Books
The Horse and His Boy by C. S. Lewis
When I first read The Chronicles of Narnia in secondary school, The Horse and His Boy was my least favourite. Even though I have learned to appreciate and enjoy it more over the years, I […]
Month: May 2018
Books
The Magician’s Nephew by C. S. Lewis
The Magician’s Nephew was published in 1955. It was the penultimate book in the Chronicles of Narnia that C. S. Lewis wrote but chronologically, it is the first in the series because it describes the […]
Books
Prince Caspian by C. S. Lewis
Prince Caspian is chronologically the fourth book in the Narnia series but the second written by C. S. Lewis. It sees the return of the four Pevensie children – Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy – who […]
Entertainment
Dungeons & Dragons the Animated Series
I never played the role-playing game, but I loved Dungeons & Dragons the animated TV series first broadcast from 1983 to 1985. In the UK, It was shown on Monday afternoons on the BBC, clashing […]
Books
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever by Stephen Donaldson
In the summer of 2016, I was in New York City. While exploring the city one day, I discovered the Strand Bookstore in The Broadway. It’s a famous bookshop, I was told, which stocks both […]
Books
The Prydain Companion
The Prydain Companion: A Reference Guide to Lloyd Alexander’s Prydain Chronicles (ISBN: 978-1627792349) was reissued in 2014 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the five-book fantasy series for children. It is best described by Lloyd […]
Technology
Claiming Your Name Online
As I explain in the About Me page, my real name is Antonio but I was named after my dad which makes me a “Junior”. In the Philippines, Jun is short for Junior and not […]
Entertainment
Coming Soon: God Friended Me
I was very intrigued to hear about God Friended Me, a forthcoming drama series on CBS about Miles Finer (played by Brandon Michael Hall), an outspoken atheist whose life is turned upside down when he […]
Entertainment
Goodbye, Lois Lane
I was happily chatting with a friend last night when we noticed a link someone had shared on Facebook: Lois Lane actress Margot Kidder dies aged 69. I was shocked. You hear of celebrities passing […]
Site Dev
Several Changes and an Alias
This website has been online for a month and a half now. It still feels very good to be back in the world of blogging, more than I expected to be. In fact, I expected […]