I have always equated hazing with barbarity

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, defines 'barbarity' as:

1. Savage brutality or cruelty in actions or conduct.
2. A cruel or savage act.

In this video, new recruits at Philippine Maritime Institute in Bacolod some marine school are repeatedly punched and slapped, apparently in a hazing ritual, which I wonder if the maritime school has sanctioned, as it seems to have happened within one of its corridors.

This is not for the faint of heart.

Rafa Does 'Gypsy'

If having a slump in one's already phenomenal tennis career means having to make steamy (even literally in some parts!) videos like this with Shakira, then por favor, Uncle Tony, give Rafa a break, no? I didn't know Rafa could (sort of) act.

Wanderlust Planned

Since the start of the year, I have already resolved to get more stamps on my passport . I have been hoping wanting to travel these past two years, but I was either too busy, too distracted, or too poor to sign up for the next available seat sale. But so far in this quarter alone, I have booked three trips already; make that three-and-a-half if you throw in the ML-SG that KL-based Drop2 has hopefully booked for May :)

I'm off to Singapore with littlest sis next month, a Malaysia-SG sojourn with Titans badminton buddies (I absolutely miss going out of town with these crazy lovely folks!) in May, and then Hong Kong in November with my mother who, as of this writing, still doesn't know that I have booked flights for us. I just hope she finally manages to get her passport application done, as I have been asking her to get one for three years already.

So thank you, Cebu Pacific, and let's hope that I won't have to go through those horror stories shared by unhappy customers. And let's hope you ain't no Zest Air either. I never want to get aboard those MAC-60 planes again, having read on an online forum that they haven't received international aviation security certifications.

The downside of these bookings, of course, is that I'm up to my nose in credit card debt. However, that's one inconvenience that I can live with.

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