Mauro Gia Samonte
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December 22 2012

As you will note the dateline, the Mayan deadline for the end of the world to begin taking place is past. Thank who. God? No. Thank superstition. The Mayan doomsday scare serves us one good revelation: that until such time as man attains complete understanding of his relationship with his fellow men and nature, he will continue to be enslaved by a metaphysical view of the world.

Edited Update from my Status at Facebook

Mauro Gia Samonte
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December 14, 2012

All of a sudden I thought of recording my day-to-day activities henceforth. Something I have never done in all my past 71 years.

Maoie (my eldest)  finally got the guts to tell me what I had been hinted about by Beth (wife) and Paulo (my second eldest) just lately. He and Keng are moving to another house, together with Thirdy, Tiffany (children of Maoie) and Gia (unica ija of unica ija Keng), of course. 

Update from my Status at Facebook.

Mauro Gia Samonte
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December 15 2012

A year ago today, Typhoon Sendong entered the country and proceeded to devastate Cagayan de Oro City and other neighboring communities in Mindanao.

NIGHT OF MAKING PURE PURSUIT OF PERFECTION

By Mauro Gia Samonte

WEDNESDAY was the day I made for finishing Alaalang Magbabalik, one of four films contemplated as entries in a movie festival to be held end of November. The Iglesia ni Cristo is in the process of popularizing its concept of INCinema,  among various activities being vigorously pursued by the church in anticipation of the grand centennial celebration of the INC in 2014. In an effort to lend a hand in the undertaking, the Ecclesiastical District of Rizal had thought of conducting the festival. The District had been divided into four groups, each group to do a movie as its entry in the festival. Because all those who would be participating in the activity, whether cast or production staff, would be amateurs, a professional filmmaker was needed to train them in the craft of filmmaking. The task was assigned to me by the INC District Staff.