slit on the left front, also as high as her waist, what was revealed was, well… apparently too much, considering all the hoopla that came after it.

Trixie Cruz: Apocalypse

It was a nightmare, I dreamed that I woke up to find out that I had been dreaming all along. Had I fallen out of the Matrix? No, I said to myself, this is post-EDSA2.

Trixie Cruz: Quo Vadis Philippine Mother Church?

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For those of us marginal Catholics, the resignation of a Pope, the first such incidence in 600 years is cause for pause. Benedict XVI certainly was not the most loved of pontiffs in recent history. He is certainly no leader like John Paul II and not the rock of conservatism that Paul the VI was.

Trixie Cruz: Staying out of it

“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.”

~Napoleon Bonaparte

Trixie Cruz: In the Islands of Sulu

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I am a Shawnee. My forefathers were warriors. Their son is a warrior…From my tribe I take nothing. I am the maker of my own fortune.
- Tecumseh

Trixie Cruz: A Story about Feelings, nothing more than feelings

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Javier Krahe is a Spanish satirist who made a film in 1978 called “Cooking Christ” (“Como Cocinar un Crucifijo”).